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Novato’s Andrew Ginter ordained to priesthood VALERIE SCHMALZ CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO

“Relying on the help of the Lord God and our savior Jesus Christ, we choose Andrew, our brother, for the order of the priesthood.”

With those words, San Francisco Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone began the sacrament of ordination to the priesthood of Deacon Andrew Ginter, 29, at St. Mary’s Cathedral June 4. Within the hour, Father Ginter celebrated Mass on the altar with the archbishop, and then walked out of the cathedral to rousing applause from a congregation that bubbled with good will and joy for the newly ordained priest.

“How is it that a young man discerns a call to the priesthood?” Archbishop Cordileone asked in his homily and went on to cite mentors, including recently deceased St. Anthony of Padua pastor Father Kevin Gaffey who had a large influence on Father Ginter, other priests, St. Patrick Seminary & University professors, and most of all Father Ginter’s parents and family. “A young person’s response to a religious vocation is a sign that something has gone SEE SOLITARY, PAGE 18

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Deacon Andrew Ginter processes in St. Mary’s Cathedral on June 4 to begin his Mass of priestly ordination. In his homily following the sacrament, Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone said Father Ginter’s parents and family played a key role in his decision to become a priest.

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The Rev. Laura Markle Downton, director of the U.S. Prisons Policy and Program at the National Religious Campaign Against Torture, is pictured in a replica solitary confinement cell during the Ecumenical Advocacy Days event in 2015.

WASHINGTON – The “SHU” is not much larger than a good-size bathroom.

The SHU, or special housing unit, was where Johnny Perez spent a total of three years – the longest period being 10 months – in solitary confinement during the 13 years he was in New York prisons for armed robbery.

The tiny cells where inmates are sent for breaking prison rules or misbehavior are also known by nicknames such as the box, the bing, punk city, the hole, the pound and lockdown.

Perez was sent to solitary for fighting, testing positive for marijuana and having a frying pan in his cell.

In solitary he was alone with his thoughts 23 hours a day, with an hour outdoors in a small caged area for exercise. Corrections officers who brought meals and conducted security checks offered his only human contact.

“If they’re not sociable then you won’t be having a conversation with them,” Perez said of the guards.

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“One didn’t even look me in the face. It’s hard that the only person you come in contact with doesn’t validate you as a human being.

“It was dehumanizing.”

Perez, 37, made it through isolation with no debilitating psychological effects, unlike some others. He received “tons of magazine subscriptions” and two books a week – the maximum allowed – from his family and their church. He had writing materials so he could journal and also thought a lot about being elsewhere, far from the around-the-clock fluorescent-lit cell. He kept reminding himself, “I have to leave here the same as I came, that I don’t succumb to my environment.”

Advocates like Perez have joined their voices in a growing campaign to call attention to the wide use of solitary confinement nationwide. An estimated 80,000 to 100,000 people were held in isolation in 2014, said a report from the Arthur Liman Public Interest Program at Yale Law School and the Association of State Correctional Administrators.

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CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO | JUNE 9, 2016

Archbishop announces clergy assignments

NEED TO KNOW ASSISTED SUICIDE BECOMES LAW: Physician-assisted suicide becomes law in California on June 9, a “dangerous course” for vulnerable Californians, the California Catholic Conference said in a statement June 6. “What some mistakenly consider a newfound ‘freedom’ will inevitably become a duty for others,” the conference said. “By allowing doctors to prescribe a lethal dose of drugs to their patients, California is embarking on a dangerous course. This new law will place the disabled, the elderly and other vulnerable people at risk for abuse and mistreatment and will undermine the healing professions’ venerable commitment to ‘first do no harm.’” This commitment to care for life at all stages will not be deterred by this law and the bishops and their partners in Catholic health care renew vow to renew their promise to exceptional healing and compassionate care for those facing diagnosis of a terminal illness. The bishops said they will continue to speak against the flaws of the law, including not requiring a psychological assessment of people requesting assisted suicide and lack of significant concerns for the disabled.

The bishops cited Pope Francis in urging palliative care as the best way to accompany those at the end of life.

Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone on May 25 announced the fourth installment of clergy assignments, effective July 1, 2016, unless otherwise noted. Additional appointments may still be forthcoming.

Pastors:

Father Franklin Fong, OFM, St. Boniface Church

Pastors, appointed to second six-year terms:

Father Michael B. Brillantes, St. Bruno Church

Administrators:

Father Juan Manuel Lopez, Church of the Assumption, with residence at Our Lady of Loretto Church; Father Joseph F. Previtali, Our Lady of the Pillar Church, effective May 1, 2016 through July 31, 2016; Father Angel N. Quitalig, Mater Dolorosa Church, effective July 1, 2016 through Dec. 31, 2016, continuing to serve as judge, Metropolitan Tribunal.

Parochial vicars:

Father Demetrio I. Aguilar, SVD, All Souls Church; Father Manuel Estrada, Holy Angels Church; Father Juan Manuel Lopez, parttime parochial vicar, Our Lady of Loretto Church; Father Eduardo Mendoza, St. Anthony Church, Menlo Park; Father Linh Tien Nguyen, St. Patrick Church, San Francisco, effective March 1, 2016;

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Father Tony S. Vallecillo, St. Robert Church.

Chaplains:

Father Francis T. Htun, CPE training at UCSF, Parnassus Campus, remaining in residence at St. Finn Barr, effective Aug. 1, 2016; Father Hoang T. Trinh, OFM, part-time chaplain, Laguna Honda Hospital, part-time chaplain, UCSF Medical Center/ Mission Bay, effective May 1, 2016, with residency continuing at St. Boniface Church.

Transitional diaconate:

Rev. Mr. Michael D. Liliedahl, Church of the Visitacion; Rev. Mr. Alvin A. Yu, St. Matthew Church, each effective April 16, 2016

Pastoral year seminarians:

Mr. Kyle J. Faller, St. Peter Church, San Francisco; Mr. Ernesto M. Jandonero, St. Pius Church; Mr. Michael P. Rocha, St. Raphael Church, each effective Sept. 1, 2016, through Aug. 31, 2017.

Additional changes in the archdiocese:

Father John S. Hardin, OFM, guardian, with residence at St. Boniface, effective June 1, 2016; Father Gerald J. Van Overbeek, OSA, St. Rita House, 108 Cole St., San Francisco, effective May 17, 2016.

In residence:

Father Marco Galano, OFM,

Immaculate Conception Chapel, with Father Guglielmo Lauriola, OFM, effective June 1, 2016; Father Rufino O. Gepiga, Mater Dolorosa Church, effective July 1, 2016 through Dec. 31, 2016; Father Xi-Shou “Simon” Jin with continued residence at Holy Name of Jesus Church while continuing his English studies; Father Vincent Musaby’Imana; St. James Church, effective June 1, 2016, priest from the Diocese of Kabale, Uganda, who has completed his doctorate in school leadership at USF, he will continue as chaplain at CPMC; Father Paul F. Warren, St. Brendan Church, effective Sept. 1, 2016.

Sabbaticals:

Father Rolando S. De la Rosa, East Asian Pastoral Institute, Manila, away from July 1, 2016, through Dec. 31, 2016 returning then as pastor to Mater Dolorosa Church.

Departures from the archdiocese:

Father Zhaojun (Jerome) Bai, SVD, leaving All Souls for Spanishlanguage studies in Southern California; Father Hyun Julius Hwang, leaving St. Michael Korean to return to the Diocese of Suwon, effective Dec. 31, 2016; Father Tommy King, OFM, leaving to return to the Franciscan missions in Guaymas, Mexico, effective June 1, 2016; Father Adrian Peelo, OFM, leaving St. Boniface Church, effective June 1, 2016.

First place for CSF writer in Catholic media contest A follow-up to the award-winning 2014 story about a Tenderloin drug addict and homeless man who entered the church while living on the street won a first-place in the 2016 Catholic Press Awards competition. The award was announced at the annual Catholic Media Conference in St. Louis June 1-3. Reporter Christina Gray took the top prize in the category of Best Coverage of a Routine Sacramental Event for a non-weekly diocesan newspaper, cir-

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Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone celebrated Mass with parishioners of St. Isabella on May 22 as part of a three-day visit to the San Rafael parish. Joining him on the altar were Father Mark Reburiano, pastor, and parochial vicar Father Samuel Musiimenta, to the archbishop’s left, respectively.

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Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone told parishioners of St. Isabella Church in his homily May 22, the Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity, that he took immediate notice of the church address as he pulled into the parish parking lot: One Trinity Way. “Whether it was intended or not, this weekend was a good time to visit,” he told congregants at the parish’s 11:30 Mass. Joining him on the altar were pastor Father Mark Reburiano and parochial vicar Father Samuel Musiimenta.

The archbishop’s three-day visit to the San Rafael parish and school May 21-23 was part of a long-range plan to visit each of the archdiocese’s 90 parishes. In addition to celebrating all three Sunday Masses at St. Isabella on Trinity Sunday,

the archbishop celebrated the 5 p.m. confirmation Mass.

“The Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity, followed on the heels of Pentecost is kind of indicative of the church’s understanding of the mystery of God’s work in the life of the church and salvation history,” he said in a brief homily that explained that the purpose behind his ambitious schedule of parish visits is to promote a “sense of communion” within each parish.

“When we come together as one people of faith sharing spiritual and material blessings that God has given to us, our spiritual life, our prayer, receiving the sacraments and praying together for each other, this is the way we advance the mission of the church,” he said.

The archbishop celebrated a Monday morning Mass with students of St. Isabella School, which received a Best of Marin Award from Pacific Sun readers who voted the school “Best K-8 School” in the county.

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Riordan grad to ‘give back to community that has served me’ TOM BURKE CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO

The University of San Francisco will soon welcome 2016 Archbishop Riordan High School graduate Nick Banaria to its nursing program. In an email Nick said: “I wanted to attend USF’s nursing program as it is a nationally recognized program and of the many connections I can make while there. These connections will allow me to stay local and give back to the community Nick Banaria that has served me my entire life.”

Riordan’s biggest influence on Nick came in the school’s campus ministry program where he found opportunities “to join, become involved, and spread the Marianist message that Riordan is known for,” Nick said. “All of campus ministry taught me to give back to others in any way you can without expecting anything in return.”

Among what Nick will take away from Riordan is his experience on the school’s Living in Faith Experience (LIFE) retreat. “I met people from all over the United States including Hawaii, Los Angeles, and St. Louis,” Nick said. “It was a life changing experience as it put me out of my comfort zone and forced me to learn how to be a spiritual leader at school, become a role model for all others at Riordan, and build community.”

The Year of Mercy has kept students busy at Riordan including during its annual blood drive, one Nick said “helps people all over the Bay Area.” Additional service efforts included an International Drive which raised money for a Marianist school in Nairobi, Kenya, and a canned food drive helping the homeless.

“As senior year approached, I applied and got into the LIFE Team,” Nick said. “The impact of these teams is to help and give back to others without expecting anything in return.”

“All of these different facets of campus ministry definitely pushed me toward the nursing profession. Nurses are able to provide for those in need and not expect anything in return, which is the essence of what I learned while in campus ministry over the years.”

