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Faith compels archbishop to tell ‘whole truth’ about marriage JULIA WILLIS CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

WASHINGTON – Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone of San Francisco said June 16 that his Catholic faith requires him to “proclaim ... the whole truth” in support of traditional marriage. He made the statement in a letter addressing recent criticism of his participation in the second annual March for Marriage to take place in Washington June 19. The march brings thousands of

grass-roots activists to the National Mall to illustrate that a “majority of Americans still stand for marriage” as the traditional union of one man and one woman, according to event organizers. Listed as a speaker at the upcoming event, Archbishop Cordileone has received several recommendations that he cancel his appearance at this year’s march to show opposition to its sponsors, the National Organization for Marriage and the Family Research Council, who critics say have taken a hostile stance

against same-sex marriage and the homosexual lifestyle in general. “The March for Marriage is not ‘anti-LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender).’... It is not antianyone. ... Rather it is a pro-marriage march,” said Archbishop Cordileone, who is chairman of the U.S. bishops’ Subcommittee for the Promotion and Defense of Marriage. “It affirms the great good of bringing the two halves of humanity together so that a man and a woman may bond with each other and with any children who come from their union.”

A June 10 letter addressed to the archbishop and signed by Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom, San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee and 89 other public officials, community groups and religious leaders said the archbishop’s appearance at the event was implicit endorsement of its sponsors. While the signatories said they understand people of good will can have “genuinely heartfelt differences” regarding the issue of same-sex marriage, they urged the SEE MARRIAGE, PAGE 3

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NEW ORLEANS – The U.S. bishops, gathered in New Orleans for their spring general assembly June 11-13, were urged to promote and support Catholic families. At the close of the morning’s session June 11, the bishops were advised to pay close attention to the Vatican’s extraordinary Synod of Bishops on the family Oct. 5-19 and to promote the World Meeting of Families September 2015 in Philadelphia. The bishops, by their applause, also showed support for a letter to be sent to Pope Francis, inviting him to the Philadelphia meeting. Read by Archbishop Joseph E. Kurtz of Louisville, Ky., president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, the letter said that the pope’s presence would “add significance” to the gathering and “deepen the bonds of affection” many Catholics feel for the Holy Father. SEE BISHOPS, PAGE 14

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NEED TO KNOW FORTNIGHT AT MATER DOLOROSA: For the third successive year, Mater Dolorosa Parish in South San Francisco is answering the call from the U.S. bishops to pray and fast for religious freedom for 14 days, beginning with 5 p.m. Mass June 21 followed by adoration of the Blessed Sacrament, praying of the rosary and a screening of the classic film “A Man for All Seasons” about St. Thomas More. This year’s “Fortnight for Freedom: Freedom to Serve” will focus on the freedom to serve the poor and vulnerable in accord with human dignity and church teaching. “At Mater Dolorosa we ask, what is our country without religious freedom? What will we leave for future generations if we don’t act on our religious beliefs and protect them? We believe that prayer and fasting are the most powerful and peaceful weapons that we have,” the parish said. The parish invites people to fast from whatever activities they are involved in (such as television, sports, Internet, phones, shopping) and to pray with the community as well as fast personally. On each Sunday, following noon Mass, and weekdays at 7 p.m., the church will offer adoration, praying the rosary and distribution of handouts about religious freedom. On July 4, participants will pray the rosary at 9:30 a.m. with the closing Mass at 10 a.m., followed by a celebration with hot dogs, chips and apple pie. For a detailed schedule email diana@mdssf.org.

CORRECTION “A celebration of true beauty, inclusion and inspiration,” June 6, Page 13: We printed the wrong caption with an image in our fullpage story on the Miss Unlimited pageant at St. Ignatius College Preparatory. The image appears below with the correct caption. We apologize for the error.

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Text of Archbishop Cordileone’s response on the March for Marriage Here is the full text of Archbishop Cordileone’s response to a June 10 letter by California Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom, state Sen. Mark Leno and others concerning the March for Marriage in Washington, D.C., June 19. Dear Fellow Citizens, Your letter sharing with me your thoughts on the upcoming March for Marriage in Washington, D.C., was forwarded to me while I was attending meetings out of town, and I have reflected on what you have to say. I appreciate your affirmation of my Church’s teaching – not unique to SALVATORE J. our religion, CORDILEONE but a truth accessible to anyone of good will – on the intrinsic human dignity of all people, irrespective of their stage and condition in life. That principle requires us to respect and protect each and every member of the human family, from the precious child in the womb to the frail elderly person nearing death. It also requires me, as a bishop, to proclaim the truth – the whole truth – about the human person and God’s will for our flourishing. I must do that in season and out of season, even when truths that it is my duty to uphold and teach are unpopular, including especially the truth about marriage as the conjugal union of husband and wife. That is what I will be doing on June 19. With regard to your request that I not attend the march, and the reasons you give for this request, allow me to explain the following points.

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When all is said and done, then, there is only one thing that I would ask of you more than anything else: Before you judge us, get to know us. it affirms the great good of bringing the two halves of humanity together so that a man and a woman may bond with each other and with any children who come from their union. This is precisely the vision promoted by Pope Francis, who recently said, “We must reaffirm the right of children to grow up in a family with a father and mother.” Rest assured that if the point of this event were to single out a group of individuals and target them for hatred, I most certainly would not be there. 2. While I cannot go into all of the details here of your allegations against the sponsors of this event and scheduled speakers, I do know that at least some of what you say is based on misinterpretation or is simply factually incorrect. For example, it is not true that the National Organization for Marriage connects homosexuality with pedophilia and incest. What is true is that three years ago a conference was sponsored in Baltimore by the group B4U-ACT for the purpose of finding ways to encourage tolerance for pedophilia. A statement on NOM’s blog post objecting to this conference affirmed that this is something that would outrage people in the gay community as well. Unfortunately, many conclusions are being drawn about those involved in the March for Marriage based on false impressions. 3. It gives me assurance that we share a common disdain for harsh and hateful rhetoric. It must be pointed out, though, that there is plenty of offensive rhetoric which flows in the opposite direction. In fact, for those who support the

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archbishop against participation in the march. “By standing alongside these individuals and organizations, you appear to be endorsing their troubling words and deeds, which directly contradict the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ pastoral teaching that ‘God does not love someone any less simply because he or she is homosexual,’” said the letter. “Sadly, the actions of NOM and its invited speakers push us farther apart rather than bringing us together.” The group’s letter claims “NOM has a long and well-documented history of publishing material that connects homosexuality with pedophilia and incest and falsely suggests that gays and lesbians are trying to ‘inculcate children.’ Likewise, the Family Research Council ... has been designated a hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center because of their vitriolic rhetoric.” Similar allegations were made June 17 by a small group of protesters from local faith communities who marched to the Archdiocese of San Francisco’s pastoral center to deliver 30,000 signed petitions asking the archbishop to cancel his appearance at the rally. The petitions, collected by Faithful America, an organization described on its website as the “an online community of Christians putting faith into action for social justice,” were pushed through a slot into the lobby when the doors were not immediately opened. “It is essential to us that that the archbishop understand he will be standing shoulder to shoulder with members of what we consider, a hate group,” said Gregg Cassin, who spoke for the protesters and met with archdiocesan communications director Christine Mugridge after the protest.

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Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone addresses the crowd during the March for Marriage rally in Washington in this file photo from March 26, 2013. Thousands of people who gathered in support of traditional marriage took their message to the U.S. Supreme Court as they walked and held aloft placards objecting to same-sex marriage. Mugridge told Cassin that the archdiocese has a safety protocol in place that prevents her or anyone else at the archdiocese offices from admitting a large group of protesters or accepting something from them. “If someone had told me in advance you were coming, or that you wanted to meet with me, I would have met with you,” she said. She added that accusations that the Family Research Council is a hate group have not been substantiated. In a June 17 statement, Brian Brown, president of the National Organization for Marriage, disputed the claims made against the organization. “The National Organization for Marriage has never linked homosexuality to pedophilia or incest,” Brown told Catholic News Service. “We have

always affirmed the inherent dignity of every person as our brothers and sisters made in the image and likeness of God. NOM is waging a principled battle in defense of God’s truth that marriage is the union of one man and one woman. This ugly charge is leveled at us to discredit our work in affirming the truth of marriage.” The Family Research Council also has challenged the “hate group” designation. In 2010, Tony Perkins, the council’s president, described the labeling as a “deliberately timed smear campaign” against the work that the

council does to promote “faith, family and freedom in public discourse.” After Archbishop Cordileone received additional advice to cancel his appearance at the march from House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and an online petition that has collected almost 30,000 signatures, he released his letter explaining why the event is important to the mission of the Catholic Church. He said he must stand in support of traditional marriage and the truth about the human person and God’s will for our flourishing ... in season and out of season, even when truths that it is my duty to uphold and teach are unpopular. ... That is what I will be doing on June 19.” He thanked those who signed the June 10 letter for affirming “the intrinsic human dignity of all people, irrespective of their stage and condition in life,” and also encouraged them to avoid misinterpretation of various groups who may hold different views. “Please do not make judgments based on stereotypes, media images and comments taken out of context,” said Archbishop Cordileone. “Rather, get to know us first as fellow human beings.” He offered to meet with his critics “not only to dialogue, but simply so that we can get to know each other.” “It is the personal encounter that changes the vision of the other and softens the heart. ... When we come together seeking to understand the other with good will, miracles can happen,” he said. Catholic San Francisco reporter Christina Gray contributed.

