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Ask past generations of Catholic school children to name their earliest or fondest “Catholic” memory and you may hear, “the May crowning of Mary, Queen of the May,” (and perhaps a few verses of “Hail, Holy Queen”). The traditional May crowning of the Blessed Mother with a wreath of flowers to honor her as queen of heaven and earth and as the source of new life for the faithful was a popular Marian devotion prior to Vatican II. The practice seemed to fall out of favor in subsequent decades, but in the schools and parishes of all three counties of the Archdiocese of San Francisco, the tradition appears to be in full bloom. St. Mary Church in Nicasio, St. Hilary in Tiburon, Mission Dolores Academy and Ecole Notre Dame des Victoires in San Francisco and Our Lady of Angels School in Burlingame were among the many parishes who held traditional Marian devotions, some simple, some traditional, complete with white dresses and veils, processions, special readings and traditional hymns.
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Top, a poster by first graders at Ecole Notre Dame des Victoires. Bottom, Mission Dolores Academy eighth graders crowned Mary. At St. Hilary, parish schoolchildren brought flowers from home to lay at the feet of a statue of the Blessed Virgin during the 9 a.m. Sunday Family Mass. Father William Brown led
the young processors down the main aisle while the children’s choir sang “Immaculate Mary, your praises we sing. Who reigns now in splendor with Jesus our King.” “Our May Crowning honors Mary for her example of maternal, nurturing love,” said St. Hilary director of religious education Lisa Veto. “By having our children participate in the May Crowning we can help to strengthen the Catholic faith within each of them and give them an opportunity to express their gratitude to Mary for giving us her son.” The Christian custom of dedicating the month of May to the Blessed Virgin reputedly arose at the end of the 13th century when the church was able to Christianize the secular or pagan feasts that took place in the springtime. Devotions to Mary in May were common among the Jesuits in Rome in the 18th century and spread to the whole church after that. By the time of Pope Pius IX’s declaration of the dogma of the Immaculate Conception in 1854, it became universal. In 1965, Pope Paul VI’s encyclical, “Mense Maio” (The Month of May), detailed in part, the church’s special devotion to Mary.
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VATICAN CITY – Bishops must have “ecclesial sensitivity,” being bold in denouncing cultural trends that offend human dignity, but also trusting their lay faithful to fulfill their vocations in the world, Pope Francis said. “Ecclesial sensitivPope Francis ity” involves taking on “Christ’s attitudes of humility, compassion, mercy, concreteness and wisdom,” the pope, who is bishop of Rome, told the other bishops of Italy May 18, opening their annual general assembly at the Vatican. Part of “ecclesial sensitivity” is “reinforcing the indispensable role of the laity willing to take on the responsibilities that belong to them,” he said. “In reality, laypeople who have an authentic Christian formation do not need a ‘bishoppilot’ or a ‘monsignor-pilot’ or clerical input to assume their responsibilities at every level from the political to the social, from the economic to the legislative. Instead, they need a ‘bishop-pastor.’” During their meeting May 18-21, the bishops were to discuss how their faithful have received Pope Francis’ apostolic exhortation, “The Joy of the Gospel,” and look at ways to implement its teaching. Pope Francis told them, “At this moment of history when we often are surrounded by discouraging news, by local and international situations that make us experience affliction and tribulation – in this framework that truly is not comforting – our vocation as Christians and as bishops is to go against the tide.” Bishops, and all Catholics with them, are called “to be joyful witnesses of the risen Christ in order to transmit joy and hope to others.” see pope, page 18
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Top, Church of the Good Shepherd parishioner Jeff Patino and sons Jared, 12, and Nicolas, 8, record videotape messages. Bottom, pro-life activist Walter Hoye and the archbishop.
Children enjoyed a potato sack race at the picnic organized to support Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone after a group of opponents purchased a full page ad in the San Francisco Chronicle to attack Archbishop Cordileone partly because of the decision to include more specific statements of Catholic teaching in the handbooks of the four archdiocesan high schools.
Supporters gathered in support of Archbishop Cordileone.
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Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone spent time with about 500 supporters who enjoyed a sunny day near San Francisco’s Embarcadero at the May 16 Archbishop Cordileone Support Day Family Picnic. Organized by the group San Francisco Catholics (sfatholics.org), the event included potato sack races, a Mariachi band, and an opportunity for well-wishers to record messages for the archbishop. Organizer Eva Muntean said the event was designed to show support for the archbishop’s affirmation of Catholic teaching in the Catholic high schools.
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USF mourns former president Jesuit Father John Lo Schiavo Former University of San Francisco president, Jesuit Father John Lo Schiavo, died May 15 at his community’s Sacred Heart Jesuit Center in Los Gatos. The priest was 90 years old and entered the Society of Jesus in 1942. Father Lo Schiavo was born in San Francisco and graduated from Star of the Sea School and the Jesuits’ St. Ignatius College Preparatory. He held undergraduate and graduate degrees in philosophy from the Jesuits’ Gonzaga University. Father Lo Schiavo had a 65-year relationship with USF that began in 1950 as an instructor of philosophy. He later would serve in roles including dean of students and vice president of student affairs before being named the school’s 25th president in 1977. He served in the post until 1991. During his administration, USF added a wing to the law school’s Kendrick Hall and purchased the Lone Mountain College property, now home to the Jesuits’ Loyola House, and was pivotal in funds raised for USF’s Koret Health and Recreation Center in 1989. Academic programs developed during Father Lo Schiavo’s presidency, included hospitality management, Judaic studies, Asia Pacific studies, sports management, and nonprofit organizational management. He initiated the development of the USF Center for the Pacific Rim. Father Lo Schiavo became USF’s chancellor on his stepping down as president in 1991 and was a significant leader in alumni relations and fundraising. The John Lo Schiavo, S.J., Center for Science and Innovation, which opened in 2013, is a high-tech facility with state-of-the-art science laboratories in the heart of the campus. “It is a lasting memorial to one of the university’s greatest leaders,” USF said in a statement. “As iconic to San Francisco as the Golden Gate Bridge, Father Lo, as he was affectionately known, was gra-
‘He touched more lives than anyone in USF’s storied history, presiding over Father Lo Schiavo countless funerals, baptisms, and marriages for generations of San Franciscans, saying Mass regularly for the Carmelite nuns, and golfing with civic leaders and friends.’ cious, funny, with a knack for naturally connecting with people,” USF said. “He touched more lives than anyone in USF’s storied history, presiding over countless funerals, baptisms, and marriages for generations of San Franciscans, saying Mass regularly for the Carmelite nuns, and golfing with civic leaders and friends.” USF’s Alumni Association’s Lifetime Achievement Award has been named in Father Lo Schiavo’s honor. “Future recipients of the John Lo Schiavo Lifetime Achievement Award will be individuals who exemplify the Jesuit ideals of courage, integrity, and selflessness and have acted on their convictions for the benefit of others irrespective of personal sacrifice,” USF said. A funeral Mass will be celebrated May 26, at St. Ignatius Church, Parker at Fulton streets, San Francisco, at 11 a.m. Contributions may be made to the John Lo Schiavo, S.J., Endowed Scholarship Fund at www.usfca.edu/frlo or by calling USF’s Office of Annual and Special Giving at (415) 422-6638.
Bioethics working group: The Respect Life program of the Archdiocese of San Francisco has announced the formation of a “bioethics working group to be able to respond effectively to questions in areas of death and dying, artificial reproductive technologies, abortion” and other areas of concern, said Vicki Evans, who directs the ministry for the archdiocese. Evans said members of the group will include “local physicians and nurses, theologians and philosophers.” In line with this, Evans’ office is asking for people to relate their recent experiences as well as questions and ethical concerns on issues related to death and dying to the group. You may respond to archdiocesan Respect Life program at (415) 614-5533; evansv@sfarchdiocese.org, or by mail at Respect Life Program, Archdiocese of San Francisco, One Peter Yorke Way, San Francisco 94109. Physician-assisted suicide bill stalled: The California Senate Appropriations Committee sent SB 128, a bill legalizing physician assisted suicide, to the suspense file May 11. If the bill remains in the suspense file through June 5, it is likely dead for this legislative session, according to Californians Against Assisted Suicide. If the bill does pass the state Senate, it will then go to the Assembly. For more information about opposing physician assisted suicide in California: noassistedsuicideca.org.
Our Lady of Fatima statue to visit archdiocese: A hand-carved image of Our Lady of Fatima, given to the United States by the bishop of Fatima in 1967 – and blessed by Pope Paul VI during his visit to Fatima that year – travels around the U.S. under the sponsorship of the World Apostolate of Fatima. The statue will be in the Archdiocese of San Francisco in July. Parishes that would like to also have the statue visit may contact Ying Palmos, pilgrim visit coordinator, at (909) 2879268 or (909) 287-9269 or email palmosam@yahoo.com. Here is the tour schedule: July 5, Mater Dolorosa, San Francisco; July 12, St. Raphael, San Rafael; July 15, St. Timothy, San Mateo; July 16, St. Charles Borromeo, San Francisco; July 18, St. Phillip the Apostle, San Francisco; July 19, St. Pius, Redwood City; July 21, St. Augustine, South San Francisco, until 10 p.m.; July 22, St. Augustine, South San Francisco, Mass at 8:40 a.m., depart after Mass; July 23: St. Mary, Nicasio; July 24, St. Finn Barr, San Francisco; July 25, St. Patrick, San Francisco; July 26, Our Lady of Loretto, Novato; July 27, St. Francis of Assisi, East Palo Alto. Contact your parish for more information.
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Catholic san francisco | May 22, 2015
Catholic schools shape teacher’s vocation Tom Burke catholic San Francisco
Allison Pheatt now stands before her own class as teacher. She says her Catholic school education showed her the way. Allison teaches fourth grade at St. Anselm School and is a graduate of St. Isabella School, San Rafael and St. Ignatius College Preparatory, San Francisco. She holds an undergraduate degree in art history from St. Louis UniAllison Pheatt versity as well as a certificate in Christian Intellectual Tradition. She received a graduate degree in education with a specialty in teacher leadership May 16 from Dominican University, San Rafael. “As the youngest of four children and preceded by my three older siblings, all my teachers at St. Isabella knew my family well,” Allison told me in an email. “It was within this loving and nurturing environment that I grew to respect the teaching profession.” Allison said she always enjoyed school but it was in high school that she “acknowledged and appreciated” a love for education. She said faculty at St. Ignatius “had a special way of letting each student know that we were cared for” and “found new and interesting ways to challenge us.” A Catholic school classroom seems the right place for Allison, she said. Her three siblings have all taught in the Archdiocese of San Francisco. “In addition to our loving parents Jeff and Ginny, my siblings Kendra, Kelly and Rob were my biggest cheerleaders when I set out to apply for a teaching position.” Their “devotion to education empowered” her to follow their model, she said. She has been at St. Anselm’s for three years. “I cannot imagine being at any other school. The moment I stepped foot on the campus and met the administration and faculty, it felt like home. I could not ask to spend my day with a more curious and charming group of students.” Though Allison calls herself a “meticulous planner and organizer” noting students would exclaim “making lists” as among her favorite things, she says one of the things most exciting about teaching is “that every day is a different adventure and you never know what is going to happen.” Another favorite is laughing with her class. “My students and I always find a way to joke around and a reason to laugh. There is no sweeter sound than children laughing together.” “I have such vivid memories of my teachers growing up; I can only hope that my students will remem-
RUNWAY: More than 350 “fashionistas” enjoyed the St. Stephen Women’s Guild “Breakfast at Tiffany’s” fashion show April 18 at the Olympic Club, Lakeside. “An incredible silent auction featured more than 150 items, followed by a delicious lunch,” the guild said. More than 80 models from the St. Stephen School community “walked the runway and dazzled the sold-out crowd!” Proceeds benefit enrichment programs and support staff at the school. Pictured from left are co-chairs Anthi Janssens and Maha Danfoura, chair Tina Gullotta and co-chair Sue Fambrini.
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the Dominican Sisters of San Rafael “Gathering@ Grand” series, 1520 Grand Ave., San Rafael, and June 11 in Foudy Hall at St. Monica Parish, 23rd Avenue and Geary Boulevard, San Francisco. Both showings begin at 7 p.m. The showing at St. Monica’s will be followed by a panel of men and women religious speaking about religious life, and refreshments. “We, women and men religious, are all called to continue the mission of the church,” Sister Noreen O’Connor, a Sister of St. Joseph of Carondelet for 61 years, told me. Sister Noreen is RCIA coordinator at St. Thomas the Apostle Parish, now partnering with St. Monica’s. Visit www.stthomasapostlechurchsf.org. The showing in San Rafael will be followed by a panel of four sisters speaking on their work in affordable housing, preschool education, ecology, sustainability and the use of social media to promote peace and justice, and refreshments Call (415) 4538303; email CommunityRelations@sanrafaelop.org. “Women and Spirit” chronicles the history of the thousands of sisters who came to the United States and founded the Catholic school system, hospitals, orphanages, homes for the poor, mental institutions, and many more programs. Email items and electronic pictures – jpegs at no less than 300 dpi – to burket@sfarchdiocese.org or mail to Street, One Peter Yorke Way, San Francisco 94109. Include a follow-up phone number. Street is toll-free. My phone number is (415) 614-5634.