HONORED: Chyah Weitzman, an18-year classroom veteran, has been recognized April 26 with the Tiburon Heritage and Arts Community Educator Award. Chyah has shown outstanding achievement

FATHER ALFRED LEGACY: Franciscan Father John Hardin, a former executive director of St. Anthony’s, was honored with the nonprofit’s “Father Alfred Boeddeker Award” at San Francisco City Hall where this year’s “Serving Hope” fundraiser benefiting St. Anthony’s took place April 14. The honor is named for St. Anthony’s founder. “For three decades, Father John has made our aspiration of ‘hope served daily’ a reality for our guests,” St. Anthony’s executive director Barry Stenger, pictured here with Father John, said in remarks at the event.

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in education, public awareness of heritage and arts education, the school said in why she was selected for the award. “St. Hilary School is honored that Ms. Weitzman was recognized for her creativity, inspiration, and hard work.” Among her supported good works is Pencil’s For Africa, an organization designed to raise the consciousness of African issues Chyah Weitzman among young people.

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Bishops oppose Planned Parenthood-sponsored bill to criminalize covert investigations of health providers VALERIE SCHMALZ CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO

The California Catholic Conference and the California Newspaper Publishers Association are opposing a Planned Parenthood-sponsored bill that would criminalize publication by journalists, pro-life activists or other non-governmental entities of covertly taped conversations or actions of abortion providers and other health care operators – even if the covert video or audio taping revealed criminal activity.

The state Assembly approved AB 1671 by a vote of 52 to 26 on May 31 and it is now before the state Senate.

The California bishops’ public policy arm says the legislation is a violation of the First Amendment free speech and press protections and targets pro-life activists such as citizen journalist David Daleiden of the Center for Medical Progress who shot undercover video of Planned Parenthood officials allegedly discussing the sale and marketing of fetal body parts.

California law already requires that both sides agree to recording of a conversation.

AB 1671 “simultaneously hampers both public disclosure and transparency, and perhaps even interferes with or impedes law enforcement efforts,” Sandra Palacios, associate director for Governmental Relations for the California Catholic

Conference, said in a statement to Catholic San Francisco.

The California Newspaper Publishers Association states in a May 25 statement on its website that the bill, although amended to only target health care providers, “still has a chilling effect. And it still violates First Amendment law.”

The legislation, sponsored by Los Angeles Democratic Assemblyman Jimmy Gomez, provides for penalties of up to $10,000 per violation and one year in state prison. Planned Parenthood Federation of America describes the legislation as “key improvement that closes a current loophole in privacy laws around illegal videotaping.”

The U.S. Supreme Court has held that “prior restraints on speech and publication are the most serious and least tolerable infringement on First Amendment rights,” according to the Life Legal Defense Foundation which is defending Daleiden in a federal lawsuit brought by Planned Parenthood.

Assembly Bill 1671 would make it a crime to publish confidential conversations with health care providers – even if those conversations disclose criminal activity. Moreover, the bill includes volunteers and independent contractors of abortion clinics as “health care providers.” This means anyone who posts a photo or video of an interaction with an abortion clinic employee or volunteer – including clinic escorts – could be prosecuted

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Investigations by news media and others are one of the tools in a democracy to uncover wrongdoing, Palacios said.

“As has been frequently demonstrated in the past, by both news media and private organizations, undercover investigations, or those done in open and public spaces, are sometimes necessary in order to expose little known truths and to uncover important facts that our society deserves to have disseminated for pub-

lic review and debate,” Palacios said.

And the legislation is clearly an effort to silence Daleiden, she said.

“Because existing law already adequately addresses this issue, one would conclude that this legislation is an unfair effort to single out and improperly target anti-abortion activist Mr. David Daleiden, who, last year, released a controversial series of undercover videos that aimed to show Planned Parenthood employees arranging the sale of aborted fetuses, SEE ASSEMBLY, PAGE 17

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St. Anselm teacher recognized for inspiring gifted students CHRISTINA GRAY CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO

It’s a challenge faced by many Catholic school teachers: How, in a single classroom dominated by students of average and even below-average ability can “advanced learners” thrive?

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Supporters of an initiative to impose rent control and limit evictions on multi-family rental properties in the city of San Mateo were gathering signatures at St. Matthew and St. Timothy parishes as they aim to place the measure on the November ballot.

About 10,000 signatures are needed for the ballot measure to qualify, said Aracely Mondragon, community organizer for Bay Area Faith in Action, part of San Francisco Organizing Project/Peninsula Interfaith Action and the PICO National Network.

The proposed San Mateo city ballot measure is designed to limit annual rent increases to the cost of living, would create a Rental Housing Commission and a process for tenants to appeal rent increases, and protect renters from evictions without cause.

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State law requires that renters for less than a year receive a 30-day eviction notice and those renting for more than a year receive a 60-day eviction notice, Mondragon said.

In April, a majority of the City Council rejected a proposal to freeze rents and evictions for 90 days. Shortly thereafter Faith in Action filed to collect signatures for the ballot initiative.

“We’ve worked for almost two years” for the approval of a law protecting tenants from high rent increases and evictions, said Mondragon.

Nearly half of San Mateo residents are renters and 42 percent are paying 30 percent of their income in rent while 18 percent are paying more than 50 percent of their income toward rent, according to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, cited in the ballot initiative.

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Cincinnati parishioners learn to ‘Civilize It’ during election season DENNIS SADOWSKI CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

CLEVELAND – Amid the anger, the attacks and the sometimes boisterous nature of this year’s presidential campaign, the Archdiocese of Cincinnati is encouraging parishioners to remember that civility in politics is a virtue.

To bring the point home, the archdiocesan Catholic Social Action Office has unveiled the “Civilize It” campaign, stressing that respectful dialogue can take place among people of differing political views.

Tony Stieritz, director of Catholic social action in the archdiocese, said the campaign is about appreciating and valuing the viewpoints of others, especially during the election season.

“This is something that has been a long time coming where we felt in addition to our ongoing message of (the bishops’) ‘Faithful Citizenship’ document that we just need to be more proactive, highlighting not just what the church teaches but how do we exemplify civil behavior,” Stieritz told Catholic News Service.

He said the campaign is rooted in Pope Francis’ message to Congress in September and making it a reality in places like Cincinnati.

“What Pope Francis is trying to consistently tell us is that we’re about evangelization, we’re not on the defensive. We’ve got to see how the Holy Spirit is actively working in the other person’s life,” Stieritz explained.

Reflecting the wide appeal of the message, the campaign is a collaborative effort involving the archdiocesan offices of Family and Respect Life,

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The campaign website – www.civilizeit.us – invites people to consider taking a three-part pledge to respect civility, to reflect clarity in their point of view and to encounter others with compassion.

“Civilize It” kicked off in the spring with representatives of about 30 parishes learning about the initiative and ideas for the future. They received “swag bags” containing pin-back buttons, car magnets and yard signs bearing the campaign logo, all inviting people to learn more.

The campaign’s basic message will be shared during sessions on the “Faithful Citizenship” document as the election moves from the nominating conventions toward Election Day in November, Stieritz said. “Forming Consciences for Faithful Citizenship” is the U.S. bishops’ quadrennial document, accompanied study guides, bulletin inserts and other discussion materials.

In rollouts of “Civilize It” at parishes and during opening day festivities for the Cincinnati Reds baseball season, the message has been well received, campaign organizers told CNS. At Bellarmine Chapel, the Catholic parish affiliated with Jesuit-run Xavier University, parishioners eagerly grabbed materials to display on their cars and in their yards when they were made available in mid-April, said Tim Severyn, director of social mission. “(The campaign) provides an opportunity to dialogue with each other and see where some of the common ground is in our Catholic faith and not get so caught up in the political diatribes that often sweep us away in a presidential campaign,” Severyn said.

Across town, Mary Anne Bressler, pastoral associate at St. Anthony Parish, said the “idea of civil engagement” for which the campaign calls was welcomed by parishioners when they learned about it in April.

“We just spent a lot of our time looking at the people in the other party and the ways they don’t conform to our beliefs,” she said, explaining that she expects parishioners will respectfully begin “to hold our own candidate’s feet to the fire” when their stances do not align with Catholic values.

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ST. PAUL, Minnesota – Sixteen months after entering Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code, the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis filed a plan for reorganization May 26 as part of the bankruptcy process.

The plan identifies more than $65 million in assets the archdiocese anticipates will be available to compensate victims of clergy sexual abuse, with the potential for that amount to grow.

The plan outlines specific sources for funds available for victim remuneration, including at least $8.7 million from the sale of archdiocesan properties, including three chancery buildings, as well as more than $33 million from insurance settlements. It establishes a trust for victim remuneration funds, with a court-approved allocation protocol.

The plan also includes settlements from parish insurers of approximately $13.7 million with the potential for future settlements from archdiocesan insurers that are not currently entering into agreements with the archdiocese. The archdiocese is seeking to transfer the rights of recovery for those policies to the trustee of the trust for victims.

“We filed our plan today – at 16 months – because victims/survivors cannot be compensated until a plan for reorganization is finalized and approved,” Archbishop Bernard A. Hebda of St. Paul and Minneapolis said during a news conference May 26. “The longer the process lasts, more money is spent on attorneys’ fees and bankruptcy expenses, and, in turn, less money is available for victims/survivors. ... We are submitting our plan now in the hope of compensating victims/survivors and promoting healing sooner rather than later.”

The plan filing came a day after the deadline for decades-old sexual abuse claims to be filed under the Minnesota Child Victims Act, which the state Legislature passed in 2013. The law lifted for three years the statute of limitations for child sexual abuse civil suits.

The lifting of the statute ushered in a wave of claims against clergy who had been or were serving in the archdiocese, leading the archdiocese to enter bankruptcy in January 2015 as a means to distribute assets equitably and fairly among victims. By a court-established claim deadline in August 2015, more than 400 claims of clergy sexual abuse had been filed against the archdiocese.

In a May 25 statement, the Minnesota bishops apologized for the pain suffered by victims. “While we cannot say or do anything to return the innocence of youth that was stolen, we will work to restore broken relationships with family, friends and loved ones and heal the pain caused to so many,” they said.

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‘Take the high road,’ bishop tells Catholic communicators CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

ST. LOUIS – In today’s age of cyberbullying and online vitriol, be sure to take the high road and build people up rather than tear them down, Bishop Christopher J. Coyne of Burlington, Vermont, told Catholic communicators attending the Catholic Media Conference.

“What can I say to make things better? What are the words that may impart grace to those who hear?” the bishop, chairman of the U.S. bishops’ Committee on Communications, asked the group to consider June 2.

He said he knew the journalists in the room were “acutely aware of the significant decline in the tenor of public discourse” during the last few years, a fact that is readily apparent in publications’ comment boxes and social media.

In such an environment, the bishop urged communicators to lift up good examples of humanity, charity and grace and if possible, “engage in some form of active ministry to others: feeding, housing, counseling, visiting or praying.”

“We have to be even more careful to be reflective rather than reactive,” he added saying there is already enough anger and coarseness out there. “Let’s just not add to it.”

