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Focus is on ‘healing’ in policy that joins archdiocese, victims GEORGE RAINE CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO

of any faith besides Islam. But like the document he came to Lebanon to present, a collection of his reflections on the 2010 special Synod of Bishops dedicated to Christians in the Middle East, the pope said nothing specific about where and how the region’s Christians are regularly deprived of that right. The pope twice deplored the human cost of the civil war in neighboring Syria, but his only practical recommendation for an end to the fighting there was a neutral call to end the importation of military arms, which he called a “grave sin.” With regard to

A group of survivors of sexual abuse by clergy and the Archdiocese of San Francisco have jointly created a first-of-its-kind policy on how the archdiocese can better serve victims, one that aims to engage and empower them in the healing process. The policy is the result of collaboration, not negotiation, and to the archdiocese’s knowledge it has not been replicated in any Catholic diocese in the nation, said Auxiliary Bishop Robert W. McElroy, who with Auxiliary Bishop William J. Justice joined six survivors of clergy abused to create the plan. It was approved by Archbishop George Niederauer. In meetings over six months, the process was by design democratic, to the point there was no chairperson of the joint committee, everyone with an equal say. One product of the policy, already being implemented but only announced last week, is a wellness program that offers traditional therapeutic counseling along with alternative approaches some survivors said are very helpful, from acupuncture to nutrition to meditation to chiropractic. All are covered by the archdiocese. The policy offers mediation in lieu of a lawsuit as an option for addressing claims, and it also creates opportunities for the archdiocese to support survivor groups to further work on the healing process and expands outreach to parishioners about abuse that has occurred and what is being done to accommodating healing. Indeed, the policy is entitled “Healing the Wounds of Clergy Sexual Abuse.” “It was an effort at empowerment for the survivors, in a way really bringing them into the policy formation process in a collaborative way,” said Bishop McEl-

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Young people gather for an outdoor Mass with Pope Benedict XVI on the waterfront in Beirut Sept. 16.

Mideast: Pope’s presence was the message FRANCIS X. ROCCA CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

BEIRUT – When Pope Benedict XVI stepped off the plane in Beirut Sept. 14, he said he had come to Lebanon, and to the Middle East in general, as a “pilgrim of peace.” In five major talks over the next three days, the pope repeatedly called for peace and underscored the role of Christians in promoting it. Yet his most eloquent message of hope to the troubled region lay not in the diplomatic language of his public statements, but in his very presence and the response it evoked from his hosts. Throughout his trip, Pope Benedict limited himself to general statements of principle on the most contentious political issues, and he avoided some topics altogether. His insistence that religious freedom is a basic human right and a prerequisite for social harmony was a bold statement in the context of a region where most countries restrict and even prohibit the practice

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Film unsettles Muslims, Christians; some say it makes them targets JAMES MARTONE CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

CAIRO – As tear-gas bearing police battled Egyptians armed with stones in front of Cairo’s U.S. Embassy, Rashad was two neighborhoods away, making sure the few evening customers respected the line at the Mobinil cellphone company where he works.

“Is it all right to defame the Prophet, blessings be upon him?” Rashad, a Muslim, asked a reporter who inquired about the embassy standoff. “No. There are limits to how far people should be allowed to go,” he said after a slight pause, in answer to his own question. Rashad, who would not give his last name, had not seen the amateur film reportedly defaming the prophet Mohammed that led to protests at the U.S.

embassies in Egypt and other countries. But he said he’d heard enough to know that the film produced in the U.S. was “haram,” or sinful, and that protests against it – however violent – were justified. Such anger over the U.S.-produced film that depicted Mohammed as a sex-crazed simpleton has Egypt’s

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NEED TO KNOW SAN LORENZO RUIZ CELEBRATION: The Filipino community of St. Boniface Parish, 133 Golden Gate Ave., San Francisco, will celebrate the Feast of San Lorenzo Ruiz de Manila, the Philippines’ first saint, Sept. 23 at 12:15 p.m. On Sept. 29, 1637, San Lorenzo Ruiz professed his faith by martyrdom. He was beatified San Lorenzo Ruiz by Pope John Paul II in Manila and canonized in 1987. San Lorenzo Ruiz holds the distinction of being the first person beatified outside the Vatican. He also holds the honor of being the first Filipino saint, the “most improbable of saints,” as Pope John Paul II described him during the canonization ceremony. Betty Duran, St. Boniface Hermana Mayor 2012, notes: “The feast is an opportunity to showcase a commemorative religious tradition of the Philippines in this community of diverse cultures and languages. For more information contact Rowena Lawson of the St. Boniface FilipinoAmerican community at (415) 860-4085. ST. VERONICA CAPITAL CAMPAIGN: St. Veronica Parish’s $600,000 capital campaign, “Paving the Path for the Future with Tradition and Community,” kicks off the South San Francisco community’s festival weekend Sept. 28-30. Father Charles Puthota, pastor, along with campaign coordinators Sharon Oosterman, Terri Ciardella and Tammi Grigg invite all parishioners, alumni and the community to stop by the campaign booth in the parish center to view the architectural renderings and see the plans for the new pavement and beautification of the campus. For more information, contact the church at (650) 588-1455 or email secretary@stveronicassf.com. CATHOLIC COLLEGE FAIR: A Catholic College Fair co-sponsored by the Archdiocese of San Francisco will be held Oct. 2 at Marin Catholic High School, Kentfield, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Twenty-four colleges from around the country will send representatives. For more information, visit catholiccollegefairs.org. MISSION HISTORY HIKE: Join Mission Dolores curator Andrew Galvan, assistant curator Vincent Medina and National Park ranger Fatima Colindres and other park staff for a “Living History and Park Experience,” Sept. 29, noon-6:30 p.m. Meet in the Mission Dolores cemetery, 16th and Dolores streets, San Francisco, at noon for a brief tour of the mission before setting off at 1 on a 4½-mile hike (optional shuttle bus for part of the trip) along the Old Mission Road to the Presidio. Along the way learn about native stories and hear the Chochenyo language spoken. Historical and political Issues of land ownership as well as water and agriculture of the Mission era will be discussed. For more information and reservations, phone (415) 561-2805.

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SFSU students celebrate Mass St. Thomas More Parish pastor Msgr. Labib Kobti celebrated the first Newman Club Mass of the school year in a small meeting room at San Francisco State University Sept. 11. The Newman club hosts a Scripture study with pizza every Thursday at 7 p.m., says the rosary together weekly and attends Mass together Sundays. For more information, email newmansfsu@gmail.com.

1948 nurses photo sparks memories A number of graduates of San Francisco nursing programs wrote to Catholic San Francisco about an Aug. 10 “Mysteries of the Archives” picture of an unidentified class of nurses with Archbishop John J. Mitty, who served 1935-61. We printed two letters in Aug. the 24 issue but received even more, including several that mentioned that the archbishop apparently attended nursing graduations at St. Joseph School of Nursing and Mary’s Help Hospital. Portions of the letters of two of the St. Mary’s Hospital nurses are printed below and provide humorous and warm insight into the nursing programs of the time.

Inauspicious start to nursing career On Aug. 25, 1945, with great trepidation, I entered the nursing program at St. Mary’s Hospital in San Francisco. My parents delivered me plus my worldly belongings to the student nurses home at 2200 Hayes St. early in the afternoon. We had traveled from Watsonville, by way of the Old Bayshore Highway, and my father had us up at the crack of dawn in order to leave early and Frances Leonard miss all the traffic. His well-laid Rohrbacher plans were thwarted by me the day before. I had taken my friends for a goodbye drive up the mountain, outside of Aptos, to Loma Prieta. That place was reached by a very primitive road and, unknown to me, I picked

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Jogged memories Re picture of nurses on Page 2, Aug. 10: It is St. Mary’s College of Nursing, the classes of 1947. In 1944, because of the need for nurses in the World War II years, three classes were admitted. They were in February, June and August. I was in the June class. I still see some of my surviving classmates from time to time. Your picture was a wonderful reminder of times gone by. Carmela Saitz Nilan San Francisco

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California bishops oppose bill that would extend abortionists’ training

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A bill approved by the California Legislature and opposed by the Catholic Church would extend a previously authorized four-year UCSF pilot project of training mid-level medical practitioners – nurses and midwives – to perform first-trimester abortions. The bill is opposed by the California Catholic Conference, the public policy voice of the church in California, not only because the church opposes abortion but because “it is bad public policy,” said Carol Hogan, director of communications at the California Catholic Conference. A similar measure, SACRAMENTO BISHOP JAIME SOTO also by State Sen. Christine Kehoe, D-San Diego, was defeated earlier this year, and the revised bill was brought back in a parliamentary maneuver, said Hogan. The first bill contained a claim that another legislator, Assemblywoman Linda Halderman, R-Fresno, a surgeon, said was bogus. Sponsors said the complication rate of surgical abortions done by non-physicians was 1.6 percent. Dr. Halderman said the published, professionally accepted rate of major and minor complications for the procedure, “even when performed by the most experienced, well-trained and careful physician, is 3 to 5 percent. “The California Catholic Conference opposes this bill because training midwives to kill the very babies they are trained to deliver is the saddest irony imaginable,” said Sacramento Bishop Jaime Soto, vice president of the conference. He urged Gov. Jerry Brown to veto the bill.

The president of the California bishops’ conference is urging Catholics to consider supporting Proposition 35, the Californians Against Sexual Exploitation Act, a Nov. 6 state ballot measure that would both increase criminal penalties for human trafficking and direct fines to enhanced victim services and law enforcement. “Human trafficking, which involves the enslaving of individuals in order to use them for financial gain, is an intolerable affront to human dignity,” Los Angeles Auxiliary Bishop Gerald Wilkerson, president of the California Catholic Conference of Bishops, said in a statement Sept. 11. “As Catholics, we are called to listen to the wisdom of Pope Paul VI in the Vatican II document, ‘Gaudium et Spes’: ‘… (W)hatever is opposed to life itself … whatever violates the integrity of the human person … whatever insults humanity—such as subhuman living conditions, arbitrary imprisonment, deportation, slavery, prostitution … all these things … poison human society … Moreover, they are a supreme dishonor to the Creator.’” Speaking on behalf of his brother bishops, Bishop Wilkerson called “upon all people of good will to support those who are working to eradicate

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this violent and oppressive practice—especially our Catholic women religious, who besides their advocacy for the elimination of trafficking, have provided health care and social services for those rescued from their enslavers.” Prop. 35 would increase prison terms for human traffickers; require convicted sex traffickers to register as sex offenders; require all registered sex offenders to disclose their Internet accounts; require criminal fines from convicted human traffickers to pay for services to help victims; and mandate law enforcement training on human trafficking. Under the measure’s enhanced penalties, the prison sentence for labor trafficking crimes would increase to a maximum of 12 years per offense, and for sex trafficking of adults to up to 20 years per offense. Sex trafficking of minors that involved force or fraud would be punishable by up to a life term in prison. The average age that a victim is first trafficked for sex in the U.S. is 12-14, and many victims are runaway girls who have already suffered sexual abuse as children, according to the pro-Prop. 35 campaign. Traffickers or pimps gain a victim’s trust before forcing them into commercial sex acts and keeping them compliant through violence and drugs, proponents said, adding that the anonymity of the Internet has fueled the crime’s rapid growth.