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Catholic san francisco | May 22, 2015
LCWR goes on ‘with our normal life’ after mandate ends Catholic News Service
WASHINGTON – The president of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious said the organization is pleased to be “going on with our normal life, so to speak,” now that the Vatican’s mandate to reform the group Sister Sharon has concluded. Holland
Archbishop Gomez reminds conference of Day’s treasured legacy
FORT WAYNE, Indiana – Saying it was for the church to decide whether Dorothy Day was a saint, Los Angeles Archbishop Jose H. Gomez told a conference on the co-founder of the Catholic Worker Movement that she left a rich legacy for Dorothy Day people to follow. “I don’t know if she is a saint ... but I do know she makes me want to be a saint. She makes us want to be better. She makes us want to be holy,” Archbishop Gomez said in remarks to the conference May 14. Day has been named a servant of God by the church and the diocesan phase of the canonization process has been underway in the Archdiocese of New York since 2000. The archbishop discussed the remarkable life and achievements of Day and her impact on the 20th century after she and Peter Maurin opened the Catholic Worker in a storefront in New York’s Bowery in the midst of the Great Depression in 1933. “She walked with the great saints of the church, like Francis of Assisi, John of the Cross, Catherine of Siena and many others,” Archbishop Gomez said, noting he was not an authority on Day. “These were her constant companions. She once said she spent her days in conversation with Jesus and the saints of the church.” “I want to think and live like a saint,” he said. “I believe that what she has left us is a saint’s vision of our times and our society.” The archbishop’s address was part of a three-day conference, “Dorothy Day and the Church: Past, Present
Sister Sharon Holland told Catholic News Service that the leaders of the organization and Vatican officials reached agreement on several key issues under a mandate for reform issued by the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith in an atmosphere that promoted understanding and respect. The mandate emerged from a doctrinal assessment by congregation representatives that began in 2009. “The whole experience has allowed us to see the fruitfulness of a
process that was carried out in a sort of contemplative way,” said Sister Sharon, vice president of the Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary in Monroe, Michigan. “It takes time to be quiet, to pray and reflect. We’ve seen both the power and the potential of respectful honest dialogue. We hope that we’ve all learned a good deal about the importance of listening well. “Hopefully we’ve both experienced and shown the possibility of dealing with tension or misunderstanding
or difficulties in a way that helps resolve, rather than allowing them to develop into polarization,” she added. Sister Sharon’s comments came a month after the April 16 announcement at the Vatican that the reform process had successfully concluded. The announcement at the Vatican came the same day LCWR officers met with Pope Francis at his office for 50 minutes discussing his apostolic exhortation, “The Joy of the Gospel.”
and Future” and was one of several events marking the 125th anniversary of the University of St. Francis in Fort Wayne. The May 13-15 conference was co-sponsored by Our Sunday Visitor. Day a journalist, social activist and devout Catholic convert, became known for her social justice campaigns in defense of poor, hungry, homeless and marginalized people. The Catholic Worker Movement continues to combine direct aid for the poor and homeless with nonviolent direct action on their behalf. She served as editor of The Catholic Worker newspaper from 1933 until her death in 1980 at age 83.
for reintegration into society and just sentences are needed to keep Nebraskans safe, he said. “Public safety can be assured through other means,” the archbishop said. “And justice requires punishment, but it does not require that those who have committed capital crimes be put to death.”
He studied at St. Meinrad Seminary from 1949 to 1956, was invested as a novice monk in 1950, professed simple vows in 1951, and was ordained to the priesthood in 1956. Father Davis received a licentiate in sacred theology from The Catholic University of America, Washington, in 1957, and a licentiate and doctorate in historical sciences from the Catholic University of Louvain, Belgium, in 1963 and 1977, respectively. He began teaching church history at St. Meinrad in 1963, and in 2012 became the school’s first professor emeritus. Father Davis was an archivist of the archabbey. He also belonged to the American Catholic Historical Association and the Society of American Archivists. He also served as archivist for the National Black Catholic Clergy Caucus, of which in 1968 he was a founding member. Father Davis contributed to the second draft of “Brothers and Sisters to Us,” the U.S. bishops’ 1979 pastoral letter on racism, and helped write the initial draft of “What We Have Seen and Heard,” the 1984 pastoral letter on evangelization from the nation’s black Catholic bishops.
Nebraska archbishop joins call for death penalty repeal
OMAHA, Nebraska – Noting all life is sacred, Archbishop George J. Lucas of Omaha joined about 15 religious leaders, priests and nuns at a news conference in Omaha May 13 in calling for an end to the death penalty. As the Nebraska Legislature debates the issue, Archbishop Lucas said he was pleased and privileged “to join friends from other faith communities at this important moment.” The archbishop also noted he was representing the Nebraska Catholic Conference, the public policy arm of the state’s three Catholic bishops. Catholic teaching recognizes the state has recourse to the death penalty if it is the only available means to protect society from a grave threat to human life, Archbishop Lucas said at the Omaha Press Club. But because of improvements in the penal system, such cases are rare, if not practically nonexistent, he said. The death penalty does not provide rehabilitation and there is no clear evidence that executions deter crime, the archbishop said. At the same time, some criminals will never be fit
Benedictine priest, top chronicler of black Catholic history, dies
ST. MEINRAD, Indiana – A funeral Mass was to be celebrated May 21 at St. Meinrad Archabbey in St. Meinrad for Benedictine Father Cyprian Davis, who died May 18 at Memorial Hospital in Jasper. He was 84. Father Davis wrote six books, including “The History of Black Catholics in the United States,” published in 1990. He was working on a revised edition of the book at the time of his death. He had also written what is considered the definitive biography of Mother Henriette Delille, the black foundress of the Sisters of the Holy Family in antebellum New Orleans. Her sainthood cause was opened in 1988 and she was declared venerable in 2010. Born Clarence John Davis Sept. 9, 1930, in Washington, he joined the Catholic Church as a teenager.
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Catholic san francisco | May 22, 2015
As violence spirals, Salvadorans look to Romero as example Rhina Guidos Catholic News Service
SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador – If there’s a place in need of salvation at this moment, it’s this country named after Jesus Christ. Even as it gets ready to mark one of the biggest events in its history – the May 23 beatification of slain archbishop Oscar Romero – El Salvador, which in Spanish means “the savior,” is in the midst of one of its most violent periods. March marked one of the deadliest months in a decade, with 481 people murdered, an average of 16 homicides a day, many committed by violent and ubiquitous gangs, said officials from the National Civil Police. Almost as an affront, gang leaders in April said they would provide some momentary respite from the violence as a “gift” to the Salvadoran martyr on the occasion of his beatification. That means little to those like Lourdes Molina, a 40-something mother of three teenage boys who lives each day in desperation and fear that her sons will be hurt or worse by the gangs that terrorize the 6 million who live in El Salvador. The violence is “unbearable,” she said. The only thing left to hang onto is the divine intervention of Christ or the intercession of the soonto-be Blessed Oscar Romero, she said. Though the beatification brings an air of festivity
in a country with little to celebrate, the long-term outlook for the future of young people in the country is dim, she said. No matter how much precaution she takes, violence will one day come knocking as it does for many Salvadorans, she fears. If there was someone who knew about violence
Protecting people means protecting the planet, cardinal says
ing disparities – vast numbers of people excluded and discarded, their dignity trampled upon.”
ROME – Pride, greed and selfishness are destroying the planet just as they destroy human lives, said Cardinal Peter Turkson. However, with action inspired by good stewardship and solidarity, people can ensure that the earth is “a nurturing home for every man, woman and child in every country and in every generation,” said the cardinal, president of the Pontifical Cardinal Council for Justice and Peace. Turkson Cardinal Turkson, who oversaw work on a first draft of Pope Francis’ upcoming encyclical on ecology, addressed the general assembly of Caritas Internationalis in Rome May 14. Pope Francis is publishing the encyclical, he said, “not to enter into scientific and financial debates, but to remind the world that our choices are ultimately moral in nature,” including when it comes to safeguarding creation. “This is an all-embracing moral imperative: to protect and care both for creation – our garden home – and for the human person who dwells therein,” the cardinal said. “Without stewardship, the earth will be less and less habitable,” Cardinal Turkson said. And without solidarity, “greed and rivalry will wreak ever greater havoc.” Cardinal Turkson told delegates that the church celebrates the advances in science and technology that help people live better and communicate more easily. But progress also has a “dark side” with “starkly ris-
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Gang members, including one with a tattoo of Our Lady of Guadalupe, right, wait to be admitted to San Francisco Gotera penitentiary April 21 in El Salvador.
Pope: A paralyzed, fearful church is ill
VATICAN CITY – True Christians are not sad or afraid, Pope Francis said. Christians are courageous and full of joy because they know Christ is victorious, he is near and he loves them forever, the pope said in his homily May 15. During his morning Mass in the chapel of the Domus Sanctae Marthae, the pope said, “Fear is not a Christian attitude. It is the attitude, we can say, of a soul behind bars, without freedom, that isn’t free to look ahead, to create something, to do good.” Fear is harmful, he said; “it weakens us, diminishes us, paralyzes us, too,” because the person chooses to do nothing rather than risk making a mistake or else has no idea what to do. “A scared Christian is a person who has not understood what Jesus’ message is,” he said, according to Vatican Radio. Parishes and communities, not just individuals, also can be afraid, even though the Lord tells them not to fear, he said. Such groups tend to prohibit everything; “they always take the safe way: ‘No, no we don’t do this,’ ‘no, this can’t be done,’” he said. “It seems they wrote ‘Forbidden’ on the front door; everything is forbidden out of fear.” Fear in communities makes the atmosphere “foul because it is an ill community,” he said. The fear that leads to selfishness or avoidance is not the same as having a healthy fear of God, which is a virtue, the pope said, and an expression of awe, reverence and respect.