Bishop Coyne also noted that the church is not immune from such negative discourse, saying: “one of the most destructive activities in the church today is the internecine fighting among people and groups who claim to be Catholic.”

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Father Rosica, CEO of Canada’s Salt and Light Catholic Media Foundation, also described Catholic online conversations as sometimes “more a culture of death than a culture of life,” the bishop said.

Instead of responding in kind, Bishop Coyne urged the journalists and communication leaders to follow the example of St. Therese or Lisieux who saw every task as a chance to make the love of God more concrete.

With this in mind, he said every news story, video, blog post, tweet, email or response to an online comment can “become an opportunity to manifest God’s love.”

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PHOENIX – Muhammad Ali leaves an indelible mark on the world not only as a fighter and athlete but as a man of faith, courage and generosity.

The three-time heavyweight champion and selftitled “The Greatest” boxer of all time died at a Scottsdale hospital June 3. He was 74.

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VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis will set up a panel of legal experts to help him in deciding whether to remove a religious superior or bishop from office for failing to protect minors and vulnerable adults from sex abuse.

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Life is short; start forgiving, making amends, pope tells priests CAROL GLATZ CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

VATICAN CITY – Mercy recognizes that life is short and that so much good needs to be done that there is no time to waste in making amends, Pope Francis told priests.

“That is why it is so important to forgive completely” and let go of paralyzing self-pity so mercy can get “its hands dirty” and make reparation for the wrongs committed, he said in a retreat for clergy.

Mercy does not overlook the harm caused by sin, “rather it takes away evil’s power over the future. It takes away its power over life.”

To help priests and seminarians better understand the proper role mercy must play in their lives and ministry, Pope Francis led thousands of men on a spiritual retreat in Rome. The aim, he said, was for priests to be ready to receive mercy in order to show it even more.

Over the course of the day June 2, the pope led three separate meditations – each nearly an hour long – in three of Rome’s four basilicas: St. John Lateran, St. Mary Major and St. Paul Outside the Walls.

Live video links let clergy follow the readings and reflections from different locations.

Introducing how his Ignatian-inspired spiritual exercises would work, the Jesuit pope apologized for “the family endorsement.” He said guiding personal prayer with Ignatian spirituality allows people “to feel and savor the things of God” deep within themselves. Action and conversion are spurred, he said, by first feeling and being moved by what God is saying or showing.

Sitting behind a simple wooden desk, supplied with a small bottle of water and a glass, the pope presented his first meditation in St. John Lateran, which hosted Rome diocesan and religious priests and seminarians and those working in the Roman Curia.

Through the use of many vivid examples and personal, colorful anecdotes, Pope Francis said because God’s love and mercy are limitless, priests must ask what barren and parched places are most in need of this life-giving water. “What are the wounds that need this precious balm? What is the sense of abandonment that cries out for loving attention?”

He explained that moving from estrangement to embrace starts with a clear recognition of one’s own sins and the feeling of shame and embarrassment, which lead to a heartsick sense of “nostalgia,” which compels the straying child to return back to the house of the father.

Referring to the parable of the prodigal son, the pope said when the son returned home, the father

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Pope Francis carries a bouquet of flowers as he arrives to give a talk at a retreat for priests at the Basilica of St. Mary Major in Rome June 2. The pope placed the flowers in front of the Marian icon, “Salus Populi Romani,” (health of the Roman people). Walking next to the pope is Cardinal Santos Abril Castello, archpriest of the basilica. restored the young man’s dignity, despite his sinful nature.

The contradictory feeling of shame and embarrassment can hit priests “when the people kiss our hands and we look at our own most intimate miseries and we are honored by the people of God,” he said.

“That is how we have to see ourselves: poised between our utter shame and our sublime dignity;” sinful and selfish, yet cleansed and chosen to feed God’s sheep and multiply his graces.

“Only mercy makes this situation bearable” in keeping the two extremes in balance, he said, and it triggers the desire to make amends.

Speaking off-the-cuff, the pope said priests have

to be careful with how they speak and never refer to individual people as “a case.”

“Without realizing it, we might say: ‘I have a case ...’ I’m sorry, (but you mean) ‘I have a person ...’ And this is very clerical,” he said, admitting “it has even happened to me often.”

Such language separates the pastor from the person so “they don’t touch me and I don’t dirty my hands. And then I do a ‘clean,’ ‘elegant’ pastoral ministry where I don’t risk anything.”

At noon, the pope went to St. Mary Major, where he laid red roses and prayed before the basilica’s famous Marian icon “Salus Populi Romani” (health of the Roman people).

There, Italian priests and seminarians from outside of Rome reflected on turning to Mary for the courage to imitate her. Mary shows people “the only power capable of winning human hearts is the tenderness of God,” Pope Francis said. Mary creates a place that is “inviting, not at all like a tribunal or an office.”

“Unless we can see into people’s suffering and recognize their needs, we will have nothing to offer them,” the pope said.

The pope told the priests that “almost all the great saints were great sinners” or they had the humility to see “it was by sheer grace” that they avoided the worst of sins.

At the Basilica of St. Paul’s Outside the Walls, Pope Francis said caring for the poor and the sick is the hallmark of the church.

When it comes to the poor, the church has “always followed the promptings of the Spirit.” He said the people can forgive a priest’s sins “except that of attachment to money.”

“This does not have so much to do with money itself, but the fact that money makes us lose the treasure of mercy. Our people can sniff out which sins are truly grave for a priest, the sins that kill his ministry because they turn him into a bureaucrat or, even worse, a mercenary,” he said.

The pope emphasized that in the confessional, a priest can be an instrument that allows people to have a genuine experience of “God’s merciful love for the sinner.” He also advised them to learn from good confessors, who help penitents amend their ways and who are gentle with sinners, without acting like “a bureaucrat or a judge” who only “sees ‘cases’ to be dealt with.”

“This is the key to our judgment: that we treat others with dignity, that we don’t demean or mistreat them, that we help raise them up and that we never forget that the Lord is using us, weak as we are, as his instruments,” he said.

Pope’s ‘crash course’ on mercy in priestly ministry CAROL GLATZ CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

VATICAN CITY – The spiritual retreat Pope Francis offered priests and seminarians as part of the Jubilee of Priests could be seen as a “crash course” on the role of mercy in priestly ministry.

His series of three meditations in three Roman basilicas June 2 and Mass June 3 were to be “a full immersion because Pope Francis’ heart is immersed in the heart of Jesus the Good Shepherd,” said Archbishop Jorge Patron Wong, secretary of seminaries at the Congregation for Clergy.

The pope wanted the jubilee for priests and seminarians to be a time to step back from busy schedules and “find a bit of respite, relief, solace in the heart of the Good Shepherd, in the arms of the good Lord’s mercy,” the archbishop told Vatican Radio.

The three days of prayer, reflection and liturgies aim to help priests sharpen their focus on Christ and his infinite love and mercy, and recall that all graces and gifts received were given “not because we are great or worthy of his love, but because he is merciful,” the archbishop said.

In his meetings with clergy, homilies and through his own lived example, Pope Francis has already given priests clear standards and concrete advice, filling some with a mixture of inspiration and fear.

“You certainly brought about a Copernican Revolution” for the church with this new manner of speaking, living and interacting with people, one priest told the pope during a Q&A in Caserta, Italy, in 2014.

Because, he said, the pope was triggering an existential crisis for priests, he asked what they needed to

do to be the right kind of pastor for the third millennium.

While the priest lamented that the church always seems behind the times, the pope disproved the image of a revolution, saying the energy needed to bring God’s mercy to the world is not about upheaval, but about revolving always and every day around Christ.

The priestly ministry is centered on Christ, and past popes have focused on very different, yet interlocking, aspects of the Good Shepherd when they’ve talked about the role of the priest.

St. John Paul II liked to emphasize holiness – God’s “incessant call to sanctification” and the need to strive to be saints.

His own priestly ordination fell on the feast of All Saints and, celebrating his 50th anniversary Nov. 1, 1996, he explained how ordination gives priests the unique power to bring the sacraments to the people, which helps them on their path to leading holier lives.

“The priest exists to offer the faithful the means Christ made available for this journey of progressive sanctification,” he said. By offering the sacraments, “the priest becomes the servant of sanctity and communion of the baptized.”

Pope Benedict XVI often emphasized the priests’ special familiarity with and dedication to God’s truth.

The priest, as pastor, was to guide the faithful along the right path that leads to true joy and happiness.

“As priests we must communicate to people the joy for the fact that the right way in life has been shown,” he said, concluding the Year for Priests in 2010.

The Good Shepherd, for Pope Benedict, was also a strong fearless guardian. The shepherd’s staff must be used, he said, to “protect the faith against counter-

feiters, against tendencies that are, in reality, disorienting.” And the staff is also strong support to help one “walk on difficult paths and follow the Lord.”

Yet that strength and determination are found in humility and tireless service, he showed, when he held up St. John Vianney – the patron saint of parish priests – as the role model for priests.

“The Cure of Ars was very humble,” he said in his letter declaring the Year for Priests. “A good shepherd, a pastor after God’s heart, is the greatest treasure which the good Lord can grant to a parish, and one of the most precious gifts of divine mercy,” he quoted the priest as saying.

So many of the virtuous qualities Pope Benedict highlighted in St. Vianney mirror the same things Pope Francis has been underlining.

The French priest was “a great hospital of souls”; he was available day and night for his people, “ready to listen and offer forgiveness”; he knew it was not the sinner who returns to God, but “God who runs after the sinner and makes him return to him,” Pope Benedict wrote in his letter.

Pope Francis told priests in Rome that his focus on mercy comes from St. John Paul, who had the prophetic intuition “that this was the time for mercy,” and that “slowly it progressed” from there.

There are no new recipes for being good pastors, Pope Francis told clergy and pastoral workers in Assisi in 2013.

But there are many qualities different popes have pinpointed such as saints, sages and servants. Each pope continues to call on priests to carry on the fullness of Christ’s ministry on earth with the sacraments, the truth and God’s infinite love.

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SUNDAY READINGS

The Eleventh Sunday in Ordinary Time 2 SAMUEL 12:7-10, 13 Nathan said to David: “Thus says the Lord God of Israel: ‘I anointed you king of Israel. I rescued you from the hand of Saul. I gave you your lord’s house and your lord’s wives for your own. I gave you the house of Israel and of Judah. And if this were not enough, I could count up for you still more. Why have you rejected the Lord and done evil in his sight? You have cut down Uriah the Hittite with the sword; you took his wife as your own, and him you killed with the sword of the Ammonites. Now, therefore, the sword shall never depart from your house, because you have looked down on me and have taken the wife of Uriah to be your wife.’” Then David said to Nathan, “I have sinned against the Lord.” Nathan answered David: “The Lord on his part has forgiven your sin: you shall not die.”

PSALM 32:1-2, 5, 7, 11 Lord, forgive the wrong I have done.

Blessed is the one whose fault is taken away, whose sin is covered. Blessed the man to whom the Lord imputes not guilt, in whose spirit there is no guile.

Lord, forgive the wrong I have done.

