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1CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO | SEPTEMBER 2022 TABLE OF CONTENTS PUBLISHER Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone DIRECTOR OF OFFICE OF HUMAN LIFE AND DIGNITY/MANAGING EDITOR Valerie Schmalz EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS AND MEDIA RELATIONS Peter Marlow LEAD WRITER Christina Gray PRODUCTION MANAGER Karessa McCartney-Kavanaugh PRODUCTION ASSISTANT Joel COVERCarricoBYShaylynn Rackers ADVERTISING Mary Podesta & Phillip Monares BUSINESS MANAGER Chandra Kirtman CIRCULATION Diana Powell COPY EDITOR Nancy O’Brien SUBSCRIBE FOR BREAKING NEWS: sfarch.org/signup usChrist‘ForArchbishop:freedom,hassetfree.’ High communityschoolsCatholicSchools:highofferin faith Film: cultureCatholicand America in film Eucharistic Revival: How to live a full Eucharistic life Stained Glass: Mater motherMarywindowsDolorosarepresentassuffering Holy UnitedSaintsHeroes:intheStates Holy SonomaCaminoTrail:de American Profiles:LandtheCatholicsEvangelists:ExplorersjourneysImmigrant&andhistoryoftheoftheFree Local News: Stop Proposition 1 02 44282218 High learning$17.5groundSerraSchools:breaksonmillioncenter45 High human‘coherentofferCatholicSchools:schoolsstudentsaviewofrights’40460804 3241 Published by the Archdiocese of San Francisco, One Peter Yorke Way, San Francisco, CA 94109. Catholic San Francisco (ISSN 15255298) is published 8 times yearly. Catholic San Francisco is printed by Publication Printers Corp. in Denver, Colorado. Periodical postage paid in San Bruno, California. Subscriptions: $35 a year anywhere in the United States. Postmaster: Send address changes to Catholic San Francisco, Circulation, One Peter Yorke, San Francisco, CA 94109 or email circulation.csf@sfarch.org.

CORDILEONEJOSEPHSALVATOREARCHBISHOPBY ‘For freedom, Christ has set us free.’ (Galatians 5:1)

Freedom is among our most cherished values as a nation. The United States of America is the “land of the free,” and yet, freedom may be one of the most misunderstood American values. We tend to think of freedom as a mere freedom from – freedom from constraints or limitations –freedom from chores, or from illness or from homework. This is freedom in a sense, but it is only the beginning of a full understanding of authentic freedom. Freedom from constraints is not the end of freedom, but only the beginning. We want to be free from some things that we might be free for other, better things. A family wants to be free from chores, but for what? To spend time together. Students often want to be free from homework. The question remains, though, when freed from homework, how will students spend their time? We want to be free from persecution not for its own sake, but that we might be free to worship God. Freedom reaches its full potential when it is understood not only as freedom from some constraint, but as freedom for something – more specifically for what is good and true. St. John Paul II recognized that “True freedom consists not in doing what we like but in doing what we ought.” Freedom does not mean the right to say or do anything. It loses its meaning when it is disconnected from truth and virtue.

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When freedom is exercised in a vacuum without reference to what is good and true, it becomes mere license. We cannot appeal to freedom of choice to justify what does not reflect the truth, especially the truth about the dignity of the human person. To do so would reduce freedom to the raw exercise of power or even a slavery to one’s own will. This is why, as the Catechism of the Catholic Church teaches, “The more one does what is good, the freer one becomes. There is no true freedom except in the service of what is good and just.”

9:30 a.m. Reconciliation available 10:00 a.m. Mass with Archbishop Cordileone 11:30 a.m. Eucharistic Procession to St. Boniface Catholic Church with the Missionaries of Charity 12:15 p.m. Recitation of the Rosary 12:40 p.m. Keynote address by Fr. Mark Doherty, President-Rector, St. Patrick's Seminary and University 1:00 p.m. Renewal of Consecration, Benediction

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Freedom(§1733)isalso a fundamental Christian value because it is a reflection of our being Imago Dei, the image and likeness of God. It is what gives our actions a moral quality and makes possible love for God and our neighbor. Indeed, Jesus comes to set us free! He invites each of us to discipleship, an invitation that can only be freely accepted. The freedom that Jesus calls us to is a freedom for happiness and flourishing, yet it is a freedom that depends on the truth. “You will know the Truth,” Jesus promises, “and the Truth will make you free.” (JohnCatholic8:32) schools play a crucial role in forming a proper understanding of the exercise of freedom. Our Catholic schools form the consciences of our young people for the right exercise of freedom through formation in virtue and in relationship with Jesus who said, “I am the Truth.” (John 14:6) At the same time, our Catholic schools also help to form young people for virtuous citizenship who can be witnesses to authentic freedom – freedom for excellence. It is no wonder that graduates of Catholic schools also make for good citizens. Every available study shows that they are more engaged in civic participation, more likely to vote, more likely to participate in service and more tolerant of diverse points of view. I encourage you to take a look at the high schools section in the back of this issue of the magazine to learn more about our Catholic schools! As fellow Christians and fellow Americans in this “land of the free,” let us remember the question that is always before us: for what will we use our freedom? ■ Our Catholic schools form the consciences of our young people for the right exercise of freedom through formation in virtue and in relationship with Jesus who said, ‘I am the Truth.’ (John 14:6)”

EXPLORERS & EVANGELISTS Catholics and the history of the Land of the Free Statue of Archbishop John Carroll on the inUniversityGeorgetowncampusWashington. 4 SEPTEMBER 2022 | CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO

BY TOM CROWE

After the American Revolution gave birth to this new nation, the Church gave America her first diocese – Baltimore – and the first American bishop was the Jesuit, John Carroll. Carroll’s selection as bishop is, perhaps, a perfect encapsulation of America’s peculiar interplay between the sacred and the secular. He was born in colonial Maryland to a prominent Catholic family. But like most sons of well-to-do Catholic families, he was sent to Europe for his education. He became a Jesuit priest and spent many years teaching in Europe. He returned to Maryland shortly before the Revolution, and, with his cousin Charles Carroll of Carrollton (who would be the only Catholic to sign the Declaration of Independence), was sent as a delegate to Quebec to try to convince the Canadians to join the Americans in rebellion. That mission failed, but on the journey John Carroll became friends with another member of the delegation: Benjamin Franklin. Years later, when Franklin was the American ambassador in Paris, some Catholic official in Paris asked Franklin whom the American government would wish to be named bishop of Baltimore. Franklin would likely have demurred on the question, insisting that the American government was not in the business of naming bishops. But then, being the canny diplomat, he would quickly have followed up by talking about his good friend, Father John Carroll. A wink is as good as a nod, they say, and Franklin’s tacit endorsement contributed to Carroll’s eventual selection. And so America had a bishop, the United States was pushing westward and the Catholics who already dotted the landscape from sea to shining sea were soon to be joined by refugees from the wars and crises raging in Europe. First came French priests and religious fleeing the French › Statue of Juan Ponce de León in Old City of San Juan, Puerto Rico.

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So let’s state at the outset that what I relate here is just the barest of introductions. We’re just going to skip across the surface and touch on a few specific stories from the early centuries of our country that paint the picture. After all, Catholics have been here for more than 500 years.

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T he challenge of writing an article on the historical impact of Catholics on this country is not in searching for things to include. Quite the opposite. The challenge is in choosing which people and events to highlight and which to leave out.

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Think: A full four years before the Protestant Reformation, Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de Leon came ashore for the first time in 1513. It was during Holy Week, or “La Pascua de Las Floridas.” From this event the state of Florida gets its name!

The first verified Catholic Mass in the now United States was celebrated on Sept. 8, 1565, by Father Francisco Lopez de Mendoza Grajales when Spanish Admiral Don Pedro Menendez de Aviles established the city of St. Augustine. Menendez named the site the Mission of Nombre de Dios and placed Father Lopez in charge, making him the first parish priest in the nation.

In 1542, a former Spanish soldier turned missionary priest, Franciscan Father Juan de Padilla, became the first man to give his life for the faith – in present-day Kansas, within 100 miles of the geographic center point of the contiguous 48 states. A baptism in blood in the earliest days of Christianity in America.

Over the next couple of centuries, waves of French and Spanish settlers, with Jesuit and Franciscan missionaries, explored and settled across the land, from the Great Lakes down to the Gulf of Mexico, across the plains, through the pueblos of the Southwest and up the West Coast. They evangelized indigenous peoples, founded cities and introduced modern farming techniques and ranching. During that same time, the narrow strip of land between the Appalachians and the Atlantic became the British colonies. This relatively small area was the only Protestant-dominated portion of the continent. Even Maryland, originally settled by Catholics for Catholics, had strict anti-Catholic laws by the end of the 17th century. And yet out of this largely anti-Catholic collection of colonies came a new nation that wrote religious liberty right into its founding documents.

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Many other religious worked to help indigenous peoples, including the pint-size Italian Sister of Charity, Sister Blandina Segale, “the fastest nun in the West,” who in more than one town faced down outlaws and a lynch mob, endeavoring to have mercy and forgiveness be the face of justice rather than mob rule. In at least one of those towns, lynchings ended as a result of her actions. These are but a few small examples. Other names to look up include Margaret Haughery of New Orleans, Blessed Carlos Rodriguez of Puerto Rico, Father Leo Heinrichs, OFM, and African American Julia Greeley, both of Denver, Irish immigrant Bishop Patrick Manogue of Sacramento and Ferdinand Farmer of New York. That is not even mentioning St. Junípero Serra and the Franciscan evangelization of California with the 21 California missions beginning in 1769. Or the Carmelite nuns led by Venerable Mother Luisita, who escaped the murderous anti-Catholic reign of Mexican President Plutarco Elias Calles in 1927 and eventually established the Carmelite Sisters of the Most Sacred Heart of Los Angeles. During the same era, the Carmelites of Cristo Rey and the Sisters of Perpetual Adoration escaped from Mexico, eventually establishing cloistered monasteries in San Francisco. What an opportunity – and solemn responsibility – we have as Catholics in America! And given our 500-year history of industriousness, charitable work, innovation and patriotism, we stand on the shoulders of giants in this endeavor. Do yourself, and your fellow Americans, a favor, and come to know more intimately our fascinating, amazing and inspiring American Catholic history. It is our duty and our privilege! ■

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6 SEPTEMBER 2022 | CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO Revolution. Then the Irish came in the 1840s and ’50s, driven out by the potato famine and British oppression. The Germans were next, in the 1870s and ’80s, escaping a series of wars that eventually unified the region under Prussian domination. The end of the 19th century welcomed the Italians as war was waged to unify the Italian peninsula. And as the 20th century dawned, Eastern Catholics came from central and eastern Europe, emigrating away from famine and then the rise of communism. In exchange, they brought their loyalty, their gratefulness and, most importantly, their Catholic faith. Once here they settled in cities, spread out across the fertile plain, laid the railroads and populated mining towns. They helped build a nation, went to work, fought its wars, engaged in government and built orphanages, hospitals, schools and universities everywhere they went. And they evangelized. For instance, Father Pierre DeSmet, a Jesuit from Belgium, spent 50 years as a missionary in the middle and Northwest portions of the country. He traveled more than 180,000 miles, mostly on foot or horseback. He was beloved by the Native Americans and was known as a friend of Sitting Bull. In 1868 he succeeded in brokering a peace between the U.S. Army and Sitting Bull, resulting in the Treaty of Fort Laramie.

