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St. Teresa of Kolkata will always be ‘Mother’ Teresa, pope says Junno Arocho Esteves and Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service

VATICAN CITY – With a large tapestry bearing the portrait of the woman known as the “Saint of the Gutters” suspended above him, Pope Francis proclaimed the sainthood of Mother Teresa of Kolkata, hailing her courage and love for the poor.

Despite the formality of the occasion though, “her sanctity is so close to us, so tender and fruitful, that spontaneously we will continue to call her ‘Mother Teresa,’” Pope Francis said to applause at the canonization Mass Sept. 4.

“Mother Teresa, in all aspects of her life, was a generous dispenser of divine mercy, making herself available for everyone through her welcome and defense of human life, those unborn and those abandoned and discarded,” the pope said in his homily during the Mass in St. Peter’s Square.

An estimated 120,000 people packed the square, many holding umbrellas or waving fans to keep cool under the (CNS photo/L’Osservatore Romano)

Pope Francis greets the crowd after celebrating the canonization Mass of St. Teresa of Kolkata in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican Sept. 4.

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In the hour leading up to the 11 a.m. Mass of Thanksgiving for the Sept. 4 canonization of St. Teresa of Kolkata, visitors filed into the pews of St. Mary’s Cathedral leaving open a bank of front rows marked “reserved.”

Homeless men and women, migrant families, the disabled or dying, the elderly and other urban poor filled the section, each person or group led down the aisle with visible tenderness by local sisters of the Missionaries of Charity, the order founded by St. Teresa of Kolkata in 1950. Many wore T-shirts bearing the new saint’s image and words: “Remember, works of love are works of peace.”

Paul Frazier, who lives in a lowincome hotel in San Francisco’s

Mission District, said it “felt good” to be invited to the Mass by the sisters who serve meals to the homeless and other local poor under the freeway near him.

George Newell, a disabled man from San Francisco pulled a card of St. Teresa from his pocket and kissed it. The Missionaries are very special, said Newell. “They give me groceries George Newell to take home to my wife,” he said.

The Mass was celebrated by Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone who was joined by Cardinal William J. Levada, Archbishop Emeritus George Niederauer and Auxiliary Bishop William P. Justice and more than a dozen priests and deacons.

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A man who said his name was John Hansen, towered over the diminutive nun who took him by the hand to his seat where he watched the altar with a look of combined bewilderment and awe.

Earlier in the day in Rome, Missionaries of Charity wearing the blue-trimmed sari of the order led 1,500 homeless people through the gates of the Vatican where Pope Francis declared Blessed Teresa of Kolkata a saint.

Archbishop Cordileone thanked the order for its “loving presence” in the archdiocese which began in 1982 when St. Teresa established a novitiate for the Americas here. The convent in Pacifica is headquarters for the order’s Western Province and operates a hospice for AIDS patients and a shelter for pregnant women.

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‘Amoris Laetitia’ I: The Human Person

need to know ROSARY RALLY: The Rosary Rally, now an annual event, takes place Oct. 8 beginning with Mass at 10 a.m. at St. Mary’s Cathedral, with Archbishop Cordileone as principal celebrant. A rosary procession from the cathedral will end at U.N. Plaza at Sixth and Market streets at about 11:15 a.m., accompanied by the National Pilgrim Virgin Statue from the World Apostolate of Fatima. The rally begins at noon with the rosary and a keynote address from the archbishop commemorating the 100th anniversary of the Fatima apparitions to be celebrated in 2017. The day concludes with Benediction: Visit www.RosaryRallySF.com; call (415) 272-5837.

Catholic Bar Association: Catholic attorneys are invited to Kansas City, Missouri, Oct. 27-30 for the inaugural conference of the Catholic Bar Association. “There is a need within the church for an organization devoted to the evangelization and ongoing formation of Catholic legal professionals, whether attorneys, judges, paralegals or politicians,” Bishop James Johnston of the Diocese of Kansas City-St. Joseph said in a bar association announcement. Visit the event website at www.cbaconference. com or become a member at www. catholicbar.org. Contact: Joshua McCaig, CBA president, at (913) 5751776.

DOCENT TOUR AND NOVENA: A docent tour will take place Oct. 1, 10 a.m., St. Dominic Church, 2390 Bush St. at Steiner, San Francisco, focusing on the church’s St. Jude Shrine. The tour is free and everyone is welcome: ourlabs@mac.com. St. Dominic’s St. Jude Novena takes place Oct 20-28 at the church. Preacher is Dominican Father Robert Christian. St. Jude Pilgrimage Oct. 22, from Shrine of St. Francis of Assisi to St. Dominic Church: (415) 931-5919; www.stjudeshrine.org.

This is the first in a series of six articles by Archbishop Cordileone on Pope Francis’ apostolic exhortation “Amoris Laetitia” (the Joy of Love).

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he Christian proclamation on the family is good news indeed.” These words are among the opening statements of Pope Francis’ Apostolic Exhortation Amoris Laetitia (the Joy of Love).

An Apostolic Exhortation is the document issued by the Pope following Archbishop on a Synod Salvatore J. of Bishops which reCordileone capitulates and gives direction to the deliberations of the participating bishops, a sort of universal pastoral plan for the specific topic treated at the Synod affecting the life and ministry of the Church. Amoris Laeititia, the longest such document yet, follows up on the Synods on the Family of 2014 and 2015.

The Christian understanding of the family, marriage, and the human person are indeed good news. It stands in stark contrast to the view held by many today, according to which we are fundamentally alone in life (Mother Theresa has said that, particularly in the West, “loneliness… is the greatest poverty”), and that society is held together largely

by a collection of individual rights.

As Christians, however, we believe that every human person is, in the words of Saint John Paul II, “unique and unrepeatable,” and that each of us is created “in the image and likeness of God” (Gen 1:27).

What does it mean to be in the image and likeness of God? We know from Scripture that God is Love (1 John 4:8), and love always means making a gift of oneself for the good of the other. We also know from Revelation that God is not alone – God is a Trinity of Persons. On reflection, this makes sense, because to have love, to “be love,” requires more than one person. The Father loves the Son, everything He is and has He gives to the Son; the Son in turn loves the Father and returns this to the Father; and, because love is always other-centered and life-giving, the love between them generates the Holy Spirit, the “Lord and giver of life,” who “proceeds from the Father and the Son,” as we profess every Sunday at Mass.

Thus, the most fundamental and true statement to be made about any person is that we are made for love (with others on earth, and with God – Love Himself – in heaven). The Second Vatican Council teaches us that the human person “cannot fully find himself, except through a sincere gift of himself” (Pastoral Constitution on the Church in the Modern World, Gaudium et Spes, n. 24), that is, except through loving others.

Further, to love and to be loved is not only essential to our human nature, but it is the very end for which we are designed, that is, to live in union with others. In

contrast to Enlightenment philosophers such as Hobbes, Locke and Rousseau, who claim that human nature is essentially solitary, the Christian understanding – and one of the basic principles of Catholic Social Teaching – is that we are social beings. (We can recognize, for example, that the most severe punishment in prison is solitary confinement, as this is the denial of our basic human need for others – thus the movement to mollify this extreme penalty.) We are made in the image of God, who Himself is a “communion of persons,” according to Pope Francis.

All of Catholic teaching on marriage and family, all of Catholic Social Teaching, is based on this understanding of the human person. We can only truly flourish as a person in relation to others. Even our salvation depends on this – we are saved not so much as individuals, but in being joined to the Body of Christ (cf 1 Cor 12:27).

The Holy Father urges a “patient and careful reading” of the text by families and those in ministry to families. I hope in this upcoming series of brief articles to offer some useful reflections on Amoris Laetitia, and apply it to current issues around marriage, family life and sexuality. In the end, however, I must echo the words of Pope Francis, by strongly encouraging couples to read the document themselves slowly and prayerfully. At the very least, I ask all couples to please read excerpts from Chapter 4 (“Love in Marriage”), already published in the April 14, 2016, issue of Catholic San Francisco.

Sept. 15: Chancery meetings; Little Sisters of the Poor dinner

Sept. 18: Confirmation and Mass, San Quentin State Prison

Sept. 16: Phone conference: California Catholic Conference executive committee meeting

Sept. 19: Priests Social Day, Greenbrae

Sept. 17: Religious women’s picnic; Profession Mass, Adoration Nuns

Sept. 22: Invocation, William F. Buckley Jr., Prize dinner, City Hall

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Sept. 12: Phone conference, USCCB Committee on Laity, Marriage, Family Life and Youth; Priest Personnel Board vespers and dinner

“Local Catholic grade schools revamp to ‘21stcentury’ exams,’” Aug. 25: The article incorrectly identified the National Catholic Educational Association as the National Catholic Education Association.

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The priests of the Archdiocese of San Francisco have generously served the Catholic faithful in the counties of San Francisco, Marin and San Mateo for more than 150 years. Throughout our lives, from baptism to death, through good times and difficult times, our priests have been there to celebrate, counsel, encourage, and bear witness to the power of God’s love for us.

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WELCOME HOME: Alumna Claire Rietmann-Grout, a 2004 graduate of Mercy High School, Burlingame has come aboard as assistant director for student life and athletics at her alma mater.

“Claire’s responsibilities will include Claire all freshman new stuRietmann-Grout dent activities, acting as sophomore moderator, assisting in athletic operations as well as assuming her role as varsity softball head coach,” the school said. Claire holds an undergraduate degree in sports studies from Maryland’s Towson University and a graduate degree in journalism from Cal State Northridge.

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A planning committee has been working for almost a year on the all-school reunion Sept. 24 to celebrate the first 75 years of Holy Name of Jesus School in San Francisco.

The committee has members from many eras of the school’s life including principal, Natalie Cirigliano; former principal, Judy Cosmos, and alumni Jim Regan ‘63, Lenore Lamey ‘66, Jeanne O’Brien ‘71, Dan Ehrmann ‘72, Colleen Durkin ‘72, Kevin O’Brien ‘78, Laurie O’Brien ‘79, Mark Burke ‘80, Marlena Fiumara Sheeran ‘82, Stephanie Currivan Haining ‘86, and Ai Lin Morten ‘93.

“All the living Sisters of Mercy who were faculty are invited to join us,” Coleen Durkin told me in an email.

Also invited are all alumni, former faculty and staff and priests who served in Holy Name Parish during the school’s years. The event will “celebrate the school’s presence in the neighborhood since 1941 and in all our lives, to renew old friendships, wax nostalgic about the good old days and to create new memories,” Colleen said. Father Arnold Zamora, pastor, is among concelebrants of the Mass at 1:30 p.m. followed by a reception at 3 p.m.

Holy Name School opened Sept. 2, 1941, and reached its maximum enrollment of 900 kindergarten through eighth grade students during the 1950s and 1960s. “The Sisters of Mercy began a new ministry of mercy which has continued to this day,” Colleen said.

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SONGS OF LIFE: Mercy Sister Suzanne Toolan has been honored with a Benedictus Award by the Liturgical Commission of the Diocese of San Jose. San Jose Bishop Patrick J. McGrath presented the award to Sister Suzanne in outdoor ceremonies at the bishop’s residence Aug. 9. In accolades on the award plaque Sister Suzanne was recognized “for her influence in liturgical music over 50 years to the church of San Jose and to the entire world, her groundbreaking contribution to full, conscious, and active participation of all the faithful by being one of the first to write liturgical music in English after the Second Vatican Council, her expertise in choral direction at numerous high schools, colleges, universities, seminaries and parishes, her prophetic vision to introduce the practice and spirituality of Taizé prayer to the West Coast in 1983 and for putting the words of Scripture into our mouths and hearts through soaring melodies that have deepened our faith and accompanied us through our life’s most significant moments.” In remarks, Bishop McGrath spoke of his affection for Sister Suzanne’s music especially “Jesus Christ: Yesterday, Today and Forever” which he chose to be sung at his episcopal ordination Jan. 25, 1989, and which Sister Suzanne wrote for the visit of St. John Paul II to the Archdiocese of San Francisco in 1987. Bishop McGrath’s cousins, the late Mercy Sister Mary Kevin Gaul and Mercy Sister Mary Petronilla Gaul, sisters, were members of the Burlingame Mercy Community.

LEGACY: Moving on but leaving much wisdom behind are Kathy Mountain and Eileen Horan who have retired from Mercy High School, Burlingame. Kathy and Eileen, who have each taught at Mercy for more than 25 years, were honored with the school’s highest honor, the McAuley Medal, at an end of school year assembly. “These two wonderful women have become part of the true ‘Heart of Mercy,’” the school said in a statement. “They have put their heart and soul into the education of young women.”

Kathy has taught English and Eileen both English and social studies. The school said both are “educators teaching in the ‘spirit’ of Catherine McAuley,” foundress of the Sisters of Mercy. “For each of these women, the girls came first.”