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On the near horizon is the St. John Vianney Luncheon for retired priests. It’s Oct. 26 in the cathedral Event Center in the St. Mary’s Cathedral compound. More than 100 priests will be honored including Msgr. John Pernia, retired pastor Our Lady of Perpetual Help Parish, Daly City and now at home in Holy Angels Parish, Colma. Ordained March 22, 1958, Msgr Pernia has also served at parishes includMsgr. John R. ing Star of the Sea, St. Paul and Pernia St. Brendan, San Francisco and All Souls, South San Francisco. He is 79 years old. Holding forth as emcee in his usual sidesplitting fashion will be Mike Pritchard. Information about the lunch – both ticket and other ways to support the effort – is available from the Office of Development at (415) 614-5580 or email development@sfarchdiocese.org. PITCHIN’ IN: mightily at a summer rummage sale benefiting the work of San Mateo Pro-life were Kira Costello and Maria Healy, sophomores at Notre Dame High School, Belmont, and Jenna McCormick, a sophomore at Mercy High Kira Costello and Maria Healy School, Burlingame. “The girls were a big help!” San Mateo Pro-life’s Jessica Munn told me in a note to this column – exclamation point and all. ANNIVERSARY: Congratulations are in order for Pat and Anthony Formosa, founding parishioners of Our Lady of Mercy Parish, who celebrated their 65th wedding anniversary August 12. The celebration was a family affair, and was attended by almost all of their seven children and spouses, 22 grandchildren and spouses, and 14 great-grandchildren. Their children, five boys and two girls, all graduated from Our Lady of Mercy School; all of the boys graduated from St. Ignatius Prep; and both of their daughters graduated from St. Rose Academy. GROUNDSKEEPERS: Parents, students and

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THANK YOU, SISTER: Sts. Peter and Paul School celebrated Salesian Sister Celine Lomeli’s 40th anniversary as a religious Sept. 9. The school is mighty proud of Sister Celine and noted she “wears several hats including junior high religion teacher and lunch duty assistant.” On hand for the happy day were, from left, Sts. Peter and Paul 2012 graduates Matthew Ordona, Stefano Fernando and Joseph Werblun. to help raise awareness of the challenges faced by the nation’s poor and also raise significant funds for use in direct service to the poor. Walks are being organized in over 60 communities across the U.S. with hopes to exceed last year’s income of $3 million. “We invite the whole community to come out for this spectacular event,” said Regina Vasquez, walk coordinator. Call (415) 786-6868. Visit www.svdp-sf.org.

HOPS BUT NO SCOTCH: An Alumni Beer Garden took place at Marin Catholic High School in June. The fun does not stop there though, an alumni “Beer and Brats” is on deck for Sept. 29 during homecoming and November brings the Marin Catholic Gala. June’s garden party was well attended and welcomed, from left, class of ’77 members Tony Crivello, Rich Ugarte, Jim Pettibone, Matt Granville, Paul Sousa and Scott Colombo. graduates of St. Ignatius College Preparatory took part in a beach clean-up at San Francisco’s Ocean Beach on Earth Day. Club AMDG/All Moms, Dads and Grads sponsored the event. Among those pitching in were SI 2012 grads Jack Radsliff, Dominic Truccolo, Nicole Mullen, Cameron Blasi and Audrey Gomez. ON YOUR MARKS: The St. Vincent de Paul Society encourages making a mark against poverty as a participant or supporter of the Friends of the Poor Walk Sept. 29 at Lake Merced. The trek, organized around the country by SVdP, is meant Sacramental, Baptisms, First Communion, Confirmations and RCIA Gifts

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Lay supporters walk spiritually with religious congregations VALERIE SCHMALZ CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO

Kathy Noether started out as a religious sister of the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur but today the wife, grandmother and retired public school teacher is a lay associate – one of many Catholics who support a religious order while living another vocation in the world. On Oct. 6 the Bay Area Conference of Associates and Religious will meet for a day of prayer and community at the Sacred Heart Schools in Atherton. The annual conference draws from 80 to 150 people from various religious communities, both vowed religious and associates, said Noether. “Interdependence – A Shared Charism: The Future Face of Associate and Religious Life” is the conference topic and will feature speaker Kate Kuenstler, a canon lawyer who received her doctorate at the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas and is a member of the international congregation Poor Handmaids of Jesus Christ. A relatively new phenomenon, association is similar to the third orders of religious institutes but has no official standing under church law,

a status associates prefer, because it gives them more freedom of action, Noether said. However, like members of third orders, associates believe and feel particularly close to the particular charism or mission of the religious community with which they are affiliated, Noether said. BACAR encompasses the San Francisco Bay Area and Monterey Bay counties and is a regional affiliate of the North American Conference of AssociKathy Noether ates and Religious. As many orders have experienced declining vocations, associates allow the religious order to continue its mission through lay friends who also share friendship, pray and work in ministry with men and women religious. Association “is a call to live in the charism (specific character) of a religious congregation while continuing to live one’s own life,” an announcement from BACAR notes. “Association is a vocation that guides one in realizing one’s God-given potential, by associating with a religious institute,” BACAR notes. Prayer,

retreats, social justice and volunteer activities all deepen the associate’s relationship with the community and with God, Noether said. The Oct. 6 conference is the 13th BACAR conference, said Noether, who added that the conferences convene biannually. The spiritual life of the Catholic Church is a journey and so is the trajectory of religious orders, Noether said. While many orders in the West have few vocations, they often are attracting new members in other countries. “You have to be really a visionary to see where movements are going and the church itself,” Noether said. The associates are looking at their call as an independent form of community as well as supporting vowed religious, Noether said. “Most associates are looking at sustainability for themselves and yet carrying on the charisms of the founders or foundresses of the communities,” Noether said. “Who knows what it’s going to be in another 100 years? What we are, are women and men who are working for the needs of justice and the poor within the time we are living.”

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A group of 8- to 11-year-old boys from St. Francis of Assisi Parish Youth Club took home honors for rocket making from the San Mateo County Fair this year. “It was a lot of fun. They are really good kids, really fun to be with,” said seminarian Tom Orlando, who with four other seminarians worked with the boys. Orlando met Father Lawrence Goode, pastor of the East Palo Alto parish, at a Legion of Mary meeting at Seminarian Edgar Elamparo helps St. Patrick’s SemiPedro Ortega set up a rocket for nary & University launching. in Menlo Park. They got talking about rockets. Orlando, 33, a civil engineer, used to build them with the 4-H

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diocese, and Edgar Elamparo of the San Jose diocese. Orlando said Father Goode paid for a 12-pack kit of rockets including a little model rocket engine, a launching pad and a controller. Most of the kids received either second or third place – and would have received first place except the rockets were a little worse for the wear. “The rockets looked great before we launched them. We launched them several times and they got beat up,” Orlando said.

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CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO | SEPTEMBER 21, 2012

Cardinal traces historic role of religious freedom in US PATRICIA ZAPOR CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

WASHINGTON – To the enthusiastic reception of an audience of John Carroll Society members Sept. 10, New York Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan traced the historic origins of U.S. religious freedom in light of a current battle with the government over those rights. Saying that he wanted to “restore the luster” on “this first and most cherished freedom,” Cardinal Dolan, who also is president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, said he was afraid “that the promotion and protection of religious liberty is becoming caricatured as some narrow, hyper-defensive, far-right, self-serving cause.” Rather, he said, “freedom of religion has been the driving force of almost every enlightened, unshackling, noble cause in American history.” This year, the U.S. bishops have waged a campaign to draw attention to what they describe as “religious liberty under attack” through a variety of governmental policies and societal trends. Chief among the issues they have cited is a man-

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same-sex couples – that have pushed Catholic institutions out of adoption, foster care and refugee services. They also cited threats abroad, including attacks on churches in Iraq, Nigeria and Kenya. Cardinal Dolan, who holds a doctorate in American church history, said a historical perspective can help explain that the defense of religious freedom “is not some evangelical Christian polemic, or wily strategy of discredited Catholic bishops, but the quintessential American cause, the first line in the defense of and protection of human rights.” Speaking in Washington to a standing-room-only audience at a 450-seat theater in the Newseum, Cardinal Dolan noted that religious freedom has always been understood in the United States as one of the fundamental freedoms, “spheres of free thought and action essential to individual liberty and a civil society.” A 74-foot marble display outside the entrance of the Newseum, a museum of news, enshrines the five freedoms of the First Amendment: religion, press, speech, assembly and petition. In pressing for religious rights, Cardinal Dolan said: “We citizens of any and all faiths, or none at all, are not just paranoid and self-serving in defending what we hoard as ‘ours,’ but we are, in fact, protecting America. We act not as sectarians, but as responsible citizens. We act on behalf of the truth about the human person.” He ran through a list of historic events, from the American Revolution through the abolition, temperance, civil rights and peace movements, citing them as campaigns whose leaders were acting out of religious convictions. Among secular leaders who recognized the importance of religious freedom, Cardinal Dolan quoted Thomas Jefferson: “Can the liberties of a nation be thought secure when we have removed their only firm basis, a conviction in the minds of the people that these liberties are of the gift of God?” and Alexis de Tocqueville: “Despotism may govern without faith, but liberty cannot. Religion ... is more needed in democratic republics than in any others.” In nearby Maryland, Cardinal Dolan said, Catholic leaders were an important part of the founding of the nation, including John Carroll, the first bishop of Baltimore and founder of Georgetown University, and his cousin, Charles, the only Catholic to sign the Declaration of Independence. “Your ancestors here were shrewd,” he said. “They did not want any favored status for either their beloved Catholic faith or any other religion. Nor did they want their faith, however normative in their own life, to have any institutional input in the colonial government. Mainly, they just wanted to be left alone.”

