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Pope calls on Europe’s parishes to take in refugees
A migrant from Syria cries as she stands with her children on a field after crossing into Hungary from the border with Serbia near the village of Roszke Sept. 5. Given the ongoing crisis of people fleeing from war and poverty, Pope Francis asked every parish and religious community in Europe to take in a family of refugees as a concrete sign of hope and God’s mercy. “The Gospel calls us, asks us to be near the least and the abandoned. To give them concrete hope, not just say ‘Hang in there, have patience!’” he said in an appeal after praying the Angelus with those gathered in St. Peter’s Square Sept. 6.
Who could imagine this a year ago? The president of the California Catholic Conference, Bishop Jaime Soto of Sacramento, and Bishop Stephen Blaire of Stockton met with state Sen. President Pro-Tem Kevin de Leon and other lawmakers to reflect upon Pope Francis’ encyclical “Laudato Si’” in a closed door meeting Aug. 31. The afternoon included a press conference where de Leon presented framed documents of an approved Senate resolution, SB 37, stating the Senate would take into account the papal encyclical in its deliberations on climate change. “The pope recognizes what is undeniable: a growing body of scientific evidence that our planet is warming,” said Sen. de Leon, D-Los Angeles, who called the encyclical “a very powerful document.” In the press conference, Bishops Soto and Blaire tied respect for human life to stewardship of the environment, and reiterated their opposition to assisted suicide legislation that has been see teachers, page 7
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The associate pastor of St. Ignatius Parish offered advice both practical and prayerful to Catholics approaching Pope Francis’ six-chapter, 184-page encyclical during a public lecture on the document’s invitations on Sept. 3. The subtitle of “Laudato Si’” is “Our Care for our Common Home.” “First, read it in its entirety –very few Catholics have,” Jesuit Father John Coleman told the audience of over 300 that packed Xavier Hall to hear
‘I tell people to pray the encyclical, because it can create a profound ecological conversion.’ Jesuit Father John Coleman scholar Mary Evelyn Tucker speak on what the pope calls “integral ecology.” “This encyclical is like rain for parched land, for desert souls,” said Tucker, a leading voice in the developing field of religion and ecology. For the pope, integral ecology concerns a
spiritual revision of the relationship between the human being and the natural world. He points to St. Francis as a model. Father Coleman, a former professor of social values at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles and the author or editor of more than 17 books, said that those who read only portions or summaries of the pope’s letter will deny themselves the beauty of the pope’s full vision, intellectual authority and language. “Everything he writes is poetic, but in very accessible language, he said. “It all hangs together.” A full digest of the document will help readers respond to misinterpretations, including see “laudito si”, page 19
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The Missionaries of Charity feed the mostly homeless at James Rolph Playground under elevated Highway 101 in the Mission District. Above, Missionary of Charity Sister John Marie speaks with one of the dinner guests. Top right, volunteers serve the meal at 4 p.m. Bottom right, the sisters help the people, most of whom live on the street, with simple kindnesses – washing their hands, cutting nails and hair.
Missionaries of Charity feed homeless – ‘poorest of the poor’ Story and photos by Valerie Schmalz Catholic San Francisco
Six days a week the Missionaries of Charity and volunteers serve a home-cooked dinner to about 100-150 mostly homeless people, many of whom live near or under the freeway that passes over the intersection of Potrero Avenue and Cesar Chavez Street in San Francisco. The Missionaries cook the meal at their home at 55 Sadowa, near
St. Michael’s Korean Church. They serve the food around 4 p.m. every day but Thursday, the sisters’ dedicated day of prayer. The tables are set up just outside the fence of the ballfield at James Rolph Playground. The sisters help in many ways, including cutting fingernails and trimming beards and hair. The Missionaries of Charity, founded by Blessed Teresa of Calcutta in 1950, came to San Francisco in 1982, when Blessed Teresa established a novitiate
in a convent adjacent to St. Paul Church. Shortly afterward, the Missionaries opened a hospice for AIDS patients, the Gift of Love, now located in Pacifica, and a home for pregnant women, Queen of Peace. In her Letter of the Foundress, Blessed Teresa states the Missionaries are to “to quench the infinite thirst of Jesus Christ on the Cross for love of souls … by laboring at the salvation and sanctification of the poorest of the poor.”
Assisted-suicide legislation at critical stage The California Assembly was scheduled to vote this week on new physician-assisted-suicide legislation that was brought back during a special session called to address health care costs. If the bill is passed by the Assembly, it would have to be acted upon by the state Senate by Sept. 11 when the special session concludes. The California Catholic Conference is asking people to contact their lawmakers to oppose the legislation, ABx2-15. A similar bill failed to pass the Assembly during the regular session but had been approved by the Senate. If passed by both houses, it would then go to Gov. Jerry Brown.
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Priests Retirement Fund 2015 The priests of our Archdiocese selflessly dedicate their lives in service to the Lord. We are blessed by the celebration of the sacraments and their ministry to us in times of joy as well as times of great need and sorrow. There are two opportunities for us to show our gratitude to our retired priests for their many years of faithful service: l On September 19 & 20 every parish in the Archdiocese of San Francisco will take up a special collection, please consider a generous gift. l On Friday, October 30, the Fifth Annual Saint John Vianney Luncheon will be held at St. Mary’s Cathedral. Please plan to attend. By participating in these two events you will help provide financial stability for our retired priests and help assure future security for our active priests. For more information and for tickets to the Fifth Annual Saint John Vianney Luncheon, contact the Office of Development at (415) 614-5537 or email at development@sfarchdiocese.org.
Bishop Ignatius Wang, JCD a refugee from China, canon lawyer, pastor, and missionary, retired San Francisco Auxiliary Bishop Ignatius Wang had experienced
several lifetimes of adventure by 2003 when he was ordained the first Asian bishop in North America. Today he lives quietly at Holy Name of Jesus parish in the Sunset, where he continues to help with confirmations and administers the sacraments. “The most important thing to me is the sacrifice of the Mass,” said Bishop Wang, 81, who grew up in a devoutly Catholic family of Manchurian descent in Beijing, the fifth of eight children. He often celebrates daily and Sunday Mass at Holy Name where his faith is strengthened by the devotion of those attending, some in wheelchairs; some with canes. “The people in the pews, they give me energy.” Bishop Wang was born in 1934 in Beijing. He attended seminary and was ordained a priest in 1959 in Hong Kong. He then studied for three years in Rome at the Pontifical Urbaniana University, obtaining a doctorate in canon law. During his time in the archdiocese, Bishop Wang served as a priest at St. Veronica in South San Francisco, in the canon law tribunal for five years and as pastor for 10 years at the North Beach parish of St. Francis of Assisi until it was closed for retrofitting after the 1989 earthquake. Bishop Wang was nominated as bishop while he was serving as director of the archdiocesan Society of the Propagation of the Faith, a post he held for 17 years before and after his episcopal ordination. Looking back at his priesthood, today, Bishop Wang says he loves the life he has been given. “A priest should be happy,” Bishop Wang said, “It is hard work for the Lord.”
Father Gerry O’Rourke was born, raised and ordained in Ireland. He was ordained in 1950, at age 25, one of a class of 85 priests who graduated from St. Patrick’s College Maynooth, the national seminary of Ireland. “That was a time when almost all of us were not needed right away, so we went abroad,” Father O’Rourke said. In 1979, he joined the Archdiocese of San Francisco, first residing in Mill Valley at Our Lady of Mount Carmel, at St. Agnes and St. Philip in the city, and from 2003 to 2011 at St. Gabriel in San Francisco. Father O’Rourke has been involved—and continues to be involved—in promoting interreligious dialogue and cooperation. In1990 he was appointed director of ecumenical and interreligious ministry for the Archdiocese. He was also director of the RENEW, a parish-based program to encourage faith-sharing community from 1987 to 1991. “If I walk into a church today and celebrate Mass I can tell you whether that parish had RENEW or not. The whole idea of participation, the whole idea of community was built up enormously at the time of RENEW.” Asked what is the most important to him about being a priest, Father O’Rourke answers: “My grand commitment is to keep alive Jesus for the people. When I say the people, for anyone, particularly for Christians and Catholics. But to let people of other faiths understand the wonder of Jesus.” Lately, Father O’Rourke says he has been thinking about God as Deus Ludens; God who is happy and joyful, who plays. In heaven, he says, “You will be in the place of humor. You will be loved. Sometimes you can be in the space of love here on earth too. And that will be the eternal space.”
Monsignor John R. Pernia spent more than twenty-five years as a priest in the Philippines before immigrating to the United States in 1986 and ministering in the Archdiocese of San Francisco. Msgr. Pernia retired in 2011 at the age of eighty. Today he resides at Mater Dolorosa Parish in South San Francisco. He looks back happily on a full life. “If God calls me today, I am ready.”
Msgr. Pernia’s call to the priesthood came early -- while he was serving Mass. The priest asked the young altar boy if he wanted to be a priest and he remembers answering: “Let me think about it.” At age 14, his mother and father traveled with him to the minor seminary on Cebu Island. He cried when they left, he remembers, but he stayed. He was ordained in 1958 in Bohol. Msgr. Pernia is one of a dozen Filipino priests who immigrated to the Archdiocese from the Bohol province in the Archdiocese of Cebu, a cadre of priests who have remained close to this day. In fact, it was a fellow Bohol priest, Msgr. Floro Arcamo, who vouched for Msgr. Pernia when he first came to California and was accepted in the Archdiocese by then Auxiliary Bishop Daniel Walsh. Msgr. Pernia served as pastor of Our Lady of Perpetual Help, as administrator of St. Brendan and as parochial vicar at Star of the Sea, All Souls, Saint Paul, and Holy Angels parishes. A gregarious man, Msgr. Pernia said the best thing about being a priest is meeting people.