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They helped build a nation, went to work, fought its wars, engaged in government and built orphanages, hospitals, schools and universities everywhere they went. And they evangelized. For instance, Father Pierre DeSmet, a Jesuit from Belgium, spent 50 years as a missionary in the middle and Northwest portions of the country.”

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FATHER THUAN V. HOANG, San Francisco

Foreign-born local Catholics on how violence, poverty, persecution, opportunity and love brought them to American shores

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Father Thuan Hoang, longtime pastor of Church of the Visitacion in San Francisco, fled South Vietnam in 1987 after communist rule blocked his dream of becoming a Catholic priest. “I was 19 when they closed the seminary,” he said. His harrowing journey began as a refugee in an old fishing boat and ended two years later when he came to live with his brother in San Jose. He eventually resumed his interrupted formation and was ordained at St. Patrick Seminary & University in Menlo Park in 1997. Father Thuan has served as a parish priest and canon lawyer for the Archdiocese of San Francisco ever since. A seventh-generation Catholic, Father Thuan said Christianity was brought to Vietnam by Spanish and French missionaries and colonists. In time, Vietnamese rulers rejected French influence and power and began torturing and murdering Catholics, VIETNAM “I wanted to be a Catholic priest. Communists don’t want Catholic priests.”

C atholic immigrants from around the world call the Archdiocese of San Francisco home. Many have raised a generation of Catholics, and their children and grandchildren are raising future generations of Catholics. Others followed or fought to answer a call to religious life or lay service. Here are some of their stories.

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“I am thankful to God and to this country,” said Father Thuan V. Hoang, pictured at the Chancery offices of the Archdiocese of San Francisco in July 2022. Photo by Christina Gray Photos courtesty of Father Thuan V. Hoang

“Even my parents suggested to me to get married,” he said. “They did not see any hope for the Church or for me as a priest.”

“If I had known what the boat was like, I would not have gone,” he said. The threats were constant: waves and weather, capture and robbery, disease, drowning and despair. The passengers packed into the boat’s dark and airless hold became violently seasick. “I often thought of hell,” said Father Thuan, who “prayed constantly.”Theboatlost its way, and then its engine. Opportunistic pirates towed it to a Vietnamese refugee camp in Indonesia, then demanded jewelry and valuables from the refugees for their “help.”

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Privately, Catholic families continued to practice and share their faith, but at great risk.

“I wanted to be a Catholic priest,” he said. “Communists don’t want Catholic priests.” For this reason, the U.S. granted him political asylum after he joined his brother in San Jose. In 1995, Father Thuan became an American citizen.

The family conformed to the new communist regime as a matter of survival; the food supply was tied to attendance at nightly indoctrination meetings.

Father Thuan said he meditated on scriptural stories of divine deliverance, like when Moses parted the Red Sea so the Israelites could reach the promised land.

Father Thuan has been able to extend his pastoral ministry all the way back to his homeland. In the year 2000, he and two friends founded the Blind Vietnamese Children Foundation, a nonprofit organization that has helped Catholic sisters in Vietnam fund a network of homes, schools and health care centers for visually impaired children. ›

One spring day in 1987, Father Thuan jumped into a moving fishing boat filled with 120 other refugees seeking freedom from the communists. He was 30 years old and had only the clothes on his back.

a practice that continued on and off into the 19th century. One of his ancestors was buried alive with 11 other lay Catholic leaders by order of King Tu Dac. Most Catholic families in North Vietnam, including Father Thuan’s, fled to South Vietnam when communists took over in 1954. He and three siblings grew up in Saigon (now named Ho Chi Minh City).After the Vietnam War ended in 1975, communists swept into South Vietnam. Many families rushed to escape. Father Thuan’s oldest brother, the one he would eventually join in America, was the only one in his family that chose to leave in a refugee boat.

From left: Thuan V. Hoang, second from right, was a student at St. Joseph Major Seminary in Saigon when Archbishop Paul Nguyen Van Binh visted in 1980. The communist-run government later closed the seminary. Father Thuan, first from left, with a young adult group at Galang Refugee Camp in Indonesia in 1987. He spent eight months there.

“The first question he asked me was if I was a Catholic,” said Antonia Folan (nee Vega), who stopped in San Francisco to see her aunt on the way back home to El Salvador from a trip to Hawaii for her godchild’s baptism. The year was 1962.Her aunt was selling her home with the help of a young real estate agent named James Folan. She translated for the smitten pair. His straightforward question “gave me a good impression,” said Antonia, now 87. She went to the same all-girl Catholic school in El Salvador from grammar school through college. The second question was whether she smoked. “His third question was whether I could do the cha-cha,” she said, still laughing at the memory.

Trained as an engineer in England, he worked as a carpenter when he arrived in San Francisco in

She was 25 and from a well-to-do coffee farming family in Atiquizaya, El Salvador. He was 27 and from the village of Inverin on the rugged west coast of Ireland. He had come to America seven years earlier with $100 in his pocket. He spoke no Spanish; she spoke no English. Their common faith proved a bond that eclipsed their differences. They have been married 59 years.

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James and Antonia married in 1963 and raised their children Patricia, Bridget and Luis in El Salvador, Costa Rica and California. They have 10 grandchildren. Everyone speaks at least a little Spanish. No one has learned more than a few words of James’ first language — Gaelic. “I had always wanted to come to the U.S.,” said James. “I loved America. I loved their clothes. I loved the people. I loved their way of life.”

“The first question he asked me was if I was a Catholic.”

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Antonia (nee Vega), right, and James Folan, left, on their wedding day, Oct. 27, 1963, in El Salvador.

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For Antonia, the English language was a “big wall in front of me” at first. Where she found comfort and common ground was at Mass, celebrated in Latin at the time just before the Second Vatican Council. She said she never imagined she’d marry an Irishman, but “we understood each other very well.” Their common faith made family decisions easier as James’ career took the family from place to“Iplace.always made sure that wherever we moved there would be a good Catholic school my children could go to,” said Antonia. “That was very important to both of us.” › 50th wedding anniversary in 2013. This year they celebrated their 59th anniversary.

“The rest of the relations that lived here were Protestant from Northern Ireland,” he said. “They hated Catholics.”

1956 at the age of 20. His engineering credentials didn’t transfer from old country to new, and he eventually made his living in real estate. His early years in San Francisco were made difficult at times not by American prejudice, he said, but by Irish prejudice.

“I think most immigrants come here simply so their families can have a better life,” said Parrales, who works for Faith in Action, a San Francisco nonprofit working for immigrant justice, among other things. Few would leave their home country, which they love, their own culture, their own language and loved ones otherwise, she believes.

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Carolina Parrales said her immigration story cannot be separated from that of her mother Romelia’s. The young mother of two left El Salvador on her own without papers in 1981 for a single reason: to find a better life for family. She succeeded, though it would be 15 years before Carolina, and later her brother, would join her in San Francisco.

“One thing that I love about America … is if you have the possibility to do something, there are few barriers to do it.”

“One of the things that sustained my mother on her cross-border journey was her faith,” said Carolina. She was always going to Mass and meeting people, and through that she found a paid job with a family. In time her first husband died, she married again, and bought the house in Bernal Heights she lives in today.

The family gathers there each Sunday after Mass at St. Kevin Church.

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“Living without my mom led me to be very independent and responsible,” said Carolina, who lived with her father in El Salvador, but had a mother’s responsibility for her younger brother. “He was not just my brother; he was like a son.”

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She went to Catholic schools and earned a degree in architecture in 1995. One year later at age 25, she decided to go to San Francisco to reunite with her mother and find a job. Her brother decided to join them a few years later.

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Carolina’s mother came to San Francisco after neighbors in El Salvador promised a relative living there would find her work and housing. They did, but the work was unpaid and she found herself essentially trafficked as domestic help.

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Carolina Parrales, left, immigrated to San Francisco from El Salvador 15 years after her mother, Romelia (nee Lopez) Bernal, did.

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The language barrier, a lack of professional contacts or mentors and an “entirely different construction and materials process” made finding work in her field impossible.“Ihadthe blessing of saying I could go back to El Salvador or could stay here,” she said, a rare privilege for many if not most immigrants.Anamnesty program during President Ronald Reagan’s administration helped her family become quickly accepted as new U.S. citizens.Carolina said the U.S. for the most part does not have the arbitrary class distinctions and barriers that Central American countries do.“One thing that I love about America, and our countries are not there yet, is if you have the possibility to do something, there are few barriers to do it,” she said. The exception is language. She recalled a meeting at a big corporate office where she introduced herself as “Car-o-leena.” A man corrected her, “No, here we pronounce your name as ‘Car-o-lyna.’” ›

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“I remember one day waking up to the sound of automatic rifles,” he said. “I would say that I saw death come for me.”

“What we are seeing in Nigeria now has never been seen,” he said of the violence against Christians. It’s a battle for resources in the fertile grazing lands of central Nigeria, as much as for religious domination. The intention is to cause terror and displace Christian people in order to take away their land.