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As a chancery grunt at One Peter Yorke Way and earlier at the Church Street pastoral center, I have seen some 30 school years come and go. Each year there are men and women in our Catholic schools who move into retirement, and those who return in the fall to continue building their academic careers. Albeit each of the stories is unique, all at the same time are examples of the hard work Bill Kovacich these educators bring to the service of Catholic school students every day. I had the opportunity to speak via email with retiring Bill Kovacich, principal at Daly City’s Our Lady of Perpetual Help School and Kim Orendorff, new principal at St. Anselm School in San Anselmo. Bill Kovacich is an Epiphany School and St. Ignatius College Prep grad with undergraduate and Kim Orendorff graduate degrees from USF. He has served in ADSF Catholic schools for 45 years, the last 11 at OLPH. Bill’s first job teaching fifth grade at Epiphany paid him $5,100 a year. Stewardship in giving “proper attention” to all constituencies including students, faculty and parents has been a working principle for Bill as a principal. His 37 years as an administrator, however, have not let his heart get far from the classroom, sports field or auditorium footlights. “I get the most satisfaction when former students remember me as a teacher, coach or drama director,” Bill said. Bill will be volunteering at OLPH in retirement. “I will find a cubby hole somewhere and help with alumni and development at the school and parish,” he said. OLPH principal, Corrine Muscat, has also asked him to help produce the school play. For 40 years, Bill has been writing plays for schools with Steve Borchelt, also an educator. “It was our goal to provide an alternative outlet for students who were not necessarily good students or athletes,” Bill said. “Education is the most noble of all professions. It is a challenging job and can be frustrating at times. But the positives far outweigh the negatives. If you love children, education is the best job in the world. During all my years, I always enjoyed going to work.” Kim Orendorff, born in Scottsdale, Ariz., has been an educator for 10 years. She holds undergraduate and graduate degrees from Loyola Marymount

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Where two or more are gathered together takes on a sharper meaning at San Francisco’s Church of the Vistacion where most Sundays you don’t have to look past the sanctuary for a large assembly. The parish has formed a corps of altar servers that sometimes brings up to nearly a dozen youth to help at Mass. “We average four to five altar servers per Mass with numbers of six to 10 altar servers at any given Mass, not unusual,” said program Father Thuan coordinator Robert Shelly. Visitacion pastor Father Thuan V. Hoang asked Shelly to lead the altar server program about three years ago. As servers were coming primarily from upper grade students in the parish school, their availability for weekday Masses was strong but weekend Masses were going uncovered, Shelly said. Successful recruitment from the student body continued and the program was broadened to include youth from the parish who did not attend the school. “This was a key element in the success of the program,” Shelly said. In subsequent months, younger students from fourth grade up were also welcomed into the corps.

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“The basic requirement is that the children have already had their first Communion,” Shelly said. “The results were outstanding! The younger children were eager to serve.” Father Thuan and Shelly hold training sessions for the new servers each fall. “They are taught the basic duties and functions of altar serving as well as the meaning and importance of the function,” Shelly said. “They are taught to treat the sacristy and sanctuary as the holy places that they are, with respect.” “Another key element in the outstanding success of the program is the communication with the parents of the altar servers,” Shelly said. Social events for the servers are held as well as opportunities for prayer outside of their serving schedule. “It is our way to show our appreciation for the time and dedication that the altar servers put into the program,” Shelly said. An “Altar Server Blessing Mass” was celebrated in December. Three dozen altar servers attended. “It was a beautiful Mass,” Shelly said. Shelley said the program has helped increase Mass attendance. “The parents of course must bring their children to the Mass to serve. So, unlike the past, when the parents would have to ‘drag the children out of bed to go to Mass’ in most cases, it is the ‘children dragging their parents to Mass,’” Shelley said.

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PEORIA, Ill. – The possible miracle needed for the beatification of Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen took another step toward papal recognition June 17 when a panel of theologians met at the Vatican, the Archbishop Fulton Sheen FoundaArchbishop tion announced. Sheen As a normal part of the sainthood process, the theologians met to

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Engstrom, had said she had no pre-composed prayer asking for help from Archbishop Sheen. “I just kept repeating his name over and over in my head: Fulton Sheen, Fulton Sheen, Fulton Sheen.” Archbishop Sheen was a Peoria diocesan priest who gained fame for his 1950s television show “Life Is Worth Living” and for his 16 years at the helm of the Society for the Propagation of the Faith. The archbishop died Dec. 9, 1979, in New York.

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WASHINGTON – More than 2,000 people across the United States are currently serving life sentences without parole for crimes they committed as children. Pope Francis recently sent a message of hope to a group of these prisoners – echoing the words of St. Francis of Assisi,

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SEATTLE – The Association of U.S. Catholic Priests, in a letter to Pope Francis, criticized the head of the Vatican Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith for his recent comments chastising the Leadership Conference of Women Religious. The Seattle-based association, which claims 1,000 U.S. priests as members, focused its letter to the pope on comments made by the congregation’s prefect, German Cardinal Muller Cardinal Gerhard Muller, in an April 30 welcoming address to LCWR leadership. LCWR is a Maryland-based umbrella group that claims about 1,500 leaders of U.S. women’s communities as members, representing about 80 percent of the country’s 57,000 women religious. The group is currently undergoing a major reform ordered by the Vatican in 2012. Cardinal Muller’s remarks were “self-confessedly blunt,” said the letter, signed by Father David Muller of the Archdiocese of Milwaukee, the association’s president, and members of the group’s board.

Dated June 2, the letter was released to the media June 12. The prelate’s comments included, among other things, the view that an LCWR award to one sister whose book was subject to doctrinal scrutiny “will be seen as a rather open provocation against the Holy See and the doctrinal assessment”; that LCWR is promoting futuristic ideas he described as “opposed to Christian revelation”; and there is “increasing concern” over the “directional statements” of some LCWR member congregations. LCWR plans to give a major award at the group’s annual assembly in August to Sister Elizabeth A. Johnson, a Sister of St. Joseph. In 2011, the U.S. bishops’ Committee on Doctrine criticized one of Sister Johnson’s books as containing “misrepresentations, ambiguities and errors” related to the Catholic faith. The cardinal’s remarks were released by the congregation “without any aspects of the subsequent discussion being included,” the U.S. priests told the pope. “Does that kind of premature, one-sided public comment build trust? Does it help the process or the public perception of the church?” the letter asked. “Rather it projects what many perceive as clerical/ hierarchical bullying of religious women, publicly

shaming them. That is deeply regretful. A joint concluding statement after the discussions would have been more appropriate.” The LCWR later issued its own statement describing the dialogue that ensued as “honest, respectful, and engaging” during which the LCWR leadership was able to “offer responses that illuminated some of the perceptions about the LCWR held by the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith.” “We perceive you to be promoting an entirely different way of dealing with matters of concern within the church, allowing honest dialogue without preemptively defining the outcomes,” the priests told Pope Francis. “The process CDF is using with LCWR seems to us ... far removed from 1 Peter’s recommendation on the Sixth Sunday of Easter that we explain our reasons for our ‘hope’ – our positions, our convictions, our perspectives – ‘with gentleness and reverence,’ in short with respect for those with whom we talk.” The letter added, “We pray that abuse of process and persons will not continue in this case or others, but that a genuinely dialogic process, conducted with gentleness and reverence, will bring this issue to a conclusion more in keeping with ... your own pastoral approach.”

For one regional school district, Good Friday no longer a day off CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

MATTAPOISETT, Mass. – Despite several residents’ vocal opposition to removing Good Friday as a day off from next year’s public school calendar, Massachusetts school and union officials voted June 2 to uphold a previous decision to treat April 3, 2015, as a regular school day. Members of the joint Old Rochester Regional District School Committee and Massachusetts School Superintendency Union No. 55 approved a decision reached in March. The committee sets policy for all public schools in three towns – Mattapoisett, Marion and Rochester.

