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Hiroshima survivor Toshiyuki Mimaki receives roses in front of the White House in Washington Aug. 6. He shared his memories with a group of peace activists on the 71st anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of the Japanese city in 1945. The blast was so intense “it was as if the sun had exploded,” he said. The group included members of Catholic movements working to end nuclear weapons. They had gathered to “apologize” for Hiroshima and for the atomic bombing three days later of the Japanese city of Nagasaki.
SILVER SPRING, Maryland – More than 5,600 U.S. religious sisters have signed a letter asking for civil discourse in the presidential campaign. The letter was to be sent Aug. 8 to the candidates of the Democratic, Republican, Green and Libertarian parties as well as their vice presidential running mates and the chairs of their respective parties. “We simply ask that all who seek to lead refrain from language that disrespects, dehumanizes or demonizes another,” the letter said. “We pray that all who seek to influence public opinion will be mindful of the common good and respectful of the dignity of each and every person.” The letter was written by the Leadership Conference of Women Religious, which represents about 80 percent of the 49,000 women religious in the United States. LCWR, based in the Washington suburb of Silver Spring, has 1,362 members, who represent 308 congregations of women religious. A total of 5,671 sisters have signed the letter. Their see sisters, page 3
Training prepares dioceses for terrorism, mass shootings, other disasters Rhina Guidos Catholic News Service
WASHINGTON – To help before tragedy occurs, a Washington-based priest and psychologist is conducting a free webinar at the end of August to prepare priests, religious and other church members to deal with the trauma that follows a natural disaster, an act of terrorism or any other large-scale tragedy that they and the communities they serve might face. “Just because you’re a priest or a (religious) sister or a brother does not mean you have the training to deal with these large-scale disasters,” said Msgr. Stephen Rossetti. He’s conducting the free Aug. 31 online webinar “Shepherding in Tragic Times: Caring for Self and Others in Trauma” via St. Luke Institute in Maryland. Msgr. Rossetti, a licensed psychologist, first dealt with large-scale tragedies after Hurricane Katrina hit the Gulf Coast in 2005 and he was dispatched to help priests in Biloxi, Mississippi.
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Since then, Msgr. Rossetti, past president of St. Luke Institute, has seen a way to apply lessons he learned in Biloxi to other experiences that bring about mass pain and trauma that may affect parishes and their communities. He will discuss some of these during the webinar aimed at priests and religious, but available to anyone who wants to register at www.sliconnect.org. In September 2015, Msgr. Rossetti took some of those lessons to a training for priests in Florida, which Father Miguel Gonzalez, pastor of St. John Vianney Catholic Church and vicar for priests for the Diocese of Orlando, attended. “Thank God for the timing” of the presentation, said Father Gonzalez, who received an urgent phone call in June to help with Spanish-speaking families after a nightclub shooting in Orlando left 49 dead and more than 50 injured.
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Need to know Bishops support Prop. 57: The California Catholic Conference offers its support for Proposition 57: The Public Safety and Rehabilitation Act, on the Nov. 8 state ballot. “This balanced approach to the criminal justice system in our state would advance the well-being of our residents and communities by re-focusing our collective efforts on rehabilitation, treatment and education programs. In addition, the initiative will place the decision to try juveniles as adults into the hands of those who best understand the intricacies of dealing with young people – the juvenile court,” the conference said in a legislative alert. Read more at www.cacatholic.org/resources/california-bishops-support-proposition-57-publicsafety-and-rehabilitation-act. YOUTH LITURGICAL TRAINING: Mercy High School, 3250 19th Ave., San Francisco, Aug. 28, 10 a.m.-5:30 p.m., for all students in grades 8-12. Training for liturgical ministries including music minister, altar server, extraordinary minister of the Holy Communion, reader. All participants who successfully complete the day will receive a certificate from the archdiocesan Office of Worship. The day begins with a keynote address and concludes with Mass. Pre-registration and payment of $15 fee which includes lunch is required. To obtain a registration form, Carrie Schroeder, cschroeder@mercyhs.org. Keynote speaker is Diana Macalintal, director of worship for the Diocese of San Jose. Mercy High School, San Francisco has hosted the event since 2002, a collaboration between the school’s Office of Campus Ministry and the Archdiocese of San Francisco. The end-of-day Mass allows youth participants to practice the ministry for which they trained during the day. CANONIZATION COVERAGE: Ceremonies for the canonization of Mother Teresa in Rome will be broadcast Sept. 4 on EWTN. Consult www.ewtn.com for times and details. Find EWTN at Comcast 229 (English), 659 (Spanish); AT&T 562 (English), 3077 (Spanish); Astound 80, San Bruno; Cable 143; DISH 261; DIRECT TV 370.
Respect life conference Sept. 17 Vicki Evans
This is the Year of Mercy. Noting that many have dismissed “the extreme harm that follows a decision to procure an abortion,” Pope Francis offered a special invitation to those who have experienced abortion to approach the sacrament of confession with a sincere heart in order to obtain reconciliation. He also called priests to offer sacramental reconciliation to those in post-abortion pain who are seeking reconciliation. Inspired by the Holy Father’s words, the archdiocesan Respect Life Program’s Project Rachel Ministry has coordinated a comprehensive program on “Insights in Healing and Reconciliation after Abortion.” Our outreach has three components. The first is a training seminar for priests, offered on Wednesday afternoon, Sept. 14, in Hall C at St. Mary’s Cathedral. Following a noon luncheon, nationally known speakers Vicki Thorn and Father Kenneth Metz will present a workshop from 1-5 p.m. emphasizing the priest’s role in post-abortion reconciliation and healing. They will provide insights into understanding the spiritual and emotional impact of abortion and the unique situation facing post-abortive women and men. That evening from 6-8 p.m. deacons and their wives, along with men in formation for the diaconate, will meet in Hall C of the Cathedral for a buffet dinner and workshop with Thorn and Father Metz. The
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The goals of the conference are to: Offer formerly incarcerated people the best resources available to support their post-release needs; network and build positive relationships among Bay Area advocates and community service providers supporting re-entry services; discuss social reintegration challenges, opportunities and steps to support people in re-entry; and assemble concerned people to learn about important laws that affect people who are undergoing the re-entry process. Registration is required at www.reentryaction.org. Walk-ins are accepted but lunch is guaranteed only to those who register in advance. For sponsorship or more information, contact Julio Escobar at (415) 861-9579 or email escobarj@sfarchdiocese.org.
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workshop will provide recommendations for effective pastoral approaches to encourage reconciliation after abortion, since deacons are so well-positioned to reach out to and counsel those hurting from abortion. Our third program component is a conference for the laity, especially tailored to inform the Catholic community, Project Rachel mentors, supporters, counselors, and others interested in addressing the pain and grief experienced by many after abortion. Vicki Thorn, founder of Project Rachel, will discuss new insights into understanding abortion, sensitive ways to offer support, and how to refer for healing and sacramental reconciliation. The conference is being held Saturday, Sept. 17, at St. Brendan Parish, 29 Rockaway, San Francisco. It begins with registration and a continental breakfast at 8 a.m. The morning program starts at 9 a.m. followed by Mass and a buffet luncheon at noon. The afternoon program runs from 1:30-3:00 p.m. A $25 admission fee covers the program and program materials, as well as breakfast and lunch. United for Life has generously offered scholarships to anyone unable to pay.
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Professor offers steps for ministers to avoid burnout Mark Pattison Catholic News Service
WASHINGTON – C. Vanessa White, who has an extensive and impressive resume, knows all about burnout. “For the past 10 years, I have been focused on the health of our community,” White said in an Aug. 5 presentation in Washington during the Aug. 5-7 African National Eucharistic Congress, rattling off such issues as obesity, diabetes, cancer and high blood pressure. But in the case of White, an assistant professor of spirituality and ministry at the Catholic Theological Union in Chicago, and a retreat master who has been in full-time ministry for half of her 60 years, it was a case of do as I say, not as I do. As White freely admitted to her audience, just six years ago she was 40 pounds overweight, had a blood pressure reading of 160/90, had high cholesterol, was borderline diabetic, had trouble sleeping and had bouts of depression and anxiety. “I was busy, busy, busy, busy, busy,” she said. “I
didn’t have time to cook. I ate a lot of junk food. Popeye’s was my best friend.” White also took to wearing loose-fitting clothes to hide her increasing girth. Today, though, she’s shed those 40 pounds, her blood pressure is back to normal – as are her blood glucose and cholesterol levels – she wakes up rested and has regained her ability to focus. Now, “I do ministry as a happy person, a joyful person,” White said, and no longer as somebody who is “wore out, laid out and flat out.” “I’m still busy, busy, busy, busy, busy,” White said during her talk at the congress, held at The Catholic University of America, Washington. But the difference this time was “I decided I had to take care of myself,” she added. It was not easy, and she encountered some false starts along the way, slipping into old, familiar – and bad – habits. One of those habits was saying yes to every request that came along. “I’m in ministry, right?” White remarked. “You say no to something, and you think you’re a bad person.” It took a retreat for White to get back on track, she said in her talk, “Do Not Quench the Spirit:
Care of Self and the Greatest Commandment.” White said the element in the Jesus’ greatest commandment about “loving yourself” is “the part we forget about.” “Jesus was very responsible and took care of himself,” she added. “He knew when to go away.” She detailed four “loving practices” for reversing burnout and getting back on track: healing the body, enjoyment of life, sabbath time and what White called “an attitude of gratitude.” Best of yet, she said, each of the practices is biblically based. In terms of healing the body, White said movement was one key, along with both eating and sleeping right. “I hate exercise,” she declared, but she pushed up a sleeve of her dress to reveal a Fitbit activity tracker on her wrist, saying she aims to walk 10,000 steps a day. “Begin treating the body like a temple of the Holy Spirit,” she said. Enjoyment of life does not seem to come naturally for everybody, according to White: “We don’t need any sour saints,” she noted, recalling the verse in Proverbs 17 that says, “A joyful heart is good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones.”