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On-going faith formation just got easier for Catholic school teachers in the Archdiocese of San Francisco with three new programs offered through the University of Notre Dame and a fourth through the well-regarded Sophia Institute.

The most unusual is the opportunity to apply to attend Notre Dame University in South Bend, Indiana, on full scholarship for master of arts degree in the Mary Ann Remick Educational Leadership Program at the University of Notre Dame. The program is part of Notre Dame’s Alliance for Catholic Education Program.

“This is a program that produces excellent leaders, excellent Catholic leaders,” said Pamela Lyons, associate superintendent for faith formation and curriculum. “I have to say it’s the best program to prepare Catholic principals.”

The program offers strong faith formation and an excellent academic curriculum, said Lyons, a

former principal, who earned her administrative master’s in education from the Remick Program.

“Leadership is a vocation in the church,” said Melanie Morey, assistant superintendent for Catholic identity assessment and formation. “We have to dream great dreams for our future.”

In a separate opportunity, The Sophia Institute is presenting three daylong educational faith formation workshops – with free lunch and all materials – to high school and elementary school teachers. Teachers receive a certificate of completion and can earn credit for catechist recertification. The Department of Catholic Schools is encouraging each school to send at least its

religion coordinator or another representative to the workshop. The first workshop will be offered March 31, with two others in August and October 2017. A gift by another anonymous Bay Area donor is making it possible for The Sophia Institute to offer the seminars at no cost. Visit sophiainstituteforteachers.org.

The Archdiocese of San Francisco is also partnering with Notre Dame’s Institute of Church Life to offer a daylong science and religion seminar for high school faculty at St. Patrick Seminary & University. This workshop will take place in early summer, Lyons said. see notre dame, page 14

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The present church in the neo-Spanish style was begun in November 1941, and dedicated by Archbishop Mitty on May 31, 1942. Since that time the original church has been enlarged twice and accommodates 800 people. Between 1948 and 1954, the rectory, convent, and auditorium-gymnasium were completed. St. Gabriel School was opened in February 1948, under the direction of the Sisters of Mercy of Burlingame. Each year classrooms and grades were added until the school was completed in 1958. At that time, with an enrollment of 1200

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The parish of St. Gabriel the Archangel in San Francisco’s Sunset District came into being on June 28, 1941, when Archbishop John J. Mitty appointed Father George J. Bedford as its founding pastor. The new parish stretched from 30th Avenue in the east, west to the Pacific Ocean, and north from Pacheco Street south to Sloat Boulevard. The new parish community celebrated its first Mass Aug. 3, 1941 in what was known as Frank McHugh’s Hardware Store at 44th Avenue and Taraval Street.

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students, St. Gabriel was the largest Catholic elementary school in the United States west of the Mississippi River. Presently close to 500 students attend the school which is well known for its academic excellence. It is currently under the able leadership of principal Gina Beal who succeeded longtime principal Mercy Sister Pauline Borghello.

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Life Matters: The Death Penalty

Proposition 62 is an initiative that, if approved by the voters, would repeal the death penalty for persons found guilty of murder and would replace it with life imprisonment without the possibility of parole. The Bishops of California have agreed to support Proposition 62 and oppose Proposition 66 (which would speed up death penalty appeals).

Since the current death penalty was enacted in California in 1978, over 900 individuals have received a death sentence. As of October 2015, 15 have been executed, 102 have died prior to being executed, 747 are in state prison with death sentences, and the remainder have had their sentences reduced by the courts. Most of the offenders who are in prison with death sentences are at various stages of the direct appeal or habeas corpus review process.

Under existing state law, death penalty verdicts are automatically appealed to the California Supreme Court. In these “direct appeals,” the defendants’ attorneys argue that violations of state law or federal constitutional law took place during the trial, such as evidence improperly being included or excluded from the trial. If the California Supreme Court confirms the conviction and death sentence, the defendant can ask the U.S. Supreme Court to review the decision. In addition to direct appeals, death penalty cases ordinarily involve extensive legal challenges in both state and federal courts. These challenges involve factors of the case different from those considered in direct appeals (such as the claim that the defendant’s counsel was ineffective) and are commonly referred to as “habeas corpus” petitions. Finally, inmates who have received a sentence of death may also request that the Governor reduce their

sentence. Currently, the proceedings that follow a death sentence can take a couple of decades to complete in California.

Proposition 62 would repeal the death penalty for persons found guilty of murder and would replace it with life imprisonment without the possibility of parole. Proposition 62 would apply retroactively to persons already sentenced to death. In addition, Proposition 62 would require that persons found guilty of murder and sentenced to life without the possibility of parole must work while in prison and increases to 60 percent the portion of wages earned that may be applied to any victim restitution orders or other orders against the inmate.

Fiscal Impact: According to the Legislative Analyst Office (LAO), Proposition 62 would reduce net state and local costs associated with murder trials, appellate litigation, and prisons by around $150 million annually within a few years. This reduction in costs could be higher or lower by tens of millions of dollars, depending on various factors including how the proposition is implemented and the rate of death sentences and executions that would take place in the future in the absence of the measure.

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California Bishops Announce Support for Prop 62 to End the Use of the Death Penalty July 14, 2016 California Bishops Statements | All Life Is Sacred – Innocent or Flawed | Bishops Also Oppose Prop 66 to Speed up Executions SACRAMENTO, CA - During this Jubilee Year of Mercy, we, the Catholic Bishops of California support Proposition 62 which would end the use of the death penalty in California. Our commitment to halt the practice of capital punishment is rooted both in the Catholic faith and our pastoral experience.

All life is sacred – innocent or flawed – just as Jesus Christ taught us and demonstrated repeatedly throughout His ministry. This focus on the preciousness of human life is fundamental to Christianity and most eloquently expressed in the two great commandments: “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart … love your neighbor as yourself.” (Mk. 12.30-31) Jesus makes clear that to love God we must love our neighbor. Each of us holds an inherent worth derived from being created in God’s own image. Each of us has a duty to love this divine image imprinted on every person. “Whoever does not love a brother whom he has seen cannot love God whom he has not seen.” (I Jn. 4.20) Our support to end the use of the death penalty is also rooted in our unshakeable resolve to accompany and support all victims of crime. They suffer the very painful consequences of criminal acts. With the violent loss of a loved one, a sword has pierced their heart. Their enduring anguish is not addressed by the state-sanctioned perpetuation of the culture of death. As we pray with them and mourn with them we must also stress that the current use of the death penalty does not promote healing. It only brings more violence to a world that has too much violence already. We will continue to promote responsibility, rehabilitation and restoration for everyone impacted by the criminal justice system. Only through their healing will the entire community be healed.

The Bishops of the United States have long opposed the use of capital punishment.

In the past, it was sometimes morally justified in order to protect society, but those times have passed. Proposition 62 provides voters with the opportunity to end this practice in California, just as 19 other states have already done.

Capital punishment has repeatedly been shown to be severely and irrevocably flawed in its application. In the long – but absolutely necessary – process of ensuring an innocent person is not put to death, we have seen many accused persons being exonerated as new forms of forensic investigation have enabled us to better scrutinize evidence. The high cost of implementing the death penalty has diverted resources from more constructive and beneficial programs both for rehabilitation and restoration of victims and offenders.

Finally, repeated research has demonstrated that the death penalty is applied inconsistently along racial, economic and geographical lines.

For all of these reasons, we must also oppose Proposition 66 which will expedite executions in California. The search for a fair and humane execution process and protocol has failed for decades. Any rush to streamline that process will inevitably result in the execution of more innocent people. Neither the proponents nor the opponents of the death penalty wish this result.

As Catholic Bishops we are heartened by the growth of Catholic lay movements aimed at ending the use of the death penalty. The faithful have heard the words of St. Pope John Paul II, Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI and Pope Francis to stop this practice around the world. As Pope Francis has stated: A spreading opposition to the death penalty, even as an instrument of legitimate social defense, has developed in public opinion, and this is a sign of hope. In fact, modern societies have the ability to effectively control crime without definitively taking away a criminal’s chance to redeem himself. The issue lies in the context of a perspective on a criminal justice system that is ever more conformed to the dignity of man and God’s design for man and for society. And also a criminal justice system open to the hope of reintegration in society. The commandment “thou shall not kill” has absolute value and pertains to the innocent as well as the guilty. (2/21/16 – Angelus)

In November – the concluding month of the Year of Mercy – Californians have the opportunity to embrace both justice and mercy (cf. Ps. 85.11) in their voting. We strongly urge all voters to prayerfully consider support for Proposition 62 and opposition to Proposition 66.

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Welcome back to a new school year Valerie Schmalz Catholic San Francisco

Late summer is marked by the beginning of a new school year, with all the excitement of fresh starts and unknown adventures to come. Catholic San Francisco visited Our Lady of Mercy School in Daly City Aug. 24 during the first week of school and asked a few people what their favorite thing was about being back at school.

Pastor Father Domingo Orimaco. “The ground is now swelling with all the noise and all the yelling of all the kids, while during summer vacation it was so quiet and sad. Now it is alive once again.”

Principal Jeffrey Burgos.

“The kids. The school is not a school without the kids. That is my favorite part of the opening of the school year.”

Ethan Bernardo. “Doing math.”

Isabel Ruburiano. “Seeing my friend Isabella.”

Brandon Chongco. “Having a really nice teacher.”

Karina Bernardo. “Seeing my friends again.”

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Restorative justice, workers’ rights bills go to Gov. Brown for signature Catholic San Francisco

The California Catholic Conference is urging Gov. Jerry Brown to sign two restorative justice bills passed by the California legislature and to sign legislation to require overtime pay for farmworkers. The bishops’ conference also is urging vetoes of two bills backed by Planned Parenthood.

The state Legislature completed its two-year session Aug. 31 by sending Brown more than 800 bills. He has until Sept. 30 to sign or veto the legislation.

AB 2590, cosponsored by the conference and other faith leaders, would find and declare that the purpose of

sentencing is public safety achieved by adding rehabilitation and restorative justice to the notion of punishment, which is now the primary directive in the penal code.

“The bill will provide a focus on healing victims, families and the community,” the conference said in a legislative update.

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AB 1954 “inappropriately permits a patient to go beyond her health plan for any reproductive services without a referral from her health plan doctor,” the conference states. “Planned Parenthood is the sponsor of the bill, which bypasses the woman’s physician, jeopardizes her health and creates inordinate and irresponsible costs.”

AB 1671 seeks to criminalize activity like the “Planned Parenthood/

sale of fetal parts” videos and takes aim at David Daleiden whose undercover videos of Planned Parenthood representatives discussing fetal parts transactions has prompted a number of states to defund Planned Parenthood. It criminalizes and fines the acts of, and assisting in, the procuring and distributing of such information.

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St. Teresa: Cathedral pilgrims reflect saint’s devotion to poor FROM PAGE 1

The 13 sisters who live there invited those they serve to come to the Mass and rode with them to the cathedral in a fleet of yellow school buses.

Looking out at the full cathedral the archbishop said he thought St. Teresa would be pleased “seeing those whom she loved so much and loved so well in so many ways gathered here together worshipping Jesus Christ whom she loved above all things.”

St. Teresa, he said, “taught us that we must look for Jesus in the many disguises he wears, the disguises of the poor and the many different forms that poverty takes, both material and spiritual.”

In the later part of her life, St. Teresa herself suffered from “a deep loneliness and a sense of abandonment by God,” the archbishop said, a cross that bound her closer to Jesus and to those she served.

“Her darkness was the price she paid to be a light for this world,” he said, noting that each of us carry ‘custom-made crosses” we must carry with Christ to our salvation.

Standing on the steps of the cathedral as congregants left for an afterMass reception, a bubbly Charlene Stanley talked about carrying on St. Teresa’s legacy.

“A living saint walked these streets,” said Stanley, a Notre Dame de Namur graduate “wholeheartedly” discern-

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ing a vocation after spending this summer as a live-in “house mother” at the order’s Queen of Peace shelter for expectant mothers in San Francisco.

“The Lord is asking us to do more,” she said. “We can never say, oh I am too tired, for in heaven we shall rest.”

“St. Teresa reminds us that no matter what our fears are, even of heaven itself, that our souls are thirsting for Christ,” Mary Hudson of San Francisco said.

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A Missionary of Charity and a young worshipper share a pew at the Mass of Thanksgiving for St. Teresa of Kolkata, Sept. 4 at St. Mary’s Cathedral. moved to Berkeley from Eritrea in East Africa, said that his family is “very grateful” for the Missionaries

who have assisted with uniforms and school supplies for his three sons who go to St. Jerome School in El Cerrito.