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‘You’ll see more of me in the world of service,’ SHC junior says Tom Burke catholic San Francisco
Vita Solorio-Fielder loves helping others. She is a volunteer tutor for Reading Partners and last year put together a book drive for the group that brought nearly 500 volumes that have been shared with Partners and Books Behind Bars. Reading Partners tutors children at low-income schools. “I love working with the students and I wanted to give back to this organiVita Soloriozation somehow,” Vita told me via Fielder email. “When my former eighth grade teacher, Ursuline Sister Lillian Repak, asked me about starting a service project at my alma mater, St. John School, I immediately knew I would start something for Reading Partners.” The four-day effort included Vita energizing St. John students with talks in each class. “All the students were so excited to be able to give back to our community.” At the end of the week 465 books had been donated: 428 from St. John’s and the rest from merchants whose help Vita had sought including Thrift Town, Green Apple Books and Dog Eared Books. “Overall, this was a wonderful experience and I feel so lucky that those who I reached out to were so supportive and generous,” Vita said. “I sincerely hope that I will be able to do some more projects like this throughout the course of my high school career. You’ll definitely be seeing more of me in the world of service.” NEW WELCOMER: Welcome aboard at San Francisco’s Archbishop Riordan High School to Luis Martinez, the school’s new director of admissions. Luis comes from experience in admissions for Stanford University. He is founder of Hidden Ivies Consortium an event that expanded recruitment for 34 universities, including USC, Johns Hopkins and the University of Chicago, Riordan said. Luis is a graduate Luis Martinez of Bates College in Maine where he also worked in admissions. He holds a graduate degree in international education management from Middlebury College’s Monterey Institute.
HAPPY HELPERS: St. Mary’s Auxiliary presented a check for $60,000 to St. Mary’s Medical Center, San Francisco to purchase two new state-of-the-art dialysis machines. The auxiliary holds an annual holiday boutique fundraiser with proceeds benefiting hospital care. Pictured from left are: Kathleen Kuntz, critical care director; Aris Dionisio, lead nurse in dialysis; Arlene Fife, auxiliary president; Mary Perata, Auxiliary, treasurer; and Nancy Shea, gift shop volunteer manager. “Riordan feels a lot like where I went to high school,” said Martinez. “I felt at home right away, and I’m looking forward to working with everyone and helping the young men achieve their greatest potential,” Luis said in a letter from Riordan president Joe Conti to students’ parents. In addition to directing Riordan’s local admissions team, Luis will also be leading the St. Francis Scholars Program. PEER PLEASURE: Parents of children under 5 years of age at Holy Name of Jesus Parish have found a friend in Noreen Chan. She and Maureen Ariola have founded an Under 5 Ministry “to offer support for families with children under 5 years old.” It’s “an opportunity to create new friendships” with parents “going through the same struggles and challenges,” Noreen said. She and her husband are parents of two children, Reyna, a freshman at Mercy High School, San Francisco and 4-year-old Nolan who attends Holy Name Preschool. Noreen has been a parishioner at Holy Name for 40 years. The ministry also organizes social events for members. “Personally, my husband and I are both working full time, and raising two wonderful kids,” Noreen said knowing there are many families in similar situations. “Volunteering to be chair of this wonderful ministry is one of the ways I am giving back to
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St. Francis Sisters: Evangelizing the world Catholic San Francisco is featuring one religious congregation from the archdiocese in each installment of this periodic column marking the Vatican’s Year of Consecrated Life. Sister Michele Mangan, OSF
Itineracy has always been a characteristic of Franciscans dedicated to the church’s mission and WAKE UP THE WORLD ! evangelization any2015 Year of Consecrated Life where in the world. So too that itinerate characteristic is evident in the history of the Sisters of St. Francis of Penance and Christian Charity, better known in the Bay Area as the Redwood City Franciscans. In the early 1900s, at the request of the Franciscan Friars, these Franciscans came from Buffalo, New York, to Sacramento and Los Angeles to take up work in schools, kindergartens and day care centers. Within a few years they were answering requests to go to the states of Washington, Oregon and Montana. Life presented many challenges in those early years in the West. Sometimes there wasn’t enough money to heat the houses where they lived and often little food. Nevertheless, in those early days, the sisters gave all their energies to God’s call to them and they frequently worked beyond their energies. Their itinerant character was always evident: their foundress, Magdalen Damen, was a poor woman from the Netherlands. She saw her little commu-
Sisters of St. Francis of Penance and Christian Charity are pictured in current and circa-1960s provincial group portraits. nity spread and when she died in 1858 she knew of Bernadette and the visions of the Immaculate Conception. The little congregation continued to branch out and was invited to Germany, Brazil, Poland, the U.S. and other countries in the late-1800s and early-1900s. World Wars I and II were particularly difficult times for the sisters no matter where they were missioned. Most of them were from various ethnic backgrounds and many were treated with mistrust because of their ethnicity. Among the deepest sorrows for the sisters was the knowledge that some of their sisters from the Indonesian province were in concentration camps during World War II. Over the years several women from the Bay area had entered the Sisters of St. Francis but it was only in 1958 that permission was sought from Archbishop John J. Mitty and plans were made to move the provincial house and novitiate to the Bay area from Southern California. Father John Lally, director of Vallombrosa Retreat House at the time, was instrumental in helping to secure a property in Redwood City for the new building and in 1962 Mount Al-
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Sister Georgina has been a Dominican Sister of the Most Holy Rosary of the Philippines for 42 years. She laughingly calls herself a “recycled principal” having already served in that role at St. Charles from 2006-2009. She served for 24 years Sister Georgina at a parish in Hawaii Delgado, OP teaching in the school and coordinating parish religious education and social justice programs. “I am very happy to be back with the students and families of St. Charles,” Sister Georgina told Catholic San Francisco.
Jeffrey Burgos formerly served as principal in San Francisco public schools and in Guam. He holds a graduate degree in private school administration from the University of San Francisco and is a member of Our Jeffrey Burgos Lady of Perpetual Help Parish, Daly City. “What a blessing it is for me to be able to serve the Our Lady of Mercy community!” he told Catholic San Francisco. “I am grateful, indeed, for this gift to be able to practice my profession while serving our church in her important work of educating the minds, nurturing the souls, and spreading the word of our God.”
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Principal, St. Mary School, San Francisco Tony LesCallett has been a teacher at Our Lady of Mercy School for 12 years. He holds a graduate degree in education San Francisco State University. “I believe that Catholic Schools are essential to the growth of our faith Tony LesCallett and its success in this ever-changing world,” he told Catholic San Francisco. “I welcome the challenges that come with creating citizens at St. Mary School who will strive to improve their lives and the lives of others in their communities.”
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Principal, Our Lady of the Visitacion School, San Francisco Hannah Everhart holds a graduate degree in Catholic educational leadership and an administrative credential from the University of San Francisco and is former principal of Immaculate Heart Hannah Everhart of Mary School, Belmont. “Happy to be back in San Francisco work-
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Principal, Holy Name School, San Francisco Natalie Cirigliano, who holds a graduate degree in Catholic educational leadership and an administrative credential from the University of San Francisco, served as assistant principal at Mercy High Natalie Cirigliano School, Burlingame. She is a graduate of both Mercy and St. Catherine of Siena School, Burlingame. “As a product of K-12 Bay Area Catholic education, I believe that giving your child the gift of a Catholic education is one of the greatest things you can give your child,” she told Catholic San Francisco. “I will forever be thankful to my parents for investing in the Catholic school system and me!” Gina Beal
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Francisco State University. She is a parishioner of All Souls and St. Robert’s, San Bruno. “I believe God has placed me in the most enriching vocation, Catholic education,” Beal told Catholic San Francisco. “It is not Gina Beal just my job, it is my vocation. God has blessed me with many things, and one of the most important blessings is being part of a Catholic school community” Laura Miller
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Climate: California bishops meet with lawmakers on papal encyclical “The role of the church is to lift up values and to be a voice for what we believe enhances the dignity of every human person,” said Bishop Blaire. Bishop Blaire said that in the encyclical, “The pope points out when we have degraded the earth, we have sinned against God and against one another.” The two Senate bills face significant opposition in the Assembly, the Los Angeles Times reported Aug. 30. In the Assembly, some have said they worry that under SB 350’s provisions gasoline consumption regulations will be decided by the unelected California Air Resources Board. Some Democratic Assembly members are threatening to throw out Assembly Speaker Toni Atkins, D-San Diego, over the bill, the Times reported. SB 32 faces opposition from the state Chamber of Commerce whose president Allan Zaremberg said 35 years out is too far to plan because there is no way to know what the technology will be for achieving those goals, the Times reported.
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reintroduced in a new bill in the extraordinary legislative session. The Aug. 31 meeting was entitled “Dialogue on our Common Home and Ecological Future,” and included some lawmakers, the executive director of Catholic Climate Covenant and a representative of Catholic Relief Services. The California Catholic Conference is the public policy arm of the state’s bishops. “We do approach this as pastors,” Bishop Soto said, not scientists or public officials. “As pastors, we share the Holy Father’s concern that our Earth, our common home, can be a home for all.” In the spring, the California Catholic Conference endorsed two “environmental stewardship” bills, backed by Gov. Jerry Brown, which were passed by the state Senate and are now before the state Assembly: SB 32, introduced by Sen. Fran Pavley, D-Agoura Hills, would set an enforceable greenhouse gas reduction target of 80 percent below 1990 levels by 2050. SB 350, introduced by de Leon and Sen. Mark Leno, D-San Francisco, would require the state to reduce gasoline use by 50 percent, increase energy efficiency in existing buildings by 50 percent and require energy utilities to get 50 percent of their power from renewable sources – all by 2030. “We are not separate from nature,” de Leon said, saying it was time to “correct the abuses of our throwaway culture.”