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ministries include education, health care, and other pastoral and social services. “We urge you to join us in pledging to engage in careful listening and honest dialogue that honors the dignity of those with whom we disagree and treats all with the respect that is their God-given right,” the letter said. “Please join us in promising to seek the common good, to desire only good for all others, and to offer our own truth with equal measures of conviction and humility.” The letter quoted from Pope Francis’ address to Congress when he visited the United States last
September: “You are called to defend and preserve the dignity of your fellow citizens in the tireless and demanding pursuit of the common good, for this is the chief aim of all politics.” “Unfortunately, we live in a time when our politics is too often marked by self-interest and demeaning rhetoric. We seem to be caught in a political system paralyzed by ideological extremism and hyper-partisanship,” the letter said. “Those on all sides of the growing political divide too often appeal to our basest instincts and stoke the fires of fear that tear at the fabric of our nation. We cannot let the voices of hatred and fear carry the day.”
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“Unfortunately, it seems in this particular political season commitment to political discourse that preserves the dignity of the human person and promotes the common good is in short supply,” said an Aug. 3 statement by Sister Joan Marie Steadman, a Sister of St. Joseph who is LCWR’s executive director. “This is why LCWR is calling for civility in our discourse and decency in our political interaction.” The letter concluded, “We know that you offer yourself in service of the people of the United States at great cost to yourself and your family. We promise you our prayers in the weeks and months ahead.”
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It’s “welcome aboard” at De Marillac Academy for Theresa Flynn Houghton, the school’s new president and CEO. For the last 11 years, Theresa has led fundraising at Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory which like De Marillac is a Christian Brother/Daughter of Charity model. “Since learning about De Marillac Academy, it has held a special place in Theresa my heart,” Theresa told me via Houghton email. “I am inspired by the legacy and modern-day work of the Daughters of Charity and Brothers of Christian Schools, and I am honored to join the De Marillac Community. De Marillac has a mission to provide life-changing accessible Catholic educational experience for the underserved children, youth and Mike Daniels families of the Tenderloin and surrounding communities; I am excited to be part of this noble effort.” Theresa follows in the steps of Mike Daniels who will now direct the Office of Education for the Christian Brothers and their Western schools. Mike, like this scribe, hails from Philly. In a letter to the school’s wider community announcing his move, Mike said a hallmark of the school is “the respect we share for our mission of transforming lives” and that “committed partnership is critical to sustaining” the school’s aims. In a letter about the new arrangement, Daughter of Charity Sister Christina Maggi, De Marillac board chair, welcomed Theresa “with great excitement” while acknowledging Mike’s “dedication and hard work.” LONG SERVICE: Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of San Francisco says thank you to Kent Eagleson who has served 50 years with the agency and since 2002 has been executive director of Catholic Charities St. Vincent’s School for Boys in San Rafael. “Kent has truly set the bar and has a passion for the all-important work of Catholic Charities mission of Kent Eagleson strengthening families and reducing poverty one person at a time,” Charities said in its latest newsletter. In a quote from Kent when asked why he stays on: “It’s the work I’m supposed to do,” he said.
WATER OF LIFE: Sulpician Father Gerald Coleman baptized Mia Jeanne Birmingham May 28 at St. Agnes Church, San Francisco. Pictured from left with Father Coleman and Mia after the rite are dad and mom, Scot Birmingham and Elizabeth Cavagnaro, and godmother and godfather, Nicole Birmingham Banh and Kenny Banh. St. Raymond Church, Menlo Park after 10 a.m. Mass until 2 p.m.; Sept. 11, St. Catherine of Siena Church, Burlingame after 11:30 a.m. Mass until 3 p.m. Angela Testani (415) 586-5754. SPECIAL MASS: Bishop William Justice is principal celebrant and homilist of a Jubilee of Mercy Gospel Mass Aug. 14 at Paul of the Shipwreck Church, Third Street and Jamestown, San Francisco. 10:45 a.m. Shipwreck Gospel Choir leads song, parking lot entrance on Key Street; www.stpauloftheshipwreck.org, (415) 468-3434.
RAISIN’ DOUGH: St. Patrick’s School walk-a- thon May 4 was an “Olympic-size success raising $21,000” the school said in a note to this column. Proceeds benefit the school and Northern California Special Olympics. Pictured from left at the event are soon-to-be St. Pat’s eighth graders Sophia Stiker, Caroline Sodo and Alexa Greenwood. MEDICAL FUNDRAISER: Father Edward Inyanwachi of Nigeria and Angela Testani, a nurse, speak about needs of the people of Ebonyi, Nigeria, to raise money to supply medical/ surgical supplies and equipment to facilities there on the following dates and locations: Aug. 21, Our Lady of Loretto Church, Novato after 10 a.m. Mass; Aug. 27, Holy Name of Jesus Church, Flanagan Center, San Francisco 6-9 p.m.; Aug. 28,
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LA archbishop: Bill would hurt minority, low-income college students Valerie Schmalz Catholic San Francisco
Legislation that purports to protect LGBTQ college students and employees from discrimination would violate the religious freedom of faith-based colleges and jeopardize California financial aid grants for tens of thousands of Latino, Archbishop African-American, Gomez Asian and low-income students, said Los Angeles Archbishop Jose Gomez and a prominent Protestant cleric in a joint statement issued Aug. 2. SB1146 would block Bishop Cal Grants – a signifiBlake cant source of financial aid for California residents – to any higher education institution that did not comply with the provisions of the legislation. Only seminaries and departments with a directly religious purpose would be exempt. SB 1146 was placed in the suspense
file of the California Assembly Appropriations Committee on Aug. 3, after it passed the state Senate 26-13 on May 26. The bill is slated for a vote of the committee on Aug. 11, and is expected to be sent to the floor of the Assembly for a full vote. If it passes, it would go back to the Senate for concurrence and then to Gov. Jerry Brown for his signature. The legislative session concludes at the end of August. SB1146 “… would force faith-based institutions to choose between compromising their deeply held beliefs or risking an endless wave of costly litigation to defend themselves. This is a choice that no individual or institution should face in our state or in our country,” wrote Archbishop Gomez, leader of the most populous diocese in California, and Bishop Charles E. Blake, presiding bishop, Church of God in Christ and pastor of West Angeles Church of God in Christ. “But those who would truly be punished by this bill are California’s low-income and minority families — including millions served by our respective faith communities here in Los Angeles,” the two clerics wrote. SB 1146 was introduced by Sen. Ricardo Lara, D-Bell Gardens, and co-authored by Sen. Mark Leno, DSan Francisco, and was sponsored by
LGBTQ rights organization Equality California and the ACLU. The California Catholic Conference, which is the public policy arm of the California bishops, opposes the legislation. Existing California law exempts religious schools from nondiscrimination laws in cases where applying these laws “would not be consistent with the religious tenets of that organization.” “This is sensible and reflects our nation’s founding principles of religious freedom,” Archbishop Gomez and Protestant Bishop Blake wrote. “For years now, this policy has worked well, enabling church-run colleges and universities to hire personnel and establish policies and expectations regarding religious practice and personal conduct that reflect their beliefs and values.” Sen. Lara said in a press release that Senate Bill 1146 closes “a loophole that allows private universities to discriminate against students and staff based on their gender identity, gender expression, or sexual orientation.” But Archbishop Gomez and Bishop Blake said the legislation would hurt minority students, by depriving them of opportunity. Christian and other private nonprofit colleges in California serve a diverse student body – nearly 60 percent are minorities and nearly 90
percent need financial aid, including Notre Dame de Namur University in Belmont, the two clerics wrote. The legislation is very intrusive, Archbishop Gomez and Bishop Blake wrote. “Detailed provisions in the legislation include rules for bathroom use and sleeping arrangements in dormitories. The bill even has the government setting guidelines for what ‘religious practices’ and ‘rules for moral conduct’ will be acceptable on these campuses,” Archbishop Gomez and Bishop Blake wrote. The legislation is “unnecessary to achieve the goals of protecting the rights of gay, lesbian and transgender students,” they wrote. The “simple solution is to require that faith-based schools clearly state — on their websites and in written materials — what they believe, what accommodations they intend to provide to students, and what will be expected of students in terms of religious practice and personal conduct.” Most already do so, they said. Finally, they said, attending a faithbased institution is a choice that those who do so make “because they are seeking an academic environment and community in which they can live, learn and serve with others who share their beliefs, values and aspirations.”
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WASHINGTON – Three U.S. bishops took to the blogosphere Aug. 5 to comment on Vice President Joseph Biden’s choosing to preside at a marriage of a same-sex couple. Biden officiated at the ceremony of two male White House staff at the vice presidential residence in Washington, D.C, Aug 1. Louisville Archbishop Joseph Kurtz, president of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops; Buffalo Bishop Richard J. Malone, chairman of the USCCB Committee on Laity, Marriage, Family Life and Youth and Miami Archbishop Thomas G. Wenski, chairman of the bishops’ Committee on Domestic Justice and Human Development are the authors of the blogpost
that can be found at the USCCB blog, http://usccbmedia.blogspot.com. “When a prominent Catholic politician publicly and voluntarily officiates at a ceremony to solemnize the relationship of two people of the same sex, confusion arises regarding Catholic teaching on marriage and the corresponding moral obligations of Catholics,” the prelates said. “What we see is a counter-witness, instead of a faithful one founded in the truth.” Referencing “Faithful Citizenship,” the bishops’ quadrennial document on political responsibility, the three prelates also noted that “laws that redefine marriage to deny its essential meaning are among those that Catholics must oppose, including in their application after they are passed.”