In addition to his parish responsibilities, he now serves as a chaplain at UCSF Mission Bay. “Dealing with my own traumas has greatly helped me support others with theirs,” he said.

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– RAYMOND TYOHEMBA

On Pentecost Sunday this year, 50 people were gunned down in a Catholic church. In 2018, two Via Christi priests were shot dead in their vestments near the altar as they were celebrating Mass.

Photo by Christina Gray

Stories of Christian persecution by Islamic forces are too numerous to count, underreported by the media and ignored by the global community, said Father Raymond.

Father Raymond Tyohemba didn’t dream of living in America. As he sees it, God brought him here. He was appointed administrator of St. Finn Barr Parish in San Francisco in 2021.Born in the Diocese of Makurdi in central Nigeria and ordained in the Via Christi Society, Father Raymond was pastor of its oldest church when Islamic terrorists violently attacked the community for a second time in 2016.

“It is fair to say that a Catholic priest in Nigeria is an endangered species now,” said Father Raymond. “Islamic terrorists understand that if they do away with the shepherd, the sheep may not stay.”

Father Raymond Tyohemba, right, administrator of St. Finn Barr Parish in San Francisco, with Father Theophilus Terkula Hwanda, left, superior general of the Via Christi Society.

Father Raymond came to San Francisco in 2018 when his community sent him to study Catholic educational leadership at the University of San Francisco. He helped celebrate Mass several days a week at St. Finn Barr while completing studies.

“It is fair to say that a Catholic priest in Nigeria is an endangered species now.”

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Thomas Kurnicki moved back to the U.S. in 2014 hoping to find the kind of professional success that seemed out of reach to him in Poland at the time. Thomas, 32, was born in 1990 in Baltimore, where his Polish parents lived after fleeing the Polish People’s Republic, a Soviet satellite and communist state that existed from 1947-1989. The family returned to Poland to live in 1998. Now an investment analyst for Wells Fargo Bank, Thomas met his Polish wife, Karolina, at Nativity Polish Catholic Church on Franklin and Fell Streets. They and their two daughters, Zoe and Lily, speak Polish at“Thehome.entire nation is Catholic,” said Thomas, when asked about what he misses about Poland. “It’s a beautiful thing. The majority of people operate in the same system of values, and those are Catholic values.”

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Dual Polish American citizen Thomas Kurnicki is pictured with his oldest daughter Zoe, in native costume. Photo courtesy of Thomas Kurnicki

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Despite the courtship that soon followed, Nora followed through with plans to move to Los Angeles for two years to work and live with an Irish aunt.

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“Other than that, America has been very good to us,” she said. › Nora Jones, at home in Greenbrae in Marin County, holds a photo of her family of 15 taken on their farm in Castlebar, Ireland, in an undated photo.

Her 63-year marriage to Richard Jones, a Welsh co-worker and performer with the Oxford drama society, seemed fated when a lens from his spectacles fell out during a performance, rolling off stage to land at Nora’s feet.

Nora (nee Gilboy) Jones was born in 1933, the fourth child in a devout Irish Catholic family of 13 children in Ballina, County Mayo, Ireland.

Richard was determined to marry Nora when she returned and was “secretly getting all the obstacles out of the way,” she said. He studied to become Catholic and grew close to his future father-in-law, who became his sponsor. Some Sundays, he even agreed to drive Mr. Gilboy, who had no car, to a neighboring town to see if Nora’s brother, Sean, was attending Mass as he should. Richard and Nora were married until his death at age 91 in 2020. Early in their marriage they moved to suburban Los Angeles, where they welcomed three daughters. The family settled in Marin County in the 1970s. The longtime extraordinary minister of Holy Communion and docent at St. Mary’s Cathedral said her faith was “the only thing” that got her through the death of her daughter, Liane, at age 49.

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“I moved to England to work when I was 21 because there were very few opportunities for work in Ireland at that time,” she said. Oxford University Press hired her immediately.

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The language barrier and perceptions about Mexican immigrants made it difficult at first, said Inez. In Mexico, anyone who graduated from university like he did was considered a role model.

Inez Benavidez grew up in the small rural community of Xichu in the state of Guanajuato, Mexico, a place where opportunities for education were for the privileged. A priest friend helped him enroll at Conciliar Seminary of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Querétaro, Mexico, where he spent his middle school years.

“Maybe he didn’t serve her as a priest,” said Inez Jr. “But he is still serving her.”

“Sometimes I didn’t have the money to buy one taco,” admitted Inez, who agreed in 1990 to join his father, then in California, to work for six months. His goal was to earn money to bring back to his family in

Mexico, which soon included two daughters, Laura and“I’mNoemi.nowhere 32 years,” said Inez, 63, and the owner of Benavidez Landscaping, which serves all of Marin County. His son, Inez Jr., was born in this country and works with him during school breaks.

The longtime St. Raphael parishioner realized the priesthood wasn’t his calling, but his seminary years stoked a fire for the faith, for education and for a life beyond the farm where his family worked. He trained to be a horticultural technician and graduated from Universidad de Morelia in Michoacan, Mexico, with a degree in agricultural engineering. Still, “we had a very hard time with money,” said his wife Laura, 56, whom he married in 1988. She was from nearby San Luis de la Paz.

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Inez said he never dreamed when he was at a Mexican seminary dedicated to Our Lady of Guadalupe that he would one day be honoring the patroness of the Americas in a different country.

“Coming here and starting at rock bottom, I was looked down upon, like a failure.”

“Coming here and starting at rock bottom, I was looked down upon, like a failure,” he said. His family joined him in California and he thought they might stay for only a few years before returning to Mexico. His daughters picked up the language quickly, which he wanted, and one year led into another.

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Mexican immigrants Inez Benavidez and his wife Laura, with their son also named Inez, in the backyard of their Novato home.

Today, both daughters have college degrees and have jobs with Marin County. St. Raphael Parish in San Rafael is a home away from home for Inez and Laura. Both are leaders of the Guadalupana committee, and Inez is a member of the Spanish choir, singing at both the noon and 7 p.m. Sunday Masses. A huge painting of Our Lady hangs over the family fireplace.

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An ecumenical walk through history and Northern California

Pilgrims traverse the Jenner Headlands during stage 6 of the Camino, which runs north along the coast and ends at the Russian Orthodox chapel at Fort Ross. The symbol of the Camino de Sonoma is a red abalone shell — a nod to the scallop-shell icon of the route’s more famous Iberian cousin.

F or years, people have walked the socalled California Missions Trail, which ends at Mission San Francisco Solano, the northernmost of the state’s Franciscan missions and the last one built. Now, there’s a new trail picking up where the old trail ends –both literally and symbolically.

The Camino de Sonoma, an ecumenical grassroots initiative launched in 2019, is a 75mile walking route through Sonoma County that connects Mission San Francisco Solano with the Russian Orthodox chapel at Fort Ross, which dates from the same period. Originally conceived by longtime Protestant pastor turned community organizer Adam Peacocke, it draws on the rich tradition of Christian pilgrimage, incorporates wisdom from the local native tribes and centers around reconciliation and healing –with God, with ourselves and with one another.

“Something really powerful can happen when we walk alongside people,” Peacocke said.

“Practically every time we walk, we see people who would probably be tearing each other apart on social media actually developing a relationship on the trail together. There’s something about walking together. When we walk prayerfully and purposefully, amazing things happen.”

BY JOHANNINGSMEIEREMMA Johanningsmeier is a freelance writer based in the San Francisco Bay Area.

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Divided into six stages, each of which can be done in a day, the route is “like a commuter Camino,” according to Stephen Morris, who works for the Diocese of Santa Rosa and has handled outreach to the local Catholic community. (The diocese isn’t officially involved in the initiative.) Although some people have walked all 75 miles in one go, most of the 65 people who’ve completed the entire Camino have done so piecemeal. As of late June, around 200 people had walked at least one stage. Passing through Santa Rosa, Sebastopol and Occidental, the route covers beautiful and varied terrain – everything from vineyards to farmland to foothills. At the end of stage 5, in Jenner, it joins up with the Russian River. The final stage runs along the coast. For now, the route isn’t marked. For those interested in following it on their own, it’s on Alltrails. However, people are strongly encouraged to join a guided walk to get the full Camino experience, which Peacocke calls “organized and intentional.”

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Each day’s walk opens with introductions,

HOLY TRAIL

Pilgrims walk through TrioneAnnadel State Park during Stage 2 of the Camino de Sonoma. Photos courtesy of Stephen Morris Scripture and a prayer. As the day proceeds, volunteer guides discuss the geography and history of the land they’re passing through. They point out the sites of Indian villages, talk about the Luther Burbank house in Santa Rosa and discuss wildlife and ecosystems. Blending native spirituality with Christian insights, they talk about good stewardship and responsibility for the earth. They invite pilgrims to reflect on what God is cultivating in them and what they’re cultivating in their lives. In some places, they connect inner to outer terrain – for example, by talking about watersheds in the foothills and watershed moments in one’s life. Some people come to the Camino carrying a personal wound, like the loss of a loved one. “In the culture of pilgrimage there’s a phrase, ‘The way is made by walking,’” Morris said. “Whatever someone’s going through, the way to go forward is to walk it out. People are walking with us and they’re receiving healing. It’s pretty powerful.” Woven into the Camino, too, is hope for healing from the legacy of colonialism. Since local tribes traded with Spaniards and Russians alike, the Camino organizers believe the first people to travel the route were local Native Americans. In designing the guided walks, they’ve intentionally aimed to honor their memory. One way they do that is by inviting each walker to choose a name ›

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The all-volunteer initiative is still in “startup mode,” but an enthusiastic community has already grown up around it. Guided walks, Whatever reason people might come to walk, whatever the impact of their own story might be, the walk really is inviting people into something that truly is rich. There really is something here of value.” PEACOCKE

■ Before setting out, pilgrims gather around the plaque marking the end of the California Missions Trail with Deacon Dave Gould.

Photo courtesy of Stephen Morris

“A huge part of the journey has been just really believing that there’s a bigger story here that’s meaningful, that we’re being invited into,” Peacocke said. “Whatever reason people might come to walk, whatever the impact of their own story might be, the walk really is inviting people into something that truly is rich. There really is something here of value.”