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“We as humanity understand we are very much part of nature and that we need to act in harmony with that nature, the nature of the Earth as well as our own human nature,” Bishop Soto said. Respecting the environment is consistent with Catholic beliefs and consistent with Pope Francis encyclical, Bishop Soto said. “Almost every Sunday I try to speak to this document,” Bishop Soto said during the press conference.
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Our Lady’s Ministry helps poor around the world Tom Burke Catholic San Francisco
With an outreach to the poor now 20 years old, Our Lady’s Ministry continues its effort to help the impoverished around the world. The group holds its annual fundraiser Sept. 26. Our Lady’s Ministry grew from a prayer group of the same name at St. Bruno Church in San Bruno in 1995. Carlos Lopez Valencia, a leader of the group, launched a branch group and began the organization’s hallmark mission trips to poor areas. Today, Our Lady’s Ministry has approximately 50 members. “A mission trip begins with an invitation from a clergy member requesting support of material and financial assistance for their diocese where people live in abject poverty or one that has experienced a severe natural disaster,” Kathleen Bruno of Our Lady’s Ministry told Catholic
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Our Lady’s Ministry director Carlos Lopez Valencia embraces orphan toddlers on a mission trip to “Mothers Village,” Suguri, Ghana. San Francisco. Beneficiaries of the effort include orphaned, malnourished and handicapped children,
Our Lady’s Ministry’s Arlene Alvarado and Liza Fernandez, both nurses at Stanford Hospital, give medical supplies to a poor clinic in a small village on a mission trip outside Bolgatanga, Ghana. abandoned elderly, poor seminarians, and the incarcerated. Members making the trips pay their own way, Bruno said, and generally five to seven members travel on the eight to 12 trips per year. Preparations for the trips include conversations with leadership about where food can be purchased in bulk quantities, where a delivery truck can be rented, how many people are in the community requiring assistance. Then the OLM crew purchases nonperishable foods for distribution. Tables are also set up with clothing donated for the community. OLM members bring an additional suitcase full of clothing, school supplies or medical necessities.
“Our Lady’s Ministry members joyfully serve on the mission trips because they see the face of Christ in all the people they serve on each and every trip,” Bruno said. Our Lady’s Ministry has helped people in the United States as well as countries including Uganda, Mexico, Peru, El Salvador Thailand and the Philippines. The Sept. 26 fundraiser includes live and silent auctions, dinner and video clips of 2015 mission trips. Tickets are $35. Visit www.ourladysministry. org; call (415) 467-4747. Our Lady’s Ministry is a 501c3 nonprofit organization.
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Project Rachel: Ministry of reconciliation Christina Gray Catholic San Francisco
Healing is incomplete without sacramental reconciliation for a Catholic woman, couple or family who has lost a child as a result of abortion, said Mary Ann Schwab, longtime coordinator of the Project Rachel Ministry. “Losing a child is one of the most dramatic and traumatic of human experiences” and healing culminates with the sacramental “restoration of the person” through confession with a priest, Schwab said. “From a Catholic perspective, healing from the loss of a child before or shortly after birth is not complete until the woman or man is restored through the healing mercy of Christ,” Schwab said. Only after that can some people begin to can forgive themselves, she said. A Project Rachel Healing Liturgy will be held Sept. 19 at 11 a.m. at Holy Cross Cemetery in Colma, with Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone as principal celebrant. A ministry of the U.S. Catholic bishops, Project Rachel was started by Vicki Thorn, a Respect Life director in the Archdiocese of Milwaukee who had witnessed the self-destructive trajectory of a friend who had aborted a child in the 1970s. Project Rachel ministries vary somewhat from diocese to diocese based on available funding and staffing, Schwab said. In the archdiocesan Respect Life Office, she extended the ministry to help heal not only post-abortive trauma but also those
Project Rachel coordinator Mary Ann Schwab, center, is pictured with Project Rachel mentors Rita Widergren, left, and Ellen Kelly Daley, right, at the archdiocesan Pastoral Center Aug. 27.
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Pope Francis’ Sept. 1 announcement that priests worldwide will be able to absolve women for the sin of abortion will have little effect on pastoral practices in the United States and Canada, where most priests already have such authority in the sacrament of reconciliation. See Page 16. who suffer other losses of a child, such as miscarriage, stillbirth or infant death. ”It really does require the healing grace of God,” said Rita Widergren, a public health nurse from San Rafael and one of a network of Project Rachel mentors. Widergren works one-to-one with women and men using a nine-step
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process that takes the person back in time to examine their life before and after the abortion, including asking who supported their decision at the time, who did not and why. “In that dialogue, greatly influenced by the grace of God, comes an understanding of where that person was at that time of the abortion and why the decision took place,” she said. Schwab said the symbol of Project Rachel is Christ embracing the fallen woman. “By fallen we mean someone who is alienated from Christ,” she said. “We want women and men because they suffer to, to be embraced by Christ’s mercy.” Project Rachel Healing Liturgy, Holy Cross Cemetery, Colma, Sept. 19, 11 a.m., Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone, celebrant. Phone (415) 717-6458.
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Fall marks the beginning of a year-round roster of programs aimed at certifying Hispanic Catholics as basic, advanced and master catechists. According to Franciscan Sister Graciela Martinez, the archdiocese’s associate director of Hispanic catechesis, aspiring catechists meet weeknights at the chancery in San Francisco. “I have discovered that second-, third- and fourth-generation Hispanics, while fluent in English, sometimes do not speak Spanish but have strong cultural roots in their Hispanic expressions of faith,” she said. “They are consequently grateful for bicultural, bilingual accompaniment.” The free program is offered by the archdiocese’s Office of Religious Education and Youth Ministry. “Most of my students come to class in the evenings after a full day of work,” she said. “I know their struggles as parents, many of them with small children and their eagerness to learn more about their faith and to grow spiritually so they can share with their faith communities.” The Basic Certification program kicks off this September with several events, including a retreat day at St. Matthew Parish on Sept. 19 and two evenings of enrichment titled “Women in Scripture” on Sept. 20 and Oct. 7. Contact Sister Graciela Martinez at (415) 614-5650. christina gray
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Project Rachel liturgy Sept. 19
“A Mass and Healing Liturgy in Memory of Our Little Ones” will be celebrated Sept. 19, 11 a.m., at Holy Cross Cemetery, 1500 Mission Road, Colma, with Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone as principal celebrant. Parents, families and the Catholic community are welcome. The event is sponsored by the archdiocesan Project Rachel ministry and Holy Cross Cemetery. Contact Project Rachel at (415) 717-6428 or the archdiocesan Respect Life program at (415) 614-5570.
Re-entry conference, Sept. 26
A conference on issues related to prisoners re-entering society will be held at the St. Mary’s Cathedral Event Center Sept. 26, 8 a.m.-3 p.m. The keynote speaker is Megan Comfort, senior research sociologist at RTI International. Formerly incarcerated adults and teens, nonprofit advocates and providers, law enforcement and religious, social and educational institutions are invited to attend. The event is co-sponsored by the archdiocesan restorative justice ministry. Contact Julio Escobar at (415) 861-9579, escobarj@sfarchdiocese.org.
Archbishop to speak at liturgical conference
The Society for Catholic Liturgy will celebrate its 20th anniversary Oct. 1-2 at the Basilica of St. Patrick’s Old Cathedral and the Sheen Center for Thought and Culture in New York City, with a conference exploring how the church’s sacred worship is “dignum et iustum” – right and just. Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone will deliver the keynote address on Oct. 1 at the Union League Club, and celebrate Mass Oct. 2 at the cathedral. Visit http://liturgysociety.org/conference.html.
Catholic Charities program tours
Catholic Charities invites clergy, parish staff and parishioners to tour one or more of its program sites in the archdiocese. Parishioners will have the opportunity to meet the program directors and see how youth, adults and the elderly are being served with compassion. Sept. 10, 10-noon, Refugee and Immigrant Services/Behavioral Health Services, San Mateo; Sept. 15, 10:30-noon, St. Vincent School for Boys, San Rafael; Sept. 22, 3 4 p.m., Canal Family Support Program, San Rafael; Sept. 23, 10-11:30 a.m., Derek Silva Community, San Francisco; Sept. 30, 3-5 p.m., Youth Club at St. Francis of Assisi, East Palo Alto. Space is limited so sign up now by contacting Jane at JFergusonFlout@ CatholicCharitiesSF.org or (415) 972-1227. Visitwww. CatholicCharitiesSF.org.
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Teacher Bridget Lemos and the kindergarten class at St. Vincent de Paul School in San Francisco welcomed Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone during the archbishop’s visit to the parish Aug. 28. He was the kindergartners’ “first important visitor,” the school said. The archbishop’s day included a morning Mass in the parish church with the students. The archbishop was principal celebrant and homilist, with pastor Father Ken Westray concelebrating. In his homily the archbishop explained some of his liturgical dress to the young assembly including the miter and pastoral staff. The archbishop later had lunch with Father Westray and members of the faculty. On his tour of the campus “Archbishop Cordileone said ‘hello’ to everybody,” the school said. Co-principals are Nancy Barrett and Marguerite Pini.