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ST. LOUIS – Two months to the day after Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon vetoed a religious liberty bill, both houses of the Missouri Legislature voted by wide margins to override the veto. The Archdiocese of St. Louis called the veto override “a victory for Catholics, people of all faiths, and more specifically, Missouri citizens who value religious liberty.” The legislation, SB 749, ensures that no one is forced to pay for abortion drugs and similar items in their health insurance when it violates their religious beliefs. The Missouri Catholic Conference, public policy arm of the state’s bishops, strongly supported the bill, saying that it “upholds religious liberty in a very practical way. Under this bill, no one can be forced to pay for surgical abortions, abortion-inducing drugs, contraceptives or sterilizations when this violates their moral or religious beliefs.” During a special veto session Sept. 12, the Senate voted 26-6 to override the veto and the House voted 109-45. Twenty-eight out of 34 senators and

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Giants coach stands on shoulders of ‘faith-filled’ nuns WALLY CAREW CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

BOSTON – Growing up, the toughest person in Coach Tom Coughlin’s life was not the local playground bully, the wise guy at the school bus stop, or any one of his rough and tumble friends. No way. Not even close. The person most respected and most feared was a St. Joseph nun. Her name was Sister Rose Alice. “She was tougher, faster, she could hit harder and she could out-talk anyone,” said Coughlin, the head coach of the defending Super Bowl champion New York Giants. As an elementary school student at St. Mary’s School in Waterloo, N.Y., and an altar boy at St. Mary’s Church, Coughlin received a solid Catholic formation. “The Sisters of St. Joseph were great,” remarked Coughlin, who led the Giants to victories in Super Bowl XLII and XLVI. “They were totally dedicated to Jesus Christ, the Catholic faith and to the welfare of each and every one of their students. Who I am today can be traced to the values I learned from the faith-filled Sisters of St. Joseph.” Coughlin, 66, grew up in the Finger Lakes region of New York state. Waterloo, population just over 5,000, is the birthplace of Memorial Day. He is the oldest of seven children. His father, Lou, worked for an Army supply depot. His mother, Betty, was a non-Catholic who went out of her way to make sure her children fulfilled their Catholic obligations. “My mother was really more Catholic than any-

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NEW YORK – In Fordham University’s Rose Hill Gymnasium, television comedian Stephen Colbert joined forces with Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan of New York Sept. 14 to discuss faith, humor and spirituality before an audience of 3,000, mostly made up of cheering students. The session was moderated by Jesuit Father James Martin, the official chaplain of Colbert’s show as well as culture editor at the Jesuits’ America magazine. Colbert is host of “The Colbert Report,” a pseudo-archconservative, faux news show. An active Catholic who teaches religious instruction to children in his parish, he said comedians often don’t understand how he could remain Catholic. Instead, Colbert explained that he sees the Catholic Church as teaching joy, which he called the “infallible sign of the presence of God.” Though the comedian maintains his television persona nearly all the time in front of the camera and in public interviews away from the show, in a rare moment, he slipped out of character, admitting that “I love my church – warts and all.” Cardinal Dolan jokingly bowed and kissed the comedian’s ring as he took the stage. But striking a serious note, he told Colbert, “Part of my

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Church studies: Vatican fosters research, welcomes scholars CINDY WOODEN CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

VATICAN CITY – Every year, the Vatican conducts research on church law and practice, offers scholarships to Orthodox and Muslim students, designs academic programs for church workers and maintains vast libraries and archives consulted by scholars from around the world. Jesuit Father Norman Tanner, dean of church history at Rome’s Pontifical Gregorian University, said no one should be surprised by the range of the Vatican’s scholarly interests or its interest to scholars. After all, he said, Jesus was interested in everything about human life and the world; and St. Paul’s letters show he not only preached to the ancient Greeks, he knew their culture and philosophy. The Vatican Secret Archives, for example, are a mecca for scholars of church history, 1,321 entrance permits issued to scholars from 54 countries in the 2010-11 academic year. The Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith reported that 97 scholars consulted its archives last year. The most popular topics of research included: bioethical questions; Christianity and Islam; censorship and the Vatican’s Index of Forbidden Books; the relationship between the Spanish and

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MEXICO CITY â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Mexicoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Catholic bishops called for an overhaul of the countryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s education system, saying in a pastoral letter that the powerful national teachersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; union and its leader put politics and other issues ahead of teaching children. The letter, written by Bishop Alfonso Cortes of Cuernavaca and released Sept. 12, said the practices of the 1.4 million-member National Education Workers Union â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Latin Americaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s largest labor organization â&#x20AC;&#x201C; led to corruption and the misuse of resources. The letter said the unionâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s actions were â&#x20AC;&#x153;seriously contaminating the task of educating.â&#x20AC;? The letter comes at a controversial time, in which the union â&#x20AC;&#x201C; an institution with anti-clerical tradition and self-proclaimed champion of the secular state â&#x20AC;&#x201C; has come under attack for its role in the Mexican political system and willingness to put teachers on the public payroll to work for noneducational purposes. And it touches on topics plaguing present-day Mexico, including the fact that millions of youths are unable to study or work and thus are vulnerable to recruitment by drug cartels. The document questioned the quality of what was being taught in Mexicoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s schools, especially for not imparting critical thinking skills.

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The Institutional Revolutionary Party, which Elias Calles founded, ruled Mexico for much of the 20th century under a corporatist system in which teachers â&#x20AC;&#x201C; through its national union â&#x20AC;&#x201C; would mobilize voters, gain sway in the Public Education Secretariat and impart revolutionary values including secularism. â&#x20AC;&#x153;There was a great fear about the Catholic heritage of the parents,â&#x20AC;? said David Calderon, director of the education advocacy group Mexicanos Primero. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Parents were left outside of the school, of decisions, and generation after generation had an obligation as parents to leave their children in the school and hope that by having more years of schooling they would have better earnings.â&#x20AC;? The pastoral letter decried â&#x20AC;&#x153;the privileges derived from the centralization and from corporatist and patronage practices.â&#x20AC;? On the leadership of the unionâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s longtime leader Elba Esther Gordillo, it said indirectly, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the duty of everyone to work together so that the unions are not co-opted by external leaders or ideologies foreign to education.â&#x20AC;?

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EXPERT: ENCOUNTER WITH GOD CONSOLES THOSE MIRED IN TRAGEDY

ROME – Pain, suffering and human mortality shouldn’t be explained away, ignored or denied, but embraced by faith in God, said an expert in the philosophy and ethics of science. In fact, only a concrete encounter with the Lord can provide solace for people grappling with the question of how there can be a God who is good when there is also agony and death, especially of innocent children, said Evandro Agazzi, a member of the Italian National Committee for Bioethics and the Committee for the Ethics of Research and Bioethics of the Italian National Research Council. Agazzi, an Italian philosopher, physicist and mathematician, was the guest speaker at a Sept. 17 lecture organized by the Ut Vitam Habeant Foundation – a

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SALVADORAN TIED TO JESUIT SLAYINGS GUILTY ON IMMIGRATION CHARGES

SAN SAVADOR – News that a former Salvadoran army official accused in the 1989 slayings of six Jesuit priests pleaded guilty to charges that he lied to U.S. immigration officials and now faces deportation to Spain to face prosecution in the deaths was welcomed by the former rector of the university where the clergymen taught. Inocente Orlando Montano, a retired army colonel who has lived near Boston since 2001, pleaded guilty in federal court to three counts of immigration fraud and three counts of perjury under a deal with federal prosecutors Sept. 11.

Montano was among 20 Salvadorans indicted in Spain in 2011 in connection with the killings of the priests, their housekeeper and her daughter. Father Jose Maria Tojeira, former rector at the University of Central America in San Salvador, where the priests taught and lived, said the news of the possible deportation and likely prosecution was long overdue. “Everything that promotes justice is good. However, our maximum interest is to promote justice in El Salvador, so that the country cannot be seen as a place where impunity prevails,” Father Tojeira told Catholic News Service.

The murders took place in a small compound on the university’s campus during one of the fiercest military offensives in the country’s 12-year civil war, which left an estimated 70,000 dead before it ended with the Peace Accords in 1992. The retired colonel admitted lying to U.S. officials by saying he was

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ne of the most important events in the modern history of the Catholic Church will soon reach a historical milestone. On Oct. 11, 2012, the 50th anniversary of the opening of the Second Vatican Council will be celebrated by the church throughout the world. On Oct. 11, 1962, Blessed Pope John XXIII confidently threw open the windows of the church trusting that the Holy Spirit would blow through it with a fresh breeze of renewal. TONY MAGLIANO During this worldwide ecumenical council – the 21st in the history of the church – over 2,500 bishops approved 16 documents designed to enliven Catholic spirituality, and make the church far more relevant to the modern world. The most important of these documents in my opinion is “Gaudium Et Spes” (“Pastoral Constitution on the Church in the Modern World”). It insists that the Catholic Church must be at the service of all humanity, especially those most in need. Its very first words powerfully proclaim this theme: “The joys and the hopes, the griefs and anxieties of the men of this age, especially those who are poor or in any way afflicted, these too are the joys and hopes, the griefs and anxieties of the followers of Christ.” As a step in this direction, “the Church has always had the duty of scrutinizing the signs of the times and of interpreting them in the light of the Gospel.” We are then called to strengthen those aspects that conform to Christ’s teachings, and to change those elements that do not. The world’s Catholic bishops insisted that the church – “the people of God” – cannot show any bias in protecting the lives and dignity of human beings. As one of Vatican II’s active participants Archbishop Karol Wojtyla would later declare – as Pope John Paul II – “We are all really responsible for all.” Action on behalf of the unborn, while largely ignoring the sins of militarism and the injustices that cause poverty, is an insufficient Catholic position. On the other hand, working to end militarism and poverty while ignoring the sin of abortion is also an insufficient Catholic position. “Therefore from the moment of its conception life must be guarded with the greatest care, while abortion and infanticide are unspeakable crimes” (No. 51). “God intended the earth and all that it contains for use of every human being and people. … Since there are so many people in this world afflicted with hunger, this sacred Council urges all, both individuals and governments, to remember the saying of the Fathers: ‘Feed the man dying of hunger, because if you have not fed him you have killed him’ ” (No. 69). Reflecting on “the horror and perversity of war,” the bishops powerfully proclaimed: “All these considerations compel us to undertake an evaluation of war with an entirely new attitude. The men of our time must realize that they will have to give a somber reckoning for their deeds of war (No. 80). … “While extravagant sums are being spent for the furnishing of ever new weapons, an adequate remedy cannot be provided for the multiple miseries afflicting the whole modern world (No. 81). … “It is our clear duty, then, to strain every muscle as we work for the time when all war can be completely outlawed by international consent” (No. 82). Let’s also strain every muscle to promote the Second Vatican Council’s entire prolife, social justice and peace teachings. MAGLIANO is an internationally syndicated social justice and peace columnist.

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LETTERS Catholic social teaching not socialist

Questioning Catholics for Obama

Father (Robert) Barron (“The great both/and of Catholic social teaching,” Aug. 24) proposes that the portion of a rich man’s wealth which exceeds the “demands of necessity and propriety” is surplus wealth, as Marx claimed with respect to surplus profits, and may be forcefully taken by the state and transferred to “the poor.” He further claims that Pope Leo XIII such state action is the foundation of Catholic social policy. Really? Assuming the rich man acquired his wealth legally, how does the good father justify the confiscation of the surplus wealth? By asserting that the surplus wealth is not the private property of the person who created it, but is the collective property of the poor, who, like the Bolsheviks, socialists and fascists before them, are entitled to invoke the state, as intermediary, to recovery their “stolen” wealth. Again, as with Marx, the rich man’s continued wrongful possession of the surplus wealth is an injustice, not with respect to another individual citizen, as would be the case with classical ethics, but to all of “the poor” seen as a collectivity – a “social injustice” inviting state action to enforce the “solidarity,” the coming Parousia. On what authority does Father Barron construct this scenario? He quotes an ascetic fourth-century theologian, whose views are far more extreme than those of the referenced Tea Party, and misstates the position of Pope Leo XIII with respect to private property. Here is what the pope really said: “Now when man thus turns the activity of his mind and the strength of his body toward producing the fruits of nature, by such acts he makes his own that portion of nature’s field which he cultivates – that portion on which he leaves, as it were, the impress of his personality; and it cannot but be just that he should possess that portion as his very own, and have a right to hold it without any one being justified in violating that right” (“Rerum Novarum,” 6). For support, Father Barron relies on “Quadragesimo Anno” (by Pope Pius XI, commemorating the 40th anniversary of “Rerum Novarum,”) released during the Great Depression (1931) and increased Communist and socialist activity in the U.S. and Europe, which accounts for its more polemical and hostile tone toward business and the market. The pope’s complaints have long since been addressed. Thomas H. Werdel Jr. San Francisco Editor’s note: In “Modern Catholic Social Teaching” (Georgetown University Press, 2004), Page 127, Thomas A. Shanon writes: “Rerum Novarum” (“The Condition of Labor”) “defended the right of private property (under attack by socialists), argued for a living wage for workers (rather than the contract most workers could not refuse), and affirmed the right of labor to organize and, when necessary, strike (against the major industrial interests of the day) … “Additionally, Leo made an extremely strong case for the necessity of private property, a rejection of socialism as an economic system.”