Pope: St. Teresa of Kolkata will always be ‘Mother’ Teresa FROM PAGE 1

sweltering heat of the Roman sun.

However, upon hearing Pope Francis “declare and define Blessed Teresa of Kolkata to be a saint,” the crowds could not contain their joy, breaking out in cheers and thunderous applause before he finished speaking.

The moment was especially sweet for more than 300 Albanians who live in Switzerland, but came to Rome for the canonization. “We are very proud,” said Violet Barisha, a member of the Albanian Catholic Mission in St. Gallen.

Daughter of Divine Charity Sister Valdete, a Kosovar and one of the Albanian group’s chaplains, said, “We are so happy and honored. We are a small people, but have had so many martyrs.”

Born in 1910 to an ethnic Albanian family in Skopje, in what is now part of Macedonia, Mother Teresa went to India in 1929 as a Sister of Loreto and became an Indian citizen in 1947. She founded the Missionaries of Charity in 1950.

Mother Teresa, Sister Valdete said, is a shining example of how “Albanian women are strong and our people are hardworking.”

In his homily, Pope Francis said God’s will is explained in the words of the prophets: “I want mercy, not sacrifice.”

“God is pleased by every act of mercy because in the brother or sister that we assist, we recognize the face of God which no one can see,” he said. “Each time we bend down to the needs of our brothers and sisters, we give Jesus something to eat and drink; we clothe, we help and we visit the Son of God.” Like Mother Teresa, he said, Christians are called not simply to perform acts of charity, but to live charity as

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Pope Francis greets pizza makers from Naples during a pizza lunch for the poor after the canonization of St. Teresa of Kolkata at the Vatican Sept. 4. Three thousand pizzas were served

by Missionaries of Charity nuns and brothers to about 1,500 poor people who had come to the canonization Mass from shelters, dormitories and soup kitchens the order runs throughout Italy. a vocation and “to grow each day in love.”

“Wherever someone is reaching out, asking for a helping hand in order to get up, this is where our presence – and the presence of the church which sustains and offers hope – must be,” the pope said.

Mother Teresa, he said, lived out this vocation to charity through her commitment to defending the unborn and bowing down “before those who were spent, left to die on the side of the road.”

She also “made her voice heard before the powers of this world so that they might recognize their guilt for the crime of poverty they created,” Pope Francis said. “For Mother Teresa, mercy was the ‘salt’ which gave flavor to her work, it was the ‘light’ which shone in the darkness of the

many who no longer had tears to shed for their poverty and suffering.”

For all Christians, especially volunteers engaged in works of mercy, the life of the saintly nun remains an example and witness to God’s closeness to the poorest of the poor, he said.

“Today, I pass on this emblematic figure of holiness!” Pope Francis said.

“May this tireless worker of mercy help us to increasingly understand that our only criterion for action is gratuitous love, free from every ideology and all obligations, offered freely to everyone without distinction of language, culture, race or religion.”

As she made her way through the tight security and past several closed streets to St. Peter’s Square, Maria Demuru said, “I couldn’t miss this.

Even if there’s no place left for me to sit.”

The small Italian woman said, “Mother Teresa is a sign of the times.

In her smallness, she revealed the calling we all have. She said we are all saints by our baptism and we must recover our original holiness. She lived in humility and simplicity like the poor of the earth and was never ashamed of that.”

Mother Teresa’s simplicity did not keep the powerful away from the Mass, though. Some 20 nations sent official delegations to the Vatican for the canonization. Queen Sofia of Spain led a delegation. The president and prime minister of Albania attended, as did the presidents of Macedonia and Kosovo and the foreign minister of India.

President Barack Obama sent a delegation led by Lisa Monaco, his assistant for homeland security and counterterrorism. The U.S. delegation also included Ken Hackett, ambassador to the Holy See; Carolyn Woo, president and CEO of Catholic Relief Services; and Dominican Sister Donna Markham, president and CEO of Catholic Charities USA. The first reading at the Mass was read by Jim Towey, who served as Mother Teresa’s legal counsel in the United States and Canada from 1985 to 1997, and as director of the White House Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives, 2002-2006.

After the Mass, 250 Missionaries of Charity Sisters and 50 Missionaries of Charity brothers served pizza to about 1,500 poor people who had come to the Mass from shelters, dormitories and soup kitchens the order runs throughout Italy.

Pope Francis, through the office of the papal almoner, funded the lunch, which was prepared by a team of 20 pizza makers, who brought three ovens with them from Naples and cooked behind the Vatican audience hall.

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Retired pope says governance wasn’t his gift, but Francis is good at it Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service

VATICAN CITY – While retired Pope Benedict XVI said organization and governance are not his strong suits, he also said, “I am unable to see myself as a failure.”

In a book-length interview with the German author Peter Seewald, Pope Benedict said that when he resigned he had the “peace of someone who had overcome difficulty” and “could tranquilly pass the helm to the one who came next.”

The new book, “Last Testament,” will be released in English by Bloomsbury in November. The German and Italian editions were in bookstores Sept. 9, but some excerpts were published Sept. 8 by the Italian daily newspaper Corriere della Sera.

Pope Benedict insisted once again that he was not

Pope: Build unity; division ‘weapon of devil’

VATICAN CITY – The devil’s favorite weapon for destroying the church is creating division, Pope Francis told new bishops. Be very careful to make sure that everything meant for promoting pastoral activities and evangelization “does not get damaged or undermined by divisions that are already present or may be created,” he said Sept. 9.

The pope spoke during a meeting with 96 bishops ordained in the past two years and named to dioceses in the church’s mission territories. The new bishops were participating in a seminar, often referred to as TERMS AND CONDITIONS / TOUR CONTRACT “new bishops’ sponsored

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The retired pope, who is 89, said he had no inkling that then-Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio would be elected his successor; “no one expected him.”

“When I first heard his name, I was unsure,” he said.

“But when I saw how he spoke with God and with people, I truly was content. And happy.”

The retired pope, who has had a pacemaker since 1997 and can no longer see out of his left eye, told Seewald that preparing for death is part of his daily routine. It’s not a matter of getting his earthly affairs in order, he said, “but of preparing to pass the ultimate examination before God.” The only writing the retired pope does these days, he told Seewald, is a Sunday homily each week.

“You write sermons for four or five people?” Seewald asked. “Why not?” the retired pope replied. “Whether there are three or 20 or 1,000 (people), the word of God must always be present to people.”

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INDIANAPOLIS – St. Teresa of Kolkata’s life of mercy serves as an example of responding to people in need anywhere at any time, the president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops told the closing Mass of the annual convention of the National Council of Catholic Women.

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Feeding off life’s sacred fire See the wise and wicked ones Who feed upon life’s sacred fire

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hese are lines from Gordon Lightfoot’s song “Don Quixote,” and they highlight an important truth, both the wise and the wicked feed off the same energy. And it’s good energy, sacred energy, divine energy, irrespective of its use. The greedy and the violent feed off the same energy as do the wise and the saints. There’s one source of energy and, even though it can be irresponsibly, selfishly, and horrifically misused, it remains always God’s energy.

Unfortunately, we don’t often think of things that way.

Recently I was listening to a FATHER ron very discouraged man who, rolheiser looking at the selfishness, greed, and violence in our world, blamed it all on the devil. “It must be the anti-Christ,” he said, “How else do you explain all this, so many people breaking basically every commandment. “ He’s right in his assessment that the selfishness, greed and violence we see in our world today are anti-Christ (though perhaps not the anti-Christ spoken of in Scripture). However, he’s wrong about where selfishness, greed and violence are drawing their energy from. The energy they are drawing upon comes from God, not from the devil. What we see in all the negative things that make up so much of the evening news each day is not evil energy but rather the misuse of sacred energy. Evil deeds are

the non-negotiable Christian principles within which we need to understand ourselves, the world, and the use of our energies: First, God is good, God is the source of all energy everywhere, and that energy is good. Second, we are made by God, we are good, and our nature is not evil. Finally, everything in our world has been made by God and it too is good.

So where do sin and evil enter? They enter in when we misuse the good energy that God has given us and they enter in when we relate in bad ways to the good things of creation. Simply put: We are good and creation around us is good, but we can relate to it in the wrong way, precisely through selfishness, greed or violence. Likewise, our energies are good, including all those energies that underlie our propensity toward pride, greed, lust, envy, anger and sloth; but we can misuse those energies and draw upon life’s sacred fire in very self-serving, lustful, greedy and wicked ways.

Sin and evil, therefore, arise out of the misuse of our energies, not out of the energies themselves.

So, too, sin and evil arise out of how we relate to certain things in the world, not out of some inherent evil inside of our own persons or inside of the things themselves. The wicked aren’t evil persons drawing energy from the devil. They’re good people, irresponsibly and selfishly misusing sacred energy.

The energy itself is still good, despite its misuse.

We don’t tap into evil energies when we give in to greed, lust, envy, sloth or anger. No, rather we misuse the good and sacred energy within which we live and move and have our being. The wise and wicked both feed off the same sacred fire.

not the result of evil energies but the result of the misuse of sacred energy. Whether you consider the devil a person or a metaphor, either way, he has no other origin than from God. God created the devil, and created him good. His wickedness results from the misuse of that goodness.

All energy comes from God and all energy is good, but it can be wickedly misused. Moreover, it’s ironic that the ones who seem to drink most deeply from the wellsprings of divine energy are, invariably, the best and the worst, the wise and the wicked, saints and sinners. These mainline the fire. The rest of us, living in the gap between saints and sinners, tend to struggle more to actually catch fire, to truly drink deeply from the wellsprings of divine energy. Our struggle isn’t so much in misusing divine energy, but rather in not succumbing to chronic numbness, depression, fatigue, flatness, bitterness, envy, and the kind of discouragement which has us going through life lacking fire and forever protesting that we have a right to be uncreative and unhappy. Great saints and great sinners don’t live lives of “quiet desperation”; they drink deeply sacred energy, become inflamed by that fire, and make that the source for either their extraordinary wisdom or their wild wickedness.

This insight, saints and sinners feed off the same source, isn’t just an interesting irony. It’s an important truth that can help us better understand our relationship to God, to the things of this world, and to ourselves. We must be clear on what’s good and what’s bad, otherwise we end up both misunderstanding ourselves and misunderstanding the energies of our world.

A healthy spirituality needs to be predicated on a proper understanding of God, ourselves, the world, and the energies that drive our world and these are

Oblate Father Rolheiser is president of the Oblate School of Theology, San Antonio, Texas.

XVI for Episcopalian congregations converting to Catholicism.

Our scholar pope has not been given the credit he deserves for this foresight, I believe.

For Bishop Lopes, two Portuguese good wishes: Parabems and Saudada!

Zella Kotala San Anselmo

brothers and sisters – yes, even their own life – such a person cannot be my disciple.”

Realize how much confusion, discomfort and efforts to justify sacred Scripture would be avoided if this appropriate translation were used. Again, I ask, “who are these so-called Bible scholars?” Give me a break!

Mary Pecci San Francisco

Letters Peace and justice in the Philippines

Re ‘Philippines revenge killings stun Catholic leaders” (Aug. 25): I disagree with what Father Virgilio Canete saying that the “church cannot do anything” with regard to the alleged revenge killings in the Philippines.

Remember, Father Canete, the EDSA Revolution that ended the 20-year martial law regime of the late president Ferdinand Marcos? It was the church – God’s people, the people’s power that the bombing of Camp Crame at Quezon City did not happen.

What would you do, Father Canete, if a man confessed to you that he killed a drug pusher and told you why, what, who made him a killer?

I admire the guts of Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte to wage war against drug lords, drug pushers. I hope and pray that the president as a graduate from the College of Law at San Beda College, Manila, is doing his job for the people to have justice for all – rich or poor, powerful or weak – to get rid of drug lords, drug pushers, drug manufacturers from our beloved Philippines.

I still believe the Philippines will not become a killing nation. It is not an impossible dream, Archbishop (Socrates) Villegas (president of the Philippines’ Catholic bishops’ conference), for what is impossible to man is possible To God. Rose M. Jardin San Bruno

Good wishes to Bishop Lopes

What do my son Carl and Bishop Steven Lopes have in common in addition to being born a few miles and years apart?

They are both born to Polish-Portuguese parents and both of their mothers are retired teachers who taught in Archdiocese of San Francisco Catholic schools including St. Monica, St. Anne and St. Pius.

When the bishop was a deacon assigned to my parish, St. Anselm, I discovered the similarities in a conversation with him. He was later assigned to St. Anselm as a priest.

That year, there were celebrations at St. Mary’s Cathedral where the future bishop was very visible on the altar. At a reception following one of the events, I made a prediction to him that he would one day be a cardinal. I was in my 70s then, so I added that I would not probably be around when that happened.