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DUBLIN – A Northern Ireland court ruled that a Christian bakery discriminated against a gay man when it declined to make a cake carrying a message in support of same-sex marriage. Ashers Bakery, a family-run business that employs more than 60 people, came under scrutiny by the region’s Equality Commission for declining a request for a cake with an image of Sesame Street puppets Bert and Ernie below the motto “Support Gay Marriage.” Belfast District Court Judge Isobel Brownlie ruled May 19 that, as a business, Ashers was not exempt from the discrimination law. The judge said she accepted that Ashers owners had “genuine and deeply held” religious views, but said the business was not above the law. The firm’s general manager, Daniel McArthur, said he was “extremely disappointed” by the ruling and was considering an appeal. “We’ve said from the start that our issue was with the message on the cake, not with the customer, and that we didn’t know what his sexual orientation was, and it wasn’t relevant, either,” he said. “We’ve always been happy to serve any customers.” “The ruling suggests that all business owners will have to be willing to promote any cause or campaign, no matter how much they disagree with it,” McArthur said. A spokesman for the Catholic Church declined to comment, saying church leaders wanted to carefully consider the 15-page judgment in detail before commenting. Catholic News Service
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You may w the mostly Muslim ethnic group have well to reflect on life’s “final farewell” his adrift blessing pilgrims from all over at sea,with refused asylum by and on whether they are prepared to en- been the most charming town squares in a pilgrimages several countriesAfter – as well as the “great trust themselves and all they will leave the world. the audience, we visitto join in the following Piazza del Campo (known by local existential leave-taking” of Christians behind to God, said Pope Francis. the Basilica of St. Mary Major and fan shaped Piazza is home to the b and Yezidis who are being persecuted During a morning Mass at the Domus celebrate Mass (subject to conrin Iraq. Sanctae Marthae May 19, the pope known as the Palio, and many oth The pope then spoke ofthe the “final reflected on the day’s readings in which mation). Inside Basilica we view This evening you have the opportu leave-taking, which manger everyone will face,Bethlehem. Jesus, after speaking to his disciples of relics of Jesus’ from Pope Francis sine at the Siena restaurant of your when the Lord calls us to the other his imminent departure for the Father, We continue to St. John’s Lateran side.” prays “the hour has come” (John 17:1on your own. Overnight in Siena. [ The great leave-takings in life,church includ- of the Pope. This church was 11a), and in which St. Paul gathers with Church, the Cathedral ing the final farewell, not departhe elders of Ephesus before leaving for originally built by“are Constantine when he ended the Christian Day 6: Saturday 4/18, SIENA / FLO tures of the type ‘see you soon,’ ‘later’ Jerusalem (Acts 20:17-27). persecutions. Herewhen weasee the Altar that holds the relics of Holy or ‘until we meet again,’ person Every life involves many leaveknows he or she willPaul. return,” he said.the Basilica is the Baptistery and takings, both great and small, the pope Sts. 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Pope: ‘Plates fly’ in marriage but ‘don’t end the day without making peace’ Valerie Schmalz Catholic San Francisco
Throughout his young pontificate, Pope Francis has been offering practical advice and theological reflections to married couples, to those considering marriage, and to the whole world. Take this piece of advice given to the young people on the Caracciolo seafront in Naples March 21: “In marriage there is also fighting and ... plates fly,” Pope Francis said. “I try to give practical advice: fight as much as you want, but don’t end the day without making peace. In order to do this, you don’t have to get on your knees, a caress would suffice.” And he offers some advice for the daily life: “Then, it is always important to ask the other if he or she likes something: you are together, in a marriage ‘I’ is not good, ‘we’ is much more effective. What they say about marriage is also true: joy for two: three times more joy; pain and suffering: half the pain and half the suffering. Married life Pope Francis should be lived like this and April 2, 2014, audience, this is done through prayer, a St. Peter’s Square great deal of prayer and witness, so that the love doesn’t burn out.” Addressing the participants in the International Colloquium on the complementarity between man and woman sponsored by the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith Nov. 17, 2014, in Rome, Pope Francis called marriage and family the “intangible assets” of a nation. “The family is the foundation of co-existence and a guarantee against social fragmentation. Children have a right to grow up in a family with a father and a mother capable of creating a suitable environment for the child’s growth and emotional development,” Pope Francis said. “This is why, in the apostolic exhortation ‘Evangelii Gaudium,’ I
The image of God is the married couple: the man and the woman; not only the man, not only the woman, but both of them together. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)
Pope Francis shares a laugh with a newly married couple during his general audience in Paul VI Hall at the Vatican Jan. 7. stressed the ‘indispensable’ contribution of marriage to society, a contribution which ‘transcends the feelings and momentary needs of the couple.’” While Pope Francis has repeatedly stated the importance of marriage and indispensable role of parents and family, in December he began a series of catecheses at his Wednesday audiences on the family that continue. But even before all of these comments, Pope Francis April 2, 2014, catechesis on the sacrament of marriage, given during his Wednesday audience at St. Peter’s Square, is one to treasure: “At the beginning of the Book of Genesis, the first
book of the Bible, at the culmination of the creation account it says: “God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them. ... Therefore a man leaves his father and his mother and cleaves to his wife, and they become one flesh” (Genesis 1:27; 2:24). The image of God is the married couple: the man and the woman; not only the man, not only the woman, but both of them together.” And Pope Francis goes on to say: “When a man and woman celebrate the sacrament of matrimony, God as it were ‘is mirrored’ in them; he impresses in them his own features and the indelible character of his love. Marriage is the icon of God’s love for us.”
US bishops’ video series on marriage The first video of the U.S. bishops’ series “Journey to the Heart of Family,” in which individuals share their own stories cherishing marriage, what it means to them, and how their personal experiences have enriched their bond of marriage and family, has been
posted at http://usccbmedia.blogspot.com/2015/05/ five-things-to-remember-on-may-14.html. In this story, Norma shares how in the midst of the pain of losing their first son during the pregnancy, she and her husband found the gift of love
that strengthened their marriage and made them appreciate even more the gift of children. The video can also be accessed on YouTube at https://youtu. be/gV0PiHDqMVQ. For a version in Spanish, visit https://youtu.be/59AH2ZyTAuk.
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MCA – “Children Helping Children” May all children In the world Share love Share friendship and live In the peace Of God’s love Now and forever
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Are you okay, Emma? Such were the words
of a young girl to her classmate in the yard of a Catholic elementary school in the Archdiocese of San Francisco. Their class was playing kickball, and Emma had gotten hit by the ball – though not seriously nor deliberately. But Emma’s friend was serious and deliberate in her care: going to Emma and seeing if indeed she was all right. At such a young age, this girl already has the makings of a missionary. Actually, she already is one – a missionary right here, right now – but it wouldn’t take much to imagine her as a missionary in a developing country, working with the poor, the sick, the forgotten, and asking: “Are you okay?”
Thank you to all teachers, principals, DRE’s, catechists,
administrators, and support staff who today help in developing tomorrow’s missionaries. Thank you for allowing the Missionary Childhood Association to partner with you in this wonderful task of planting and nurturing missionary seeds. Our sincerest gratitude to the following schools and parish religious education programs for their continued support, and to those who established or re-established ties with MCA this school year.
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Schools: All Souls, Good Shepherd, Holy Angels, Holy Name of Jesus, Immaculate Heart of Mary, Mission Dolores Academy, Notre Dame des Victoires, Our Lady of Loretto, Our Lady of Mercy, Our Lady of Perpetual Help, Our Lady of the Visitacion, St. Anthony-Immaculate Conception, St. Anselm, St. Brigid, St. Catherine of Siena, St. Cecilia, St. Charles Borromeo, St. Dunstan, St. Finn Barr, St. Gabriel, St. Gregory, St. Hilary, St. James, St. Mary, St. Monica, St. Patrick, St. Peter (SF), St. Philip, St. Pius, St. Robert, St. Stephen, St. Thomas More, St. Thomas the Apostle, St. Veronica, Sts. Peter & Paul, and Woodside Priory. Parish Religious Education Programs: Corpus Christi, Epiphany, Good Shepherd, Holy Angels, Holy Name of Jesus, Our Lady of Loretto, Our Lady of Mercy, Our Lady of Mt. Carmel (RWC), St. Anne, St. Anthony (Menlo Park), St. Augustine, St. Catherine of Siena, St. Charles (San Carlos), St. Dunstan, St. Elizabeth, St. Finn Barr, St. Hilary, St. John the Evangelist, St. Patrick (Larkspur), Sts. Peter & Paul, and St. Stephen.
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include the Society for the Propagation of the Faith, Missionary Childhood Association, Society of St. Peter Apostle and the Missionary Union of Priests and Religious. These Societies gather basic support for more than 1,150 mission territories in Asia, Africa, the Pacific Islands, Latin America and some parts of Europe. This includes support for some 9,000 clinics, almost 10,000 orphanages, and more than 1,200 schools, where the poor receive an education, health care, and come to know the reason for all our hope. The Societies also provide support for some 80,000 seminarians and for the training of some 9,000 religious Sisters and Brothers. They receive no public funds to do their work and rely entirely on the generosity of individuals. Archdiocese of San Francisco Mission Office 1 Peter Yorke Way, San Francisco, CA 94109 Office: (415) 614-5670 | FAX: (415) 614-5671 Email: missionofficesf@sfarchdiocese.org Genevieve Elizondo – Director, Mission Office Michael Gotuaco – MCA Coordinator Robert O’Connor – Admin. Assistant
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Deacons Cameron Faller, Pat Summerhays to be ordained as priests The priestly ordination of Deacons Cameron Faller and Pat Summerhays will take place June 6 at 10 a.m. at St. Mary’s Cathedral. The public is invited. Catholic San Francisco assistant editor Valerie Schmalz interviewed the two men soon to become the archdiocese’s newest priests.
Deacon Cameron Faller is pictured with family members. From left: Cole Faller, nephew; Megan Faller, sister-in-law; Mary Faller, sister-in-law; Garrett Faller, brother; Joel Faller, father; Gavin Faller, nephew; Bonnie Faller, mother; Deacon Faller; Ryan Faller, brother; Kyle Faller, brother. The photo was taken after Deacon Faller’s parents renewed their wedding vows at Marin Catholic High School in 2012.
Cameron Faller Born: Feb. 1, 1988, Greenbrae Parish: Our Lady of Loretto, Novato Parents: Joel and Bonnie Faller Siblings: Brothers Ryan, Garrett, Kyle Schools: Our Lady of Loretto (K-4), North Bay Christian Academy (5), Sinaloa Middle School (6-8), Marin Catholic High School (9-12), Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo (two years), Gonzaga University (two years).
What do you most look ahead to as a priest?
First and foremost, more than doing anything in particular as a priest, I simply look forward to just being a priest and having the privilege of being able to completely offer my life to God in service of the priesthood of Jesus Christ. More specifically, I look forward to being able to offer the sacrifice of the Mass for the glory of God and for the salvation of the world.
Who most inspired your vocation and why?
To be honest, I think the Blessed Mother has had the greatest influence on my vocation. Before I went on a religious pilgrimage to Lourdes, France in 2007, I had never sincerely considered becoming a priest. However, somewhat miraculously in Lourdes, and I believe through the intercession of our Blessed Mother, I all of a sudden had a deep conviction that God was calling me to be a priest. It’s hard to measure up to the Blessed Mother, but Bishop Tom Daly has also been very influential in my vocation. I have truly appreciated his concern, support, and guidance during my time in formation, and he has been a great example of what it means for a priest to love his vocation and to always be available to the needs of the people.
What do you like to do in your free time?
I loved playing sports growing up, and I still enjoy following sports, especially March Madness and World Cup soccer. In addition, I enjoy exercising and having time for my own personal prayer and spiritual reading.
What is one of your favorite Bible passages? I really like John 4:34 when Jesus
proclaims, “My food is to do the will of the one who sent me and to finish his work.” I like this passage because it poses a great challenge for me. I hope as I continue to grow in my faith and serve the people of God as a priest that I, like Christ, might be able to thirst for and be nourished by simply fulfilling the will of my Father.
What is the greatest challenge facing the church today?
It’s hard to think of what is the greatest challenge because I think there are a wide variety of different challenges that the church has to face today. However, one of the biggest challenges might be the very popular philosophy of relativism which holds that there is no objective and universal truth; rather, the truth is understood as being subjective to each individual person. One can easily imagine the vast array of problems this belief causes for the world and for the church.
Who is your favorite saint?
My favorite saint is probably St. Therese of Lisieux. In our culture which is dominated by the need to be productive and successful, St. Therese offers a great message of how we can obtain holiness through recognizing our weaknesses and surrendering ourselves completely to God.
What role did your family play in your vocation?
While I was growing up, my family didn’t talk much about the priesthood being a possible vocation for my brothers or myself, but I believe it was my parents’ ability to faithfully live out their own vocation to marriage that helped me be open to hear God’s call to the priesthood. Furthermore, my parents gave me a great foundation in the faith which also helped provide a fertile environment in which I could hear the call to be a priest.
Do you have a favorite philosopher, theologian or other thinker? Pope Benedict XVI.
What sports do you play/are you interested in?
I played football and basketball in high school and I continue to enjoy following these sports as well as international soccer and baseball.
The family of Deacon Patrick Summerhays is pictured in a photo taken last Christmas Day at his parents’ home in Novato. From left: Julie (McDonald), Suzanne (Francois), Deacon Summerhays, Cathy (mom), Kim (dad), Mark, Amy, Ann (Arend), Christine (Semler).
Patrick John Summerhays Born: May 26, 1973, Orange Parish: Grew up in Our Lady of Loretto until 18 Parents: Kim and Catherine Summerhays Siblings: Suzanne (Francois), Christine (Semler), Julie (McDonald), Mark, Amy, Ann (Arend). Schools: Our Lady of Loretto School (1-8); St. Vincent High School (Petaluma); University of San Francisco, BA, MBA, with junior year abroad at Blackfriars Studium, University of Oxford). Career: For more than 10 years after graduation, worked in finance, including at a biotech start-up and a private wealth management firm. Originally entered the seminary from St. Thomas the Apostle in Phoenix and studied for the Diocese of Phoenix for two years before moving back to San Francisco and deciding to re-enter for the Archdiocese of San Francisco in 2010.
What do you most look ahead to as a priest?
After seven years of seminary formation, I most look forward to the opportunity to be immersed in a parish community and having the opportunity to meet and minister to the parishioners on a daily basis.
Who most inspired your vocation and why?
I believe, of course, that God ultimately inspired my vocation. But, he used a variety of human instruments for this purpose. First, the generous and faithful parish priests that I grew up knowing at Our Lady of Loretto. Second, the witness of young priests and seminarians that I met as an adult who exuded an authentic joy for the vocation to the priesthood. Third, a handful of religious men and women as well as friends in the laity who encouraged me to consider the vocation to the priesthood.
What do you like to do in your free time?
In my free time, I like to visit friends and family, travel, hike, watch basketball or baseball, and read.
What is one of your favorite Bible passages?
“You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit” (John 15:16).
What is the greatest challenge facing the church today?
The church is always called to evangelize – to share the good news – first within the church, then with the culture at-large. However, in this culture, the Gospel message is often not given a fair hearing before it is shouted down. In the so-called “Communication Age,” the tolerance for Christian dialogue and our ability as a society for civil discourse on important issues is severely waning.
