February 10, 2012 by Catholic San Francisco

Archbishop urges flock to fight ‘alarming’ religious liberty threat By George Raine San Francisco Archbishop George Niederauer is assailing a new federal rule that forces almost all employers, Catholics among them, to offer workers health coverage that includes sterilization, abortion-including drugs and contraceptives, labeling it an unjust redrafting of the principle of religious liberty. In a strongly worded rebuke of the edict, Archbishop Niederauer said in a statement that the government has effectively determined that religious institutions such as Catholic hospitals, Catholic Charities and Catholic Relief Services “are not truly religious employers because they

At the conclusion of the letter, dated Feb. 6, Archbishop Niederauer asks parishioners to email or write the White House and elected representatives urging them to reverse or repeal the regulation. He added, “We cannot – we will not – accept this unjust redrafting of the principle of religious liberty which our founders so rightly saw as an inalienable gift of God. People of faith cannot be made second-class citizens. And faith-based services to those in need in our society cannot be classified as non-religious by our national government.” The rule on preventive health services, said HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, “will ensure that women with HHS, page 5

do not have as their primary purpose ‘the inculcation of religious values’ and do not primarily limit their services to those of their own faith.” The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, on Jan. 20, promulgated what Archbishop Niederauer called “a new and radical interpretation of religious freedom” when it announced new regulations regarding health insurance coverage of reproductive services which will be mandatory for employers in the United States. He slammed the rule as an “alarming and serious matter that negatively impacts the church in the United States” and asked pastors and administrators to include a copy of his letter to Catholics in parish bulletins the weekend of Feb. 11-12.

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Irish abuse victim Marie Collins talks during a press conference in downtown Rome Feb. 7. Collins is attending a four-day symposium, “Toward Healing and Renewal,” at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome. The symposium aims to prevent sexual abuse of minors by the Catholic clergy. Story on Page 4.

California voters violated the equal protection clause of the U.S. Constitution when they amended the California Constitution to eliminate the right of same-sex couples to marry, a 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel ruled Feb. 7. The long-awaited ruling on the 2008 voter initiative Proposition 8 sets the stage for a decisive battle on the issue at the U.S. Supreme Court. Advocates of the voter-enacted definition of marriage as only between a man and a woman said they would appeal to the nation’s highest court, as the state’s Catholic bishops responded with a statement reaffirming the marriage of a man and a woman as “the most basic building block of the family and society.” Cardinal-designate Timothy M. Dolan, archbishop of New York and president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, denounced the ruling as “a grave injustice.” Oakland Bishop Salvatore Cordileone, chairman of the U.S. bishops’ Subcommittee for the Promotion and Defense of Marriage, called it “tragic for California, for the nation and especially for children.” Bill May, president of Catholics for the Common Good and a spokesman for the ProtectMarriage.com coalition that sponsored Prop. 8 and has defended it in court, said the ruling “was completely expected, and from the most-overturned court in the country.” MARRIAGE, page 8

Doctors wonder how federal mandate will affect practice of medicine By Nancy Frazier O’Brien WASHINGTON (CNS) – Whether they are just starting out or nearing the end of their careers, Catholics who want to practice medicine in conformity with the church’s teachings wonder how a new federal regulation requiring health plans to cover contraceptives and sterilization free of charge will affect their work. Although the requirement will not directly impact physicians, some said it represents a governmental intrusion into health care that could grow in the future. Dr. Anne Nolte, a family physician with the National Gianna Center for Women’s Health and Fertility in New York, thinks the mandate represents “such a dramatic violation of such clearly defined civil rights” that it is bound to be overturned in court.

Reality checks The U.S. bishops issued a six-point fact check on the impact of the U.S. Health and Human Services mandate on Catholic health care providers. The list of clarifications, which noted that commentators otherwise supportive of Obama administration health care policies have denounced the mandate, also countered “false and misleading” statements about the mandate that appeared in a White House blog post. More on Page 16. But, she said, “If Congress failed to pass an act that provides an exemption for the groups affected by this, and the courts in some incomprehensible way allow (the

mandate) to stand, then Catholic health care will have to make a decision to practice civil disobedience.” Dr. Kim Hardey, an obstetrician and gynecologist in Lafayette, La., said he hopes the decision by the Department of Health and Human Services and the Obama administration will cause Catholics and other Christians to rise up against “the liberal left” and “misguided feminists” who would like to see abortion also become a required part of every medical practice. “If we can allow the infringement of any group’s beliefs,” everyone’s beliefs are threatened, he told Catholic News Service in a telephone interview Jan. 31. The new contraception mandate, with a narrow exemption for religious organizations, is part of implementing the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010, DOCTORS, page 16