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Kurtz and Wenski and Bishop Malone said that “faithful witness can be challenging – and it will only grow more challenging in the years to come – but it is also the joy and responsibility of all Catholics, especially those who have embraced positions of leadership and public service.” “Let us pray for our Catholic leaders in public life, that they may fulfill the responsibilities entrusted to them with grace and courage and offer a faithful witness that will bring much needed light to the world.”
Peace to the People of the San Francisco Bay Area Violence and discrimination wound the hearts and the souls of all peoples and all of creation. We, the Sisters of St. Francis, want to extend our love and sympathy to the people of Orlando, Dallas, Baton Rouge, Minneapolis, Nice: the family members and friends of those killed, the survivors, the LGBT community and the greater community—to all those suffering the consequences of our violent times. We hold your hearts in our hearts as you begin to heal from the current atrocities. In response we offer our own commitment to the work of non-violent living. May God’s love give you the grace you most need at this time. Peace and all good, The Sisters of St. Francis of Penance and Christian Charity Stella Niagara, NY Denver, CO Redwood City, CA
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Training: Preparing dioceses for terrorism, shootings, other disasters FROM PAGE 1
Because of the training, he had prepared himself mentally and spiritually for the chaos, the media swarm, the depth of the grief he witnessed, and even his reaction. He knew that instead of finding the right words, it was more important to be near those waiting to be told whether their relatives were alive, to let them know they weren’t alone. He knew small gestures, such as fetching water for those who were in shock and grief, were important, and to allow those who were suffering to question God and be angry. He even knew he had to find moments to “decompress” and take a step back from the situation so that he could continue helping. “What I learned (from the training) definitely clicked,” he said. “We were in a better place to meet needs but not disconnect from our needs,” Father Gonzalez said during a phone interview with Catholic News Service. Preparing for tragedy begins by recognizing that it can happen anywhere at any time, Msgr. Rossetti said. “It’d be foolish for us to think that it’s not going to happen to us. Look at the number of dioceses (in the U.S.) in the last year that have been directly affected by terrorism and tragedies. I think every diocese, every order, should have, not only training, but also a plan,” Msgr. Rossetti said. Each diocese should ask the question: “What are we going to do if downtown in our city a hundred
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‘Don’t tuck life away,’ pope tells young people
KRAKOW, Poland – Take risks and do not let life’s obstacles get in the way of encountering the true joy and life that Jesus can give, Pope Francis told more than 1 million young people at the closing Mass July 31 for World Youth Day. “Don’t be afraid to say ‘yes’ to him with all your heart, to respond generously and to follow him,” the pope told pilgrims. “Don’t let your soul grow numb, but aim for the goal of a beautiful love which also demands sacrifice,” he told the young people, thousands of whom had spent the night camping at an area dubbed the Field of Mercy. The lack of sleep and morning heat seemed to have little impact as the young men and women energetically waved their flags and ran as close as possible to the pope’s vehicle to greet him. “People will try to block you, to make you think that God is distant, rigid and insensitive, good to the good and bad to the bad,” he told the young people. “Instead, our heavenly Father ‘makes his sun rise on the evil and on the good.’ He demands of us real courage: the courage to be more powerful than evil by loving everyone, even our enemies. “God counts on you for what you are, not for what you possess. In his eyes the clothes you wear or the kind of cell phone you use are of absolutely no concern. He doesn’t care whether you are stylish or not, he cares about you!” Pope Francis encouraged the young men and women to not be ashamed in bringing “everything to the Lord in confession, especially your weaknesses, your struggles and your sins. “Don’t stop at the surface of things; distrust the worldly cult of appearances, applying makeup on our souls so we seem better than we are,” he said. “Instead, establish the most secure connection, that of the heart that sees and transmits goodness without tiring.”
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Pope: Innocent pay price for Syria’s civil war
VATICAN CITY – Innocent men, women and children are paying the ultimate price in the continuing conflict raging in Syria, especially in Aleppo, where they are caught in the crossfire between rebel and government forces, Pope Francis said. “It is unacceptable that so many innocent people – even many children – must pay the price for this conflict, the price for the closed hearts of the powerful and their lack of will for peace,” the pope said Aug. 7 in his remarks after the recitation of the Angelus prayer. The pope expressed his sorrow following news that rebel alliance forces had broken through the Syrian government’s siege of Aleppo, the country’s largest city. An estimated 300,000 residents were trapped in war-torn Aleppo at the beginning of August while hundreds of thousands have fled since the start of the civil war. Although food aid was brought into the city by rebel forces, Syrian and Russian forces continued air strikes in an attempt to regain control of the city. The civil war has claimed the lives of nearly 400,000 people since it began in 2012. Pope Francis led visitors at St. Peter’s Square in a moment of silence before praying a “Hail Mary” for the victims of the ongoing conflict.
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Pope Francis prays at Assisi Assisi, Italy – Pope Francis made a private pilgrimage to Assisi Aug. 4. The visit commemorated the 800th anniversary of what is called “Pardon of Assisi.” The Porziuncola is a small chapel housed inside the town’s Basilica of St. Mary of the Angels which St. Francis of Assisi restored and where he founded the Franciscan order at the start of the 13th century. Pope Francis previously visited Assisi on the feast day of the Italian saint, his namesake, on Oct. 4, 2013. The “Pardon of Assisi” allows the possibility to receive a plenary indulgence during the first two days of August. The tradition began after the saint received a divine vision and asked God to grant an indulgence to all repentent pilgrims who visit the church. The pope arrived by helicopter in Assisi and was driven to the Basilica of St. Mary of the Angels where he prayed for 10 minutes inside the Porziuncola chapel also offering a brief homily to bystanders. vatican radio
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“Laudato Si’: On Care for Our Common Home” Parish progress report & information guide
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Emerging parish “green teams” from almost a dozen parishes participated in a half-day workshop on July 30 hosted by St. Teresa of Avila Parish on San Francisco’s Potrero Hill, ca. Participating parishes included St. Rita, St. Dominic, St. Paul of the Shipwreck, St. Catherine of Siena, St. Matthias, St. Isabella, St. HIllary, St. Bruno, Most Holy Redeemer, St. Cecilia, Mission Dolores and St. Anselm.
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Parish ‘green teams’ designed to help Catholics walk the talk of Pope Francis’ environmental encyclical have taken root if not yet sprouted at a dozen parishes in the Archdiocese of San Francisco. Members of the nascent green teams came together on July 30 at St. Teresa of Avila Parish in San Francisco to share progress, aspirations and obstacles during a “green team workshop” led by members of the parish’s own green team. “We came here today to find out what is working in other parishes so we don’t have to reinvent the wheel,” said Verna Shaheen, a parishioner at Most Holy Redeemer. She and friend Barbara Applegate got the nod from their pastor before talking to parishioners about recycling and composting at after-Mass coffee hour. “Some people are on board and others are resistant,” she said. Most Holy Redeemer got off to an exciting start, said Applegate, “But it’s a challenge to keep it going. I’m hoping I will walk away from today’s workshop with some ideas on how to really engage people,” she said.
The archdiocese encouraged laity to “be the driving force” in forming a parish response to the imperatives of “Laudato Si’: On Care For Our Common Hame” at an April 23 conference organized at the behest of Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone. He and an overflow crowd of 100 pastors, parishioners and staff at St. Anne of the Sunset parish hall collectively unpacked the pope’s historic messages. “Pope Francis weaves together the need to respond to the environmental crisis, the economic inequities that create an ever-widening gulf between the rich and the poor, and the underlying spiritual hunger felt by so many today,” the archbishop said in his opening remarks. “I really believe that this is a cause that can unite us all no matter where you are on the political or the church spectrum.” Thirty-one participants from the April conference registered for the July workshop at St. Teresa. Organizers called the workshop a “bridge” between the motivational thrust of the first conference and the more practical, boots-on-theground agenda of the second. A larger conference see ‘green teams’, page 10
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is again planned for the first week of October to coincide with the Feast of St. Francis of Assisi. “Today is meant to be a chance for us to connect with each other about our intentions,” said Stephen Miller, chair of the St. Teresa of Avila Parish green team. He and Carmelite pastor Father Mike Greenwell and parishioner Gail Kendall have become the public face of the archdiocesan initiative, sharing their experience and knowledge at both conferences. Miller, who works as deputy director for a Marin County nonprofit that shapes environmentally-responsible communities, and Kendall, an MIT-educated professor of mechanical engineering, joined the parish’s longtime efforts which were ‘green’ long before green was a thing, according to Father Greenwell. The parish uses energy efficient lights, replaced old toilets with watersaving models, insulated ceilings and walls and purchase energy-efficient,
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Right, Dolores Stoll, parish administrator at St. Rita in Fairfax, listens as St. Teresa of Avila parishioner and green team member Gail Kendall tells workshop participants about Energy Star Portfolio Manager, a free online tool that helps churches measure and track energy and water consumption, and greenhouse gas emissions. recyclable, compostable or biodegradable products whenever possible.