Do you see specific gifts or background that you have that will help you in your vocation?
I hope that, by coming to the seminary a little later in life, this time and these experiences will not be wasted. I pray that God will use some of my business experiences and personal relationships to best serve his purposes in my priestly ministry.
What role did your family play in your vocation?
My parents were always very supportive of the option to pursue the Catholic priesthood. We prayed for vocations as a family and (without pressuring me) they always let me know that they would support me if I sensed this call from God. As I made the decision to pursue this path, my parents, siblings, and extended family have all been very encouraging.
Do you have a favorite philosopher, theologian or other thinker?
I consider myself to be a bit of an Archbishop Fulton Sheen “junkie.” He was perhaps the greatest American Catholic communicator and helped popularize the theological and philosophical thought of St. Thomas Aquinas. I also enjoy reading C.S. Lewis and, while I have been in the seminary, I have grown in my appreciation of the theology of Hans Urs von Balthasar.
Any favorite movies, TV shows, books?
Books: “A Severe Mercy” (Sheldon Vanauken); “Man’s Search for Meaning” (Viktor Frankl) Movies: “Life is Beautiful,” “Empire of the Sun,” “My Left Foot,” “I Am David, Bourne” (series), “Waking Ned Devine.” TV: “Band of Brothers.”
What sports do you play/are you interested in? Basketball, baseball, football.
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Catholic san francisco | May 22, 2015
Pope Francis
Letters
The 3 key words of the family: Please, thank you, sorry Catholic San Francisco will present Vatican Information Service reports on the pope’s catechesis on the family given at his Wednesday general audience in Vatican City, leading up to the Oct. 4-25, Synod of Bishops on the vocation and mission of the family.
Catechesis on the Family
Vatican Information Service
VATICAN CITY – “Please, thank you and sorry” are the three words that Pope Francis “would write on the door of every family home” as they are the key to living well and in peace both inside and outside the home. They are simple words, much easier to say than to put into practice, but “they contain great strength: the strength of protecting the home, even through a thousand difficulties and trials; instead, when they are lacking, cracks gradually open up that can even lead it to collapse.” The pope dedicated the catechesis of his Wednesday, May 13, general audience to these three words, normally considered as the words of politeness. “A great bishop, St. Francis of Sales, said that kindness is halfway to holiness. But beware, he warned, “as in history we have also known a formalism of good manners that can become a mask to conceal an arid heart and lack of interest in others. … Not even religion is immune to this risk, in which formal observance may slip into spiritual worldliness. The devil who tempts Jesus shows off his good manners and cites the sacred Scriptures. His style appears correct, but his intention is to deviate from the truth of God’s love.” The first word is “please.” “To enter into the life of another person, even when that person forms part of our life, requires the delicacy of a non-intrusive attitude, that renews trust and respect. Confidence, then, does not authorize us to take
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“Many hurt feelings, many lesions in the family begin with the loss of those precious words: ‘I am sorry.’” everything for granted. Love, the more intimate and profound it is, the more it demands respect for freedom and the capacity to wait for the other to open the door of his or her heart.” The second phrase is “thank you.” “At times, it seems that we are becoming a civilization of poor manners and unpleasant words,” the pope said. … “Politeness and the capacity to thank are seen as a sign of weakness, and at times even arouse distrust. This tendency should be opposed within the family itself. We must become intransigent in the education of gratitude and recognition: the dignity of the person and social justice both come from this. If this approach is neglected in family life, it will also be lost in social life.” The third word is “sorry.” “When it is lacking, small cracks become larger … to the point of becoming deep trenches,” the pope said. “It is not by chance that in the prayer taught by Jesus, the Lord’s Prayer that sum-
marizes all the essential questions for our life, we find the expression ‘forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us.’ Acknowledging our errors and being willing to restore what has been removed – respect, sincerity, love – makes one worthy of forgiveness. … If we are not capable of apologizing, it means we are not capable of forgiveness either. … Many hurt feelings, many lesions in the family begin with the loss of those precious words: ‘I am sorry.’ In married life there are many arguments … but I advise you never to let the day end without making peace. And for this, a small gesture is enough.” “These three key words for the family are simple words, and perhaps at first they make us smile. But … perhaps our education neglects them too much. May the Lord help us to restore them to their rightful place in our heart, in our home, and also in our civil coexistence.”
Putting faith into action
ardinal Oscar Rodriguez Maradiaga, archbishop of Tegucigalpa in Honduras and past president of the Latin American bishops’ council, was on the campus of St. Joseph’s University in Philadelphia at the end of April to participate in a meeting of about 250 Catholic community organizers gathered to express FATHER WILLIAM their hopes for J. BYRON, SJ the upcoming World Meeting of Families in Philadelphia next September. He was there primarily to listen and reflect, but he also addressed the assembly. Cardinal Rodriguez’s presence was particularly significant because he is a close friend of Pope Francis and chairs the Holy Father’s council of cardinal advisers from around the world; they meet several times a year in Rome to offer advice to Pope Francis. This meeting was organized by
PICO International (People Improving Communities through Organizing), a California-based national network of faith-based community organizations interested in putting faith into action. PICO International has been helping communities in Central America, Rwanda, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Haiti. I sat in for two hours on a plenary session of the late-April gathering and was particularly impressed by the suggestion, made by Cardinal Rodriguez, that the Catholic Church should view itself as a Samaritan church – a church patterned after the example of the good Samaritan. Cardinal Rodriguez reminded listeners that the priest and Levite in the Gospel story failed the wounded traveler and that clericalism, in the form of bureaucracy, arrogance and aloofness, is repeating that failure in the contemporary Catholic Church in the United States. A Samaritan Catholic Church would busy itself with binding wounds and covering the expenses associated with assisting the poor. What Pope Francis has been saying about care for the poor was repeated almost verbatim by Cardinal Rodri-
guez, who also spelled out the harm to families resulting from income inequality, unemployment and other problems that will surely be on the agenda of the World Meeting of Families. Hopes were raised for the September meeting by the enthusiastic articulation of the principles of Catholic social teaching that reverberated through this meeting. Echoes of this compelling evangelization will surely be heard in Philadelphia next September. As Cardinal Rodriguez put it, “Social justice is a duty of our faith.” And he made the case for compassion modeled on the example of the good Samaritan. “We need to see with the eyes of the heart,” Cardinal Rodriguez told this assembly. The World Meeting of Families will, I hope, turn the eyes of the Catholic heart toward the needs of the poor and, in so doing, re-energize the love that makes the Catholic family possible. Jesuit Father Byron is university professor of business and society at St. Joseph’s University, Philadelphia. Email wbyron@ sju.edu.
The forgotten
The brewing tensions between liberal and conservative Catholics clearly reflect a polarized community in San Francisco. Each side has stated their point of view and in the process many from both sides have been somewhat nasty. We as a faith community are mirroring some of the dynamics of our national political system. As a gay Catholic, I am most concerned about the impact this political tug of war may have on some of our most vulnerable community members- the gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgendered and questioning Catholic youth. According to the CDC, these youth are 3 to 4 times more likely to attempt suicide as their straight peers. Additionally the tug-of-war impacts any young person struggling with personal issues of choices involving their bodies. Directly and indirectly these youth are at the center of the tug-of-war and they are being talked about, judged and likely feeling as though they are something other than precious members of our faith community. My suggestions are simple. Let’s take the cotton out of our ears and put it in our mouths and listen, understand, love and tend to our young people. Additionally for the liberal and conservative church tug-of-war, take a lesson from Homeboy Industries and find a way for opposing factions to work together in service to our young people. We are called to a higher standard than our political system and I believe we can figure out a way to be more like Christ. Tom Hehir San Francisco
Faith and naivete
Re Father Rolheiser and the word “naivete,” commentary titled “Artificial light,” May 15): A person may be called naive if she or he (“xe”) does not understand why “xe” believes something and has no means of testing the truth of what is believed. With as much specialization as there is today we are all bound to believe what we are told on many subjects. It is, therefore, the responsibility of those who teach to do so with honesty and care. Teachers otherwise do us a disservice. Here is an example. San Franciscans are told that sometime in the next 30 years there is an 80 percent chance of a high-magnitude earthquake. If we ask for a more precise date and magnitude we are told, “It is not for us to know exactly. But we must live our lives as if it could be tomorrow.” In the same way we are told that “the Kingdom of God is coming with its judgment of living and dead, and of that kingdom there shall be no end.” When the disciples ask, “Is the kingdom coming now?” they are told, “It is not for you to know the exact hour.” The implication again is to live as if it will happen tomorrow. Both teachings are made with sufficient clarity that we change our lives with confidence, and are not considered naive for doing so. A teaching made with more certainty would lead to loss of credibility in the teacher, at least for those not naive. Since a large part of the population is naive by definition, it is the obligation of the critical but loyal to challenge statements made with excessive certainty. Obligation of the challenged teacher is to admit error and clarify. Without this dialogue, faith of the naive is severely challenged. Alex M. Saunders, M.D. San Carlos The writer is a member of St. Charles Parish.
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What is VSED and why should it matter to us?
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ore than 20 years ago, Dr. David Eddy, writing in the Journal of the American Medical Association, described how his mother, though not suffering from a terminal illness, chose to end her life through VSED (voluntarily stopping eating and drinking). She was “very independent, very self-sufficient, and very content.” When she began to be afflicted by various ailments, including rectal prolapse, she talked with her physician-son about “how she could end her life gracefully.” When she asked him, “Can I stop eating?” he told her that if it was really her intention to end her life, she could also stop drinking since, “without water, no one, not even the healthiest, can live more than a few days.” After a family bash celebrating her father tadeusz 85th birthday, she “relished pacholczyk her last piece of chocolate, and then stopped eating and drinking.” She died of dehydration six days later, with her son arranging for pain medications to be administered during her final days and hours. Choosing not to eat or drink can be packaged as a noble and well-intentioned way to avoid intense pain and suffering, but VSED ultimately represents a flawed choice. It subtly draws us into the mistake of treating the objective good of our life as if it were an evil to be quelled or extinguished. We have a moral duty to preserve and protect our life, and to use ordinary means of doing so. Suicide, even by starvation and dehydration, is still suicide and is never morally acceptable.
making sense out of bioethics
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For some critically-ill patients, continued attempts to ingest food and liquids may cause significant complications, including severe nausea, vomiting, or complex problems with elimination. Such patients may find themselves effectively incapable of eating or drinking. This is not VSED, but a direct manifestation of their advanced disease state, and does not raise any of the ethical concerns associated with VSED. As disease or severe illness advances, and a patient draws near to death, various bodily systems may begin to fail, and a natural decrease in appetite can occur. This is also different from a voluntary decision to stop eating and drinking – VSED refers specifically to a conscious, elective decision on the part of a patient not to eat or drink when eating and drinking would be anticipated to provide benefit to them without undue burdens. As people are dying, the real evil that often needs to be quelled or extinguished is pain, and severe pain is properly addressed by non-suicidal means, that is to say, through effective pain management and palliative care strategies. Dr. M. Scott Peck in his book “Denial of the Soul” argues that the “failure to treat pain is medical malpractice.... (and) one of the worst crimes in medicine today.” We live in an age that possesses a remarkable arsenal of methods and pharmaceuticals to address physical pain, depression and deathrelated anxiety, leaving little excuse for individuals to fear undergoing agonizing and pain-racked deaths. Some have sought to suggest that patients who choose VSED may feel less pain because the nervous system becomes dulled and the body may end up releasing chemicals which provide natural analgesia or pain relief: “What my patients have told me over the last 25 years is that when they stop eating and drinking, there’s nothing unpleasant about it
– in fact, it can be quite blissful and euphoric,” said Dr. Perry G. Fine, vice president of medical affairs at the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization in Arlington, Virginia. “It’s a very smooth, graceful and elegant way to go.” Such claims, however, remain highly controversial and strain credulity. Dehydration and starvation constitute a form of assault against the integrity of the body and the whole organism, and if the body reacts by releasing chemicals, this is a form of “shock” response to an escalating traumatic situation. As noted for Eddy’s mother, pain medications were required to control the significant suffering and discomfort that would otherwise have ensued from her dehydration/starvation. Even those who promote VSED advocate uniformly for concurrent pain control. In fact, Helga Kuhse, a well-known advocate of assisted suicide, once argued that when people see how painful a death by starvation and dehydration really is, then, “in the patient’s best interest,” they will soon come to accept active euthanasia through, for example, a lethal injection. Indeed, VSED is frequently promoted by right to die advocates as one method among others to carry out suicide or euthanasia. By its nature, VSED appears to be defined by the intent to cause death by forgoing the most basic requirements to conserve human life. Intentionally engaging in such damaging and self-destructive behaviors, by foisting dehydration and starvation onto our mortal frames so as to shutter our earthly existence, can never represent an ordered kind of human choice. Father Pacholczyk is a priest of the Diocese of Fall River, Massachusetts, and serves as the Director of Education at The National Catholic Bioethics Center in Philadelphia. See www.ncbcenter.org.