Why are there Catholics and bishops for Obama and the party that supports abortions and “boos” God? I would suggest they see the film documentary “2016: Obama’s America” to see just how benevolent their agenda will be. The devil is in the details. Carolyn Mueller Novato

Skeptical about Obama dinner invite Guess who’s coming to dinner? Someone who is an adversary of Catechism of the Catholic Church 2202. Remember fellow Catholics, civility rules over the Roe v. Wade perpetual massacre of well over 50 million of God’s precious, defenseless human beings in the womb. Another thought, fellow Catholics: Euthanasia, assisted suicide, murder is in vogue in the United States. My elderly head with a normal amount of white hair is not far from the morphine guillotine. Roy Petri Sonoma Editor’s note: CCC 2202 states: “A man and a woman united in marriage, together with their children, form a family. This institution is prior to any recognition by public authority, which has an obligation to recognize it. It should be considered the normal reference point by which the different forms of family relationship are to be evaluated.”

Should sister have criticized Democrats too? I had no problem with (Social Service) Sister Simone (Campbell) speaking at the Democratic National Convention. I did have a problem with her one-sided criticisms. As she bashed her fellow Catholic, Rep. Paul Ryan, she deafened us with her silence over the same-sex marriage and abortion promoters of the Catholic faith from within my party. Sister Simone railed on Ryan’s perceived un-Christian economic policy, yet not one syllable was spoken to criticize the official Democratic stance on the social permissiveness issues. And, not a word from her of criticism of her fellow Catholic Democrats who support those immoral causes: Mr. Biden, Mr. Leahy, the Kennedys, or our own Nancy Pelosi. Peter J. Fatooh San Francisco

Labor memories incompatible with church issues now Your Labor Day edition recalling the good old days of San Francisco’s unions is incompatible with the focus we need now when our Catholic Church is bitterly assailed from other powerful interest groups, sometimes with the cooperation of organized labor itself. Unionism has had its shortcomings. I recall the time that teaching lost respect as a noble profession when unionized teachers circled my elementary school, scaring children with their shouted chant: “On strike! Shut it down!” And I retched at the televised sight of unionized civil service workers disrupting the Wisconsin Legislature with uncivil shouts and gestures for the sake of increased benefits cut by their governor to save the state from financial ruin. So much for honoring unions: Better that as Catholics with strong conscience disgusted by the abortion industry here in our own land of the free, we set aside a special day honoring the right to life. Also, a special day of recognition is needed to respect marriage between men and women, to counteract the president’s political support of gay marriage, and to protect this sacrament from defilement by those who will stop at nothing for their self-absorbed pleasures. Robert Jimenez Burlingame

Incomparable gift of Jesus To know that you are loved unconditionally and to be able to love unconditionally in return is the foundation of joy. In this imperfect world we experience intimations of this love and joy. Falling in love or looking into the eyes of a newborn child are examples that most of us can relate to. It is a gift given and received completely in that moment and we are temporarily overwhelmed by the magnitude of it. Father (Ron) Rolheiser and Father (John) Catoir both address the subject of joy in their columns in Catholic San Francisco (Sept. 7). Father Rolheiser speaks of “God’s compulsion … a deep and authentic “should” inside us.” Father Catoir tells us that Jesus’s mission is that “my joy may be in you and your joy may be complete.” Our response to the incomparable gift of Jesus here in our world through our obedience to the Great Commandment is the foundation of true, unconquerable, everlasting joy for each of us. We are unconditionally loved by God. When we accept and acknowledge that love, when we live our lives and deal with the world in harmony with that love, when we respond to that love, joy happens. Nick Scales San Francisco

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Thought-provoking issues about death

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ow Much Would You Pay for Three More Months of Life?” was the provocative title of an article in a recent issue of Newsweek. It raised questions at a time when the extraordinary is becoming ordinary, as ethics keep up with technology. The article dealt with what is known as “targeted therapies” – drugs that affect cancer cells only. As you would expect, they come at a high cost. It is called the price of time. For example, one type of therapy costs $10,000 a month STEPHEN KENT for a drug that would add about two months to the life of one suffering from lung cancer. The article contained other examples: $15,000 for a drug to extend the life of a pancreatic cancer patient by two weeks and $120,000 for extending the life of an advanced melanoma patient by four months. All time frames are median survival times, Newsweek pointed out. Most end-of-life ethical questions have focused on the “don’t do” aspect – removing life support machines, withdrawing nutrition and hydration, euthanasia, proactive ending of life. New technology brings new questions. This is not science fiction or abstract questions that an average person will never face. While it may be a

good conversation starter, (“how much would you pay to live a month longer?”), it is a precursor to the type of ethical questions typical families will face more often. Patients who are prospects for targeted therapies are pre-terminal, with no question that they will die within a matter of months. For Christians, once death appears imminent, isn’t a time of acceptance almost welcoming? The church has long taught that extraordinary means are not required. Treatment is considered “extraordinary” if it is determined to be futile, meaning that it is either not going to work to keep the person alive or to reverse the course of the disease, or if the burdens of that treatment are disproportionate to the benefits. In 1957, Pope Pius XII wrote “Normally one is held to use only ordinary means ... that is to say, means that do not involve any grave burden for oneself or another. A stricter obligation would be too burdensome for most people and would render the attainment of the higher, more important good too difficult. Life, health, all temporal activities are in fact subordinated to spiritual ends.” Imagine a family sitting with a terminally ill relative trying to decide if is “worth it” to take out a second mortgage on the home or to use all of money saved for college to pay for weeks, a month more of life. This would create an unnecessary feeling of obligation to extend life. Yes, insurance more than likely will bear the

costs, but this leads to a larger social question: Is that a burden society should bear? “Miracle drugs” was the term used in the middle of last century to describe sulfa, penicillin, and other “wonder drugs.” They are now routine to the point that denying them to someone in illness would be ethically questionable. The late Dominican Father Kevin D. O’Rourke, one of the leading Catholic voices in health care ethics, wrote on the evolution of church teaching on prolonging life. Ordinary means, he said, originally were those readily at hand and available to all. Extraordinary means were expensive, difficult to obtain or inconvenient to arrange for the average person. Over the years, they were used to signify whether particular means were morally obligatory (ordinary) or morally optional (extraordinary). Today the terms “proportionate-disproportionate” and “burden-benefit” have replaced “ordinary” and “extraordinary” to a great extent, said Father O’Rourke. This is why values and ethics systems, whether faith-based or not, must have a place in any public policy discussion. These are things to be thought about, deserving of more thought than the political pandering use of such labels as “death panels.”

en way by raising personal taxes on high income earners to reduce the deficit, keep taxes low on the middle class and spur the economy. Republicans claim that the very high-income individuals are job creators. Actually the middle class are the job creators. They are a much larger demographic and spend most of their income, which creates most consumer demand. This generates increased production and employment. Al Trimbach Tiburon

News Service on the front page (Sept. 14) – of course, yes, you can be a Democrat and pro-life. I would like to ask Romney and Ryan another question: “Can you be pro-life, and at the same time, against basic federal aid for poor teenage single mothers of the not-aborted babes? Or at the same time in favor of capital punishment, or of starting more wars?” We Catholics now more than ever must be Catholic and pro-life. Jesus teaches us to practice love and tolerance. In our beautifully diverse American society, we must stand for civil tolerance of those whose beliefs are different. Suzy Brown San Carlos

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LETTERS Choose terminology carefully Your article uses the phrase pro-abortion. That phrase is completely reprehensible and disgusting. There is no one on earth who is pro-abortion. Saying so loses all respect and credibility to your writings and loses any sane-minded readers. It implies everyone should at least try one abortion, which is degrading to humans. You should do the responsible thing and remove any such wording from your editorials if you want to attract the other side, the pro-choice side. I encourage you to choose wisely. Gale and Robert Linsky Coral Springs, Fla. Editor’s note: A Sept. 14 article by Catholic News Service, “DNC forum: Can you be a Democrat and be prolife?” used the phrase “pro-abortion rights Democrats” in contrast to “pro-life Republicans.” The CNS stylebook states: “Avoid the term ‘abortion rights’ and instead refer to those who support or oppose keeping abortion legal.”

Democrat’s pro-life stance not convincing I just read “Can you be a Democrat and be pro-life?” (Sept. 14). I find it laughable that former Pennsylvania Rep. Kathy Dahlkemper considers herself pro-life. At the DNC’s faith council gathering she said that Obama is a pro-life candidate and that Obamacare is the most pro-life piece of legislation ever passed in this country. She must have missed the president of NARAL’s endorsement of Obama at the DNC. Instead of trying to push for authentic pro-life policies, she just twists words and ignores facts. It’s no wonder the number of pro-life Democrats have dwindled as it seems they don’t even know what being pro-life means. Brent Villalobos San Bruno

Taxes, employment and economic growth Ms. Asdourian in her Sept. 14 letter states regarding tax cuts that everyone should be treated the same. Romney paid only 13.9 percent in taxes on millions in income. Like Warren Buffet’s secretary, I pay a greater percentage on an average income. She continues to say that Republicans have experience in aiding a failing business. Well, Romney wanted to let an ailing General Motors go bankrupt at a time when no private money was available. Obama saved GM and about a million jobs. Pablo Wong in another Sept. 14 letter states that Clinton left a surplus because Congress restricted his spending. Actually, Clinton left a surplus primarily because he raised taxes which generated increased government revenues paying off the deficit and also resulted in the largest job gains in many years. Every Republican in the Senate voted against it as did most House Republicans. Obama wants to repeat Clinton’s success in the same prov-

