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VATICAN CITY – Patience in the midst of trials and patiently putting up with other people are marks of Christian maturity, Pope Francis told ushers and other staff members of the office that cleans and repairs St. Peter’s Basilica and watches over the millions of people who visit it each year. Jesus calls his disciples to follow “the path of love, of patience, of putting up with tribulations and – if I may say so – of putting up with each other. We must do this with charity and love because if I have to put up with you, I am sure you will put up with me and we’ll walk together on the path of Jesus,” the pope said in a homily May 7. Celebrating an early morning Mass in the chapel of the Domus Sanctae Marthae, Pope Francis was joined by Cardinal Angelo Comastri, the archpriest of St. Peter’s Basilica, and by basilica staff members. Looking at the Acts of Apostles’ account of the persecution of Sts. Paul and Silas, Pope Francis said their

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Pope celebrates diversity of popular piety Pope Francis greets the crowd after celebrating a Mass for members of confraternities in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican May 5. The pope celebrated popular piety as a means of transmitting the faith and cultivating it in ordinary Catholics but said such piety must be practiced in communion with the hierarchy in order to maintain the church’s unity.

WASHINGTON – Pope Francis has appointed Jesuit Father Michael Barber, director of spiritual formation at St. John’s Seminary in Brighton, Mass., as bishop of Oakland. The appointment was announced May 3 in Washington by Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano, apostolic nuncio to the United States. Jesuit Father Bishop-designate Michael Barber Barber, 58, is a member of the Jesuit Province of California. He succeeds Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone, who was named head of the San Francisco archdiocese July 27, 2012. He is the first Jesuit named to the U.S hierarchy by Pope Francis, the first Jesuit pope. “I’m keeping my eyes on Pope Francis and seeing what he did in his first days as pope,” Bishop-designate Barber said May 3 in Oakland at an introductory news conference. Asked why he thought the pope had SEE OAKLAND, PAGE 21

SF faith groups set goal to cut poverty in half by 2020 DANA PERRIGAN CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO

If everything goes according to plan, G.L. Hodge will have a lot less to do seven years from now. As administrator of Providence Baptist Church in San Francisco’s Bayview District, Hodge oversees an impressive array of services to the poor: Its pantry provides food to about 170 people each week; it shelters approximately 150 homeless men and women each night; an equal amount use its free legal services, and dozens

of church volunteers mentor students in local schools. So, when the ambitious goal to cut poverty in the city in half by 2020 was unveiled April 23 at the Faith Summit on Poverty in San Francisco, it seemed fitting to many of those present that it was done at Providence Baptist. “That’s the goal,” said Hodges, “and I think that goal is achievable. But it will require congregations and nonprofits crossing barriers to achieve it.” Sponsored by the Jewish Communi-

ty Relations Council, the San Francisco Interfaith Council, United Way of the Bay Area and Providence Baptist Church, the summit was attended by local Jewish, Protestant and Catholic clergy, CEOs of faith-based charities, city officials and lay people. “These are the people who provide the safety net for the most vulnerable in the city,” said Michael Pappas, president of the Interfaith Council. “Their presence really spoke to the gravity of the event. There are certain issues that have traction and pull people together of different faiths.”

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The idea for the summit, said Pappas, began almost a year ago when United Way of the Bay Area, the San Francisco Interfaith Council and the Jewish Community Relations Council got together to discuss a campaign against poverty in San Francisco. It was a campaign that – by enlisting the aid, cooperation and collaboration of key business, nonprofit and community groups throughout the city – they thought could be won. “If it was only United Way carrying

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Catholics reflect on council’s promise of a ‘Christ-transforming culture’

SPANISH RADIO PROGRAM: A Spanish radio program produced by the archdiocese, “Mi Familia en Cristo” (“My Family in Christ”), debuted May 1 on KIQI 1010 and KATD 990 AM radio. The program will feature Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone and other clergy, Catholic San Francisco news in Spanish, interviews with members of the local church, prominent speakers, teachers of the faith and other guests. The program will air Tuesdays and Thursdays at 5:30 a.m. and Sundays at 6 p.m. Listen live at www.mifamiliaencristo.org. For more information, contact George Wesolek at (415) 606-7112.

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They were born before, during and after the historic changes of the Second Vatican Council, which opened in 1962 and closed in 1965. But the 30 or so Marin County Catholics who gathered at St. Hilary Church in Tiburon on May 1 to hear Auxiliary Bishop Robert W. Bishop Robert McElroy discuss W. McElroy “The Church in the Modern World” left with a better understanding of the significance of Vatican II in the evolution of their church. Tiburon resident Ellen Hall was a college student when the council concluded, “Bishop McElroy re-established the framework for Vatican II with simplicity, clarity and honesty,” she said. “Despite the fact that some of the promises of Vatican II are still aspirational, his candor tonight built trust and confidence for me.” For some younger Catholics, the bishop’s talk was a revelation. “I was a baby when Vatican II convened,” said Chris Greenawalt of Nicasio. “I remember adults talking about the altar facing ‘the wrong way’ a few times, but that’s all I ever knew. I didn’t have a meaningful context or an intellectual appreciation of its importance.” The two-hour event, which included prayer, live lecture and a question-and-answer forum, was part of the continuing “Forward in Faith” educational program aimed at adult Catholics in the archdiocese. It was conceived by Bishop McElroy and launched by the archdiocese last year in an effort to provide the supplemental faith development many Catholics hunger for. The no-cost April and May series, which focuses on four themes central to Vatican II in its 50th Anniversary this year, is underwritten by a grant from the Gellert Foundation. They are: “The Identity of the Church,” “The Church in the Modern World,” “Vatican II and the

OCCUPY PROTESTER SENTENCED TO 2 YEARS: A 34-year-old man was sentenced to two years in state prison on a felony assault conviction for his role in an Occupy SF protest last year at a building owned by the Archdiocese of San Francisco. Jesse W. Nesbitt pleaded guilty to one count of assault with a deadly weapon on May 1, said Assistant District Attorney Alex Bastian. The conviction is a strike under California’s three strikes law. He receives credit for time served. Nesbitt negotiated a plea agreement. He was originally charged with five felony counts for using bricks and a metal pipe to assault protesters and police during the May 1, 2012, protest at 888 Turk St. “In particular, Nesbitt is alleged to have lobbed bricks from a rooftop in the direction of protesters and police officers. One of the bricks hit a protester in the face,” said a statement from Paul Henderson, deputy chief of staff in the mayor’s office. MT. CARMEL HELPS SISTER PARISH: Our Lady of Mount Carmel Parish, Redwood City, raised more than $3,500 to help buy pews for its sister parish, St. Francis Xavier, in Tanzania. Parishioners have already raised money for a roof on the church. About $2,700 was collected in an alms box in the church while children at the Mount Carmel School raised another $900. SERRA PROJECT: A special report on Father Junipero Serra’s legacy in light of modern scholarship will appear in a later issue.

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Role of Scripture” and “The Historical Impact of the Council within the Archdiocese of San Francisco.” After an introduction by St. Hilary pastor Father Bill Brown, Bishop McElroy emphasized the need for Catholics to “reflect on the depth of historical importance” of Vatican II as it continues to address relations between the Roman Catholic Church and a modern world driven by tremendous political, social, economic and technological change. “Certain truths are at the core of being Catholic,” he said. “But others do change. Catholic teaching develops when new realities exist.” According to Bishop McElroy, Vatican II’s fundamental ambition was to find the proper relationship between Christ and culture. Referencing Christian theologian-ethicist H. Richard Niebuhr’s book “Christ and Culture,” the bishop described the council’s vision for a Christtransforming culture by distinguishing it from other prevalent models such as “Christ above culture” (faith living outside the modern world such as the Amish do) and “Christ against culture” (faith at war with culture or other faiths). “Vatican II called contemporary Catholics to live in the world, to embrace the world and enjoy it but not be absorbed by it,” said the bishop,

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admittedly a challenge in a culture where “the culture is so strong that core parts of your belief can recede.” Vatican II was, in part, the result of a growing spirit of “aggiornamento” in the church during the 1940s and 1950s. The word means “the process of bringing an institution up to date or adjourning old practices in recognition of contemporary conditions.” “The church held a closed and oppositional view of itself that was intentionally separate from the rest of the world,” Bishop McElroy said. “Many felt that view was in need of modification.” Bishop McElroy recapped the four fundamental transformations of Vatican II and explained the historical backdrop that informed them: the more active role of laity, a new emphasis on the reading of Scripture, a more inclusive liturgical presentation, and the church’s integration with current society. The question and answer session that concluded the evening suggested that Pope Francis may be right in his recent statement that some Catholics – even lifelong Catholics – still “don’t get” Vatican II. Many participants felt Vatican II’s vision of an enhanced role for laity and a stronger emphasis on Scripture had fallen short of expectations. The bishop fielded other questions about core teachings, science and attrition in the Catholic Church. Deacon Bruce Hall of Tiburon noted that the average age of the audience was 70 years (his own age group). “What is the church doing to bring young people into the church?” he asked. “This church will be empty in 20 years.” Bishop McElroy agreed that the church has not yet been effective in attracting young people in a modern world. He noted progress in the San Francisco archdiocese and the formation of a task force and a pastoral plan to target young adults. “This generation of young adults in their 20s and 30s are inspired by action and turn out in numbers for service projects,” he said. “We are learning from this.”

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Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone will celebrate 11 a.m. Mass at St. Mary’s Cathedral on May 26 to honor men and women in consecrated life in the archdiocese, including 44 women religious, one cloistered woman religious and six men religious marking jubilarian anniversaries. The Mass will be followed by a buffet luncheon. “The celebration of jubilarians is a witness to the fidelity and commitment of men and women to religious life, and it’s appropriate that it be done in a public manner in a regular Sunday Mass,” said Presentation Sister Rosina Conrotto, director of the archdiocesan office of women religious. JUBILEE OF GRACE – 75 YEARS: Sister Joanna Browne, OP (San Rafael); Father Austin Conterno, SDB JUBILEE OF GRACE – 70 YEARS: Sister Dorothy Marie Albee, OP (San Rafael); Sister Mary Edward Byrne, RSM; Sister Mary Rose Christiansen, OP (Menlo); Sister Bernice Clifford, PBVM; Sister Anne Davidson, RSCJ; Sister Kathleen Healy, PBVM; Sister Catherine Knudsen, PBVM; Sister Mary Redempta Scannell, RSM; Sister Marguerite Stanka, OP (San Rafael); Sister Bienvenide Velez, RSCJ DIAMOND JUBILEE – 65 YEARS: Mother Dolores Sullivan, OCD DIAMOND JUBILEE – 60 YEARS: Sister Denise Bourdet, PBVM; Sister Marguerite Buchanan, RSM;

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Schoolbooks and school days evolve with technology advances TOM BURKE CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO

Notre Dame High School math teachers Courtney York and Mike Santos are piloting programs using iPads to deliver lessons and help. Like laptops, iPads can be used as interactive textbooks, customizable slideshows, reading resources and delivery systems for assignments and tests. “There is a misconception that in using technology in the classroom students will be out of control,” Courtney said. “The students are more focused, Logan Brickley there is less interruption while the lesson is being delivered, and individual students are less distracted by other students’ antics.”

ANNIVERSARY: Happy 40 years married May 12, to Harriet and William Morring of Our Lady of Angels Parish, Burlingame, where Harriet is a soprano and Bill a baritone in the Sunday 11:30 a.m. Mass choir. The two are also readers and assisted in the marriage preparation program for several years. Harriet and Bill are both from Burlington, Vt., but have lived in the Bay Area since 1976. Bill is retired after more than 38 years with the federal government. Harriet works as an instructional assistant at South San Francisco High School. Here, Harriet and Bill are pictured with their two children Christopher and Anne at Anne’s graduate school commencement. TOMORROW: It’s only a day away and there is still time to volunteer to help May 11 at the Handicapables Mass and lunch, noon, Room C, St. Mary Cathedral Event Center, Gough Street at Geary Boulevard, San Francisco. Call Joanne Borodin at (415) 239-4865.

ANGEL FOOD CAKE: Some Peninsula folks might have seen Jake Janosky on the job April 28 at the Burlingame Mollie Stone’s Market where he set up shop selling baked goods to help victims of the Boston Marathon bombings. Jake is a third grader at St. Catherine of Siena School in Burlingame and his goodies raised $500 for the cause. Helping on Jake Janosky the detail was Jake’s mom, Lisa. Jake’s dad, Rob, is from Boston. NEW START WEEKEND: San Francisco’s St. Paul of the Shipwreck Parish will pray its fifth Pentecost Revival May 15, 16, 17, 7 p.m. with guest revival leader Josephite Father Anthony Bozeman, pastor, St. Raymond/St. Leo Church in New Orleans. “Father Anthony’s preaching will set your heart on fire,” information from the parish promised. Evenings feature music from Shipwreck’s Inspirational Voices Choir. Msgr. James Tarantino, vicar for administration for the Archdiocese of San Francisco, is principal celebrant of a gospel Mass, May 19, Pentecost Sunday, at 10:45 a.m. Visit www. stpauloftheshipwreck.org.