The next week he was named monsignor and six years later bishop of the Personal Ordinariate of the Chair of St. Peter established by Pope Benedict

Perils of mistranslating Scripture

I never cease to wonder who are these so-called “Bible scholars” who take it upon themselves to translate the sacred words of Scripture from one language to another, often to the detriment rather than to the enlightenment of the faithful – not to mention in this letter how some of them have “desecrated” our beloved 23rd Psalm.

Take for example Luke 14:26, which is translated as follows: “If anyone comes to me and does not HATE father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters – yes, even their own life – such a person cannot be my disciple.”

Now consider for a moment how many people, Catholics as well as non-Catholics, have been totally turned off by the suggestion that Jesus, the supreme personification of LOVE, would ever suggest, even in the extremist sense of hyperbole, that we HATE? After wrestling with this problem and being fully convinced that there must be a mistranslation here somewhere, I decided to conduct a little research into the matter.

As it turns out, the word “hate” is a translation from the Greek and Aramaic word “miseo.” Unlike English, which has a rich choice of words to express the various degrees of each emotion, Greek and Aramaic have limited choices of words. Therefore, the word “miseo” includes several translations, such as, “hate,” “dislike,” and “esteem less.” Therefore, wouldn’t it be obvious that the choice of translation in concert with the “meaning” of this Scripture would clearly be “esteem less” rather than “hate?”

Check it out: “If anyone comes to me and does not esteem less father and mother, wife and children,

Name Christians slaughtered by hate and sin

I noticed a message of love and sympathy in the Aug. 11 edition from The Sisters of St. Francis of Penance and Christian Charity. I was taken aback by the groups they left out. It would have been appropriate to mention Christians who have suffered greatly in recent months, as well as blacks, whites, Latinos and gay men. However, they chose to highlight only the LGBT community after a list of cities. They also did not mention recent attacks in predominantly minority countries, whose death toll was also high. I don’t doubt they care deeply for our own Christian community and all people as they stated, but I encourage all of us to be brave enough to name Christians when listing the groups being slaughtered by hate and sin.

Daniel Roddick San Francisco

Porziuncola pardon

I want to thank Catholic San Francisco for its recognition of my participation in the 800th anniversary of the Porzuincola Pardon during this Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy (Around the Archdiocese, Aug. 11). I would be remiss in not mentioning that I was there as the chaplain for the Knights of Saint Francis traveling with 21 fellow Knights. The Knights serve the poor in a variety of ministries and are guardians of Porziuncola Nuova at the National Shrine of St. Francis of Assisi.

Deacon Christoph Sandoval San Francisco Deacon Sandoval serves at St. Mary’s Cathedral.

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Twenty-fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time AMOS 8:4-7 Hear this, you who trample upon the needy and destroy the poor of the land! “When will the new moon be over,” you ask, “that we may sell our grain, and the Sabbath, that we may display the wheat? We will diminish the ephah, add to the shekel, and fix our scales for cheating! We will buy the lowly for silver, and the poor for a pair of sandals; evten the refuse of the wheat we will sell!”

The Lord has sworn by the pride of Jacob: Never will I forget a thing they have done!

PSALM 113:1-2, 4-6, 7-8 Praise the Lord who lifts up the poor.

Praise, you servants of the Lord, praise the name of the Lord. Blessed be the name of the Lord both now and forever.

Praise the Lord who lifts up the poor.

High above all nations is the Lord; above the heavens is his glory. Who is like the Lord, our God, who is enthroned on high and looks upon the heavens and the earth below?

Praise the Lord who lifts up the poor.

He raises up the lowly from the dust; from the dunghill he lifts up the poor to seat them with princes, with the princes of his own people.

Praise the Lord who lifts up the poor.

1 TIMOTHY 2:1-8 Beloved: First of all, I ask that supplications, prayers, petitions, and thanksgivings be offered for everyone, for kings and for all in authority, that we may lead a quiet and tranquil life in all devotion and dignity. This is good and pleasing to God our savior, who wills everyone to be saved and to come to knowledge of the truth.

For there is one God. There is also one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus, who gave himself as ransom for all. This was the testimony at the proper time. For this I was appointed preacher and apostle – I am speaking the truth, I am not lying – teacher of the Gentiles in faith and truth. It is my wish, then, that in every

A God who does not change

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s familiar as they are, the writings of the Old Testament prophets are perhaps the most difficult to read. Always calling the people back to a faithful, authentic observance of the Covenant, calling for proper worship and social behavior, the prophets regularly chastise the people for their infidelities, exposing their often flagrant violations, warning them of God’s immifather william nent judgment, nicholas with an occasional promise of comfort and restoration (after a period of punishment and purification, of course!).

Amos is no exception. As we celebrate the love and forgiveness that God bestows upon us, we hear, looming over us like a tapestry of divine wrath and retribution, an expose of Israel’s sins, their violations of the Sabbath, the destruction of the poor, the manipulation of the currency to the detriment of the downtrodden – all with a final ominous assurance from the very mouth of God: “Never

scripture reflection

will I forget a thing they have done” (Amos 8:4-7).

So much for a Year of Mercy!

It is easy to retreat behind the mercy and forgiveness of a God who sent us his son. We, perhaps, are tempted to make distinctions between the “god” of the Old Testament and the “god” of the New Testament – until we remember: It is the same God! The God preached by the Apostles is the same God preached by the prophets. As Paul reminds us of the church: “You form a building which rises on the foundation of the Apostles and prophets…”

(Ephesians 2:20). The preaching of the Apostles in no way changes or excludes the preaching of the prophets.

After all, God does not change. So what are we to make of this? What exactly was Amos preaching? How is this God of wrath and infinite memory for our sins to be reconciled with the God of mercy and forgiveness preached by the Apostles and revealed by Christ, himself ?

To begin with, we remember that in the tradition of the holy Scriptures, the prophets serve as a mouthpiece for God. Their words are God’s words spoken to the people, and therefore, read in our sacred Mass, spoken to us. As Amos warns the people, God is warning the people. As Amos declares their sins, God is declaring their sins; sins that God will never forget.

With the advent of the Messiah, however, something else was revealed.

John the Baptist, the last of the messianic prophets, preached a baptism of repentance, in which the people came to be baptized in the Jordan, “as they confessed their sins” (Mark 1:5). The Apostles received the confession of those who had become believers (Acts 19:18). James teaches us to confess our sins (James 5:16) while John assures us: “If we confess our sins, he who is faithful and just will forgive us our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness” (1 John 1:9).

God does not change. The God of judgment preached by the prophets is the same God of forgiveness preached by the Apostles. Prophets like Amos teach us that God will never forget our sins, if God has to list them for us. However, as Christ revealed, the Apostles taught, and the church reminds us, God does forget when we do our own listing and confessing of our own sins.

So in this Year of Mercy, let us not put forth the usual provisos, pretexts or excuses. Let us accept God as God and beat him to the punch with the means of grace his son has given us.

Let us declare our sins in the sacrament of confession and ensure a divine forgetfulness, and, more importantly, the mercy of divine forgiveness.

Father Nicholas is a priest of the Archdiocese of San Francisco currently serving at St. Bruno Parish, Whittier; www. frbillnicholas.com.

place the men should pray, lifting up holy hands, without anger or argument.

LUKE 16:10-13 Jesus said to his disciples: “The person who is trustworthy in very small matters is also trustworthy in great ones; and the person who is dishonest in very small matters is also dishonest in great ones. If, therefore, you are not trustworthy with dishonest wealth, who will trust you with true wealth?

If you are not trustworthy with what belongs to another, who will give you what is yours? No servant can serve two masters. He will either hate one and love the other, or be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and mammon.”

Liturgical calendar, daily Mass readings Monday, September 19: Monday of the Twenty-fifth Week in Ordinary Time. Optional Memorial of St. Januarius, bishop & martyr. Prv 3:27-34. Ps 15:2-3a, 3bc-4ab, 5. Mt 5:16. Lk 8:16-18.

Tuesday, September 20: Memorial of St. Andrew Kim, priest and martyr, St. Paul Chong, martyr, and Companions, martyrs. Prv 21:1-6, 10-13. Ps 119:1, 27, 30, 34, 35, 44. Lk 11:28. Lk 8:19-21.

Wednesday, September 21: Feast of St. Matthew, Apostle and Evangelist. Eph 4:1-7, 11-13. Ps 19:2-3, 4-5. Mt 9:9-13.

Thursday, September 22: Thursday of the Twenty-fifth Week in Ordinary Time. Eccl 1:2-11. Ps 90:3-4, 5-6, 12-13, 14 and 17bc. Jn 14:6. Lk 9:7-9.

Friday, September 23: Memorial of Saint Pius of Pietrelcina, priest. Eccl 3:1-11. Ps 144:1b and 2abc, 3-4. Mk 10:45.

Lk 9:18-22.

Saturday, September 24: Saturday of the Twenty-fifth Week in Ordinary Time. Eccl 11:9—12:8. Ps 90:3-4, 5-6, 1213, 14 and 17. See 2 Tm 1:10.

Lk 9:43b-45.

Jesus suffers with all, pope says after confirming sick teen cindy wooden Catholic News Service

VATICAN CITY – In a brief outdoor ceremony, Pope Francis administered the sacrament of confirmation to 16-year-old Giuseppe Chiolo, who had come to the Vatican by ambulance from Florence.

Chiolo, who is being treated in the oncology ward of a Florence hospital, had written to Pope Francis with a request to meet him.

The teenager was given his wish, and the sacrament, Sept. 10 before the pope joined about 30,000 people for a special Year of Mercy general audience in St. Peter’s Square.

The young man’s parents, Carmelo and Maria Giuseppina, and his sister,

Dafne, also were present, as was the chaplain of Meyer Children’s Hospital, where Chiolo is receiving treatment.

In his audience talk, Pope Francis said that in God’s mercy he sent Jesus into the world “so that we could receive a new life marked by pardon, love and joy.”

“Certainly, it is true that life puts us to the test and sometimes we suffer because of it,” the pope said. “Nevertheless, at those moments we are called to fix our gaze on the crucified Jesus who suffers for us and with us as proof that God will never abandon us.”

“The love of God is boundless,” he said. “Our whole life, although marked by the fragility of sin, is placed under the gaze of God who loves us.”

Pope Francis continued talking

about the reality of sin and the greatness of God’s love Sept. 11 when he led the midday recitation of the Angelus prayer with visitors in St. Peter’s Square.

“Jesus shows us the true face of God: a father with open arms who treats sinners with tenderness and compassion,” he said.

The most striking thing about the parable of the prodigal son, he said, “is not so much the sad story of a young man who falls into degradation, but his decisive words: ‘I shall get up and go to my father.’ The path of his return home is the path of hope and new life.”

Like the father in the parable, the pope said, God awaits the return of his children, not so he can take the oppor-

tunity to scold or humiliate them, but so he can shower his love on them.

The parable – like the day’s Gospel stories about the shepherd who finds his lost sheep and the woman who finds her lost coin – ends with celebrations because that which was lost has been found, he said.

“I want to ask you something,” the pope told the crowd. “Have you ever thought that each time we approach the confessional, there is joy and celebration in heaven?”

The parables, he said, should fill people with hope and courage because, with the grace of God, there is no sin from which a person cannot rise again.

“No one is past redemption,” the pope said. “No one!

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Notre Dame: University partners with archdiocesan schools department FROM PAGE 5

The fourth offering is Notre Dame’s Institute for Church Life’s STEP Online Theology Program for teachers to receive their Basic Catechist certification, Lyons said. The seven-week online program requires about three hours a week and will be a boon to teachers and schools, she said. New religion teachers are required to earn the Basic Catechist certification in the first two years, but the teachers have had to go to 24 hours of in-person classes, which has been a challenge for schools which lose the teachers during the day when they could be teaching, she said. Lyons took the program herself over the summer to test it.

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The Master of Arts in the Remick Leadership Program is being funded by an anonymous donor who wants to encourage Bay Area Catholic teachers to become Catholic school administrators, Morey said. It already offers all participating students a scholarship that covers 50 percent of program costs. The new scholarship means Bay Area teachers accepted into the 25-month program will attend with a full scholarship. Teachers are mentored as administrators during two academic years and attend Notre Dame in South Bend, Indiana, for three summer sessions–two four-week sessions and a final two-week session that culminates with graduation.

The program will develop Catholic education leaders at a time when the all California schools expect a wave of principal and teacher retirements.

“We in the Department of Catholic Schools could not be more delighted and grateful,” said Morey.

“The Remick program has a strong record of preparing transformational school leaders who invigorate Catholic education by assuring the schools they lead are deeply Catholic, financially stable and academically rigorous. This is the very definition of a thriving Catholic school.”