Making the day Catholics and other Christians commemorate the crucifixion of Christ a normal school day in the 2014-2015 academic calendar eradicates years of tradition that always dictated the Friday before Easter of Jesus to be a day off. In lieu of Good Friday, the committee opted to make the Wednesday before Thanksgiving, which had traditionally been a half-day, a full vacation day. That didn’t sit well with many residents in the three towns, who feel Good Friday is sacred and should be observed as such. A petition drive, spearheaded by Margaret McGee of St. Rose of Lima Parish in Rochester, was soon circulating in each of the towns after that last meet-

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As we age, we often live life backward. We focus on what has been instead of what will be. We define our lives by our limitations and losses, and accept a fate leaving no room for growth or service to others. Given the take-it-a-day-at-a-time mentality, planning for the future feels contradictory. Why plan for the future when there may not be one? We truly believe our best years are behind us. Fortunately, there is another kind of planning that opens doors and invites us to enter. It is known as spiritual planning and the return on investment is well worth the effort. With faith renewed, we learn to live every day fully vested in the spirit as brave and fearless followers of Christ. Creating a plan to bring spirituality back into our lives takes time and effort, but our Catholic tradition offers us a rich legacy of sanctifying grace to guide us on our path. We believe we are endowed with the grace of the Holy Spirit first at baptism, and again at a deeper level at confirmation. Our spiritual toolbox already exists. It is our job to develop a plan to access the gifts within. Lucky for us, nurturing a rich spiritual life endowed with the gifts of the Holy Spirit feels as natural as drinking water when weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re thirsty.

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WASHINGTON – The expression “over the river and through the woods to grandmother’s house we go” is becoming less true for many American children because often their grandparents are right there in their home and increasingly, they are even taking on the role of parents. According to figures from the AARP, more than 5.8 million children live in their grandparents’ homes and more than 2.5 million grandparents have taken on the responsibility for raising these children without the children’s parents living with them. Grandparents or other relatives as the primary caregivers are often called “kinship caregivers” raising children whose parents cannot, or will not, care for them because of substance abuse, illness, death, abuse or neglect, economic hardship, incarceration, divorce, domestic violence, or other family and community crises. Although the number of grandparent caregivers has increased significantly in the past decade, the task has not necessarily become any easier. And just because grandparents have already raised children doesn’t mean they are naturally equipped to do this again in today’s world when they are likely to have less energy and more personal health concerns than they did decades ago. One way for these grandparents who are

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According to figures from the AARP, more than 5.8 million children live in their grandparents’ homes and more than 2.5 million grandparents have taken on the responsibility for raising these children without the children’s parents living with them. parenting again to make their job easier is to connect with other grandparents in the same situation. AARP provides a grandparent support locator – www.giclocalsupport.org/pages/ search_form.cfm. Many local Catholic Charities agencies also provide support for grandparents in this role and can connect them to available resources. The website of the Northwest Senior Services of Catholic Charities of Chicago notes that “many grandparents or relative caregivers are overwhelmed with the situation they face. You are not alone. It’s important to ask for help.” The agency lets grandparents know about and connects them to available resources through schools, faith-based organizations and local government programs. Other Catholic Charities agencies also provide support to grandparent caregivers through meetings and seminars. In Boston, the Catholic Charities agency sponsors the group “Grandparents as Parents” which offers a confidential help line with access to information and referrals, group support, and informational workshops and seminars. The program also offers assis-

If a grandchild has special needs, seek out services as soon as possible. Make the grandchild feel loved and important. tance with legal, financial, housing, and health care concerns, as well as child care, education and respite care. Catholic Charities in Brooklyn, N.Y., provides a similar support group called “Grandparents as Parents Again.” The federal government and AARP have outlined many of the available resources for parenting grandparents at these sites: www.usa.gov/ Topics/Grandparents.shtml and www.aarp.org/ relationships/friends-family/info-08-2011/grandfamilies-guide-getting-started.html. The AARP guide notes that it can be overwhelming for seniors to be “unexpectedly thrust into the role of being their primary caregiver.” It urges grandparents to first focus on basic needs, such as finding a place to the child to sleep; providing food, clothing, and any medication, getting the right kind of equipment, such as a stroller, car seat and crib for young children and getting as much information about school and other activities for older children. The site also advises grandparents in this new role to talk with the key people in their grandchildren’s lives, such as teachers, pediatricians, school social workers, and lawyers or child welfare professionals who have been involved with the grandchild to find out about schedule details, possible resource materials or available services.

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Caregiving today: A snapshot LISA M. PETSCHE

In approximately 30 percent of American households, unpaid care is provided on a regular basis to someone who is chronically ill, disabled or advanced in age, and whose ability to carry out the necessary activities of living is compromised as a result. In most cases, family members and friends – known as informal caregivers – provide all of the help that the care receiver needs. Without their assistance, the care receiver might otherwise have to move to some type of residential care setting. It’s not necessary to live under the same roof as the person one is helping, or to provide assistance with personal or medical care, in order to be considered a caregiver. Read on to learn more about the nature of caregiving today.

Who are the caregivers?

The typical caregiver is an adult child providing help to a parent or, less often, a parent-in-law. But a caregiver may also be, in order from most to least likely, a friend or neighbor, grandchild, sibling or other extended family member, spouse or parent. The majority of caregivers are female. On average they spend up to 50 percent more time on caregivingrelated tasks than their male counterparts. Caregivers most often fall into the 45-to-65 age group and the majority are married. Those at the younger end of this group are likely to have children still at home and

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consequently have been labeled “the sandwich generation.” A significant proportion of caregivers are older themselves – in other words, younger seniors caring for older seniors. The older they are, the more likely they are to have health issues of their own, resulting in added stress and risk. Close to two-thirds of family caregivers are employed in a full-time or part-time capacity. These people are juggling caregiving with paid work, not to mention other responsibilities such as maintaining their own household and attending to other family members. It’s no surprise, therefore, that self-care is usually a low priority for caregivers, if it’s even on their radar at all.

Who are the care receivers?

The typical recipient of care is female, over 70 years of age, widowed and living alone. The older the care receiver, the more likely they are to require personal care. Half of those over 85 fall into this category. The 85-

as taking advantage of community services that can help maximize the care receiver’s functioning and assist the caregiver with necessary tasks. Doing so improves the quality of life of not only the caregiver but also the care receiver.

plus age group is, of course, a rapidly growing segment of the population. The most common types of health conditions associated with care needs are age-related – for example, osteoporosis, arthritis and vision loss. Other common medical diagnoses of care receivers are cancer, heart disease (such as stroke), neurological disease (such as Parkinson’s disease), dementia and mental illness (such as depression).

Types of caregiving activities

Caregiving tasks fall into two categories: basic activities of daily living (known as ADLs or BADLs) and instrumental activities of daily living (IADLs). ADLs are basic, daily self-care tasks including feeding, toileting, dressing, grooming, bathing and mobilizing. Less than 25 percent of caregiving situations involve helping with these needs. IADLs are the more complex skills involved in living independently – skills normally learned during ado-

The majority of caregivers are female. On average they spend up to 50 percent more time on caregiving-related tasks than their male counterparts. lescence and early adulthood. They include using the telephone, way finding, managing transportation (whether it’s driving or using public transit), handling finances, shopping, preparing meals, managing medications, performing housework and performing basic indoor and outdoor home maintenance. Typically, care receivers need help with IADLs before they require help with ADLs. In fact, the first indicator of cognitive impairment when someone develops dementia is difficulty managing IADLs, which demand a higher level of mental functioning. The most commonly provided type of caregiving help is transportation. This involves taking the person to medical appointments and social and leisure activities and on errands such as shopping and banking. Other common types of assistance that relatives and friends provide are home and yard maintenance, housecleaning and meal preparation. PETSCHE is a social worker and a freelance writer specializing in boomer and senior concerns. She has personal and professional experience with elder care.

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Before they are ordained priests, the four men prostrate themselves before the altar as the congregation asks for God to pour out his grace upon these men so that they will never be without his assistance in their future ministry. Archbishop Cordileone and concelebrating priests then each laid their hands on the four men’s heads, followed by the archbishop praying the prayer of consecration.

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Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone ordained four men to the priesthood June 7 at St. Mary’s Cathedral, exhorting them to live their lives as Christ the good shepherd and embody “pastoral charity” in every moment of their lives. “Pastoral charity is love in action,” Archbishop Cordileone said in his homily. “Charity is love and love means presence. The essence of pastoral charity is pastoral presence,” he told the four men and their family and friends, as well as the many archdiocesan priests, deacons and other supporters and wellwishers who filled the cathedral’s pews for the more than two-hour Mass. The newly ordained priests, Father Mark D. Doherty, Father Anthony S. Vallecillo, Father Andrew Spyrow and Father Roger Gustafson, have been assigned to parishes as parochial vicars beginning July 1. Two will also serve as part-time chaplains at archdiocesan Catholic high schools, Junipero Serra High School and Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory. The earliest known image of Jesus is in the catacombs of Rome – a young man with a lamb lying across his shoulders and another beside him, the archbishop said in his homily after the men were presented as candidates but before they received the sacrament of holy orders. “From the beginning this has been one of the most beloved images that our Lord uses to describe himself in the Gospel. It is a beloved image that goes all the way back to Old Testament times,” the archbishop noted, saying God described himself as the shepherd

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From left, Father Andrew Spyrow, Father Mark Doherty, Father Tony Vallecillo and Father Roger Gustafson joined Archbishop Cordileone for a portrait after their priestly ordination Mass June 7 at St. Mary’s Cathedral. of Israel and that King David was the shepherd king. “By the virtue of their consecration priests are configured to Jesus the good shepherd,” as St. John Paul II said in the 1992 papal document on the formation of priests “Pastores dabo vobis” (“I Will Give You Shepherds”), Archbishop Cordileone said. Celibacy is central to the priest’s call to “pastoral charity” because the priest represents Christ as the spouse of the church. “I fear this ancient discipline of the church is sorely misunderstood,” the archbishop said, viewed just as a practical solution “so the priest can have more time to do his job.” But, the Second Vatican Council emphasized celibacy for priests as the greatest expression of their call to “pastoral charity,” Archbishop Cordileone said.

