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August 17, 2017
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Pope saddened by ‘perfect’ Catholics who despise others Junno Arocho Esteves Catholic News Service
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Father Corral installed as pastor of Our Lady of the Pillar
Father Jose Corral is introduced to the congregation July 23 as the new pastor of Our Lady of the Pillar Parish in Half Moon Bay. Father Corral, who is well known for his leadership in the Catholic charismatic movement and has served at St. Finn Barr, St. Timothy and St. James parishes in the archdiocese, said he has a goal of bringing “stability to the parish and even more unity.” See story on Page 6.
VATICAN CITY – God did not choose perfect people to form his church, but rather sinners who have experienced his love and forgiveness, Pope Francis said. The Gospel of Luke’s account of Jesus forgiving the sinful woman shows how his actions went against the general mentality of his time, a way of thinking that saw a “clear separation” between the pure and impure, the pope said Aug. 9 during his weekly general audience. “There were some scribes, those who believed they were perfect,” the pope said. “And I think about so many Catholics who think they are perfect and scorn others. This is sad.” Continuing his series of audience talks about Christian hope, the pope reflected on Jesus’ “scandalous gesture” of forgiving the sinful woman. see pope, page 18
Daughters of Carmel offer healing, spiritual guidance Valerie Schmalz Catholic San Francisco
Beneath the leafy trees on the grounds of St. Patrick Seminary & University, members of a new order of religious women dedicated to healing and spiritual direction live in a small convent that Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone blessed this spring. The Daughters of Carmel are an open contemplative order, members of the Carmelite family, who spend most of their days in silence. The Daughters of Carmel are also charismatic, with a deep reliance on the gifts of the Holy Spirit. They offer healing retreats, and personal spiritual direction that is designed to heal, said Sister Maria Theofila, prioress. “Our task is to help people encounter the presence of the living God,” Sister Theofila said of the order’s apostolate. “There are so many who want to find God,” said Sister Mary Jacinta, and they ask “how they can have this personal relationship with God.” People experi-
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The Daughters of Carmel are pictured in front of their convent at St. Patrick’s Seminary & University. From left, Sister Maria Aurelia, P.Karm; Sister Salverina Regina, P.Karm; Sister Mary Jacinta, P.Karm; Sister Maria Theofila, P.Karm.
ence pain that needs to be healed, sometimes deeply inside themselves, she said. “Sometimes your attitude is caused by your past life,” Sister Jacinta said. “We try to heal from all the past life, the things that hurt us.”
In his homily at the Mass March 19, the feast of St. Joseph and the anniversary of the order’s founding in Indonesia, Archbishop Cordileone told the sisters their healing work and their prayers are needed here. “We have so many Samaritans in the world, so many who are yearning, who are lost and cannot find their way,” Archbishop Cordileone said, telling those at the Mass in the Daughters of Carmel convent’s little chapel that it is “a blessing for us to have them here in our archdiocese. We need them here.” “The Holy Spirit is the foundation and the source of everything,” the Daughters of Carmel website states. Worldwide there are 152 Daughters of Carmel. There are four religious sisters at the convent in Menlo Park. “To personally experience and live the loving and saving presence of God and to bring others to the same experience can only be done by the power of the Holy Spirit which is channeled and see daughters of carmel, page 8
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