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installing solar panels in the priory, a $25,000 investment with a projected nine-year savings payback of $70,000 to $100,000. With a few notable exceptions, like St. Teresa and St. Rita in Fairfax, who have well-established green teams, most parishioners said their parishes were still in the formative stages. Several parishes are recycling, composting and conserving water, installing energy-efficient-lighting and offering parishioners a copy of the encyclical. But momentum is challenged, they said, by a lack of interest or commitment on the part of some pastors and parishioners, they said. St. Anselm parishioner Maureen Bennett who attended with Margy see ‘green teams’, page 11
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Sheehan said her pastor Father Jose Shaji is supportive. “But our biggest challenge is recruiting other members,” she said. The parish is planning a “Green Mass” in October for the Feast of St. Francis, integrating relevant messages from the encyclical into the readings, prayers of the faithful and homily. After going around the room and listening to team members, organizers identified four topics of greatest interest for discussion: how to start a green team, how to work with pastors, how to benchmark energy savings, and how to bring “Laudato Si’” into the Mass and other liturgies. Kendall said there are organizations in all three counties that come to churches and do a free energy assessment. They will let you know what kinds of rebates and incentives are available. The organizations are San Francisco and San Mateo Energy Watch and Marin County Smart Lights Program. “I can tell you that some of the people that do these audits are Roman Catholics, and they are delighted to come to any parish,” said Kendall. The assessment takes a little more than an hour. “They tell you right on the spot, this or that would be a good thing to change,” she said. They follow it up with a written report to share with the pastoral council or green team and will even come to parish green team meetings. Another popular discussion led by
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Participants listen to a speaker at the green team workshop at St. Teresa of Avila Parish in San Francisco on July 30. Father Ken Weare, pastor of St. Rita Parish was focused on weaving the concept of caring for creation into the Mass and other special liturgies. You really have to help your pastor more than ever if you want to bring the encyclical into the liturgy because there are fewer of them now and more work for them to do, he said. “Approach your pastor with a plan
set out ahead of time and even homily ideas,” he said. Readings, the homily, petitions and song can all be infused with the spirit and words of the encyclical. Within existing readings you can find lots of references to our personal responsibility as Christians, for each other, the world and God, Father Weare said. Almost every Gospel has something
related to the way we are supposed to live as Christians,” he said. Sara Steck of St. Rita said that the natural world is a revelation of God’s existence as Creator and his love for us. “The people that don’t want to get involved in this initiative, they need to fall in love with it again and we can help them,” she said.
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Resources for liturgy: On caring for God’s creation The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops compiled a set of liturgical resources for parish and home including prayers of thanksgiving and praise, Scripture readings and song. Following are excerpts from the six-page document available online at catholicclimatemovement.global/liturgical-prayer-and-spiritualresources.
Prayers of praise and thanksgiving from Scripture
Genesis 1:1-28: The Creation Story Genesis 9:8-17: God’s Covenant with Noah and all Creation Psalm 8: he Majesty of God Psalm 65: Thanksgiving for God’s blessings Psalm 104: Praise of God the Creator Psalm 146: Trust in God Alone Psalm 147: Zion’s Grateful Praise to Her Bountiful Lord
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Scripture readings from the New Testament
Matthew 6:25-34: Learning to Trust in God as Does Nature John 1:1-5: Through Him All Things Came Into Being Romans 8:18-25: The Entire Creation Has Been Groaning in One Great Act of Waiting for Redemption Colossians 1:15-23: In Christ All Things Have Their Being Revelation 21:1-5: Promise of New Creation
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What is a ‘Care for Creation’ team?
Think of it as a ministry composed of parish members (parishioners, staff and clergy) who help their parish respond to the invitation extended by Pope Francis in his May 24, 2015, encyclical, “Laudato Si’”: On Care For Our Common Home.”
How do you form a C4C team at your parish?
Parishioners are asked to be the driving force behind the formation of their own parish teams. Approach your pastor and get his support and a place for the team to meet. Then get the word out through the bulletin, an email announcement or after Mass. A downloadable survey that can help your team gauge the interest and ability
What do these teams do?
They implement conservation and educational activities based on the needs, interests and capabilities of the parish. Some teams will work to reduce parish consumption of electricity, water, fuel, paper and other resources. Others may focus on recycling, purchasing safer or more efficient products, and hosting “zero waste” hospitality events. Ideally, many will do all these things while they work toward what Pope Francis called the “ecological conversion” of parishioners through Catholic speakers, faith formation and the liturgy.
Why are parishes being asked to form one?
In his encyclical, Pope Francis called upon the church and “every person living on this planet” to acknowledge the urgency of our environmental challenges and its threat to the earth’s poorest and most vulnerable. Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone responded by urging archdiocesan parishes to form care for creation (C4C) teams.
Where do we start?
Register your team with the Catholic Climate Covenant at catholicclimateconvenant.org. Registered groups receive access to a library of helpful resources and tools, ideas for hands-on activities for you to try at your parish and access to an exclusive Facebook group where teams from around the world share success and challenges. The archdiocese has created a “Laudato Si’” website with event information, resources and tools at sfarchdiocese. org/green.
How do parishes benefit?
Parish C4C teams can be instrumental in substantially reducing certain parish operating costs. But the larger spiritual pursuit of any parish team is to help the faithful understand how being good stewards of our collective home aligns with our Catholic values. “Laudato Si’” is also energizing and engaging parishioners in a new way and presenting the church with a new opportunity for leadership.
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Jesuit Father James Martin, editorat-large for America magazine, distilled the nearly 200 pages of “Laudato Si’” into 10 key messages in a four-minute video produced last summer, offering Catholics a visual digest of the document. View it at sfarch.org/green.
1. A spiritual perspective
“The big contribution of ‘Laudato Si’” is its overview of the environmental crisis from a religious point of view. Until now, the dialogue was framed mainly with political, scientific and economic language.”
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“Frequently, decision makers are removed from the poor, with no real physical connection to their brothers and sisters. Selfishness also leads to the evaporation of the notion of the common good.”
“Pope Francis explicitly states that ‘Laudato Si’” is now added to the body of the church’s social teaching, continuing a reflection on modern day problems that began with Pope Leo XIII’s encyclical ‘Rerum Novarum,’ on capital and labor in 1891.” “The pope takes readers through the call to care for creation that extends far back as the book of
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Our fear of hell
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ell is never a nasty surprise waiting for a basically happy person. Hell can only be the full flowering of a pride and selfishness that have, through a long time, twisted a heart so thoroughly that it considers happiness as unhappiness and has an arrogant disdain for happy people. If you are essentially warm of heart this side of eternity, you need not fear that a nasty surprise awaits you on the other side because somewhere along the line, unknowingly, you missed the boat and your life went terribly wrong. Unfortunately for many us, FATHER ron the preaching and catecherolheiser sis of our youth sometimes schooled us in the idea that you could tragically miss the boat without knowing it and that there was no return. You could live your life sincerely, in essential honesty, relate fairly to others, try your best given your weaknesses, have some bounce and happiness in life, and then die and find that some sin you’ve committed or mistake you’d made, perhaps even unknowingly, could doom you to hell and there was no further chance for repentance. The second of your death was your last chance to change things, no second chances after death, no matter how badly you might like then to
repent. As a tree falls so shall it lie! We were schooled to fear dying and the afterlife. But, whatever the practical effectiveness of such a concept, because it really could make one hesitate in the face of temptation because of the fear of hell, it is essentially wrong and should not be taught in the name of Christianity. Why? Because it belies the God and the deep truths that Jesus revealed. Jesus did teach that there was a hell and that it was a possibility for everyone. But the hell that Jesus spoke of is not a place or a state where someone is begging for one last chance, just one more minute of life to make an act of contrition, and God is refusing. The God whom Jesus both incarnates and reveals is a God who is forever open to repentance, forever open to contrition, and forever waiting our return from our prodigal wanderings. With God we never exhaust our chances. Can you imagine God looking at a repentant man or woman and saying: “Sorry! For you, it’s too late! You had your chance! Don’t come asking for another chance now!” That could not be the father of Jesus. And yet, the Gospels can give us that impression. We have, for example, the famous parable of the rich man who ignores the poor man at his doorstep, dies, and ends up in hell, while the poor man, Lazarus, whom he had ignored, is now in heaven, comforted in the bosom of Abraham. From his torment in hell, the rich man asks Abraham to send Lazarus to him with some water, but Abraham replies that there is an unbridgeable gap between heaven and hell and no one can cross
from one side to the other. That text, along with Jesus’ warnings about that the doors of the wedding banquet will at a point be irrevocably closed, has led to the common misconception that there is a point of no return, that once in hell, it is too late to repent. But that’s not what this text, nor Jesus’ warning on the urgency of repentance, teaches. The “unbridgeable gap” here refers, among other things, to a gap that remains forever unbridged here in this world between the rich and the poor. And it remains unbridged because of our intransigence, our failure to change heart, our lack of contrition, not because God runs out of patience and says: “Enough! No more chances!” It remains unbridged because, habitually, we become so set in our ways that we are incapable of change. In the parallel Jewish parable, God does hear the rich man’s plea from hell for a second chance and grants it to him. The rich man, now full of new resolutions, returns to life, goes immediately to the market, loads his cart with food, and, as he is driving home, meets Lazarus on the road. Lazarus asks for a loaf of bread. The rich man jumps off his cart to give it to him, but, has he pulls a huge loaf of bread from his cart, his old self starts to reassert itself. “This man doesn’t need a whole loaf ! Why not just give him a part!” Immediately he finds himself back in hell! He still cannot bridge the gap. Oblate Father Rolheiser is president of the Oblate School of Theology, San Antonio, Texas.