Priestly celibacy enables the “gift of self in and with Christ to the church,” the archbishop said: It allows a “total and exclusive love.” “This is the love of spouses which opens us up to the true meaning of the priest’s commitment to celibacy,” Archbishop Cordileone said. The priestly sacrament of holy orders was bestowed in several parts, beginning with the presentation of the candidates to the archbishop before his homily. After the homily, Archbishop Cordileone questioned the men about their willingness to accept the responsibilities of the priestly office, including renewing their promise of respect and obedience to the archbishop and his successors. Next, the four to be ordained prostrated themselves before the altar as the

community prayed a litany of intercession to the saints. The heart of the ordination rite followed. The archbishop laid his hands on each of the four men’s heads. This was followed by more than 100 concelebrating priests laying their hands on the men’s heads as well. Following the laying on of hands, the archbishop prayed the prayer of consecration. The newly ordained men were then vested by brother priests in a chasuble and stole, the vestments of priesthood. The new priests then knelt before Archbishop Cordileone as he anointed the hands of each of the four with the sacred chrism, an ancient sign of the delegation of God’s power. Family members then presented the new priests’ chalices and patens to the archbishop who in turn handed them to each man for the celebration of the Eucharist. After the presentation of the chalices and patens, all the bishops and priests, beginning with the archbishop, gave the newly ordained men the fraternal kiss of peace. Fathers Spyrow, Gustafson, Vallecillo and Doherty then joined the archbishop and retired Archbishop George Niederauer, San Francisco Auxiliary Bishops William J. Justice and Robert W. McElroy and retired Bishops Daniel Walsh and Ignatius C. Wang on the altar to celebrate the Eucharist. Father Doherty will be parochial vicar at St. Peter Parish in San Francisco and will be chaplain part-time at Sacred Heart Cathedral Prep. Father Vallecillo will be parochial vicar at St. Matthew Parish in San Mateo and part-time chaplain at Junipero Serra High School. Father Gustafson will be parochial vicar at St. Hilary in Tiburon and Father Spyrow will be parochial vicar at St. Raphael in San Rafael.

Deacons Cameron Faller and Patrick Summerhays stand with the archbishop as they listen to the proclamation of the Gospel where Jesus describes himself as the good shepherd.

Father David Schunk, archdiocesan vocations director, joined 100 other concelebrating priests in laying their hands on their newly ordained brother priests.

From left, Father Andrew Spyrow, Father Mark Doherty, Father Tony Vallecillo and Father Roger Gustafson greet well-wishers after Mass.

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BISHOPS: US church leaders urged to promote, support families FROM PAGE 1

Archbishop Vincenzo Paglia, president of the Pontifical Council for the Family, described the Philadelphia gathering as a key factor in promoting family life, which he said is currently in crisis. “The family today is living out a paradox,” he told the bishops. “On the one hand, great value is given to the bonds of family, everywhere in the world,” but today’s families are weakened and often “lose their way.” The archbishop said he hoped the Philadelphia gathering would provide a “new spring” for families. “Please believe and preach to your flocks” the importance of families, he added. Archbishop Kurtz spoke about the upcoming synod on the family, noting that it will take its cue from responses given by responses from surveys of Catholic families worldwide. He said the responses were to remain confidential, but that he could reveal the trends the answers revealed. They indicate that Catholics were eager to respond to questions about family life, he said, and many expressed a desire to hear a more clear explanation of church teaching about marriage and families. He also said many parents indicated that they are “at a loss” for how to transmit the faith to their children and that they also face challenges from today’s economy, busy schedules and a culture they have described as being “hostile” to their faith. Another family issue addressed in the morning session highlighted the bishops’ efforts in support of traditional marriage. San Francisco Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone, chairman of the USCCB’s Subcommittee for the Promotion and Defense of Marriage, noted that the redefinition of marriage is occurring at the state level and the federal level. The Catholic Church opposes same-sex marriage. Catholic teaching upholds the sanctity of traditional marriage as between one man and one woman. It also teaches that any sexual activity outside of marriage is a sin. He urged the bishops to move forward in their support of marriage, recalling the words of Pope Francis: “Challenges exist to be overcome! Let us be realists, but without losing our joy, our boldness and our hope-filled commitment.”

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Auxiliary Bishop Andrew H. Cozzens of St. Paul and Minneapolis, Bishop Paul D. Sirba of Duluth, Minn., center, and other bishops read from an iPad June 11 during the annual spring meeting of the U .S. Conference of Catholic Bishops in New Orleans. He encouraged them to continue to “move forward in confidence with prayer and solidarity with all people, knowing that strengthening marriage and family is vitally important and necessary for the good of all.” The work of promoting and defending marriage is grounded in God’s love and must be constantly renewed by it, Archbishop Cordileone said. When the work is understood in this light “we see that is not peripheral to the Gospel of love for the poor, the sick and the stranger but rather integral to it,” he said. “Wherever we strengthen the family we help the poor and the vulnerable, especially children.” Helen Alvare, law professor at George Mason University School of Law in Arlington, Va., told the bishops June 12 to continually bring Jesus to those they minister to and to act as he did, making time for people and having personal interaction with them, citing examples of how Pope Francis has certainly modeled these actions. She also noted that those in need of care include not just the material poor but those in spiritual and moral poverty. Alvare said the bishops can link their works of charity with the call for a new evangelization by celebrating Masses in prisons or at the country’s borders and also by reaching out to people where so many of them are – on the Internet. Brad Wilcox, associate professor of sociology and A

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director of the National Marriage Project at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, spoke about the impact today’s economy has on marriages. Citing numerous studies, he said the country’s poor were less likely to remain in stable marriages. Wilcox, who spoke of the “growing class divide” of marriage in the U.S., said the “erosion” of marriages negatively impacts children who, according to studies, “are less likely to flourish.” He noted that this is not always the case, pointing out that he was raised by a single mother. But stressing the number of single-parent raised children who don’t go to college or end up in jail, he urged the bishops to pay close attention to this trend. “If you care about poverty, if you care about economic opportunity in America, you should care about marriage.” Wilcox urged them to clearly articulate to Catholics the benefits of an “intact marriage” but also to “stand in solidarity with couples in crisis.”

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unaccompanied minors attempting to make the journey northward, Catholic News Service reported. In the 12-month period ending Sept. 30, U.S. immigration authorities expect 70,000 such migrants will arrive at the Mexican-U.S. border, up from 24,668 last year. The number is projected to rise to 127,000 next year. “Our country doesn’t know what to do with these children,” Alyse Tognotti told Catholic San Francisco in a phone interview while Julia packed up boxes of jeans, undergarments, T-shirts, toothbrushes, soap and other items. “Our daughter is very concerned,” she said. “She feels that we could ease the pain of the children at the border who are seeking a better life, or are trying to reconnect with family members already in the United States.” The Tognottis are parishioners at St. Matthew Parish in San Mateo. Julia first learned about the situation in her Spanish class when her teacher showed a documentary that followed the stories of children who had attempted to cross the border themselves. The courage of the youngsters and the hardships they endured “took me by surprise,” said Julia. She said she was particularly struck by the story of one 13-year-old boy from Honduras who fled his abusive home for safety in the United States but was later deported. “That’s my brother’s age now,” she said. “That was me three years ago.”