Legislation: Restorative justice, workers’ rights bills on Gov. Brown’s desk FROM PAGE 9

a woman to be paid for donating her eggs for research, did not pass, but the conference said the bill may be reintroduced in the next session.

The Catholic conference is asking Brown to sign AB 1066, which would make farm workers eligible for overtime pay if they work more than an eighthour day or 40 hours a week. The bill would phase in overtime requirements from 2017 to 2020.

Brown has signed two bills that were priorities of the conference. SB 3 increases the state minimum wage to $15 an hour by January 2023.

SB 23 removed the Maximum Family Grant, which had limited the amount of assistance for families if they have another child. That change had been a conference priority for six years.

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obituaries Sister Ann Marie Conroy, RSCJ

Religious of the Sacred Heart Ann Marie Conroy died Aug. 5, at the sisters’ Oakwood in Atherton.

She was 91 years old and a religious for 57 years.

Sister Ann Marie held a graduate degree in history from Sister Ann Marie the sisters’ ManhatConroy, RSCJ tanville College near New York City where she was born and raised.

Her work continued at Manhattanville as dean of students until her involvement in community affairs including service as provincial of the New York province.

Sister Ann Marie Conroy served as a trustee on the boards of schools including Manhattanville College, Sacred Heart Schools, Menlo Park, and Schools of the Sacred Heart, San Francisco.

Her reputation as a spiritual director was well known among her sisters with many seeking her out over the years.

“She had the true heart of an educator

making a difference to women whose lives were impacted by her intelligence and love,” the sisters’ said.

A funeral Mass was celebrated Aug. 20 in Oakwood Chapel with interment in New York.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Society of the Sacred Heart, 4120 Forest Park Ave., St. Louis, MO 63108.

Sister Mary Genevieve Moonier, DC

Daughter of Charity Sister Mary Genevieve Moonier died Aug. 26 at her community’s Laboure Residence in Los Altos. Sister Mary Genevieve was a Daughter of Charity for 79 years and 97 years old.

“I knew I wanted to be a Daughter of Sister Mary Charity in the fourth Genevieve grade,” the former Moonier, DC principal of St. Vincent de Paul School, San Francisco is said to have told others, the sisters said see obituary, page 20

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St. Rita Church celebrates 100th anniversary Christina Gray Catholic San Francisco

St. Rita families leaving the 11 a.m.

Sunday Mass on Sept. 11 didn’t have to travel far to go back in time a hundred years.

Just a few feet from the steps of the church inside a wood-shingled structure of Arcadian charm, the parish and local community came together that day in the parish’s original church dedicated in 1916 to reminisce about old times in a space where generations of Marin County Catholics have been baptized, confirmed, married and buried.

According to the Fairfax Historical Society, St. Rita Church was originally built as a mission church of St. Anselm Church located only three miles away. Its first pastor, Father John T. Egan, sought to help nurture the faith of Fairfax’s early settlers, predominantly Italian immigrants who found work on the railroads that lured wealthy San Franciscans to summer in Marin’s warmer climate.

Archbishop Edward J. Hanna named the church St. Rita to honor St. Rita of Cascia, whose popularity and devotion had been expanding since her canonization in 1900. It is the only church in the Archdiocese of San Francisco to be so named.

Father William J. Cantwell replaced Father Egan as pastor of St. Anselm and St. Rita mission church and served for 14 years until St. Rita’s became a parish in 1930.

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Left, undated photo is believed to show a first Communion class at St. Rita Parish in the 1920s or 1930s. The group is standing on what is now Sir Francis Drake Boulevard on the estate of one of Marin’s many Italian settlers. Right, the original St. Rita Church in Fairfax, dedicated in August 1916, was built as a mission church of St. Anselm Parish in Ross, about three miles away. It remained a mission church until 1930. The old church building now serves as the St. Rita parish hall.

The Sisters of the Holy Family arrived in Fairfax in 1917 to begin their work of religious education to the children of the community. They left their motherhouse on Fillmore Street in San Francisco taking public transportation to the Ferry Building where they traveled by boat then train to arrive in Fairfax on schedule for the 7:30 a.m. Mass.

By the early 1950s, the parish grew to 750 families as Marin suburbs swelled, and in 1957 St. Rita School opened for grades K-8. Since the Sisters of the Holy Family, were dedicated to Christian instruction for only non-parochial

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St. Rita pastor Father Kenneth Weare is St. Rita’s 13th pastor. His parish community reflects his background as a moral theologian and adjunct professor of social ethics at the University of San Francisco.

St. Rita spearheaded the Marin County Guatemala Mission Program, a program made up of a group of parishes and church communities

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Cannabis investors can expect 18.5 percent sales growth a year in California if Prop. 64 passes, according to 2016 “The State of Legal Marijuana Markets,” published by New Frontier Data and ArcView Group, which says, “…legalization of cannabis is one of greatest business opportunities of our time and it’s still early enough to see huge growth.”

In 2015 medical marijuana sales in California were $2.7 billion, the study noted.

“This is written for the fat cats who are going to get richer,” said Kevin Sabet, a former Obama administration drug policy adviser and co-founder with former Democratic Congressman Patrick Kennedy of Smart Approaches to Marijuana, a national anti-legalization organization.

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Nevada, Arizona, Arkansas, Massachusetts, Florida and Maine will also vote on ballot measures to legalize marijuana Nov. 8.

Four states and the District of Columbia have legalized marijuana: Colorado and Washington in 2012, Oregon, Alaska and the District of Columbia in 2014. Twenty-five states and the District of Columbia have legalized medical marijuana.

Because California was the first state to legalize medical marijuana in 1996, and reduced possession to an infraction with a maximum $100 fine in 2010, many voters might consider legalization for recreational use merely codification of the status quo.

An average of five polls of California voters taken from February through August, found 62.5 percent would vote for passage, while 34.8 percent would oppose, according to ballotpedia.org.

Nevertheless, proponents and opponents say Prop. 64 would not only legalize marijuana for adults 21 and older, it would change the playing field by imposing taxes and allowing commercial cultivation, processing, distribution, and sales of marijuana for recreational purposes under a state regulatory and licensing structure, the Bureau of Marijuana Control. It could raise as much as $1 billion a year in tax revenues, and reduce law enforcement and incarceration costs by as much as $100 million, according to the state legislative analysis.

“Proposition 64 is bad for California because it takes us from a non-profit cannabis state to a for-

profit cannabis state,” said Emeryville Police Chief Jennifer Tejada.

The California Catholic Conference, the public policy arm of the state’s bishops, has officially taken “no position” on the ballot initiative. However, the conference notes the Catechism of the Catholic Church teaches the use of drugs except on strictly therapeutic grounds is a “grave offense,” and the Vatican Pontifical Council for Health Care Ministry in 2001 stated that the use of cannabis is “incompatible with Christian morality.”

Democrat Sen. Dianne Feinstein opposes Prop.

64. Opponents include the California Association of Highway Patrolmen, California Police Chiefs Association, California District Attorneys Association as well as the California Hospital Association, and the Small Farmers Association.

The measure “allows marijuana growing near schools and parks because it forbids local governments from banning indoor residential growing of marijuana if the crop is limited to six plants,” the Catholic conference’s summary of opponents’ arguments states. In addition, black market and drug cartel activity will likely increase as organized crime has skyrocketed in Colorado and the measure “places no limit on the number of marijuana shops that can be placed in a single neighborhood with poor, underprivileged neighborhoods likely the ones to be most affected,” the conference summary stated.

Proponents include 2018 gubernatorial candidate Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom who created the state blue ribbon panel whose recommendations comprise most of the initiative’s language, the California Democratic Party and the California NAACP.

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Clergy appointments announced Father Raymund Reyes, vicar for clergy, has announced the following appointments effective July 1, 2016, except as noted.

New additions to the Presbyteral Council:

Cluster Representatives: Deaneries 2 and 5, Father Francis M. P. Garbo, effective 9/8/16; Deaneries 10 and 11, Msgr. Steven D. Otellini, effective 9/8/16; Parochial Vicar Representative, Father Eduardo A. Dura, effective 9/8/16.

New deans:

Deanery 5, Father Francis M. P. Garbo, effective 9/1/16; Deanery 10, Msgr. James T. Tarantino, effective 9/1/16.

New members of the Priest Personnel Board:

Archbishop appointments: Father Lawrence C. Goode, effective 9/15/16; Father Stephen H. Howell, effective 9/15/16.

Parochial vicars:

Father Vicente V. Dimatera, Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church; Father Thor “Augustine” Hilander, OP, St. Dominic Church; Father Xishou “Simon” Jin, Holy Name of Jesus Church, effective 8/1/16; Father Bruce A. Lery, SM, Notre Dame des Victoires, effective 10/1/16; Father Reginald Martin, OP, part-time parochial vicar, St. Raymond Church; Father Samuel Musiimenta, St. Isabella Church; continuing in assignment as he returns from his U.S. Consulate visa appointment in Kambala, Uganda; Father Shouraiah Pudota, St. Matthew Church; Father Thomas Thodukulam, SDB, Corpus Christi Church; Father Gabriel T. Wankar, Our Lady of the Pillar Church.

Chaplains:

Father Xishou “Simon” Jin, San Francisco General Hospital with residence at Holy Name of Jesus Church, effective 8/1/16; Father Bernard B. Poggi, Arab-American Community with continued residence at St. Thomas More Church, effective 8/1/16.

Diaconate changes:

Deacon Benjamin Koloamatangi; St. Timothy Church, effective 7/5/16.

New seminarians:

Nicholas Case, Theology I; Gerardo Vazquez, Pre-Theology II, St. Patrick’s Seminary & University.

Additional changes:

Father Justin Charles Gable, OP, Prior, St. Dominic Church, effective 5/9/16; Father Hung Quoc Nguyen, OFM Cap., Guardian, St. Francis of Assisi Friary, Burlingame, effective 6/13/16; Father William C. Nicholas, St. Bruno Church, Whittier, Archdiocese of Los Angeles.

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Father John A. Balleza, Contemplatives of Saint Joseph, effective 7/6/2016; Father Salvador Jocson, Spring Gardens Senior Living, 2654 E. Red Cliffs Drive, St. George, UT 84790.

Presentation Sister Stephanie Still to head US bishops’ religious retirement office The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops on Aug. 26 announced the appointment of Presentation Sister Stephanie Still as director of the USCCB’s National Religious Retirement Office.

Sister Stephanie Sister StephaStill, PBVM nie has served as president of the Presentation Sisters of the Blessed Virgin Mary since 2010 and previously held positions within her

community as communicator/vocations director and councilor. Sister Stephanie taught social studies for 11 years at her community’s Presentation High School in San Jose and has served on the national board of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious.

She holds an undergraduate degree in history and graduate degree in curriculum design and instructional research from UC Berkeley as well as a certificate in spiritual direction from the Mercy Retreat Center, Burlingame.

“I am very honored to be selected

to administer the programs and follow in the footsteps of the previous leaders of NRRO,” Sister Stephanie, who will move to the nation’s capital to serve in the new job, told Catholic San Francisco.

The appointment was made by Msgr. J. Brian Bransfield, USCCB general secretary, and will take effect October 3.

“I am confident that Sister Still’s skills and background offers the NRRO well-established expertise that will complement and strengthen the office in service to the bishops,” Msgr. Bransfield said.

Sacred Heart Sister Barbara Dawson, SF native, elected order’s superior general Sacred Heart Sister Barbara Dawson, currently Provincial of the Society of the Sacred Heart United States – Canada Province, was elected Aug. 2 as Superior General of the International Society of the SaSister Barbara cred Heart. Sister Dawson, RSCJ Barbara was elected by the society’s General Chapter

meeting in Nemi, Italy. The General Chapter is composed of delegates from every province and serves as the highest governing body of the congregation.

Sister Barbara grew up in San Francisco’s St. Brendan Parish attending St. Brendan School, the Sacred Heart Sisters’ Convent of the Sacred Heart High School and Lone Mountain College, and University of San Francisco Law School. She also holds a degree from Stanford University in international comparative

education. In addition to congregational leadership, Sister Barbara has held posts with Catholic Charities, Archdiocese of San Francisco and has ministered as an immigration lawyer.

Sister Barbara is the third superior general from the United States in the society’s 216 years. In her new role, Sister Barbara will oversee the communities and ministries of her congregation in 41 countries and six continents from the sisters’ international headquarters in Rome.

Hispanic Catholics of the archdiocese face a new challenge

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few months ago, the Hispanic Pastoral Ministries of the Archdiocese of San Francisco agreed to bring a new element into the Pastoral Plan: a Hispanic School of Leadership that will start in September of this year.

The School of Leadership has been created by the Hispanic Pastoral FATHER moisés Ministries and will include agudo classes on the sacraments, history of the Catholic Church, Vatican II, Mariology, Christology, the church in Latin America, the sacred Scriptures, morals and sacred art.