Camino leaders insist they haven’t designed the pilgrimage out of thin air but have simply engaged with a story that’s older and larger than them – both on a local and cosmic level.

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T hough it may seem like a distant memory today, there was once a time when the Catholic Church was as much a part of American culture as baseball. While it certainly still maintains a prevalent presence in American culture today, many long for the times when the Church was a fearless advocate for all that is true, good and beautiful among the American people. Of course, a good gauge of any institution’s influence on culture is the ways in which it’s depicted in the art produced by the culture, and for the better part of 100 years, film has arguably been the dominant art form and the standard by which inhasChurchtrendsculturalaremeasured.Thehardlyapresencemodernfilms, and if it does, it is oftentimes a caricature of what the Church actually is and what it stands for.However, looking back over the last 75 years or so, there have been many great films that not only represent the Catholic Church, or at the very least Catholic themes, fairly and truthfully, they also reflect the critical role the Church has played in shaping American culture. These films are worth another watch, as they hearken back to times when the Church had a more respected presence in American society and offer glimpses of how the Church can reclaim its status as a moral authority in a world that’s all but lost its way.

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One such film is “The Bells of St. Mary’s” (1945), starring Bing Crosby and Ingrid Bergman. Crosby reprises the role of Father O’Malley, which he played the year prior in “Going My Way”, and Bergman plays Sister Benedict, a stark contrast from her role as Ilsa Lund in Casablanca, for which she’s best known.

Father O’Malley is assigned to the school and is asked to gauge whether or not the school is beyond saving. He and Sister Benedict have differing opinions about how to save the school, but through their working relationship, they are ultimately able to save it by setting aside their differences to work toward the greater good, a lesson that many in the American Church could benefit from today. Most endearing of all is the sincerity with which each portrays their religious vocation; Father O’Malley is a gentlehearted priest who is trying to do the right thing, while Sister Benedict is a stubborn nun who doesn’t want to see her school condemned. The film recalls a simpler and more innocent era in American culture and showcases the invaluable presence that parochial schools once had in America.

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While Father O’Malley is what you might call a charming priest, some parts of America havepriestsrequiredto be much grittier.

“OnWaterfront”the(1954)features onepriest,such › Bing Crosby and Ingrid Bergman in “The Bells of St. Mary’s” (1945).

The film tells the story of a Catholic school that’s in dire straits and on the verge of closing.

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Father Barry, who is masterfully portrayed by Karl Malden; and that’s saying something, considering his costar is the great Marlon Brando. Brando plays Terry Malloy, a former prizefighter who finds himself at the middle of a drama involving his fellow dockworkers and a corrupt union boss, Johnny Friendly. Despite Friendly’s dirty tactics, Malloy is conflicted about whether he should stand up to him or just keep his mouth shut and go about his business. Friendly gives Malloy an easy job compared to the dockworkers for his compliance.Thetwovoices of morality for Malloy are his love interest Edie and Father Barry, who is rather fearless in standing up to the mob. In one particularly poignant scene, Father Barry delivers an impassioned speech reminding the dockworkers that Christ walks among them, and that every time a worker is murdered, it’s a crucifixion. Not only is Father Barry’s exhortation one of the most Marlon Brando in “On the Waterfront” (1954). … it speaks to the deeper truths of the duties and calling of a priest, especially in a culture that runs rampant with sin and corruption.”

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FOR AN APPOINTMENT Phone 650/948-4854 Jesuit Institute for Family Life Jesuit Retreat Center 300 Manresa Way, Los Altos, California 94022 www.jiflinet.com underrated and deeply Catholic monologues in all of film history, it speaks to the deeper truths of the duties and calling of a priest, especially in a culture that runs rampant with sin and corruption. Another more recent film that features a priest as the voice of morality amid an American backdrop is Clint Eastwood’s “Gran Torino” (2008). Though it’s best known for Eastwood’s now famous “Get off my lawn” line, the film itself is an unassuming look at the role of faith in the lives of ordinary people and how it shapes the decisions we make. Eastwood is great as the stingy and senile Walt Kowalski, and as the film plays out, the analogies to Christ become more and more evident. Kowalski is a recent widower, having lost his wife of 50 years, and is a less than exemplary father to his grown children. He lives in a rundown Detroit neighborhood plagued by gang violence, and his prized 1972 Ford Torino becomes the target of a local gang. His wife was a devout Catholic, and before she died, she told their priest, Father Janovich, that she wanted him to hear Walt’s confession. Walt, a hardened Korean War veteran, has no interest in doing so and shows no respect to theEvenpriest.so, Father Janovich persists throughout the film and continues to be a voice of reason when ›

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“Lilies of the Field” (1963), for instance, is notable in that it earned Black actor Sidney Poitier not only his first Academy Award, but also made him the first person of color to win best actor. He stars in this heartwarming tale about Homer Smith, an itinerant worker who helps an order of poor German nuns build a chapel in Arizona. Again, this film underscores the important role that both Catholic immigrants and African Americans played in building American culture, but more than that, it is yet another shining example of the true nature of Catholic Christian morality, namely, the great command of serving one’s neighbors.

Walt finds himself entwined in a bout of gang violence involving his Hmong neighbors. While Father Janovich’s role is understated throughout the film, one could argue that it is the priest’s presence in Walt’s life following his wife’s death that ultimately shapes how he lives the rest of his days – and even what he does with his Gran Torino.

The reality is that America would not be the country it is without the presence of the Catholic Church, and it is the Church’s continued presence, however unappreciated or unnoticed by the American people, that keeps our great nation grounded. The beauty of America lies in its diversity and the coming together of many different cultures, and the stories told in these films and others prove that Catholics are just as essential a piece of America as those others that have built this great nation into what it is today. ■ Clint Eastwood, Bee Vang, Ahney Her, and Brooke Chia Thao in “Gran Torino” (2008).

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Even for those who may have been raised Catholic but no longer practice their faith, there is grace that comes with having that sense of faith instilled at a young age. The film “Lady Bird”(2017) is a perfect example of this. This coming-of-age story starring Saoirse Ronan is a beautiful and real depiction of how faith can keep a person grounded as they’re trying to discover who they are. Ronan plays Christine “Lady Bird” MacPherson, a senior at a Catholic high school on the verge of beginning her life. A strained relationship with her mother and the challenges that come with being a teenager lead Lady Bird into trouble. While not an explicitly Catholic film (and one that’s not for kids), it nonetheless is a moving story about keeping faith amid the messiness of life.

Still other films, both new and old, are perhaps not as dramatic in their depiction of Catholicism in America (though admittedly, it is pretty cool to see priests carrying themselves like Father Barry in “On the Waterfront”), but they still illustrate the lasting impact the Catholic Church has had on American culture over the years.

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“When one walks into Mater Dolorosa Church one is captivated by the stainedglass windows,” said Contemplative of St. Joseph Father Vito Perrone, pastor of Mater Dolorosa Church. “While looking at the windows in prayer one is brought into an essential awareness that our Mother Mary is present for us in all of our trials and tribulations. I love our church and hope that others will come to experience how close our Blessed Mother is to her children.”Honoring Our Lady’s request, the vibrant parish of Mater Dolorosa unites parishioners and visitors alike with the suffering of Mary, our mother, drawing our suffering in with the redemptive work of Christ and bringing her comfort into our own lives. ■

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A s the mother of the Redeemer, Mary shared in the suffering of her Son in a unique and unrepeatable way. Throughout her life she lived the Fiat that she proclaimed at the Annunciation, specifically in seven events in her life: Simeon’s prophesy, the flight into Egypt, the loss of the Child Jesus in Jerusalem, meeting Our Lord on His way to Calvary, standing at the foot of the cross, receiving the body of Jesus as He was taken down from the cross and placing Jesus’ body in theIntomb.apparitions beginning in the 1300s to St. Bridget of Sweden and as recently as 1983 in Kibeho, Rwanda, Our Lady asked that we meditate on the sorrowful events of her life to grow closer to her Son, either in personal prayer or through the “chaplet” or “rosary” of Our Lady of Sorrows. This draws the pilgrim closer to Christ, and to His mother, understanding that as our mother she too has experienced pain, suffering, anxiety, grief and sadness. No place is better to meditate upon these mysteries than Mater Dolorosa Church in South San Francisco, a short walk from Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery in Colma. Established as a parish on Good Friday in 1961 by Archbishop John J. Mitty and founding pastor Father John Norman Allen, the church was dedicated in 1963. The large stained-glass window behind the altar illustrates the seven sorrows of Mary. The artist, John Lukas of San Francisco, designed the windows with machine-rolled glass originating in Peyton City, West Virginia, and Kokomo, Indiana.

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built houses, schools and the parish church of St. Philomena. He was later joined in his work by St. Marianne Cope and her Franciscan sisters. Under the leadership of these two saints, Molokai became a truly Christian society. St. Damien was the only priest in the colony. Sometimes, a priest would come on a supplies boat, and Damien would have to confess by shouting his sins in Latin from the shoreline. In 1885, St. Damien contracted leprosy. From then until his death, in his homilies he would say, “We, lepers.”In1936, when Father Damien was being considered for sainthood, King Leopold of Belgium asked President Franklin Delano Roosevelt to return Damien’s body to Belgium from the Territory of Hawaii. The ship stopped in San Francisco where his body was carried in a cortege through the city and, for five days his body lay in state, under 24-hour military guard, at St. Mary’s Cathedral, revered by tens of thousands with Mass offered by Archbishop John J. Mitty. In 1995, Pope St. John Paul returned St. Damien’s right hand to the people of Hawaii where it is buried at his original burial spot on Molokai. He was canonized on Oct. 11, 2009, by Pope Benedict XVI. 1 Feast day: May 10. T he 11 canonized saints of the United States, and the five Blesseds as well as the numerous Venerables who are on the path to official recognition as saints, are a true representation of the best of the Land of the Free. Many were immigrants and others were born here. Some came as missionaries. They include a Native American saint, and African Americans and members of despised immigrant groups whose personal sanctity overcame bigotry in the name of Jesus. They all shared a commitment to evangelizing the Gospel and helped build our country with schools, hospitals, orphanages and much more.