The Catholic Church’s German crisis
he 21st-century church owes a lot to 20th-century German Catholicism: for its generosity to Catholics in the Third World; for the witness of martyrs like Alfred Delp, Bernhard Lichtenberg, and Edith Stein; for its contributions to Biblical studies, systematic and moral theology, liturgical renewal, and Catholic social doctrine, through which German Catholicism played a leading role in Vatican II’s efforts to renew Catholic witness for the third millennium. At the Council, more than the Rhine flowed into the Tiber; let’s not forget george weigel the Seine, the Meuse, the Potomac, and the Vistula. But the Rhine’s flow was strong. Which simply intensifies the shock on reading the German bishops’ report to the Vatican in preparation for this coming October’s synod. One of my correspondents deemed it a de facto declaration of schism. I read it as an unintentional cri du coeur: a confession of catechetical disaster and pastoral failure on a nationwide scale, to which the German episcopate has no response save to urge others down the path that has led Catholicism in Germany into profound incoherence. When one tries to discuss this catastrophe with senior German churchmen, one rarely finds, these days, a sobered openness, born of the recognition that something has gone terribly wrong and that another approach to evangelization and catechesis must be found – an “All-In Catholicism” rooted in the joy of the Gospel preached and lived in its full integrity. Rather, what you often find is a stubborn doublingdown. “You don’t understand our situation” is the antiphon, typically spoken with some vehemence. Yet is it really the case that we obtuse non-Germans don’t understand? The statistics on German Catholic practice – more accurately, the lack thereof – are not pontifical secrets. Those statistics are embodied by what visitors observe in German cities on Sunday: largely empty churches. Now comes this report for the synod, which suggests that, on matters of marriage, the family, the morality of human love, and the things that make for genuine happiness, Ger-
man Catholic thinking is virtually indistinguishable from that of non-believers. And still the German episcopate suggests that more dumbing down of Catholic doctrine and practice is the answer, now on a global scale. It’s quite remarkable. And it will certainly be remarked upon, and not favorably, in Rome in October. In October 2001, I had an engaging, two-hour conversation with Cardinal Karl Lehmann, now one of the grand old men of the German hierarchy. We discussed the crisis of belief throughout Europe (and Europe’s related demographic meltdown) at length. Then the cardinal offered me a copy of his newest book, “Now Is the Time to Think of God.” I must say I found the title ... striking. I knew he intended it as a challenge to the regnant secularism of the time, but you had to wonder: What else had this distinguished scholar, and his colleagues at the higher altitudes of German theology, been speaking about, these many years? To make a very long story short, they had often been speaking-about-speaking-about-God: that is, they’d been chasing their tails in trying to respond to the crisis of belief in late modernity. And in doing so, they’d gotten stuck inside what Polish philosopher Wojciech Chudy, an intellectual great-grandson of John Paul II, called the post-Kantian “trap of reflection:” thinking-about-thinking-about-thinking, rather than thinking about reality – in this case, the Gospel and its truths. Less elegantly, I’d describe Chudy’s “trap of reflection” as the quicksand pit of a subjectivism become self-absorption, from which it’s hard to extract oneself and answer the Master’s call, “Come, follow me.” The German Catholic crisis is not primarily institutional; the Catholic Church is Germany’s secondlargest employer and its institutions are robust. The crisis is one of faith. German Catholicism is in crisis because German Catholics have not embraced the Lord Jesus and his Gospel with passion, conviction and joy, and are seeking their happiness elsewhere. That’s sad; that‘s tragic; that’s dispiriting. But it’s also nothing to be commended as a model for others, except as a cautionary tale about the effects of surrendering to the spirit of the age. Weigel is Distinguished Senior Fellow of the Ethics and Public Policy Center, Washington, D.C.
Using dialogue in difficult situations Father John Catoir Catholic News Service
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n today’s secular climate, it isn’t easy to guide teens along paths that will lead them to happier lives. Where do you begin talking to them about some of the potential problems they might face or the situations others might force them into? From drugs to sex, there’s an array of situations facing teenagers in various settings, not just school. But how do you approach some of these topics that seem tough to bring up to teens? One thing I’d suggest is that you might find it easier to engage your teenager in discussions where you can teach them how to ask the right questions. But keep in mind that parents and teachers also need to be aware of habitual behavior patterns so as to set a good example. If you don’t set a good example, it’s harder to speak to them with credibility. To begin to tackle some of the concerns about the situations your teenagers might be facing, grab one topic at a time and work through it using dialogue. An important topic on the minds of parents these days is addiction. How do you bring up that topic to teens? You might start by asking them if they know anything about addiction. They likely already know that addictions of every kind lead to a compulsive dependence on a substance or a behavior, and that these behaviors or dependence on a substance can eventually destroy a person. Ask whether they know of anyone who died because of an addiction to drugs or alcohol. Ask how available drugs are to them. You may hear something that might surprise you. But keep in mind that imparting knowledge calmly is a good way to train a teen to take responsibility for his or her own happiness. It’s important that they learn to choose how they will deal with peer pressure. I ran a drug and alcohol rehab for a few years, called Eva’s Village in Paterson, New Jersey, and I learned a lot about people with addictions. Sometimes one addiction tends to lead to another. And once you get on a slippery slope, the road can easily lead to disaster. Encourage teens that if they want to be happy, and live an honorable life, they need to pray for wisdom, to be graced with good intentions and perseverance.
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Sunday readings
Pentecost Sunday ‘ … He breathed on them and said to them, “Receive the Holy Spirit. Whose sins you forgive are forgiven them, and whose sins you retain are retained.’ JOHN 20:19-23 ACTS 2:1-11 When the time for Pentecost was fulfilled, they were all in one place together. And suddenly there came from the sky a noise like a strong driving wind, and it filled the entire house in which they were. Then there appeared to them tongues as of fire, which parted and came to rest on each one of them. And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in different tongues, as the Spirit enabled them to proclaim. Now there were devout Jews from every nation under heaven staying in Jerusalem. At this sound, they gathered in a large crowd, but they were confused because each one heard them speaking in his own language. They were astounded, and in amazement they asked, “Are not all these people who are speaking Galileans? Then how does each of us hear them in his native language? We are Parthians, Medes, and Elamites, inhabitants of Mesopotamia, Judea and Cappadocia, Pontus and Asia, Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the districts of Libya near Cyrene, as well as travelers from Rome, both Jews and converts to Judaism, Cretans and Arabs, yet we hear them speaking in our own tongues of the mighty acts of God.” PSALM 104:1, 24, 29-30, 31, 34 Lord, send out your Spirit, and renew the face of the earth. Bless the Lord, O my soul! O Lord, my God, you are great indeed! How manifold are your works, O Lord! the earth is full of your creatures; Lord, send out your Spirit, and renew the face of the earth.
May the glory of the Lord endure forever; may the Lord be glad in his works! Pleasing to him be my theme; I will be glad in the Lord. Lord, send out your Spirit, and renew the face of the earth. If you take away their breath, they perish and return to their dust. When you send forth your spirit, they are created, and you renew the face of the earth. Lord, send out your Spirit, and renew the face of the earth. 1 CORINTHIANS12:3b-7, 12-13 Brothers and sisters: No one can say, “Jesus is Lord,” except by the Holy Spirit. There are different kinds of spiritual gifts but the same Spirit; there are different forms of service but the same Lord; there are different workings but the same God who produces all of them in everyone. To each individual the manifestation of the Spirit is given for some benefit. As a body is one though it has many parts, and all the parts of the body, though many, are one body, so also Christ. For in one Spirit we were all baptized into one body, whether Jews or Greeks, slaves or free persons, and we were all given to drink of one Spirit. Sequence Come, Holy Spirit, come! And from your celestial home, Shed a ray of light divine! Come, Father of the poor! Come, source of all our store! Come, within our bosoms shine.
You, of comforters the best; You, the soul’s most welcome guest; Sweet refreshment here below; In our labor, rest most sweet; Grateful coolness in the heat; Solace in the midst of woe. O most blessed Light divine, Shine within these hearts of yours, And our inmost being fill! Where you are not, we have naught, Nothing good in deed or thought, Nothing free from taint of ill. Heal our wounds, our strength renew; On our dryness pour your dew; Wash the stains of guilt away: Bend the stubborn heart and will; Melt the frozen, warm the chill; Guide the steps that go astray. On the faithful, who adore; And confess you, evermore; In your sevenfold gift descend; Give them virtue’s sure reward; Give them your salvation, Lord; Give them joys that never end. Amen. Alleluia. JOHN 20:19-23 On the evening of that first day of the week, when the doors were locked, where the disciples were, for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood in their midst and said to them, “Peace be with you.” When he had said this, he showed them his hands and his side. The disciples rejoiced when they saw the Lord. Jesus said to them again, “Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, so I send you.” And when he had said this, he breathed on them and said to them, “Receive the Holy Spirit. Whose sins you forgive are forgiven them, and whose sins you retain are retained.”
Celebrating the birthday of God’s new presence
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n today’s Gospel reading, we are presented with a picture of a city deeply divided by hatred and fear. On one side are the friends and followers of Jesus. They had witnessed the brutal death of their Lord. And fearing that the same fate might befall them, they had gone into hiding. On the other side are the religious leaders of Israel. They, too, were afraid – afraid for their nation, afraid for their traditions, afraid for their own positions of power and affluence. Fearing that Jesus and his teaching might destroy their long-cherished way of life, they had brought about his death. Into this scene of separation and isolation, walks the Deacon risen Christ. Jesus Christ faiva Po’oi did not rebuke his disciples for being there. Instead, he went to work on their faith. Fear had locked those doors, and Christ knew that nothing but faith could reopen them.
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Each of us needs to know that we are not in this struggle alone. Christ is in it with us. He entered that scene in Jerusalem and treated those locked doors as if they did not even exist. With freedom and confidence, he moved quietly from the outside to the inside, and back again. To him, there are neither outsiders nor insiders. He cares for those on both sides of every barrier. His goal is not that one side should overwhelm the other, but that both sides should come together. In the book of Joel, we hear of God’s promise that the spirit of God will not make any distinction on the basis of social or economic class. Joel speaks of a day when servants receive the same distribution of the Spirit as the wealthy. In what other dimension or experience can the poor claim equal distribution? But with God, his love, grace and gifts are lavishly outpoured on all of us, regardless of our social standing. There are no prestigious ZIP codes, no gated communities, no closed or elite memberships in the spiritual community. This Sunday we celebrate our “Christian Spirit” – the birthday of our church. This Spirit wells up in us, and we cannot contain the goodness and the joy we receive from him. The Spirit knits us together into a single community that
proclaims and witnesses to the life we have received. Pentecost marks the moment when God began to dwell among us in a totally new way – not in the physical person of Jesus, but in the spiritual presence of the Holy Spirit. And so, through our new unity with Jesus, we now form one body with him. The Holy Spirit forms us into what St. Paul calls “the body of Christ.” He focuses on the Holy Spirit and describes the effects – the fruits – of the Holy Spirit within us, namely, love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, generosity, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. When these are evidenced in our lives, we know that the Holy Spirit is operative in our lives and our hearts. Thus Pentecost is not only the birthday of God’s new presence among us individually, but also the birthday of God’s presence among us collectively. It is the birthday of Christ’s body, the church. And it is the birthday of God’s new family. Just as Jesus breathed the Holy Spirit into the disciples long ago, he continues to breathe the Holy Spirit into us today, commissioning us to proclaim and witness the good news of Christ to the world.
Wednesday, May 27: Wednesday of the Eighth Week in Ordinary Time. Optional Memorial of St. Augustine of Canterbury, bishop. Sir 36:1, 4-5a, 10-17. PS 79:8, 9, 11 and 13. Mk 10:45. Mk 10:32-45.
dinary Time. Sir 44:1, 9-13. PS 149:1b-2, 3-4, 5-6a and 9b. See Jn 15:16. Mk 11:11-26.
Deacon Po’oi serves at St. Timothy Parish, San Mateo.
Liturgical calendar, daily Mass readings Monday, May 25: Monday of the Eighth 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 17:20-24. PS 32:1-2, 5, 6, 7. 2 Cor 8:9. Mk 10:17-27. Tuesday, May 26: Memorial of St. Philip Neri, priest. Sir 35:1-12. PS 50:5-6, 7-8, 14 and 23. See Mt 11:25. Mk 10:28-31.