Julia Tognotti, who will be a senior at St. Ignatius College Preparatory in the fall, is pictured at a warehouse with boxes of relief goods. She later departed with her father David Tognotti to Nogales, Ariz., to volunteer in a humanitarian effort to help unaccompanied refugee children who have been crossing the U.S.-Mexico border in ever-increasing numbers. Dismayed, she implored her parents for help. They reached out to Father Peter Neely, who Alyse and her husband David knew from their college days at University of San Francisco when the Jesuit was in campus ministry. A San Francisco native and a graduate of St. Ignatius himself, Father Neely is on the executive staff of the Kino Border Initiative, a Nogales-based Catholic nonprofit that works to promote border and immigration policies that affirm the dignity of the human person. He invited Julia and her father to come to Nogales to learn more about the escalating immigration situation. According to the Kino website, the

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On not being stingy with God’s mercy

oday, for a number of reasons, we struggle to be generous and prodigal with God’s mercy. As the number of people who attend church services continues to decline, the temptation among many of our church leaders and ministers is to see this more as a pruning than as a tragedy and to respond FATHER RON by making ROLHEISER God’s mercy less, rather than more, accessible. For example, a seminary professor whom I know shares that, after 40 years of teaching a course designed to prepare seminarians to administer the sacrament of penance, today sometimes the first question that the seminarians ask is: “When can I refuse absolution?” In effect, how scrupulous must I be in dispensing God’s mercy? To their credit, their motivation is mostly sincere, however misguided. They sincerely fear playing fast and loose with God’s grace, fearing that they might end up dispensing cheap grace. Partly that’s a valid motive. Fear of playing fast and loose with God’s

grace, coupled with concerns for truth, orthodoxy, proper public form, and fear of scandal have their own legitimacy. Mercy needs always to be tempered by truth. But sometimes the motives driving our hesitancy are less noble and our anxiety about handing out cheap grace arises more out of timidity, fear, legalism, and our desire, however unconscious, for power. But even when mercy is withheld for the nobler of those reasons, we’re still misguided, bad shepherds, out of tune with the God whom Jesus proclaimed. God’s mercy, as Jesus revealed it, embraces indiscriminately, the bad and the good, the undeserving and the deserving, the uninitiated and the initiated. One of the truly startling insights that Jesus gave us is that the mercy of God, like the light and warmth of the sun goes out to everyone. Consequently it’s always free, undeserved, unconditional, universal in embrace, and has a reach beyond all religion, custom, rubric, political correctness, mandatory program, ideology, and even sin itself. For our part then, especially those of us who are parents, ministers, teachers, catechists, and elders, we must risk proclaiming the prodigal character of God’s mercy. We must not spend God’s mercy, as if it were ours to spend; dole out God’s forgiveness, as if it were a limited commodity; put conditions on God’s love, as if God

were a petty tyrant or a political ideology; or cut off access to God, as if we were the keeper of the heavenly gates. We aren’t. If we tie God’s mercy to our own timidity and fear, we limit it to the size of our own minds. It is interesting to note in the Gospels how the apostles, well meaning of course, often tried to keep certain people away from Jesus as if they weren’t worthy, as if they were an affront to his holiness or would somehow stain his purity. So they perennially tried to prevent children, prostitutes, tax collectors, known sinners, and the uninitiated of all kinds from coming to Jesus. However, always Jesus overruled their attempts with words to this effect: “Let them come! I want them to come.” Early on in my ministry, I lived in a rectory with a saintly old priest. He was over 80, nearly blind, but widely sought out and respected, especially as a confessor. One night, alone with him, I asked him this question: “If you had your priesthood to live over again, would you do anything differently?” From a man so full of integrity, I fully expected that there would be no regrets. So his answer surprised me. Yes, he did have a regret and a major one. He said: “If I had my priesthood to do over again, I would be easier on people the next time. I wouldn’t be so stingy with God’s mercy, with the sacraments, with forgiveness. I fear I’ve been too hard on people. They

have pain enough without me and the church laying further burdens on them. I should have risked God’s mercy more!” I was struck by this because, less than a year before, as I took my final exams in the seminary, one of the priests who examined me, gave me this warning: “Be careful,” he said. “Don’t be soft. Only the truth sets people free. Risk truth over mercy.” As I age, I am ever more inclined to the old priest’s advice: We need more to risk God’s mercy. The place of justice and truth should never be ignored, but we must risk letting the infinite, unbounded, unconditional, undeserved mercy of God flow free. But, like the apostles, we, well-intentioned persons, are forever trying to keep certain individuals and groups away from God’s mercy as it is offered in word, sacrament, and community. But God doesn’t want our protection. What God does want is for everyone, regardless of morality, orthodoxy, lack of preparation, age, or culture, to come to the unlimited waters of divine mercy. George Eliot once wrote: “When death, the great reconciler, has come, it is never our tenderness that we repent of, but our severity.”

Today in America we have changed the name of this oppressive-type authoritarian rule with what is called sectarianism. The sectarianism movement proposes the cause of rigidly adhering to a social set of doctrines intolerant of all other views. Simply put the sectarian wants to get rid of “our old ideas, et al.” Sadly our media including Hollywood has remained ignorantly set upon control of American society thought and process … set upon us by the “politically correct” axiom intimidation. This extreme oppressive movement includes but is not limited to a movement professing socialism, birth control, personal rights regulation not limited to religion and other beliefs as well as economic oppression via unjustified illegal taxation and manipulation of our Constitution. All of this is well discussed in “Fabian Freeway” written in 1966. Author Ken Follett has written a trilogy starting with the “Fall of Giants” in 2010, “Winter of the Worlds” and his soon-to-be-released “Edge of Eternity,” all of which are interesting reads that explain the surface cause and effect of historical problems that plague us today. One only needs to study “The Human Condition” by Hanna Arendt to grasp the problem of people who simply do not think but rather follow – likely due to fear and sloth. A solution is the readings of Father Benedict J. Groeschel, CFR. It is recommended to start with “The Reform of Renewal.” This book written by the saintly Groeschel discusses the observations of contemporary social

critics and lays into, not only the ills of society but also the problems within the Catholic Church … followed by other books that are tremendously inspirational notwithstanding Father Goeschel’s “The Saints in my Life and Arise from Darkness.” We are blessed that we still have access to books that profess truth, faith and hope in what is right and just. Perhaps those Catholics who remain upset with the church and have perhaps fallen away from Catholicism would benefit greatly by enjoying some fine educational reading. Thank you, Father Groeschel. Richard Bodisco San Francisco

the theology surrounding Eucharist should take place. This can help bring about the conscious and active participation in the Mass. Luis P. Magarro San Francisco

OBLATE FATHER ROLHEISER is president of the Oblate School of Theology, Antonio, Texas.

LETTERS Help get history correct Six weeks ago I contacted the San Mateo County Park Commissioner asking that colonial history in California be fairly represented. I have yet to receive a response. I hope that my petition at change.org will get the authorities to respond. I would appreciate your support. The petition is simply to apply pressure for them to respond. To read (and hopefully sign) the petition, go to goo.gl/ aYrzEi . Christian Clifford San Mateo Editor’s note: The petition proposes to change certain language on signage titled “On the Trail of History” on Devil’s Slide Trail in Pacifica, specifically questioning the terms “captive labor” and “hard labor” in reference to newly baptized natives in the description of the Spanish colonial period.

Countering sectarianism Qiu Xiaolong is a fascinating author who has published award-winning novels. He was born and lived in Shanghai. He was accused of taking part in the Tiananmen Square protests in 1989 and later lived in the United States. Reading Qiu’s novels has been quite interesting as he speaks about the authoritarian rule in China under Mao, the Red Guards, cultural revolution and Mao’s seeking destruction of what is called the “four olds.” The four olds are old ideas, old culture, old customs and old habits. Xiaolong remains healthy in these United States.

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Church must teach to counter doubt In the May 30 issue an article (“Marin parishes seek ‘conscious participation’”) said Marin parishes had identified a “declining interest and understanding of the Eucharist” and in a meeting May 22 agreed to find ways to cultivate conscious active participation in Mass and the sacraments. The situation in Marin cannot be taken lightly. The Eucharist is the heart of Christian life and where salvation resides. The catechism calls Eucharist “the source and summit of the Christian life” and “the sum and summary of our faith.” In this light we should ask if this declining interest is happening elsewhere. A survey should be taken to find out and from the results should come plans to correct the situation wherever it exists. Every Catholic is bound to accept the Eucharist. This acceptance is dependent on faith and commitment to a truth. However, we by nature have doubts. Doubt left alone can seep in and overwhelm the faith. It is here where the educative function of the church comes in. Meetings, lectures, seminars at parishes aimed at strengthening the faith and relearning

Experience comes first in knowing God Thank you for printing a letter from Francisco Lopez (“Reaching out to youth, young adults,” May 30) about the challenge of reaching out to young people. When I was a seminarian, Father Paul Rossi, then pastor of St. Raphael Parish, gave me an article that said people today value experience above abstract theory. Each week I lead a Bible study group, approximately eight-12 people from different age groups, including some young adults. From our discussions, many young people are open to faith but unfortunately they don’t find or experience God in church. Recently your newspaper printed a cover story on the declining eucharistic participation at Marin County parishes. I couldn’t agree more with what the parishes are doing to address the issue, but it’s all about experience. What do the people experience when they go to church? Once they have the experience of God, abstract theological theories can follow; we need both. The pope wants us to go out to the periphery because that’s where most young people are, on the periphery of the church. I don’t know if we really want to do this because when I was in the seminary, whenever a new project or club is introduced, the process goes something like this, “That’s a great idea! We need this, but we can’t do it because we haven’t done it before, and … . ” In my group, I never ask about weekly church attendance. I want them to know God first, have the experience, and our priests can take it from there. Dat Nguyen Redwood City

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SUNDAY READINGS

Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ (Corpus Christi) ‘Just as the living Father sent me and I have life because of the Father, so also the one who feeds on me will have life because of me.’ JOHN 6:51-58 DEUTERONOMY 8:2-3, 14B-16A Moses said to the people: “Remember how for 40 years now the Lord, your God, has directed all your journeying in the desert, so as to test you by affliction and find out whether or not it was your intention to keep his commandments. He therefore let you be afflicted with hunger, and then fed you with manna, a food unknown to you and your fathers, in order to show you that not by bread alone does one live, but by every word that comes forth from the mouth of the Lord. “Do not forget the Lord, your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, that place of slavery; who guided you through the vast and terrible desert with its seraph serpents and scorpions, its parched and waterless ground; who brought forth water for you from the flinty rock and fed you in the desert with manna, a food unknown to your fathers.” PSALM 147:12-13, 14-15, 19-20 Praise the Lord, Jerusalem.