Letters Facing East together
I happily changed my mind when I read Bishop (James D.) Conley’s column, “Looking to the East,” on this subject (Diocese of Lincoln, Southern Nebraska Register, Nov. 21, 2014). He said, in part, that we do not know when (Christ) will return, but Christ promised us that he would return in glory, “as light comes from the East” to bring God’s plan of redemption to its fulfillment. Especially during Advent, as we await the coming of the Lord, facing East together is a powerful witness to Christ’s imminent return. The symbolism of the priest and people facing ad orientem is an ancient reminder of the coming of Christ. I now understand why and look forward with joy to celebrating Mass ad orientem. Patricia Sharp The writer is a member of St. Brendan Parish, San Francisco
No vote is without guilt
The two major conventions are over. There are four possible presidential/vice presidential pairs and long lists of propositions and senators and representatives to vote for. And a long list of policy decisions is ongoing: Affordable Care Act, climate change, civil liberties, a Supreme Court justice to be vetted (belatedly), reform of taxes, Social Security, war, peace, international affairs, foreign aid, etc. I have voted in all the primaries and elections – local, federal and state – since turning 21. As previously some dear precious friends and parishioners sum it all up in one question: “Are you going to vote pro-life?” And as before, we won’t all be voting the same way. Mercy, please. To me it is clearly evident neither of the two major parties is pro-life. No vote is without guilt, in other words. Even the choice to not vote at all is not without guilt. So let us treasure our gift of faith, worship together the same Lord of all life, and pray for one another as daily we each are called to, with God’s grace, live Matthew 25:35-40. Mary Margaret Flynn San Carlos The writer is a member of St. Charles Parish.
Sexuality and grace
Re “Does ancient heresy explain headlong rush to accept gay marriage, abortion, transgender bathrooms?” July 28: Robert George has it wrong when he states: “It’s not that people think you are wrong to oppose the concept of same-sex marriage. They think you are nuts.” I don’t think opponents are nuts: I think they are either in willful denial or ignorance. Catholics are unmistakably at an untenable point on this issue: We’ve rejected the notion of homosexuality as a sinful condition or an illness, and we now accept homosexuality as a natural condition, backed by
science, deserving of love and inclusion and therefore within God’s grace. And that is also how we accept sexuality: As an expression all humans are entitled to share in a blessed, loving relationship. And yet we draw a line between between all humans and homosexuals, a line that exists nowhere in any of the Gospels or other words of Christ, a line that denies basic dignities to humans merely because of who they were born to be. My optimism assures me that Catholics, who, as a people and a faith, following Christ’s example, have most certainly evolved on numerous challenging issues over the years, are compassionate, intelligent, courageous and vigilantly prayerful enough to erase that line once and for all. Peter Albert San Francisco
Catholic identity and the university
Re “University president defends Catholic hiring for Catholic identity,” July 28: John Garvey, the president of Catholic University of America, reportedly told the Napa Institute on July 7 that building a Catholic university is “not a complicated thing” and that it is only necessary to follow St. John Paul II’s direction in “Ex Corde Ecclesiae” (the pope’s apostolic constitution on Catholic universities, promulgated Aug. 15, 1990) that a majority of faculty “must be” Catholic. President Garvey reportedly said if the university chooses Catholics to teach, “... the university will be Catholic. If it doesn’t, it won’t.” My objection to Mr. Garvey is to his manipulation of “Ex Corde.” “Ex Corde” says that a majority “should be,” not “must be,” and leaves up to the episcopal conference of each country the implementation of “Ex Corde” in accord with the circumstances of each country. On Nov. 17, 1999, the American bishops in a plenary meeting approved an application for the U.S. (approved in Rome) in which the bishops did not say that a Catholic university must have a numerical majority of Catholics in order to be Catholic. What the bishops said was: “In accordance with its procedures for the hiring and retention of professionally qualified faculty and relevant provisions of applicable federal and state law, regulations and procedures, the university should strive to recruit and appoint Catholics as professors so that, to the extent possible, those committed to the witness of the faith will constitute a majority of the faculty ...”(Part 2, Article 4, Section 4). The Napa Institute did not get the truth. It is
perplexing that the president of CUA is not more accurate in representing the position of the pope and of the U.S. bishops who appoint him to his post. In point of fact, having a majority of Catholics alone guarantees nothing in terms of achieving Catholic identity. Donald C. Carroll Menlo Park Editor’s note: Article 4, Paragraph 4, of “Ex Corde Ecclesiae” states: “Those university teachers and administrators who belong to other Churches, ecclesial communities, or religions, as well as those who profess no religious belief, and also all students, are to recognize and respect the distinctive Catholic identity of the University. In order not to endanger the Catholic identity of the University or Institute of Higher Studies, the number of non-Catholic teachers should not be allowed to constitute a majority within the Institution, which is and must remain Catholic.” The U.S. bishops’ “Application for Ex Corde Ecclesiae for the United States” may be found here: www.usccb.org/beliefs-and-teachings/how-weteach/catholic-education/higher-education/the-application-for-ex-corde-ecclesiae-for-the-united-states.cfm.
Bishop Gallegos’ life of heroic virtue
Thank you for the informative article on Bishop Alphonse Gallegos and the cause for sainthood that has been advanced on his behalf (“Latino Sacramento bishop who died in 1991 declared venerable,” July 28). I knew Bishop Gallegos, and I have one special incident of his life to relate that demonstrates his “heroic virtue.” On Aug. 24, 1991, Bishop Gallegos and his driver went to a well-known abortion facility in Sacramento that was constantly “defended” by pro-abortion, raucous and militant feminists. The bishop wanted to pray for the ending of abortion at the facility. At one point, he and his driver knelt down and began to pray out loud. The pro-abortion group – about a dozen radicals – almost seemed to go berserk, screeching with rage. It was if Satan himself was there. This went on for several minutes. All during this time Bishop Gallegos and his driver remained on their knees in prayer. Less than two months later the bishop died in the unfortunate auto accident as he was returning home from participating in a rosary to end abortion. He is fondly remembered in Sacramento and did live a heroic life of virtue. Laurette Elsberry Sacramento
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Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time JEREMIAH 38:4-6, 8-10 In those days, the princes said to the king: “Jeremiah ought to be put to death; he is demoralizing the soldiers who are left in this city, and all the people, by speaking such things to them; he is not interested in the welfare of our people, but in their ruin.” King Zedekiah answered: “He is in your power”; for the king could do nothing with them. And so they took Jeremiah and threw him into the cistern of Prince Malchiah, which was in the quarters of the guard, letting him down with ropes. There was no water in the cistern, only mud, and Jeremiah sank into the mud. Ebed-melech, a court official, went there from the palace and said to him: “My lord king, these men have been at fault in all they have done to the prophet Jeremiah, casting him into the cistern. He will die of famine on the spot, for there is no more food in the city.” Then the king ordered Ebed-melech the Cushite to take three men along with him, and draw the prophet Jeremiah out of the cistern before he should die.
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PSALM 40:2, 3, 4, 18 Lord, come to my aid! I have waited, waited for the Lord, and he stooped toward me. Lord, come to my aid! The Lord heard my cry. He drew me out of the pit of destruction, out of the mud of the swamp; he set my feet upon a crag; he made firm my steps. Lord, come to my aid! And he put a new song into my mouth, a hymn to our God. Many shall look on in awe and trust in the Lord. Lord, come to my aid! Though I am afflicted and poor, yet the Lord thinks of me. You are my help and my deliverer; O my God, hold not back! Lord, come to my aid! HEBREWS 12:1-4 Brothers and sisters: Since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us rid ourselves of every burden and sin that clings to us and persevere in running the race that lies before us while keep-
ing our eyes fixed on Jesus, the leader and perfecter of faith. For the sake of the joy that lay before him he endured the cross, despising its shame, and has taken his seat at the right of the throne of God. Consider how he endured such opposition from sinners, in order that you may not grow weary and lose heart. In your struggle against sin you have not yet resisted to the point of shedding blood. LUKE 12:49-53 Jesus said to his disciples: “I have come to set the earth on fire, and how I wish it were already blazing! There is a baptism with which I must be baptized, and how great is my anguish until it is accomplished! Do you think that I have come to establish peace on the earth? No, I tell you, but rather division. From now on a household of five will be divided, three against two and two against three; a father will be divided against his son and a son against his father, a mother against her daughter and a daughter against her mother, a mother-in-law against her daughter-in-law and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law.”