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150 pilgrims from archdiocese prepare for Serra canonization Lorena Rojas San Francisco Catolico
Pilgrims from throughout the archdiocese gathered with Father Moises Agudo, archdiocesan Vicar for Spanish-speaking, Aug. 16 at St. Peter Church in San Francisco to learn details about their pilgrimage to the canonization of the Blessed Junípero Serra. The group will leave from San Francisco International Airport Sept. 22 and will attend the canonization Mass Sept. 23 in the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington. D.C. The group will return Sept. 25, said Rosario Haro, assistant coordinator of the pilgrimage. Father Agudo confirmed hat the tickets to the basilica are reserved for the 150 pilgrims. All the pilgrims from the archdiocese will dress in a T-shirts with a photo of Blessed Serra and this text: “Canonización de Fray Juníparo Serra Santo de California – 09/23/15.” Eight priests of the Archdiocese are part of the pilgrimage: Father Juan M. Lopez; Father Maikol Brillante; Father Erick Araúz; Father Lawrence Goode; Father Raymond Reyes; Father Paul Rossi; Msgr. José Rodríguez and Father Agudo. Four nuns from Madre de Dios congregation will participate: Sisters Rocio Aguilar, Cristina Isabel Ake, Cecilia Lozano and Gisela Ruiz. The sisters at St. Francis of Assisi Parish in East Palo Alto. The pilgrims will gather again before the trip on Sunday, Sept. 20 for a Mass with Auxiliary Bishop William J. Justice, Msgr. Rodríguez and Father Agudo in St. Peter Church.
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Father Moises Agudo adresses a meeting Aug. 16 at St. Peter Church in San Francisco to plan for a Sept. 22-25 pilgrimage to Washington, D.C., for the canonization of Blessed Junipero Serra by Pope Francis. A group of 150 will attend the canonization Mass.
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Seventeen of the 18 archdiocesan seminarians in training for the priesthood at St. Patrick’s Seminary & University in Menlo Park will travel to Washington, D.C., to be part of the canonization of Blessed Junipero Serra, Father David Schunk, archdiocesan vocations director, told Catholic San Francisco. The seminarians will be seated inside the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception during the outdoor Mass Sept. 23, joining seminarians from throughout the United States. The pope will greet the seminarians and may speak to them, Father Schunk said. Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone is expected to celebrate Mass at the basilica Sept. 24 with the seminarians and with pilgrims from the archdiocesan Spanish-speaking community. During the trip the seminarians also will travel to Baltimore, Maryland, to tour the Basilica of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Baltimore’s original cathedral; the National Shrine of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton in Emmitsburg, Maryland; and the historic Carmelite monastery in Port Tobacco, Maryland. catholic san francisco
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Hospitality and Catholic schools
he academic year has just begun in the Archdiocese of San Francisco and once again Catholic schools have opened their doors and put out the welcome mat. It is that wonderful time of year when all involved in the schools get a fresh start in realizing all the promise inherent in the mission Melanie morey of Catholic education. For much of their history in the U.S., Catholic schools were all about Catholics. They were staffed by Catholics, mostly nuns, brothers and priests, and they served Catholic students. In the days before the Second Vatican Council nonCatholics rarely taught in Catholic schools and few non-Catholic parents were either interested in or inclined to enroll their children in them. But in the 1960s, things started to change. In his 1965 declaration on Christian education, “Gravissimum Educationis,” Pope Paul VI made clear that “the Church considers very dear to her heart those Catholic schools which are attended also by students who are not Catholic.” Today’s Catholic schools operate in a pluralistic and secularized world and they reflect that reality. Catholic, non-Catholic, and not-soCatholic teachers, administrators, staff and students are valued members of Catholic school communi-
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ties, respected for who they are and what they bring to the community and the educational enterprise. At the same time that Catholic schools warmly welcome all comers, they also are responsible for maintaining a clear identity. At times these can seem like contradictory impulses, but, in order to be vibrant, true to their nature, and able to fulfill their mission, Catholic schools today must be able to be both. And the good way to go about doing that is for the schools to wholeheartedly adopt the scriptural tradition of hospitality. In her 2013 essay “The Role of Charism and Hospitality in the Academy,” Providence College theology professor, Aurelie Hagstrom,
reminds us that as the people of God the Israelites had a responsibility to care for strangers in their midst. After all, they were themselves strangers and sojourners and God cared for them. Hospitality was a demand of Israel’s covenant relationship with God. In the New Testament the tradition of hospitality was developed and took on new dimensions. Through the Incarnation the person of Jesus Christ is both guest and host, dependent on hospitality and also universally welcoming. And hospitality is most profoundly witnessed and expressed when Jesus draws his apostles into table fellowship. Here, in the breaking of the bread and the sharing of the wine Jesus is both the
Morey is director of the Office of Catholic Identity Assessment and Formation for the Archdiocese of San Francisco.
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n recent years, scientists in industry and academia have come to rely on freshly obtained human tissue specimens for certain types of research and experimentation. Sometimes these tissues and organs can be obtained after routine surgeries like gall bladder removal from adults or foreskin removal during the circumcision of newborns. The use of such tissues father tadeusz and organs pacholczyk can be morally acceptable if the patient (or the parents of the newborn) provide informed consent. The use of cells and tissues from fetuses can also be morally acceptable when those cells are obtained from a natural miscarriage, and the parents provide consent. This would be equivalent to consenting to an organ donation from their deceased child. Recently, however, a phenomenon has come to light that involves the partnering of biomedical researchers with abortionists, for the purpose of securing a reliable sup-
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host and the meal itself. And in the earliest days of the Church Christ’s followers were exhorted to “practice hospitality ungrudgingly to one another” (Peter 4:9). Hospitality is something almost everyone understands. We know what it looks like with its complementary dual roles of host and guest. We are familiar with the boundaries and the expansiveness that are hallmarks of each. Most of us have some experience in each role and can recognize when the right balance is struck between the something special that guests bring to an experience and the importance of their being comfortably able to “fit in.” Gracious hosts respect their guests and treat them as equals. They make them feel comfortable and appreciated and they anticipate and try to meet their needs. Gracious guests complement their hosts, respect their ways of doing things, receive their efforts warmly and gratefully, and extend themselves by making positive contributions. In a Catholic school the Catholic Church is the host and she extends a warm invitation to others to come and participate in and contribute to its educational mission. Catholic schools are called to be welcoming. They also are called to be faithful to their Catholic identity and character. If they embody hospitality in the fullness of its meaning, they are poised to succeed at both.
ply of human tissues and organs. In these cases, parental consent (usually from the mother) may be sought prior to using the aborted child’s remains. Researchers claim this consent is necessary to enable the ethical use of the cells or tissues. This procedural detail is frequently described in the section called “Materials and Methods” found in scientific research papers, as, for example, in this February 2015 article on brain research in the journal Science: “Human fetal brain tissue was obtained from the [clinic], following elective pregnancy termination and informed written maternal consents, and with approval of the local University Hospital Ethical Review Committees.” Planned Parenthood, the largest provider of abortions in the United States, also seeks maternal consent prior to procuring fetal body parts from direct abortions, as chronicled by the Center for Medical Progress in their bombshell 2015 video expose in which the sales of fetal heart, lungs, brain and liver were discussed and negotiated. The strong public outcry that followed these revelations of harvesting fetal organs was understandable on the one hand, yet difficult to explain on the other, since there hadn’t been a parallel outcry when it came to the more offensive act of terminating the life of the unborn child itself. As one commentator observed, “Maybe it is not enough
to be outraged at abortion on its face because, I don’t know, killing is somehow worse if body parts are sold.” Despite this inconsistency, it is nonetheless clear that the use of tissues and organs from direct abortions raises significant moral concerns, even if the mother’s signature may have been sought and obtained. Typically when we serve as a proxy for someone and give consent on their behalf, we act simply as their agent and provide an affirmation of their original wishes (“yes, he told me he wanted to donate his kidneys”). Alternatively, if we do not know the wishes of the deceased patient, we do our best to make a reasonable decision based on the specifics of their situation, using a “best interest” standard (“based on my friendship with him and concern for him, I think he really would have wanted to donate his kidneys). When we serve as a proxy decision maker for a fetus, an infant, or a deceased child prior to the age of reason, it is incumbent on us to make a “best interest” decision on their behalf. The assumption is that as we cared for them in life, and had their best interests in mind while they were living, we can continue to exercise that “best interest” decision-making capacity later when they are deceased. But if the mother of an aborted child were to sign the dotted line granting permission to utilize
fetal cells and organs, that consent would necessarily be void, because she would have already categorically demonstrated that she does not have the best interests of her child in mind, having arranged for the taking of that child’s life. From the ethical point of view, she has disqualified herself from being able to give valid informed consent on behalf of her now-deceased child. In the absence of proper informed consent, taking organs or tissues from the corpse would represent a further violation of the integrity of the child’s body and constitute a failure to respect the remains of the dead. Thus, the tissues and organs of the directly aborted child should not be utilized for research, transplantation or the development of therapies, but instead should be given a proper and respectful burial. In the final analysis, maternal consent cannot provide moral clearance for researchers to utilize fetal remains from direct abortions in their research. Such permission from the mother is not, objectively speaking, an authentic form of consent but is rather a type of “sham consent” that secures the veneer of legitimacy for what is ultimately an unconscionable research practice. Father Pacholczyk is a priest of the Diocese of Fall River, Massachusetts, and serves as the Director of Education at The National Catholic Bioethics Center in Philadelphia. Visit www. ncbcenter.org.