Glorify the Lord, O Jerusalem; praise your God, O Zion. For he has strengthened the bars of your gates; he has blessed your children within you. Praise the Lord, Jerusalem. He has granted peace in your borders; with the best of wheat he fills you. He sends forth his command to the earth; swiftly runs his word! Praise the Lord, Jerusalem. He has proclaimed his word to Jacob, his statutes and his ordinances to Israel. He has not done thus for any other nation; his ordinances he has not made known to them. Alleluia. Praise the Lord, Jerusalem. 1 CORINTHIANS 10:16-17 Brothers and sisters: The cup of blessing that we bless, is it not a participation in the blood of Christ? The bread that we break is it not a participation in the body of Christ? Because the loaf of bread is one, we, though many, are one body, for we all partake of the one loaf.

JOHN 6:51-58 Jesus said to the Jewish crowds: “I am the living bread that came down from heaven; whoever eats this bread will live forever; and the bread that I will give is my flesh for the life of the world.” The Jews quarreled among themselves, saying, “How can this man give us his flesh to eat?” Jesus said to them, “Amen, amen, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you do not have life within you. Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him on the last day. For my flesh is true food, and my blood is true drink. Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood remains in me and I in him. Just as the living Father sent me and I have life because of the Father, so also the one who feeds on me will have life because of me. This is the bread that came down from heaven. Unlike your ancestors who ate and still died, whoever eats this bread will live forever.”

That we may be one…

n the Gospel of John, Jesus speaks, more than once, of his great desire that his followers be united. As the good shepherd, he states that he must lead his sheep, as well as the sheep “that do not belong to this flock,” so that “there shall be one flock, one shepherd” (John 10:16). In his farewell address to his disciples (John 14:1-17:26), Jesus prays to his father (17:1-26) for those who will come to believe in him, “that they may be one as you, Father, are in me, and I in you … that they may be one in us” (17:21). St. Paul was no stranger to this desire of Jesus that all may be one in him and his father. He speaks of the church as a body that is “one though FATHER WILLIAM it has many parts, and all of NICHOLAS the body, though many, are one body, so also in Christ” (1 Corinthians 12:12). For the great feast of Pentecost, in which we recently wrapped up our 50-day celebration of Easter, 2014, Paul spoke to us of the unity we all share in the Holy Spirit, “for in one Spirit we were all baptized into one body … and we were all given to drink of

SCRIPTURE REFLECTION

As Catholics who receive Communion whenever we celebrate the holy Mass, our reception of Christ’s body and blood is one thing we all have in common. the one Spirit” (1 Corinthians 12:13). As Catholic followers of Christ, we can note his reference to the sacrament of baptism, and clear references to confirmation, in which we are all united in the church of Christ, confirmed, inspired and united in and through the Holy Spirit dwelling within us. Paul does not stop there, however, nor do we, who are united as church through baptism and confirmation. Paul points out, “because the loaf of bread is one, we, though many are one body, for we all partake of the one loaf ” (1 Corinthians 10:17). Jesus further unites us in the central sacrament of his body and blood, whenever we celebrate the holy Mass. We gather to be united in a sacrament, the reception of which is appropriately called “Communion.” This eucharistic union, however, has far-reaching ramifications for us as church, already united in the one Spirit through baptism. Like any food, the eucharistic Communion we share in the body and blood of Christ, in the sign and form of bread and wine, though now of a transubstantiated species,

is absorbed into our bodies; not only a spiritual nourishment, but also a fundamentally physical union with Christ. We become one with Christ who we physically “absorb” and “incorporate” in and through our consumption of his body and blood. As Catholics who receive Communion whenever we celebrate the holy Mass, our reception of Christ’s body and blood is one thing we all have in common. Therefore, as we share in the Eucharist, we are physically and spiritually united to one another in and through our physical and spiritual union with Christ. Ergo, in receiving his body and blood, we are more and more transformed and strengthened into the body of Christ, becoming one with him, in and through our unity as his body, the church. We repeatedly gather as one body, united in Christ, sharing in the one Spirit. We gather to grow more and more into the one body that is the Church in our shared worship, in which we all share in the one loaf. We gather together to answer his call to “do this in remembrance of me,” as Jesus’ fervent prayer, offered the night before he died, continues to be answered and fulfilled: That we may be one, as he and his father are one. FATHER NICHOLAS, a priest of the Archdiocese of San Francisco, is on temporary assignment as parochial vicar at St. Rose of Lima Parish, Simi Valley. His website is frwcnicholas.com.

LITURGICAL CALENDAR, DAILY MASS READINGS MONDAY, JUNE 23: Monday of the Twelfth Week in Ordinary Time. 2 KGS 17:5-8, 13-15a, 18. PS 60:3, 4-5, 12-13. MT 7:1-5. TUESDAY, JUNE 24: Solemnity of the Birth of St. John the Baptist. IS 49:1-6. PS 139:1b-3, 13-14ab, 14c-15. ACTS 13:22-26. LK 1:57-66, 80. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 25: Wednesday of the Twelfth Week in Ordinary Time. 2 KGS 22:8-13; 23:1-3. PS 119:33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 40. MT 7:15-20. THURSDAY, JUNE 26: Wednesday of the Twelfth Week of Ordinary Time. Optional Memorial of St. Josemaria Escriva de Balaguer, priest (in some dioceses). 2 KGS 24:8-17. PS 79:1b-2, 3-5, 8, 9. MT 7:21-29. FRIDAY, JUNE 27: Solemnity of Most Sacred Heart

of Jesus. DT 7:6-11. PS 103:1-2, 3-4, 6-7, 8, 10. 1 JN 4:7-16. MT 11:25-30.

ro Serra, priest. AM 3:1-8; 4:11-12. PS 5:4b-6a, 6b-7, 8. MT 8:23-27.

SATURDAY, JUNE 28: Memorial of the Immaculate Heart of the Blessed Virgin Mary. LAM 2:2, 10-14, 1819. PS 74:1b-2, 3-5, 6-7, 20-21. LK 2:41-51.

WEDNESDAY, JULY 2: Wednesday of the Thirteenth Week in Ordinary Time. AM 5:14-15, 21-24. PS 50:7, 8-9, 10-11, 12-13, 16bc-17. MT 8:28-34.

SUNDAY, JUNE 29: Solemnity of Sts. Peter and Paul, apostles. ACTS 12:1-11. PS 34:2-3, 4-5, 6-7, 8-9. 2 TM 4:6-8, 17-18. MT 16:13-19.

THURSDAY, JULY 3: Feast of St. Thomas, apostle. EPH 2:19-22. PS 117:1bc, 2. JN 20:24-29.

MONDAY, JUNE 30: Monday of the Thirteenth Week in Ordinary Time. Optional Memorial of the First Martyrs of the Church of Rome. AM 2:6-10, 13-16. PS 50:16bc-17, 18-19, 20-21, 22-23. MT 8:18-22. TUESDAY, JULY 1: Tuesday of the Thirteenth Week in Ordinary Time. Optional Memorial of Blessed Junipe-

FRIDAY, JULY 4: Friday of the Thirteenth Week in Ordinary Time. AM 8:4-6, 9-12. PS 119:2, 10, 20, 30, 40, 131. MT 9:9-13. SATURDAY, JULY 5: Saturday of the Thirteenth Week in Ordinary Time. Optional Memorial of St. Anthony Zaccaria, priest; St. Elizabeth of Portugal. AM 9:11-15. PS 85:9ab and 10, 11-12, 13-14. MT 9:14-17.