I acknowledged my sin to you, my guilt I covered not. I said, “I confess my faults to the Lord,” and you took away the guilt of my sin.

Lord, forgive the wrong I have done.

You are my shelter; from distress you will preserve me; with glad cries of freedom you will ring me round.

Lord, forgive the wrong I have done.

Be glad in the Lord and rejoice, you just; exult, all you upright of heart.

Lord, forgive the wrong I have done.

GALATIANS 2:16, 19-21 Brothers and sisters: We who know that a person is not justified by works of the law but through faith in Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Christ Jesus that we may be justified by faith in Christ and not by works of the law, because by works of the law no one will be justified. For through the law I died to the law that I might live for God. I have been crucified with Christ; yet I live, no longer I, but Christ lives in me; insofar as I now live in the flesh, I live by faith in the Son of God who has loved me and given himself up for me. I do not nullify the grace of God; for if justification comes through the law, then Christ died for nothing.

LUKE 7:36-8:3 A Pharisee invited Jesus to dine with him, and he entered the Pharisee’s house and reclined at table.

Now there was a sinful woman in the city who learned that he was at table in the house of the Pharisee.

Bringing an alabaster flask of ointment, she stood behind him at his feet weeping and began to bathe his feet with her tears. Then she wiped them with her hair, kissed them, and anointed them with the ointment. When the Pharisee who had invited him saw this he said to himself, “If this man were a prophet, he

would know who and what sort of woman this is who is touching him; that she is a sinner.”

Jesus said to him in reply, “Simon, I have something to say to you.” “Tell me, teacher,” he said. “Two people were in debt to a certain creditor; one owed 500 days’ wages and the other owed 50. Since they were unable to repay the debt, he forgave it for both. Which of them will love him more?” Simon said in reply, “The one, I suppose, whose larger debt was forgiven.”

He said to him, “You have judged rightly.” Then he turned to the woman and said to Simon, “Do you see this woman? When I entered your house, you did not give me water for my feet, but she has bathed them with her tears and wiped them with her hair. You did not give me a kiss, but she has not ceased kissing my feet since the time I entered. You did not anoint my head with oil, but she anointed my feet with ointment.

So I tell you, her many sins have been forgiven because she has shown great love. But the one to whom little is forgiven, loves little.” He said to her, “Your sins are forgiven.” The others at table said to themselves, “Who is this who even forgives sins?” But he said to the woman, “Your faith has saved you; go in peace.” Afterward he journeyed from one town and village to another, preaching and proclaiming the good news of the kingdom of God. Accompanying him were the Twelve and some women who had been cured of evil spirits and infirmities, Mary, called Magdalene, from whom seven demons had gone out, Joanna, the wife of Herod’s steward Chuza, Susanna, and many others who provided for them out of their resources.

‘An act of mercy … to rule them all’

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n J.R.R. Tolkien’s “The Fellowship of the Ring,” the Hobbit, Frodo Baggins, conversing with Gandalf the Wizard about a wretched creature named Gollum, declares it a “pity” that his uncle, Bilbo, had not murdered Gollum at a previous encounter.

Gandalf replies: “It was pity that stayed [Bilbo’s] hand.

Pity and mercy….[Gollum] has some part to play yet, for good or ill, before the end; and when that [end] comes, the pity of Bilbo may rule the fate of many.” This prophecy proves true when, at the end, Frodo is too weak-willed to destroy the evil ring of power that so corrupted Gollum. Rather, it is Gollum, after wresting the ring from Frodo’s grasp, who falls to his FATHER WILLIAM death in the cracks of Mount NICHOLAS Doom, destroying the ring at last. (The book is vague as to whether Gollum fell, or jumped). Bilbo’s pity spared Gollum to be the one who eventually, even unwittingly, destroys the ring.

In the story of the penitent woman, we see an

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equally wretched creature, loathed by all, especially by Jesus’ host, Simon the Pharisee. Despite the general sentiment, Jesus shows mercy to this hated sinner, causing scandal to his host and the other guests (one can only imagine the gossip that ensued in the aftermath of the encounter).

Scripture never identifies this penitent woman.

Our tradition, however, has associated her with another woman featured in the Gospels: Mary Magdalene. It was Mary Magdalene and her sister Martha, whose brother Lazarus was raised from the dead, who grew to become among the closest friends of Jesus. It was Mary Magdalene (a figure of conversion), who stood at the foot of the cross along with another Mary (the mother of Jesus, and the figure of purity). It was Mary Magdalene who became the first witness, and thereby the first evangelist, of the resurrection itself. As wretched as the penitent woman was in her sins, as scandalous as it was for Jesus to show her mercy, if the tradition is true, we see how the pity of Jesus ruled the fate of many.

These stories are a sharp contrast to the complete lack of mercy on the part of King David, who found himself the subject of his own curse when, following his murder of Uriah the Hittite, he hears Nathan’s parable of the lamb, declaring “the man who has done this deserves to die; he shall restore the lamb fourfold, because he did this thing, and

had no pity.” When Nathan reveals that David is the guilty one, God further compounds David’s curse, declaring “the sword shall never depart from your house.” Upon David’s remorse, God shows David the very pity he failed to show Uriah, (and a mercy David failed to even show himself), declaring David forgiven, at least on the part of God. David’s curse of fourfold retribution, however, plays out in David’s own children throughout the remainder of the Second Book of Samuel as: 1) his child by Bathsheba dies, 2) his daughter, Tamar, is ravished by her brother, Ammon, who in turn 3) is killed in vengeance by his brother Absalom, who 4) finally is assassinated by David’s own men following his failed rebellion against his father.

As we begin the second half of the Year of Mercy called by Pope Francis, let us resolve to double our efforts to bring ourselves to a mentality of mercy, recognizing in the story of David the disastrous consequences attached to a lack of such mercy, while also recognizing in the example of Christ, compounded by the story of Bilbo Baggins, that true pity and mercy will, in the end, rule the fate of many.

FATHER NICHOLAS is a priest of the Archdiocese of San Francisco currently serving at St. Rose of Lima Parish, Simi Valley. His website is www.frbillnicholas.com/.

LITURGICAL CALENDAR, DAILY MASS READINGS MONDAY, JUNE 13: Memorial of the Immaculate Heart of Mary and St. Anthony of Padua, priest and doctor. 1 KGS 21:1-16. PS 5:2-3ab, 4b-6a, 6b-7. PS 119:105. MT 5:38-42.

TUESDAY, JUNE 14: Tuesday of the Eleventh Week in Ordinary Time. 1 KGS 21:17-29. PS 51:3-4, 5-6ab, 11 and 16. JN 13:34. MT 5:43-48.

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 15: Wednesday of the Eleventh Week in Ordinary Time. 2 KGS 2:1, 6-14. PS 31:20, 21, 24. JN 14:23. MT 6:1-6, 16-18.

THURSDAY, JUNE 16: Thursday of the Eleventh Week in Ordinary Time. SIR 48:1-14. PS 97:1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 7. ROM 8:15bc. MT 6:7-15.

FRIDAY, JUNE 17: Friday of the Eleventh Week in

SATURDAY, JUNE 18: Saturday of the Eleventh Week in Ordinary Time. 2 CHR 24:17-25. PS 89:4-5, 29-30, 31-32, 33-34. 2 COR 8:9. MT 6:24-34.

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 22: Wednesday of the Twelfth Week in Ordinary Time. Optional Memorial of St. Paulinus of Nola, bishop and confessor. Optional Memorial of Sts. John Fisher, bishop and martyr and Thomas More, martyr. 2 KGS 22:8-13; 23:1-3. PS 119:33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 40. JN 15:4a, 5b. MT 7:15-20.

SUNDAY, JUNE 19: Twelfth Sunday in Ordinary Time.

ZEC 12:10-11; 13:1. PS 63:2, 3-4, 5-6, 8-9. GAL 3:2629. JN 10:27. LK 9:18-24.

THURSDAY, JUNE 23: Thursday of the Twelfth Week of Ordinary Time. 2 KGS 24:8-17. PS 79:1b-2, 3-5, 8, 9. JN 14:23. MT 7:21-29.

MONDAY, JUNE 20: Monday of the Twelfth Week in Ordinary Time. 2 KGS 17:5-8, 13-15a, 18. PS 60:3, 4-5, 12-13. HEB 4:12. MT 7:1-5.

FRIDAY, JUNE 24: Solemnity of the Nativity of St. John the Baptist, Vigil. JER 1:4-10. PS 71:1-2, 3-4a, 5-6ab, 15ab and 17. 1 PT 1:8-12. SEE JN 1:7; LK 1:17. LK 1:5-17.

TUESDAY, JUNE 21: Memorial of St. Aloysius Gonzaga, confessor. 2 KGS 19:9b-11, 14-21, 31-35a, 36.

PS 48:2-3ab, 3cd-4, 10-11. JN 8:12. MT 7:6, 12-14.

SATURDAY, JUNE 25: Saturday of the Twelfth Week in Ordinary Time. LAM 2:2, 10-14, 18-19. PS 74:1b-2, 3-5, 6-7, 20-21. MT 8:17. MT 8:5-17.

Ordinary Time. 2 KGS 11:1-4, 9-18, 20. PS 132:11, 12, 13-14, 17-18. MT 5:3. MT 6:19-23.

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Ordinary goodness and our spiritual journey

he spirituality writer Tom Stella tells a story about three monks at prayer in their monastery chapel. The first monk imagines himself being carried up to heaven by the angels. The second monk imagines himself already in heaven, chanting God’s praises with the angels and saints. The third monk cannot focus on any holy thoughts but can only think about the great hamburger he had eaten just before coming to chapel.

That night, when the devil was filing his report for the day, he wrote: “Today I tried to tempt three monks, but I only FATHER RON succeeded with two of them.”

ROLHEISER There’s more depth to this story than initially meets the eye. I wish that, years ago, I had grasped how both angels and great hamburgers play a role in our spiritual journey. You see, for too many years, I identified the spiritual quest with only explicit religious thoughts, prayers, and actions. If I was in church, I was spiritual, whereas if I was enjoying a good meal with friends, I was merely human. If I was praying and could concentrate my thoughts and feelings on some holy or inspiring thing, I felt I was praying and was, for that time, spiritual and religious; whereas if I was distracted, fatigued, or too sleepy to concentrate, I felt I had prayed poorly. When I was doing explicitly religious things or making more-obvious moral decisions, I felt religious, everything else was, to my mind, mere humanism.

While I was not particularly Manichaean or nega-

tive on the things of this world, nonetheless the good things of creation (of life, of family and friendship, of the human body, of sexuality, of food and drink) were never understood as spiritual, as religious. In my mind, there was a pretty sharp distinction between heaven and earth, the holy and the profane, the divine and the human, between the spiritual and the earthly.

This was especially true for the more earthy aspects of life, namely, food, drink, sex and bodily pleasures of any kind. At best, these were distractions from the spiritual; at worst, they were negative temptations tripping me up, obstacles to spirituality.