Thursday, May 28: Thursday of the Eighth Week in Ordinary Time. Sir 42:15-25. PS 33:2-3, 4-5, 6-7, 8-9. Jn 8:12. Mk 10:46-52. Friday, May 29: Friday of the Eighth Week in Or-
Saturday, May 30: Saturday of the Eighth Week in Ordinary Time. Sir 51:12 cd-20. PS 19:8, 9, 10, 11. See Col 3:16a, 17c. Mk 1:27-33. Sunday, May 31: The Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity. Dt 4:32-34, 39-40. Ps 33:4-5, 6, 9, 18-19, 20, 22. Rom 8:14-17. Rev 1:8. Mt 28:16-20.
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‘Miss Unlimited’ pageant celebrates love, beauty Megan Clancy
Students from St. Ignatius College Preparatory, Carondelet High School and Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory volunteered at the second annual “Miss Unlimited” pageant, hosted by NBC meteorologist Christina Loren. Sixteen participants, ages 5 to 39, joined the pageant, which was held at SHC on May 9. Lead by SI student leaders Hart Ayoob and Haley Sullivan, student volunteers helped with arts and crafts, the dance party, stage managing, fundraising, set-up and clean-up on event day, collecting baked goods and serving as buddies to the participants who all had different types of disabilities. “This pageant provides girls the opportunity to be recognized and not be overlooked and becomes a wonderful experience for the volunteers to work with them,” said Ayoob. The smiling and singing students greeted the participants by clapping hands upon their arrival on the red carpeted steps outside the Sister Caroline Collins, DC, Theater. Next, the participants were immediately paired with eager student buddies to help them acclimate to various activities before stepping foot on stage. For example, one of the participants, Mara Clancy, was paired up with SI students Katrina Keating and Annie Pera. Together, they visited various activity stations throughout the day. “Through volunteering, I learned about special needs girls and how they are all so amazing, smart and courageous. They have some of the biggest hearts!” Pera said. “They’re so positive and appreciative, which
(Photos courtesy Paul Totah/St. Ignatius College Prep)
Judging the second annual “Miss Unlimited” pageant at Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory were, from left, Miss West Coast Natalie Duvalsaint; Olympic Gold Medalist Heather Petri; San Francisco Police Department Deputy Chief Garret Tom; Sarah Meakin, executive director of the James S. Brady Therapeutic Riding Program; Miss Silicon Valley Melissa Bowling. Right, participants, including Mara Clancy, third from left, appeared on stage with their tiaras. made me as a volunteer feel so happy to be able to spend the day with them and develop long-term friendships.” Some with dresses in tow, the participants immediately became busy with arts and crafts, coloring, talking with their student buddies, having makeovers (provided by the San Francisco Institute of Esthetics and Cosmetology), being interviewed by one of the judges, and practicing their performances – some sang songs, danced to tunes, read poetry or gave presentations. On stage, judges Miss Silicon Valley Melissa Bowling; Sarah Meakin, executive director of the James S. Brady Therapeutic Riding Program; San Francisco Police Department Deputy Chief Garret Tom; Olympic Gold Medalist Heather Petri; and Miss West Coast Natalie
Duvalsaint observed the participants’ performances where each participant received their own title at the end, and everyone was crowned a winner. SI chemistry teacher Michelle Wynn established the first pageant last year with great success, and turned it into its own nonprofit. With a mission to celebrate the beauty everyone possesses, she said she is thrilled that alongside the participants, her own students have been examples of this beauty by their generosity, grace, leadership and love. “My goal was that there was a bigger lesson in this – that through building this event, my students would realize what is truly beautiful inside of them, and that our message about beauty would spread throughout the entire community,” Wynn said. Wynn might be spreading this message farther than she originally anticipated. Miss Thailand, who has a daughter with Down syndrome, has approached her to help create a pageant in the Philippines. Megan Clancy is a freelance writer who lives in Los Angeles and maintains two blogs: https://meganclancy01.wordpress.com/ and https://artistsinnewyorkcity. wordpress.com/.
Pope: Bishops be joyful, trust your laity FROM PAGE 1
“It is awful,” he said, to meet a bishop, priest or religious who is “beaten down, unmotivated or exhausted. He is like a dry well where the people cannot find water to quench their thirst.” Pope Francis also told the bishops that in his two years as pope and with his thousands of meetings with all sorts of Catholics, he has noticed “a weakening of collegiality” or communion among bishops and between bishops and priests. One sign of that, he said, is “the lack of a habit of reviewing” how well projects were carried out, how effective they were and how well they were received. The church misses the mark, he said, when, “for example, one organizes a conference or event that highlights the usual voices, anesthetizes the community (and) homogenizes choices, opinions and persons instead of allowing ourselves to be carried to those horizons where the Holy Spirit asks us to go.” Like Christ, he said, a bishop must not be “timid or irrelevant in denouncing and defeating a widespread mentality of public and private corruption that impoverishes” families, young people and retirees, and further marginalizes the poor. “Ecclesial sensitivity” urges bishops to “go out to the people of God in order to defend them from the ‘ideological colonization’ that takes away human identity and dignity,” he said. In the past, the pope has used “ideological colonization” to refer to the strong pressure being used to convince people and nations to adopt practices such as same-sex unions and abortion. The pope also told the Italian bishops that too many episcopal conferences seem to ignore the concrete reality of their people when drafting what are supposed to be pastoral teachings and guidelines. “An abstract theoretical-doctrinal aspect should not prevail as if our guidelines were not destined for our people or our nations, but only for certain scholars or specialists,” he said. “Instead, we must make the effort to translate them into concrete and intelligible proposals.”
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Taizé retreat remembers anniversaries Sister Jean Evans, RSM
To join the ecumenical community of Taizé in the celebrations of its founding 75 years ago and the 100th birthday of the founder Brother Roger of Taizé (1915-2005), Mercy Center in Burlingame is offering a retreat in the style of Taizé, Monday-Thursday Aug. 3-6. The retreat includes daily morning and evening prayer, a daily scripture introduction by Mercy Sister Mary Criscione, times for personal reflection, opportunities for group sharing on the scriptures, and conversation on what “trust” and “human solidarity” mean for us here in California at this time. Scholarships are available. Why have young people traveled to Taizé in pilgrimage since the 1960s? Perhaps it has been to discover a community that welcomes young people as they are. They meet the community of brothers who are dedicated to understanding one another and being reconciled, “a community where kindness of heart and simplicity is at the center of everything.” A week at Taizé allows participants to ask questions and find their own answers
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A week at Taizé allows participants to ask questions and find their own answers – whether in moments of silence or through sharing with young people from other countries and cultures, and joining in common prayer, meditative singing and moments of silence. – whether in moments of silence or through sharing with young people from other countries and cultures, and joining in common prayer, meditative singing and moments of silence. For more than 30 years, teens, young and older adults have come to Burlingame’s Mercy Chapel for monthly Prayer Around the Cross,
Pentecost retreat, Mass in Bolinas
Join Dominican Father Bruno Gibson for a morning retreat in celebration of the gift of the Holy Spirit, Pentecost Sunday, May 24, 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., St. Mary Magdelene Church, 16 Horseshoe Hill Road, Bolinas. Each of two, 15-minute presentations on the topic of “Vices and Virtues” will be followed by a period of silent prayer, mediation, examination of conscience and the opportunity of the sacrament of reconciliation. 9:30 a.m.: “What’s So Good About Being Bad?” 10:30: Regular Sunday Mass – Pentecost 11:45: “What’s So Bad About Being Good?” 12:30: Salad and French bread lunch There will be an optional hike on Brighton Beach or meditation at the Bolinas Labyrinth at the downtown park. Contact Father Gibson at (415) 272-1866, or RSVP brunogibsonop@gmail.com
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sustained by the dedication and musical gifts of Mercy Sisters Suzanne Toolan, and Marguerite Buchanan, and those who form the musical ensemble and prepare the chapel for those who participate in the prayer. Prayer Around the Cross began at Mercy Center in 1982. The Sisters of Mercy collaborated with Rev. Braxton and Marge Combs from the Millbrae
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Methodist Church and members of the Norton family from Our Lady of Angels Parish in Burlingame to begin the monthly first Friday Prayer Around the Cross. Before that time, several sisters had visited Taizé. In the ‘70s Sister M. Celeste Rouleau returned home with an LP of the music, and in the ‘80s, Sister Judy Carle, and later I visited convinced that California young people would profit immensely from an experience like that in Taizé. In January 1983, together with Braxton and Marge Combs and a number of church leaders from Christian denominations, as well as Archbishop John R. Quinn, Mercy Center hosted its first Taizé Weekend where the sisters welcomed over 200 youth who came ready to sleep on the floor of the Sequoia Room. Subsequently, the center has welcomed the visits of brothers in 1992, 1995 and in 2013. For the August 3-6 retreat, school or church groups will receive group rates. The Sisters of Mercy extend their prayerful support and welcome to all. Contact Cristina Esquerra cesquerra@ mercywmw.org for a financial aid form. School groups require chaperones.
RESTORATIVE JUSTICE Empowering community leaders by enhancing their capacity to assist families who have lost a loved one by homicide.
Save the Date: July 15, 16, 17, 2015 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. RESTORATIVE RESPONSES TO ADVERSITY AND TRAUMA Day 1 and 2: Restorative responses to adversity and trauma - 15 CEU hours (Presented by IIRP International Institute for Restorative Practices graduate school) Explore restorative practices to effectively respond to serious incidents and trauma. Whether you work with youth living in poverty; families with broken relationships; or older immigrants facing language barriers—you know that adversity can be as debilitating as extreme trauma. Learn techniques that can help you work with individuals and communities facing adversity or impacted by trauma. You will learn: How to help individuals heal in the wake of traumatic events and personal harm. Develop rapport by foster trusting and supportive relationships with clients. Techniques for developing self-care and avoiding burnout.
Perspective from Survivors of Homicide Crime Victims, Presentations from Bay Area Victim / Witness Assistance Centers and CSJ Day 3 of the training begins with several presentations from survivors of homicide victims. These individuals will tell their stories of grief, trauma and ultimately resilience. Representatives from Bay Area Victim / Witness Assistance Centers; Alameda, San Francisco, San Mateo, and Santa Clara will provide presentations about the comprehensive services each designated county provides to victims of violent crimes.
Active participation in each of the following training modules will help you accomplish these specific learning objectives: Understand the terms "homicide" and "survivors of homicide victims" Emotional and psychological responses to homicide Identify ways victim service providers can cope with stress Describe how to make a compassionate death notification Short-term and long-term intervention process after a homicide What you need to know about surviving the legal system Victim services compensation, advocacy, and survivor-powered social change
And a special presentation about the Archdiocese Restorative Justice Ministry services.
WHO SHOULD ATTEND This training is for new or active advocates working with survivors of homicide victims in the field of Restorative Justice, including faith and community leaders, grief ministries, and others who would like to serve survivors of homicide.
NO COST! Continental breakfast and lunch is included, and donations are appreciated.
SPECIAL LODGING RATE Available for $50 per night, per person at Vallombrosa Center in Menlo Park, California.
LOCATION Notre Dame de Namur University @ Saint Joe's Hall. 1500 Ralston Avenue, Belmont, CA 94002
REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED Call Julio Escobar at: (415) 861-9579
SPONSORED By of the Archdiocese of San Francisco Restorative Justice Ministry, Catholic Campaign for Human Development, Californians for Safety and Justice, IIRP International Institute for Restorative Practices graduate school, The Sr. Dorothy Stang Center for Social Justice and Community Engagement NDNU, and Vallombrosa Center.
For more information, visit: http://www.sflifeandjustice.org/rj_crime_survivors_training
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Prayer to St. Jude
Oh, Holy St. Jude, Apostle and Martyr, great in virtue and rich in miracles, near Kinsman of Jesus Christ, faithful intercessor of all who invoke your special patronage in time of need, to you I have recourse from the depth of my heart and humbly beg to whom God has given such great power to come to my assistance. Help me in my present and urgent petition. In return I promise to make you be invoked. Say three our Fathers, three Hail Marys and Glorias. St. Jude pray for us all who invoke your aid. Amen. This Novena has never been known to fail. This Novena must be said 9 consecutive days. Thanks. C.G.
Prayer to the Blessed Virgin never known to fail. Most beautiful flower of Mt. Carmel Blessed Mother of the Son of God, assist me in my need. Help me and show me you are my mother. Oh Holy Mary, Mother of God, Queen of Heaven and earth. I humbly beseech you from the bottom of my heart to help me in this need. Oh Mary, conceived without sin. Pray for us (3X). Holy Mary, I place this cause in your hands (3X). Say prayers 3 days. C.G.
rental wanted Hello Catholic friends. I’m a new Catholic medical resident starting internship at St. Mary’s Medical Center (450 Stanyan St, SF) this June. I’m legally blind, and therefore looking for a place near the hospital. The salary at this hospital makes it extremely difficult to keep up with the severe rent inflation occurring in the city at present. If you are a renter interested in renting to a highly responsible and respectful visually impaired, devoutly Catholic physician, please contact me. I’m also married, but open to either a single room for just myself or a space large enough for my wife to come to the city with me, depending on what is available. Kind thanks for reading. Pax Christi (480) 459-8807 or 3terrymeehan@gmail.com.