ST. DAMIEN OF MOLOKAI (1840–1889) Missionary to the lepers of Molokai, Hawaii Patron saint of lepers and outcasts St. Damien de Veuster of Molokai is world renowned for his life of sacrificial Christianity as the missionary to the lepers of Molokai, eventually contracting and dying of leprosy in 1889. In modern times, he has been claimed as the patron saint of AIDS sufferers and outcasts as well. Today leprosy or Hansen’s disease is curable, but at that time leprosy was a life sentence to isolation, disfigurement and death. Born in Belgium in 1840 to a poor farmer and his wife, St. Damien entered the Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary at 19. Damien’s older brother, a priest in this congregation, was slated for mission in Hawaii but he fell ill, and Damien offered to go in his place. He was ordained a priest in Honolulu two months after his arrival in 1864. The lepers of Molokai had asked for a priest, but when Father Damien arrived the colony was poorly maintained, without order, with despair, drinking and severe immorality, and no one to care for the dying. St. Damien persuaded the lepers to work together and they

ST. ELIZABETH ANN SETON (1774–1821)

Mother Seton, as she is often called, was canonized Sept. 14, 1975, in St. Peter’s Square by Pope St. Paul VI. Her remains are in the Basilica at the National Shrine of Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton in Emmitsburg.

Missionary and founder of the Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus Universal patroness of immigrants

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Founder of the Sisters of Charity of St. Joseph. Considered founder of the Catholic school system in the U.S. Patron saint of Catholic schools, widows and seafarers

Feast day: January 4. ST. FRANCES XAVIER CABRINI (1850–1917)

St. Elizabeth Ann Seton is the first American-born saint canonized by the Catholic Church and she is also credited as one of the pioneers of Catholic education. Born into a prominent Episcopalian family in New York City, at 19 St. Elizabeth married wealthy William Magee Seton and they had a happy marriage with five children. When after 10 years her husband died of tuberculosis in Italy where they had gone hoping for a cure, she returned to New York City where she became Catholic. In Italy, she had fallen in love with the Eucharist. Rejected by her family for her Catholicism and impoverished, she moved to Baltimore and eventually in 1809 to Emmitsburg, Maryland, where she founded the Sisters of Charity of St. Joseph’s, the first community for religious women established in the United States. She also began St. Joseph’s Academy and Free School. Her legacy includes religious congregations in the United States and Canada, whose members work on the unmet needs of people living in poverty in North America and beyond.

St. Frances Xavier Cabrini, who was born two months prematurely, the youngest of a family of 13 in northern Italy, is universally revered as a patron saint of immigrants. Due to poor health, her first request to join a religious community was refused, but she was finally able to take her vows in 1877 and was named prioress of the Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart. Pope Leo XIII urged her to go as a missionary to the United States, rather than to China where she first felt called and sent Mother Cabrini and six of her sisters to theInU.S.New York City, the house that had been promised to her for an orphanage was unavailable, and the archbishop advised her to return to Italy. St. Frances stayed and established the orphanage. Not just a saint but a shrewd businesswoman, she and her sisters made a huge difference for Italian immigrants, notes AmericanCatholicHistory. org: “She personally founded 67 schools, hospitals and orphanages in New York, Chicago, Denver, New Orleans, Seattle and other cities in the U.S. and other countries.” Mother Cabrini was deathly fearful of water, yet she traveled across the Atlantic Ocean 30 times. She is quoted as having stated, “I will go anywhere and do anything in order to communicate the love of Jesus to those who do not know him or have forgotten him.” She became an American citizen in 1909. She died of malaria in Chicago in 1917. On July 7, 1946, Pope Pius XII proclaimed Mother Cabrini a saint, making her the first American citizen saint. In 1950, the Catholic Church named her universal patroness of immigrants for her work for immigrants around the world. 3

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Blessed Father Francis Xavier Seelos (1819-1867). Missionary preacher. Died ministering to victims of yellow fever in New Orleans, October 5. Blessed McGivneyMichael(1852-1890). Founder of the Knights of Columbus, August 13. Blessed Sister Miriam Teresa (Teresa Demjanovich) (1901-1927). Religious sister devoted to prayer and teaching, May 8. Blessed Father Stanley Rother (1935-1981). Missionary and martyr in Guatemala, July 28. Blessed Father Solanus Casey (1870-1957). Capuchin priest, miracle worker, lover of the sick, July 30.

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Jesuit priest, missionary and one of the North American martyrs Patron saint of the Americas and Canada During the year following his ordination in 1636, St. Isaac Jogues had his dearest wish fulfilled: to be a missionary to the Native Americans in New France. In 1641, he and a group of fellow missionaries traveled to Iroquois country. There, the missionaries were whipped, bitten and tormented. St. Isaac Jogues watched his friends die around him and was constantly threatened by death himself. After a year, in which St. Isaac was able to evangelize and baptize a few of the Iroquois, he escaped, boarding a Dutch ship and returning to France. He returned in months, and because his fingers and thumbs had been bitten or cut off, he had to obtain special permission from Pope Urban VIII, who considered him to be a “living martyr,” to celebrate Holy Mass without the proper digits. St. Isaac predicted this would be his last trip and wrote to a fellow Jesuit, saying, “My heart tells me that if I am the one to be sent on this mission, I shall go but I shall not return. But I would be happy if our Lord wished to complete the sacrifice where he began it.” He was killed with a tomahawk in 1646. St. Isaac and his companions were canonized by Pope Pius XI in 1930 as the North American Martyrs. They include the two who died with him and four others who were killed during that general time. St. Kateri Tekakwitha was born about 10 years after St. Isaac died, in the same village where he gave his life for his faith, according to faith.nd.edu. He is the patron saint of the Americas and Canada.

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In the homily on the occasion of Neumann’s canonization, Pope St. Paul VI said: “He was close to the sick, he loved to be with the poor, he was a friend of sinners, and now he is the glory of all emigrants.”

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Missionary and fourth bishop of Philadelphia. Founded the first diocesan Catholic school system in U.S. Patron of sick children and immigrants St. John Neumann, the fourth bishop of Philadelphia, a tireless missionary and priest who founded the first diocesan Catholic school system in the U.S., almost did not become a priest. Born in Bohemia, what is now the Czech Republic, he studied for the priesthood but because of a surplus of priests was not ordained. He traveled to New York where he was ordained in 1836 and in 1842 entered the Redemptorists. At 41, he was named bishop of Philadelphia. In just seven years, he built 89 churches, as well as several hospitals and orphanages. Under his guidance, a parochial school system was established. Pope Venerable Pius XII said of St. John Neumann at the 150th anniversary of the Philadelphia Archdiocese: “It was mainly through his prodigious efforts that a Catholic school system came into being and that parochial schools began to rise across the land.” As a bishop, St. John Neumann was untiring in visiting his vast diocese. On Jan. 5, 1860, at the age of 48, he died suddenly of a heart attack on a Philadelphia street. St. John Neumann was beatified during the Second Vatican Council on Oct. 13, 1963, and was canonized on June 19, 1977.

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At St. Junípero Serra’s canonization in 2015, the only canonization on U.S. soil, Pope Francis said we are all called to imitate St. Junípero Serra. “He was the embodiment of ‘a Church which goes forth,’ a Church which sets out to bring everywhere the reconciling tenderness of God,” Pope Francis said at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington.Asayoung man in Spain, St. Junípero Serra joined the Franciscan order and began a short career as a professor, famous for his preaching. When he was 35, he began to yearn for the life of a missionary in the New World. He left everything behind and boarded a ship bound for Vera Cruz, Mexico. On his way to Mexico City, an insect bite infected his leg so badly that walking pained him for the rest of his life but it did not stop him. He founded nine of the 21 California missions. Even through painfully hobbled, he traveled up and down the coast of modern-day California, motivated by his concern for the native population and his zeal for sharing the Christian faith. He is buried at the Carmel Mission. He is venerated by Catholics and non-Catholics alike as the apostle and father of California. 6

ST. KATERI (1656-1680)TEKAKWITHA

Native American and consecrated virgin Patron saint of Native Americans and the environment St. Kateri Tekakwitha is the first Native American canonized by the Catholic Church. She died at the age of 24 at least partially from lingering effects of the smallpox she survived as a child, a disease that killed her parents and left her an orphan at 4. Smallpox scarred her face and damaged her eyesight. Because of this handicap she was called “She who bumps into things,” or in Mohawk,

Feast day: July 14.

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ST. MARIANNE COPE (1838 - 1914) Missionary to the lepers of Molokai, Hawaii Patron saint of lepers, outcasts, those with HIV/AIDS and Hawaii St. Marianne Cope is also known as St. Marianne of Molokai for her work with lepers. She was born in Germany but when she was a year old her family moved to Utica, New York. As one of the older children of a large family, she went to work in a factory after the eighth grade, later joining the Sisters of the Third Order of St. Francis. A gifted administrator, she was principal of a parish school and directed two hospitals. By 1883, Sister Marianne had become the superior general of her congregation, when she received a plea for help from Hawaii. King Kalakaua himself sent the letter asking for co-workers to help St. Damien at the Molokai leper colony. Mother Marianne responded generously, leaving Syracuse with six sisters and arriving in Hawaii on Nov. 8, 1883. For the next 35 years she worked for the lepers, tirelessly devoted to their welfare even when she was confined to a wheelchair. She was canonized by Pope Benedict XVI in 2012. 9

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ST. JUNÍPERO SERRA (1713-1784) Founder of the Spanish missions in California Patron saint of California, Hispanic Americans and vocations

Venerable Cornelia Connelly (1809-1879). Adult convert to Catholicism, suffered intensely from family problems, devoted wife, mother, and nun.

Venerable Mother Maria Kaupas (1880-1940). Religious sister devoted to teaching and evangelization.

Venerable Father Augustus Tolton (1854-1897). First publicly known African American priest.

Venerable Father Nelson Baker (1842-1936). Parish priest and founder of Our Lady of Victory “city of charity” near Buffalo, New York.

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Venerable Mother Mary Theresa Dudzik (1860-1918). Religious sister in Chicago, devoted to care for the poor and elderly.