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Remembering ‘The Few’
eventy-five years ago, on Sunday, Sept. 15, 1940, Winston Churchill and his wife Clementine were driven from the prime minister’s country house, Chequers, to the nearby village of Uxbridge: A Royal Air Force station and the headquarters from which george weigel Air Vice-Marshal Keith Park was directing the RAF’s No. 11 Group against the onslaught of the German Luftwaffe in southern England. When the prime minister and his wife walked into No. 11 Group’s Operations Room, Park, a doughty New Zealander who flew his own personal Hurricane fighter, said, “I don’t know whether anything will happen today. At present, all is quiet.” That soon changed. As Churchill looked down from the balcony, young women began moving markers on a large map table, like croupiers at a casino. The markers indicated Luftwaffe bombers and fighters queuing up over France, then heading to England on what many regard as the decisive day in the Battle of Britain – the outcome of which determined the course of World War II in Europe. As the numbers of approaching German planes grew to 250, Park scrambled sixteen RAF fighter squadrons and called in another five from No. 12 Group, based in the English Midlands. By noon, No. 11 Group was fully engaged in an aerial brawl over the entire south of England, and some of Park’s Spitfires and Hurricanes
Letters A-bombs unnecessary to win
Fully one-third of the RAF’s young fighter pilots were killed, gravely wounded (often by horrible burns) or captured during the Battle of Britain. began returning to their bases to refuel and re-arm. As the German attack continued and Park called in another three squadrons from No. 12 Group, Churchill, who had been uncharacteristically quiet, turned to the Air vice-marshal and asked, “What reserves have we?” The answer was grim: “There are none.” As Churchill later wrote, “The odds were great; our margins, small; the stakes, infinite.” The odds, the margins, and the stakes had been all of that since Hermann Goering had decided to end Britain’s bulldog recalcitrance and bomb the United Kingdom into a negotiated peace. He failed, in part, because of the inferiority of some of his aircraft and the technological breakthrough made by Britain’s “boffins,” the scientists who invented radar in the 1930s. But as always in war, the moral was to the material by a large factor and the RAF was replete with heroes. Sadly, their stories are now largely forgotten. More often than not, the British pilots who flew those Hurricanes and Spitfires were a year or two removed from secondary school. These youngsters were joined by Polish and Czech volunteers who came to Britain to continue their countries’ struggle against the Third Reich. The RAF’s young fighter pilots often flew four or five missions a day, in the most physically and mentally taxing circumstances imaginable; fully one-third of them were killed, gravely wounded (often by horrible burns) or captured dur-
ing the Battle of Britain. Well might Churchill have said, after the Luftwaffe tacitly conceded defeat, that never in the field of human conflict had so much been owed by so many to so few. But those brave pilots would not have stood a chance had they not been led by another forgotten figure, Air Chief Marshal Sir Hugh Dowding, who conceived the system of radar stations linked to centralized fighter control that made it possible for group leaders like Keith Park to deploy their limited resources in the most effective way possible. And it was Dowding who confronted Churchill in June 1940, as the French were collapsing before the Nazi Blitzkrieg, and made the prime minister face the grim arithmetic of the moment: No more British fighter squadrons could be frittered away in a futile effort to save what was unsalvageable on the other side of the English Channel. Winston Churchill, who had promised the French more RAF planes, was not an easy man to contradict. But Dowding had the courage to do so. And in saving the RAF’s fighter squadrons from being chewed to pieces in the Battle of France that he knew was lost, Dowding made his young pilots’ victory in the Battle of Britain possible. May these oft-forgotten heroes, who saved the liberties of the Western world, rest in peace. Weigel is Distinguished Senior Fellow of the Ethics and Public Policy Center, Washington, D.C.
The United States can argue all it wants about the justification of dropping two atomic bombs on Japanese cities, which were packed with civilians, during World War II. However, in the age of the Internet, we can find out much more information than we ever could before. For example, we can no longer deny that the Japanese were actually going through diplomatic channels at that time to seek an end to the war. They did not want to fight to the last man standing. The one thing the Japanese wanted to preserve was the emperor, which was unacceptable to the U.S. and President Truman. It had to be an unconditional surrender. (After the war, it turned out that the Japanese were able to retain their emperor after all.) And what do we make of this? In 1946, The U.S. Strategic Bombing Survey concluded that Japan would have surrendered prior to Nov. 1, 1945, without the atomic bombs or the invasion of Japan. That should put to rest the justification that the bombs saved the lives of countless American soldiers who would have died in the invasion. Just because our enemies commit war crimes (Pearl Harbor, Nanking), this does not allow us to commit war crimes as well. Richard Morasci San Francisco
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40th anniversary of canonization of Elizabeth Ann Seton observed Patricia Smith
On Sept. 14, 1975, Pope Paul VI canonized Elizabeth Ann Seton, the first American-born saint. As he proclaimed the words “Elizabeth Ann Bayley Seton is a saint!” the world paid homage to God for the good works Mother Seton accomplished in her lifetime. Elizabeth Ann Seton lived 46 years (17741821), many of which were filled with sorrow. As a young child, Elizabeth lost her mother and newborn sister, Catherine. Rejected by her new stepmother, she was sent to live with relatives. Eventually, her husband William, 35, died from tuberculosis, as did her two daughters, Anna Maria, 17, and Rebecca Mary, 14 As a devout member of the Church of England in New York, her conversion to Catholicism led to a contentious break with family and friends. Elizabeth garnered new relationships propelling her forward in discerning God’s will. John Carroll, the first American Catholic bishop, and Reverend Louis William Dubourg, Society of St. Sulpice, invited Elizabeth to Baltimore to become head mistress for a religious school for children. She created a sisterhood modeled on the French Daughters of Charity, a community founded in Paris in 1633 by St. Vincent de Paul and St. Louise de Marillac. On March 25, 1809, she pronounced vows of chastity and obedience to Bishop John Carroll in the chapel at St. Mary’s Seminary on Paca Street. On June 16, Mother Seton and her Sisters of Charity appeared in public for the first time dressed in black dresses, capes and widow’s bonnets.
This bronze statue of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton welcomes visitors to Seton Provincialate in Los Altos Hills. The statue was dedicated on March 30, 2004 to co-workers and associates who serve in the various ministries of the Daughters of Charity in the Province of the West.
Samuel Sutherland Cooper, a wealthy patron from Virginia, donated 269 acres in St. Joseph’s Valley in Emmitsburg, Maryland. Mother Seton and her band of sisters traveled to establish their new home as the Sisters of Charity of Saint Joseph’s, and opened St. Joseph’s Free School and St. Joseph’s Academy. Both schools formed the Catholic education in the United States. She died on Jan. 4, 1821, in the White House in St. Joseph’s Valley. Her remains now lie in the Basilica of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton. The road to canonization was smooth, but slow. On Feb. 28, 1940, Pope Pius XII signed the Decree of Introduction of her Cause. In 1957, the Sacred Congregation of Rites approved the documentation of the cause. Pope John XXIII declared her venerable two years later. By 1961, two miracles were accepted by the Holy See. When her beatification on March 17, 1963, proclaimed her Blessed Elizabeth Ann Seton, a third miracle was accepted. As hundreds of thousands of pilgrims lined St. Peter’s Square for her canonization, the Holy Father called to mind her commitment to God’s will. Her rich legacy endures as we celebrate the 40th anniversary of her sainthood. The Daughters of Charity, Province of the West sponsor Seton Medical Center, Daly City; Seton Coastside, Moss Beach; St. Elizabeth Seton School, Palo Alto; and Seton Provincialate, the Provincial House, Los Altos Hills. These ministries honor Mother Seton in memory of her courageous and blessed life. For more information, visit www.setonheritage.org.
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Sunday readings
Twenty-fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time ISAIAH 50:5-9A The Lord God opens my ear that I may hear; and I have not rebelled, have not turned back. I gave my back to those who beat me, my cheeks to those who plucked my beard; my face I did not shield from buffets and spitting. The Lord God is my help, therefore I am not disgraced; I have set my face like flint, knowing that I shall not be put to shame. He is near who upholds my right; if anyone wishes to oppose me, let us appear together. Who disputes my right? Let that man confront me. See, the Lord God is my help; who will prove me wrong? PSALM 116:1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 8-9 I will walk before the Lord, in the land of the living. I love the Lord because he has heard my voice in supplication, because he has inclined his ear to me the day I called. I will walk before the Lord, in the land of the living. The cords of death encompassed me; the snares of the netherworld seized upon me; I fell into distress and sorrow, and I called upon the name of the
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Lord, “O Lord, save my life!” I will walk before the Lord, in the land of the living. Gracious is the Lord and just; yes, our God is merciful. The Lord keeps the little ones; I was brought low, and he saved me. I will walk before the Lord, in the land of the living. For he has freed my soul from death, my eyes from tears, my feet from stumbling. I shall walk before the Lord in the land of the living. I will walk before the Lord, in the land of the living. JAMES 2:14-18 What good is it, my brothers and sisters, if someone says he has faith but does not have works? Can that faith save him? If a brother or sister has nothing to wear and has no food for the day, and one of you says to them, “Go in peace, keep warm, and eat well,” but you do not give them the necessities of the body, what good is it? So also faith of itself, if it does not have works, is dead. Indeed someone might say, “You have faith and I have works.” Dem-
onstrate your faith to me without works, and I will demonstrate my faith to you from my works. MARK 8:27-35 Jesus and his disciples set out for the villages of Caesarea Philippi. Along the way he asked his disciples, “Who do people say that I am?” They said in reply, “John the Baptist, others Elijah, still others one of the prophets.” And he asked them, “But who do you say that I am?” Peter said to him in reply, “You are the Christ.” Then he warned them not to tell anyone about him. He began to teach them that the Son of Man must suffer greatly and be rejected by the elders, the chief priests, and the scribes, and be killed, and rise after three days. He spoke this openly. Then Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him. At this he turned around and, looking at his disciples, rebuked Peter and said, “Get behind me, Satan. You are thinking not as God does, but as human beings do.” He summoned the crowd with his disciples and said to them, “Whoever wishes to come after me must deny himself, take up his cross, and follow me. For whoever wishes to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake and that of the gospel will save it.”