Looking for a good paying job with benefits? CYO Transportation Services of Daly City, a program of Catholic Charities SF, has employment opportunities for individuals who wish to be a school bus driver. No experience… No problem. CHP – Certified School Bus Driver Training provided at no cost. Class starting soon ! • Must have a clean driving record; DMV H-6 printout required • Drug testing, fingerprinting and background check required • Must be at least 18 years old • Must be responsible, punctual, and team-oriented • Full & Part time hours available • We offer excellent benefits package and competitive pay If you are already a certified school bus driver, join our team and receive a hiring bonus of $1,500 after 90 days of employment. Please contact Bill Avalos, Operations Manager at: bavalos@catholiccharitiessf.org or 650.757.2117
DIRECTOR FOR YOUTH MINISTRY AND CONFIRMATION PROGRAM FOR ST. GABRIEL PARISH, SAN FRANCISCO The Confirmation Program and Youth Ministry Director, a person willing to work as part of a ministry team. This 20 hour per week position involves the recruitment, training, and supervision of volunteer adults and teens who participate in the Confirmation Formation Program – as well as the Youth Ministry Program of the parish
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Contact Person: Matthew Shea, Pastoral Associate Email: mattshea@sgparish.org | Phone: (415) 731-6161
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JOB DESCRIPTION 1. YOUTH MINISTER St Gabriel’s Pastoral Staff operates in a “team” ministry atmosphere. This position involves being part of the Pastoral Staff which meets regularly for prayer, business, planning, and evaluation. In addition, as a Pastoral Staff member this position also requires attendance at appropriate parish meetings (e.g. Parish Council, Parish Social and Liturgical events).
Looking to make a difference? The Archdiocese of San Francisco is seeking a qualified leader to join the Archdiocese as the Director of Human Life and Dignity, the Director position is a public policy position that reports directly to the Moderator of the Curia and Vicar for Administration. This office specifically promotes “protect life” initiatives and more generally advances social justice. In addition to directing members of the Office of Human Life and Dignity, the Director also articulates how the work of various reporting units is rooted in and motivated by Scripture and Catholic teaching. Essential Duties & Responsibilities • Supervises professional staff overseeing the following areas: Respect Life, Restorative Justice, Justice and Peace, Parish Organizing and Leadership Development, and Project Rachel. • Promotes in the Archdiocese the work of Catholic Relief Services and the Catholic Campaign for Human Development. • Develops policy positions in consultation with the Archbishop and the Moderator of the Curia that are relevant to the mission of the Catholic Church locally, nationally, and internationally. Work Experience/Qualifications • An excellent writer and public speaker. • Competent in dealing with the press in relation to important issues of social justice. • Able to ground any public policy issue advanced by the Archdiocese in Scripture and Tradition. • A practicing Catholic. • An undergraduate degree, preferably in theology or public policy • Experience articulating social policy that is grounded in and in conformity with Catholic teaching. • At least five years of experience in a social policy area relevant to Catholic social teaching. We offer a competitive salary in a non-profit environment plus excellent benefits (including free, gated parking at our Cathedral Hill, San Francisco, Pastoral Center.) For consideration, please e-mail resume and cover letter to: Archdiocese of San Francisco | Attn: Patrick Schmidt 1 Peter Yorke Way, San Francisco, Ca 94109 | E-mail: careers@sfarch.org Equal Opportunity Employer; qualified candidates with criminal histories are considered.
2. SUPERVISION: Pastor (Secondary administrative supervisor Matt Shea- Pastoral Associate). 3. PASTORAL MINISTRY: YOUTH MINISTRY A. Work with the Youth Ministry Magi Leadership Team (adults and older teens) to develop appropriate and effective youth ministry efforts in the parish. B. With the assistance of the Magi Leadership Team plan, implement, and evaluate all parish youth activities which include the following: 1. Weekly youth meetings with spiritual, service, and social dimensions. 2. Twice monthly Sunday 5:30 pm Youth Mass. 3. Magi Team meetings 4. Liaison with parish and youth 5. Provide one-on-one ministry to the youth 6. Participate in appropriate Archdiocesan events/committee for youth. C. Coordinate Confirmation Faith Formation Program 1. Recruit, train, and direct adults and teens for participation in the Magi Leadership Team for the parish Confirmation Program. 2. Implement the following: a. Regular Confirmation class and group meetings with candidates. b. Confirmation Overnight Retreat c. Liturgical Services (rite of Enrolment and Reception of the Sacrament). d. Record Keeping. e. Plan and Coordinate St. Gabriel 8th grade Day of Prayer
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Serra Clergy House Manager Archdiocese of San Francisco Looking to make a difference? The Archdiocese of San Francisco is seeking a qualified leader to join the Archdiocese as the Manager of the Serra Clergy House, this position reports to the CFO and Vicar for Clergy Office. The Serra Clergy House is a residence for retired priests of the Archdiocese of San Francisco. The Manager runs the day to day operation of the residence to ensure the priests are comfortable and safe, while ensuring a well-maintained environment, while preserving the priest’s independence and privacy while performing all the administrative duties necessary Essential Duties and Responsibilities • Ensure the Serra Clergy House is safe, clean and comfortable for the priests assigned to the residence. • Oversee and ensure all Archdiocesan guidelines are followed in the maintenance of the facility. • Handles all medical emergencies appropriately and provides CPR and first-aid care when necessary. • Assist with the budget process as requested, and ensure the revenues and expenses are managed effectively. • Monitor the work of the staff at Serra, including the development of job descriptions and a regular evaluation of job performance and the processing of payroll and the development of the annual business plan and prepare written or oral reports on various aspects of the facility. • Provide oversight of the menus and work with the food service company to ensure meals are prepared and served appropriately. • Prepare a safety plan that meets Archdiocesan Guidelines in the event of an emergency at the residence. • Plan special events for residents throughout the year within the framework of the budget. Skills/Qualifications: Effective verbal and written communication skills and the ability to maintain confidentiality. Currently certified in CPR and First Aid Certification and successful completion of other emergency training as required. The individual will have the ability to treat clergy and staff with courtesy and respect, and to manage staff comfortably and professionally; while maintaining calm demeanor throughout the day. The individual must be knowledgeable about Church teachings and practices, the ability to effectively manage the Household’s budget within the guidelines provided. He/she must also have a current California Driver’s License, registration and insurance on own car, and ability to use car for transportation if needed. We offer a competitive salary in a non-profit environment plus excellent benefits. For consideration, please e-mail resume and cover letter to: Archdiocese of San Francisco | Attn: Patrick Schmidt 1 Peter Yorke Way, San Francisco, Ca 94109 | E-mail: careers@sfarch.org Equal Opportunity Employer; qualified candidates with criminal histories are considered.
Looking to make a difference?
The Archdiocese of San Francisco is seeking a qualified Benefits Manager to join our HR team. The primary purpose of this full-time position is to develop, recommend and implement approved, new or modified plans and employee benefit policies. This Exempt position reports to the Director of the Office of Human Resources. We offer a competitive salary in a non-profit environment plus excellent benefits (including free, gated parking at our Cathedral Hill, San Francisco, Pastoral Center.) Principal Duties and Responsibilities:
• Manages and administers employee benefits programs such as Medical, Dental, Vision; Pension, 403(b), Flexible Spending plans, managing and working on open Workers’ Compensation claims, Life Insurance, Long Term Disability, Leaves of Absence and other benefit offerings. • Responds to benefit inquiries and complaints to ensure quick, equitable, courteous resolution. • Develops procedures in concert with third-party administrators, Site Administrators and Payroll Department to improve service delivery and maintain proper compliance. • Supervises and mentors one Exempt Benefits Administrator and one Non-exempt Benefits and Accounts Payable Coordinator. • Coordinates ACA, COBRA, HIPPA and San Francisco HSCO compliance, resolves complex claim problems including Workers Compensation claims, administer leaves of absences, disability programs, provides administration to the 403(b) retirement plan, and ensures compliance with FMLA and ADA. • Advises pastors, principals, business managers, and other Site Administrators on matters concerning benefits policies and procedures. • Provides ongoing education/training through workshops, presentations, and written communications on benefits issues. • Prepares and executes, with legal consultation, benefit documentation such as original and amended plan documents, benefit agreements and insurance policies. Work Experience/Qualifications:
• 7 to 10 years experience in managing/administering employee benefits at a large organization • Working knowledge of federal, state and local laws and regulations, including ACA and San Francisco HSCO, affecting employers and employees • Excellent written and verbal communication skills (public speaking, corporate/organization training experience a plus) • Proven experience as a collaborative, team player with influencing and negotiating skills • Strong analytical skills; close attention to detail • Ability to honor and maintain confidentiality • Proficiency in all MS Office applications required; Database experience required preferably in MS Access & ADP • Practicing Catholic in good standing with the church desired • Bi-lingual skill [Spanish] a plus; valid driver’s license required for periodic local travel • General knowledge of salary administration and compensation practices a plus Education:
• Bachelor of Science degree (Business Administration or Management preferred) • Advanced training certification in Benefits Administration a plus (CEBS and/or SPHR preferred)
For consideration, please e-mail resume and cover letter to: Archdiocese of San Francisco, Attn: Patrick Schmidt 1 Peter Yorke Way, San Francisco, Ca 94109 E-mail: careers@sfarch.org Equal Opportunity Employer; qualified candidates with criminal histories are considered.
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SATURDAY, MAY 23 PORZIUNCOLA ROSARY: Knights of St. Francis Holy Rosary Sodality meets Saturdays for the rosary at 2:30 p.m. in the Porziuncola Nuova, Vallejo Street at Columbus Avenue, San Francisco. Chaplet of Divine Mercy is prayed at 3 p.m. All are welcome. www.knightsofsaintfrancis.com.
SUNDAY, MAY 24 ART EXHIBIT: “Mysterious Ireland,” a collection of Elizabeth Wrightman, Mercy Center Art Gallery through June 30, 2300 Adeline Drive, Burlingame. Exhibit centers on Irish literature, ancient through contemporary. Elizabeth Wrightman has had exhibits as the Camaldolese Hermitage in Big Sur, The Del Mesa Carmel Gallery, and Marjorie Evans Gallery in Carmel. She was educated at University of California Santa Barbara and Pittsburgh Theological Seminary. She is artist in residence at the Community Church of the Monterey Peninsula where she gives classes in drawing and painting open to the public for children and adults. For gallery hours visit www. mercy-center.org.
MONDAY MAY 25 CEMETERY MASSES: Masses commemorating Memorial Day will be celebrated at cemeteries of the Archdiocese of San Francisco: Holy Cross, 1500 Mission Road, Colma, Father Raymund Reyes, principal celebrant and homilist, 11 a.m.; Holy Cross, Avy at Santa Cruz Avenue, Menlo Park, Dominican Father Christopher Fadok, principal celebrant and homilist 11 a.m.; Our Lady of the Pillar, Half Moon Bay, Father Joseph Previtali, principal celebrant and homilist, 9:30 a.m.; Mount Olivet, San Rafael, Father Paul Perry, principal celebrant and homilist, 11 a.m.; www.holycrosscemeteries.com, (650) 756-2060.
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FRIDAY, MAY 22
SUNDAY, MAY 24
CHARISMATIC CONVENTION: Catholic Charismatic movement, Northern California Renewal Coalition convention May 22-24, Santa Clara Convention Center, 5001 Great America Parkway, Archbishop Santa Clara; ArchSalvatore bishop Salvatore Cordileone J. Cordileone is principal celebrant and homilist of the event’s opening Mass. Talks will be offered for adults, young adults, teenagers and children. For registration, complete schedule and additional details visit www.NCRCSpirit.org. (415) 350-8677.
FAUSTINA PLAY: Our Lady of Lebanon Maronite Catholic Church, 600 El Camino Real, Millbrae, 2 p.m., ample free parking and wheelchair accessibility. No tickets required, freewill offerings Nancy Scimone will be collected. Catholic performing artist Nancy Scimone created the one-woman show on St. Faustina’s life. Music@nancyscimone.com, www. SaintFaustinaDrama.net, (571) 232-1873.
SATURDAY, JUNE 13
RESOURCE FAIR: Free seminar. 1-3:30 p.m. on building healthy family relationships and caring for elders, Our Lady of Mercy Parish Hall, One Elmwood Drive, Daly City. Paulita Malay, (650) 871Father Domingo 7717. Sponsored Orimico by Alliance for Community Empowerment. Father Domingo Orimico, Our Lady of Mercy pastor, is among speakers.