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Caroline Kornfield, a 2003 graduate of San Domenico High School, is a Marin Human Rights Commission Martin Luther King Jr. Humanitarian Award winner for 2012. Caroline, now studying law at UC Berkeley’s Boalt Hall, has been recognized for her community service. Leadership at San Domenico said, “Caroline’s every fiber carries her passion and comCaroline Kornfield mitment to issues of justice and human rights.” The future attorney has helped expand a one room school and aid in waste management and cultivation of native crops in the Amazon, and was a main organizer of the Save the Salinas Community Library system that helped prevent the closure of the library system for farm workers whose children have no computers. • Vincentians and supporters gathered Jan. 12 at the St. Vincent de Paul Society of San Francisco’s O z a n a m We l l n e s s Center. San Francisco Au x i l i a r y B i s h o p William J. Justice opened the evening with a prayer. Expert guest speakers spoke on recovery and its advances. See Datebook about SVDP’s Mercedes Arenas and upcoming Discarded to Bishop William J. Justice the Divine in April. • Congratulations to Margaret Cortopassi, this year’s winner of the Josie True Award by the St. Pius Women’s Club. Margaret and her, husband, Richard, have been parishioners at St. Pius for 40 years. “They raised their eight children in the parish, with several of them attending St. Pius School,” the women’s club said. “Margaret spent many years volunteering in the library, well passed her children’s graduation. Many of us know her best for her current work with Sandwiches on Sundays. We are blessed to have Margaret in our parish community.” • Thanks to Annette Brown of the Department of Catholic Schools for pointing out how local gifts can help students with tuition at a Catholic school that might have a special place in

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your heart. Our Lady of Perpetual Help School has just such a vehicle in place with its Mahoney Family Scholarship. “The program was founded on the premise that any established, participating family at OLPH should not have to leave the school because of finances,” said Bill Kovacich, principal, in a recent school newsletter. Ed Mahoney, an OLPH alum and now its development director, started and seeded the program in honor of his parents, Lorraine Edna Mahoney who died in 2004 and John D. Mahoney Sr. who died in 2007. Ed notes that tuition has risen quite a bit “since my folks were paying $5 a month for my brother and me to attend OLPH.” Similar and other programs are available throughout the archdiocese and Annette can fill you in on where they are. Call (415) 6145500 or email browna@sfarchdiocese.org. • There may be no greater steps in the walk for life than those taken daily at the Epiphany Center, a Daughters of Charity ministry for at-risk moms and their babies for more than a century. The big Epiphany Center fundraiser is March 21 at Great American Music Hall. Principal organizers of the show include Marion McGovern, Sheila Kelly, Adelaide Hornberger, Tom Owens, Brenda MacLean, Bill Starr, and Dwight Okamura not to mention the cast and many more helpers. While we’re at it, welcome aboard at Epiphany Center to new communications manager, Heather Brewer. See Datebook. • St. Pius parishioners Sean, Ryan, Martha and Steve Traynor are doing their part. Each has been awarded the President’s Volunteer Service Award. “We are honored to receive this award,” Martha said in a note to this column. All four have been childhood literacy advocates and devoted time to the effort. Sean has more than 1,800 hours in the good work. The award is issued by the President’s Council on Service and Civic Participation and was established by President George W. Bush in 2003.

Patrick Uland has earned the rank of Eagle Scout. Patrick is a senior at Archbishop Riordan High School and also attended St. Philip School. His proud folks are Connie and Michael Uland.

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SF police chief: Persevering, ambitious, ‘straight-shooting good guy’ By George Raine Back in the day, about 1975, Father Michael Healy, then a young Irish priest, could kick a football high over San Francisco’s St. Brendan Church, and if Greg Suhr, Kurt Bruneman, Kevin and Billy Ryan or one of the other neighborhood kids standing on the other side caught it, he would spring for a Popsicle at the corner market. Sister Diane and Sister Christine, in particular, did not approve of this sport, but, hey, it was great fun, recalled Father Healy, now the pastor of St. Bartholomew Church in San Mateo as well as the chaplain of the San Francisco Police Department. Suhr often won that game. At least he told Father Healy – who couldn’t see for himself – that he had indeed caught the ball. Father Healy took him at his word, and does to this day. “He has always been very honest and decent,” Father Healy said of his former altar server. That’s what people uniformly say about Suhr, the veteran cop who last April was appointed chief of the San Francisco Police Department by Mayor Ed Lee, capping a 30-year career. Kevin Ryan, Claude Perasso, Bruneman – himself a lieutenant in the department – and others who have known him for many years say that Suhr, the product of St. Brendan School, St. Ignatius College Preparatory – where he was a linebacker on a football team that finished in the top three during his varsity years – and the University of San Francisco, can be trusted. “A lot of guys become great guys when good things happen to them, but he has always been a great guy,” said Perasso, a St. Ignatius classmate, class of 1976, who now makes real estate investments. “He is a real straightshooting good guy.” “Well, we weren’t angels, but Greg has a Christian attitude – do the right thing and you will be rewarded,” said SI classmate Lt. Bruneman, director of security for the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission. Truth telling is not a core value found universally in people who reach the top of professions with political or the least diplomatic trappings, like the office of police chief, but it’s what Suhr, even after some career whiplashing that might have cut short another cop’s climb up the ladder, brings to the table. The lesson was taught by his mother and father. “You never get in trouble for telling the truth. We always believed that eventually the