But, by stumbling often enough, we eventually learn: I tried to live like the first two monks, with my mind on spiritual things, but the third monk kept tripping me up, ironically not least when I was in church or at prayer. While in church or at prayer and trying to force mind and heart onto the things of the spirit, I would forever find myself assailed by things that, supposedly, had no place in church: memories and anticipations of gatherings with friends, anxieties about relationships, anxieties about unfinished tasks, thoughts about my favorite sports teams, thoughts of wonderful meals with pasta and wine, of grilled steaks and bacon burgers, and, most pagan of all, sexual fantasies that seemed the very antithesis of all that’s spiritual.

It took some years and better spiritual guidance to learn that many of these tensions were predicated on a poor and faulty understanding of Christian spirituality and of the real dynamics of prayer.

The first faulty understanding had to do with misunderstanding God’s intent and design in creating us. God did not design our nature in one way, that is, to be sensual and to be so rooted deeply in the things

Why ‘Last Days in the Desert’ is so boring

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ith his latest film, “Last Days in the Desert,” Rodrigo Garcia has accomplished something truly remarkable. He has taken a portion of the life of the single most compelling person who has ever lived and turned it into a colossally boring movie. As I watched “Last Days in the Desert,” I was reminded of many films that I saw in Paris as a doctoral student: lots of uninterrupted shots of natural scenes, many views of people walking around and saying nothing, endless closeups of serious faces looking blankly into the middle disBISHOP ROBERT tance. At times I thought that BARRON all of this meditative build-up would result in a spectacular payoff, but no – just more walking around and looking.

What made the film so tedious, however, was not simply its cinematic style. It was the fact that, like dozens of similar movies over the past 50 years, it portrayed Jesus simply as a human being, one spiritual searcher among many. I will confess to being amused by the breathless advertising around “Last Days in the Desert,” announcing that this movie is “reckless” and “daring” in its presentation of a more human Christ. Give me a break! What would be truly dramatic and eye-opening would be a film that compellingly shows that the carpenter from Nazareth is also God. In Ewan McGregor’s characterization, we see Jesus as a good, decent, honest man who is earnestly seeking his path. There is nothing miraculous, distinctive or particularly supernatural about him. He is like any other religious founder, indeed like any spiritually alert person you might run into at church. Fine, but so what? Why, one wonders, should we pay any attention to him? Why would this figure be remembered after 2,000 years? Why would much of Western civilization be grounded in him?

Now please don’t misunderstand me: A clear affirmation of the humanity of Jesus is part and parcel of Christian orthodoxy. In the language of the council of Chalcedon, Christ is “truly human and truly divine,” the two natures inhering in the unity of one person and coming together “without mixing, mingling, or confusion.” According to the church, Jesus is not quasi-divine and quasi-human, in the manner of Achilles or Hercules, but rather completely human and completely divine. There has been indeed, throughout Christian history, the temptation toward

a monophysite reading, according to which Jesus has only one nature, namely divine. On this interpretation, the Lord’s humanity is a simulacrum of a real human nature, as though God were merely donning the appearance of a human being. The orthodox Christian tradition has always stood athwart such a view. In fact, during the eighth century monothelite (one will) controversy, the church held that Jesus has a fully-constituted human nature, endowed with a human mind and human will. Therefore, it is perfectly permissible to speak of real development within Jesus’ human nature, as does the Gospel of Luke: “and Jesus advanced in wisdom and age and favor before God and man.” It is even appropriate to speak, as the letter to the Hebrews does, of Jesus being “tempted in every way that we are.” Thus “Last Days in the Desert” is certainly justified in portraying the Lord as subject to temptation and discouragement. So far, so orthodox.

But if Jesus is merely human, the heck with him.

What makes him compelling, fascinating and strange is the play between his humanity and his very real divinity. In point of fact, all of the poetry and drama of Christianity – on display in Chartres Cathedral, Dante’s “Divine Comedy,” Aquinas’s “Summa,” John Henry Newman’s sermons, Chesterton’s essays, the mysticism of Teresa of Avila, and the ministry of Mother Teresa – is a function of this juxtaposition. To reduce Jesus to the human level alone is to render an altogether prosaic Jesus, which is precisely what we have in “Last Days in the Desert.”

There is a distinction between the Bible and practically all other spiritualities, religions, and philosophies of the world. Whereas those last three can articulate very well the dynamics of our search for God, the former is not primarily interested in that story. It tells, rather, of God’s search for us. Mind you, that first story is a darned good one, and it’s told over and again in spiritual literature from the “Epic of Gilgamesh” to “Star Wars.” In a very real sense, the comparative mythologist Joseph Campbell was right: in all of the cultures of the world, one great song is sung and one great monomyth is repeated. But the Bible is not one more iteration of the monomyth. It is the deeply disorienting account of how the creator of the universe hunts us down, finally coming after us personally in Jesus of Nazareth. Jesus is not one more man looking for God; he is God in the flesh, searching for his people.

BISHOP BARRON is the founder of Word on Fire Catholic Ministries and an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles.

of this earth, and then demand that we live as if we were not corporeal and as if the good things of this earth were only sham and obstacles to salvation, as opposed to being an integral part of salvation. Moreover, the Incarnation, the mystery of God becoming corporeal, sensual, taking on human flesh, teaches unequivocally that we find salvation not by escaping the body and the things of this earth but by entering them more deeply and correctly. Jesus affirmed the resurrection of the bodily, not the flight of the soul.

The second misunderstanding had to do with the dynamics of prayer. Initially, in its early stages, prayer is about focus and concentration on the sacred, on conversations with God, on trying to leave aside, for a time, the things of this world to enter into the realm of the sacred. But that’s the early stage of prayer. Eventually, as prayer deepens and matures, in the words of John of the Cross, the important things begin to happen under the surface and sitting in chapel with God is not unlike sitting down with someone you sit down with regularly. If you visit someone on a daily basis you won’t each day have deep, intense conversations; mostly you will talk about everyday things, family concerns, the weather, sports, politics, the latest TV programs, food, and so on – and you’ll find yourself looking at your watch occasionally.

It’s the same with our relationship to God. If you pray regularly, daily, you don’t have to agonize about concentrating and keeping the conversation focused on deep, spiritual things. You only have to be there, at ease with a friend. The deep things are happening under the surface.

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

LETTERS Work of the synods has just begun

It is hoped that one may respectfully agree and disagree with an article written by one’s archbishop in Catholic San Francisco (“Survey results indicate need for ongoing formation,” May 26). Here are the simple points.

1. The work of the two synods on family life is not concluded; it is now barely begun. Pope Francis has made it clear that the church must now respond to the needs of the people. We in San Francisco should take example from Bishop McElroy who plans a diocesewide synod as a next step in San Diego. It would give an opportunity for 99.9 percent of San Francisco Catholics who never had a chance at an earlier input.

2. The online survey as summarized below the archbishop’s article was never presented to parishes, if “parishes” means the people of the parish. Being alert to the pope’s questionnaire I continuously searched for an opportunity to have a voice in our archdiocese.

In time I obtained the pope’s questions online and sent my answers to (then-San Francisco auxiliary) Bishop McElroy. But after repeated requests at the local parish level there never was information about this survey whose answers are also published by CSF on May 26. If our parish answered this survey it is assured that it was not a summary of the people’s voice. Nor was it taken as a teaching opportunity in the parish.

3. One important issue in the survey results deals with formation of conscience. People say the church teaching is clear, and yet have ignored the teaching in practice. Archbishop Cordileone recognizes this in his conclusion that more formation is needed. If he means adult faith formation one certainly has to agree with that conclusion!

Since the questions of the survey presented in CSF are now made public, perhaps it is time to perform a true, archdiocese-wide, answer by the 450,000 Catholics who all should have an opinion on these matters.

I respectfully ask that the archdiocese give that opportunity.

Alex M. Saunders, MD San Carlos

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About trusts Over the next few months, Basilian Father Anthony Giampietro, director of development for the Archdiocese of San Francisco, will write a series of articles on topics related to personal planning, especially estate planning. His goal is to provide up-to-date information for you and your loved ones as you plan for the future.

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n my first article in this series, I described the personal planning seminars we held earlier this spring. Our goal in the seminars was to provide practical advice in three important areas that are often confusing or unsettling: end of life bioethical decisions, funeral and cemetery planning, and estate planning. In this article, I will focus on a couple of topics in estate planning. Many people do not realize that there are pretty simple ways to allow more of their estate to pass to their heirs and to charity, while at the same FATHER time allowing for increased ANTHONY income in retirement.

GIAMPIETRO, CSB Estate lawyers stress the importance of having a living trust (also called a “revocable living trust,” or a “revocable trust”), especially if

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one’s estate is worth over $150,000. After a person dies, there is a court-supervised process of settling a person’s estate. This process, called “probate,” can be expensive, time consuming and burdensome for one’s heirs. Property left through a living trust can pass to beneficiaries without probate.

Another benefit to a trust is that it allows significant flexibility in charitable giving. One vehicle for such giving is a Charitable Remainder Trust (CRT).

Through a CRT, a donor can transfer property or cash to a trust that pays income for his/her life or for a specified number of years. The remainder

goes to a designated charity. The donor will receive an income tax deduction for the year in which the transfer is made. The donor does not pay capital gains tax on appreciated property. Furthermore, the assets within the CRT are deducted from the calculation of the overall estate tax, which means significant savings to estate owners and their beneficiaries.

Those who might consider setting up a Charitable Remainder Trust include persons who have property that produces little or no income and which can be converted into an income stream for retirement. The donor benefits by the income generated and by not having to pay capital gains taxes.

In conclusion, establishing a charitable remainder trust might can be very beneficial, both for yourself and for your favorite charity. Naturally, I would like you to consider helping your parish and the Archdiocese of San Francisco. Through a CRT you can supplement your present income and also help the charity of your choice.

For more information, you may also visit our new planned giving website: sfarchlegacy.org or contact Father Anthony at GiampietroA@sfarch.org or at (415) 614-5582 BASILIAN FATHER GIAMPIETRO is director of development for the Archdiocese of San Francisco.

A convert in the kitchen

taci Perry bakes like she lives. She doesn’t measure. She works with what’s already in the fridge.

And she scrapes every last bit out of the bowl.

“I don’t do anything fancy,” she says, sitting in the kitchen of her centuryold farmhouse two miles north of Verdi, a tiny, windswept town by the Minnesota-South Dakota border.

“It’s very church potluck-ish – bars, brownies, pies, just your home kind of food. If a recipe calls for a candy thermometer, I turn the page.”

So when a crack appeared in the dark-chocolate cheeseCHRISTINA cake she made last month for CAPPECCHI an intern, Staci recognized it for what it was: “The perfect cranny for the ganache to nestle into like a silk scarf tucked into a cashmere coat,” she wrote on her blog. “I see my life as a work in progress, so I see baking that way too. It’s been a ride!”

That ride brought her to this year’s Easter Vigil at St. Thomas More in Brookings, South Dakota, where she joined thousands across the country entering the Catholic Church. She cried when she received her first Communion from Father Andrew, who welcomed her with radiant joy. “I felt like God was standing in front of me, looking at me,” she says.