HANDICAPABLES MASS: Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone is principal celebrant and homilist at Mass commemorating 50 year anniversary of the Handicapables at noon, in lower halls of St. Mary’s Cathedral, Gough Street at Geary Boulevard, San Francisco, Gough Street entrance with lunch following the liturgy. All disabled people and their caregivers are invited. Volunteers are always welcome to assist in this cherished tradition. Joanne Borodin, (415) 239-4865.
SATURDAY, MAY 30 SEMINAR: People of God and the Shaping of Catholicism with theologian Mary Romo, 9 a.m.-noon, St. Anselm Church, Shady Lane at Bolinas Avenue, San Anselmo; M. Sheehy, (415) 459-5740; info@SaintAnselm.org. ROSARY: Mary’s prayer will be said at noon, Civic Center Plaza at One Carlton B. Goodlett Place, San Francisco for the conversion of hearts. Juanita Agcaoili, (415) 647-7229. PORZIUNCOLA ROSARY: Knights of St. Francis Holy Rosary Sodality meets Saturdays for the rosary at 2:30 p.m. in the Porziuncola Nuova, Vallejo Street at Columbus Avenue, San Francisco. Chaplet of Divine Mercy is prayed at 3 p.m. All are welcome. www.knightsofsaintfrancis.com.
SATURDAY, MAY 30
SUNDAY, MAY 31 COUNTRY BREAKFAST: Church of the Assumption, Tomales, 9 a.m.- 2 p.m., Tomales Town Hall, 27150 Maine St. $10 adults/$7 children, choices include pancakes, eggs, sausages as well as Filipino and Mexican selections, baked goods available for purchase and raffle. (707) 878-2208.
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 3 THURSDAY, MAY 28
FRIDAY, MAY 29
GOLF: St. Anthony-Immaculate Conception Golf Tournament, Crystal Springs Golf Course, Burlingame, 1 p.m. shotgun start, 6:30 p.m. dinner with live and silent auctions with Mitch Juricich, KNBR’s “Hooked on Golf,” as auctioneer. Tickets are $195 golf and dinner, $150 golf only, $50 dinner only; dalton_constance@yahoo.com; (415) 642-6130.
MASS AND TALK: Catholic Marin Breakfast Club beginning with Mass at 7 a.m. at St. Sebastian Church, Sir Francis Drake Boulevard and Bob Air Road, Greenbrae followed by breakfast and talk from Kathleen Lazor Woodcock, director of community resources, Marin Center for Independent Living; members breakfast $8, visitors $10;
DIVORCE SUPPORT: Meeting takes place first and third Wednesdays, 7:30 p.m., St. Stephen Parish O’Reilly Center, 23rd Avenue at Eucalyptus, San Francisco. Groups are part of the Separated and Divorced Catholic Ministry in the archdiocese and include prayer, introductions, sharing. It is a drop-in support group. Jesuit Father Al Grosskopf, (415) 422-6698, grosskopf@usfca.edu.
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THURSDAY, JUNE 4 PRO-LIFE: San Mateo Pro Life meets second Thursday of the month except in December; 7:30 p.m.; St. Gregory’s Worner Center, 138 28th Ave. at Hacienda, San Mateo. New members welcome. Jessica, (650) 572-1468; themunns@yahoo.com. CONSECRATED LIFE: “Women and Spirit” a documentary on the work of women religious in the United States will be shown June 4 as part of the Dominican Sisters of San Rafael “Gathering@Grand” series, 1520 Grand Ave., San Rafael, 7 p.m. followed by a panel of four sisters speaking on their work in affordable housing, preschool education, ecology, sustainability and the use of social media to promote peace and justice, and refreshments. Call (415) 453-8303, email CommunityRelations@ sanrafaelop.org. “Women and Spirit” chronicles the history of the thousands of sisters who came to the United States and founded the Catholic school system, hospitals, orphanages, homes for the poor, mental institutions, and many more programs. ART EXHIBIT: “Mysterious Ireland,” a collection of Elizabeth Wrightman, Mercy Center Art Gallery through June 30, 2300 Adeline Drive, Burlingame. Exhibit centers on Irish literature, ancient through contemporary. Elizabeth Wrightman has had exhibits as the Camaldolese Hermitage in Big Sur, The Del Mesa Carmel Gallery, and Marjorie Evans Gallery in Carmel. She was educated at University of California Santa Barbara and Pittsburgh Theological Seminary. She is artist in residence at the Community Church of the Monterey Peninsula where she
gives classes in drawing and painting open to the public for children and adults; for gallery hours visit www. mercy-center.org.
Chaplet of Divine Mercy is prayed at 3 p.m. All are welcome. www.knightsofsaintfrancis.com.
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SATURDAY, JUNE 6 PEACE MASS: Holy Name of Jesus Church, 1555 39th Ave. at Lawton, San Francisco, 9 a.m.; Father Arnold Zamora, principal celebrant and homilist. (650) 580-7123; zoniafasquelle@ gmail.com.
PASTA LUNCH: Immaculate Conception Church, Folsom at Cesar Chavez, San Francisco, noon, with meal of all you can eat pasta, meatballs, $10; beverages available for purchase, a tradition of the local church for more than 50 years.
THURSDAY, JUNE 11
FRIDAY, JUNE 19
CONSECRATED LIFE: “Women and Spirit” a documentary on the work of women religious in the United States will be shown in Foudy Hall at St. Monica Parish, 23rd Avenue and Geary Boulevard, San Francisco, 7 p.m. followed by a panel of men and women religious speaking about religious life, and refreshments. Visit www.stthomasapostlechurchsf.org. “Women and Spirit” chronicles the history of the thousands of sisters who came to the United States and founded the Catholic school system, hospitals, orphanages, homes for the poor, mental institutions, and many more programs.
2-DAY RUMMAGE SALE: Italian Catholic Federation event in support of the group’s scholarship and charity programs; 716 Newhall Road, Burlingame, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., Friday and Saturday. Jean Watterson, (650) 343-6225.
SATURDAY, JUNE 13 PORZIUNCOLA ROSARY: Knights of St. Francis Holy Rosary Sodality meets Saturdays for the rosary at 2:30 p.m. in the Porziuncola Nuova, Vallejo Street at Columbus Avenue, San Francisco.
ART EXHIBIT: “Mysterious Ireland,” a collection of Elizabeth Wrightman, Mercy Center Art Gallery through June 30, 2300 Adeline Drive, Burlingame. Exhibit centers on Irish literature, ancient through contemporary. Elizabeth Wrightman has had exhibits as the Camaldolese Hermitage in Big Sur, The Del Mesa Carmel Gallery, and Marjorie Evans Gallery in Carmel. She was educated at University of California Santa Barbara and Pittsburgh Theological Seminary. She is artist in residence at the Community Church of the Monterey Peninsula where she gives classes in drawing and painting open to the public for children and adults; for gallery hours visit www. mercy-center.org.
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THURSDAY, JULY 9 PRO-LIFE: San Mateo Pro Life meets second Thursday of the month except in December; 7:30 p.m.; St. Gregory’s Worner Center, 138 28thAve. at Hacienda, San Mateo. New members welcome. Jessica, (650) 572-1468; themunns@yahoo.com.
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‘SACRED IN EVERYDAY’: Dominican Sisters of San Rafael Gather@Grand series hosts award-winning poet and author Kathleen Norris, 7 p.m. speaking on finding the sacred in our everyday lives. She will share selections from contemporary authors who have found God in moments of daily life. Kathleen’s New York Times bestsellers include “The Cloister Walk,” and “Amazing Grace: A Vocabulary of Faith.” She is a visiting professor at Providence College in Rhode Island. Gather@Grand is open to all. There will be light refreshments and time for questions and answers; the Gathering Space at the Dominican Sisters Center, 1520 Grand Ave., San Rafael, between Acacia and Locust. RSVP at (415) 453 8303 or email CommunityRelations@sanrafaelop.org.
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Catholic san francisco | May 22, 2015
HOLY CROSS, COLMA
Barbara Ann Balestreri Albertoni Giselle M. Aleman Adela Alonzo Pilar R. Altizer Valsa Ambat Esther Anderson Elizabeth Ansari Manuel C. Arroyo James E. Barbero Amelia A. Bellina Leo Benassini Linda L. Bertelli Nobeko Broussard Edmond P. Browne Pablo Benjamin Calderon Norma M. Calgaro Anna M. Campbell Wanda Ann Cantzos Joleen (Jo) Cariaso Carlota Carrillo Teresa L. Cheng Elizabeth A. Coffee Luis “Toto” Anibal Concha Diane C. Connolly Eileen E. Cornut Victory L. DeMartini Betty A. Diggins John Francis Donovan Louise Dowdle Ramon Erfe Barbara Favale Teddy Feliciano Ramon Feliciano, Sr. Juan Fernandez Theresa L. Formosa Heraldo L. Frausto Carmen Ganoza Larry Gardner Thankamma George Blance Laura Escobar Gibson Frank G. Giovannoni Nancy Dolores Glasgow Vereen V. Gomez-Milan Linda Mary Gordon Guadalupe Grippo Corazon Gumban Hermann Henry Guttmann, Sr.
Dr. Paul Hainrikffy Henrie Guadalupe Hernandez Pauline Hutchison Kevin Kane Cynthia Brown Kelly Edward W. Kirschbaum Theresa Van Koll Greg Kuhls William F. Lanam Barbara Anne Layden James H. Lim James J. Lobao Josefina R. Lopez Elizabeth Ann Lubey Georgette C. Lutman Suzanne A. Malik Deliaflor Manalo Yolanda Mangawang Milagros E. Marquez Theodore Mason Albert J. Matli Jean Matli Josephine C. McCarthy Daniel “Bash” J. McCarthy Claire L. McVay Miguel Angel Mejia-Garcia Ricardo A. Meza, Jr. Sandra E. Miranda-Lobo Naimeh F. Mohawi Dinora Luz Molina Christopher A. Monico Luis Gonzalez Moran Bertha Morgan Helen Marie Murphy Michael A. Nawrocki Geraldine Wilson (Gerri) neé Baptista Giuseppe Nieri Audree L. Norton Patricia J. O’Leary Lorraine Olson Omar Danny Omran Carmen Oropeza George J. Page Ida Parenti Albina K. Parma Angela G. Patton Margaret Peck Dora Quirke Magelin Ramirez John J. Randuch
Barbara Marie Robinson Anita E. Robles Adele C. (Rina) Rossi William P. Ryan Gudelia Salas Wilma B. Sanchez Roy Santuccio Elizabeth Ann Sever Virginia T. Shaffer Charles M. Shaffer Carmel Mary Sharpe Kwei Tim Shu Sr. Veronica (Dorothy) Skillin, SND Mary Lou Smith Barbara Lee So Antonia “Deling” Soriano Maureen R. Stachnick Mary C. Sullivan Irene Rixen Tanner Silvia Irene Bracco Truelove Celia O. Valdespino Roque Leo R. Valera Alice Pasco Valiente Anthony Vidak Yin Wah W. Yu Hikmat Zeidan Lois Lindstrom Zlebnik
Mt. olivet, san rafael Theresa Cilia Josephine Fesler Jack Henderson “Seamus” James Kilty Barbara M. Schmidt
HOLY CROSS, menlo Park Thomas M. Brennan Carter Folau Lauaki Mechelina Maria Pronk James F. Winkler
St. anthony Luis Martinez Paul Nixon
tomales
Eugene W. “Gene” Mello
Memorial Day Mass – Monday, May 25 Holy Cross Cemetery, Colma – 11am Most Reverend Mylo Hubert Vergara, D.D. Bishop of Pasig, PI – Celebrant Rev. Raymund M. Reyes, Vicar for Clergy – Concelebrating
Holy Cross Cemetery, Menlo Park – 11am Outdoor Mass Rev. Christopher Fadok, Celebrant
Mt. Olivet Cemetery, San Rafael – 11am Outdoor Mass Rev. Paul E. Perry, Celebrant
Our Lady of the Pillar Cemetery, Half Moon Bay – 9:30 am Outdoor Mass Rev. Joseph Previtali, Celebrant
Holy Cross Cemetery – Colma First Saturday Mass – Saturday, June 6
All Saints Mausoleum Chapel – 11:00 am | Rev. Brian Costello, Celebrant
Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery Santa Cruz Ave. @Avy Ave., Menlo Park, CA 650-323-6375
Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery 1500 Mission Road, Colma, CA 650-756-2060
Mt. Olivet Catholic Cemetery 270 Los Ranchos Road, San Rafael, CA 415-479-9020
Tomales Catholic Cemetery 1400 Dillon Beach Road, Tomales, CA 415-479-9021
St. Anthony Cemetery Stage Road, Pescadero, CA 650-712-1675
Our Lady of the Pillar Cemetery Miramontes St., Half Moon Bay, CA 650-712-1679
A Tradition of Faith Throughout Our Lives.