Christ’s cross is our hope
his Sunday Jesus gives us the doctrine of the fruitfulness of His Cross – a beautiful preparation for the feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross on Sept. 14 and Our Lady of Sorrows on Sept. 15. In the prophecy of the Suffering Servant, which the Church proclaims every year on Palm Sunday, Jesus is revealed by the Prophet Isaiah as the One Who is willing and obedient in His suffering, setting His face like flint unto Jerusalem. Because He gives His back to those who beat Him and His cheeks to those who pluck His beard, because He does not shield His holy face from buffeting and spitting, His suffering is made fruitful by Almighty God. In the Gospel from St. Mark, St. Peter confesses the true Father Joseph faith about Jesus: “You are Previtali the Christ.” St. Matthew tells us that Peter also added to his confession, “the Son of the Living God.” This confession of Jesus’s Divinity – that He is true God, as well as true man – teaches us that Jesus Himself is the Almighty God Who, as in the prophecy from Isaiah,
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makes the Suffering Servant fruitful unto salvation for the whole world. Right after Peter confesses the true faith, Jesus teaches the Apostles that He must suffer greatly, being mistreated as the Suffering Servant, and die, before rising from the dead. We can’t miss what is happening here: Jesus is insisting on connecting His identity with His Passion and Death, with the mystery of His Cross. Here we have the great mystery of our September devotions! Indeed, St. Thomas Aquinas teaches us that Jesus so identifies with His Cross that the Cross has become inseparable from Him. This leads to the astonishing conclusion, following the ancient tradition of the Church, that the Cross is worthy of the adoration of worship (“latria”). We experience this worship every Good Friday when we genuflect before and adore the Cross! We do this, Thomas tells us, because the Cross is so one with Jesus that it is like an image of Him. The latria that we give to the image of the Cross passes to Jesus, Whom the Cross represents. Thus, the Church, full of hope in the Cross, sings in the Divine Office on September 14: “Dear Cross, best hope o’er all beside/That cheers the solemn passion-tide:/Give to the just increase of grace,/Give to each contrite sinner peace.” Furthermore, this inseparable union of Jesus with His Cross means that the True Cross – the wood on which He actually died – is worthy of latria not only as an image of
Jesus, but even in itself, “from its contact with the limbs of Christ, and from its being saturated with His blood.” Peter gets scared of this unbreakable identity of Jesus with His Cross. Jesus responds to Peter and to us by commanding us to follow Him on the path of the Cross: “Get behind me…” Jesus goes on to make this commandment explicit, teaching us that, if we are to be saved, we must deny ourselves, take up our cross, and follow Him. This means dying to our old sinful ways and rising to the life of the New Man in Christ. “For we deny ourselves, when we avoid what we were of old, and strive to reach that point, whither we are newly called,” says St. Bede on this passage. “And the cross is taken up by us, when either our body is pained by abstinence, or our soul afflicted by fellow-feeling for our neighbor.” Our Sorrowful Mother is the one who most perfectly follows Jesus, taking up His Cross as her cross, living always according to the New Man. She is our example and our help and our comfort on the road of self-denial, which is the only way of salvation. In her Seven Sorrows and in every detail of her life, Our Mother and Our Queen followed humbly and perseveringly the royal road of the Cross. Father Previtali is a parochial vicar at Our Lady of the Pillar Church in Half Moon Bay.
Dorothy Day: A saint for our time
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ometime soon we will witness the canonization of Dorothy Day. For many of us a canonization draws little more than a yawn. So why should there be interest around the canonization of Dorothy Day – who in fact protested that she didn’t want people to consider her a saint and asserted that making someone a saint often helps neutralize his or her influence? Dorothy Day wasn’t the kind of saint who fits the normal conceptions of piety. She was born in New York in 1897 and died there in 1980. She was a journalist, a peace FATHER ron activist, a convert to Chrisrolheiser tianity, who, together with Peter Maurin, established the Catholic Worker Movement to combine direct aid to the poor and homeless with nonviolent action on behalf of peace and justice. She served too on the newspaper she founded, Catholic Worker, from 1933 until her death. Her person and the movement she started have powerfully inspired Christians to try to more effectively take the Gospels to the streets. She is invoked
today as the primary role-model for virtually everyone, Christian and non-Christian alike, working in the area of social justice. She, perhaps better than anyone else in her generation, was able to wed together the Gospel and justice. Ernst Kasemann once commented that the problem in both the world and the church is that the liberals aren’t pious and the pious aren’t liberal. He’s right. You normally don’t see the same person leading the rosary and the peace march. You normally don’t see the same person championing both the pro-life movement and women’s choice. And you don’t normally see the same person scrupulously defending the most intimate matters within private morality and having the same moral passion for the global issues of social justice. But that was Dorothy Day. She was equally comfortable leading a peace march and leading the rosary. A second feature which characterized Dorothy Day and her spirituality was her ability to simply act, and to act effectively. She was a doer, she was able to institutionalize her faith and embed it into an institution, the Catholic Worker. There’s an axiom that says: Whatever we dream alone remains a dream, but what we dream with others can become a reality. Dorothy dreamed with others and made that dream a reality.
Finally, Dorothy Day can be an inspiration to us because she did the right thing for the right reason. Dorothy’s commitment to the poor arose not out of guilt, or neurosis, or anger, or bitterness toward society. It arose out of gratitude. Her route to faith, Jesus, and the poor was rather unorthodox. In the years prior to her conversion she was an atheist, a communist, a woman ideologically opposed to the institution of marriage, and a woman who had had an abortion. Her turning to God and to the poor happened when she gave birth to her daughter, Tamar Theresa, and experienced in the joy of giving birth a gratitude that seared her soul. In her autobiography, “The Long Loneliness,” she describes how, at seeing her baby daughter for the first time, she was so overcome with gratitude that a faith and love were born in her that never again left her. Her passion for God and the poor were fueled by that. She was also an earthy saint. She will, no doubt, be the first canonized saint whose photographs show a woman with a cigarette in her mouth. She’s a saint for our time. She showed us how we can serve God and the poor in a very complex world, and how to do it with love and color. Oblate Father Rolheiser is president of the Oblate School of Theology, San Antonio, Texas.
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Pope’s US schedule
bishop urges people to do more for environment
Here is the schedule for the U.S. portion of Pope Francis’ Sept. 19-28 apostolic journey to the U.S. and visit to U.N. headquarters in New York, on the occasion of his participation at the Eighth World Meeting of Families in Philadelphia:
Sept. 25, 8:30 a.m.: Visit to U.N.; 11:30, interreligious encounter at the Ground Zero memorial; 4 p.m., visit to Our Lady, Queen of the Angels School and meeting with children and families of migrants in Harlem; 6, Mass at Madison Square Garden
Sept. 22, 4 p.m.: Arrival at Andrews Air Force Base, Washington, D.C., official welcoming ceremony
Sept. 26, 8:40 a.m.: Departure for Philadelphia; 9:30, arrival in Philadelphia; 10:30, Mass with bishops, clergy, men and women religious of Pennsylvania, Cathedral of Sts Peter and Paul; 4:45, meeting for Religious Freedom with the Hispanic community and other immigrants, Independence Mall; 7:30, celebration for families and vigil at Benjamin Franklin Parkway
Sept. 23, 9:15 a.m.: Welcoming ceremony at the South Lawn of the White House; 11:30, meeting with U.S. bishops at St Matthew’s Cathedral, Washington; 4:15 p.m., Mass and canonization of Blessed Junipero Serra, National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, Washington
Sept. 27, 9:15 a.m.: Meeting with bishops taking part in the World Meeting of Families, St. Charles Borromeo Seminary; 11, visit to detainees at Curran-Fromhold Correctional Facility; 4, Mass concluding the World Meeting of Families; 7, greeting to the organizing committee, volunteers and benefactors, Philadelphia International Airport; 7:45, farewell ceremony; 8, departure for Rome
Sept. 24, 9:20 a.m.: Visit to Congress; 11:15, visit to the Charitable Center of St. Patrick Parish and meeting with the homeless in Washington; 4 p.m., departure for New York; 5 p.m., arrival in New York; 6:45, vespers with clergy, men and women religious at St Patrick’s Cathedral
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Abortions and forgiveness: Clarifying pope’s remarks BALTIMORE – Pope Francis’ Sept. 1 announcement that priests worldwide will be able to absolve women for the sin of abortion will have little effect on pastoral practices in the United States and Canada, where most priests already have such authority in the sacrament of reconciliation. In an extraordinary gesture for the Year of Mercy which begins Dec. 8, Pope Francis extended to priests worldwide the authority to absolve women for the sin of abortion and has decreed the full validity during the year of the sacrament of confession celebrated by priests of the traditionalist Society of St. Pius X. “This jubilee Year of Mercy excludes no one,” the pope wrote in a letter to Archbishop Rino Fisichella, president of the Pontifical Council for the Promotion of New Evangelization, the office organizing events for the holy year. Abortion is a sin so grave that the church, under canon law, automatically excommunicates anyone
who procures an abortion or is complicit in an abortion. In the U.S. and Canada most bishops have delegated to all of their priests the power to absolve for abortion in the sacrament of reconciliation, said Don Clemmer, interim director of media relations for the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. Jesuit Father Federico Lombardi, Vatican spokesman, told reporters the pope’s letter “highlights the wideness of God’s mercy” and is “not in any way minimizing the gravity of the sin” of abortion. Catholic News Service
Editor’s note: In the Archdiocese of San Francisco, Msgr. Michael Padazinski clarified the pope’s letter in a Sept. 3 letter to priests. “Pope Francis’ great gesture of mercy should be an impetus to all of us priests to renew our commitment to extending God’s mercy in the sacrament of Reconcilation and Penance to those burdened by the memory of any painful sin on their conscience,” he wrote.