REACHING OUT: Thanks for the good example from Caoimhe Lyons, a fourth grader at St. Gabriel School, on her efforts to help a child injured in the Boston Marathon bombings. Jane Richards, 7 years old, lost her leg in the blast. Caoimhe felt a connection to Jane as the two girls are both Irish dancers. Caoimhe, along with her brother, Cormac, pictured here, a St. Gabe’s fifth grader, held bake sales so far raising $450. The kids’ proud folks are Brenda and Con Lyons.

A PENNY PITCHED: MoMo’s restaurant across from AT&T Park is again the site of the Penny Pitch benefiting St. Anthony Foundation, May 17 at 1 p.m. MoMo owners Janet and Pete Osborne are the hosts. Last year the event raised more than $72,000. This is the coin toss’s 36th year and San Francisco

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BRAVO: Thanks to Father Jose Shaji, pastor, St. Denis/Our Lady of the Wayside Parish, for this push in heaven’s direction. World class and just as classy violinist Itzhak Perlman once played the larger part of a live concert with a string missing from his violin having broken it during one of the evening’s early offerings. While it was expected he would step away for a bit and repair the situation, he simply gestured to the conductor to please continue. The music and sound were stellar and audience members later told how they could see in his eyes as he played ever smiling how he was rewriting each piece to accommodate for the lost string. Knowing from the cheers and wild applause that the crowd wanted to hear why he went on with the injured instrument, Perlman said at curtain calls: “Musicians all reach a point where we have to ask ourselves how much music we can still make with what we have left.” Father Shaji encourages that we do that too and no matter what impacts our lives “we keep making music with what we have left.”

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Pastor, principal testify against Planned Parenthood clinic Project approved 6-1 by South San Francisco planning commission VALERIE SCHMALZ CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO

A showdown over whether to allow a Planned Parenthood clinic to open on South San Francisco’s Grand Avenue moves to the City Council after the Planning Commission voted 6-1 in favor of the clinic. The pastor of All Souls Parish and the parish school’s principal were among the dozens of South San Francisco and San Mateo residents who spoke against the clinic at the May 2 hearing. Pro-life advocates said they would appeal the permit approval to the city council. More than 1,100 signatures and letters opposing the clinic were submitted to the commission. Close to 200 petition signatures and letters were submitted to the city in favor of the clinic. “On paper everything looks perfect,” said South San Francisco resident Nora Priego. “But as you can see this room is full of people who are against the opening of the clinic. Therefore, it is not perfect. “If you open the Planned Parenthood clinic there will be more empty commercial spaces because people are going to take their business elsewhere. This clinic does not belong on Grand Avenue,” Priego said. Despite original statements saying the clinic would not offer abortion at all, one Planned Parenthood official at the hearing said medication abortion would be among services. Queried about the statement, Planned

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All Souls Parish pastor Father Agnel De Heredia, front right, and parish school principal Vincent Riener, front left, attended a South San Francisco planning commission meeting May 2 to speak against a proposal by Planned Parenthood to open a clinic on the city’s main commercial street. The commission approved the project, which now goes to the City Council for final action. Parenthood vice president for public affairs Liz Figueroa said the organization is seriously considering adding medication abortion, also known as RU-486. To offer surgical abortion, the clinic would need to remodel again, which would require planning approval but medication abortion would fall within the requested conditional use permit. Planned Parenthood officials said

the clinic will meet the needs of lowincome people who need medical care and will do outreach to local schools. “It’s the services that the San Mateo health department has requested,” Figueroa said, telling the commissioners that Planned Parenthood’s name is attractive for those seeking reproductive health care. “Young women of a certain age, that’s where they go,” she said.

Planned Parenthood educators will speak at local schools, Figueroa said. “Most of the time, the schools invite us … to speak about various issues. Yes, they will know we are here.” Opponents cited ethical opposition to Planned Parenthood’s goals, reminded the commissioners of Planned Parenthood’s founder Margaret Sanger’s eugenics philosophy and said that they opposed bringing an organization to the downtown area that promotes abortion and believes in providing contraception and abortion to youth. “We oppose this establishment of this medical clinic on ethical grounds,” said All Souls School principal Vincent Riener. “Life is sacred. We do not like war because war hurts, maims, kills and destroys life. Abortion is war. It kills babies,” said All Souls pastor Father Agnel De Heredia. Pro-life San Mateo representative Jessica Munn said the commission’s decision will be appealed to the South San Francisco City Council. Planning Commissioner Carlos Martin was the lone vote against the Planned Parenthood clinic. Nationally, Planned Parenthood received $542 million in taxpayer funding in the 2011-12 fiscal year and received $150 million in revenue from the abortions the organization performed, said Kristan Hawkins, executive director of Students for Life of America in a statement recently. Hawkins said 44 percent of abortions are performed on women 18-24 years old.

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Bishops hail repeal of capital punishment in Maryland CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

WASHINGTON – One U.S. Catholic bishop hailed the repeal of the death penalty in Maryland as “a courageous step toward a culture of life.” The comment, by Bishop Stephen E. Blaire of Stockton, chairman of the U.S. bishops’ Committee on Domestic Justice and Human Development, was issued May 2, the day Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley, a Democrat, signed the bill that repeals capital punishment. In Baltimore, Maryland’s largest city, the interior and exterior lights of the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary were to be lit at dusk that evening, and remain illuminated overnight, in honor of the repeal. Archbishop William E. Lori of Baltimore had testified in support of the legislation to repeal the death penalty at hearings in the Maryland Senate and House of Delegates, the legislature’s lower chamber. In 2008, Auxiliary Bishop Denis J. Madden of Baltimore had served on the Maryland Com-

mission on Capital Punishment, which examined the use of capital punishment in the state. “We must lift up the dignity of all human life – even for those convicted of the worst crimes – and work to transform our culture so that it respects the inherent dignity and value of all people,” said Bishop Blaire in his statement. “Americans are beginning to realize that we can do better than the death penalty both to punish crime and keep our society safe,” Bishop Bishop Blaire Blaire added. “We welcome the decision by the Maryland legislature and Gov. O’Malley to abolish the use of the death penalty in Maryland. This is a courageous step toward a culture of life.” “This is a very exciting day. We have been waiting for it literally for decades,” Mary Ellen Russell, executive director of the Maryland Catholic Conference, told the Catholic Standard, newspaper of the Archdiocese of Washington. “This has been a priority for years. The church has been a leading voice for life in all its stages. And this (repeal) is consistent with our pro-life message.” “This has been a long hard push for us since 1987 when we succeeded in winning legislation prohibiting the execution of juveniles, and two years later banning the execution of persons with mental retardation,” said Russell’s predecessor, Richard Dowl-

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WASHINGTON – The Food and Drug Administration “acted irresponsibly” with its decision to lower the age limit from 17 to 15 for purchasing an over-thecounter emergency contraceptive, said an official of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. “No public health consideration justifies the unsupervised sale of such drugs to young teens,” said Deirdre McQuade, spokeswoman for the USCCB’s Secretariat for Pro Life Activities. Plan B One-Step now will be sold openly on pharmacy shelves while the generic brands will still be sold under pharmacy counters and only for those 17-years of age. Those who purchase the drugs will have to show identification to prove their age. A ruling by a federal judge in early April said the Food and Drug Administration must make emergency contraceptives available to all ages by May 6. The Justice Department announced May 1 that it is appealing this decision.

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Daniels named spokeswoman for USCCB president CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

WASHINGTON – Kim Daniels has been hired by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops to serve as the spokeswoman for New York Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan, USCCB president. Daniels most recently served as one of two directors of Catholic Voices USA, started last year. The group’s website said its mission was “to put the church’s case in the public square” by offering “an authoritative – but not official – group of articulate speakers who make the Catholic case in interviews and debates.” The organization also conducted media training along the New YorkWashington corridor for young adults looking to espouse church positions on political issues. Speaking March 20 at a “Catholics in the Capitol” program in Albany, N.Y., Daniels said of Catholic Voices USA, “We start from the conviction that faith enriches public life. From 19th-century abolitionists to those who marched for civil rights in the 20th century, from those who’ve tirelessly fought poverty to those

who’ve struggled for decades now in the trenches of the pro-life movement, our civic life is undeniably made better when people of faith bring their beliefs to bear on public issues, and we shouldn’t let anybody tell us otherwise.” Daniels and Helen Alvare, a George Mason University law professor who was the first director of public information for the USCCB’s Secretariat for Pro-Life Activities in the early 1990s, also started last year Women Speak for Themselves, an online advocacy group working to block the federal Health and Human Services contraceptive mandate under the Affordable Care Act. She also served as a domestic policy adviser to Sarah Palin after Palin resigned as Alaska governor. Daniels, an attorney and a graduate of Princeton University and the University of Chicago Law School, worked as counsel for the Thomas More Law Center in Ann Arbor, Mich. She specialized in consciencerights issues. She and her husband have six school-age children and live in the Washington suburb of Bethesda, Md.

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Archbishop: RI’s same-sex marriage law ‘serious injustice’ CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

PROVIDENCE, R.I. – The legalization of same-sex marriage in Rhode Island May 2 was described as a “serious injustice” by the chairman of the U.S. bishops’ Subcommittee for the Promotion and Defense of Marriage. “The meaning of marriage cannot be redefined, because its meaning lies in our very nature. Therefore, regardless of what law is enacted, marriage remains the union of one man and one woman – by the very design of nature, it cannot be otherwise,” said Arch-

bishop Salvatore J. CordMarriage laws by the states ileone of San Francisco, Ten states allow marriage between people of the same gender. Thirty-eight states have constitutional and/ sub-committee chairman. or statutory bans on such marriages. Rhode Island became the 10th state to allow same-sex marriages Bans same-sex Allows marriage No laws on Allows civil unions Allows same-sex marriage, but only between a same-sex marriage marriage after Gov. Lincoln Chafee man and a woman allows civil unions or civil unions signed the bill into law May 2 following a final 56-15 vote in the House. The law will take effect California granted Aug. 1. marriage licenses Bishop Thomas J. to same-sex couples Tobin of Providence, R.I., in 2008 until voters expressed his opposition approved Proposition to the legislation in a let8, making marriage valid only between a ter to the state’s Catholics man and a woman. posted on the website of A challenge to the the Providence diocese proposition is before Active May 2. The letter will the U.S. Supreme Court, efforts appear in the May 9 ediwhich is expected to to change rule on it in June. tion of the Rhode Island marriage laws Catholic newspaper. In the letter, the bishop said he was “profoundly disappointed” with the decision to legalize sameSources: National Conference of State Legislatures and Catholic News Service 2013 Catholic News Service sex marriage and noted that the Catholic Church “fought very hard to opcontrary to God’s plan for the human family, and pose this immoral and unnecessary proposition.” therefore objectively sinful.” He also said Catholics He stressed that the church continues to have “reshould “examine their consciences very carefully spect, love and pastoral concern for our brothers and before deciding whether or not to endorse same-sex sisters who have same-sex attraction” but he said this relationships or attend same-sex ceremonies, realizing pastoral care does not mean “we are free to endorse or that to do so might harm their relationship with God ignore immoral or destructive behavior.” and cause significant scandal to others.” “At this moment of cultural change,” he wrote, “it is The bishop also noted that decision to legalize important to affirm the teaching of the church.” Quotsame-sex marriage was “a disappointment for many ing the Catechism of the Catholic Church he added: of us, but it is also an opportunity to be steadfast and “Homosexual acts are intrinsically disordered and courageous, and to renew our commitment to Christ always sinful.” and his church.” The bishop said same-sex marriages are “clearly

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Pope: Unemployment, slave labor go against God’s plan CAROL GLATZ CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis called for an end to slave labor and human trafficking as well as greater efforts to create dignified work for more people. The problem of unemployment is “very often caused by a purely economic view of society, which seeks self-centered profit, outside the bounds of social justice,” he said, marking the May 1 feast of St. Joseph the Worker during his weekly general audience. “I wish to extend an invitation to everyone to greater solidarity and to encourage those in public office to spare no effort to give new impetus to employment,” he said. “This means caring for the dignity of the person.” The pope touched on the same theme during the homily at his early morning Mass, before a congregation of unwed teenage mothers and their children in the chapel of the Domus Sanctae Marthae, where he lives. In his homily, the pope said unemployment “is a burden on our conscience” because when society is organized in such a way that it cannot offer people an opportunity to work, “there is something wrong with that society: It is not right!” “It goes against God himself, who wanted our dignity to begin with POPE FRANCIS (work).” “Power, money, culture do not give us dignity,” he said. “Work, honest work, gives us dignity.” However, he said, “today many social, political and economic systems have chosen to exploit the human person” in the workplace, by “not paying a just (wage), not offering work, focusing solely on the balance sheets, the company’s balance sheets, only looking at how much I can profit. This goes against God!” “People are less important than the things that give profit to those who have political, social, economic power. What point have we come to?” he asked. The pope recalled a recent “tragedy” in Bangladesh, where more than 400 garment workers were killed when the building they were working in collapsed. The workers reportedly earned just $38 a month. “This is what you call slave labor,” the pope said. Today, “we can no longer say what St. Paul said, ‘Who will not work, should not eat,’ but we have to say, ‘He who does not work has lost his dignity’ because he cannot find any opportunities for work.” A society that cannot offer a person the possibility of work is a society that “has stripped this person of dignity,” he said. Later in the day, Pope Francis returned to the theme of work and dignity during his weekly general audience. More than 70,000 people turned out in St. Peter’s Square, many of them Italian families and children enjoying the May 1 Worker’s Day public holiday in Italy and many other countries. After a long tour around the square in the popemobile, the pope dedicated his catechesis to May 1 as both the celebration of St. Joseph the Worker and the beginning of the month devoted to Mary. He said the two saints represent two key facets of life: work and prayer. Work is part of God’s loving plan for humanity, who is called to participate in his act of creation, the pope said. When, in the Book of Genesis, the Lord told Adam and Eve to “fill the earth and subdue it,” the pope said that “didn’t mean to exploit it, but cultivate it, safeguard it, take care of his work.” “Work is part of God’s loving plan; we are called to cultivate and safeguard all of creation’s resources and this is how we participate in the act of creation,” he said. Work gives people dignity by allowing them to participate in God’s creation, support themselves and their families and contribute to the growth of their nation, he said. While he called for more solidarity toward the unemployed and greater efforts by government officials to reinvigorate employment opportunities, the pope

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Cardinal: Dialogue was missing from Vatican’s look at LCWR CINDY WOODEN

‘Authority that commands, kills. Obedience that becomes a copy of what the other person says, infantilizes.’