Greg Suhr’s San Francisco Police Department career took off when he flourished in a tough assignment in the Bayview District. Homicides there dropped by 50 percent on his watch. Mayor Ed Lee promoted Suhr to chief last April.

truth is going to come out, so you might as well start there. It saves a lot of time,” said Suhr, 53. A fourth generation San Franciscan – his father’s maternal grandfather was John Tadich of Tadich Grill and the other was Fred Suhr, a member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors early in the 20th century – Greg Suhr joined the Police Department in 1981. He rose through the ranks, from patrol officer in the Tenderloin to sergeant in narcotics, and became captain of the Bayview and Mission stations as well as deputy chief of field operations. There were downs as well as ups. As deputy chief, Suhr was among command staff indicted in 2003 for allegedly conspiring to obstruct the investigation of the Fajitagate affair, in which three off-duty cops allegedly roughed up two men for their Mexican food. A judge dismissed the indictments, saying they had no merit. In 2009, Suhr ran afoul of thenChief Heather Fong who demoted him from deputy chief on grounds he did not follow department timelines in reporting a domesticviolence incident involving a friend – although the woman said he had saved her life. Suhr’s career was revived when former Chief George Gascon, arrived from Mesa, Ariz. He gave Suhr a tough assignment in the Bayview District, and he flourished. Homicides there dropped by 50 percent on his watch, and, citywide, violent crime rates were down six percent in 2011 from 2010, in part due to prevention strategies and other good police work, Mayor Lee said in January. Kevin Ryan, also of the class of 1976 and a former U.S. attorney for the Northern District

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of California, said of Suhr, “He has managed to remain very optimistic and his perseverance to become chief is miraculous. I think it is based on his upbringing and faith.” Indeed, Suhr said he made positives out of setbacks. “I carry no grudges,” he said. “I am only looking forward. Look, who knows who along the way made the difference in me being selected chief of police because everyone I’ve met had a hand in shaping the journey. How do I know that all the folks who were trying to tear me down so that I wouldn’t be chief – the folks who many people think I should harbor a grudge against – didn’t actually help me the most by giving me the chance to demonstrate the character and resolve to be ‘better than that,’ the character and resolve that Mayor Lee thought might serve him well in his chief of police.” Suhr added, “Nope. No grudges here. There was one more thing I picked up during tougher times and that was, as I like to say, the

‘I carry no grudges. I am only looking forward.’ – Police Chief Greg Suhr knowledge of who will be at my funeral. My friends and family came forward like I never could have imagined to show me that they were there for me ‘no matter what.’ It flat out doesn’t get any better than that.” He’s also driven. As a young officer he sought promotion to sergeant, he said, so he could demonstrate to his sons, Nick and Matt – who also went to SI – “that it is important that everybody not be comfortable with where they are, that you have to show progress.” Suhr is one of six children, His late father, Herbert (“Herb”), had a San Francisco funeral home and his mother, Sharon, was a secretary to former San Francisco Archbishop John Quinn in the late 1980s and a catechism teacher at St. Brendan. He is not, by his own account, a devout Catholic. “But I have strong faith, because we get to see all this awful stuff happening. We had to go to the funeral of a 2-year-old the other day. If you didn’t have strong faith that sort of thing could break you down,” said Suhr. Moreover, he does ask for divine intervention. At a symposium for police chiefs at USF on Jan. 9, he recited his version of the “Policeman’s Prayer” that concludes, “Lord, if some dark and dreary night I must give my life, Lord, with your everlasting love protect my children and my wife. Go Niners.”