Praying: It’s fundamental
n the whole I think the new Jason Bourne movie is a dud, but there is a theme in the newly released film that Matt Damon and Paul Greengrass could have drawn out to greater effect. By naming the prominent tech company portrayed in the action thriller Deep Dream, the lead actor and writer appear to be suggesting that the plethora of computing and social technologies at our fingertips threaten to lull us into a servile dream state where the integrity of our personal agency is either compromised or stunted. Put another way, there is the real risk that overreliance on these technologies, especially media and social platforms, is producing a “zombie-like” Father Mark state of being endangering Doherty human flourishing. I am no Luddite. Nor, I think, are Damon and Greengrass. It is incontrovertible that recent developments in information, media and social technologies can serve as aids in promoting human flourishing. As an example, my mother, who had little knowledge of or use for computers and related technologies until a decade ago, now makes daily use of the Internet to access the vast range of programming on offer by EWTN and other religious media enterprises. More recently, after the birth of her first grandchild, my sister-in-law helped my mother sign up for a Facebook account
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so that she could have ready access to the pictures and updates that my sister-in-law regularly posts. There is no doubt that my mother is benefiting from these tools. But growing evidence also indicates that increased reliance on these technologies, especially of the social and media variety, can impede and stunt our flourishing. Our attention spans are being fractured; social graces, even of the most basic kind like holding the door open for someone, are becoming rare as our horizons shrink; narcissism is on the rise as we become increasingly preoccupied with how we come across to others on social media; more and more we are escaping into alternate fantasy worlds of our own making or those presented to us in popular television shows, movies and novels. We are witnessing the rise of a “zombie” state of being. What’s especially frustrating is that alerts have been issued, alarm bells have been rung, but instead of waking up we seem to be drifting ever deeper into sleep. Even among those who manifest a desire to grow in their relationships with God and those around them there is the increasing sense that they are losing ground. Many struggle to get a grip on their reliance on these technologies. In my work as a confessor and spiritual director I see firsthand the extent to which overreliance on media and social technologies stymies the fiery breath of the Holy Spirit. For the fire of divine love to burn brightly in our lives it needs the oxygen of prayer to feed it and the outlet of engagement with neighbors to sustain and channel it. Overreliance on these technologies steals precious time away that could and ought to be dedicated to
prayer. This is the most important threat. All the great saints, including St. Teresa of Avilla, tell us that there is no genuine growth in life with God without a prayer. Life has always been busy. Even in Carmel it’s busy, but we are making it unbearably clogged with our overconsumption. In the same way that life has always been busy, so prayer has always been “plagued” by mental distractions. But we have made things much harder now by exposing ourselves to tsunamis of stimuli. Addictions have always presented real obstacles to human flourishing, but advances in media and social technology have exponentially increased the kind and number of addictive behaviors. In my work as a confessor and spiritual director I see firsthand all of these struggles playing out in the lives of people who care enough about their well-being to come and ask for assistance. Recently, on the occasion of my ordination anniversary, a parishioner asked me what wisdom I’ve gained since my ordination that would be worth passing on. I replied by saying that I take evermore seriously the common refrain of all my childhood coaches: It’s all about the fundamentals. Focus on the fundamentals; drill on the fundamentals, and everything else will fall into place. Make prayer the top priority of every day; focus on being attentive to the needs of the person right next to you; frequent the sacraments; cut down on the stuff that hampers the execution of these priorities, and I guarantee that the fire of the Spirit will rouse you from your slumber and set you aglow.
in Ordinary Time. Optional Memorial of St. John Eudes, priest. Ez 37:1-14. Ps 107:2-3, 4-5, 6-7, 8-9. Ps 25:4b, 5a. Mt 22:34-40.
of Lima, virgin. 2 Thess 2:1-3a, 14-17. Ps 96:10, 1112, 13. Heb 4:12. Mt 23:23-26.
Father Doherty, parochial vicar at St. Peter Parish, San Francisco and chaplain for Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory, will begin moral theology studies in September at Fribourg University in Switzerland.
Liturgical calendar, daily Mass readings Monday, August 15: Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary. 1 Chr 15:3-4, 15-16; 16:1-2. Ps 132:6-7, 9-10, 13-14. 1 Cor 15:54b-57. Lk 11:28. Lk 11:27-28. Tuesday, August 16: Tuesday of the Twentieth Week in Ordinary Time. Optional Memorial of St. Stephen of Hungary. Ez 28:1-10. Dt 32:26-27ab, 27cd28, 30, 35cd-36ab. 2 Cor 8:9. Mt 19:23-30. Wednesday, August 17: Wednesday of the Twentieth Week in Ordinary Time. Ez 34:1-11. Ps 23:1-3a, 3b-4, 5, 6. Heb 4:12. Mt 20:1-16. Thursday, August 18: Thursday of the Twentieth Week in Ordinary Time. Ez 36:23-28. Ps 51:12-13, 14-15, 18-19. Ps 95:8. Mt 22:1-14. Friday, August 19: Friday of the Twentieth Week
Saturday, August 20: Memorial of St. Bernard, abbot and doctor. Ez 43:1-7ab. Ps 85:9ab and 10, 11-12, 13-14. Mt 23:9b, 10b. Mt 23:1-12. Sunday, August 21: Twenty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time. Is 66:18-21. Ps 117:1, 2. Heb 12:5-7, 11-13. Jn 14:6. Lk 13:22-30. Monday, August 22: Memorial of the Queenship of the Blessed Virgin Mary. 2 Thes 1:1-5, 11-12. Ps 96:1-2a, 2b-3, 4-5. Jn 10:27. Mt 23:13-22. Tuesday, August 23: Tuesday of the Twenty-First Week in Ordinary Time. Optional Memorial of St. Rose
Wednesday, August 24: Feast of St. Bartholomew, Apostle. Rev 21:9b-14. Ps 145:10-11, 12-13, 17-18. Jn 1:49b. Jn 1:45-51. Thursday, August 25: Thursday of the Twenty-First Week in Ordinary Time. Optional Memorials of St. Louis of France, king and St. Joseph Calasanz, priest. 1 Cor 1:1-9. Ps 145:2-3, 4-5, 6-7. Mt 24:42a, 44. Mt 24:42-51. Friday, August 26: Friday of the Twenty-First Week in Ordinary Time. 1 Cor 1:17-25. Ps 33:1-2, 4-5, 10-11. Lk 21:36. Mt 25:1-13. Saturday, August 27: Memorial of St. Monica. 1 Cor 1:26-31. Ps 33:12-13, 18-19, 20-21. Jn 13:34. Mt 25:14-30.
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Mary’s assumption pertains to us
ike every doctrine of faith, Mary’s assumption into heaven body and soul is about us too. Mary is our model in faith, charity, and perfect union with Christ. She teaches us how to live in a faith-filled and loving way. Mary’s assumption teaches us how to live with hope even in dying, how to anticipate our eternal destiny. The solemnity of the Assumption, observed on Aug. 15, celebrates the completion of Mary’s transformation by the Holy Spirit, being taken to heaven not only in soul but also in body. Mary’s assumption brings us hope because it reminds us brother john that what happened to Mary m. samaha, sm is our destiny too. The preface of the Mass declares that the Assumption is “the beginning and the image of your church’s coming to perfection and a sign of sure hope and comfort for your people.” We are the church. Mary’s bodily assumption is a harbinger of what will happen to us. What God has done for Mary gives us hope and comfort in what he will do for us. St. Paul reminds us that even in this life, believers are already being transformed into the image of Christ. “All of us, gazing with unveiled face on the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory as from the Lord who is Spirit” (2 Corinthians 3:18). This transformation affects not only our souls but also our bodies. “... We groan within ourselves as we wait for adoption, the redemption of our bodies” (Romans 8:23). Our bodies will be conformed to the body of Christ. “He will
change our lowly body to conform with his glorious body by the power that enables him also to bring all things into subjection to himself” (Philippians 3:21). This transformation results from Jesus’ victory over the power of sin and death in his own death and resurrection. The opening prayer for the Aug. 15 eucharistic liturgy asks that “always attentive to the things that are above, we may merit to be sharers of her glory.” Living in tune with God as Mary did, we will also undergo the transformation of both our souls and our bodies. The post-Communion prayer requests that “through the intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary, whom you assumed into heaven, we may be brought to the glory of the Resurrection.” When celebrating the solemnity of Mary’s Assumption in 2010 Pope Benedict XVI offered this clear description in his homily. “... The mother of God is inserted to such a degree in the mystery of Christ that she shares in the resurrection of her son with her whole being already at the end her life, she lives what we hope for at the end of time. ...” While admiring Mary in her glorious destiny, we are invited to recognize that the loving Lord has willed for our final destiny to live through faith in perfect union with him.
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Our predecessors in faith professed their firm hope in “the resurrection of the body” in the Apostles Creed and in the Nicene Creed. We rarely think about the resurrection of our bodies. Yet this article of faith greatly encourages us, comforts us at the death of loved ones, and raises our awareness of the value of our bodies. The assumption of Mary vividly reminds us that our lives have a special destiny with God. Marianist Brother Samaha lives in Cupertino.
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Around the archdiocese CELEBRATING A WAY OF LIFE: Natural Family Planning teachers, friends and families bilingual Mass and picnic at St Raymond Parish in Menlo Park July 30. A first for the Archdiocese of San Francisco’s Marriage and Family Life ministry, it was to celebrate U.S. bishops “National NFP Awareness Week.” Father Larry Goode, pastor, St. Francis of Assisi Parish, East Palo Alto, was principal celebrant of the liturgy with assembly from the Archdiocese of San Francisco, and the dioceses of Oakland, San Jose and Santa Rosa.
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SACRED HEART PREP, ATHERTOn: The school is represented by two alumnae at the Rio Summer Olympics: KK Clark, a 2008 alum, is one of 13 players named to the U.S. water polo roster and was scheduled to compete beginning Aug. 9 against Spain. Denise Sheldon, a 1997 alum, is Head of Delegation for the U.S. Women’s Volleyball team managing all logistics for Team USA’s players and coaches.
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY: 80 years young are Archbishop George Niederauer, June 14, and Cardinal William J. Levada, June 15. A dinner held close to both dates at their Menlo Park residence helped mark the occasion for the former Archdiocese of San Francisco shepherds
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GETTING TO KNOW YOU: National Night Out at Sts. Peter and Paul schoolyard in North Beach was sponsored by the Safety Network Program and San Francisco Police Department’s Central Station. National Night Out events were held around the country and the city Aug. 2. It is a nationwide effort to promote neighborhood involvement to help stem crime and strengthen partnerships between police and youth, community members and local organizations.
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MERCY HIGH SCHOOL, SAN FRANCISCO: Five students with French teacher, Paula McLaughlin, began their summer on a bus ride from Port-au-Prince, Haiti’s capital, to Gros Morne, a rural community in Northern Haiti. Mercy Sister Karen Anne Schneider, a pediatrician and member of Focus on Haiti, a Mercy organization with direct service to the region, helped entrench the girls in the daily life of the community. Students helped young women from Mercy Beyond Borders Women’s Center and others living there. Students on the trip, pictured here among local residents, are Kaitlyn Wan, Danielle Guinasso, Cici Xu, Adela Pineda and Brennah Sereni.