All opinions not created equal Today I picked up the latest Catholic San Francisco, and I, not exactly a spring chicken, who usually says “nothing would surprise me” was surprised to see the same tired, and should be retired, arguments. No less than three letters taking umbrage with the current administration and its policies, and I could only shake my head. “(We wouldn’t) let the truly poor go hungry.” Would that be code for the phrase which Dorothy Day so despised, “the deserving poor”? It may come as a surprise to some, but “the poor,” many of them children, are going hungry every day, and Dorothy Day no one should be comfortable with that. Another random observation which astonished me: “As for the Democrats ... we’ll all be on food stamps when they are done with us.” What does that mean? No corroborating evidence, no examples, just a partisan statement meaning absolutely nothing. Onward and upward: “Tax breaks don’t create deficits ... they stimulate investments.” How’s that been working out? Where are these tons of jobs created by “the job creators”? The only investment most of the uber rich make is in themselves. Just to keep it short, one more: “... see a country that thrives on freedom...not some social justice experiment that Mr. Obama has taken on that takes away the incentive to achieve.” Oops, another code word ... achieve equals get rich. The last time I looked, Jesus had some pretty pithy statements about justice and reaching out to “the least” among us, and I do believe he also said, “Woe to you rich, you have had your reward.” Each of us is entitled to his/her private opinions, but as I used to tell my students in epistemology, all opinions are not created equal. If your opinion is not the truth, it is, ipso facto, not as equal as the truthful one. I pray for the day when we all relinquish partisanship in exchange for “the peaceable kingdom.” Sue Malone Hayes San Francisco

For a broader definition of pro-life In response to the question posed by Catholic

Articles not helpful to knowing church teaching Is it any wonder that so many Catholics’ first allegiance is to the Democratic Party and then to the teachings of the Catholic Church? Take a look at your Sept. 14 Catholic San Francisco. In “Obama: I never said this journey would be easy,” your paper gave a few sentences about the president’s position supporting gay marriage and his dictate that Catholic health care should come before contraception and abortions. The rest of the article amounted to an endorsement of Obama. Your article “Can you be a Democrat and prolife?” was a weak response to the question. It amounted to no answer at all. Maybe Catholics are confused about whether their allegiance to the teachings of the church should come before their allegiance to the Democratic Party because of articles like these in your paper. Anne Johnson Tiburon NOTE TO READERS: The previous two issues of the paper included coverage of both parties’ national conventions, with remarks on the party platforms’ conformance, or lack of it, with Catholic social teaching. In October, with the Nov. 6 election in view, the paper plans a special section in light of U.S. bishops’ teaching on the responsibilities of faithful citizenship. The bishops’ document “Forming Consciences for Faithful Citizenship,” under “Goals for Political Life: Challenges for Citizens, Candidates and Public Officials,” states, “As Catholics, we are led to raise questions for political life other than ‘Are you better off than you were two or four years ago?’ Our focus is not on party affiliation, ideology, economics, or even competence and capacity to perform duties, as important as such issues are. Rather, we focus on what protects or threatens human life and dignity.”

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SUNDAY READINGS

Twenty-fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time “If anyone wishes to be first, he shall be the last of all and the servant of all.” MARK 9:30-37 WISDOM 2:12, 17-20 The wicked say: Let us beset the just one, because he is obnoxious to us; he sets himself against our doings, reproaches us for transgressions of the law and charges us with violations of our training. Let us see whether his words be true; let us find out what will happen to him. For if the just one be the son of God, God will defend him and deliver him from the hand of his foes. With revilement and torture let us put the just one to the test that we may have proof of his gentleness and try his patience. Let us condemn him to a shameful death; for according to his own words, God will take care of him. PSALM 54:3-4, 5, 6 AND 8 The Lord upholds my life. O God, by your name save me, and by your might defend my cause. O God, hear my prayer; hearken to the words of my mouth. The Lord upholds my life. For the haughty men have risen up against me,

the ruthless seek my life; they set not God before their eyes. The Lord upholds my life. Behold, God is my helper; the Lord sustains my life. Freely will I offer you sacrifice; I will praise your name, O Lord, for its goodness. The Lord upholds my life. JAMES 3:16-4:3 Beloved: Where jealousy and selfish ambition exist, there is disorder and every foul practice. But the wisdom from above is first of all pure, then peaceable, gentle, compliant, full of mercy and good fruits, without inconstancy or insincerity. And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace for those who cultivate peace. Where do the wars and where do the conflicts among you come from? Is it not from your passions that make war within your members? You covet but do not possess. You kill and envy but you cannot obtain; you fight and wage war. You do not possess because you do not ask. You ask but do not receive, because you ask wrongly, to spend it on your passions.

MARK 9:30-37 Jesus and his disciples left from there and began a journey through Galilee, but he did not wish anyone to know about it. He was teaching his disciples and telling them, “The Son of Man is to be handed over to men and they will kill him, and three days after his death the Son of Man will rise.” But they did not understand the saying, and they were afraid to question him. They came to Capernaum and, once inside the house, he began to ask them, “What were you arguing about on the way?” But they remained silent. They had been discussing among themselves on the way who was the greatest. Then he sat down, called the Twelve, and said to them, “If anyone wishes to be first, he shall be the last of all and the servant of all.” Taking a child, he placed it in the their midst, and putting his arms around it, he said to them, “Whoever receives one child such as this in my name, receives me; and whoever receives me, receives not me but the One who sent me.”

‘Whoever welcomes a child, welcomes me’

ne of the most amazing aspects of the Bible is the straightforward way in which it deals with its heroes. The prophets and kings of the Old Testament and the apostles, disciples and saints of the New Testament are all presented in such a way that their weaknesses and failures are faithfully reported. It would be good for us, as Christians, to periodically remember this because we tend to regard these people as bigger than life, as a “superhuman breed,” separate and apart from us. Then, with that misconception, we tend to see their characters and conduct as forever beyond us, and we excuse ourselves from any obligation to even try to imitate DEACON their lives. FAIVA PO’OI Our Gospel reading today should help dispel some of that erroneous thinking. It presents the apostles in one of the most childish and humanly embarrassing events imaginable. While Jesus was quietly explaining his coming self-sacrifice, the

SCRIPTURE REFLECTION

POPE BENEDICT XVI CHRISTIANS CAN NEVER BE PESSIMISTS

Despite all the evil, suffering and difficulties in the world, “as Christians, we can never be pessimists,” Pope Benedict XVI said Sept. 12 at his weekly audience in Vatican City. “We know well that on our life journey, we will often encounter violence, lies, hatred and persecution, but this does not discourage us,” he said two days before beginning a journey to the Mideast. Prayer is a powerful way to remind oneself of Christ’s victory over death and despair, and it’s a reminder to not hide from the ills of the world, but to confront them with courage, he said. With so much evil in the world, it’s easy to think nothing can be done, he said, “but the first and most effective response we can give is precisely prayer,” which strengthens one’s commitment to doing good.

apostles were busily engaged in a discussion about self-promotion. These men, whom we can rightly regard as spiritual giants, were not too different from us. They wanted to be important, and so do we. The Gospels are full, however, of stories that show us what a disappointment Jesus was, even to his friends and his followers. In today’s Gospel, Jesus did not embarrass his disciples by repeating the argument in which they were engaged. Neither did he force them to repeat it. Instead, like a good shepherd, he sat down, gently gathered his followers around him, and said: “If anyone wishes to rank first, he must remain the last one of all and the servant of all.” With this, Jesus began a revolutionary idea that will endure forever in Christian living. To illustrate his point, Jesus called a little boy into their midst. Then, putting his arms around him, he said. “Whoever welcomes a child such as this for my sake welcomes me.” Jesus meant that anyone who welcomes a child into his or her life is automatically taking on the role of a servant. A child can do almost nothing for himself. He must have help in order to survive. Someone must provide food for him, clothe him, and shelter him. A child can never repay those who perform services and make sacrifices on his behalf. That is why Jesus chose a child as his example.

Following Jesus entails self-emptying, and reaching out to the least among us. And this does not mean simply writing a check to Catholic Charities or Red Cross. Neither does it mean bringing nonperishable food to help the poor and needy. It means surrendering our very self for others – all others, not just those of our own picking and choosing. If we are going to argue over who is the greatest, then we must be willing to commit to greatness. We must be a servant of all. To be great in the kingdom of God means to become a nothing in the eyes of the worldly kingdom. This corrective teaching points the disciples and all of us in a direction that is likely opposite to the way we might prefer to go. Discipleship is not about power, glory and fame. It is about service, about giving one’s life for others. We often correlate the strength of a person’s faith with the measure of his or her worldly success. We thrill to the stories of political leaders, financial tycoons, and celebrities who give the credit to God. But Jesus measured success by a different yardstick. Service and sacrifice, not wealth and fame, are at the top of his list. Jesus said, “If anyone wishes to rank first, he must remain the last of all and the servant of all.” DEACON PO’OI serves at St. Timothy Parish, San Mateo.

LITURGICAL CALENDAR, DAILY MASS READINGS MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 24: Monday of the Twentyfifth Week in Ordinary Time. Prv 3:27-34. Ps 15:2-3a, 3bc-4ab, 5. Lk 8:16-18.

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 29: Feast of St. Michael, St. Gabriel and St. Raphael, archangels. Dn 7:9-10, 13-14 or Rv 12:7-12ab. Ps 138:1-2ab, 2cde-3, 4-5. Jn 1:47-51.

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 25: Tuesday of the Twentyfifth Week in Ordinary Time. Prv 21:1-6, 10-13. Ps 119:1, 27, 30, 34, 35, 44. Lk 8:19-21.

MICHAEL, GABRIEL AND RAPHAEL Feast: September 29

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 26: Wednesday of the Twenty-fifth Week in Ordinary Time. Optional Memorial of Sts. Cosmas and Damian, martyrs. Prv 30:5-9. Ps 119:29, 72, 89, 101, 104, 163. Lk 9:1-6. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 27: Memorial of St. Vincent de Paul, priest. Eccl 1:2-11. Ps 90:3-4, 5-6, 12-13, 14 and 17bc. Lk 9:7-9. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 28: Friday of the Twentyfifth Week in Ordinary Time. Optional Memorial of St. Wenceslaus, martyr; St. Lawrence Ruiz and Companions, martyrs. Eccl 3:1-11. Ps 144:1b and 2abc, 3-4. Lk 9:18-22.

These archangels, messengers sent by God, are the only ones named in the Bible. In the Book of Daniel, Michael is called “the great prince”; in the Letter of Jude, he argues with the devil over Moses’ body; and in the Book of Revelation, he leads the battle against Satan. He is patron of the sick, radiologists and mariners. Gabriel explains Daniel’s visions to him in the Book of Daniel, and in the Gospel of Luke announces to Zechariah and Mary the births of their respective sons. He is the patron of messengers and telecommunications and postal workers. Raphael guides Tobiah in the Book of Tobit; he is patron of the blind, physicians and travelers. The church created their joint feast after the Second Vatican Council.

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Escaping from prayer as God patiently waits

t’s easy to escape from prayer. Why would I want to do that? Maybe it’s because true prayer goes to the very center of things, the center where God speaks my truth, and sometimes that’s a scary place to go. It also requires time and discipline, and EFFIE CALDAROLA sometimes I’m lazy. There are many ways to escape prayer. To do it blatantly, pick up the morning paper or turn on the news at the time you’ve set aside for silence and prayer. That escape route has been well traveled by me. Often, there are things in the morning news I find myself praying about such as people enveloped in tragedy, a Syrian child caught in the crossfire of oppression. But my prayer then is a brief lifting up, an opening to God, surely, something I should do at any moment of my day. Do I pause and wait in the silence for God’s answer? Or do I turn to the editorial page?