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ROME – The Vatican-ordered revision of the statutes of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious will continue, but it must be accompanied with a real dialogue, which has been missing from the process, said Brazilian Cardinal Joao Braz de Aviz, prefect of the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life. “It is not a matter of ‘We’re right and they’re wrong,’ but of believing it is possible to have a dialogue, something which did not take place previously,” the cardinal said May 5, in comments that were rare precisely because they questioned the working method of another Vatican official. He spoke after celebrating Mass with and answering questions from some 800 superiors of women’s religious orders from 76 countries. “The positions are very different; there’s also a program to complete, but don’t exclude dialogue,” the cardinal said in a video interview posted on Vidimus Dominum, a news website operated by the women’s and men’s international unions of superiors. The Maryland-based LCWR is a Vatican-recognized organization that includes about 1,500 leaders of U.S. women’s religious communities, representing about 80 percent of the country’s 57,000 women religious. In April 2012, the Vatican ordered a major reform of the organization, citing “serious doctrinal problems which affect many in consecrated life.” During a mid-April meeting with LCWR officers, Archbishop Gerhard Muller, prefect of the doctrinal congregation, said he had “recently discussed the doctrinal assessment with Pope Francis, who reaffirmed the findings of the assessment and the program of reform for this conference of major superiors.”

Vatican responds

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Dominican Sister Mary Hughes, past president of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious, left, joins Franciscan Sister Pat Farrell, outgoing LCWR president, and Franciscan Sister Florence Deacon, president-elect, as supporters offer a blessing at an Aug. 9, 2012, rally in St. Louis. religious in their approach to the renewal of religious life.” The day after the cardinal made his remarks, he met personally with Archbishop Muller, the Vatican said, and the two “reaffirmed their common commitment to the renewal of religious life, and particularly to the doctrinal assessment of the LCWR and the program of reform it requires, in accordance with the wishes of the Holy Father.” The cardinal and the archbishop, it said, “work closely together according to their specific responsibilities and have collaborated throughout the process of the doctrinal assessment of the LCWR.” At the May 3-7 plenary assembly of the International Union of Superiors General in Rome, a group that includes many LCWR members, Franciscan Sister Florence Deacon, president of the U.S. group, spoke about discussions with the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. According to a transcript posted by the National Catholic Reporter, she told the sisters the Vatican’s assessment “was very flawed and did not reflect our own lived experience.” She said the assessment shows

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“there is serious misunderstanding between officials of the Vatican and women religious, and the need for prayer, discernment and deep listening.” In his homily at Mass with the women superiors, Cardinal Braz de Aviz spoke about the painful differences of opinion among the early Christians over what was required of pagans who wanted to join the church. The matter was resolved through a dialogue in a spirit of prayer and an invocation of the Holy Spirit, he said. “This is what we always must do in the church; we must constantly discern in order to move forward,” he said. It is essential “to have this constant dialogue about our lives as consecrated men and women and as people who live and proclaim the Gospel of Jesus.”

Church leaders ‘must rethink’

In the video interview later, he said, “All of us who have power in the church – mothers general, fathers general, cardinals, bishops – must rethink how we act” and whether “our power is authentic, or is it domination?” The focus of the plenary assembly of the International Union of Superiors was on exercising leadership in religious communities in accordance with the Gospel.

Cardinal Braz de Aviz said retired Pope Benedict XVI gave the church valuable lessons on leadership and authority; “he said we don’t need a lot of power, we need the Lord in our midst. And Pope Francis is doing the same thing – he doesn’t just want to be a powerful man, but wants to build something together.” The cardinal spent more than 90 minutes answering questions from the sisters and then spent time answering reporters’ questions. Vidimus Dominum, the website of the international superiors, posted a National Catholic Reporter article about the cardinal’s response to questions. It quoted Cardinal Braz de Aviz as telling the sisters that the doctrinal congregation’s judgment about the LCWR was reached without discussions with his office and caused him “much pain.” “We have to change this way of doing things,” the cardinal said. “We have to improve these relationships.” The cardinal said officials in the Vatican need to talk to each other and discuss how to handle issues that involve the competency of more than one congregation. “Cardinals can’t be mistrustful of each other,” he said. “This is not the way the church should function.” The cardinal told the sisters that he “didn’t have the courage to speak” out previously. While it is unusual for one Vatican official to question the work of another, during meetings that preceded the election of Pope Francis, many cardinals – not just those working in the curia – insisted on the need to reorganize and reform the Roman Curia, precisely to increase communication among offices. Returning to the theme of authority and leadership, which he had touched in his homily, Cardinal Braz de Aviz said, “Authority that commands, kills. Obedience that becomes a copy of what the other person says, infantilizes.”

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Doctrinal head: Strong faith key to unity CINDY WOODEN CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

VATICAN CITY – The unity of the Catholic Church rises or falls to the degree that its members uncompromisingly hold firm to the faith transmitted by the apostles, said Archbishop Gerhard Muller, prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. Archbishop The congregaMuller tion helps the pope “promote and safeguard the faith of the simple and, at the same time, strengthen the visible unity of the church,” he said, because “these two tasks are inseparably linked; they hold, stand or fall together.” Archbishop Muller spoke about the work of the doctrine congregation at a Mass with congregation staff members April 30, the feast of St. Pius V, patron saint of the congregation. St. Pius, who was pope from 1566 to 1572, “sought to strengthen the unity of the faith through the reform and unification of the liturgy,” the archbishop said. “And still today one can celebrate the Eucharist with his missal,” which is the basis for the extraordinary or so-called Tridentine Mass. The Tridentine Mass fell out of use amid the reforms that followed the Second Vatican Council of 1962-65; but in 2007, Pope Benedict XVI lifted most restrictions on its celebration in an effort to reconcile with the disaffected traditionalists. The future Pope Pius grew up in a humble family in northern Italy and spent much of his childhood in the fields, caring for his family’s sheep. “Perhaps it was in those years that he began developing an inclination

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VATICAN CITY – Meeting at the Vatican May 3, Pope Francis and Lebanese President Michel Sleiman called on the international community to offer concrete aid to Lebanon and other countries hosting hundreds of thousands of refugees from Syria. According to a statement released by the Vatican after the meeting, Sleiman’s discussions with the pope and, afterward with Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, Vatican secretary of state,

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focused particularly on the conflict that has been raging in Syria for more than two years. In late April, the United Nations said more than 440,000 Syrians – greater than 10 percent of Lebanon’s population – were registered as or were awaiting registration as refugees. In mid-March Sleiman said that when the number of Syrians who were staying with relatives in Lebanon was counted, their number exceeded 1 million, placing an enormous burden on the country.

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Pope: Be courageous for God, not just secular goals CAROL GLATZ CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

VATICAN CITY – People are courageous in pursuing their careers, personal ambitions and jealousies, but they really should be using that courage to believe in the resurrected Christ, pray to him and spread the Gospel, Pope Francis said. When the church loses courage, it is enveloped by a “tepid atmosphere,” with “lukewarm Christians without courage. This hurts the church so much,” he said in his daily morning Mass homily May 3. The pope celebrated Mass in the chapel of the Domus Sanctae Marthae, where he lives, for members of the Swiss Guard, including their commander, Col. Daniel Anrig. Archbishop Claudio Celli, president of the Pontifical Council for Social Communications, concelebrated with the pope. In his homily, the pope said a lack of courage causes the church harm “because tepidness draws you inside, and problems arise among us; we have no horizons, we have no courage, neither the courage to pray toward heaven nor the courage to proclaim the Gospel. We are lukewarm.” However, in people’s daily lives, “we have the courage to get ourselves wrapped up in our petty things, our jealousies, envy, careerism, in going ahead selfishly,” he said. Courage is needed to share the faith, which is “faith in the resurrected Jesus, in Jesus who pardoned our sins with his death and has reconciled us with the Father,” he said.

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Invoking St. Dominic, protector against snakes Bishop Angelo Spina of Sulmona-Valva, Italy, holds snakes to be used for covering a wooden statue of St. Dominic, before a procession of the statue in Cocullo May 1. Local legend says St. Dominic cleared fields of invading snakes and is known to intercede on behalf of people bitten by snakes.

“We have to proclaim it with our life, with our word.” Sometimes that courage can be shown very

simply, he said, recalling how as a boy he attended Good Friday candlelit processions with his grandmother. When the figure of a crucified and lifeless Christ would pass, “grandmother would make us kneel and tell us ‘Look, he’s dead, but tomorrow he will be risen!’” With that simple teaching, he said, faith in Christ, who died and was risen, “entered like that” into his life. However, “there have been many, many people in the history of the church who have wanted to tone down a little this firm certainty and speak of a ‘spiritual’ resurrection.” “No. Christ is alive,” he said, and is “also alive among us.” “The church must be courageous” not just in proclaiming the risen Christ and the Gospel, he said, but also “we all have to be courageous in prayer and challenging Jesus.” Referring to the day’s reading from the Gospel of St. John, the pope said Jesus told his disciples, “Whatever you ask in my name, I will do, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son.” “This is powerful,” he said, that Jesus will do whatever is asked in his name. Abraham and Moses had the courage to “bargain with the Lord,” but it was the courage to bargain “in favor of others, in favor of the church,” which is needed still today, the pope said. He asked people to pray with this kind of courage, “this ‘parresia’” or boldness, and ask Jesus to do things like “make the faith grow, make evangelization move forward, make this problem I have find a resolution.” He asked that God grant everyone “the grace of courage” and “perseverance” in prayer.

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Science can create a monster if too prideful, said future pope LAUREN COLEGROVE CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

VATICAN CITY – With a specialized education in both chemistry and theology, Pope Francis is no stranger to the relationship between science and faith. “Science has its autonomy that must be respected and encouraged,” the future pope said in a recently published book. “There is no reason to meddle with scientists’ autonomy, except when they overstep their field and get into the transcendent.” Pope Francis discussed the responsibility of science in the book “On

IN BRAZIL, POPE TO MEET SLUM DWELLERS, POLITICIANS, YOUTH

VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis will meet slum dwellers and powerful politicians, pay homage at a Marian shrine and celebrate with participants at World Youth Day when he visits Brazil in late July. The Argentine pope’s first international trip, which will take him to his native Latin America, was planned under his predecessor, retired Pope Benedict XVI. Pope Francis will fly to Rio de Janeiro July 22 and spend his six-day visit in or around the city, except for half a day in Aparecida, an hour and 15 minutes to the west by helicopter, where he will pray in the Basilica of the National Shrine of Our Lady of Aparecida, Brazil’s principal patron saint. In Rio, the pope will visit a hospital

Heaven and Earth: Pope Francis on Faith, Family and the Church in the 21st Century.” The book, published in April by Image Books, a division of Random House, is a conversation between then-Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Buenos Aires, Argentina, and Rabbi Abraham Skorka, an Argentine biophysicist and rector of the Latin American Rabbinical Seminary. In the introduction to the book, the future pope wrote, “Dialogue is born from a respectful attitude toward the other person ... it supposes that we can make room in our heart for their point of view.”

Using creative analogies and personal stories, the future pope offered insight into his viewpoints on science. He cited God’s command in the book of Genesis, “Be fertile and multiply; fill the earth and subdue it.” He said humanity received the raw materials of the earth from God in order to build culture – just as a log is made into a table. But, he said, humanity must not lose respect for nature as people subdue it. He warned against the sin of pride, citing abuses of atomic power and destruction that can result when “science does not put limits on itself.”