Haitian-American husband and father, hairdresser, former slave, generous benefactor, attended Holy Mass daily for 66 years.

Venerable Mother Mary Angeline Teresa McCrory (18931984). Carmelite sister in service of impoverished elderly.

Venerable Archbishop Fulton Sheen (1895-1979). Bishop, missionary, preacher, philosopher, teacher, radio and television star, 1953 Emmy Award winner.

Venerable Henriette Delille (1813-1862). Louisiana Creole of color, founder of religious community dedicated to evangelization of African Americans, Congregation of the Sisters of the Holy Family.

Founder of Xavier University, the first Catholic university for African Americans, and founder of the Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament for Indians and Colored People Patron saint of racial justice and philanthropists

Venerable Bishop Frederic Baraga (1797-1868). Missionary bishop and grammarian of Native American languages.

Venerable Mother Mary Magdalen Bentivoglio (18341905). Contemplative nun who loved prayer and poverty. Incorrupt remains at exhumation.

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St. Katharine Drexel was an heiress from one of the wealthiest families in the U.S. who went on to found the first Catholic university for African Americans. Her mother died when she was five weeks old, but she was raised by a beloved stepmother and father who had a deep sympathy for the poor. In her travels she saw the horrid conditions on Indian reservations and as a layperson and then a religious she gave up everything to become a missionary to Native Americans and African Americans.

St. Katharine founded schools in 13 states for African Americans, 40 mission centers and 23 rural schools. She also established 50 missions for Indians in 16 different states. She died at the age of 96 and was canonized by Pope St. John Paul in 2000.

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Venerable Bishop Alphonse Gallegos (1931-1991). Auxiliary Bishop of Sacramento. Nicknamed “Bishop of the Barrios.” Ministered to at-risk youth at night in poor areas.

The story is recounted on the USSCB website that when she asked Pope Leo XIII to send more missionaries to Wyoming, he asked her, “Why don’t you become a missionary?” She was crafty and politically savvy, working around Jim Crow laws in the South that prohibited Blacks and whites sitting together in church, as one example, notes writer Anthony Walton. She set up church seating so that the separation ran from front to back so that both whites and Blacks were sitting parallel to each other rather than with Blacks in the back, notes Walton in “The Eye of the Needle: Katharine Drexel,” published by Notre Dame Magazine in August of 2004. “Xavier University in New Orleans stands as perhaps the most notable testament to the force of Katharine Drexel’s vision. Xavier was founded in 1915 through an initial grant of $750,000 from Drexel. The only historically Black Catholic college in the United States, Xavier was — according to nuns of her order — one of the projects closest to Drexel’s heart.”

Venerable Father Felix Varela (1788-1853). CubanAmerican priest and refugee. Philosopher, intellectual father of Cuba. Worked on development of the Baltimore Catechism.ByJoseph Previtali

St. Rose Philippine Duchesne’s lifelong desire from her time as a girl in a wealthy family in France was to be a missionary to the Native Americans. However, over and over throughout her life she found her dearest goal stymied. She entered the Visitation of Mary convent at 19 and remained despite family opposition, until the convents were shut down by the French Revolution. Ten years later she was able to join the newly formed Society of the Sacred Heart and in 1818, at age 49, she and four nuns traveled from France to St. Louis, Missouri, only to find the bishop had no place for them to live and work with Native Americans. Instead, he sent her to what she called “the remotest village in the U.S.,” St. Charles, Missouri.

While others taught, she prayed, witnessing to the primacy of the contemplative life and intercessory prayer in the missionary activity of the Church. Legend says that children sprinkled bits of paper on Sister Rose’s habit as she knelt and came back hours later to find them undisturbed. St. Rose Duchesne died in 1852, at the age of 83. 10 Feast day: November 18.

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ST. MOTHER THÉODORE GUÉRIN (1784-1856) Missionary and founder of the Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods Patron saint of Diocese of Vincennes, Indiana St. Théodore Guérin was born Oct. 2, 1784, in Etables, France. When she received her first Holy Communion at the age of 10, she announced to the parish priest that she would one day be a nun. At 25, she entered the Sisters of Providence of Ruillé-surLoir, whose mission was to educate children and to care for the poor, sick and dying. In 1840, at the age of 56, Sister Théodore was asked to lead a small band of missionary sisters to Indiana in the United States. When the sisters arrived, there was only a log cabin with a porch that served as a chapel. Though her health was suffering, Mother Théodore embraced this new task with a strong and generous will. By the time she died in 1856, St. Théodore had opened schools in Illinois and throughout Indiana. The sisters were wellestablished and respected. Through illness, poverty and all manner of unwelcoming circumstances, she trusted in God’s providence and lived as a model of belief in his mercy, especially when human calculations judge a task impossible. She was canonized in 2006 and is the patron saint of Indianapolis.

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Editor’s Note: This reflection is the first of a series by Catholic authors and saints that will be published by Catholic San Francisco Magazine as part of the U.S. Catholic Church’s Eucharistic Revival (www.eucharisticrevival.org) that began June 19, on the feast of Corpus Christi and continues through Pentecost 2025.

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How to live a full Eucharistic life

Through a Eucharistic “visit” with Jesus, we take on the mind and heart of Christ, which is the goal of the Christian life — to become one with Jesus. The more we spend time with him, the more we learn how to trust, forgive and offer mercy. His humble presence in the small host shows us that true greatness is in giving of oneself in love. We, too, then become more selfless, patient and humble because Christ comes to live in us. As the Eucharistic revival takes effect, we can each start now to spend time with Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament, share with Him our very lives and proclaim Him to the world. In doing so, we are truly living a Eucharistic life.

When I entered the Daughters of St. Paul 37 years ago, I was introduced to praying daily Holy Hours of Eucharistic adoration. This wasn’t completely foreign to me since my parents would bring my siblings and I to “make a visit,” as dad would say, to the Blessed Sacrament at a Benedictine monastery that had perpetual adoration. I would kneel and tell Jesus my thoughts, concerns, and pray for special intentions (and then, after about 10 minutes, become quickly distracted by the images of Mary and the saints with rows of candles before them). I couldn’t understand why many of the candles were unlit, so I decided to just light them all. I felt very satisfied when I finished, believing that Mary and the saints were happy with the virtual bonfire before them. I can imagine the nuns later wondering why the collection box funds didn’t match the number of lit candles! My parents were deep in Eucharistic prayer and had no idea what I was doing! Yet somehow that experience shaped my life. Besides actively participating in the Eucharistic liturgy, for my family, the “visit” with Jesus became a way for us to carry that experience of the Mass into our daily lives. As a young woman in religious life, I received that same explanation for making a daily Holy Hour. For our founder, Blessed James Alberione, living a Eucharistic life is about being transformed by the presence of Christ to become his very life for the world. Our prayer leads us to evangelization. We receive him in Communion at the Mass and then spend intimate time with him during adoration, as if we are spending time with our best friend. Then we go forth and live in such a way that people see Jesus in us, being his witnesses in the world.

First published in the June 20, 2022 Our Sunday Visitor Newsweekly. Reprinted with permission of OSV.

A s the Catholic Church in the United States embarks on the National Eucharistic Revival beginning with dioceses, parishes and small groups leading up to the great Eucharistic Congress of 2024, we may be wondering: What does this mean for me? How can I live a Eucharistic life?

Alberione said that this time of prayer before the Blessed Sacrament transforms us to live the life of Christ in everything we think, say and do. That means our daily tasks and circumstances take on a new perspective when we consider that Christ lives in us. Alberione says: “We need a blood transfusion. … There must be communication, union, between the heart of Jesus and our heart so that his divine blood will flow into us until little by little our blood is replaced by His. When this union, this total fusion between our will and His will takes place, then, to put it briefly, our will is replaced with the will of Jesus; our feelings are replaced with the feelings of Jesus. We live in Jesus — this is love! We are lost in Jesus. It is no longer I who think, it is no longer I who feel; it is no longer I who act. It is Jesus in me! It is Christ who lives in me!”

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What does the teach?Church Every human life, including unborn human life, is unique humanopposeprotectwillpeopleainnocentintentionalandwithunrepeatable,andapersoninherentdignityeternaldestiny.Thetakingofanyhumanlifeisgravemoralevil,andoffaithandgoodhaveanobligationtohumanlifeandallattacksagainstlifeanddignity. Want to help pregnant moms? gabrielproject/sfarch.org/Wanttovolunteer to help share the word about this destructive ballot measure? Contact the Respect Life Ministry of the Office of Human Life & Dignity at prolife@sfarch.org.

Because Proposition 1 will create an even more extreme abortion environment in California, the California bishops are working with others in an organized campaign in opposition (www. noproposition1.com).Thiswillinclude:•Parishinformation in bulletins and in person at the parish level Proposition

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The Catholic Church in California is joining with other denominations, nonprofits and interest groups in a campaign to stop Proposition 1. Proposition 1 would amend the California Constitution to create a state constitutional right to unrestricted abortion, and thus would allow unlimited late-term abortion up until birth, at taxpayer expense. It was placed on the ballot by a majority of the California legislature.

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Catholic Church urges a NO VOTE on Prop. 1 on Nov. 8

Oct. 20: Red Mass, Sts. Peter & Paul Church. Archbishop presides, www.stthomasmore-sf.org

Stop Proposition 1

Sept. 17: Catholic Charismatic Renewal Conference. St. Mary’s Cathedral, sfspirit.com. Archbishop celebrates 4 p.m. closing Mass. Sept. 18: Religious Jubilarians Mass, St. Cecilia, 9:30 a.m. Archbishop presides. Oct. 1: Rosary Rally. St. Mary’s Cathedral with procession to St. Boniface following 10 a.m. Mass. Archbishop presides.

WHAT WOULD A NO VOTE MEAN? A no vote would keep California’s laws on abortion as they are. Abortion would remain legal throughout pregnancy, but with limits on abortion in the third trimester for the life or health of the mother. ALREADY: Our governor and legislative leaders have vowed to make California an ‘abortion sanctuary’ and are making good on their promise through 20 bills expanding access to abortion and by allocating $200 million in the state budget to pay for abortion for women in California and those seeking abortion from out of state.