For more than six years, we have been working together in the Hispanic Pastoral Ministries and, at the same time, we have developed an Archdiocesan Pastoral Plan for all the Hispanics of our archdiocese.

The plan consists of the following: A. Monthly meetings with the representatives of the Hispanic communities of the different parishes with Spanish Masses in order to create links of communion between parishioners.

B. Quarterly meetings with the Hispanic movements, associations, and charisms that work in our parishes.

C. One retreat of integration in each of the four regions of the archdiocese. The four regions are: (1) Marin County with four parishes,

Hispanic Day set Oct. 29

Hispanic Day in the archdiocese will be held on Saturday, Oct. 29, from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. The day will include presentations on mercy, and the sacrament of reconciliation will be offered. The day will conclude with Mass at St. Mary’s Cathedral, celebrated by the archbishop.

(2) San Mateo with seven, (3) San Francisco with 12; and (4) South San Francisco with 11 parishes. In each region we develop the same topics to create communion between the parishes and the archdiocese.

D. We have seven pastoral ministries: Youth, Vocations, Family, Catechesis, Litury, Communications and Social Justice. Each of them is to work with the corresponding office of our chancery. Some of the offices of the chancery are already working with the Hispanic Pastoral Ministries; others are in process.

E. The Hispanic School of Leadership has been our main focus this year. We have seen the need to provide a formal, structured and well-defined formation in the four dimensions of the life of the church: Catechism, sacred Scripture, sacraments and theology. Surprisingly, we have created also four schools of formation, one in each of the four regions. The school of Marin County is located at the Church of Our Lady of Loretto. The school of San Francisco is at St. Anthony of Padua.

South San Francisco’s is at All Souls

Church. And, San Mateo’s is at St. Matthew Church. We have over 70 students per school.

These classes will be offered by the Hispanic Pastoral Ministries together with professors from St. Patrick’s Seminary, the Office of Pastoral Ministries of the archdiocese and different professors in the archdiocese.

F. The fifth meeting of the Latino community in the United States has confirmed to us the greatness and the strength that the Hispanic community has to offer the church in this country.

The work in the archdiocese is huge. We have 34 parishes with an Hispanic presence. We are almost 40 percent of the Catholic population in the archdiocese. With the help of our archbishop, of our auxiliary bishop and of all the pastors, we, the priests, are taking big steps, and the Hispanic community feels more and more a fundamental part of our archdiocese.

G. Finally, we have the Hispanic Day of the archdiocese to create with the priests and the bishops links of communion. On that day, with the entire Hispanic community, we celebrate the Eucharist in thanksgiving at our Cathedral of St. Mary of the Assumption. This year, the Hispanic Day will be on Saturday, Oct. 29 from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. We expect 3,000 people. Besides different presentations on mercy, we will also offer the sacrament of reconciliation and conclude with Mass celebrated by the archbishop.

Father Agudo is vicar for Spanishspeaking for the Archdiocese of San Francisco.

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obituary: Sister Moonier FROM PAGE 15

in a statement. She grew up with two aunts as Daughters of Charity and an uncle who was a Vincentian priest.

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missioned to O’Connor Hospital in San Jose and later St. Vincent Medical Center in Los Angeles.

“I will always think of her as a strong woman of the Gospel,” said Daughter of Charity Sister Chris Maggi. “I will be forever grateful for her guidance, encouragement and support.”

Funeral rites took place Aug. 31 with interment at Gate of Heaven Cemetery in Los Altos.

Remembrances may be made to the Daughters of Charity, 787 Sunnydale Ave., San Francisco 94134.

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NOVENA: September 26 through October 4, Novena Prayer recited at the conclusion of every Mass, daily.

Monday, October 3: 7:00 PM HOLY MASS, FEAST VIGIL in the Shrine church Novena Prayer Procession from the church to chapel, with an 8:00 pm TRANSITUS CEREMONY in the Shrine Portiuncula Nuova chapel

Capuchin Father Gregory Coiro died Sept. 9.He was 63 years old and entered religious life in 1972 making perpetual vows Sept. 22, 1979. He was ordained a priest at St. Mary’s Cathedral, San Francisco May 15, 1982.

His ministry then took him to Oregon and the CaFather Gregory puchins’ St. Francis High Coiro, OFM Cap. School in La Cañada-Flintridge. He also served in the Office of Public Affairs for the Archdiocese of Los Angeles in media relations and is known locally for his time as a parochial vicar at Our Lady of Angels Church in Burlingame and as rector of the National Shrine of St. Francis in San Francisco.

“Father Greg was brilliant and had a sharp wit,” the Capuchins said in a statement. “He was a wonderful organist and loved classical music and old hymns.

He loved to teach. He loved his faith and he had a wonderful ability of defending and explaining the church’s teaching. He touched many hearts.”

He is survived by his mother Theresa M. Friedel Shelby and siblings Anthony Coiro, Tracy Tinder, Dana Covellone and Jennifer Bravo.

A funeral Mass was celebrated Sept. 14 in Southern California with interment at his congregation’s San Lorenzo Friary in

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Tuesday, October 4: 7:00 pm Holy Mass, Feast Day in the Shrine church Novena Prayer Note the above Feast schedule is in addition to the regular Shrine Mass schedule: Monday to Saturday, 12:15 pm Mass with Confessions from 11 am to 12:00 pm Sunday, 11:00 am Mass Mark your calendar to join us for our 11:00 am Mass at the Shrine on Sunday, November 20. The Solemnity of Jesus Christ, the King of the Universe will conclude the Jubilee Year of Mercy as well as the liturgical year. The Shrine will be honored to have Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone as the celebrant and homilist.

For more information contact the Shrine office at (415) 986-4557.

Notre Dame Sister Dolores Fowler

Notre Dame Sister Dolores (Gregory Marie) Fowler, a Sister of Notre Dame for 66 years, died Aug. 16 at home in Longview, Washington.

“To think of her is to smile, remembering her trademark sense of humor, her creativity, great energy and joyful outlook on life,” the sisters said in a statement.

Sister Dolores Sister Dolores attended Fowler, SND Notre Dame High School in San Jose and entered religious life in 1950.

For more than 30 years, she taught in Notre Dame schools in California and Oregon. “Former students remember with great fondness her humor, storytelling, and licorice treats. The story is told that many of them learned math through playing poker,” the sisters said. She was a talented painter, seamstress, maker of jewelry and stained glass, and a creative wood designer.

A funeral Mass will be celebrated at the Sisters of Notre Dame Province Center in Belmont, Sept. 16, 11 a.m., with interment at Mission Santa Clara. Memorial contributions may be made to the Sisters of Notre Dame, 1520 Ralston Ave., Belmont 94002.

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St. Gabriel: San Francisco parish celebrates 75th anniversary While the parish had a basic core of Irish families in the beginning, today there are approximately 1,450 families in the parish, representing cultures from all over the world. The parish of St. Gabriel has a remarkable spirit: It is a warm, loving, welcoming parish family.

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became pastor, and he was succeeded in 1987 by Father Carl Schipper, who was succeeded in 1992

by Father David Pettingill. In 1994, Father Harry Schlitt became pastor, and in 1998 he was succeeded

by Father John Ryan. Since 2008, the parish has been under the loving stewardship of current pastor, Father Thomas Hamilton.

Over the years many parish organizations and ministries have been established to meet the spiritual and social needs of the parishioners. Among the current groups at St. Gabriel are Sodality of Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal, Adult Education, Right of Christian Initiation for Adults, Religious Education, Peace and Justice, Respect Life, Asian Community, Vocations Committee, Youth Ministry, Parish Athletics Program, Pastoral Council, Men’s Club, Liturgy Committee, Choir, School Parent Organization, School Board, School Alumni, Homebound/Elderly Outreach, St. Vincent de Paul Society, Legion of Mary, Young Ladies Institute, Charismatic Prayer Group, and Welcoming Committee.

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All friends, alumni, former parishioners, current parishioners and neighbors are invited to attend 75th anniversary festivities planned for Sept. 18-25. Festivities start Sunday, Sept. 18, with a parish picnic to be held at Pine Lake Park in San Francisco. The picnic starts at 11 a.m. and the cost is $7 for adults and $2 for children. Saturday evening, Sept. 24, a dinner will be held in Bedford Hall, 41st Avenue and Ulloa Street, at 6 p.m., with dancing to follow, and a silent auction; $75 per person. The dinner ticket order form is on the St. Gabriel website. An anniversary Mass will be celebrated Sunday, Sept. 25, at noon, at St. Gabriel Church, 40th Avenue and Ulloa Street, with a reception to follow in Bedford Hall. For more information contact the Parish Center at (415) 731-6161.

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ST. MICHAEL KOREAN CHURCH, SAN FRANCISCO: The Broad Street church celebrated its 50th anniversary Aug. 13 with Mass and a pastoral visit by Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone here with Bishop Seong Hyo Linus Lee of Suwon diocese, Korea and other ministers of the Mass from left: Father Jaehoon Ryu, Father John Kim, Deacon Gabriel Lee, Father Hak-hyeon Michael Kim, Father D. Kim, Father Chang-suk Vincent Chae, Father Sungju Stephen Han, Father John Mary Chung, Father Ji Jong Yoon, Father Hong-rak Simon Chae, Father Hyun Julius Hwang, Father Bartholomew Choi, Father Minhwi Kim, Father Anthony Chung, Father Yushin Kim, Father Seung K. Pius Choi, Deacon Alvin Yu.

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MERCY HIGH SCHOOL, BURLINGAME: Mercy senior Lauren Rocheleau was presented with the school’s “Spirit of Mercy Memorial Scholarship” at close of school year ceremonies in May. The honor is in memory of deceased Mercy alumnae Moira O’Donnell ‘90, Cindy Caughman ‘92 and Angelina Ciucci ‘99. The scholarship was established by the O’Donnell and Caughman families and is awarded to a junior who exemplifies the Mercy spirit and values that guided the girls’ lives “faith, love, courage, compassion, generosity, social justice and a joy for life.” Pictured from left at the award ceremonies are Don Ciucci, George Caughman, Lauren, Mercy’s head of school Karen Hanrahan and Jackie and Bob O’Donnell.

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ST. HILARY PARISH, TIBURON: Marin Catholic High School students Dempsey Roggenbuck and Daniel Shumny pictured here with other helpers were among a group of students, volunteers and moms from St. Hilary’s who served on the general construction crew for a Habitat for Humanity project Aug. 13 in Novato. When completed, Mount Burdell Place will create affordable housing for local families in its nine units. St. Hilary Parish coordinated the volunteer effort as part of its Teen Service Corps program.

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St. Teresa of Kolkata canonization: Father Joseph Illo, right, administrator at Star of the Sea Parish in San Francisco, met old friends Father James McCurry, OFM, Conv., left; and Father Sebastian Vazhakala, center, founder with St. Teresa of the Missionaries of Charity Contemplative Brothers, at St. Teresa’s canonization in Rome Sept. 4.

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Sacred Heart Parish, Olema: Archbishop Cordileone is pictured with pastor Father Rafael De Avila and parishioners after Mass on Aug. 28 during a pastoral visit to the West Marin church and St. Mary Magdalene Church in Bolinas.

The archbishop said pastoral visits help bishops and the faithful get to know one another. “I hope that now people don’t see me just as a figure but as Bishop Salvatore, a real person that needs your prayers too,” he said.

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FRIDAY, SEPT. 16 GREGORIAN CHANT: Our Lady of the Pillar Church, Half Moon Bay, 7-9 p.m., Sept. 16, Oct. 28, Dec. 16 with William Mahrt, retired professor Stanford University, workshops are free, (650) 726-4674.

NOVENA: Novena to Our Lady of Peñafrancia, Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church, 60 Wellington St., Daly City, novena Mass 6:30 pm; fiesta Mass, Sept 25, 4 p.m..

SATURDAY, SEPT. 17 REUNION: Mercy High School, San Francisco class of 1956, the first graduating class of Mercy High School, El Rancho Inn, 1100 El Camino Real, Millbrae, Ann Marra Doran, adoran712@ comcast.net.

FUNDRAISER: Our Lady’s Ministry, a nonprofit which brings financial relief to the poorest of the poor around the world in Africa, El Salvador, Philippines, Peru, Mexico, Chile, Bosnia, North and South America in collaboration with the local bishops and priests, annual fundraiser aimed now for the Philippines’ poor seminarians in Cebu, malnourished children of the workers in the garbage dumps, and Cebu Hope Center for abused girls; SDES Hall, 30846 Watkins Street, Union City, doors open at 4 p.m., tickets http:// ourladysministry.org/events.php​; (415) 467-4747.