The 44-year-old communications specialist had

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attended Mass with her boyfriend for years but was turned off by what she saw as the church’s many “rules.” Then she learned Catholicism is the first Christian faith, and her mind was opened. By the time she’d begun attending RCIA last fall – meeting every Tuesday evening for an hour-and-a-half session that challenged and enlightened her – she knew she had found the answer to a deep void. “I came to the realization that I was missing something.”

It wasn’t lost on her that Catholicism is centered on an altar, a table of plenty that feeds the weary.

She found Mass to be sweet and unrushed, like her time in the kitchen, where she lets things mix and melt. Baking is a spiritual exercise, she says. “To me, it’s an act of thanksgiving.”

Staci feels so blessed that she’s compelled to pour that love in and back out. Scalloped potatoes for the neighbor who broke her leg, key lime pie with pretzel crust for her boyfriend’s birthday, smoky deviled eggs flecked with bacon every Fourth of July. If she can make someone’s day so easily, why wouldn’t she?

That’s what it all boils down to, the parallel Staci sees between her longtime passion for baking and her new love of Catholicism: “The sharing part,” she tells me, cracking an egg and wiping her hands.

It’s Saturday afternoon, and she’s making Reese’s peanut butter poppers for a nephew who was in an accident. Her blue eyes sparkle when she looks around her kitchen filled with object lessons: an antique scale, the pantry made of barn wood, embroidered flour sack towels, grandma Janet’s Sunbeam electric mixer. “Everything has a story,” she says.

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The Catholic faith that has given Staci a sense of home is also propelling her to pursue bold dreams.

She’s drafting a book proposal to write a cookbook, one that would satisfy an unmet niche and advance her baking ministry. “It sort of feels like a beginning. My eyes have been opened to the possibilities.”

For cradle Catholics and converts alike, that is the power of faith and the invitation of summer: To slow down enough in order to create something.

Bake or build or braid. Write something, record something. Sew, sing. Plant a flower, paint a room, fill a bird feeder. Find a new use for an old object.

Leave something better than it was before. Create and live out the faith that is ever ancient, ever new.

CAPECCHI is from Inver Grove Heights, Minnesota, and editor of SisterStory.org.

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ardinal Pietro Parolin, secretary of state of the Holy See, recently told an Italian journal that relations between the Vatican and the People’s Republic of China “are living a positive phase, as there have been signals from both sides that there is a wish to keep on talking in order to find together solutions to the problems of the GEORGE WEIGEL presence of the Catholic Church in that huge country.” The cardinal continued by saying that “perspectives are promising,” and expressed the hope that “the blossom will flourish and bear good fruits…”

The language was flowery-diplomatic, but the message seemed clear: discussions were proceeding with regard to the establishment of diplomatic relations between the Vatican and Beijing. Which is curious, in that the PRC isn’t getting on very well with just about anyone else these days. Its saber-rattling in the South China Sea has got Vietnam and the Philippines nervous. Anti-Japanese propaganda from Beijing sources has been ratcheted up. Indian efforts to improve relations with China have gone essentially nowhere.

Then there is that new law being pushed by President Xi Jinping, which would drastically hinder the work of Chinese non-governmental organizations and foreign human rights and pro-democracy agencies trying to aid their compatriots in China. And as if all that weren’t enough, President Xi’s

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regime has been cracking down on dissidents, including Christians who don’t kowtow to the party-regime’s demand to control everything that looks like civil society.

So why, one wonders, is the same PRC government that’s becoming ever more menacing abroad and repressive at home getting along rather well with the Holy See, such that relations are “in a positive phase”?

It’s well known that Pope Francis would like to go to China, and so far as the papal diplomats are concerned, it’s inconceivable that such a visit could take place without diplomatic relations being established between the Holy See and the PRC. That’s what I was told more than 15 years ago, when I was working on my biography of John Paul II, and the same conviction seems to be in play today.

But why is that the case?

Yes, a papal visit to a country that doesn’t have an apostolic nuncio would be logistically more difficult; but since when did Peter’s mission to strengthen the brethren (Luke 22.32) depend on formal diplomatic relations? Paul VI went to the United States, Jordan, and Israel years before the Holy See had diplomatic relations with those countries. Surely Pope Francis, whose disregard for precedents and procedures is part of his appeal to many, isn’t going to be constrained by what his diplomats regard as the proprieties – although he might be blocked by the PRC, which would clearly use diplomatic relations as a bargaining chip in negotiations for any papal visit.

This passion among Vatican diplo-

mats for getting a deal done with the PRC has always puzzled me. It would almost certainly mean severing diplomatic relations with the Republic of China on Taiwan, the first democracy in Chinese history. If Taiwan is thrown over the side for the sake of a deal with Bejing, what signal does that send to the world, and to Chinese democrats and human rights activists on the mainland – including Christians – about the Catholic Church’s commitment to free societies? Moreover, one can’t draw a lot of satisfaction from recent Vatican attempts to get along by going along with dictators and authoritarians. Being nice to the brothers Castro has done nothing for a human rights situation in Cuba that has actually gotten worse.

My bottom-line concern here is for the church’s evangelical future in China, not for diplomacy. If the Holy See makes a deal that seems to abandon Chinese democrats on Taiwan, while seeming to turn a blind eye to the pressures intensifying on civil society institutions (including churches) on the mainland, the church’s evangelical mission is going to be seriously damaged, now and in the future. And at what price? The price of a place at the diplomatic table with one of the most authoritarian regimes in the world, which is currently perfecting methods of political and social control beyond the dreams of Chairman Mao? Not worth the candle, I should say.

WEIGEL is Distinguished Senior Fellow of the Ethics and Public Policy Center, Washington, D.C.

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Despite flaws, book offers insights into Bible women “GOOD GIRLS, BAD GIRLS OF THE NEW TESTAMENT: THEIR ENDURING LESSONS” BY T.J. WRAY. Rowman & Littlefield (Lanham, Maryland, 2016). 233 pp., $26.95.

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The author, who teaches Scripture at Salve Regina University, chooses 12 women, including two sets of sisters.

The number 12 is not accidental, being the number of the tribes of Israel and of Jesus’ apostles.

Wray introduces her study of the women with an overview of the role of women in the period in which the New Testament was written.

She notes that Jewish society of the period, like that of the societies surrounding it, was essentially patriarchal, with women having roles in the home but not the public arena. This underscores the openness of Jesus to women as key members of his own community.

Wray carefully describes the passages in which the chosen women are featured, blending biblical scholarship and thoughtful commentary. She concludes each chapter with lessons that may be learned from biblical narratives and the actions of the women.

Part I deals with “Sisters, Sinners and Supporters.” These are the sisters Martha and Mary of Bethany; the granddaughters of Herod the Great, Bernice and Drusilla; the adulterous woman in John’s Gospel; the woman with the 12-year hemorrhage; Mary Magdalene; and Tabitha, the benefactor of Jesus.

Part II – “Mothers, Murderers and Missionaries” – takes up Elizabeth, the mother of John the Baptist; Mary of Nazareth; Herodias, who was responsible for the murder of John

the Baptist; Pilate’s wife; Prisca; and the woman at the well. She concludes with an overview of scholarly opinion and lessons for today.

The book would make an excellent text for a parish or ecumenical discussion group. While I highly recommend this book, it is not without its flaws. The author is not entirely conversant with first-century Judaism as it was evolving into rabbinic Judaism especially after the year 70 C.E. (the Common Era) and the destruction of the Temple of Jerusalem, which was a key event in the development of both Judaism and early Christianity.

She tends to place too stark an either/or contrast between the Jesus movement and the contemporary, also evolving, Judaism of the time in which the New Testament was written, seldom taking into account the specific historical and geographical context within which and for which the New Testament authors wrote.

With regard to the former, she states that ritual impurity would have been seen as a sign of sinfulness, of divine punishment. That is wrong.

Ritual impurity had nothing to do with sin. For example, cleansing and preparing the dead for burial makes one ritually unclean and requires a “mikvah,” or ritual bath. But preparing the deceased for burial is considered a good deed, a fulfillment of biblical law, hardly a sign of sin.

Also, both the Jesus movement and contemporary Judaism looked for a Messianic end time in which all humans will rise from the dead, be judged by God, and an ensuing age of universal peace and justice, an idea that she erroneously states was not a Jewish one.

FISHER is a distinguished professor of theology at St. Leo University in Florida.

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According to the legislative analysis, Planned Parenthood states in support of the bill that it “grew out of our unfortunate experience last summer when the Center for Medical Progress published on the Internet a series of video record-

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Left, priests and archbishop lay hands upon Father Ginter in the ancient sacramental sign of the invocation of the Holy Spirit. Center, Father Ginter is pictured with the archbishop; back row from left, vocations director Father David Schunk, retired Bishop Ignatius Wang, Archbishop Emeritus George Niederauer, Santa Rosa Bishop Emeritus Daniel Walsh, Auxiliary Bishop William J. Justice, Spokane Bishop Thomas Daly. Right, Father Ginter blesses people at the reception.

ORDINATION: Novato’s Andrew Ginter enters priesthood in cathedral rite FROM PAGE 1

right in one’s family life,” Archbishop Cordileone said.

“It’s a calling,” said Father Ginter’s father Kurt Ginter, in a conversation after the ordination. “My mom passed away. She’s beaming now. My sisters who passed away, I am sure they are up there having a party.”

“We’re proud,” said Ginter. “He’ll make the world a better place. What more can a parent ask for?”

And with Father Ginter’s first assignment at St. Hilary Parish, 15 minutes from the Ginters’ home, “We know where we’re going to Mass on Sunday!”

Ginter said.

The priest’s call comes from God, the archbishop said in his homily. “God plants one’s vocation in one’s heart. It is as much a part of what one is as one’s DNA. Our part is to discern it, to choose and pursue it,” Archbishop Cordileone said. Noting June 4 was the feast of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, Archbishop Cordileone said the Blessed Mother has a special role to play in the lives of

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Newly ordained Father Andrew Ginter with his father Kurt, mother Sandra and sister Chelsey.

priests who are sharing in the priesthood of her divine son.

“All priests need to look to Mary for example, for guidance, to help them achieve the virtues of the Good Shepherd,” he said.

“Andrew you are a true son of the Immaculate

Heart of Mary,” the archbishop said. “Look to her to guide your every step of the way as you now embark upon sharing the priesthood of her son.’

Father Ginter’s mother, father and sister were joined by about 20 relatives from as far away as Syracuse, New York and Florida, in the cathedral, as well as parishioners from St. Anthony of Padua in Novato where Father Ginter grew up, future parishioners of St. Hilary in Tiburon, and many others.

“When he decided to become a priest, I think I was the first person he told,” said John Howell, Father Ginter’s godfather and uncle, who said the two were relaxing in the hot tub in Novato around the time Father Ginter graduated from Sonoma State University.

“He’s just a regular guy. That’s what surprised me so much. He’s pretty charismatic, always has been. I’m very proud of him today.”

“He was in the youth group with my son at St. Anthony’s,” said Janice Woerner, wiping tears from her face after she and her husband were blessed by Father Ginter during the reception held afterward, saying “he has an energy that just bubbles out of him, of his love. It’s just charismatic.”