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THURSDAY, AUG. 11 PRO-LIFE: San Mateo Pro Life meets second Thursday of the month except in December; 7:30 p.m.; St. Gregory’s Worner Center, 28th Ave. at Hacienda, San Mateo, new members welcome; Jessica, (650) 572-1468; themunns@ yahoo.com.
SUNDAY, AUG. 14 TALK: Author Larry Tye on Robert Kennedy the liberal icon, 10:50 a.m. Fromm Hall behind St. Ignatius Church on USF campus, Jesuit Father John Coleman, jacoleman@usfca.edu. MERCY GOSPEL MASS: St. Paul of the Shipwreck Church, Third Street and Jamestown, San Francisco. 10:45 a.m., Bishop William Justice, principal celebrant and homilist, Shipwreck Gospel Choir leads song, parking lot entrance on Key Street; www.stpauloftheshipwreck.org, (415) 468-3434.
WEDNESDAY, AUG. 17 GRIEF SUPPORT: Cathedral of St. Mary of the Assumption, Gough Street at Geary Boulevard, San Francisco, 10:30 a.m., for anyone who is experiencing grief of the loss of a loved one, free, Deacon Christoph Sandoval leads, Sister Elaine at (415) 567-2020, ext. 218.
SATURDAY, AUG. 20 ‘ANSWERING ATHIESM’: Peter Kreeft, a popular resource on Catholic radio and respected church apologist, Star of the Sea Church, 4420 Geary Blvd. at Eighth Avenue, San Francisco, 7 p.m., $15, www.starparish.com; (415) 751-0450.
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) 2883845. HANDICAPABLES MASS: Mass at noon then lunch in lower halls, St. Mary’s Cathedral, Gough Street at Geary Boulevard, San Francisco, Gough Street entrance. All disabled people, caregivers invited. Volunteers welcome, Joanne Borodin, (415) 2394865; www.Handicapables.com. MOTHER TERESA DISPLAY: An exhibit on Blessed Teresa of Calcutta in anticipation of her Sept. 4 canonization will be available at St. Mary’s Cathedral, Cathedral Hall, Gough Street at Geary Boulevard, San Francisco, 9 a.m.- 5 p.m., Aug. 27, 28 and Sept. 3; the exhibit is open 3-5:30 p.m. Aug. 29 through Sept. 2. A Mass of thanksgiving with Archbishop Salvatore J. Codileone as principal celebrant and homilist will be celebrated Sept. 4 at 11 a.m. at the cathedral; (415) 567-2020.
MEDICAL FUNDRAISER: Father Edward Inyanwachi of Nigeria, who formerly served at parishes here during studies at local universities, and Angela Testani, a nurse, speak Father about needs of Inyanwachi population of Ebonyi, Nigeria, raising money for medical/surgical supplies and equipment there: Aug. 21, Our Lady of Loretto Church, Novato after 10 a.m. Mass; Aug. 27, Holy Name of Jesus Church, Flanagan Center, San Francisco 6-9 p.m.; Aug. 28, St. Raymond Church, Menlo Park after 10 a.m. Mass until 2 p.m.; Sept. 11, St. Catherine of Siena Church, Burlingame after 11:30 a.m. Mass until 3 p.m.; Angela Testani (415) 586-5754.
SATURDAY, SEPT. 3 PEACE MASS: Star of the Sea Church, 4420 Geary Blvd. at Eighth Avenue, San Francisco, 8:30 a.m., Father Joseph Illo, pastor, principal celebrant and homilist, (650) 580-7123; zoniafasquelle@gmail.com. CEMETERY MASS: Holy Cross Cemetery, 1500 Old Mission Road, Colma, All Saints Mausoleum, 11 a.m., newly ordained Father Cameron Faller, principal celebrant and homilist. (650) 756-2060, www.holycrosscemeteries. com.
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CONCERT: Amanda Vernon in concert 7 p.m., St. Matthias Church, 1685 Cordilleras Road, Redwood City near Edgewood Road; tickets, $10, 5 years and under Amanda Vernon free, at church office, (650) 366-9544) or amandavernon.com/matthias; Amanda will play her original music and share the faith-filled stories behind the songs, ice cream social follows.
LITTLE SISTERS: Little Sisters of the P U B L I C A Poor host a gala fundraising event at St. Mary’s Cathedral to present the first St. Jeanne Jugan Award in San of the Poor to someone honoring the Francisco to Yvonne Sangiacomo. legacy of their foundress, St. Jeanne Award is presented by the Little Sisters Jugan, in valuing the solidarity of the
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Ho n o rin g The Knights of Columbus Nort hern C al i fo rni a , Oakland Diocese, San José, and St. Francis Chapters S at urda y, S ept em be r 10, 2016 Menl o P ark, C A Tours, Inc. to you unless you otherwise advise Pentecost Tours, Inc. in writing.
TERMS AND CONDITIONS / TOUR CONTRACT Pentecost Tours, Inc. is not a participant in the California Travel Consumer Restitution Fund. This transaction is not covered by the California Travel Consumer Restitution Fund. You are not eligible to file a claim against that Fund in the event of Pentecost Tours, Inc.’s default. However, Pentecost Tours, Inc. does maintain a Trust account for tour deposits at MainSource Bank in Batesville, IN.
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ACCOMMODATIONS: In first class hotels or better, based on double or triple occupancy with private facilities. Single-room supplement is $75 per night and based on availability. Requests for a roommate are assigned on a first-come, first served basis and are not guaranteed. The single-room supplement will be assessed if a roommate is not available when the group is finalized.
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Glendalough (pronounced Glen-dole-lock) is a brief Dayfees, 1: Tuesday, October 18,and 2016, USA / DUBLIN NOT INCLUDED: 1: Airport departure taxes fuel surmile drive south of Dublin. We visit the monastic s Pilgrims are welcomed at an international airport for our charges (est. - $765); 2: tips to guides and drivers, meal servers tlement established in the 6th century by St. Kevin, w departing flight to the Emerald Isle aboard a wide-bodand luggage handlers ($132.50); and 3: optional travel insurwas born in 498 of royal blood but rejected his life The T Th h he e jet, arriving nextbe morning. are served on ance. An amount to coveried these itemsthewill addedMeals to your privilege to live as a hermit in a cave there. He foun have the opportunity to explore the grounds. From there, board the aircraft. original invoice. Also not included: domestic baggage fees, the monastery and also went on to create a cente we head west intoJoseph, Westport to check in at our hotel for MISCELLANEOUS MASS WILL BE CELEBRATED DAILY not includ- of a heavenly apparition. The Blessed Mother, St FEES: StAll changes must be in writing and may Day 9: Wednesday 10/26, DUBLIN / GLENDALpassport and visa fees, laundry, liquors, meals learning devoted to the care of the sick and the co Day 2:wines, Wednesday 10/19, DUBLIN / DOWNPATRICK / dinner anda overnight. OUGH / DUBLIN incur a per-person charge John the Evangelist, and an altar with Lamb upon it [B,D] were for each revision. Deposits received ed in the itinerary, sightseeing or services other than those speBELFAST GallarusGlen-dole-lock) Oratory is a brief 30- ing and illumination of manuscripts. Amid the ruins, Glendalough (pronounced seen by 15 townspeople. The were no mes- may incur a late registration fee. Day 1: Tuesday, October 18, 2016, USA / DUBLIN within 92saints days ofsilent; departure mile drive south of Dublin. We visit the monastic set- can feel the powerful sense of peace and tranquility. cifically mentioned and items of a personal nature. Note: Upon our we Day 5: sage was given to the people, onlySaturday an example10/22, of prayerWESTPORT / CROAGH PATPilgrims are welcomed at an international airport for arrival ourDueintoDublin, tlement established in the 6th century by St. Kevin, who return to Dublin, a city known for its modern influe andescort, a rich symbolism in RICK their appearances. We visit the departing flight toDownpatrick the Emerald Isle aboard a wide-bod/ KYLEMORE / CONNEMARA / WESTPORT meet our full-time tour limited storage space on motor coaches, Pentecost Tours entiborn in 498/ GALLARUS of royal blood ORATObut rejected his life of location of the apparition, the Basilica of Our LAND ARRANGEMENTS: The tour operator the Day right 7: Monday 10/24,was LIMERICK arriving the next morning. Meals are served After breakfast we Lady, driveand to Croagh Patrick, Ireland’sreserves Holy board our on private and tles each passenger ied to jet, one checked bag and one carry-on bagcoach, privilege/ to live as a hermit in a cave there. He founded es combined with the beauty and heritage of the p have the opportunity explore thethe grounds. From there, board the aircraft. RY / SLEA HEAD / DINGLE LIMERICK totochange itinerary because of emergencies or extenuating Mountain. Here St.hotel Patrick proceed north to Downpatrick. Elegant shops, hotels, galleries, coffee houses an the monastery and also wenttoonthe to create that meets airline “size/weight” allowances. Domestic baggage we head west into Westport to check in at our for spent the forty days of Lent in Our day begins with the journey southwest Din- a center of circumstances beyond our control. the year 441 AD in prayer and fasting. Our journey conWe stop in for a visit at the St. learning devoted to the care of the sick and the copy- stunning variety of restaurants have sprung up on alm Day 2: Wednesday 10/19, DUBLIN DOWNPATRICK / bags dinner and overnight. [B,D] fees, overweight baggage charges, and fees/for additional gle Peninsula which thrusts out into of the Atlantic Ocean BELFAST ing and illumination manuscripts. Amid the ruins, one every street in the capital. The group will enjoy a city to Gallarus Oratory tinues to the shores of Kylemore Lough to visit Kylemore, Patrick's Centre, where Dr. fall under the responsibility of the passenger. aware, Upon our arrival Be in Dublin, we while Day 5: Saturday 10/22,a WESTPORT claim Ireland’s mostcan westerly point. Here, /Pentecost CROAGH PATfeel the powerful sense ofmajestic peace andhills tranquility. We gothicThe castle, now a Benedictine Abbey. Weits enjoy Tim Campbell will speak on Downpatrick ERRORS: Tours staff