Sept. 11: SF Police/Fire Mass, St. Mary’s Cathedral, 9 a.m. Archbishop presides.

Oct. 14: White Mass, Mater Dolorosa Church, South San Francisco. 6 p.m. Archbishop presides.

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arlier this year, the Vatican’s Congregation for Catholic Education released a new instruction reiterating the essential characteristics of Catholic schools. Citing many key Church documents on Catholic education from the past, this new instruction affirmed the importance of a “Catholic educational project” and outlined the “fundamental principles” of Christian education in schools. One phrase, in particular, struck me, as I believe it is one of the many things that differentiates Catholic education from other forms. Citing “Lumen Gentium,” the document noted that Catholic schools are viewed not as an institution but as a community.Oneexperience that I had a few years ago truly exemplified the meaning of the Catholic community I see daily in the Catholic high schools of the Archdiocese of San Francisco.

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Catholic high schools offer community in faith

As you contemplate the Catholic high schools in the Archdiocese of San Francisco for your children, I invite you to visit their websites to learn more about their unique Catholic communities. I am confident you will experience and appreciate that our schools are not so much institutions as communities bound by faith and love of Jesus Christ. ■

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A student at one of our schools passed away tragically in a car accident on his way to school one day. His death deeply affected the whole school community, particularly the student’s twin brother, who also attended the school. After the funeral, as the coffin of the deceased young man was being loaded into the hearse, the student body surrounded the surviving brother, linked arms and recited the school prayer. It was an emotional experience to see all of these students physically, emotionally and spiritually joining together to support a member of their school community. In a profound moment of despair, they turned to God and prayed with and on behalf of their friend. Schools worldwide do an excellent job of creating loyalty to their institutions, but how many create the faith-filled Catholic community this student body demonstrated?

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Opening in March 2023, the Stinson Center for Learning and Innovation will support student collaboration, Serra’s design-led innovation program, international student connection and the Serra Global speaker series.

He is a 1960 graduate of Serra High School and a 1964 civil engineering graduate of the University of Notre Dame. He served two and a half tours in Vietnam as a company commander with a U.S. Navy Seabee construction battalion. After his military service, he returned to school, earning his master’s degree in civil engineering from Stanford University. ■

“I am so deeply grateful that Ann and Ken Stinson have supported Serra by making the largest single alumni gift in the school’s history,” said Serra President Barry Thornton.

The Stinson Center for Learning and Innovation is a project that comprises the next phase in Serra’s comprehensive renovation of the academic wing. Serra has contracted with Ratcliff Architects and Hathaway Dinwiddie Construction Co.

Ken Stinson is the chairman emeritus of Peter Kiewit Sons’ Inc., headquartered in Omaha, Nebraska, a North American construction and engineering organization with 2021 revenues of $12.1 billion, according to the high school.

The June 8 ceremony honored Ken and Ann Stinson, who donated $7.5 million to the project, the high school noted in an announcement.

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Junípero Serra High School broke ground to mark the start of the construction for a $17.5 million Stinson Center for Learning and Innovation. The 13,000-square-foot learning space, previously known as the Zoph Library, will be reimagined into a state-of-the-art student center.

New facilities will include student collaboration rooms, presentation facilities, offices, video screens and renovated bathrooms. Critical infrastructure upgrades, including a comprehensive seismic upgrade and HVAC system, are included in the project.

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HIGH SCHOOLS Serra High School breaks ground on $17.5 million learning center

“This gift enables Serra to move forward on the Stinson Center for Learning and Innovation, a transformative academic facility that will engage our students at the highest level. Their support, as well as other alumni, parents, friends and donors, allows Serra to educate young men to be a transformative presence for the good in the world.”

Even something as simple as a school uniform can foster the cardinal virtues of prudence, justice, temperance and fortitude. For example, if justice means treating things as they ought to be treated, then attention to dress code can foster a recognition of personal dignity and the sense that what we are doing here at school matters. I am reminded of the lone reference to dress code in the syllabus of Brother Ansgar, a Benedictine monk and one of my undergraduate philosophy professors at Mount Angel Seminary, “You will dress as a child of God partaking in a serious activity in common.”

The framers of the Constitution envisioned its principles for people of a certain kind. The better governance, they thought, comes from within. This is precisely what our second President John Adams meant when he wrote that “our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other” (Letter to Massachusetts Militia, 1798). He knew the American system would fail except for a virtuous people. Both Christian morality and the kind of governance Adams envisioned seek to operate not primarily from the outside, but from the inside – not merely through laws, but through virtue. As the author of the classic Narnia books and Christian thinker C.S. Lewis said, “We might think that God wanted simply obedience to a set of rules: whereas He really wants people of a particular sort” (“Mere Christianity,” book III, chapter 2). Catholic schools do this in two ways: by forming a young person’s ability to practice the habit of virtue and by forming an understanding of what the good actually is. Through education in virtue, Catholic schools develop this capacity in young people.

While they may seem like happy accidents to Catholic education, aspects of Catholic school life that are often synonymous with Catholic schools are some of the very ways that the habit of virtue is developed.

Catholic schools offer students a ‘coherent view of human rights’

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In contrast to the pervasive, relativistic “you do you” mentality of secular culture, Catholic schools form a right understanding of what our freedom is actually for. An open-ended freedom without reference to any object to pursue is not authentic freedom. We are not free simply because we lack constraints. Our freedom begins once constraints are removed. Freedom seeks an object to pursue and invites the question, “toward what will I direct my freedom?”

n his essay “Why I Am a Catholic,” the British writer and convert G.K. Chesterton explained that one of the things that drew him to the Catholic faith was that “it is the only large attempt to change the world from the inside; working through wills and not laws.” He was making an important point about freedom and virtue. There are only two ways for people to be governed: from without and from within, from the outside through laws and from the inside through virtue. Only a free people can govern themselves but only a virtuous person is truly free.

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The mission of Catholic schools in the Archdiocese of San Francisco is “to cultivate the virtuous life, nurture Christian community and nourish a Catholic worldview.” Education in virtue is not merely an intellectual exercise.

We said earlier that formation in virtue is not merely an intellectual exercise. True enough, but we cannot pursue what is good unless we know what is good. Catholic schools not only form and sharpen students’ ability to direct their freedom, much like building up a muscle, but they also develop their understanding of what is worthy of directing that freedom toward. In short, what actually is good.

Incorporating prayer and liturgical practices into the daily life of the school develops the theological virtues of faith, hope and charity, as well as the highest form of justice, the justice of giving God what is due to God.

Athletic and academic excellence are not “extras” for Catholic schools. They are among the arenas in which virtuous souls are molded and in which young people sharpen and direct their freedom in pursuit of excellence.

BY RYAN MAYER

Catholic education offers young people, whose hearts tend to be so open to the call for justice, a coherent view of human rights that is grounded in God as its origin, affirmed by our faith and defensible by reason. This last point is so important in a world in which authentic dialogue is becoming more and more difficult.

In (forming virtuous people) it helps at the same time to form good citizens and prepares them to meet their obligations as members of a civil society. … A good citizen and a virtuous person are absolutely one and the same thing”

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Catholic education affirms that the true and the good are and that they are knowable through both reason and revelation. This happens in theology classes, of course, but it also happens through the study of literature and history as students evaluate and learn from the choices of characters both fictional and historical. It happens in math and science classes when students discover with wonder the beauty of the created world and hear the call to care for our common home. And it happens in the arts when students come to see that “art, like morality, consists in drawing the line somewhere” (to quote Chesterton again) and use their natural propensity to be co-creators with God to make something beautiful.Finally, a Catholic worldview affirms, with the American founders, that human rights are inalienable, that they are inscribed in human nature and that they have their origin in nature’s God and not the state. A view of rights untethered from God as their origin devolves into individualism, arbitrariness and tyranny.

St. Charles Borromeo said, “In (forming virtuous people) it helps at the same time to form good citizens and prepares them to meet their obligations as members of a civil society. … A good citizen and a virtuous person are absolutely one and the same thing” (“The Christian Education of Youth,” I, 43). In teaching young people to know and love what is good and in forming their ability to direct their freedom toward it through the habit of virtue, Catholic schools serve the common good by forming the very kind of people –virtuous people – that the founders of our nation knew would be required to carry out the American experiment in freedom. ■

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49CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO | SEPTEMBER 2022 THIS IS JESUIT, THIS IS SI ST. COLLEGEIGNATIUSPREPARATORYABOUTUS Student Body = 1,475 Average Class Size: 25 Student Teacher Ratio = 15:1 Average # of Applicants = 1,200 Every student receives a Personal/Academic Counselor and a College Counselor Myriad of Advanced Placement Programs offered 66 Athletic Teams in 26 Sports Over 100 Student-run clubs and Affinity Groups Performing Arts Program ranks as one of the top programs in the bay area and includes Drama, Dance, Choral Music, Instrumental Music and Tech Theatre 99% of SI graduates attend a four-year college 25% of our student body receives financial assistance with an average grant of $14,000 We can’t wait to meet you! Check out available tour dates and SI events online to plan your future campus visit. WWW.SIPREP.ORG/ADMISSIONS OUR HOUSE IS ALWAYSOPEN ST. IGNATIUS COLLEGE PREPARATORY

51CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO | SEPTEMBER 2022 At Mercy High School rigorous education is driven by faith, values, and care for the whole student. Set in the historic Kohl Mansion, Mercy is a leading Catholic all girls’ school on the Peninsula that fosters a strong community where students are known and encouraged as individuals and challenged to reach their unique potential. Be Known. Be Challenged. Be Transformed. MERCY HIGH SCHOOL • 2750 Adeline Drive • Burlingame, CA 94010 admissions@mercyhsb.com • 650.762.1114 • www.mercyhsb.com Parent Talk & Tours 9-11AM • Sept. 8, 29, Oct. 11 Girls on the Green for 6th, 7th & 8th Graders Monday, Oct. 3 • 3:30-5PM Open House - Sunday, November 6 • 1-4PM Shadow Days for 8th Graders - Sept. to Dec. Experience a day in the life of a Mercy student! Upcoming Admissions Events Mercy High School Visit www.mercyhsb.com to learn more! Mercy High School, Burlingame is a sponsored ministry of the Institute of the Sisters of Mercy of the Americas and is a member of Mercy Education. “We believe a school for girls is better than a school with girls.” —International Coalition of Girls’ Schools Learn more about the All Girls’ School Advantage at www.ncgs.org Early Bird & AMES Application Deadline December 2, 2022 High School Placement Test December 10, 2022 Final Application Deadline January 13, 2023 Financial Aid Deadline February 10, 2023 DATES 42 AP/Honors Courses Average Class Size 18 83% AP Pass Rate Important Mercy’s All Girls’ Advantage