Science “can lose control of its own creation, just like in the story of Frankenstein,” the future pope said. “When man becomes proud, he creates a monster that can get out of hand.” The pope also touched on the subject of environmentalism in the homily of his March 19 inaugural Mass, stating, “The vocation of being a ‘protector,’ however, is not just something involving us Christians ... It means protecting all creation, the beauty of the created world.” “In the end, everything has been entrusted to our protection, and all of us are responsible for it,” he said.

and a notorious “favela” slum, meet Brazil’s President Dilma Rousseff, Latin American bishops and juvenile offenders, and address what the Vatican’s official itinerary describes as the “ruling class of Brazil.” The largest part of Pope Francis’ time will be devoted to World Youth Day events, starting with a welcome ceremony on Rio’s Copacabana beach – where he will later lead the Stations of the Cross – and culminating in an outdoor Mass 30 miles away in Guaratiba.

Chica, Paula de Jesus was the daughter of a former slave. She died in 1895 after a lifetime of service that earned her the name “Mother of the Poor.” Her canonization process started in 1993, but in 1995 gained strength with the revelation that a schoolteacher was cured of a congenital heart defect after praying to Nha Chica. The miracle was sent for review to the Vatican in 1998, and in 2011 Pope Benedict XVI approved her heroic virtues. Last June, the Vatican approved the miracle. Cardinal Angelo Amato, prefect of the Congregations for Saints’ Causes, celebrated the May 4 Mass.

amendments that say life begins at conception. The court ruled 5-4 May 2 against a challenge to the amendments brought by municipalities in the states of Oaxaca and Guanajuato; the court ruled that local governments have no jurisdiction over health matters. A similar constitutional amendment from the state of Queretaro was invalidated April 29 by the court due to irregularities in how it was approved, the newspaper Reforma reported. The court previously upheld a 2006 law decriminalizing abortion in Mexico City – technically a federal district and not a municipality – by saying that states could set rules regarding abortion. Eighteen of Mexico’s 31 states subsequently passed constitutional amendments either restricting access to abortion or declaring that life begins at conception.

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Fixing a ‘broken’ immigration system Bishop Gerald Wilkerson, auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles and president of the California Catholic Conference, the public advocacy office of California’s bishops, released this statement May 1 in recognition of the historic introduction of immigration reform legislation in the U.S. Senate and rallies taking place throughout California in support of immigration reform. The California Catholic Conference of Bishops, in solidarity with all the bishops of the United States, applauds the introduction of bipartisan legislation to reform the broken U.S. immigration system. Throughout our dioceses, as pastors called by the good shepherd to care for those in need, we are sharing our own immigration stories and teaching the principles found in our Catholic social teaching. For many years we have advocated for comprehensive reform of the nation’s immigration laws. Our country has a right and a responsibility to protect its borders, and effective immigration laws are part of that enforcement. Right now, however, the current system fails both the nation

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The Miranda family, from Milton, Del., participate in an immigration reform rally in Georgetown, Del., May 1. More than 1,000 people gathered for the rally in the town, where about 48 percent of the population is of Latino or of Hispanic origin, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. and those seeking to contribute to American society. We believe that the necessary elements for reform ought to include: 1. An earned path to full legal status and eventual citizenship that is reasonable and attainable.

2. Provision for immigrants brought here as minors to swiftly gain legal status to continue their education and enter the workforce. 3. The reduction of immigration application backlogs so that families may be united more quickly.

4. A temporary worker program that is safe, workable for families, and fair to all workers, immigrants and non-immigrants, alike. 5. Restoration of due process protections for all immigrants involved with the immigration justice system. 6. The protection of refugees and unaccompanied immigrant children. 7. A way of addressing the root causes of immigration. The U.S. Senate proposal is welcomed. As people of faith, we are compelled to care for the least among us in loving response to Jesus who says to us: “I was a stranger and you welcomed me.” We look forward to meeting with legislators and working to ensure that the final bill brings immigrants out from the shadows so that all of us together can make America stronger. Even as we join with others in carefully reviewing the 844-page bill, we will continue and expand our efforts to enlist California Catholics – and others of good will – to advocate for this much-needed reform of our national immigration laws.

LETTERS Father Barron, where is the harm? Father Robert Barron (“Gay marriage and the breakdown of moral argument,” April 26), argues that poll numbers are influencing our concept of morality. He says, “Lots of people can approve of something that is in fact morally repugnant … .” He goes on to use as examples of this the atomic bombs used on Japanese cities at the end of World War II and slavery in the U.S. He does not examine why both of these examples are morally wrong, but it is clear that both harmed people: The atomic bombs were used on cities where civilians lived, and slavery denied any human rights to people whose skin happened to be black. If Father Barron wants to equate the atomic bomb and slavery to gay marriage, he will have to show where the harm is done and to whom. Are gay people harmed when they marry? Are straight people harmed when gay people marry? How? And remember, we are discussing what the state is doing. That state marries Catholics that the church will not. That state also divorces Catholics. The church does not mount a movement to stop either of these practices. Why should it use the little influence it has today to try to stop the state from marrying gay people? You would think that the church would celebrate the love between two consenting adults if it truly felt that “love one another” was the message of Jesus Christ. Isn’t it a bit curious that Christ said nothing about homosexuality? And we know that same-sex attraction has been around since the beginning of time. Could it be that Christ’s message of love included the love that dare not speak its name? Richard Morasci San Francisco

Our Lady truly inspires at Medjugorje In a letter in Catholic San Francisco a few weeks ago, Laurette Elsberry wrote that there have been no authenticated miracles in Medjugorje. That is extremely far from the truth. In one book

An image ‘beyond ironic’ I find it beyond ironic that, for the story about honoring 650 religious women and their 48 congregations at the CCCYO Loaves and Fishes fundraiser (May 3), you chose to print a photo of three men! There’s something wrong with this picture. Catherine Regan San Francisco Editor’s note: Point taken, and another image from the event is offered below.

Pictured at the Catholic Charities CYO Loaves and Fishes Award for Faith and Action dinner and gala April 18 in San Francisco are, from left, Sister Maureen McInerney, OP; Sister Margaret Lennon, lsp; Sister William Eileen Dunn, DC; Sister Deborah Walker, FMA; Sister Clare Pratt, RSCJ; Sister Gladys Guenther, SHF; Sister Rochelle Mitchell, SSS; Sister Fran Kearney, SNJM; Sister Marilyn Gouailhardou, RSM; Sister Rosanne Murphy, SNDdeN; Sister Judy Romero, PBVM.

alone, “Medjugorje: Light of the World,” by Pietro Jacopini, there are more than 18 completely documented miracles. Our Lady promised to protect her chosen village when she first appeared to the visionaries in Medjugorje in 1981 and I saw proof that our Blessed Mother always keeps her promises. Vicka, one of the visionaries, told us that two soldiers came to see her and told her that every time they were ordered by the communists to flatten Medjugorje they were surrounded by a thick fog and didn’t know where they were. They could never bomb Our Lady’s village.

Those soldiers did convert and became Catholics. Our group went outside Medjugorje to the nearby city of Sarajevo, and I was shocked to see all the bullet holes in the buildings and the great destruction. The worst part was visiting

the people, all the women and children – the men had been killed in the war. The refugees lived in train boxcars and were very grateful for the food and gifts we brought for them. This is a sublime lesson for us that God can protect us when we love him and keep his commandments. I went with a friend – we were both Third Order Dominicans at that time. Both of us saw the miracle of the sun, similar to what was recorded at Fatima. I looked directly at the sun and a shield went over it to dull the brightness, and then colors spun around it – blue, then red, then other colors. I was so humbled and grateful that God allowed me to see this great miracle. I still see it now in San Mateo whenever I look at the sun. It makes my faith unshakable. Everyone I know who went to that holy place experienced a miracle that had a special meaning to them, and I later met other people who saw the sun as I did. The church cannot finalize Medjugorje and start an investigation because Our Lady is still giving messages to the visionaries there. Also, Our Lady’s apparitions in Garabandal, Spain, cannot be finalized because we are waiting for the fulfillment of two more events that she promised. We can only improve our lives if we listen to Our Lady, and by making a pilgrimage to Medjugorje with an open heart you will be changed in a miraculous way. Claire Rogus San Mateo Editor’s note: An April 19 letter misstated the headline on the March 29 article “Medjugorje message mesmerizes parishioners,” incorrectly referring to the shrine rather than to the message.

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The bishop of Rome as Christian radical

t was a brief greeting to former colleagues. But if you read Pope Francis’ April 18 letter to the Argentine bishops’ conference closely, you get a glimpse of the man, his convictions and his vision. First, the man: Jortge Mario Bergoglio has remained very much himself, rather than adopting what some might deem the pontifical style. Any pope who can write his former colleagues in these terms – “Dear Brothers: I am sending these lines of greeting and also to excuse myself for being unable to attend due to ‘comGEORGE WEIGEL mitments assumed recently’ (sounds good?)” – is a man at home in his own skin, and one likely to remain that way. Then, the convictions: Pope Francis believes that the church in Latin America took a decisive step toward a new future in 2007. Then, at the Fifth General Conference of the Bishops of Latin America and the Caribbean, held at Aparecida in Brazil, the leaders of the church moved far beyond the “kept” Catholicism of the past – the Catholicism that was “kept” by legal establishment or, more recently, cultural habit – and embraced a robustly evangelical Catholicism in which, as the pope wrote on April 18, “the whole of ministry (is) in a missionary key.” The move from “kept” Catholicism to evangelical Catholicism is for everyone, the pope seems convinced. “Kept” Catholicism has no future anywhere, and not just because of aggressive secularism and other corrosive cultural acids. “Kept” Catholicism has no future because it doesn’t merit a future: or, as the pope put it to his former colleagues, “A church that does not go out, sooner or later gets sick” in the hothouse atmosphere of its own self-absorption, which Francis has also called “self-referentiality.” When the church is about itself, rather than the Gospel and the invitation to friendship with the Lord Jesus Christ, the church betrays the Gospel and the Lord. How? The “self-referential church” falls victim to “a kind of narcissism that leads to

spiritual worldliness and to sophisticated clericalism,” which in turn are obstacles to what the bishops at Aparecida called “the sweet and comforting joy of evangelizing.” That joy, Pope Francis quickly added, is “many times united to the cross.” But the joy that comes from the embrace of the cross helps the ordained ministers of the church “to be each day more fruitful, spending ourselves and unraveling ourselves in the service of the holy faithful people of God.” And if the pastors are seen to pick up the cross and live joyfully in the embrace of the crucified and risen Lord, the people of the church will find the courage to do the same: Thus the entire body of Christ becomes a powerful witness to the truth that it is in self-giving, not self-assertion, that we find happiness. As for the pope’s vision, Francis seems willing, even eager, to lead a church that takes risks in boldly proclaiming the Gospel. “It is true,” he wrote the bishops of Argentina, that “something can happen” to a church that “goes out,” just as things can happen to someone who leaves the safety of home: accidents can happen. But “I wish to say to you frankly,” the pope continued, “that I prefer a thousand times an injured church than a sick church,” a risk-taking church to a church palsied by self-absorption. Thus the vision toward which this pope “from the end of the earth” is calling the entire church: all Christ, all Gospel, all mission, all the time. The bishop of Rome as Christian radical is going to take some getting used to. Expect serious disorientation in those ideological redoubts where the old battles over the now-superseded church of the Counter-Reformation remain all-consuming (e.g., the Leadership Conference of Women Religious and the Lefebvrists). Some may find it hard to reconcile Christian radicalism with orthodoxy. But, as I argue in “Evangelical Catholicism: Deep Reform in the 21st-Century Church” (Basic Books), that’s precisely what orthodoxy is: the adventure of radical conversion ordered to mission. The 266th bishop of Rome would seem to agree. WEIGEL is Distinguished Senior Fellow of the Ethics and Public Policy Center, Washington, D.C.

Examining our duties to the poor via sequestration

or thousands of travelers like me that week, the discomfort of being packed into a seat unfit for the human frame was further increased by the announcement that the plane would be sitting on the taxiway for at least another hour. It was the result of an insufficient number of air traffic controllers caused by furloughs in response to the budget demands of saving money. Not looking forward to what could occur on the return trip, I was delighted when Congress quickly STEPHEN KENT passed – and the president signed – a bill to employ some creative accounting to return the air traffic control system to full strength. The feeling of relief no doubt was shared. The air travel inconvenience was but one of hundreds of events caused by the mandated spending cuts of sequestration. What about cancer patients who could not get their medications, preschoolers being forced out of Head Start programs and ending Meals on Wheels deliveries for seniors? Columnists, commentators, the public spoke out. Why should only one item receive an exemption? It isn’t fair. That one feeling – “it isn’t fair” – could do more than the hundreds of documents and books did to bring the concept of preferential option for the poor to the forefront in continuing budget negotiations. It “doesn’t seem right” could spark the first glimmer of greater public and secular understanding of the foundational Christian principle of economic justice. “Economic Justice for All” was the landmark document published more than 25 years ago by the U.S. Catholic bishops to apply the major principles of Catholic social teaching to the economic structure of the country.