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SOLITARY: Faith leaders push to reform ‘dehumanizing’ prison isolation FROM PAGE 1

The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops called attention to the importance of the criminal justice system to rehabilitate people convicted of crimes and that imprisonment “should be about more than punishment” in its 2000 statement “Responsibility, Rehabilitation and Restoration: A Catholic Perspective on Crime and Criminal Justice.”

While the bishops did not address solitary confinement directly, they expressed a belief that prisons are places where human dignity must be respected.

Advocates for reform as well as psychologists say solitary confinement often destroys people rather than rehabilitates them.

The Washington-based National Religious Campaign Against Torture, of which the USCCB is a supporter, is one of numerous organizations calling for the end of solitary confinement.

The Rev. Laura Markle Downton, director of the U.S. prisons policy and program for the religious campaign, compared inmate isolation to torture, citing a 2011 United Nations finding.

“There’s been a real acceptance that once someone is labeled a criminal that the standard of humanity and dignity would be removed from them,” she said. “The inherent Godgiven human dignity of the person doesn’t end at the prison doors.”

In 2011, Juan E. Mendez, U.N. spe-

‘It’s disconcerting that a lot of the people are left alone. Many threaten suicide. They can’t see their families for long, long times. So we have to reach out to them (state corrections officials) to say, ‘This isn’t the way to go. They’re not animals.’

MONTEREY BISHOP RICHARD J. GARCIA cial rapporteur on torture with the Human Rights Council, called for a ban on solitary confinement except in exceptional circumstances and for no longer than 15 days. Mendez also said that in no case should the practice be used for juveniles and people with mental disabilities.

In January, President Barack Obama announced a ban on solitary confinement for juvenile offenders in federal prisons. He said the practice is overused and can “worsen existing mental illnesses and even trigger new ones.”

Craig Haney, a psychologist at the University of California, Santa Cruz, has researched the psychological effects of incarceration. He has found that segregated prisoners deprived of normal human interaction reportedly suffer from mental illnesses including anxiety, panic, insomnia, paranoia, aggression and depression.

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In New York, the bishops in 2000 called upon state officials to “avoid extreme forms of confinement and abusive punishment” in its statement “Restoring All the Fullness of Life: A Pastoral Statement on Criminal Justice.” In April, Bishop Edward B. Scharfenberger of Albany addressed the need for reform of solitary confinement in a column in the Times Union.

The New York Catholic conference also backs the Humane Alternatives to Long-Term (HALT) Solitary Confinement Act. The bill would limit the time anyone can spend in segregation, end solitary confinement of vulnerable people, restrict the criteria that can result in isolation and create more humane and effective alternatives for inmates.

The California Catholic Conference has pursued avenues to reform the state’s use of solitary confinement.

From meeting with Gov. Jerry Brown to backing legislation placing limits on inmate isolation, the conference has staked out a consistent position that, a staff member told CNS, the bishops view as a human rights issue.

“They just felt like this is wrong.

That we need to find different ways to address this. There’s different ways than keeping people in isolation for so long,” said Debbie McDermott, associate director for restorative justice at the California Catholic Conference.

Bishop Richard J. Garcia of Monterey, California, who chairs the conference’s Restorative Justice Committee, said he was troubled to see during visits to different isolation units that some inmates were held in cages. He said the men told him they feel lonely and neglected.

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Msgr. Eugene James Boyle recalled as priest with passion for social justice DIOCESE OF SAN JOSE

Msgr. Eugene Boyle died in Palo Alto on May 24, less than a month before his 70th anniversary of ordination as a priest.

The son of George Boyle and Mary Ellen Clark Boyle, Eugene Boyle was born in San Francisco.

He attended St. John’s School in San Francisco, St. Joseph’s College Seminary in Mountain View Msgr. Boyle and St. Patrick’s Seminary in Menlo Park, and was ordained by Archbishop John J. Mitty on June 15, 1946.

After ordination, Father Boyle served in parishes in San Francisco and Livermore, eventually becoming pastor of Sacred Heart Parish in San Francisco. From 1956 until 1960, he was a mem-

ber of the archdiocesan Mission Band, a group of priests that ministered to migrant workers in farm fields around the Bay Area. He later served as director of Vallombrosa Retreat House in Menlo Park and worked for the National Federation of Priests’ Councils and the Jesuit School of Theology at Berkeley. He was director of Stanford Newman Center and St. Ann Chapel in Palo Alto from 1976 until 1985.

Upon the creation of the Diocese of San Jose in 1981, Father Boyle became a priest of the new diocese.

In 1985, Bishop Pierre DuMaine named him Episcopal Vicar for Interreligious and Public Affairs. After retiring in 1990, Father Boyle willingly came out of retirement to serve as pastor of St. Catherine of Alexandria Parish in Morgan Hill from 1994 until 1996, retiring again as he was about to turn 75.

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In 2000, Pope John Paul II named Father Boyle as a Prelate of Honor with the honorary title of monsignor.

Throughout his long ministry, Msgr. Boyle had a passion for work in social justice, collaborating with Cesar Chavez in his groundbreaking efforts with the United Farm Workers. He also served for many years on San Jose’s diocesan Human Concerns Commission. He had an equal commitment to ecumenism and interreligious matters, always seeking common ground and understanding among diverse groups of individuals.

Msgr. Boyle is predeceased by his sister, Dot Mazza, and his brother, George Boyle. He is survived by his sister, Betty Tackett, as well as nieces and nephews.

A funeral Mass was celebrated at Our Lady of the Rosary Church, Palo Alto, May 31.

In lieu of flowers, please make donations to the Diocese of San Jose for the benefit of The Catholic Campaign for Human Development’s local grants, which assist economic and community development projects.

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OBITUARIES SISTER MARY HENRY WILLIGES, OP

Sister Mary Henry Williges died May 18 at the Dominican Sisters of Mission San Jose motherhouse in Fremont.

She was 90 years old and entered religious life in 1943.

Born in San Francisco, she was baptized at St. Anthony Church and is a graduate of Immaculate Conception Academy founded in 1883 by the Dominican Sisters of Sister Mary Henry Mission San Jose.

Williges, OP The sisters called her “a gifted teacher” making special note of her 16 years at St. Vincent School for Boys in San Rafael.

“There she spent her energies inspiring often reluctant learners with a love of discovery and problem solving in the field of science,” the sisters said.

A funeral Mass was celebrated in the Dominican Sisters’ chapel in Fremont May 24 with interment in the sisters’ cemetery at the motherhouse.

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Religious of the Sacred Heart Sister Margaret Mary Hoffman died May 14 at her community’s retirement facility Oakwood in Atherton. She was 80 years old and a religious for 44 years.

Born in Detroit, she was “known for her pastoral care and her work with the poor and the elderly, most notably at the Thenstead Center in Grand Coteau, Louisiana,” the sisters said.

A funeral Mass was celebrated May 26 in the Oakwood Chapel. A memorial Mass will be celebrated on June 18 at St. Charles Borromeo Church, in Grand Coteau, Louisiana with burial in the Society of the Sacred Heart Cemetery.

Sister Margaret Mary is survived by her brother Robert Palmer of Texas, as well as nephews and nieces.

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Tower located on the highest tle's festive Medieval Banquet, a traditional-Irish dinner cliff. Next, we travel to Adare, saints and mesmerized by the pristine beauty of God’s check in at our hotel for dinner and overnight.

[B,D] to some of majestic ing rights the most magnificent retail goods, (1993). On August 21, 1879, eve of themedieval Octave of the the town’s onlythe surviving structure, Sligo Ab- with story-telling experience and song. manicured Afterwards, we landscape.

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ratty to explore the grounds and attend Bunratty Castle's festive Medieval Banquet, a traditional-Irish dinner experience with story-telling and song. Afterwards, we proceed to Limerick. Overnight in Limerick. [B,D]

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SACRED HEART SCHOOL, ATHERTON: The eighth grade Competitive Civics class traveled to New York City over Easter break to participate in the Global Classrooms International Middle School Model United Nations Conference joining more than 1,700 students from 30 countries at the event. Topics over the four days ranged from the rights of migrant workers to militarization in space and preserving cultural heritage. Stops while there included the 9/11 memorial; the Broadway musical “School of Rock” plus walking the Brooklyn Bridge and visits to Times Square, Rockefeller Center and Chinatown. The diplomats-in-training are pictured in Manhattan with teachers Becky Reiser, far left; Temo Barrera, center; and far right, team moderator Nicole Rehberg.

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OUR LADY OF ANGELS SCHOOL, BURLINGAME: Julia Richardson, Gianna Deranieri and Lindsey Merrigan, all 2014 OLA graduates, are participating in the Student of the Year campaign for the Greater Bay Area Chapter of the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. They call themselves “Heroes of Hope” and their fundraising efforts help support two children – Edith and Preston – who have been affected by blood cancer. Visit their page to learn more at http://bit.ly/HofHope16.

“Together we can do more!” the girls told CSF.

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ST. ANDREW PARISH, DALY CITY: St. Vincent de Paul Society members gathered April 23 for Mass commemorating birthday of society founder Frederic Ozanam, now a candidate for sainthood.

Father Piers Lahey, pastor, principal celebrant and homilist at the liturgy, blessed the group praying for their continuing good work as Vincentians.

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SUNDAY, JUNE 19

MERCY ON RADIO: Interviews with Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone on Mercy, Immaculate Heart Radio 1260 AM, Bay Area Catholic, 3 p.m. Saturday, 9 p.m. Monday, thereafter online at http://ihradio.com/listen/audioarchives/diocesan-archives/.

MERCY SERIES: “To clothe the naked, shelter the homeless,” Kelley Cutler, Coalition on Homelessness, Mercy Sister Lillian Murphy, Mercy Housing: The archdiocesan Office for Consecrated Life hosts a series of Sunday afternoon talks commemorating the Year of Mercy, Presentation Sisters’ convent, 2340 Turk Blvd., San Francisco, 2-4:15 p.m. with talk, refreshments, and exposition of the Blessed Sacrament in the final hour. Registration required, conrottor@ sfarch.org, (415) 614-5535, no fee for these events but a freewill offering is accepted and later will be donated to St. Anthony’s Dining Room, Catherine’s Place, Mercy Housing and St. Vincent de Paul Society of San Mateo County.

RAVIOLI DINNER: Italian Catholic Federation, Our Lady of Angels gym, 1721 Hillside Drive, Burlingame, 6 p.m. no-host cocktails, 7 p.m. dinner, Dorene Campanile, (650) 344-7870; djc.noni.2@att.net.

SUNDAY, JUNE 12 CONCERT: St. Mary’s Cathedral, Geary Boulevard at Gough, San Francisco, 4 p.m., featuring local and international artists, free parking, freewill donation requested at door, (415) 567-2020, ext.

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CONCERT: St. Mary’s Cathedral, Geary Boulevard at Gough, San Francisco, 4 p.m., featuring local and international artists, free parking, freewill donation requested at door, (415) 567-2020, ext.

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TUESDAY, JUNE 14

SATURDAY, JUNE 25

DON BOSCO: “Don Bosco Study Group,” 7 p.m. to watch and to discuss some of the work of Matthew Kelley.