52 SEPTEMBER 2022 | CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO Get started at www.riordanhs.org/admissions JOIN OUR OPEN HOUSE October 27, 2022 | 5:00 PM 175 Frida Kahlo Way, San Francisco, 94112 Meet our teachers and learn more about our student journey. Recommended for Grade 5 8 families. MORE WAYS TO DISCOVER: CAMPUS TOUR Virtually explore our beautiful campus facilities. CRUSADER FOR A DAY In person visit for prospective Grade 8 students BIOMED Innovative curriculum that connects science, ethics, and human systems. ENGINEERING Four year honors program that bridges design, technology, and imagination. PERSONALIZED LEARNING Specialized program of academic support that celebrates diverse learning styles. THEATRE Award winning department offering opportunities to perform and shine on stage. ATHLETICS Lessons of teamwork, sportsmanship, and self discipline lasting a lifetime. HOUSE SYSTEM Community of spirit, mentorship, camaraderie, and healthy competition. ARCHBISHOP RIORDAN HIGH SCHOOL FIND YOUR FUTURE Riordan offers a values-based, Catholic, college preparatory education that prepares young men and women for leadership and lifelong success.

CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO | SEPTEMBER 2022 www.ndhsb.org 1540 Ralston Avenue Belmont California NOTRE DAME BELMONT WHERE GIRLS WITH DREAMS BECOME WOMEN OF VISION Oct. 23, 2022 Notre Dame Night Nov. 17, 2022 Application Courtesy Due Date December 9, 2022 Final due date: January 13, 2023 To register, visit www.NDHSB.org For more information, contact: Debbie Anderson '85, Director of Admissions Kelly McDonald '09, Admissions Associate admissions@ndhsb.org(650)595-9505 @NDBTigers www.ndhsb.org 1540 Ralston Avenue Belmont, California NOTRE DAME BELMONT WHERE GIRLS WITH DREAMS BECOME WOMEN OF VISION Shadow Visits Sept. 20 - Nov. 16, 2022 Becoming Notre Dame Open House Oct. 23, 2022 Notre Dame Night Nov. 17, 2022 Application Courtesy Due Date December 9, 2022 Final due date: January 13, 2023 To register, visit www.NDHSB.org For more information, contact: Debbie Anderson '85, Director of Admissions Kelly McDonald '09, Admissions Associate admissions@ndhsb.org(650)595-9505

Supporting young women to and through college while providing real-world work experience at leading Bay Area companies. 100% enrolled in college 87% first-generation collegebound OPEN HOUSE October 22, 2022 10 am - 12 pm admissions@icacademy.orgwww.icacristorey.org(415)824-2052 at the corner of 24th & Guerrero You can afford a Catholic college-prepCeducation!LASSOF 2022

55CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO | SEPTEMBER 2022 M ARIN CATHOLIC 675 Sir Francis Drake Boulevard, Kentfield, CA 94904 (415) 464-3800 www.marincatholic.org PRESIDENT Mr. Tim Navone PRINCIPAL Mr. Chris Valdez TUITION AND FEES 2022-2023 Tuition: $24,000 Registration $1,000 ADMISSIONS EVENTS Please visit marincatholic.org for up-to-date information about admissions events. TUITION ASSISTANCE Nearly one-third of Marin Catholic students qualify for and receive financial aid. Marin Catholic designated over $2 million in assistance for the 2022-2023 school year. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CameronJanieadmissions@marincatholic.org415.464.3810Rockett,DirectorofAdmissionsMahoney,AdmissionsAssociate ENROLLMENT 800 100% ACCEPTANCECOLLEGE 44 TEAMS IN 27 SPORTS 33 HONORS & AP COURSES OVER 30 CLUBS

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Convent & Stuart Hall is an independent K–12 preparatory school in San Francisco rooted in the Sacred Heart tradition of Catholic education within a uniquely single-sex and coeducational environment. To learn more about the school, including our International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme, please visit sacredsf.org.

For information about upcoming tours, open houses and other admissions events, please visit our High School Admissions page at sacredsf.org/admissions/high-school. We look forward to seeing you this fall! For more information, please contact: Cesar DirectorGuerreroofAdmissions & Academic Guidance cesar.guerrero@sacredsf.org

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Founded by the Society of the Sacred Heart, SHS is a Catho lic, independent, coed day school for students in preschool through Grade 12. We invite you to discover love, confidence and purpose. Laying the foundation for a meaningful life does not happen overnight. We give students the love, tools and wise freedom to grow into their highest selves. As a result, Gators become compassionate thinkers who are curious about the world they live in and eager to make it better for others. To learn about the values that set us apart, please visit shschools.org. You can experience Sacred Heart through in-person and virtual events, and view important dates and deadlines in our Virtual Admission Portal.

As part of the Sacred Heart Network with over 150 schools worldwide, our students and educators embrace the philosophy of our founders who first arrived in North America in 1818. Spiritually inclusive and with international roots, we are committed to providing excellence in education and preparing graduates to be active and informed members of a global society.

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At Serra, we know that high school doesn’t just happen in the classroom. It also happens in the gym, at dances, in the halls—and it’s a remarkably important journey. At Serra, we get it. That’s why we’re more than awesome at academics. We’re also great at athletics and the arts. And so much more.

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57CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO | SEPTEMBER 2022 QUICK FACTS Enrollment 872 Average Class Size 23 Student-Teacher Ratio 15:1 Honors and AP Courses 34 Faculty Advancedw/ Degrees 80% Clubs and Activities 40+ Sports 14 sports, 35 teams Tuition and Fees $25,660 Financial Aid $3.6M awarded to Serra students in 2022 College Enrollment 98% of Serra graduates go to college College Scholarships $18.6M awarded to the Class of 2022 Community Service 15K+ hours served each year Tri-School Program A formal partnership with sister schools Mercy and Notre Dame, includes 26 classes plus social events, clubs, and performing arts. PADRE EXPERIENCE EVENTS PADRE FOR A DAY September–January Interact with current Padres, tour campus, and drop in on classes. OPEN HOUSE November 6, 1-4 pm High-energy, information-packed event when you can experience the spirit and energy of the Serra campus community! PADRE PREVIEWS Students, parents, and teachers speak about our rigorous academic program, dynamic extracurricular activities, and the legendary Serra Brotherhood. Parents and their sons will see that Serra is a great high school where we honor character and foundational values.BECOME TO REGISTER FOR PADRE EXPERIENCE EVENTS OR FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE VISIT US SERRAHS.COMAT 451 WEST 20TH AVENUE | SAN MATEO, CA 94403 WWW.SERRAHS.COM | 650.345.8207 CREATEEXPLORE

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THEMSELVES AND EACH OTHER ACCOUNTABLE EVERY DAY. QUICK FACTS Enrollment 872 Average Class Size 23 Student-Teacher Ratio 15:1 Honors and AP Courses 34 Faculty Advancedw/ Degrees 80% Clubs and Activities 40+ Sports 14 sports, 35 teams Tuition and Fees $25,660 Financial Aid $3.6M awarded to Serra students in 2022 College Enrollment 98% of Serra graduates go to college College Scholarships $18.6M awarded to the Class of 2022 Community Service 15K+ hours served each year Tri-School Program A formal partnership with sister schools Mercy and Notre Dame, includes 26 classes plus social events, clubs, and performing arts. PADRE EXPERIENCE EVENTS PADRE FOR A DAY September–January Interact with current Padres, tour campus, and drop in on classes. OPEN HOUSE November 6, 1-4 pm High-energy, information-packed event when you can experience the spirit and energy of the Serra campus community! PADRE PREVIEWS Students, parents, and teachers speak

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Serra High School is about character. Our environment fosters an authentic sense of respect and camaraderie, so a young Padre can be himself. Bolstered by teamwork and partnership, he can ask questions, express ideas, explore new things. Our faculty will push him to exercise his mind, to experiment, to live his faith, so he will realize his talents, develop his passions, and try his best. And he will undergo an inevitable transformation, becoming a confident, generous, and ambitious young man, prepared to take on college and so much more. He will be an independent thinker and a responsible leader. He will be inspired and ready to make his contribution to the world. He will be a Padre. Student-Teacher Ratio 15:1 Honors and AP Courses 34 Faculty Advancedw/ Degrees 80% Clubs and Activities 40+ Sports 14 sports, 35 teams Tuition and Fees $25,660 Financial Aid $3.6M awarded to Serra students in 2022 College Enrollment 98% of Serra graduates go to college College Scholarships $18.6M awarded to the Class of 2022 Community Service 15K+ hours served each year Tri-School Program A formal partnership with sister schools Mercy and Notre Dame, includes 26 classes plus social events, clubs, and performing arts.

At Serra, we know that high school doesn’t just happen in the classroom. It also happens in the gym, at dances, in the halls—and it’s a remarkably important journey. At Serra, we get it. That’s why we’re more than awesome at academics. We’re also great at athletics and the arts. And so much more.

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At Serra, we know that high school doesn’t just happen in the classroom. It also happens in the gym, at dances, in the halls—and it’s a remarkably important journey. At Serra, we get it. That’s why we’re more than awesome at academics. We’re also great at athletics and the arts. And so much more. Serra High School is about character. Our environment fosters an authentic sense of respect and camaraderie, so a young Padre can be himself. Bolstered by teamwork and partnership, he can ask questions, express ideas, explore new things. Our faculty will push him to exercise his mind, to experiment, to live his faith, so he will realize his talents, develop his passions, and try his best. And he will undergo an inevitable transformation, becoming a confident, generous, and ambitious young man, prepared to take on college and so much more. He will be an independent thinker and a responsible leader. He will be inspired and ready to make his contribution to the world. He will be a Padre.

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