“The obligation to provide justice for all means that the poor have the single most urgent economic claim on the conscience of the nation,” the document said. Preferential option for the poor means “that meeting fundamental human needs must come before the fulfillment of desires for luxury consumer goods, for profits not conducive to the common good and for unnecessary military hardware,” according to the document. A feeling of discomfort that my problem is solved while the problems of others aren’t solved, could open understanding to these principles and be the basis for turning principles into policy. Without getting to the realities of shifting money interdepartmentally, could millions of dollars for helicopters that the Army does not want be better spent on workers building new bridges and highways? The discussion isn’t about government spending, it is about priorities. And this is where faith is to influence and impact the economy, not the other way around. But suppose budget-building, as an expression of national priorities, began at zero. Of all available resources, how much goes for defense, how much for human needs? Pope Francis speaks of his desire for a church of the poor. What is he calling us to? Not that all will be poverty stricken, but an attitude of how to be poor in spirit while being materially rich. Living the spirit of detachment amid the riches of the world is not an easy task. Perhaps this reaction sparked by sequester will cause us to examine our lifestyles and ask: How does this decision contribute to the situation of my brothers and sisters? A concrete example affecting enough people may help us to reflect and study how our faith is to influence and impact the economy, not the other way around. KENT is the retired editor of archdiocesan newspapers in Omaha and Seattle. Email considersk@gmail.com.

Following the pope on solidarity with the poor

ne reason the world has reacted with such joy to the election of Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio as Pope Francis is his commitment to the poor. As we have read in many news reports, this is not a purely academic concern on his part. Pope Francis has put his concern into action. For him, it’s meant a lifetime of living among the poor and interacting with them. It’s meant riding the bus and forsaking the opulent home some feel is a cardinal’s due. His devotion has led him into real relationships with people not as priviEFFIE CALDAROLA leged as those who sometimes surround a “prince” of the church. To many, this is the attitude a leader of our church should have – to be a servant leader, to be one with those who suffer, following the example of Jesus. News reports indicate Pope Francis has a desire to move forward with the beatification of Archbishop Oscar Romero, a man many Latin Americans already regard as a saint and martyr. Romero was considered a fairly conservative choice for archbishop of San Salvador in 1977, where the El Salvadoran ruling elite controlled most of the land and resources. Archbishop Romero was a friend to this elite and felt comfortable among them. But when his friend, Jesuit Father Rutilio Grande, was assassinated for his work with the poor, the archbishop reached a turning point in his life. He became a defender of the poor and a tireless proponent of human rights. He criticized the Marxists and those who sought military solutions, but, at the same time, he opposed the worst of capitalism and the unbridled greed of the oligarchs. He stood firmly with the poor, and for this he was assassinated while celebrating Mass in 1980. For Americans, and many Westerners, our attitude toward the poor is rather complex. We often speak condescendingly of “those less fortunate than we are,” write our checks at Christmas, collect some cans for a food drive and drop our used clothing off at a charity. But we find it cumbersome and confusing to consider the root causes of poverty and to ask why the gap between the rich and the poor grows in the U.S. We prefer to get out the checkbook and feel we’ve done our part. The politics of the thing can grow messy – probably not as messy as it grew for Archbishop Romero, gunned down for his beliefs – but muddled nonetheless. In Scripture, there is a story about a woman who poured costly oils on Jesus as a form of tribute. Some of the disciples upbraided Jesus for allowing this. Couldn’t the money have been used for the poor? Jesus makes the comment, “The poor you will always have with you; but you will not always have me” (Matthew 26:11). Some interpret this remark to suggest, oh, yes, there will always be poor people about. But I’ve heard a more striking interpretation of Jesus’ statement: Christ exhorted his apostles, saying, you, because you are my disciples, you will always keep the poor close to you. Always. In the affluent society in which we live, we sometimes don’t see the poor, or when they are present, we see through them. We often fail to recognize how many of our neighbors require food stamps, or are one misstep away from financial ruin. Our cities are often completely divided into the rich neighborhoods and the poor. To be a follower of Jesus is to be countercultural. It is to choose simplicity when we’d love to use more and to live in solidarity with those who struggle.

As Americans we find it cumbersome and confusing to consider the root causes of poverty and to ask why the gap between the rich and the poor grows in the US

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SUNDAY READINGS

Solemnity of the Ascension of the Lord ‘They did him homage and then returned to Jerusalem with great joy and they were continually in the temple praising God.‘ LUKE 24:46-53 ACTS1:1-11 In the first book, Theophilus, I dealt with all that Jesus did and taught until the day he was taken up, after giving instructions through the Holy Spirit to the apostles whom he had chosen. He presented himself alive to them by many proofs after he had suffered, appearing to them during forty days and speaking about the kingdom of God. While meeting with them, he enjoined them not to depart from Jerusalem, but to wait for “the promise of the Father about which you have heard me speak; for John baptized with water, but in a few days you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.” When they had gathered together they asked him, “Lord, are you at this time going to restore the kingdom to Israel?” He answered them, “It is not for you to know the times or seasons that the Father has established by his own authority. But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, throughout Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.” When he had said this, as they were looking on, he was lifted up, and a cloud took him from their sight. While they were looking intently at the sky as he was going, suddenly two men dressed in white garments stood beside them. They said, “Men of Galilee, why are you standing there looking at the sky? This Jesus who has been taken up from you into

heaven will return in the same way as you have seen him going into heaven.” PSALM 47:2-3, 6-7, 8-9 God mounts his throne to shouts of joy: a blare of trumpets for the Lord. All you peoples clap your hands, shout to God with cries of gladness, For the Lord, the Most High, the awesome, is the great king over all the earth. God mounts his throne to shouts of joy: a blare of trumpets for the Lord. God mounts his throne amid shouts of joy; the Lord, amid trumpet blasts. Sing praise to God, sing praise; sing praise to our king, sing praise. God mounts his throne to shouts of joy: a blare of trumpets for the Lord. For king of all the earth is God; sing hymns of praise. God reigns over the nations, God sits upon his holy throne. God mounts his throne to shouts of joy: a blare of trumpets for the Lord. EPHESIANS 1:17-23 Brothers and sisters: May the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, give you a Spirit of wisdom and revelation esulting in knowledge of him. May the eyes of your hearts be enlightened, that you may know

what is the hope that belongs to his call, what are the riches of glory in his inheritance among the holy ones, and what is the surpassing greatness of his power for us who believe, in accord with the exercise of his great might: which he worked in Christ, raising him from the dead and seating him at his right hand in the heavens, far above every principality, authority, power, and dominion, and every name that is named not only in this age but also in the one to come. And he put all things beneath his feet and gave him as head over all things to the church, which is his body, the fullness of the one who fills all things in every way. LUKE 24:46-53 Jesus said to his disciples: “Thus it is written that the Christ would suffer and rise from the dead on the third day and that repentance, for the forgiveness of sins, would be preached in his name to all the nations, beginning from Jerusalem. You are witnesses of these things. And behold I am sending the promise of my Father upon you; but stay in the city until you are clothed with power from on high.” Then he led them out as far as Bethany, raised his hands, and blessed them. As he blessed them he parted from them and was taken up to heaven. They did him homage and then returned to Jerusalem with great joy, and they were continually in the temple praising God.

Work that must be done

here is a well-known, if somewhat comical, psychological exercise in which one or two students stand in a crowded area – a mall or a carnival setting – and simply look up. Another individual stands a short distance from them, observing how frequently and how many people passing by pause to also look up and see what this person or persons are so intently looking at. The scene at the Ascension has a similar and somewhat comical ending in which, having just observed Jesus’ departure, there are, not one, not two, but 11 men standing there staring upward. So intently are they focused on the heavens that they do not notice the two men in white, also pausing to look up and FATHER WILLIAM asking, “Why are you standNICHOLAS ing there looking up into the sky?” Every year we celebrate the beginning of the end to our annual Easter season

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with the solemnity of the Ascension of Jesus. We remember when Christ took leave of his disciples, promising to one day return. The event of the Ascension, however, is not only about the departure. Jesus also commissioned his apostles to carry on the work he had begun in proclaiming the kingdom of God and the salvation of souls. In the Gospel of Matthew he declares, “Go and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, teaching all that I have commanded you” (Matthew 28:19). In Mark, he declares, “Go into the whole world and proclaim the Gospel to every creature” (Mark 16:15). In Luke, he declares, “repentance, for the forgiveness of sins, would be preached in his name to all the nations, beginning from Jerusalem” (Luke 24:47). Finally, in the Acts of the Apostles, prior to his Ascension Jesus says to the 11, “you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, throughout Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth” (Acts 1:8). The question asked by the two men in white to the 11 apostles, following Jesus Ascension, stands to reason. Why are they looking up into the sky, when they have important work to do? As Christians, we “await the blessed hope and the coming of our savior, Jesus Christ.” We pray,

“Maranatha,” “Come, Lord Jesus.” However, we are reminded that our focus is not, nor should it be, on gazing into the heavens. While we await Jesus’ return in glory, we do not actively look for it. We do not stand with our gaze fixed on the sky, looking for Jesus to descend from the clouds – nor do we seek to calculate the exact time and place of his return, or attempt to predict it based on sacred writings or the ecstatic proclamations of self-styled visionaries. Not even Jesus is granted this information as he tells us that only the father knows the day and the hour (Matthew 24:36, Mark 13:32, Acts 1:7). Like the 11, we have work to do. We must carry on the mission to proclaim the Gospel to whole world, to every living creature, to make disciples of all the nations, to preach repentance for the forgiveness of sins, to baptize in the name of the father, and of the son, and of the Holy Spirit. We must not become so distracted by “looking” for Christ’s return that we stand, idly gazing up into the sky. Instead, we direct our focus on fulfilling the commission of evangelization we have received, “as we wait in joyful hope for the coming of our savior, Jesus Christ.”

SATURDAY, MAY 18: Saturday of the Seventh Week of Easter. Optional Memorial of St. John I, pope and martyr. Acts 28:16-20, 30-31. PS 11:4, 5 and 7. Jn 21:20-25.

WEDNESDAY, MAY 22: Wednesday of the Seventh Week in Ordinary Time. Optional Memorial of St. Rita of Cascia, religious. Sir 4:11-19. PS 119:165, 168, 171, 172, 174, 175. Mk 9:38-40.

SUNDAY, MAY 19: Pentecost Sunday. Acts 2:1-11. PS 104:1, 24, 29-30, 31, 34. 1 Cor 12:3b-7, 12-13 or Rom 8:8-17. Jn 20:19-23 or Jn 14:15-16, 23b-26.

THURSDAY, MAY 23: Thursday of the Seventh Week in Ordinary Time. PS 1:1-2, 3, 4 and 6. Mk 9:41-50.

MONDAY, MAY 20: Monday of the Seventh Week in Ordinary Time. Optional Memorial of St. Bernardine of Siena, priest. Sir 1:1-10. PS 93:1ab, 1cd-2, 5. Mk 9:14-29.

FRIDAY, MAY 24: Friday of the Seventh Week in Ordinary Time. Sir 6:5-17. PS 119:12, 16, 18, 27, 34, 35. Mk10:1-12.

TUESDAY, MAY 21: Tuesday of the Seventh Week in Ordinary Time. Optional Memorial of St. Christopher Magallanes, priest and martyr, and his companions, martyrs; Optional Memorial of St. Eugene de Mazenod, bishop (Canada). Sir 2:1-11. PS 37:3-4, 18-19, 27-28, 39-40. Mk 9:30-37.

SATURDAY, MAY 25: Saturday of the Seventh Week in Ordinary Time. Optional Memorial of St. Bede the Venerable, priest and doctor; St. Gregory VII, pope; St. Mary Magdalene de Pazzi, virgin. Sir 17:1-15. PS 103:13-14, 15-16, 17-18. Mk 10:1316.

FATHER NICHOLAS is parochial vicar of Mission Dolores Basilica, San Francisco. www.frwcnicholas.com.

LITURGICAL CALENDAR, DAILY MASS READINGS MONDAY, MAY 13: Monday of the Seventh Week of Easter. Optional Memorial of Our Lady of Fatima. Acts 19:1-8. PS 68:2-3ab, 4-5acd, 6-7ab. Jn 16:29-33. TUESDAY, MAY 14: Feast of St. Matthias, apostle and martyr. Acts 1:15-17, 20-26. PS 113:1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 7-8. Jn 15:9-17. WEDNESDAY, MAY 15: Wednesday of the Seventh Week of Easter. Optional Memorial of St. Isidore (USA). Acts 20:28-38. PS 68:29-30, 33-35a, 35bc36ab. Jn 17:11b-19. THURSDAY MAY 16: Thursday of the Seventh Week of Easter. Acts 22:30; 23:6-11. PS 16:1-2a and 5, 7-8, 9-10, 11. Jn 17:20-26. FRIDAY, MAY 17: Friday of the Seventh Week of Easter. Acts 25:13b-21. PS 103:1-2, 11-12, 19-20ab. Jn 21:15-19.