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Catholic high schools of archdiocese graduate more than 1,900

Lingbo Jin Woodside Priory

Kira Patterson Woodside Priory

Andrew Christensen Woodside Priory

Amanda Lee Woodside Priory

Sarah Reid Woodside Priory

Giselle Marston ICA

Nikki Pasanic ICA

Fiona Wang San Domenico

Onalli Gunasekara San Domenico

Melanie Ann Paragas Mercy, Burlingame

Lydia Wen-Liem Ho Mercy, Burlingame

Sarah Armstrong St. Ignatius

Sarah Mulchand St. Ignatius

Samuel Bernstein St. Ignatius

Camille Edwards St. Ignatius

Rudy Aquino Archbishop Riordan

Eric Diaz Archbishop Riordan

Carlos Guerrero Archbishop Riordan

Landon Kleinbrodt Marin Catholic

Alec Shashaty Marin Catholic

Jacquelyn Sideris Notre Dame

Laura Kastilani Notre Dame

Natalie Escobar SHCP

Emma Kuehl SHCP

Nicole Segura Mercy, SF

Alexandra Repetto Mercy, SF

Alainnah Feeney Mercy, SF

Mikaela Esquivel Varela Convent

Kellie La Convent

Brandon Joa Stuart Hall

Nick Schnabel Serra

Christian Villanueva Serra

Bhavik Patel Serra

Alexandra Bourdillion Sacred Heart Prep

Carter Kremer Sacred Heart Prep

Graduates pictured are among those honored by the schools at recent commencement rites. WOODSIDE PRIORY SCHOOL graduated 63 students on May 31 at the Father Christopher Field on the Priory campus. Priory graduates were accepted to more than 100 colleges and universities throughout the United States and globally. Members of the Class of 2014 were awarded over $2 million in financial aid with 26 schools awarding merit scholarships toward their college educations. Brian Schlaak, head of the upper school, recommended the graduates to head of school Tim Molak, who presented them with their Priory diplomas. IMMACULATE CONCEPTION ACADEMY graduated 56 seniors on June 6, at St. Mary’s Cathedral. Graduates were accepted to more than 85 colleges and universities throughout the United States, winning $3.75 million in scholarships toward their college educations. Dominican Sister Diane Aruda, president, and principal Lisa Graham presented diplomas. SAN DOMENICO SCHOOL graduated 29 students June 7 on the school

campus. Graduates were accepted to more than 95 colleges and universities throughout the United States winning $1.2 million in scholarships toward their college educations. Alyce Brownridge, high school division head, and Cecily Stock, head of school, with school board chair Glenn Snyder handed out diplomas. MERCY HIGH SCHOOL, BURLINGAME graduated 99 seniors on June 2 at St. Ignatius Church, San Francisco. Graduates were accepted to more than 400 colleges and universities throughout the United States winning more than $7.5 million in scholarships toward their college educations. Karen Hanrahan, school president, presented diplomas. ST. IGNATIUS COLLEGE PREP graduated 352 seniors on May 31 at St. Ignatius Church, San Francisco. Graduates were accepted to more than 121 colleges and universities throughout the world, including the U.S. Air Force and Naval academies. Students were offered more than $27.5 million in scholarships toward their college educations. John M. Knight, school president, and principal Patrick Ruff presented diplomas.

ARCHBISHOP RIORDAN HIGH SCHOOL graduated 136 young men May 23 in the Lindland Theatre on the Riordan campus. Graduates were accepted to more than 110 colleges and universities throughout the United States winning $1 million in scholarships toward their college educations. Joseph Conti, president, and Vittorio Anastasio, principal, presented diplomas. MARIN CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL presented diplomas to 177 graduates June 5 at the Marin Veterans’ Memorial Auditorium at the Civic Center. This year, graduates were accepted to over 165 colleges and universities throughout the United States and were awarded more than 400 scholarships toward their college educations. Presenting diplomas were Tim Navone, president, and Chris Valdez, principal. NOTRE DAME HIGH SCHOOL in Belmont celebrated 97 graduates on June 3 at St. Pius Church in Redwood City. Graduates were accepted to more than 140 colleges and universities throughout the United States winning more than $4.8 million in scholarships toward their college educations. Maryann Osmond, head of school, presented diplomas.

SACRED HEART CATHEDRAL PREPARATORY graduated 285 seniors May 24 at St. Mary’s Cathedral. Students were accepted to 266 colleges around the country. Diplomas were presented by John F. Scudder Jr., school president, and Gary Cannon, principal. MERCY HIGH SCHOOL SAN FRANCISCO graduated 104 young women on May 31 at Holy Name of Jesus Church, San Francisco. This year’s graduates were accepted to more than 150 colleges and universities throughout the United States winning $1.4 million in scholarships toward their college education. Dorothy McCrea, school principal, presented diplomas. CONVENT OF THE SACRED HEART HIGH SCHOOL graduated 38 students on June 6 at 2222 Broadway, San Francisco. Graduates were accepted to 104 colleges and universities throughout the United States. Diplomas were conferred by Mark Tellini, chair of the board; Dr. Ann Marie Krejcarek, president; and Rachel Simpson, head of school. SEE CLASS OF ‘14, PAGE 20

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CLASS OF ‘14: 1,900 graduate were accepted to more than 200 colleges and universities throughout the United States winning $14.5 million in scholarships toward their college educations. Dr. Barry Thornton, school principal, presented diplomas.

FROM PAGE 19

STUART HALL HIGH SCHOOL graduated 27 students on June 7 at Stuart Hall. This year graduates were accepted to 135 colleges and universities throughout the United States. Diplomas were conferred by Mark Tellini, chair of the board; Dr. Ann Marie Krejcarek, president; and Reynolds Marquette, dean.

SACRED HEART PREPARATORY graduated 136 students on May 23 on the school soccer field in Atherton. Graduates will attend 66 different post-secondary institutions. Diplomas were presented by Richard Dioli, head of schools.

JUNIPERO SERRA HIGH SCHOOL graduated 186 students on June 1 at St. Mary’s Cathedral. Graduates

FROM THE SUPERINTENDENT More than 1,900 students graduated from Catholic high schools in the Archdiocese of San Francisco in 2014. More than 25,100 students attended Catholic schools in the Archdiocese of San Francisco during school year 2013-14: 17,291 elementary school students and 7,838 high school students. Our Catholic school graduates have accomplished much and received a great deal of recognition. I delight in their success! In conjunction with parents, grandparents, family members, friends, and schoolmates, I want to extend to each graduate my sincerest congratulations on a job well done! May God bless you abundantly as you move into the next chapter of your academic career. Congratulations Class of 2014!

MAUREEN HUNTINGTON

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CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO | JUNE 20, 2014

FRIDAY, JUNE 20 3-DAY RUMMAGE SALE: St. Peter Rummage Sale June 20-21, Friday 6-8 p.m.; Saturday 9 a.m.-4 p.m.; Sunday 9 a.m.-2:30 p.m. in the Linda O’Brien Gymnasium and the religious education center at the church, 700 Oddstad, Blvd., Pacifica. Select from jewelry, silver plate, art, furniture, as well as toys, clothing with raffle on Sunday plus silent auction. Admission is free, except for the early bird special hours on Friday, for which the admission is $5. A “Brown Bag Special” Sunday from 3-4 p.m., all you can fit in a brown bag $5. Snack bar sells breakfast, lunch, snack items.

SUNDAY, JUNE 22 CORPUS CHRISTI: The Dominican Nuns at Corpus Christi Monastery, 215 Oak Grove Ave. in Menlo Park, celebrate the Solemnity of Corpus Christi with Mass at 10:30 a.m. followed by a procession, Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament and adoration. The celebrant and homilist is Dominican Father Ambrose Sigman. Father Ambrose was ordained to the priesthood in the Order of Preachers May 31, 2013 and currently serves as parochial vicar at St. Raymond’s Church, Menlo Park. www. nunsmenlo.org; (650) 322-1801.

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HANDICAPABLES MASS: Handicapables Mass and lunch, noon, St. Mary’s Cathedral, Gough Street at Geary Boulevard, San Francisco. Father Kirk Ullery is principal celebrant and homilist. All Father Kirk disabled people Ullery and their caregivers are invited. Volunteers are always welcome to assist in this cherished tradition. Joanne Borodin, (415) 239-4865.

‘CONVERSATIONS IN CULTURE’: “Habits of Being, Habits of Grace: The Intersections of Literature and Faith,” with retired San Francisco Archbishop George H. Niederauer and facilitator Stephen Archbishop C. Córdova, 7:30 George p.m., Msgr. Bowe Niederauer Room, St. Mary’s Cathedral, Gough Street at Geary Boulevard, San Francisco, parking lot level, admission free. (415) 567-2020.