CATHEDRAL MERCY TALK: Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy speaker series 10:30 a.m.-noon, St. Mary’s Cathedral Event Center, Geary Boulevard at Gough Street, San Francisco, Mercy in the Mass with Msgr. Harry Schlitt, open to the public and free of charge; chaplet of Divine Mercy begins 10:15 a.m.; (415) 567-2020; www.stmarycathedralsf.org.

ST. MARY’S PARK: Celebration of St. Mary’s Park Improvement Club, 75th anniversary, banquet dinner and historical exhibit at the St. Mary’s Park Recreation Center, 5:30 p.m.-9 p.m.; current and former neighbors are encouraged to attend; entrance fee of

SATURDAY, SEPT. 17 RESPECT LIFE CONFERENCE: St. Brendan Parish Hall, 29 Rockaway Ave, San Francisco near Laguna Honda at Portola Drive, parking available, Vicki Thorn registration 8 a.m., sessions 9-noon; Mass catered lunch noon, sessions 1:30-3 p.m.; $25, scholarships available for clergy, religious, youth and others, if needed.

Featured speaker is Vicki Thorn, founder of Project Rachel. The day’s hosts, Archdiocesan Respect Life Program with Project Rachel Ministry, offer wider and deeper understanding of the sense of loss, grief and spiritual alienation experienced by many after abortion; examine dynamics of impact on women, men and children. The event will provide information to the Catholic community and tools for counselors and others serving post-abortion persons. It will include new and on-going training for mentors; (415) 614-5533; Vicki Evans vevans1438@att.net; Mary Ann Schwab masfs11@gmail.com.

$30 per person goes entirely toward the cost of this celebration; doors open 5:30 p.m.; http://smpic75anniversary. eventbrite.com.

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Paul Church on Washington Square, 1-5 p.m., free parking, $25, no children, day includes champagne, hot lunch, 2 free bingo cards, free door prizes, parish office, (415) 421-0809, John Gardner, (408) 504-4408.

SUNDAY, SEPT. 25 WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 21 GRIEF SUPPORT: Cathedral of St. Mary of the Assumption, Gough Street at Geary Boulevard, San Francisco, 10:30 a.m., for anyone who is experiencing grief of the loss of a loved one, free, Deacon Christoph Sandoval leads, Sister Elaine at (415) 567-2020, ext. 218.

SATURDAY, SEPT. 24 MARRIAGE CONFERENCE: “Together in Holiness” archdiocesan Catholic marriage conference, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., “Family as a Domestic Church,” presentations, Mass, eucharistic adoration, and reconciliation; Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone; former model Leah Darrow are among the speakers; $40/couple through Aug. 31 then $50/ couple, $40/newlyweds, $30/individual, free child care, preregistration required; www.TogetherInHoliness.org; TH@ forlifeandfamily.org.

ANNIVERSARY DINNER: St. Gabriel Parish celebrating its 75th year, 6 p.m., Bedford Hall, 41st Avenue and Ulloa Street, with dancing and silent auction, $75 per person, www.sgparish.org; (415) 731-6161.

MOTOWN MUSIC: Masters of the Motown sound “Pure Ecstasy Band,” St. Dunstan Parish, 1133 Broadway Ave., Millbrae, doors open at 5:45 p.m.; dinner 6:30p.m.; show begins at 7 p.m., $60, delectable Jambalaya dinner and dessert, no host bar, information and tickets, Ann Woolen (650) 697-4730.

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MERCY SERIES: “To admonish sinners, to bear wrongs patiently, to forgive offenses willingly,” Vivian Clausing, program director, Catherine’s Place: The archdiocesan Office for Consecrated Life hosts a series of Sunday afternoon talks commemorating the Year of Mercy, Presentation Sisters’ convent, 2340 Turk Blvd., San Francisco, 2-4:15 p.m. with talk, refreshments, and exposition of the Blessed Sacrament in the final hour.

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AMAZING GRACE AWARDS: Good Shepherd Gracenter’s “A Taste of Autumn” 11 a.m.-1:30 p.m., Patio Espanol, 2850 Alemany Blvd. San Francisco, lunch, silent auction, raffle plus the Pro Musica String Quartet; www.gsgracenter.org.

ANNIVERSARY MASS: St. Gabriel Parish commemorating its 75th anniversary, noon, St. Gabriel Church with reception to follow, (415) 731-6161.

MERCY CONCERT: “In the Arms of Mercy,” a free concert and celebration at Mercy High School, San Francisco, 3250 19th Avenue; San Francisco featuring Catholic liturgical composer and vocalist Janet Sullivan I O N S Whitaker, 3 p.m. with reception to follow, donations benefit St. Vincent de Paul’s Catherine Center, a Mercy-sponsored ministry for women transitioning from incarceration; Marie Colon, mcolon@mercyhs. org, (415) 334-0525.

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In Remembrance of the Faithful Departed Interred In Our Catholic Cemeteries During the Month of August HOLY CROSS, COLMA Alberto A. Abello Kevin Ahern Josephine Allaria Yvonne Amenta Alba G. Ammenti Amelto “Ace” Ammenti Elaine K. Archbold Paterno Arenas Mary C. Bardsley Michel J. Barriere Ruth V. Barth Robert John Biglieri Elaine S. Boccoleri Julio Borruso Josephine Borruso Joseph A. Borselli Ruth M. Bouc Diane Broussard Shirley Broussard Wilfredo P. Burgos Joseph Anthony Caccavale Josue Campos Betty Castagnola Aida Chaparro Dolores A. Collopy-McKeon Reyes Medrano Coronado Georgette A. Damante Juanita J. Del Carlo Linda S. Dellamore Diana M. Dove Pedro “Pete” Duran Barbara J. Dzwonek Anne R. English Lillian R. Favetti Edwina Jane Fenili Eva M. Ferrero Martin John Finerty Sylvia Santos Flores Colman Folan Kristine Marie B. Garcia Jackson Antonia Jurkota Germinario Susan Nervo Giammettei Norman R. Golden Rod M. Gomez Gerard Gray, Sr. Mary M. Greene Joan Marie Griffin Patricia Louise Griffin Rick “Dick” Haag Phillip Halyorson

Eugene Anthony Hanifin Jeremy Thomas Harrison Matthew Pasion Hernando Jerry D. Hsu Husein Husein (Ong Sioe Sien) Benjamin R. Jones Mary Elizabeth Joseph Stephen Denis Keel Robert Killian Barbara C. Kimball Eleanor R. Knight Pamela Langendorf-Shaw Joseph Luis Lee Lillia D. Lehane Manuel C. Madrid Yelba Manasek Vera Jean Mariani Joseph Marino, Jr. Dolores Martinez-Cooper Walter J. Mcelroy Sr. Patricia T. McGlinn, SND Kathleen C. McLaughlin Kathleen McMillan Morgan Alicia Masangkay Mendaros Juan Michel Russell Rowland Miller Thomas C. Mitchell Mary Patricia Monahan Madeline N. Montgomery James L. Mosunich John S. Moura, Jr. Catherine Ann Murphy Rita Muscat Lolita E. Naong Geraldine Patricia Newport Nghia Duc Nguyen Catalino N. Nirona Margaret H. O’Brien David Ostello Virginia J. Peralta Rudolph Pickell Michelle Ann Portello Richard Phillip Pucci William Patrick Quinn Rosalie E. Quitoriano Fouad Qutame Janine Ragusa Carol Ann Riordan Adelina Rizzo Laila Tawfic Salameh Melva C. Sather Maria P. Serafino Juanito Sitier Sison, Sr.

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Furthermore, each year many graduating seniors earn the credentials needed to apply to the highest caliber universities nationally and internationally, and earn scholarships to these institutions. However, I am most proud that our secondary schools provide learning environments that demonstrate innovation, creativity, critical thinking, and spiritual development that build resiliency necessary to thrive in a demanding and often distracting world of adolescence. A student in a Catholic school is called to know and show the loving and merciful face of Jesus.

As Catholic schools we strive to enliven the hearts and souls of our students with school communities that embrace Catholic Identity rooted in Gospel values, centered on the Eucharist, and committed to faith formation and service. Our students learn about and experience the nature and importance of prayer, sacraments, Church history and social teaching through curriculum, prayer, participation in the sacraments, retreat programs and service. Our students leave our schools with an understanding of themselves, the common good, and desire to serve others.

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Steps for applying to Catholic High Schools

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Consult with your 8th Grade Teacher/Advisor on the High School Admissions Process. Obtain information and fillable documents from your school’s website and Department of Catholic Schools.

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Obtain the application packets from all of the Catholic High Schools to which you plan to apply.

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Complete and submit your applications on time.

Attend OPEN HOUSES and visit at least two schools which interest you and meet your needs. Consult this brochure for calendar dates or call individual schools. Seek information about other opportunities for school visitations. Considering your personal strengths and aptitudes, discuss with your 8th Grade teacher(s), principal, counselor, and parents, the high school programs that best meet your needs.

Take the High School Placement Test at one of the schools to which you have applied. The HSPT may be taken only once, but on the form list the other Catholic Schools to which you have applied, so your test scores can be sent there.

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On March 16, 2017 letters will be sent regarding admissions status.

Decisions can be viewed March 17th after 4 pm. Registration deadline will be Friday, March 24, 2017. Prospective students should contact school for their registration deadlines.

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Pay registration fees to the school you plan to attend.

For further information check the website, www.sfarchdiocese.org/catholicschools

Many Catholic high schools across the country are encountering a decrease in enrollment. Enrollment statistics paint a slightly different picture for our schools. The aggregate fourteen high schools within the Archdiocese has experienced growth within a five year period from a total of 7,894 (fall 2010) to 8,095 (fall 2015); Marin county schools grew by 92 students over the five year period; SF schools grew by 361 students; and San Mateo schools lost 252 students during this same five year period.

Admission directors work tirelessly to bridge the gap between parents’ income and increasing tuition costs.

I am aware of the cost of tuition and its impact on our families. I want you to know that each of these schools has some form of scholarship assistance that is supported by either school alums, religious sponsors, the department of Catholic Schools or incredible community leaders and foundations, as listed in this publication. I encourage you to consider that a Catholic high school may be an option for your family. We realize that making Catholic high schools affordable is a fundamental challenge that we must address, and we are committed to creating and supporting a viable funding model for Catholic schools.

Sincerely,

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Table of contents

Letter from Archbishop Cordileone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CHS3 Why Choose A Catholic High School?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CHS3 Financial help. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CHS3 Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CHS4 Junipero Serra High School. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CHS4 Archbishop Riordan High School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CHS5 Archdiocesan and Religious-Sponsored High Schools in the Archdiocese of San Francisco . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CHS6 Convent of the Sacred Heart; Immaculate Conception Academy; Marin Catholic; Mercy High School, Burlingame; Mercy High School College, San Francisco; Notre Dame Belmont; Archbishop Riordan High School; Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory; Sacred Hearts Preparatory; St. Ignatius College Preparatory; Junipero Serra High School; Stuart Hall High School; Woodside Priory School Mercy High School, San Francisco. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CHS8 Graduation Outcomes for Archdiocese of San Francisco Catholic High Schools. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CHS9 Archdiocese of San Francisco Department of Catholic Schools, Giving Changes Everything . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CHS10 Open House Calendar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CHS12

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SACRED HEART PREPARATORY ATHERTON Sunday, Oct. 18 & Nov. 15 | 1:00pm www.shschools.org

How can I get the most sup­port­ive environment for my child during the next four years?

The community environment experienced in Catholic schools fully supports students in their spiritual and academic growth. Teachers dedicate themselves to helping students achieve their full potential.

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I am unable to afford the expense of a Cath­o­lic education; what can I do?

All Catholic high schools in the San Francisco Archdiocese have substantial scholarship and financial aid programs for students and families who qualify.

he Catholic Church teaches that man and woman are made in the image and likeness of God, and that both men and women are created to serve and love God, in part by offering all creation back to God.

Men and women are at the summit of creation, more precious in the eyes of God What can a Catholic high school do for my child? than all other creatures.

The teaching of Catholic values and faith formation are core to the HEARTimportant PREPARATORY ATHERTON However, because sin entered curriculum in Catholic highSACRED schools. Equally is the religious SAN DOMENICO SCHOOL the world through human community of adults surrounding Catholic schools, which supports the Sunday, Oct. 18 & Nov. 15 | 1:00pm 31 &and Dec.so12 | 10:00am beings clouded the schools’ mission. Catholic schools mandate that their students take more Saturday, Oct. way in which men college preparatory classes. Catholic schools provide challenging academic www.shschools.org www.sandomenico.org and women understand themselves, only curricula in which students thrive, particularly in religious studies, in the mystery of Jesus Christ, the Word made flesh, can the mystery of mathematics, science, English and other core subjects. men and women be embraced by themselves.