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Boldness with God

ome years ago, a woman shared this story at a workshop. She had a 6 year-old son whom she had conscientiously schooled in prayer. Among other things, she made him kneel beside his bed every night and say aloud a number of prayers, ending with an invocation to “bless mummy, daddy, grandma, and grandpa.” One night, shortly after he had started school, she took him to his room to hear his prayers and to tuck him in for the night. But when it came time for him to kneel by his bedside and recite FATHER RON his prayers, he refused and ROLHEISER crawled into bed instead. His mother asked him: “What’s the matter? Don’t you pray anymore?” There was remarkable calm in his reply: “No,” he said, “I don’t pray anymore. The sister teaching us at school told us that we are not supposed to pray, she said that we are supposed to talk to God ... and tonight I am tired and have nothing to say!” This is reminiscent of a scriptural story about King David. One morning, returning from battle with some of his soldiers, he arrived at the temple, tired and hungry, but the only food available consisted of consecrated loaves of bread in the temple, which by Jewish religious law, were to be eaten only by the priests in sacred ritual. David asked the high priest for the loaves and was met by the objection that these loaves were not to be eaten as ordinary food. David replied that he was aware of that, but, given the situation and given that as king he was empowered to make decisions for God on earth, he ordered the priest to give him the loaves. Biblical tradition commends David for that. He is praised for doing a good thing, for knowing God well enough to know that God would want that bread to be used for exceptional purposes in that situation. He is praised for having a mature faith, for not being unduly legalistic, for not abdicating sound judgment because of fear and piety, and for knowing God well enough to know that God is not a law to be obeyed but rather a loving presence that counsels us and imbues us with life and energy. Jesus, too, praises David for this action when his own disciples are chastised for shelling corn on the Sabbath. He refers to David’s action of feeding his hungry soldiers with the consecrated loaves as an act of deeper understanding, that is, in doing this seemingly sacrilegious act, David

was in fact demonstrating an intimacy with God that his critics, because of fear, betrayed themselves as lacking. One of the things that characterizes mature friendship is a familiarity and intimacy that makes for a robust relationship rather than a fearful one. In a mature relationship there is no place for fearful piety or false reverence. Rather with a close friend we are bold because we know the other’s mind, fully trust the other, and are at a level of relationship where we are unafraid to ask for things, can be shamelessly self-disclosing, are given to playfulness and teasing, and are (like King David) able to responsibly interpret the other’s mind. When we are in a mature relationship with someone we are comfortable and at ease with that person. That is also one of the qualities of a mature faith and a mature relationship with God. According to John of the Cross, the deeper we move into a relationship with God and the more mature our faith becomes, the bolder we will become with God. Like King David and like the young boy just described, fearful piety will be replaced by a healthy familiarity. And this will not be the kind of familiarity that breeds contempt; that takes the other for granted. Rather it will be the kind of familiarity that is grounded in intimacy which, while remaining respectful and never taking the other for granted, is more at ease and playful than fearful and pious in that other’s presence. But, if that is true, then what are we to make of the fact that Scripture tells us “the fear of God is the beginning of wisdom” and the fact that religious tradition has always deemed piety a virtue? Do fear and piety militate against “boldness” with God? Was King David wrong in his bold interpretation of God’s will? There is a religious fear that is healthy and there is a piety that is healthy, but neither of these is exhibited in a relationship that is fearful, legalistic, scrupulous, over-pious or over-serious. Healthy religious fear and healthy piety manifest themselves in a relationship that is robust. We should not let ourselves be fooled by fear and piety. Fear easily masks itself as religious reverence. Piety can easily pass itself off as religious depth. But genuine intimacy unmasks both. A healthy relationship is robust, bold, and is characterized by lack of fear, ease, playfulness and humor. And that is particularly true of our relationship with God. OBLATE FATHER ROLHEISER is president of the Oblate School of Theology, San Antonio, Texas.

Statesmen, please step forward

’m amazed how quickly our mind can move from one thought to another when a good idea strikes us. This occurred to me recently as William D’Antonio and Steven Tuch discussed their new book “Religion, Politics and Polarization.” The book draws on 40 years of congressional roll call votes and argues that the ideologies of the Democratic and Republican parties are grounded in religious values that strongly influence the voting patterns of party members. It also addresses the polarizaFATHER EUGENE tion we are experiencing. HEMRICK We could sure use a study on statesmanship these days. I started reading once again the writings of George Kennan, who was an American diplomat, and former Secretary of State John Foster Dulles. After visiting Hamburg, Germany, where thousands perished during World War II, Kennan wrote: “I felt the conviction that no momentary military advantage could have justified this stupendous, careless destruction of civilian life and of material values, built up laboriously by human hands over the course of centuries for purposes having nothing to do with this war. Least of all

could it have been justified by the screaming nonsequitur, ‘They did it to us.’ [The Western world] has to learn to fight its wars morally as well as militarily, or not fight them at all, for moral principles are part of its strength.” Kennan’s beliefs reflect a statesman’s moral conscience differentiating between truth and falsehood. They likewise reflect a human being deeply distressed over the plight of innocent people and the destruction of their life’s work. This oneness with suffering is the solidarity of which Pope John Paul II spoke of repeatedly in seeking to achieve worldwide unity. In Dulles’ cases, after World War I he was responsible for adjudicating the outlandish reparation that the Allies sought from Germany. “From an economic standpoint,” he wrote, “I believe that it would enhance the general good if these debts were cancelled.” He said war debts should be made a part of a general settlement to Europe, bringing about a benefit greater than if the United States were to attempt to collect the money. His uneasiness with eccentric reparation exemplifies a statesman’s desire for mercy: allowing Germany to rebuild rather than to be decimated with no future. To be a statesman is to be prophetic and to choose God’s ways over mankind’s, to desire unity and truth in the face of opposition, and to feel sympathy rather than wrath – qualities needed to dispel today’s growing polarization in our nation.

Bible knowledge; is missing Mass a mortal sin?

Is there a book you can suggest that would help a senior citizen to understand the Bible (one that does not require a DVD, etc.)? (Indianapolis) I’m sure that there are many such books, and you would probably get as many answers as the number of priests you asked. One that I have found helpful over the years is called “The Collegeville Bible Handbook.” It was published by The Liturgical Press in 1997 and contains a one-page summary of each of the 73 books of the Bible as well as a short commentary on the significant sections of each book. What I particularly like FATHER about this handbook is the KENNETH DOYLE abundance of color maps and “timelines.” People learn in different ways. For me, it’s helpful to be able to “picture” things, and I seem to be able to do that easily with this book. (I’ve just learned, too, that this 350-page hardback is currently on sale for under $5 – and I don’t even get a commission.) I was taught as a child that it was a mortal sin to miss Mass on Sunday, that if you did that and failed to confess it before you died, you would go to hell. Then, I thought, the Second Vatican Council changed this and said it was not a mortal sin anymore. But just recently I read in our diocesan newspaper that Catholics still have a serious obligation to attend, and now I’m confused. Personally, I can’t believe it could be that grave. Can you help to clarify? (Cedar Rapids, Iowa) The Second Vatican Council has been blamed for (or sometimes credited with) making a variety of changes it never discussed. One of the things Vatican II did not do was to change church teaching on the obligation to attend Sunday Mass. The Catechism of the Catholic Church states that teaching clearly in No. 2181: “The Sunday Eucharist is the foundation and confirmation of all Christian practice. For this reason the faithful are obliged to participate in the Eucharist on days of obligation, unless excused for a serious reason (for example, illness, the care of infants). Those who deliberately fail in this obligation commit a grave sin.” Gravity of matter, of course, is just one of the three necessary conditions for a mortal sin – the others being complete consent of the will and full knowledge of the sinful character of the act or omission. Certain circumstances can excuse one from attendance at Mass on a particular Sunday. The catechism mentions illness and the care of infants, but others might be: unavoidable work obligations, lack of transportation or inclement weather sufficient to put one’s safety at risk. (To skip Mass to go shopping, to play golf or to get a couple extra hours of sleep clearly does not qualify and shows that other priorities have been allowed to replace the Lord.) To appreciate the seriousness of the obligation, it helps to understand the centrality of the Mass. From the earliest days of the church, disciples of Jesus have gathered for Eucharist on the first day of each week to mark the day of Christ’s resurrection. In the Mass, the events of Holy Thursday, Good Friday and Easter coalesce, and those events comprise the core of our faith. Not incidentally, the Mass also happens to be the one specific way Jesus asked the apostles to keep his memory alive, and the reception of Communion unites us intimately with Christ and strengthens us to live in the manner that Jesus taught.

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The hard lesson of the good Samaritan FATHER LAWRENCE E. MICK CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

In the aftermath of the bombings at the Boston Marathon, there were many reports of “good Samaritans” who immediately came to the aid of the injured, undoubtedly saving the lives of some of them in the process. The term “good Samaritan” has become a stock phrase in our language. We have Good Samaritan hospitals and Good Samaritan clinics; we host Good Samaritan dinners to bestow Good Samaritan awards; and we often speak of ordinary people helping others as good Samaritans. All of this is not a bad thing, of course, because it encourages us to care for one another, especially for those in need. But it would likely astonish the people who first heard the parable from which the term is derived. When Jesus told the parable that we call the story of the good Samaritan, those two words almost never found their way into the same sentence. Among the Jews, Samaritans were despised as heretics who had abandoned the true faith of Israel. They were detested even more than pagans. They had intermarried with non-Israelites. They had obstructed the rebuilding of the

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Men carry an injured victim from the scene of an explosion at the Boston Marathon April 15. Temple in Jerusalem after the Babylonian exile and eventually built their own temple on Mount Gerizim. As Father John McKenzie summed it up in his “Dictionary of the Bible,” book, “There was no deeper breach of human relations in the contemporary world than the feud of Jews and Samaritans.”

So, when Jesus told the parable in which the Jewish priest and Levite did not help the injured man and the Samaritan is portrayed as the hero of the story, it must have been a shocking event. No one would have expected that twist to the story. The point Jesus made is not just that we should be kind and helpful

to someone in need but that there can be no limits to our charity, no boundaries to our love. Sometimes we think of the parable as a challenge to our complacency. We hesitate to get involved in other people’s problems. The parable confronts us with our tendency to put our convenience before another’s need. But the parable goes much deeper. Most of us will help willingly if the person in need is someone we know and care about. We will probably also help if the one in need is seen as an innocent victim – in a car crash or a bombing or a house fire. But what if the person is our enemy, someone we despise or someone who despises us? What if we came upon one of the bombers in Boston who needed our help – not to escape, of course, but to survive? Is our love wide enough to encompass our enemies? That’s the challenge that Jesus presents to us. Most of us have trouble being consistently loving toward those closest to us, much less loving our enemies. But Jesus puts the goal ever before us – our love must continue to grow until it knows no limits and encompasses all God’s people. FATHER MICK is a priest of the Archdiocese of Cincinnati and a freelance writer.

The good Samaritan, not just a nice guy DAVID GIBSON CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

Which character in the parable of the good Samaritan do you identify with most closely? Is it the Samaritan traveler who captures your attention? Every year, countless homilists challenge Christians to model themselves after this biblical figure. He turned with complete attention to aiding an injured man found along the road between Jerusalem and Jericho, a man beaten by robbers and left “half-dead” (Luke 10:29-37). Or do you identify with the injured man, someone so obviously in need of support, understanding and direct assistance? His presence in the parable is a reminder to all of us that at some point in life, we will need to rely on others for care. The recipients of any care we provide are likely to be people we know well and love. However, they also could include strangers or people regarded as genuinely “other” because they differ from us so significantly in terms of beliefs, race, nationality or worldviews. The possibility must be admitted, naturally, that those receiving basic care from others may one day include me or you. With its two central characters – a Samaritan traveler and a severely beaten man – the parable of the good Samaritan calls attention to the importance of care that is given and care that is received. If Scripture holds a place in your approach to prayer, you are certain to find that each of these key figures in the parable provides food for reflection and meditation. But look to this parable as well to prompt penetrating discussions in retreat groups and other settings. Today, the good Samaritan is a beloved biblical image for multitudes of people. In biblical times and places, however, many were far from ready to concede that a Samaritan could be a model of goodness. Yet, as he cleanses and bandages the injured man’s wounds, the good Samaritan shows that great goodness often flows from unexpected sources. Goodness is amazing. People are surprising. Parables are intended to stir the mind and lead us to rethink certain assumptions. In this case, Jesus encouraged people to look beyond stereotypes

WHO IS THE STRANGER IN OUR MIDST?