OPUS DEI MASS: Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone is principal celebrant and homilist for Mass commemorating the 39th anniversary of the Archbishop death of Opus Salvatore J. Dei founder Cordileone St Josemaria Escriva at St. Mary’s Cathedral, Gough Street at Geary Boulevard, San Francisco, 7:30 p.m. St. Jose’s first successor, Venerable Alvaro del Portillo, will be beatified Sept. 27 in Madrid. For information about the Mass, call Menlo Study Center, (650) 327-1675; email msgr.james. kelly@gmail.com.

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CONCERT: St. Mary’s Cathedral, Gough Street at Geary Boulevard, San Francisco, 4 p.m., Mauro Correa, guitar. All recitals open to the public. Freewill offering accepted at the door. (415) 567-2020, ext. 213; www.stmarycathedralsf.org. Ample free parking.

THURSDAY, JUNE 26 THEOLOGY CAFÉ: A speaker series

FRIDAY, JUNE 27

3-DAY GARAGE SALE: Italian Catholic Federation Branch 19, Colma, to benefit charities, scholarships, seminarians and more, June 27, 28, 29, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. all days, 225 Wildwood Drive, South San Francisco, wide variety of items including clothes, furniture, house ware, dishes, books. PHOTO EXHIBIT: Work of Pierce Soracco, Mercy Center Art Gallery through June 30, 2300 Adeline Drive, Burlingame, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. www.mercycenter.org.

SUNDAY, JUNE 29 CONVERSATIONS WITH THE JESUITS: “Pope Francis and the Church” with Jesuit Father Tom Reese, 10:50-11:45a.m., Xavier Hall located in Fromm Hall directly north of St. Ignatius Church, Parker Avenue and Golden Gate Avenue, San Francisco. Free and open to the public. Free parking in all USF lots. Dan Faloon, (415) 422-2195; faloon@ usfca.edu. CONCERT: St. Mary’s Cathedral, Gough Street at Geary Boulevard, San Francisco, 4 p.m., Victor Xie, viola, with Xiyan Wang, piano. All recitals open to the public. Freewill offering accepted at the door. (415) 567-2020, ext. 213; www.stmarycathedralsf.org. Ample free parking. TV MASSES: EWTN airs Mass daily at 5 a.m., 9 a.m., 9 p.m. and at 4 p.m. Monday through Friday. EWTN is car-

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CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO | JUNE 20, 2014

WEDNESDAY, JULY 2 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.

FRIDAY, JULY 4 FIRST FRIDAY: The Contemplatives of St. Joseph offer Mass at Mater Dolorosa Church, 307 Willow Ave., South San Francisco, 7 p.m. followed by healing service and personal blessing with St. Joseph oil from Oratory of St. Joseph, Montreal.

SUNDAY, JULY 6 CONCERT: St. Mary’s Cathedral, Gough Street at Geary Boulevard, San Francisco, 4 p.m., Karen Beaumont, organist. All recitals open to the public Freewill offering accepted at the door. (415) 567-2020, ext. 213; www.stmarycathedralsf.org. Ample free parking.

SATURDAY, JULY 12 DISCERNMENT DAY: Visit the Dominican nuns of Corpus Christi Monastery, 215 Oak Grove Ave., Menlo Park and get a chance to explore and see behind the veil of female religious life and experience the same hidden life of love that has been lived since 1206 A.D. RSVP by July 5 or for more information contact Sister Joseph Marie at vocations@nunsmenlo.org or visit www. nunsmenlo.org/vocation-discernmentevent. The day begins with Mass at 8 a.m. followed by Divine Office, adoration, rosary, conferences and vocation stories by Dominican nuns and friars.

SATURDAY, JULY 5 ‘LOOKING EAST’: Come to Our Lady of Fatima Russian Byzantine Catholic Church, 5920 Geary Blvd. at 23rd Avenue, San Francisco for Divine Father Kevin Liturgy at 10 Kennedy a.m.; luncheon at noon and a talk by Father Kevin Kennedy, pastor, at 1 p.m. All are welcome throughout the day. Series continues first Saturdays of the month. Parking is in St. Monica Church lot. www.byzantinecatholic.org; (415) 752-2052; OLFatimaSF@ gmail.com. CEMETERY MASS: Holy Cross Cemetery, 1500 Old Mission Road, Colma, All Saints Mausoleum, 11 a.m., Father Raymund Reyes, pastor, St. Anne of the Father Raymund Sunset Parish, M. Reyes San Francisco, principal celebrant and homilist. (650) 756-2060; www. holycrosscemeteries.com.

SUNDAY, JULY 13 CONCERT: St. Mary’s Cathedral, Gough Street at Geary Boulevard, San Francisco, 4 p.m., Justin Takamine, bassoon, with Xiyan Wang, piano. (415) 567-2020, ext. 213. All recitals open to the public, freewill offering accepted at the door; www.stmarycathedralsf.org; ample free parking. REUNION: The Sisters of the Presenta-

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SATURDAY, JULY 26 WEDNESDAY, JULY 16 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.

MARRIAGE ENCOUNTER: Worldwide Marriage Encounter weekend, July 1819-20 in Mountain View. www.wwme. org; Yvonne and Paul, (650) 366-7093.

SUNDAY, JULY 20 CONVERSATIONS WITH THE JESUITS: “Pope Francis and the Church” with Jesuit Father Tom Reese, 10:50-11:45a.m., Xavier Hall located in Fromm Hall directly north of St. Ignatius Church, Parker Avenue and Golden Gate Avenue, San Francisco. Free and open to the public. Free parking in all USF lots. Dan Faloon, (415) 422-2195; faloon@usfca.edu.

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In Remembrance of the Faithful Departed Interred In Our Catholic Cemeteries During the Month of May

HOLY CROSS, COLMA Antonio Aguiar Jimmy Allen Ramon Antonio Mario Baffico Lucila Pabalan Balajadia Barbara Ballance Barbara Ann Barbaria Romeo Bisquera Bautista Erlinda M. Baxter Mary Beebe Jacqulyne J. Bell Albert L. Benitou Christine G. Bennett Sharon Bertolero William N. Beuttler Silvestra C. Bogdanovich Mary Brenner Andrew Breslin Richard Brownmiller Lino Bruno Joshua Buera Leonarda R. Bustos Rosa Argentina Callejas Lucy V. Calvillo Saviour J. Camilleri Arthur Roy Carli John J. Casey, III Sheila Sullivan Castagnetto Enes T. Cerini Robert Chavez Nolasco Z. Clarino Patricia A. Collins Faye S. Conolly John P. Consiglieri

Carol M. Cook Marianna E. Crosetti Maurice G. Crouch Elsa M. Da Luz Robert De Andreis Josefina Camberos De La Torre Verna Apathy Dean Mary A. Duffy Fermin Elissetche Carmen R. Escobar Rose Escue Jose Estrada Lady Ysabel Galang Fabian Fr. Robert Fahey Enes Julia Ferrari Kathryn (Kay) Fields Aldiva Fontana Lucille R. Fontana Bruno Fontana Ferdinando Fontana Diletta S. Foss Vivian Galante Lilia Genove Francis M. Glynn David Vincent Gonzales Maria Guevarra Stephen A. Guillermo Nancy E. Hance Mary Kathryn Hawkins Kevin Healey Guadalupe Hernandez Alberta R. Hughes Robert Huttlinger Joseph A. Kelly, Jr. Mark Denis Klebofski Msgr. Richard Stanley Knapp Peter Lau-Fai Kwok Spear A.N. Latos

Pedro Lepe Joyce A. Linney Thomas E. Linney Edythe B. Mainini Warren R. Maloney Elisa C. Manalo Evelyn Mary Marty Cecilia C. Mateik Ernest J. McCaslin William J. McLaughlin Agnes Mohr Macedonio Rangel Moreno Florentina T. Nartea Norma C. O’Regan Maryann Page Asuncion R. Pamatmat Conchita B. Paragas Francisca Fabian Pera Ernestine Perotti Yolanda Pometta Sr. Mary Georgiana Poole Nicholas D. Quirarte Lourdes M. Radvila Rogelio Ramiro Wilbur Raymundo Alfredo M. Raymundo Grace Rjaile Cecil Rodrigues, Jr. Robert B. Rodriguez Gisela Roescheisen Maria Dora Roman Dolores Rubi-Mac Murray Judy Sanchez John V. Silvera Florence Silvestre Jean F. Stark Donald R. Thompson Robert “Rob” Tobener

Arturo Torres Roman V. Tuason Jean Tubb Patricia Unger Flora Vetari Isabel C. Wilhelmy David S. Winn Sr. Mary Jo Wise, PBVM Bernice Marie Reilly Wood

MT. OLIVET, SAN RAFAEL Brian S. Bourke Judith Schweighofer Brunner Richard H. Castro Thomas Albert De Voto James Veragtira Dominiko Richard “Dick” Endy Theodore Fritchle Fay Virginia F. Gillespie Madeleine Therese Lawrence Mildred Lollick William D. Nichols Clara G. Nichols

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