“The Fours Signs of a Dynamic Catholic” are available in the church bookstore. All are welcome, refreshments, approximately 90 minutes. Frank Lavin (415.310.8551, franklavin@comcast.net.

THURSDAY, JUNE 16 GRIEF SUPPORT: Drop-in grief support group, Most Holy Redeemer Church, Parish Library, 100 Diamond St., San Francisco, meets third Thursdays, 7:308:45p.m.; inclusive, nondenominational, and not restricted to type of loss; email gcm@mhr.org with any questions.

NOVENA: Our Lady of Perpetual Help

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RUMMAGE SALE: San Mateo Pro Life rummage sale, St. Matthew Church auditorium at El Camino Real and Ninth Ave, San Mateo, 9 a.m., Janet (650) 931-5467.

SUNDAY, JUNE 26 CONCERT: St. Mary’s Cathedral, Geary Boulevard at Gough, San Francisco, 4 p.m., featuring local and international artists, free parking, freewill donation requested at door, (415) 567-2020, ext.

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9-day novena to Our Lady of Perpetual Help, June 16-24, 6:30 p.m.; fiesta Mass June 25 4 .p.m., Father Raymund Reyes, principal celebrant, followed by outdoor procession and reception in the school hall, (650) 755-9786.

sively, sitting at his feet like Mary Magdalene, or perhaps you’ve wondered what life is like as a cloistered nun? If you’re a single, Catholic woman between the ages of 18-40, we invite you to spend a day of discernment with the

Dominican contemplative nuns of Corpus Christi Monastery in Menlo Park.

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SUNDAY, JULY 17 MERCY SERIES: “To instruct the ignorant and counsel the doubtful,” Presentation Sister Stephanie Still: The archdiocesan Office for Consecrated Life hosts a series of Sunday afternoon talks commemorating the Year of Mercy, Presentation Sisters’ convent, 2340 Turk Blvd., San Francisco, 2-4:15 p.m. with talk, refreshments, and exposition of the Blessed Sacrament in the final hour. Registration required, conrottor@ sfarch.org, (415) 614-5535, no fee for these events but a freewill offering is accepted and later will be donated to St. Anthony’s Dining Room, Catherine’s Place, Mercy Housing and St. Vincent de Paul Society of San Mateo County.

WEDNESDAY, AUG. 3 STORYTELLING: St. Anselm, Centennial Hall, 97 Shady Lane, Ross, 7 p.m., Cathryn Fairlee, world traveler and storyteller, (415) 453-2342; www. saintanselm.org.

SATURDAY, AUG. 27 SPIRITUAL LIFE: “Conversions in the Spiritual Life,” with Paulist Father Terry Ryan, 9-11:30 a.m., Old St. Mary’s Paulist Center, 614 Grant Ave., San Francisco, coffee will be available, freewill offerings welcome, (415) 288-3845.

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SATURDAY. SEPT. 24 ANNIVERSARY REUNION: Holy Name of Jesus School, San Francisco is celebrating its 75th anniversary and looking for alumni. This is a new date than previously made known. Forward contact information to hnparishsecretary@gmail. com or visit alumni page at http://holynamesf.org/holy-name-school-alumni/.

SUNDAY, OCT. 16 REUNION: Class of 1951, 65th class reunion, San Francisco College for Women, Lone Mountain, contact class secretaries Anstell Daini Ricossa, (415) 921-8846; Toni Hines Buckley, (415) 681-5789.

WEDNESDAY NOV. 30 STORYTELLING: St. Anselm, Centennial Hall, 97 Shady Lane, Ross, 7 p.m., Mirza Inayat Khan, master storyteller shares stories and perennial wisdom from the spiritual traditions of the world.

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SUNDAY, DEC. 4 MERCY SERIES: “Reflections on the Year of Mercy,” Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone: The archdiocesan Office for Consecrated Life hosts a series of Sunday afternoon talks commemorating the Year of Mercy, Presentation Sisters’ convent, 2340 Turk Blvd., San Francisco, 2-4:15 p.m. with talk, refreshments, and exposition of the Blessed Sacrament in the final hour.

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Saturday, December 12th, 7:00 p.m.

Reception following 24

novena

in-home care service

PRAYER TO THE HOLY SPIRIT

CLAIRE’S IN-HOME CARE SERVICE

Say this prayer once a day for three days without asking for a favor and your prayer may be answered. Holy Spirit, thou who makes me see everything and showed me the way to reach my ideals, you give me the gift to forgive and forget the wrong that is done to me and who are in all instances in my life. I, in this short dialogue want to thank you for everything and confirm once more that I never want to be separated from you no matter how great the material desires may be. I want to be with you and my loved ones in your perpetual glory, Amen.

Thank you for your love towards me and my loved ones. Please publish prayer. B.S.C.

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Mercy Chapel, 2300 Adeline Drive Burlingame, CA 94010

CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO | JUNE 9, 2016

TO ADVERTISE IN CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO All are welcome.

CALL (415) 614-5642 Please RSVP for this free event at VISIT www.catholic-sf.org http://bit.ly/1H46FSs

CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO

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novena 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. M.C.

help wanted YOUTH MINISTER ST. JOHN THE APOSTLE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH,

located in Oregon City, Oregon is a home to 1,139 families that worship God through Sacred Scriptures, Sacred Sacraments and Sacred Traditions.

The Youth Minister for St. John the Apostle Church is primarily responsible for leading and developing programs for teenage and young adult ministries. The ministries are aimed at creatively and energetically forming intentional disciples of our parish’s middle, high school and young adult parishioners. The candidate should possess excellent leadership and organizational skills.

Strong communication skills and proficiency with social media and technology are essential as well as the ability to coordinate, train and collaborate with adult volunteers. The ability to work in a team environment with the parish staff is vital to the position. Bachelor’s degree and 3-5 years previous parish youth ministry experience required.

Please send cover letter and resume to: Rev. Maxy D’Costa, pastor@sja-catholicchurch.com

Teaching Positions Available Fourth & Sixth Grade Saint Philip the Apostle School San Francisco Noe Valley Location Qualifications: 

Must have a valid, California teaching credential

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Full Time with Benefits

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Fourth Grade is a multi-subject teaching position

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Sixth Grade is a Homeroom Teacher with Social Studies concentration

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Experience Preferred

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Practicing Catholic preferred, all inquiries will be considered.

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Begins August, 2016 Send cover letter and resume to Reverend Tony P. La Torre, Pastor St. Philip the Apostle Church 725 Diamond Street San Francisco, CA 94114 FAX (415)282-8962 Email: fathertony@saintphilipparish.org

SITE ADMINISTRATOR – FULL TIME GENERAL DESCRIPTION: Responsible for the overall administration, financial and personnel management, supervision and planning for the Sisters of Mercy Burlingame and/or Auburn Campus in conjunction with the Community Operating Officer, Chief Financial Officer and Community Leadership Team. Provides local leadership and direction to appropriate WMW personnel in a manner consistent with the Mission of the Sisters of Mercy and the vision and plans of the Administrative Leadership Team.

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS/RESPONSIBILITIES • Manages the organization and staff of the Burlingame and/or Auburn Campus. Oversees the campus administration staff with direct supervisory responsibility for the Physical Plant Manager, Environmental Services Manager, Food Services Manager, Retreat Center Director, and Assisted Living and/or Skilled Life Care Center Administrator.

• Responsibilities include hiring, performance appraisals and development, compensation, culture, fiscal and project oversight.

• Provides oversight, implementation and compliance with the Sisters of Mercy West Midwest Community Human Resources policies and practices in conjunction with the WMW Human Resources Director. Recommends changes to policies to carry out objectives of the organization more effectively.

• Works with WMW Chief Operating Officer, Chief Financial Officer and Finance staff to develop, implement and monitor annual campus operating and capital budget for each department or campus entity supervised. Responds to variance reports monthly and/or as requested.

• Provides leadership to develop and strengthen organizational programs and services, with a focus on quality improvement, values implementation and productivity enhancement.

• Facilitates the awareness that the organization’s mission, vision and values are a priority and are communicated, understood and modeled within the organization.

• Collaborates and communicates regularly with the Mercy Convent Coordinators and other direct reports on campus-related issues (Burlingame campus only).

• Implements the strategic plan with WMW Community COO, CFO and key managers on campus.

• Establishes collaborative relationships with various constituents (i.e., religious community members, civic community, vendors, Mercy ministries, consultants, etc.) as needed. Represents the organization to the greater civic community and addresses issues/concerns of the community and surrounding neighborhood as needed.

• Acts as a peer colleague liaison between the Campus and the greater West Midwest Community (relating regionally) and the Sisters of Mercy of the Americas Institute (relating nationally).

• Maintains visibility in all service areas to solicit feedback regarding organization’s performance, needs, etc.

• Oversees the owned residences, vacation houses and other properties assuring repairs and maintenance are done in a timely manner in collaboration with the WMW Property Manager, Controller and Plant Manager. Develops long-range capital, financial and preventive maintenance plan for Campus and other off-site properties in conjunction with the WMW Chief Operating Officer, Chief Financial Officer, Property Manager, Plant Manager and residents.

• Ensures the Campus Emergency Plan is implemented and updated on an annual basis.

• Oversees and coordinates the scheduling process of events for the campus that includes all programs/ministries and services on the campus and in conformance to local city requirements as applicable.

• Supports and maintains an awareness of sustainability programs and environmental initiatives to allow for energy savings in the areas of property management, utilities and water conservation.

• Communicates campus news and events to Sisters (on and off-campus) and staff.

• Performs other duties as needed to support the efficient operations of the campus.

QUALIFICATIONS • Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration or related field required. Master’s Degree preferred. Comparable experience will be considered in lieu of a degree.

• Minimum five to seven years in a management position with a strong operations background. Leadership and operational experience in a not-for-profit, healthcare or faith-based organization preferred.

• Demonstrates an ability to understand women religious and personal commitment to support and communicate the Mission and Values of the Sisters of Mercy in all aspects of the job.

• Strong computer literacy skills (word, excel, powerpoint, etc.).

• Possesses the ability to articulate a clear vision of the organization and to provide leadership and management to achieve organizational goals.

• Possesses initiative and demonstrates the ability to work both independently and within a large, matrix-style organizational structure.

• Possesses strong financial acumen including the ability to develop and administer budgets up to $15 million.

• Demonstrates excellent written, verbal and interpersonal communication skills.

• Ability to resolve conflict justly and in a collaborative spirit.

• Demonstrates knowledge of managerial and leadership skills including a proficiency for coaching and evaluating personnel.

• Understands cultural differences as it relates to the employees and implements practices that support anti-racism efforts and inclusivity for all employees • Possesses the ability to exude a welcoming spirit, be hospitable to all bringing energy, drive and optimism to the position on a daily basis.

• Ability to travel on occasion.

TO APPLY: Qualified applicants should send resume and cover letter to: Julie Moreno, MBA – Human Resources Director Sisters of Mercy West Midwest Community 7262 Mercy Road, Omaha NE 68124 (402) 393-8145 (Fax) | jmoreno@mercywmw.org