Once, I belonged to a parish that had perpetual eucharistic adoration. What a wonderful way to encourage prayer. But the adoration room had shelves filled with books. Was this, I wondered, a prayer room, or a reading room? It could hardly be both. That’s not to deny that spiritual reading can be a great aid to my prayer life. The spiritual masters guide me away from my own sophistries and crack open my heart. Spiritual reading prepares me to pray, opens the door. But in the end, to pray is to put down the book and wait for God. If I spend an hour at adoration reading, I’ve escaped again. Recently, a man I knew died. Nearly everyone considered him a saint. Following an accident as a young adult, he became a quadriplegic. While others might have dissolved into self-pity, he did remarkable things with his life. He graduated from law school, married a lovely woman, built a career. Most important, he became a man of deep prayer. He grew into an easy contemplation. He was unafraid of the silence where God spoke the truth about his broken body. As a spiritual director, this man

taught others to pray and to learn the truth about themselves. Others might have sought to escape from the verity of the cross he bore, but he instead became a person whose interior life was based on an understanding of the cross. The poet Mary Oliver wrote, “Praying,” which I sometimes use as I begin my prayer. She reminds me to “pay attention.” That is sometimes the hardest thing. My work, the political world, the turmoil around me, my faults, my worries, I let them fill my mind. I invite them in. Indeed, I lavishly entertain them while God waits unwearyingly like a compliant patient in a busy doctor’s office at day’s end. Oliver reminds me that “this isn’t a contest, but the doorway into thanks, and a silence in which another voice may speak.” I remind myself I’m asked to bring the time and discipline, but God does the rest. As the old peasant who sat for long periods in the church told St. John Vianney, “I look at the good God, and the good God looks at me.” Why would I ever want to escape from that? ©CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

The 3 levels of Christian discipleship

ikos Kazantzakis once suggested that there are three kinds of souls and three kinds of prayers: I am a bow in your hands, Lord, draw me, lest I rot. Do not overdraw me, Lord, I shall break. Overdraw me, Lord, and who cares if I FATHER RON break! When I ROLHEISER look at life, I also see three great struggles, not unlike those so poetically named by Kazantzakis. And each of these has a corresponding level of Christian discipleship. What are those great struggles and those levels of discipleship? There are three major phases in our human and spiritual journey: Essential discipleship: the struggle to get our lives together Generative discipleship: the struggle to give our lives away Radical discipleship: the struggle to give our deaths away Essential discipleship and the struggle to get our lives together is our initial task in life. Beginning with our first breath, we struggle to find an identity and to find fulfillment and peace there. We are born in a hospital and soon taken home to where we have parents, a family, and a place that’s ours. This period of our lives, childhood, is intended by God and nature to be a secure time. As a child, our major struggles have not yet begun. But that will change dramatically at puberty. Simply put, puberty is designed by God and nature to drive us out of our homes in search of a home that we ourselves build. And it

generally does its job well! It hits us with a tumult and violence that overthrows our childhood and sends us out, restless, sexually driven, full of grandiose dreams, but confused and insecure, in search of a new home, one that we build for ourselves. This struggle, from being restlessly driven out of our first home to finding a place to call home again, is the journey of essential discipleship. Normally we do find our way home again. At a certain point, we land. We find ourselves “at home” again, namely, with a place to live that’s our own, a job, a career, a vocation, a spouse, children, a mortgage, a series of responsibilities, and a certain status and identity. At that point, the fundamental struggle in our life changes, though it may take years for us to consciously realize and accept this. Our question then is no longer: “How do I get my life together?” Rather it becomes: ‘How do I give my life away more deeply, more generously, and more meaningfully?” At that stage, we enter the second phase of discipleship. Generative discipleship and the struggle to give our lives away is a stage most people reach sometime during their 20s or 30s, though some take longer to cross that threshold. Moreover, the crossover is never pure and complete, the struggle for self-identity and private fulfillment never completely goes away; but, at a certain point, we begin to live more for others than for ourselves. Generative discipleship begins then and, for most of us, this will constitute the longest period of our lives. During all those years, our task in life is clear: How do I give my life away more purely, more generously, more generatively? But being the responsible adults who run the homes, schools, churches, and businesses of the

world is not the final stage our lives. We still must die; the most daunting task of all. And so our default line must shift yet one more time: There comes a point in our lives, when our real question is no longer: “What can I still do so that my life makes a contribution?” Rather the question becomes: “How can I now live so that my death will be an optimal blessing for my family, my church, and the world?” Radical discipleship and the struggle to give our deaths away is the final stage of life: As Christians, we believe that Jesus lived for us and that he died for us, that he gave us both his life and his death. But we often fail to distinguish that there are two clear and separate movements here: Jesus gave his life for us in one movement, and he gave his death for us in another. He gave his life for us through his activity, through his generative actions for us; and he gave his death through his passivity, through absorbing in love the helplessness, diminutions, humiliations, and loneliness of dying. Like Jesus, we too are meant to give our lives away in generosity and selflessness, but we are also meant to leave this planet in such a way that our diminishment and death is our final, and perhaps greatest, gift to the world. Needless to say that’s not easy. Walking in discipleship behind the master will require that we too will eventually sweat blood and feel “a stone’s throw” from everybody. This struggle, to give our deaths away, as we once gave our lives away, constitutes radical discipleship. When we look at the demands of discipleship, we see that one size does not fit all! OBLATE FATHER ROLHEISER is president of the Oblate School of Theology, San Antonio, Texas.

How long does it take to join the church?

I would like to know the appropriate duration for receiving instructions in the RCIA program. (Ibadan, Nigeria) The RCIA (Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults) is a process of education, faithsharing and rituals for welcoming new members into the Catholic Church. The answer to the question “How long does it take?” is “It depends.” Adults interested in becoming practicing CathoFATHER lics are at varying KENNETH DOYLE stages in their understanding of the Catholic faith and in their spiritual readiness and so, as much as possible, the program of preparation must be tailored to suit the individual. The RCIA process embraces three major groups: first, those who have never been baptized, called “catechumens.” Next, those who have been baptized in another Christian church, referred to as “candidates,” and, finally, those who have been baptized as Catholics as infants but who have never received any instruction in Catholicism (also called “candidates”). The RCIA process is normally offered in a group setting; this opportunity for faith-sharing develops bonds among the catechumens and candidates and often results in small Christian communities, which continue to meet long after reception into the church. Though the RCIA is structured for the three distinct groups mentioned above, limitation in parish and volunteer help often results in a “once-size-fits-all” program. Typically that program runs for about nine months, usually with weekly meetings. The first few months focus on learning the Gospels and are considered as simply a period of inquiry; Catholic beliefs and practices are the subject of the next several months, with a view toward making a firm commitment to Christ and to the church. The next period coincides with Lent and is devoted to prayer, fasting and reflection, culminating in the Easter Vigil with the sacraments of baptism, confirmation and first Communion. Finally, over a sevenweek period, deeper reflection is given to the sacraments and the Catholic life. Though the nine-month program may be the “core program,” parishes can change its length to suit individual needs. A woman who is married to a Catholic, for example, and who has been attending Mass with her husband for many years may need only a few individual sessions before being ready to receive the sacraments. On the other hand, a catechumen with practically no familiarity with Catholic faith and practice may require an extended inquiry phase of two or three years.

QUESTION CORNER

Send questions to Father Kenneth Doyle at askfatherdoyle@gmail.com and 40 Hopewell St., Albany, N.Y. 12208. ©CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

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HEALING: Policy joins archdiocese, abuse victims FROM PAGE 1

roy. “It makes the survivors part of our policy formation and the solution to this terrible problem in the church.” He added, “Everybody thinks it is a pioneering method of the two groups working together to form policies within the archdiocese that will help address this glaring problem in the church in a way that empowers survivors.” One of the survivors, Paul Fericano, 61, abused when he was a 14-yearold freshman in 1965 at St. Anthony’s Seminary in Santa Barbara, agreed.

Effort to cause no suffering on either side

“For the first time, survivors and bishops sat down with one another to discuss and forge new policy that governed how a large Catholic diocese would better serve those who had been hurt by the church. That’s huge: Clergy abuse survivors and bishops working together to create better church policy. We did this with the resolve to do no harm and cause no suffering on either side,” he said. The idea for the policy grew out of several meetings a few years ago that Archbishop Niederauer and Bishop Justice attended with survivors of sexual abuse by clergy who live within the archdiocese. Out of those sessions evolved an ad hoc committee of survivors that subsequently worked with Archbishop Niederauer and Bishops Justice and McElroy, along with the late Barbara Elordi, who was the victim assistance coordinator at the archdiocese, to come up with joint proposals not only for outreach but for safety and protection, said Bishop McElroy. “When we were talking to people, they said, ‘We have ideas about how we can make your policies better,’” said Bishop McElroy. “So we said, ‘Let’s try to work together and implement some of them.’” He said one

“For the first time, survivors and bishops sat down with one another to discuss and forge new policy.” PAUL FERICANO abuse survivor

of the goals was to “empower the survivors and use their wisdom in helping the archdiocese how best to understand how to tackle this very difficult set of issues.”

three bishops, in his view, “essentially got it,” said Fericano. “They were there to listen to us so they could help create a policy that would help us.”

Agreement on six points

Fericano and fellow ad hoc committee member John McCord, 56, of Richmond, are both survivors of abuse at the Franciscan’s St. Anthony’s Seminary, a Catholic vocational high school in Santa Barbara. In 2003, the two formed an association, SafeNet, now a nonprofit focusing on the healing process of all who have been victimized in the abuse crisis. McCord also serves on the Independent Review Board at the archdiocese, which reviews allegations of sexual misconduct against minors, whether by priests, deacons or laity. That appointment is the result of the new policy. It calls for “a qualified clergy abuse survivor” to be appointed to the board. The take-away and example for other dioceses of the experience of the San Francisco joint committee, said McCord, is a snapshot of “taking steps to rebuild trust and nudge a reluctant authority of the church to look forward and be inclusive.” He added, “It is about what the church can do to restore their integrity. It is about what the church can do to restore the integrity of the good priests who haven’t abused anyone, who have been punished by all this.” To the extent that other dioceses “take note, this is great and I am all for that,” said McCord. Other committee members and survivors are George Corns, Melinda Costello, Paul Haugen and Scott Parkhurst.