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150 immigrants and refugees in New York will meet pope
NEW YORK – The fabric of New York is stronger because those on the margins have been given safe shelter, a decent meal and a route out of crisis by the Catholic Church, according to the director of Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of New York, Msgr. Kevin Sullivan. When Pope Francis visits New York, he will meet representatives of a Catholic community whose identity is tied to the biblical injunction to welcome the stranger. Specifically, he will greet 150 immigrants and refugees at Our Lady Queen of Angels School in East Harlem on September 25. They hail from Central and South America, Africa and Asia and all benefit from Catholic Charities programs. Msgr. Sullivan said East Harlem is the pope’s most important stop and is the perfect place to see the embodiment of his often-articulated message that the church is for the poor. Speaking at St. Cecilia’s in Harlem on Sept. 3, Msgr. Sullivan introduced men, women and children chosen to receive the pope’s blessing. He said they include those fleeing religious persecution, unaccompanied youth, children raised and educated in the United States who are seeking citizenship, immigrant mothers and the blind and visually challenged.
Our Lady of Hungary Chapel dedicated
WASHINGTON – Acknowledging Mary as the “mother of all nations, but especially of us,” Cardinal Peter Erdo of Esztergom-Budapest, Hungary, joined Washington Cardinal Donald W.
Wuerl in dedicating the new Chapel of Our Lady of Hungary at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception. The 1,000 pilgrims attending the Mass and dedication included a delegation from Hungary, and Hungarians from across the U.S. and Canada.
Pope holds ‘virtual town hall’
WASHINGTON – Pope Francis held a “virtual town hall” with Catholics in Chicago, Los Angeles and McAllen, Texas, in advance of his Sept. 22-27 visit to the United States. The town hall was arranged by ABC News, which aired portions of the meeting during its “World News Tonight” program Aug. 31. Pope Francis engaged via satellite with students at Cristo Rey Jesuit High School in Chicago, homeless men and women and those working with homeless people in Los Angeles, and members of a McAllen parish located near the U.S.-Mexico border.
Rabbi White dies; 1st full-time rabbi in Catholic campus ministry
WASHINGTON – Rabbi Harold White, whose hiring in 1968 by Georgetown University was hailed then as the first time a rabbi had been hired to a full-time campus ministry position by a U.S. Catholic university, died Aug. 31. He was 83. Rabbi White stayed at Georgetown for four decades officially, “but he never really left,” John Borelli, special assistant to the president for Interreligious Initiatives at Georgetown, said Sept. 1. “Over the course of his nearly 50 years here, his accomplishments were many,” said an Aug. 31 statement from John DeGioia, Georgetown president.
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Cardinal: Britons crying out for more generous response to migrants
LONDON – Images of drowned refugees are causing the British people to cry out for a more generous response to the migrant crisis engulfing Europe, said an English cardinal. Speaking to ITV News Sept. 2, Cardinal Vincent Nichols of Westminster said shocking images of bodies washed up on beaches in the Mediterranean – including one of a drowned Syrian boy lying face down – are revealing “the human face of this suffering.” He said the British people were not “mean-spirited” and that, on the whole, he believed they were generous. “The spirit of people in this country will respond,” said Cardinal Nichols, president of the Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales.
Pope meets Israeli president, expresses hopes for peace
VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis gave Israeli President Reuven Rivlin the pope’s new peace medal during a 30-minute private meeting Sept. 3 at the Vatican. The medal – replacing one depicting “the Angel of Peace” – is Israeli President a bronze circle split Reuven Rivlin in two with an olive branch growing up the middle. A band around the entire medal reads, in Italian, “Seek what unites. Overcome what divides.” Rivlin gave the pope a rough basalt copy of an inscribed slab. The original was dated to the 9th century B.C. and includes what Rivlin said was the earliest reference to King David outside the Bibles. The Vatican said their conversation and the president’s subsequent meeting with officials of the Vatican Secretariat of State “focused on the political and social situation in the Middle East, affected by several conflicts, with special attention to the condition of Christians and other minority groups.”
Pope begs governments to act to stop anti-Christian persecution
VATICAN CITY – “Do something to put a stop to the violence and oppression,” Pope Francis asked the international community after calling attention once again to the fate of persecuted Christians, especially in the Middle East.” Departing from his prepared text after reciting the Angelus Aug.30, Pope Francis told thousands gathered in St. Peter’s Square, “There are more martyrs (today) than there were in the first centuries” of Christianity.” He told those gathered that martyred Syriac Bishop Flavien-Michel Malke was beatified Aug. 29 in Lebanon. “ In the context of a tremendous persecution of Christians, he was an untiring defender of the rights of his people, exhorting all of them to remain firm in their faith,”the pope said. For those Christians being persecuted in the Middle East and other parts of the world, Pope Francis said, “May the beatification of this bishop and martyr fill them with consolation, courage, and hope.”
Jozef Wesolowski, who was awaiting trial in the Vatican on charges of child sexual abuse and possession of child pornography, indicate he died late Aug. 27 of a “cardiac incident,” the Vatican said. Wesolowski, 67, the former Vatican nuncio to the Dominican Republic, was confined to Vatican property while awaiting trial. A simple funeral Mass was celebrated Aug. 31, by Archbishop Konrad Krajewski, the papal almoner in the chapel of the Vatican City governor’s palace.
Pope’s prayer intentions for September
VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis’ universal prayer intention for September is: “That opportunities for education and employment may increase for all young people”. His intention for evangelization is: “That catechists may give witness by living in a way consistent with the faith they proclaim.”
Pope: Is church keeping Jesus hidden?
VATICAN CITY – Why do so many young people leave the church after
confirmation, Pope Francis asked bishops from Portugal. “There is no doubt that Jesus exists; but where are we hiding him?” the pope said. What is required is “a personal and pastoral conversion of pastors and faithful so that everyone can say truthfully and joyfully: ‘The church is our home,’” he said in a written speech handed to the bishops during their meeting with the pope Sept. 7. The bishops were making their “ad limina” visits to Rome to report on the state of their dioceses. Pope Francis asked the bishops not to lose courage before the many challenges facing them and their parishes. One of the challenges the pope highlighted was “the large number of adolescents and young people who abandon practicing the Christian faith after the sacrament of confirmation.” He also noted the lack of specific programs to help young people continue their formation, which could help prevent them from entering into “irregular” relationships later. Catholic News Service, Vatican Information Service
Doctrine, pastoral realities are not at odds, pope tells theologians
VATICAN CITY – The church is called to embrace its past, present and future and to avoid the temptations to condemn or to legitimize everything just because it is new and different, Pope Francis told a group of theologians. Theology and reflection should not be at odds with pastoral ministry and the lives of real people, he said. In fact, theologians can help by “taking both the ecclesiastical tradition and current reality very seriously, placing them in dialogue with one another.” The pope’s words were part of a video message he delivered in Spanish to theologians and others taking part in an international congress in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Sept. 1-3.
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Pope simplifies annulment process, asks that it be free of charge Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service
VATICAN CITY – While a juridical process is necessary for making accurate judgments, the Catholic Church’s marriage annulment process must be quicker, cheaper and much more of a pastoral ministry, Pope Francis said. Rewriting a section of the Latin-rite Code of Canon Law and of the Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches, Pope Francis said he was not “promoting the nullity of marriages, but the quickness of the processes, as well as a correct simplicity” of the procedures so that Catholic couples are not “oppressed by the shadow of doubt” for prolonged periods. The Vatican released Sept. 8 the texts of two papal documents, “Mitis Iudex Dominus Iesus” (“The Lord Jesus, the Gentle Judge”) for the Latin-rite church and “Mitis et misericors Iesus,” (“The Meek and Merciful Jesus”) for the Eastern Catholic churches. The changes, including the option of a brief process without the obligatory automatic appeal, go into effect Dec. 8, the opening day of the Year of Mercy. The rules for the Latin and Eastern churches are substantially the same since the differences in texts refer mainly to the different structures of the hierarchy with Latin churches having bishops and Eastern churches having eparchs and patriarchs. Pope Francis said the changes in the annulment process were motivated by “concern for the salvation of souls,” and particularly “charity and mercy” toward those who feel alienated from the church because of their marriage situations and
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Sister Christina Atienza, OP, makes first profession of vows Sister Christina Atienza made her first profession of vows as a San Rafael Dominican Aug. 9, the day after the feast of St. Dominic, at the Dominican Sisters Center in San Rafael. She was surrounded by family, friends, colleagues and her Dominican sisters for the occasion. Born in the Philippines, Sister Christina’s family moved to the San Francisco Bay area when she was18 years old. She holds undergraduate and graduate degrees in civil engineering from UC Berkeley “enjoying a successful career before discerning a vocation to religious life,” the sisters said in a statement. Sister Christina found herself “hooked” by joy when she started to involve herself in parish minis-
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VATICAN CITY – Leading prayers for the safeguarding of creation, Pope Francis prayed that people would learn to contemplate God in the beauty of the universe, give thanks and protect all life. During an evening celebration of the World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation, the pope prayed that God would “enlighten the lords of power and money so they would not fall into indifference, but would love the common good, encourage the weak and care for the world in which we live.” Pope Francis announced in August that the Catholic Church would join the Orthodox Church in marking the prayer day Sept. 1 each year. In his opening prayer, he asked God to fill people with a desire “to protect every life, to prepare a better future so that your kingdom of justice, people, love and beauty would come.” Although the pope led the service in St. Peter’s Basilica, he asked the preacher of the papal household, Capuchin Father Raniero Cantalamessa, to give the homily. In his homily, the Capuchin, a member of the Franciscan family, referred to both Pope Francis and his namesake, St. Francis of Assisi. Some environmentalists, he said, have blamed the Bible and Judeo-Christian tradition for the destruction of nature, claiming the idea that human beings have “dominion” over nature gave them permission to use and destroy the earth. But, he said, “the map of pollution” covering the globe coincides less with the places where people believe in God and more in places that underwent “unbridled industrialization aimed only at profit” or are subject to rampant corruption. “No one can seriously serve the cause of safeguarding creation without the courage of pointing a finger at the exaggerated accumulation of wealth in the hands of a few,” the Capuchin friar said. St. Francis of Assisi, he said, was able to recognize and contemplate God’s beauty in all created things precisely because he owned nothing and recognized that anything he was able to use, especially for food or clothing, was a gift of God.