What are the results for Cath­o­lic high school graduates?

The basic role of Catholic schools – at the primary, secondary, or Over 98 percent of Catholic school graduates in the San Francisco tertiary level – are rooted in these essential Catholic teachings. The Archdiocese enroll in colleges and universities. three realities that channel the activities of Catholic schools are: human beings are at the summit of Creation and are the stewards of creation; through the free choice of Adam and Eve sin entered the world; and Jesus Christ, the Son of God, forgives our sins and through the Catholic What financial help is available to assist a family Church enables human beings to understand ourselves and share in the divine life of God. with the expense of a Catholic high school education

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Precisely because human beings are at the summit of creation, they are the ones responsible for offering all creation back to God. They Significant scholarship and financial assistance programs help ST. IGNATIUS do COLLEGE PREPARATORY SAN DOMENICO SCHOOL this first of all by learning about the way in which earth, the solar families meet tuition responsibilities.

In the 2015-2016 school system, and the entire universe operate. That is, Catholic schools are year, more than $28.5 million in financial assistance was given 1 | 1:00–3:00pm Saturday, Oct. 31 & Dec. 12 | 10:00am Sunday, November committed to true knowledge, finding out what the laws of nature are

by Catholic high schools within the Archdiocese. At the time of and the moral norms that guide the way human beings should interact application to a Catholic high school, parents should inquire about www.siprep.org www.sandomenico.org with nature. Because human beings are at the high point of creation, programs available through the individual high school and through young children have to study and discipline themselves in order to learn the Archdiocese of San Francisco. how to offer creation back to God. If you are considering applying for financial aid, here are some Unfortunately, the reality of sin in the world clouds our understanding things to know: and also tempts us to act contrary to the will of God. For this reason, • Financial aid awards are primarily need based.

Catholic schools have practices that help students lead a life of virtue, • Financial aid awards are given for one year and must be that is, a life in conformity to God’s will for us. Because God’s will is

renewed each subsequent year. fully revealed in Jesus Christ, connecting with Christ is at the heart • Financial aid decisions are made independently from of what Catholic schools do. Helping students understand and live

admissions decisions. in Christ make Catholic schools distinctly different, valuable, and • Every family is eligible to apply for financial aid. appealing.

• A complete financial aid application must include: • Completed online application – www.mytads.com STUART HALL HIGH SCHOOL

(click logon to financial aid assessment to create an account) ST. IGNATIUS COLLEGE PREPARATORY Wednesday, October 14 | 6:30–8:30pm • A Clergy Recommendation Form • Necessary tax documentation Sunday, November 8 | 1:00–3:00pm Sunday, November 1 | 1:00–3:00pm Most Reverend Salvatore Cordileone • $27 processing fee www.sacredsf.org www.siprep.org Archbishop of San Francisco

discover the unique richness of ls. Please visit our websites on about our Open Houses.

richness of STUART HALL HIGH SCHOOL ebsites SACRED HEART CATHEDRAL PREPARATORY PRIORY SCHOOL HIGH SCHOOL Wednesday, October 14 | 6:30–8:30pm WOODSIDE CONVENT Saturday, October 31 | 9:00–11:00am 14 & Dec 5 | 2:00pm Sunday, November 8 | 1:00–3:00pm Saturday, Nov. Thursday, November 5 | 6:00–8:30pm Houses. www.shcp.edu www.prioryca.org www.sacredsf.org www.sacredsf.org

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LIV E WOODSIDE PRIORY SCHOOL Saturday, Nov. 14 & Dec 5 | 2:00pm www.prioryca.org

IMMACULATE CONCEPTION ACADEMY Saturday, November 14 | 9:00am–12:00noon www.icacademy.org

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FAITH • COMMUNITY • INNOVATION The Heart of the City PHILOSOPHY

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Sacred Heart Cathedral is an innovative, Lasallian Vincentian Catholic educational community in the center of San Francisco’s health, arts and technology corridor. We are dedicated to the intellectual and academic excellence of our students, and we strive to develop the unique talents and passions of each individual. Our devotion is illustrated in our enthusiastic and highly educated teachers, commitment to service and social justice, innovative curriculum and cutting-edge educational technology.

Brother Ronald Gallagher, FSC, PhD

PRINCIPAL Mr. Gary J. Cannon SHC alumni are accepted into hundreds of colleges across the country, including all of US News & World Report’s top-rated national universities.

• California Institute of Technology • Columbia University • Dartmouth University • Duke University • Harvard University • Massachusetts Institute of Technology • Princeton University • Stanford University • University of Chicago • University of Pennsylvania • Yale University

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Saturday, October 22, 2016 9–11 am

$18,300

IRISH FOR A DAY PROGRAM

FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE $4.1 million awarded for the 2016-17 school year.

8th Grade Visits September–November

AVAILABLE ONLINE EARLY SEPTEMBER

MORE INFORMATION Mr. Timothy Burke ’70 Director of Admissions 415.775.6626 ext. 729

Applications for the Class of 2021 Open House RSVP • Parent Visit Registration • Irish for a Day Registration • •

admissions@shcp.edu

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Freshman Applications Available Tuesday, September 6, 2016

Padre for a Day 8th Grade Visits September−January

Walk Around Wednesday Tours September−November Serra High School is a Catholic college preparatory for boys. At Serra, spiritual and character formation are at the heart of all we do as we prepare the young men entrusted in our care to successfully navigate the complex world they will inherit.

Rich and rigorous academic curriculum, a wide range of engaging extracurricular activities, and an environment of support, compassion and mutual respect are hallmarks of Serra. Our students are nurtured and challenged in a community of caring educators and united in an inclusive brotherhood that lasts a lifetime.

Located in San Mateo—in the heart of the Peninsula between San Francisco and Silicon Valley—Serra’s legacy spans more than 70 years of excellence in Catholic education and includes a proud alumni of more than 12,000 Padres. We welcome students of all faiths and backgrounds to bring their gifts and talents to our campus and enrich the diversity of our school community.

Open House

Thursday, December 1, 2016 7 p.m.

QUICK FACTS Enrollment: 865 Honors and AP Courses: 31

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Average Class Size: 23

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Sports Teams: 14

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Clubs and Activities: 40+ Tuition & Fees: $20,405 Financial Aid: 33% of students For more information, visit us online at: www.serrahs.com

Barry Thornton, Ed.D.

Director of Admissions Carl Dos Remedios

451 West 20th Avenue San Mateo, CA 94403 650.345.8207

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Archbishop Riordan High School San Francisco’s Oldest All-Boys High School

Photo Credits (l-r): Jordan Jimenez ’16, Lifetouch, Michael Conti ‘07

Archbishop Riordan High School is an Archdiocesan Catholic high school in the Marianist Tradition where every boy can be successful. We strive to help students develop their faith, intellect, and view of the world. There are leadership opportunities in every classroom, club, sport, and activity, and the spirit and bond of the Brotherhood results in life-long friendships. We are academically single gender, but socially coed—our students participate in many co-curricular activities, such as band and theatre, with students from other all-girls schools. Come by and see what’s new at Riordan, including our Makerspace that houses classes such as Robotics, the Fab Lab, and App Development.

LEARN MORE ABOUT OUR SCHOOL! OPEN HOUSE Sunday, October 30, 10:00 am - 12:30 pm Recommended for grades 5-8 CRUSADER FOR A DAY A day-long visit for prospective 8th Graders PARENT TOURS REGISTER ONLINE: WWW.RIORDANHS.ORG

Quick Facts about Riordan: • 670 students, including students from six countries in the international boarding program • 10:1 student to faculty ratio • 30 teams and 30+ clubs and activities • 19 AP® & Honors courses • Pre-engineering major launching in the 2017-18 school year • Recent college matriculations: Stanford, UCLA, Gonzaga, Saint Mary’s College and Colgate • 70% of students identify as Catholic • 2016-17 Tuition: $18,000, Registration Fee: $1,000 • More than 50% of students receive financial aid

More Information: Mr. Danny Curtin ’08, Director of Admissions, admissions@riordanhs.org 175 Phelan Avenue, San Francisco, California 94112 • (415) 586-1256 • www.riordanhs.org

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The Religious-Sponsored High Schools in the Archdiocese of San Francisco

Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory Saturday, October 22; 9 am – 11 am

Living our Charisms Each & Every Day

www.shcp.edu

We welcome you to discover the unique richness of each of our schools. Please visit our websites for more information about our Open Houses.

Sacred Heart Schools Preparatory Sunday, October 16; 1 pm Sunday, November 13; 1 pm www.shschools.org

Convent High School

St. Ignatius College Preparatory

Sunday, October 23; 1 – 3 pm Thursday, November 3; 6 – 8 pm

Sunday, November 13; 1 – 3 pm

www.sacredsf.org

ICA Cristo Rey

www.siprep.org

Mercy High School

Junipero Serra High School

Saturday, November 19th; 9 am – 12 noon

Open House: Sunday, October 30; 10 am Information Night: Thursday, November 10; 6 pm

www.icacademy.org

www.mercyhs.org

www.serrahs.com

Notre Dame Belmont

Stuart Hall High School

Marin Catholic Sunday, October 23; 11 am – 1:30 pm

Sunday, October 23, 11 am – 1:30 pm Thursday, November 17, 7 pm – 9 pm

www.marincatholic.org

www.ndhsb.org

Thursday, December 1; 7 pm

Wednesday, October 12; 6 – 8 pm Sunday, November 6; 1 – 3 pm www.sacredsf.org

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Woodside Priory

Mercy High School Burlingame

Archbishop Riordan High School

Open House: Sunday November 20; 12:30 – 3 pm

Sunday, October 30; 10 am – 12:30 pm

Saturday, November 5 & Saturday, December 3; 10 – 1 pm Middle School/2 – 5 pm Upper School

www.mercyhsb.com

www.riordanhs.org

www.prioryca.org

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“A Mercy woman embodies confidence, hospitality, intelligence, and bravery.”

Cierra Zaldivar, Valedictorian, Class of 2016

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Information Night Thursday, November 10, 2016 6–8 pm

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GRADUATION OUTCOMES FOR ARCHDIOCESE OF SAN FRANCISCO CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOLS Guided by the Mission of the Department of Catholic Schools for the Archdiocese of San Francisco, which is focused on providing quality leadership, offering programs of educational excellence, and preparing students for a truly Christian life, Catholic High Schools are an integral expression of the teaching mission of the Church, and are therefore committed to developing persons who are the beneficiaries of the rich heritage and legacy of the Church. In all of our educational endeavors, we believe our High School Graduates have been given the skills and tools to adapt to a multicultural society and be productive members of the world community by exercising power and influence for the good of others as Christ-centered leaders of the 21st Century.

Our Graduates form Christian Community and • Understand the world’s diverse interconnectedness • Collaborate with others to work for the common good • Respect and demonstrate care for the environment as stewards of God’s creation

Our Graduates are persons of Faith and Spirituality who • Live the Gospel values • Respect and appreciate the diversity of religious expression • Commit to integrating spirituality with their life work

Our Graduates promote in word and action Social Justice and Integrity to • Address injustices and work toward change • Demonstrate a reverence for life and a respect for all traditions, cultures, and peoples • Confront the moral ambiguities promoted by contemporary culture

Our Graduates are persons of Intellectual Strength and Courage who • Communicate effectively in speaking and writing • Demonstrate critical and creative thinking in problem solving • Understand and appreciate the value of lifelong learning

Our Graduates express Confident Leadership to • Empower others for positive transformation of society • Lead by the authority of example to embrace change and confront challenge • Take risks and learn from successes and failures

Rooted in the Archdiocesan Graduation Outcomes, these standards reflect the ideas of the individual institutions as well as the collaborative vision of what students must be able to know, do, and understand.

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St. Ignatius College Preparatory Open House: Sunday, November 13 (1:00 pm-3:00 pm) www.siprep.org

Stuart Hall Open House: Wednesday, October 12 (6:30 pm-8:30 pm)

Sunday, November 6 (1:00 pm-3:00 pm) www.sacredsf.org

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Marin Catholic Open House: Sunday, October 23 (11:00 am-1:30 pm) www.marincatholic.org

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Sacred Heart Prep High School Open House: Sunday, October 16 (1:00 pm)

Sunday, November 13 (1:00 pm) www.shschools.org

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Notre Dame High School Open House: Sunday, October 23 (11:00 am–1:30 pm) www.ndhsb.org

burlingame

Mercy High School – Burlingame Open House: Sunday, November 20 (12:30 pm-3:00 pm) www.mercyhsb.com

san mateo

Junipero Serra High school Open House: Thursday, December 1 (7:00 pm) www.serrahs.com

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Woodside Priory School Open House: Saturday, November 5 (2:00 pm-5:00 pm)

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