Earlier this year, before anyone anticipated that he would step down, Pope Benedict XVI urged everyone to be a good Samaritan during his message for World Day of the Sick. His words, accordingly, focused on those who need help due to illness, poverty or other suffering. We can draw strength from God, the pope said, in order to “live day by day with concrete concern, like that of the good Samaritan, for those suffering in body and spirit who ask for our help, whether or not we know them and however poor they may be.” This Year of Faith, he said, is an opportunity “so that each one of us can be a good Samaritan for others, for those close to us.” The parable, however, comes to us loaded with meaning and questions. Who is the good Samaritan in our midst? Who is the stranger we regard as the “other,” the one we normally would shun but who would stop to lend us help if we needed it? And what are we doing to be modern-day Samaritans, not just in the lives of those we know and love but to others who need our help?

and to recognize that someone like a Samaritan, someone they were conditioned to despise, might very well emerge as a model of merciful behavior. While this parable’s best-known figure undoubtedly is the good Samaritan himself, I must say that its wounded man also holds my attention compellingly. Try putting yourself in his shoes. Here is a bloodied man, discovered along the road, who had no choice but to accept care from a stranger. We know next to nothing about the injured man. We are not entirely certain he was a Jew. But we do learn that the assistance he received was provided by a Samaritan, someone most Jews would have disdained and wished to avoid. Luke’s Gospel leaves us only to imagine what kind of person the injured man represented. Was he a much-loved husband and father? Might he have been an esteemed leader in his community,

someone others admired and depended upon? Whatever of that, the man’s fortunes suddenly reversed. One moment he was proceeding independently along the road, the next moment he found himself totally dependent on the mercy of others. This injured man needed great assistance. But would he receive the kind of assistance he deserved? What he did not need was to feel demeaned, even unwittingly, in the process of receiving care. His lost independence was not accompanied by any loss of the need for respect. His God-given dignity as a person still deserved recognition. Would he receive that? Here, for me, is where the parable of the good Samaritan really gets interesting. As the parable unfolds, it becomes evident that the Samaritan traveler is much more than just a nice guy. At real cost, in time and money, he committed himself to the injured man’s well-being, and not just for a few moments on one given day. The Samaritan was “moved with compassion” when he saw the injured man. He tended immediately to the man’s wounds. Then the Samaritan lifted the man up onto “his own animal, took him to an inn and cared for him.” But wait, there’s more. The next day, the Samaritan gave two silver coins to the innkeeper, asking him to “take care of ” the injured man. The Samaritan quickly added, “If you spend more than what I have given you, I shall repay you on my way back.” The good Samaritan neither tried to wash his hands of the injured man nor to look away from the man’s profound, continuing needs. Would the time arrive when the Samaritan might say, “I’ve done enough, I have to get on with my life.” I guess not. Extending care to others is a way of putting faith into action, in the Christian vision. But this is not care of just any kind. It is compassionate, merciful and respectful, as the parable of the good Samaritan indicates. The care talked about is care that heals and lifts up the fortunate person who receives it. GIBSON served on Catholic News Service’s editorial staff for 37 years.

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OAKLAND: Pope names Jesuit to head diocese FROM PAGE 1

chosen him, Bishop-designate Barber replied, “I would think maybe he saw in my file or in the consultations done on me something he wants to do as pope. Picking bishops – it’s one of his biggest powers as a pope. Maybe he thought I could do in Oakland what he wants to do for the whole church. That’s why I’m watching him very carefully, and that’s why I’d like to imitate him. ... He had to start somewhere, too, when he was a bishop.” Born July 13, 1954, in Salt Lake City, he entered the Society of Jesus in 1973 and was ordained a Jesuit priest in 1985. Apart from a two-year missionary stint in Apia, Western Samoa, immediately after ordination, Bishopdesignate Barber’s ministry has focused on education. His assignments have included assistant professor of theology at Gregorian University in Rome; researcher and tutor at Oxford University in England; director of the School of Pastoral Leadership in the Archdiocese of San Francisco, assistant professor of systematic and moral theology and spiritual director at St. Patrick’s Seminary & University in Menlo Park, and his current assignment since 2010 as director of spiritual formation at St. John’s. Bishop-designate Barber said he could like “from time to time to get into the classroom” because education is a priority of the Jesuits. He added he also wants to “visit city jails and county jails as the pope has” and to visit Catholic Charities facilities, “getting my hands dirty in a soup kitchen by washing dishes, pots and pans.” He spoke of jail ministry: “It’s one of those ministries expressly commended by Christ for us to do. ‘When I was in prison you visited me.’ You can’t get more explicit than that.” While in California, he served as a chaplain in the Naval Reserves, and visited sailors in the brig. “On an aircraft carrier of 5,000, there’s always a few in the brig,” he said. Unlike the response he said he got from other sailors after inviting them to attend Mass, the answer was always “yeah, yeah, yeah,” if prisoners were asked if they wanted a visit from the chaplain. “’Father, can you call my wife for me?’ ‘Father, can you talk to the captain on my behalf ?’ I try to use my resources as best I can,” Bishop-designate Barber said. Asked what plans he had for the diocese, Bishopdesignate Barber answered, “I don’t have ideas for programs and grand schemes. That can come later. People are important to me. ... It’s listen first, speak later.”

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Jesuit Father Michael Barber, director of spiritual formation at St. John’s Seminary in Brighton, Mass., gestures during a May 2 press conference in Oakland after it was announced that Pope Francis appointed him bishop of Oakland. Bishop-designate Barber said he was approached by Archbishop Vigano about the Oakland appointment following an ordination Mass in Washington for an auxiliary bishop for the Archdiocese for the Military Services. “He asked for my response in person when I was there,” Bishop-designate Barber said. “The first thing I said to him was, ‘Don’t think of this as cheeky, but are you sure you have the right Michael Barber, SJ (the common abbreviation for Jesuits)? Bishop-designate Barber said he, like every Jesuit, “took a promise that I would never seek promotion or ecclesiastical office,” accepting such only “under pain of him who has the power to command under mortal sin” – the pope. He added he told Archbishop Vigano he had never met Pope Francis and “will probably never know why (he was appointed) unless I get a chance to meet with him one on one.” San Francisco Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone welcomed Bishop Barber. “I know Father Barber to be a man of keen intellect, unswerving integrity and great love for Christ and his church,” he said. “I am thankful to Pope Francis for his appointment and I look forward to welcoming him as a brother bishop in our province as together we strive to proclaim the good news of salvation and lead God’s people in the ways of holiness here in the Bay Area.”

patience and joy in the midst of tribulation are signs of Christian maturity that every follower of Jesus must learn. Learning how to patiently carry “the weight of difficulties, the weight of contradictions” is something people learn gradually, he said. It’s a process of maturation that lasts a lifetime. “It’s like fine wine.” “When difficulties occur, temptations arrive,” he said. One of the most frequent temptations is that of complaining, saying, “’Look what’s happening to me.’ A Christian who continually complains, neglects being a good Christian and becomes Mr. or Mrs. Whiner, no?” Patiently accepting trials and continuing to thank God for the gifts one is given “is not a masochistic attitude, but an attitude that leads you to the path of Jesus,” he said. Continuing to pray and to be at peace, even in the midst of difficulties, the pope said, is a mature Christian attitude that actually keeps a person young. Pope Francis asked those at the Mass to think about the elderly people they know who have put up with trials patiently; “look at their eyes, young POPE FRANCIS eyes, they have a youthful spirit and a renewed youth.” The pope ended his homily by telling the congregation, “Let us ask the Lord for the grace of Christian endurance that gives us peace, this ability to bear things with a good heart, for this joyful endurance.”

‘A Christian who continually complains, neglects being a good Christian and becomes Mr. or Mrs. Whiner, no?’

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the banner – we lose,” said Eric McDonnell, executive director of United Way of the Bay Area. “Today, we have more than 20 partners.” After speaking about the economic disparities he experienced as a youth growing up in the Fillmore District with his mother, McDonnell said that those who make up the “face of poverty” in San Francisco largely consist of female heads of households, families with young children, immigrants, boys and men of color, and seniors. During his analysis of poverty in the city, Ted Egan, chief economist for the San Francisco Controller’s Office, reported a gradual increase during the past decade, rising from 12 to 14 percent during the past two years. Approximately 112,000 San Francisco residents are currently living in poverty. The single biggest challenge in the effort to address poverty, said Egan, is the high cost of housing. Many renters are forced to spend half or more of their income on housing. Many seniors are using their savings to make up the disparity between their income and rent. “It’s harder and harder for people to find a place in San Francisco,” said Egan. “We’re losing our middle class in the Bay Area – we‘ve already lost it in San Francisco.” “Poverty is another symptom of our social ills,” said Rita Shimmin, co-executive director of GLIDE. “But some people have the perspective that poor people are the root of social ills. So it’s important that we reframe our definition of poverty.” A member of a panel called “A View from the Trenches,” Brandi Mandato of Jewish Vocational

POVERTY IN SAN FRANCISCO 30.7 PERCENT of the city’s residents are asset poor, compared to 10.7 percent who are income poor. EXTREME ASSET POVERTY in the city is 21.9 percent, representing the percentage of households that have zero or negative net worth. This means that one in five residents have liabilities that exceed all his/her assets. THE RACE OF THE HOUSEHOLD also affects poverty rates because non-whites are twice as likely as whites to become asset poor. PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES also are at greater risk for living poverty. According to the 2007 American Community Survey, nearly 100,000 San Franciscans have at least one disability. Source: City and County of San Francisco, 20102014 Consolidated 5-Year Plan Services, said that her organization helped 800 clients find jobs last year. The majority of the jobs, she said, were in health care and technology. Sixty-six of the group’s clients have a four-year degree, she said, and it takes an average of 17 months for clients to find a job. “We believe work transforms lives,” said Mandato. “That’s our motto.”

Ellie Rossiter, director of the San Francisco Foundation’s Campaign for HOPE SF, spoke about the campaign’s goal of transforming eight of the city’s public housing sites into vibrant and diverse communities. Following an analysis of the issues – including high housing costs, inadequate health care, a lack of decent-paying jobs and educational inadequacies – and what is currently being done to address them, the remainder of the summit’s agenda was devoted to setting policy goals. A discussion on congregational and community organizing was also held. “I thought it was just fabulous that there was such a diverse cross section of groups and faith-based charities present with a shared set of goals,” said Jeff Bialik, executive director of Catholic Charities CYO. Bialik believes that by working together and focusing on a set of specific goals – along with a way to measure progress – the groups and organizations present at the summit could achieve a significant reduction of poverty in San Francisco. “The challenge,” said Bialik, “is that we all have our own agendas and needs.” “I came to that meeting because I know of Providence’s reputation and I’m on the board of the San Francisco Interfaith Council,” said Conventual Franciscan Father Paul Gawlowski, pastor of St. Paul of the Shipwreck Church. “I was impressed to see so many players in the room. I was encouraged by that.” McDonnell, of the United Way of the Bay Area, believes that those present at the summit form a “unique alignment” with a “unique opportunity to do some pretty amazing things.” “We all have the same goal,” said Hodge, “no matter what our faith is.”

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‘An oasis of love, peace and tranquility’ National Shrine of St. Francis beckons the prayerful to North Beach JIM GRAVES

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Twenty years ago, the Archdiocese of San Francisco closed California’s oldest parish, St. Francis of Assisi in North Beach (the California missions pre-date St. Francis, but had not yet been designated as parishes). But, popular opinion held that such a historic church should not remain closed, so then- Archbishop William J. Levada agreed to re-open the church as a shrine dedicated to the city’s patron saint, St. Francis of Assisi. The National Shrine of St. Francis of Assisi has since been placed under the care of the Franciscan community, and continues to draw many thousands who come to pray, celebrate the sacraments, light candles and learn about the life of St. Francis. The church began as St. Francis Parish in 1849, the year before California became a state and San Francisco was incorporated as a city. The church was first a small wooden shack, and was then replaced by an adobe structure. Bishop of Monterey Joseph Sadoc Alemany used the church as his cathedral for three years and held California’s first ordination to the priesthood there. The current Norman Gothic church building was completed in 1860. The church survived the 1906 earthquake but was severely burned in the subsequent fires. A new church was rebuilt within the original church walls; it was rededicated in 1919. In 1972, the California Historical Society named the shrine a historical landmark, and in 1999, the National Conference of Catholic Bishops designated it as a national shrine. In 2010, Archbishop George Niederauer appointed Capuchin Father Gregory Coiro its rector. “We’re located in North Beach, a neighborhood where Little Italy and Chinatown collide. It can be a noisy, chaotic place, and many have come to find St. Francis an oasis of love, peace and tranquility amidst these surroundings,” said Father Coiro. According to the shrine’s website, the purpose of the community of the shrine is “to offer spiritual

THE NATIONAL SHRINE OF ST. FRANCIS OF ASSISI is located at 610 Vallejo St., San Francisco. Phone (415) 9864557 website www.shrinesf. org. MASS is celebrated daily. CONFESSION time is scheduled every day except Sunday. THE ROSARY is led most days by the rector, Capuchin Father Gregory Coiro. PADRE PIO was a Capuchin friar, and the shrine has a prayer group dedicated to the saint.

(PHOTO BY RICK DELVECCHIO/CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO)

The National Shrine of St. Francis of Assisi began as St. Francis Parish in 1849, the year before California became a state and San Francisco was incorporated as a city. The present Norman Gothic church with its twin campanile was dedicated in 1860. nourishment, reconciliation and an encounter with God’s love to all people who enter; to provide a rich experience of the sacramental life of the church for the faithful who come seeking grace; and to reach out to communities of faith and social organizations throughout the nation by bringing them the insights of Franciscan theology, Franciscan spirituality and perspective on peace.”