The survivors and archdiocese reached accord on six points but could not agree on a seventh issue – on the specifics of how to disclose the identity of those who have allegedly abused a minor – although talks continue. Survivor Fericano, of Burlingame, a poet and writer, said all the participants were empowered, and the process was “driven largely by our common goal to do the right thing.” He said he never felt he was sitting at a bargaining table. “It felt more like an educational forum where thoughts and ideas were openly discussed and examined. All of us were there to learn from each other, especially when we disagreed,” said Fericano. He said he knew reaching agreement on disclosure of alleged offenders would be difficult, but he added that the wellness program can be a model “for other dioceses willing to become partners in the healing process.” He added, “I believe it reveals and provides the most comprehensive and compassionate health benefits for survivors by any diocese in the United States.” Fericano said there was some conflict associated with the committee work, but it wasn’t at the table. It was with “a few, not very many, in the greater survivor community who were totally against any kind of dialogue with the bishops at all.” The

Survivor on review board

LEBANON: Pope visits Mideast as ‘pilgrim of peace’ FROM PAGE 1

religiously inspired violence, the pope made a single generic reference to terrorism and a possible allusion to the subject in the statement that “authentic faith does not lead to death.” Pope Benedict said nothing at all about the incendiary subject that dominated news coverage in the run-up to his trip: an American-made anti-Islamic film that had inspired often-violent protests in at least a dozen Muslim countries, including Lebanon. Awareness of that furor no doubt heightened the caution with which the pope treated the most volatile topics during his trip. Ironically, the crisis may also have helped him to get his message across. With turmoil over the movie spreading across the Middle East, the papal visit suddenly became a much more dramatic and thus more appealing story to the secular press, which probably gave it more coverage as a result, observed Msgr. John E. Kozar, president of the Catholic Near East Welfare Association. For the Lebanese, the pope’s willingness to travel in spite of security concerns – he told reporters on the plane from Rome that he had not considered canceling the trip and that no one had advised him to do so – power-

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A rosary formed of balloons floats above the crowd gathered for a youth encounter with Pope Benedict XVI outside the patriarchal headquarters of the Maronite Catholic Church in Bkerke, Lebanon, Sept. 15. fully underscored his commitment to the country and the region. “The mere fact that the Holy Father came at this difficult moment is an indication that Christians here are not forgotten,” said Habib Malik, a professor of history at Lebanese American University. The pope’s visit served as a show-

case for Lebanon, which for years was a model of peaceful coexistence and religious freedom in the Middle East. The show of enthusiasm across sectarian and political lines, in a nation still recovering from the 1975-90 civil war, was a dramatic statement of unity to the world and to the Lebanese. Epitomizing the welcome by Muslim leaders, Lebanon’s grand mufti gave Pope Benedict a written message stating that “any attack on any Christian citizen is an attack on Islam.” And as Lebanon’s Daily Star newspaper reported Sept. 17, Lebanon President Michel Suleiman cited the unanimity among political factions over the weekend in arguing that the “way to capitalize on the pope’s visit is via dialogue.” Pope Benedict would no doubt agree, while limiting his short-term expectations. As he told the president in his arrival speech, Lebanese society’s “equilibrium, which is presented everywhere as an example, is extremely delicate. Sometimes it seems about to snap like a bow which is overstretched or submitted to pressures which are too often partisan, even selfish, contrary and extraneous to Lebanese harmony and gentleness.” What precisely those pressures might be, the pope prudently declined to say.

FILM: Christians, Muslims fear more violence FROM PAGE 1

Christians – and others in predominantly Muslim countries – worried. They say the film’s association with the Christian West makes them possible targets of extremist behavior. “What happens outside the country is very dangerous for us because it is perceived to be related to us inside,” said Bishop Adel Zaki of Alexandria, Egypt’s vicar for Latin-rite Catholics. The film was released in July but went almost completely unnoticed in the Middle East until a preview of it was translated into Arabic. In an interview at his Cairo residence, Bishop Zaki told Catholic News Service that Egypt’s Catholics condemned defamation of other religions, in line with what he called “the Vatican decree which commands respect for those of other faiths.” But when products or policies deemed anti-Arab or anti-Muslim surface in the U.S. and in other Western countries, Egypt’s Christians, who account for about 8 million of the country’s more than 82 million people, often feel the brunt, he said. People in other countries “should keep in mind that there are repercussions for Christians here. The level of fanaticism grows,” he said. Newly elected Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi, a conservative Muslim, has decried the short film, saying “Egyptians reject any kind of insult against our Prophet,” but he also called for restraint and protection of the country’s “foreign guests” and embassies. Despite the tension over the film in Cairo and other parts of the Middle East, Father Fady Sady, a Coptic Catholic priest, said he did not expect trouble in Egypt’s South, where he lives and serves. “(Muslims) know those who made the film are not from Egypt, so there will be no problems,” he said by cell phone from the city of Nagada. But he added that “when anything contentious” like this film appears abroad, Christians in Egypt go on alert. Back in Cairo, Mohammed Abdu, a 22-year-old Muslim taxi driver, said he was angered by reports of the film but even more upset by the protests at the U.S. Embassy. He said he expected they would further damage Egypt’s economy, already facing huge challenges due to dramatic losses in tourism and other business since the 2011 overthrow of former President Hosni Mubarak’s authoritarian regime. “Had (the protesters) been quiet and ignored (the film), it would have disappeared, but now it is famous. When people start climbing walls and attacking embassies, the people who made the film get the attention they wanted,” said Abdu, who drives a rented cab 12 hours a day to save enough money to get married. He said he projected even less income for the country now and, consequently, fewer people with money to ride cabs like his. Internationally, religious leaders from across the spectrum were quick to condemn the hate message of the anti-Islam film and the wave of violent attack it supposedly provoked. In a Sept. 11 attack, the U.S. ambassador to Libya, three other Americans and several Libyan soldiers were killed in the consulate in Benghazi, Libya.

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Book hopeful on ending Africa food crisis REVIEWED BY MAUREEN DALY CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

“THE LAST HUNGER SEASON: A YEAR IN AN AFRICAN FARM COMMUNITY ON THE BRINK OF CHANGE” by Roger Thurow. PublicAffairs (New York, 2012). 265 pp., $26.99. In western Kenya there are seven seasons, all named for their relation to farming activity. After harvest season in August and September comes second planting, then festival days of December, dry season of January, preparing the land in February, the rains of March and April, when seeds for the first harvest are planted, and then – each year– the hunger season. It seems absurd that farmers who grow more food than they can consume must each year go hungry in May, June and July, as they wait for the first crop to grow, but so it goes in Kenya and much of Africa. “The Last Hunger Season” documents how annual starvation could become a thing of the past in Africa. In this hopeful book, subtitled “A Year in an African Farm Community on the Brink of Change,” Roger Thurow follows four smallholder farmers as they participate in the collective effort of One Acre Farm, a program of agricultural training, small loans and shared resources. “Hungry farmers,” he writes, “should be an oxymoron.” But Thurow, who covered Africa’s hunger zones as a reporter for The Wall Street Journal, knows that phrase is “one of

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NEW YORK – The Atlanta archdiocese’s bequest of a 50 percent share of business related to Margaret Mitchell’s novel “Gone With the Wind” will bring in $100,000 to $200,000 a year for the next 20 years, said Deacon Stephen Swope, who is overseeing the late Mitchell heir Joseph Mitchell’s multimillion-dollar gift. The archdiocese has set up a corporation to manage the literary inheritance, which will produce revenue from merchandising, sequels and other adaptations. Joseph Mitchell’s donation, in addition to significant funds, includes a 50 percent stake in

the continent’s saddest truisms.” Many Kenyans farming five acres or less produce surplus, but they sell when prices are low because they cannot protect the grain from theft, mold and pests. A few months later, they must buy high or go hungry. One Acre Farm aims to break that cycle, buying at fairer prices and storing surplus, assuring farmers access to seed and fertilizer in planting season. Farmers join the group with an annual fee in the form of a one-year loan. But Thurow’s greatest enthusiasm is expressed in the possibility of greatly increased yields, so that smallholder African farmers can produce enough to feed their continent and export to the rest of the world too. Can this be? Thurow believes so. Co-author with Scott Kilman of the earlier book “Enough: Why the World’s Poorest Starve in an Age of Plenty,” Thurow explains that Africa was bypassed when the Green Revolution of the 1960s and ‘70s conquered famine in Asia by spreading knowledge of better farming techniques along with high-yield seeds. In the 1980s and ‘90s international funds for agricultural programs shrank.

Food-exporting countries directed their resources to food aid, an inefficient and perilous use of the global food chain. The peril became clear, Thurow writes, when the worldwide food crisis of 2007 and 2008 “sent prices skyrocketing” and “ranks of the chronically hungry on the planet soared past 1 billion.” Thurow writes that world food production must double by 2050 to feed the anticipated 2.5 billion growth in world population. Thousands of farmers participating in One Acre Farm have doubled and tripled their yields. These successes could be much more widespread, he argues. “Because it is so far behind the rest of the world agriculturally, Africa now has the potential to record the biggest jump in food production of any region by applying technology, infrastructure and financial incentives that are common most everywhere else,” he writes. Carried along by moving personal stories, Thurow’s book also includes the practical steps and the hard facts that explain how Africa can become a land of plenty. If your heart is moved by hunger, but your head is overwhelmed by the seeming futility of the struggle, read this book. Here you will find the facts you need to fuel the hope that brings change.

royalties from continued sales of the 1936 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, two sequels to the novel, the Oscar-winning 1939 motion picture, and the vast merchandising associated with the movie. “We are in the literary business now and potentially in ‘show’ business,” Deacon Swope said, “but I am extremely confident that these two endeavors will not distract us from our fundamental core mission. We are and will be Christ’s church first and foremost.” The U.S. copyright on the novel expires in 2031. Copyright protection for the book has already expired in a number of countries including Japan, Canada and Great Britain. “Despite that, it is possible to license derivative works or unique uses of the original novel,” Swope said. Would Deacon Swope identify himself as a “Windie,” as devoted fans of the novel and film are sometimes

called? “I wasn’t a Windie before and I am not now. Had the bequest been to me individually, I am sure that my answer would be different,” he replied. “I am probably more a fan of Margaret Mitchell and Joseph Mitchell, since I have learned so much about them through this process. Margaret’s simplicity and humility are pretty well known, and now Joseph will be remembered for his simplicity and generosity,” Deacon Swope said. “Margaret’s legacy is the greatest novel written about the South during the time of the Civil War. Joseph’s legacy is the help he has provided to so many through his generous nature. “For me, while ‘Gone With the Wind’ is great,” he added, “Margaret and Joseph Mitchell through their actions are far greater.”

DALY works with subsistence farmers in San Juan de Limay, Nicaragua, through her parish of St. Vincent de Paul in Baltimore.

SUNDAY, SEPT. 23, 8-10 A.M. EDT (TCM) “BOYS TOWN” (1938). Sentimental but emotionally honest story of how Father Flanagan (Spencer Tracy) built his school for homeless and delinquent youths during the Depression. Directed by Norman Taurog, the Hollywood version centers in the conflict between the priest’s charismatic powers of persuasion and a street tough (Mickey Rooney) who only thinks he’s hard-boiled. Tracy’s Oscar-winning performance as a role model for those in need of one was a credible blend of the idealistic and the pragmatic. SUNDAY, SEPT. 23: 1:30-2:30 P.M. EDT (EWTN) “PADRE PIO: THE MARKED MAN.” This program recounts the life story of Padre Pio (1887-1968), a mystic and stigmatist who was canonized in 2002. MONDAY, SEPT. 24, 10-11:30 P.M. EDT (PBS) “THE DAY CARL SANDBURG DIED.” This episode of the series “American Masters” examines the life and work of poet and novelist Carl Sandburg, as well as the controversy surrounding him. TUESDAY, SEPT. 25, 8-10:15 P.M. EDT (TCM) “A TREE GROWS IN BROOKLYN” (1945). Solid adaptation of Betty Smith’s novel about a young girl (Peggy Ann Garner) growing up in a workingclass Brooklyn neighborhood around 1900. Under Elia Kazan’s sensitive direction, the movie chronicles her troubled family’s hand-to-mouth existence, with father (James Dunn) mostly unemployed and often inebriated, mother (Dorothy McGuire) holding the household together and the kids experiencing the various pains and joys of being young during hard times. Warmly evocative picture of family life, though a bit heavy for youngsters. SATURDAY, SEPT. 29, 8-9:30 P.M. EDT (EWTN) “FAUSTYNA.” This special examines the life of St. Faustina Kowalska (1905-38), a Polish nun who began the Divine Mercy devotion in the late 1930s.