does besttime to provideto you where we see the statue-lined O’Connell Street, Georg RICK / KYLEMORE / CONNEMARA / WESTPORT meet our full-time tour escort, to Dublin, a city known for its you may agree to pay fees for additional luggage, there may soar in ORATOof green return and purple over vast bowls ofmodern un- influenc- Squares, Phoenix Park, and St. Patrick’s Cathedral. O exploring thebilling, Abbey, gardens, andDay the along the lake 7:walk Monday 10/24, LIMERICK / GALLARUS St. Patrick's we wewith accurate brochures, etc. However, in /the event of hues After breakfast drive to Croagh Patrick, Ireland’s Holy our private coach, andvision. Then, es combined with the beauty andto heritage of the past. not be room on the motor coach. board spoiled valleys. Mountain streams tumble down lakes, RY / SLEA HEAD / DINGLE LIMERICK upspent to the beautiful chapel. We enjoyhuman sites of errors, the ConneMountain. Patrick the forty days of Lent in written the Down Cathedral, the Here St. proceed northvisit to Downpatrick. Elegant shops, hotels, galleries, coffee houses and a of Dublin's top tourist attractions, the Guinness Brew computer error, verbal or we reserve the Our day begins with the journey southwest to the Dinhedgerows blaze with fuchias and golden beaches stretchup on almost will be our last stop. We tour the historical 7-floor bu 441 AD in prayer and fasting. Our journey We stop in for historical a visit at theburial St. stunning variety of restaurants have sprung mara, characterized byconpeator bogs, mountainous place the ofyear Saint right to invoice, re-invoice, forward corrected materials. glerugged, Peninsula which thrusts out into the forAtlantic miles. Ocean The Dingle Peninsula place of intense, tinues to the shores of Kylemore to visit Kylemore, that Centre, where every streetisinathe capital. The groupshifting will enjoy a city tour, ing that is continually updated to present guests wi ASSISTANCE: Pilgrims who requirePatrick's personal assistance must terrain Lough and lush countryside istohome a great variety Patrick andDr. visit his grave. We claim to Ireland’s most westerly point. Here, majestic hills Tim Campbell will speak on that a gothic castle, now a Benedictine Abbey. We enjoy time whereOratory, we see the statue-lined O’Connell Street, Georgian beauty. We visit Gallarus an ancient dry stone be accompanied by a paying passenger who will provide soar in hues of green and purple over vast bowls of unof wildlife. We returnthetolake Westport where the OF remainder continue towe Belfast andexploring proceed the Abbey, gardens, and the walk along St. Patrick's vision. Then, CALIFORNIA REGISTERED SELLER TRAVEL Squares,testifies Phoenix Park, and St. of Patrick’s Cathedral. One natural balance of industrial tradition coupled with a c construction whose longevity to the skill its buildspoiled valleys. Mountain streams tumble down to lakes, assistance. of the dayREGISTRATION is free to ConneexploreNUMBER: independently. This evening, toCathedral, Mass at up to the beautiful chapel. We enjoy sites of the visit the Down the Saint Malachy's of Dublin's top tourist attractions, the Guinness Brewery temporary flare. The Storehouse also boasts unique m CST-2037190-40
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It'sis free to explore son is required to secure reservations,to which will applied of the day This evening, Mass atsum Saint Malachy's temporary flare. The Storehouse also boasts unique merSt. Patrick himself worshipped. Then, we wind around the ers. Held together completely by the weight of stones (no tions of pubs occupying every other storefront and enjoy ecclesiastical style was by in thefull Tudor wanderbut the streets of Westport and sample authentic Irish Church (subject confirmachandise promoting its global, world-famous brand. This own. Overnight in Dublin. [B] to the price of the tour, with the balance toinspired betopaid noperiod mortar) building withstood windpicturesque and rain for more coast Slea Head Dingle, to Limfare at the restaurant or apub of your choice as dinner is tion),ceilings the 3rdare oldest glass of Guinness or a mug of Irish ale.theThe city has boasts evening,and indulge in the returning culinary delights of Ireland at the its fan vaulted an Catholic architectural adaptation later than 11/30/2016. Payment of remaining balance received than 1000 years. It is typical of the type erick of church in which and overnight. for dinner [B,D] on your own. After dinner, choose from the endless opChurch in the city of Belfast. It's pub or restaurant of your choosing as dinner is on your Day 10: Thursday 10/27, DUBLIN one of the most well-known and visited pubs around, Matt Then, we wind around the from the Henry VII Chapel in Westminster Abbey. The St. Patrick himself worshipped. after 11/30/2016 will incur astyle $50 Reservations other storefront andDownpatrick, enjoy ecclesiastical was penalty. inspired by the Tudor period but made tions of pubs occupying every own. Overnight in Dublin. [B] Visit: Dublin, Belfast, Giant's Causeway, Sligo, ofcity theboasts pubs, including Matt Malloy's, haveand Dublin is home to church boasts the bell in Belfast which sounds picturesque coast Slea Head Dingle, returning to Lima glass ofatGuinness or a Malloy's. mug of IrishMany ale. The its fan vaulted ceilings are an largest architectural adaptation Day 8: Tuesday 10/25, LIMERICK / ROCK OF CASHEL / within 92 days of departure may be subject to a late charge. In erick for overnight. [B,D] traditional dancing as dinner well. and Overnight Trinity College times daily. After Mass,The we check one in at ourmost well-known Travel by: of the and visitedIrish pubsmusic around,and/or MattArrangements from theleast Henrythree VII Chapel in Westminster Abbey. KILKENNY / DUBLINDay 10: Thursday 10/27, DUBLIN the event of cancellation, refund will be made upand to 11/2/2016 Kylemore, Connemara, Croagh Patrick, Cliffs includingWestport, Matt Dublin is home to inKnock, Westport. [B]Malloy's, have which houses the church boasts bell in Belfast which sounds at hotelthe forlargest a welcome dinner overnight. [D] Malloy's. Many of the pubs, Day 8: Tuesday 10/25, LIMERICK / ROCK CASHEL TheOF Rock of /Cashel isTrinity an impressive with a $100 administrative plus College medieval complex least threefee times daily.any Afterairline Mass, wecancellation check in at our pen- traditional Irish music and/or dancing as well. Overnight 9th-century “Book KILKENNY / DUBLIN called “The Acropoliswhich of houses the Westport. [B] hotelto for Day a11/30/2016 welcome dinner and overnight. [D] of Moher, Bunratty, Limerick, ofisCashel, Glendalough alties. From 11/2/2016 the cancellation 3: Thursday 10/20, BELFAST /penalty GIANT'SinCAUSEThe RockRock of Cashel an impressive medieval complex of Kells”. We vis“Book Ancient Ireland" and is 9th-century one called “The Acropolis of WAY / 10/20, BELFAST is $500 plus any airline penalties. If cancellation is it there and stop Day 3:cancellation Thursday BELFAST / GIANT'S CAUSEof Kells”. We visof the most spectacular Ancient Ireland" and is one Our morning as we travel 60 miles north to see WAY / BELFAST received after 11/30/2016, refund willbegins be subject to a minimum to see St. Mary's there and stop of the most spectacular archeological sites in ittothe morning begins as wecancellation travel 60 miles north to see geological the see Giant’s Causeway, a penalties, unique landsee St. Mary's Pro Cathedral. 40% cancellation feeOur plus any airline or archeological sites in the country. Dating from Pro the Cathedral. the see Giant’s a unique geological landscapetoCauseway, that is any truly unlike any place else onisearth. The country. The remainder an amount equal to scape expenses the operator, whichever that is truly unliketour place else on earth. 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Then, we return to stores offer a wide Kilkenny, a charming inland The museum was master-planned over transportation 185 acres of the east of the Rock of Cashel is Day 6: Sunday 10/23, WESTPORT / CLIFFS OF MOHER / chandise at *Estimated quite Hours: Monday-Friday, 9 AM - 5the PM E.S.T. Airline Taxes &selection Fuel Surcharges of the terms and conditions of this contract for or Belfast for a city tour and time at the Titanic Museum. city. Overlooking River of merheritage site where the Titanic was designed and built. ADARE / BUNRATTY / LIMERICK reasonablesubject prices. Kilkenny, a charming inland to increase/decrease at 30 at days prior Nore is a famous fortress, /Rock of Cashel The over 185 acres the we departDay travel services, all sums paid tomuseum Pentecost Tours, Inc.forfor services 6: Sunday 10/23, WESTPORT / CLIFFS OF MOHER chandise quite Our day concludes as we was returnmaster-planned to the hotel dinner Thisof morning Westport for the incredible and This evening, we city. 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Visit: Lisbon, Santarem, Fatima, Alba de Torres, Avila, Segovia, Burgos, Loyol, Pamplona, San guesa, Lourdes, Listeux, Normandy, Paris village whose shrine attracts pilgrims from all over the world, including John Paul II (1979) and Mother Teresa (1993). On August 21, 1879, the eve of the Octave of the Assumption, the parish church of Knock was the scene
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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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so much more. Continuing through the midland counties, our journey today ends in Dublin, Ireland’s capital city. We check in at our hotel for dinner and overnight. [B,D]
States. We take arrive home inspired by holiness of saints and mesmerized by the pristine beauty of Go majestic landscape. [B]
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