St. Anthony of Padua statue a favorite

The interior of the shrine church interior features include beautiful stained-glass windows and statues, paintings and murals and tall columns in the Gothic style. Featured artwork includes a San Damiano crucifix, a replica of the one said to have spoken to St. Francis during this conversion process: “Francis, rebuild my church, which, as you see, is falling down.” The St. Antho-

ny of Padua statue is also a favorite among visitors; St. Anthony was a contemporary of St. Francis. The shrine is home to relics of St. Francis, St. Clare of Assisi and St. Anthony of Padua. And, indulgences (remission of temporal punishment due to sin) are associated with visiting the shrine. Located alongside the shrine is the Lady Chapel, La Porziuncola Nuova, a replica of one St. Francis rebuilt himself 800 years ago. In addition to being a place to pray individually and enjoy beauty, the shrine offers an active sacramental life and opportunity for group prayer. Mass is celebrated daily by Father Coiro, and confession time is scheduled every day except Sunday. Father Coiro also leads the rosary most days, and the shrine has a Padre Pio prayer group (Padre Pio was a Capuchin friar). In his three years since becoming rector, Father Coiro has welcomed visitors from all over the world, as well as local residents who are beginning to rediscover the historic church. He said, “I’ve watched our Sunday congregation slowly grow, and people return regularly to visit us.”

‘Most Christ-like man’

Father Coiro believes St. Francis

is a role model for people from all walks of life. He said, “As a Capuchin Franciscan, I’ve been studying him all my life. He was the most Christ-like man that ever lived.” Franciscan Brother Hajime Okuhara, who works in the shrine’s bookstore, says that for some visitors, the shrine is an introduction to the Catholic faith itself. He said, “They ask me what a saint is, and in simple terms, I explain it. They ask me about St. Francis, and I tell them the basics about his life.” The shrine has caught the attention of San Francisco’s new Archbishop, Salvatore Cordileone, whose grandparents come from Sicily. Father Coiro said, “The archbishop has visited us several times, and has been impressed with what he’s seen.” But all is not well with the shrine, Father Coiro said. He explained, “It’s very beautiful, but it needs a facelift.” Much restoration work needs to be performed – new flooring, sound system, lighting and more – but the cost of the work is expected to cost $4.5 million. Initiating such a capital campaign is a “big challenge,” Father Coiro said. Currently, an elevator is being installed to make the church accessible to the handicapped. But despite its challenges, the St. Francis Shrine will remain a “sacred spot” in North Beach, Father Coiro believes. He said, “It’s a place where people can come in contact with the Spirit. They can discover that God’s love is real and tangible.”

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MHR completes commemorative wall, fountain Most Holy Redeemer Parish celebrated the dedication of the commemorative wall and fountain dedicated to former pastor Father Tony McGuire and Presentation Sister Cleta Herold and in memory of former pastor Father Zachary Shore, at a ceremony at the San Francisco church April 27. Current pastor Father Brian Costello presided at the ceremony, which was attended by Father Steve Meriwether, Father McGuire, Sister Cleta, parishioners and neighbors. The wall and fountain were originally envisioned by the church restoration committee in the mid-1990s as a memorial “churchyard” with a fountain in the center of the garden area with stones engraved with the names of departed loved ones forming a churchyard walkway. It was not completed because of cost

overruns in other areas during the church renovation project. Over the years, the Church Garden became actively used by parishioners for liturgical ceremonies and summer picnics and having a fountain in the center of the garden was deemed impractical. A solution was proposed whereby the fountain was incorporated into a commemorative wall in a prominent corner of the garden and additional funds were raised by parishioners. It is now a place where both the living and those who have passed can be remembered with a personalized engraved commemorative tile or paver. So far, over 250 tiles and 75 pavers have been incorporated into the structure. The Church Garden is open to the public on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 10 a.m. to noon and on Saturdays from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.

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Presentation Sister Cleta Herold and pastor Father Brian Costello are pictured at the dedication of the Most Holy Redeemer Parish commemorative wall and fountain, April 27.

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FRIDAY, MAY 10

FRIDAY MAY 10 ‘THE FANTASTICKS’: Presented by the 16th Street Players, enjoy the musical that includes “Try to Remember” first sung by original cast member Jerry Orbach as the show’s first El Jerry Lenk Gallo. Schedule includes May 10, 11, 12, 17, 18, 19 at Mission Dolores, 16th Street at Dolores, San Francisco. Jerome Lenk conducts. Admission is free. (415) 8644467 or email johnjack214@ gmail.com for curtain times.

SUNDAY, MAY 12 RESPECT LIFE ESSAYS: Archdiocesan Respect Life Essay Contest Liturgy and Awards, 11 a.m., St. Mary’s Cathedral, Gough Street at Geary Boulevard, Archbishop San Francisco. Salvatore J. Archbishop Cordileone Salvatore J. Cordileone is principal celebrant. Awards are presented in St. Francis Hall after Mass.

LUAU: Our Lady of Mount Carmel Youth and Leadership Group/CYO, 5-9 p.m., 3 Oakdale Ave., Mill Valley. Family evening includes Hawaiian food and beverages for purchase plus teen activities, games and prizes. Proceeds benefit youth service trip to help poor of parish in Oahu. janmhiti@gmail.com. (415) 994-0340. ANCIENT PHILOSOPHY: Conversation group on ancient philosophical texts, St. Mary’s Cathedral, Gough Street at Geary Boulevard, San Francisco, Msgr. Bowe Room, 7:30-10 p.m. reynaldo. miranda@gmail.com. (415) 584 8794. DAILY TV MASSES: EWTN airs Mass daily at 5 a.m., 9 a.m., 9 p.m. and a 4 p.m. Mass 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.

SATURDAY MAY 11

WEDNESDAY, MAY 15 NEW START WEEKEND: San Francisco’s St. Paul of the Shipwreck Parish will pray its fifth Pentecost Revival May 15, 16, 17, 7 p.m., with guest revival leader Josephite Father Anthony Bozeman, pastor, St. Raymond/St. Leo Church in New Orleans. Evenings feature music from Shipwreck’s Inspirational Voices Choir. Msgr. James Tarantino, vicar for administration for the Archdiocese of San Francisco is principal celebrant of gospel Mass, May 19, Pentecost Sunday, 10:45 a.m. Visit www.stpauloftheshipwreck.org. GRIEF SUPPORT: Free monthly grief support session, St. Mary’s Cathedral, third Wednesday of each month, 10:30 a.m.-noon, Msgr. Bowe Room, parking lot level of the cathedral. Sessions provide information on the grief process, and tips on coping with the loss of a loved one. Deacon Christoph Sandoval leads. Sister Esther, (415) 567-2020, ext. 218.

PILGRIMAGE TALK: Mary O’Hara Wyman talks about her spiritual walking pilgrimage alone at age 70 on the 500-mile Way of St. James from France to Spain, Most Holy Redeemer Parish, 18th Street at Diamond, Ellard Hall, 9:30 a.m. Free-will donations accepted. mary. wyman@yahoo.com. (415) 431-8590.

PASTA: A tradition in historic Bernal Heights at Immaculate Conception Church, 3255 Folsom St., just up the hill from Cesar Chavez Street, noon. All the pasta, meatballs and salad you want, family-style, $9. Beverages are available for purchase.

‘GRACE GALA’: Evening benefiting Gracenter, a work of the Good Shepherd Sisters, at Delancey Street, 600 Embarcadero, San Francisco, 6:30 p.m., cocktails, dinner, dancing silent auction.

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POMEROY CENTER: “Banner of Love Gala” honoring San Francisco Fire Department Chief Joanne Hayes White with 2013 Humanitarian Award. Evening includes dinner, live, and silent auctions, Pomeroy Recreation & Rehabilitation Center, 207 Skyline Blvd., San Francisco, across from Lake Merced, 6-11 p.m., $150 per person. Maria Crespin, (415) 665-4100, mcrespin@prrcsf.org. www. prrcsf.org.

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SUNDAY, MAY 19

WEDNESDAY, MAY 15 SEPARATED, DIVORCED: Meeting takes place first and third Wednesdays, 7:30 p.m., St. Stephen Parish Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Reilly Center, 23rd Avenue at Eucalyptus, San Francisco. Father Al Groups are part Grosskopf 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.

PARISH FESTIVAL: St. Anthony Parish, 3215 Cesar Chavez St., San Francisco, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Entrance to festival site on Shotwell. Day includes games, clowns, live music, folk dancing and food fair featuring Filipino, American, Salvadoran and Nicaraguan fare. (415) 647-2704, (415) 334-9897. BUBBLYBINGO: Ladies of Le Donne Dâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Italia, San Francisco Italian Athletic Club, 1630 Stockton St. in North Beach. Tickets at $35 include hot lunch, prosecco and two bingo cards. Doors open 11 a.m. Antonette, (415) 509-4810. CONCERT: St. Maryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Cathedral, Gough Street at Geary Boulevard, San Francisco, 3:30 p.m. Cathedral Choir of Boys and Girls, St. Brigid School Honor Choir. Open to the public. Freewill offering will be requested at the door. (415) 567-2020, ext 213.

FRIDAY, MAY 17 2-DAY TRIP: Father Jess Labor, pastor, leads Church of the Good Shepherd Mission Santa Barbara pilgrimage. $300 ticket includes meals and lodging. Catherine Father Jess Argel, (650) Labor 355-2564. catherine.argel@gmail.com.

TUESDAY, MAY 21 SEPARATED DIVORCED: Meeting takes place second and fourth Tuesdays, St. Bartholomew Parish Spirituality Center, Alameda de las Pulgas at Crystal Springs Road, San Mateo, 7 p.m. 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, MAY 23 SATURDAY, MAY 18 REUNION: Our Lady of Perpetual Help School class of 1951, 16 Mile House Restaurant, Millbrae, $36. Janet Cirimele, (650) 490-0731. MISSION TOUR: St. Sebastian Parish Young at Hearts tour three North Bay missions, plus lunch and wine tasting in Sonoma with vigil Mass at Mission Dolores. (415) 453-3383. dbresources@comcast.net. $85 fee includes all costs.

VATICAN II TALKS: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Religious Freedomâ&#x20AC;? with San Francisco Auxiliary Bishop Robert W. McElroy, St. Pius Parish, Homer Crouse Hall, Woodside Road at Valota, Redwood City, 7 p.m. (650) 3611411, ext. 121. laura@pius.org.

Northern California Renewal Coalitionâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Catholic Charismatic convention, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Jesus Christ is Lord,â&#x20AC;? May 24-27 at Santa Clara Convention Center. Event features daily Mass and speakers to minister to young and old in English, Spanish and Vietnamese. Food, books and religious articles will be available for purchase. Sponsored by Monterey, San Jose, Oakland, Sacramento, Stockton and Santa Rosa dioceses and Archdiocese of San Francisco. Visit www.ncrcspirit. org, (925) 828-6644 for information in English, (650) 834-0108 for Spanish and (408) 661-6751 for Vietnamese. ANCIENT PHILOSOPHY: Conversation group on ancient philosophical texts, St. Maryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Cathedral, Gough Street at Geary Boulevard, San Francisco, Msgr. Bowe Room, 7:30-10 p.m. reynaldo. miranda@gmail.com. (415) 584 8794.

SUNDAY, MAY 26 CATHOLIC ALUMNI: Bay Area Catholic Alumni Club walk in Golden Gate Park, 11:30 a.m. Meet at the Shell station at 19th Avenue and Lincoln Way. Contact Jennie Lee by May 24, (415) 731-8337. http://catholicsingles-sfbayarea.com.

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MEMORIAL DAY MASSES: Holy Cross Cemetery, Colma, Holy Cross Mausoleum Chapel; Holy Cross Cemetery, Menlo Park, outdoor Mass; Mt. Olivet Catholic Cemetery, San Rafael, outdoor Mass, all at 11 a.m.; Our Lady of the Pillar Cemetery, Half Moon Bay, outdoor Mass, 9:30 a.m. (650) 7562060. www.holycrosscemeteries.com.

FRIDAY, MAY 31 PARISH FESTIVAL: St. Pius Festival May 31, 6-10 p.m.; June 1, 1-10 p.m.;

VATICAN II TALKS: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Ecumenism and Interfaith,â&#x20AC;? with Father P. Gerard Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Rourke, St. Pius Parish, Homer Crouse Hall, Woodside Road at Valota, Redwood City, 7 p.m. (650) 361-1411, ext. 121. laura@pius.org. PUBLICIZE YOUR EVENT: Submit event listings by noon Friday. Email calendar.csf@ sfarchdiocese.org, write Calendar, One Peter Yorke Way, SF 94109, or call Tom Burke at (415) 614-5634.

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DINNER DANCE: St. Kevin Parish, 704 Cortland Ave., San Francisco. Silent auction starts at 6 p.m. Tickets at $40 advance/$50 at door include raffle ticket and complimentary beverage. (415) 648-5751.

ANCIENT PHILOSOPHY: Conversation group on ancient philosophical texts, St. Maryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Cathedral, Gough Street at Geary Boulevard, San Francisco, Msgr. Bowe Room, 7:30-10 p.m. reynaldo. miranda@gmail.com. (415) 584 8794.

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