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Taking the sting out of back to school expenses for families in San Mateo County were Vincentians from St. Vincent de Paul Society parish conferences at Our Lady of the Pillar, Half Moon Bay; St. Augustine, South San Francisco and St. Raymond, Menlo Park. St. Augustine donated $50 Target gift cards to 30 children who shopped Aug. 11. Conference members at Our Lady of the Pillar held an “Adopt a Student” program where 25 children each received a $100 gift certificate for use at Kmart in San Mateo, Aug. 18. Kmart was also on board offering a 10 percent discount and covering sales tax for the shoppers. Members of the St. Raymond conference donated $2,500 for new shoes for the children at St. Anthony Mission in Pescadero.

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100 YEARS: St. Bruno Parish celebrates 100 years with dinner and awards at South San Francisco Convention Center, 255 South Airport Blvd, South San Francisco, secretary3@ saintbrunos.org.

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St. Mary’s Cathedral Festival of Flowers, Oct. 5-7, Gough Street and Geary Boulevard, San Francisco. Friday includes a gala preview event with tickets at $50 per person. Acclaimed harpist Laura Simpson is featured artist during the gala’s cathedral segment. Featured band for the evening in the Cathedral Event Center is “Second Opinion.” Free exhibits are open Oct. 6, 9 a.m.7:30 p.m. and Oct. 7, 8:30-6. Exhibits include arrangements designed to honor the 25th anniversary of Pope John Paul II’s visit to St. Mary’s Cathedral in September 1987 as well as artifacts from the visit. A jazz/gospel Mass Oct. 6, 5:30 p.m. features the Bay Area Gospel Mass Choir with Gabriel Angelo, child prodigy trumpeter, Dave Scott, renowned jazz trumpeter, and Howard Wiley, jazz composer and saxophonist. Archdiocesan Choir Festival closes the festival Oct. 7 at 4 p.m. www. cathedralflowers.org.

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CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO | SEPTEMBER 21, 2012

RELIGIOUS ASSOCIATES: Bay Area Conference of Associates and Religious, 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m., Sacred Heart Schools, 150 Valparaiso Ave., Atherton will explore association as a call to live a religious congregation’s charism while continuing to live one’s own life. Kate Kuenstler, a canon lawyer and member of the international congregation Poor Handmaids of Jesus Christ, is speaker. Kathy Noether knoether@aol.com. MASS: First Saturday at Holy Cross Cemetery, Colma, All Saints Mausoleum Chapel, 11 a.m. Father Arnold Zamora, pastor, Holy Name of Jesus Parish, celebrant. (650) 756-2060.

SUNDAY, OCT. 7 YOUTH MASS: Archdiocesan Youth Mass with Bishop William J. Justice at St. Ignatius Church, 3 p.m. Park in USF lots. Bring a dish to share for reception

CENTENNIAL FUN: St. Bruno Church, 555 San Bruno Ave., San Bruno, ethnic communities, origin and participation. secretary3@saintbrunos.org.

WEDNESDAY, OCT. 10 LIFE IN SPIRIT: St. Anne of the Sunset Church, 850 Judah at Funston, San Francisco, 7-9 p.m., Catholic Charismatic Renewal, Norma Calip, (415) 468-8369, Letty Ramos, (650) 5154980, Mina Sunga, (415) 290-8629. www.SFSpirit.com.

BRENNAN AWARDS: St. Vincent de Paul Society of San Francisco presents Brennan Award to Dolores McKeever Donahue at the Hilton San Francisco Union Square Hotel, 333 O’Farrell St., San Francisco with reception, 6 p.m., dinner, 7 p.m. www.svdp-sf.org.

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REUNION: Immaculate Conception Academy, San Francisco, class of ‘67, 11:30 a.m.-4, Basque Cultural Center, South San Francisco. Trudy Moesch May, may@usfca.edu. (415) 647-7286.

REUNION: St. Cecilia School, class of ‘52, Gold Mirror Restaurant, 800 Taraval St. at 18th Avenue, San Francisco, cocktails 4:30 p.m., dinner 5:30. Marilyn Donnelly (650) 365-5192, Brian Wilson (408) 656-8303.

ROSARY RALLY: San Francisco’s United Nations Plaza is the site. Last year’s event drew more than 1,000. Call (415) 505-9777. www.rosaryrallysf.com. Father Mark Mary of EWTN will be keynote speaker and among prayer leaders.

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VATICAN II MASS: St. Rita Parish, Sir Francis Drake Boulevard at Marinda Drive, Fairfax, noon, Stockton Bishop Stephen Blaire, principal Bishop Stephen celebrant and Blaire homilist. Father Kenneth Weare, pastor, concelebrates. Liturgy commemorates opening of Second Vatican Council 50 years ago. Clergy, religious and laity invited. (415) 456-4815, saintritafairfax@att.net.

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OBITUARIES SISTER YVONNE POMETTI, RSCJ – TEACHER, NURSE

Sacred Heart Sister Yvonne Pometti died Sunday, Aug. 26, at Oakwood, the Society of the Sacred Heart’s elder care center in Atherton. She was 94 and a religious for 70 years. Born in Los Angeles, Sister Yvonne entered the Society Sister Yvonne of the Sacred Heart Pometti, RSCJ in 1939, professed first vows in 1942 and final vows in 1947. “She is remembered with fond affection by Religious of the Sacred Heart around the world, alumnae and former colleagues,” the sisters said in an announcement of her death. An alumna of the Convent of the Sacred Heart School, Menlo Park, Sister Yvonne’s first teaching assignment was at her alma mater, 1942-57. She later attended nursing school serving at the schools again as nurse, 1977-82. She held an undergraduate degree from the San Francisco College for Women and a graduate degree in the teaching of science from Stanford University. A funeral Mass was celebrated Sept. 8 with interment in the community cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made to the Society of the Sacred Heart, 4120 Forest Park Ave., St. Louis, MO 63108.

SISTER MARY KATHLEEN GRIFFIN, PBVM – EDUCATOR, ARCHIVIST

Presentation Sister Mary Kathleen Griffin died Aug. 31 in San Francisco. Born in 1924 in San Francisco, she was a Sister of the Presentation for 70 years. A funeral Mass was celebrated Sept. 5 at the Presentation Motherhouse with Sister Mary interment at Holy Kathleen Griffin, Cross Cemetery, PBVM Colma. Sister Kathleen held a graduate degree in educational administration and taught in elementary schools as early as 1944. She is a former principal of St. Anne School, San Francisco. In 1978, Sister Kathleen began ministry as archivist for the Sisters of the Presentation and established a professional system for processing, identifying, storing and accepting photographs and documents. “Her goal was that no sister would be forgotten in Presentation history,” the Presentation Sisters said. “A Legacy of Vision, Faith and Service,” which took shape thanks to Sister Kathleen, contains a biography of each sister from 1854 to 2004. Remembrances may be made to Sisters of the Presentation, Development Office, 281 Masonic Ave., San Francisco 94118.

FATHER HUGH O’DONNELL – RETIRED PASTOR

Father Hugh O’Donnell, retired pastor, Mater Dolorosa Parish, South San Francisco, died Sept. 2 at Nazareth House, San Raphael. Father O’Donnell, 80, was a priest for 54 years. Born and ordained in Dublin, Ireland, Father O’Donnell was inFather Hugh cardinated into the O’Donnell Archdiocese of San Francisco in 1975 while serving at St. Agnes Parish, San Francisco. He has also served at St. Matthew Parish, San Mateo and St. Cecilia Parish and St. Finn Barr Parish, San Francisco. He was a missionary to Kenya as a Holy Ghost Father for more than a decade. In 1987, Father O’Donnell began 18 years of ministry as pastor of Mater Dolorosa. He retired July 1, 2005, at the age of 73, and lived in residence at Our Lady of Mercy Church until the fall of 2009 when he moved to Nazareth House in San Rafael. Father O’Donnell’s survivors include siblings Claire Murphy, Terence O’Donnell, Ann Ledwidge and Frank O’Donnell. A funeral Mass was celebrated Sept. 8 at Mater Dolorosa Church, 307 Willow Ave., South San Francisco. Remembrances may be made to the Priests Retirement Fund, One Peter Yorke Way, San Francisco 94109.

October 5-7, 2012 “The Cathedral’s Gift to the City”

CATHEDRAL FESTIVAL The Cathedral of St. Mary of the Assumption OF FLOWERS 1111 Gough Street, San Francisco, CA 94109 Special Events Gala Preview & Opening Night Reception

FATHER GENE KONKEL, SS – LONGTIME ST. PATRICK’S SPIRITUAL DIRECTOR

After a short illness, Sulpician Father Gene Konkel died Sept. 14 at his home at St. Patrick’s Seminary & University. He was 81. Father Konkel taught at seminaries in Baltimore, Louisville, Ky., Honolulu, and until its closing following Father Gene the Loma Prieta Konkel, SS earthquake, St. Joseph’s College in Mountain View. He was best known, however, for his ministry for more than 35 years as spiritual director at Saint Patrick’s Seminary & University, and for his connection to the Vatican II Institute in Menlo Park, where he served as director from 1976-2002. Born in Milwakee, Wis., Father Konkel was ordained for the Archdiocese of Milwaukee in 1957. He held graduate degrees from The Catholic University of America and from Marquette University, and was admitted into the Society of St. Sulpice in 1959. A vigil will be held Sept. 23, at 7 p.m. at St. Patrick’s, 320 Middlefield Road, Menlo Park. A funeral Mass will be celebrated Sept. 24 at 10 a.m. at St. Patrick’s. Letters of condolence may be sent to Rev. Thomas P. Demse, pastor, St. Gregory the Great Church, 3160 S. 63rd St., Milwaukee, WI 53219.

Free Exhibits Main Cathedral Exhibit Breathtaking floral displays by Bay Area florists

Sacred Treasures Rarely seen artifacts from Blessed Pope John Paul II’s first visit to CA

Little Flower Festival Artists from the San Francisco Archdiocese and beyond

October 5 • 6:00pm • $50 Sumptuous canapes, live music, and a silent auction

Gospel Jazz Mass October 6 • 5:30pm Choir and ensemble of noted Bay Area jazz musicians under the direction of composer Mr. Rawn Harbor

Archdiocesan Festival of Choirs October 7 • 4:00pm

For more info, visit

cathedralflowers.org or call 415-567-2020