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Oh, Holy St. Jude, Apostle and Martyr, great in virtue and rich in miracles, near Kinsman of Jesus Christ, faithful intercessor of all who invoke your special patronage in time of need, to you I have recourse from the depth of my heart and humbly beg to whom God has given such great power to come to my assistance. Help me in my present and urgent petition. In return I promise to make you be invoked. Say three our Fathers, three Hail Marys and Glorias. St. Jude pray for us all who invoke your aid. Amen. This Novena has never been known to fail. This Novena must be said 9 consecutive days. Thanks. D
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Our Lady of Peace Church & Shrine in Santa Clara invites everyone to participate in the Preparation for Total Consecration to Jesus through Mary starting in the fall. The program and materials are free to participants who register prior to October 17, 2015. The program is open to new participants, and to those who wish to renew their Consecration to Jesus through Mary. It is available in both English and Spanish.
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The Program is based on St. Louis de Montfort’s book True Devotion to Mary. It consists of 33 days of prayer and includes 6 Marian Talks by Priests of the Institute of the Incarnate Word (IVE) and Religious Sisters of the Virgin of Mátara (SSVM.) Prayers can be recited at one’s home if one is unable to go to the church. Participants will consecrate together on November 22, the Solemnity of the Feast of Jesus Christ King of the universe at the 12 noon mass at Our Lady of Peace Church & Shrine. To register for the program, or for more information go to www.consecrationgroup.org, or send an email to info@consecrationgroup.org. Each year, the Shrine welcomes visitors from the area, across the state and even across the nation. Families, prayer groups, and youth groups from across the nation are urged to join the program. Our Lady of Peace Church & Shrine is open 24/7, offers perpetual adoration, a thriving gift shop, a treasure-filled Library, and more! For additional information, contact Our Lady of Peace Church & Shrine, located at 2800 Mission College Blvd., Santa Clara, CA, visit www.olop-shrine.org or contact us during regular office hours (408-988-4585).
art fair The Sisters and Associates of Notre Dame de Namur present:
A Fair of the Arts Saturday, October 24, 2015 10:00 A.M. - 5:00 P.M. www.HeartsAsWide.com Notre Dame High School
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rummage sale anniversary The St. Paul of the Shipwreck Community invites you to join us for our 100th Anniversary Gala Celebration
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RUMMAGE Sale Friday and Saturday, September 18th and 19th 9:00 am – 3:00 pm
Saturday, September 26, 2015
Little Sisters of the Poor St. Anne’s Home 300 Lake Street, San Francisco
6:00 PM No-Host Cocktails and Silent Auction 7:00 PM Dinner Dancing until Midnight to the music of Top Shelf Classics South San Francisco Conference Center 255 South Airport Boulevard, South San Francisco, California $80 per person
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Sts. Peter and Paul Parish, San Francisco: The parish celebrated a Don Bosco Bicentenary Mass and reception Aug. 16. Pictured is Sister Kathleen Gibson, FMA, with students from the parish religious education program.
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ALL SOULS SCHOOL, South san francisco: The school’s kindergarten class came ready to learn on first day of school Aug. 26. Principal
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Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory, San Francisco: Giants catcher/first baseman Buster Posey visited the school Aug. 26 with another special guest, Amy Gutierrez, sideline reporter for Comcast SportsNet Bay Area. Posey held a quick clinic for the school’s baseball teams and took part in a “healthy habits” assembly where the benefits of a good diet were outlined.
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FRIDAY, SEPT. 11
WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 16
‘CAMP OLA’: Our Lady of Angels fun faire, Friday 6-10 p.m.; Saturday 2-11 p.m.; OLA schoolyard Hillside Drive off El Camino Real, Burlingame; to purchase ride tickets www. ourladyofangelsk8.com/events; Saturday night dinner tickets (650) 533-0121.
PASTA LUNCH: Immaculate Conception Church, Folsom at Cesar Chavez, San Francisco, noon, all you can eat pasta, meatballs. $10, beverages available for purchase.
SATURDAY, SEPT. 12
PRAYER: Evening for silent prayer and adoration led by St. Dominic’s Christian Meditation Group, all welcome, 7:30-8:30 p.m., St. Dominic Church, 2390 Bush St., San Francisco. au. teresal@gmail.com.
RICHMOND FUNDRAISER: St. Monica/St. Thomas the Apostle Parish, San Francisco, 6-10 p.m., dancing, singing priests, delicious foods, St. Monica campus, 23rd Avenue and Geary Boulevard. $25; $5 ages 13-17; 12 and under free, Narsi, (415) 5098965; Noralyn, (415) 806-2789; Cora (415) 794-9099.
GRIEF SUPPORT: Free monthly grief support, St. Mary’s Cathedral, Gough Street at Geary Boulevard, San Francisco, third Wednesday of each month, 10:30 a.m.-noon, Msgr. Bowe Room, Deacon Christoph Sandoval leads; Mercy Sister Esther, (415) 5672020, ext. 218.
SPIRIT CONFERENCE: “We Are One in the Spirit” San Francisco Catholic Charismatic Renewal Conference, St Mary’s Cathedral, Gough Street at Geary Boulevard, San Francisco; English, Spanish and Vietnamese tracks; register at door or online at SFSpirit.com; 7 p.m. Mass open to everyone.; visit www.SFSpirit.com; call English (650) 261-0825, Spanish (650) 773-4709, Vietnamese (408) 248-6518.
SATURDAY, SEPT. 19
SUNDAY, SEPT. 13 RECITAL: Mission Dolores organ series, 4 p.m., Mission Dolores Basilica, 16th and Dolores streets, San Francisco. Recitals are free. Donations accepted. Jerome Lenk, music@missiondolores.org; (415) 621-8203.
ICF DINNER: San Mateo District 50th anniversary, 2 p.m. Mass at Our Lady of Angels Church, 1761 Hillside Drive, Burlingame, followed by dinner, adults $25, children $12.50; Dorene Campanile (650) 344-7870. HANDICAPABLES MASS: Mass followed by lunch, in lower halls of St. Mary’s Cathedral, Gough Street at Geary Boulevard, San Francisco, Gough Street entrance. All disabled people and their caregivers are invited. Volunteers are always welcome, Joanne Borodin, (415) 239-4865; www.Handicapables.com. PROJECT RACHEL MASS: A memorial Mass for children who died before, during or shortly after birth whatever the cause, Holy Cross Cemetery, 1500 Mission Road, Colma, 11
FRIDAY, OCT. 30 RETIRED PRIESTS LUNCH: St, Vianney Luncheon honoring retired priests serving in the Archdiocese of San Francisco, Patrons’ Hall, St. Mary’s Father Ray Cathedral, Zohlen Gough Street at Geary Boulevard, San Francisco, 11:30 a.m. with tickets at $125 and larger sponsorship opportunities also available; (415) 614-5537. Ordained in 1953, Father Ray Zohlen is celebrating his 90th birthday in 2015.
a.m., Holy Cross Mausoleum Chapel. Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone, principal celebrant and homilist. Sponsored by Project Rachel Ministry and the cemeteries; (415) 614-5570, (415) 717-6428. PORZIUNCOLA ROSARY: Knights of St. Francis Holy Rosary Sodality, Saturdays, 2:30 p.m., Porziuncola Nuova, Vallejo Street at Columbus Avenue, San Francisco. Chaplet of Divine Mercy, 3 p.m. All welcome; www.knightsofsaintfrancis.com.
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FAITH WALK: WinterFaith Shelter Walk 2015 benefiting the Interfaith Winter Shelter, 1:30 p.m., Lake Merced, meet at parking circle at intersection of Sunset and Lake Merced boulevards, free, register for the walk and/or donate http://winterfaithshelterwalk.dojiggy.com/.
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GRACENTER DAY: “A Taste of Autumn” luncheon, silent auction benefiting Good Shepherd Sisters’ Gracenter, 11 a.m., Patio Espanol, 2850 Alemany Blvd., San Francisco, www.gsgracenter.org; (415) 337-1938.
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CONCERT: St. Mary’s Cathedral, Gough Street at Geary Boulevard, San Francisco, 4 p.m., various artists; freewill offerings accepted; (415) 5672020, ext. 213; www.stmarycathedralsf.org.
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SUNDAY, SEPT. 20
‘NORCAL JAM’: All day at Six Flags Theme Park in Vallejo, joint youth FAITH FORMATION: Fromm Hall, event with Northern California Dionorth of St. Ignatius Church, Parker ceses with Mass, speakers, rides, a.m., T P and UGolden B Gate L avenues, I C10:50A adoration, confession, a vocations learning to pray with Brett McLoughcarnival, and evening praise and worlin; free and open to the public; free ship concert; information and tickets parking in all USF lots; jacoleman@ online at http://www.onfirenorcal. usfca.edu; faloon@usfca.edu; (415) com/ 422-2195.
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SPIRIT SESSIONS: Sept. 19-26, Oct. 3, St. Paul of the Shipwreck Church, San Francisco, Life in the Spirit workshops, 8:30-noon, admission free; Dean Alipio (415) 640-0818, Tess Vierneza (415) 272-4377.
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