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Pope OKs new sainthood path: Heroic act of loving service Carol Glatz Catholic News Service
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San Francisco’s farewell to Archbishop John R. Quinn
After a solemn, hymn-filled funeral Mass at St. Mary’s Cathedral on July 10 attended by three cardinals, 24 bishops and archbishops and hundreds of clergy, religious and faithful, deacons carry the archbishop’s coffin to a waiting vehicle for transportation to Holy Cross Cemetery mausoleum in Colma. Speakers celebrated Archbishop Quinn’s love for Christ, prayer, the priesthood and the church, and shared his gratitude for those who cared for him during his final illness. Archbishop Quinn, who served from 1977-95 as sixth archbishop of San Francisco, died June 22 at age 88. Coverage starts on Page 12.
VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis has approved a fourth pathway to possible sainthood – giving one’s life in a heroic act of loving service to others. In a new apostolic letter, the pope approved new norms allowing for candidates to be considered for sainthood because of the heroic way they freely risked their lives and died prematurely because of “an extreme act of charity.” The document, given “motu proprio” (on his own initiative) went into effect the same day of its publication July 11, with the title “Maiorem hac dilectionem,” which comes from the Gospel according to St. John (15:13): “No one has greater love than this, to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.” Archbishop Marcello Bartolucci, secretary of the see sainthood, page 7
‘Moving forward’: Seminary names new faculty, boosts recruiting Rick DelVecchio Catholic San Francisco
St. Patrick’s Seminary & University is welcoming five new professors and expects to admit as many as 15 new seminarians from six dioceses for the upcoming academic year, as new rector-president and vice chancellor Jesuit Father George Schultze reaches out to bishops in several Western states to encourage them to consider the Menlo Park seminary for priestly formation. Jesuit Father Father Schultze briefed Catholic George Schultze San Francisco on these and other details of the seminary’s transition to new leadership and a new faculty mix following the departure of the Society of St. Sulpice, whose priests had served St. Patrick’s in administration and instruction since the seminary opened in 1891. Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone named Father Schultze to lead the archdiocese-owned institution in February and his appointment was effective June 1. The seminary has named five new professors from
among 79 priests, religious and qualified lay academics who applied, Father Schultze said. “It’s a nonstop-and-go situation,” he said. “We are just moving forward. The Sulpicians who were leaving participated in interviewing some of the new faculty as well. They want the seminary to be a success.” The new hires include three priests who have served as parish priests “and support the seminary’s goal of fully integrating its programs to insure that both pastoral and academic needs are well-served,” the seminary announced. The new faculty members are: Father Michael Carey, OP, associate professor of moral theology, chair of the Moral Theology Department; Jeffrey Froula, Ph.D., assistant professor of moral theology; Father Khoa Nguyen, OFM, assistant director of spiritual life; Father Vito Perrone, COSJ, director of spiritual life; Father Pius Pietrzyk, OP, assistant professor of pastoral studies, chair of the Pastoral Studies Department; Matthew Thomas, D.Phil., visiting assistant professor of sacred Scripture; Margaret Turek, STD, professor of dogmatics, director of the MA Program. The five join 10 returning faculty members, including Father Patrick Hartin, previously of the Diocese of Johannesburg, South Africa, and now of the Dio-
cese of Spokane, Washington. The author of 18 books, he returns as visiting professor of sacred Scripture. Father Schultze, formerly a longtime instructor and spiritual director at St. Patrick’s, described the importance of a pastoral approach that combines charity and truth. “The idea of charity and truth – that’s what we’re about, and sometimes in the pastoral approach in people’s minds you focus on charity without ever having an explanation for what is true, what is right, what is beautiful,” he said. “The pastoral approach we have going forward is never devoid of reason, of an intellectual foundation as to why we believe in charity. That is how our faith is lived out in this world. “We are at the point in our society … where we should be more vocal,” Father Schultze said. “We should share what we believe rather than simply conceding or retreating. Prudence requires courage. Prudence requires saying we know at times it’s hard for others to hear but we’re doing this out of love of charity and we’re going to do this in a peaceful, generous and good way as fruits of the Holy Spirit.” He said the seminary stands for a consistent ethic
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