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Pope: Lent is time to help others spiritually, materially VATICAN CITY – In his Lenten message, Pope Benedict XVI called on the faithful to be concerned for one another and “not to remain isolated and indifferent” to the fate of others. Materialism and a sense of self-sufficiency are obstacles to a Christian life of charity, the pope said. Instead of looking first to God and then to the well-being of others, people often have an attitude of “indifference and disinterest born of selfishness and masked as a respect for ‘privacy.’” He said that God’s commandment to love “demands that we acknowledge our responsibility toward those who, like ourselves, are creatures and children of God.” The annual Lenten message was presented during a Vatican news conference Feb. 7 by Cardinal Robert Sarah, president of the Pontifical Council Cor Unum, the office which handles the pope’s charitable giving, along with Msgr. Segundo Tejado Munoz, the council’s undersecretary. The cardinal highlighted the pope’s call for “fraternal correction” and the church’s prophetic mission in denouncing situations of injustice and poverty in the world.

Vatican: ‘Corruption’ charges by envoy to US ‘unfounded’ VATICAN CITY – In an unusually public rebuke of a high-ranking colleague, Vatican officials dismissed as baseless the accusations of “corruption and abuse of power” made in letters by an archbishop who is now apostolic nuncio to the United States. In a statement released by the Vatican Feb. 4, Cardinal-designate Giuseppe Bertello and Cardinal Giovanni Archbishop Carlo Lajolo, the current and immediate Maria Vigano past presidents of the Governorate of Vatican City State, described as a “cause of great sadness” the recent “unlawful publication” by Italian journalists of

two letters addressed to Pope Benedict XVI and Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, the Vatican secretary of state. The letters, written by Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano when he was the governorate’s secretary general, or second-highest official, contained assertions based on “erroneous evaluations” or “fears unsupported by proof,” the statement said. Archbishop Vigano’s letter to the pope, dated March 27, 2011, lamented “so many situations of corruption and abuse of power long rooted in the various departments” of the governorate, and warned that the archbishop’s departure from his position there “would provoke profound confusion and dejection” among all those supporting his efforts at reform. Pope Benedict named the archbishop as nuncio to the United States in October 2011.

Abuse victim describes shame, devastation ROME – Participants at a symposium on clergy abuse heard a middle-aged Irish victim of abuse describe in detail how her experience led to decades of despair, depression and deep loss of trust in the church, Vatican Radio reported. Marie Collins gave this account Feb. 7. As a 13-year-old girl, she was abused by a hospital chaplain, who was then protected by his archbishop and went on to abuse and rape other children over a period of 30 years. She was sickened by his actions but felt guilty and was unable to tell anyone about the abuse. The fact that the abuser was a priest added to her confusion. Speaking alongside Collins was psychiatry professor Sheila Hollins, who recently accompanied British Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O’Connor on his visitation to hear victims of sexual abuse in the Irish Diocese of Armagh. She spoke of the devastating psychological damage suffered by victims who feel dirty, ashamed, unable to enjoy normal relationships and often go on to either abuse others or seek refuge in alcohol or drug abuse. American professor and psychologist Msgr. Stephen Rossetti stressed the urgency of changing the culture in the church worldwide. He listed six areas where church leaders have got it wrong in the past – from not listening to victims, not heeding the telltale signs, underestimating the problem in their own dioceses, or believing that abusers could be cured and returned to parish ministry. He described the symposium as an intensive “bishops’ formation course” and said it is time to stop seeing sex abuse as an American or Western concern and learn how to act fast and effectively. The Feb. 6-9 symposium, “Toward Healing and Renewal,” took place at Pontifical Gregorian University and was attended by representatives of 110 bishops’ conferences and 30 religious orders. The event launched a global initiative aimed at improving efforts to stop clerical sexual abuse and better protect children and vulnerable adults. Cardinal Marc Ouellet, prefect of the Vatican’s Congregation for Bishops, led a penitential vigil Feb. 7 to show contrition for the sexual abuse of children by priests and for the actions of Catholic officials who shielded the perpetrators from justice. During the penitential vigil, a text was to be read that is “very profound, clear and explicit,” said Jesuit Father Hans

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Zollner, a licensed psychologist and psychotherapist and one of the symposium organizers. Seven individuals from the church who represent groups who have been “guilty or negligent will ask for forgiveness” both from God and victims, while an abuse victim “will be next to Jesus’ cross and will ask for the strength to pardon” the perpetrators who were protected and leaders who were negligent in acting on reports of abuse, Father Zollner said during a Feb. 3 news conference. Father Zollner said there are conflicting attitudes in the church about the abuse crisis. “There are forces who resist, and there are people who work together for the better, and this is our goal here: that we unite the forces who want to work for betterment,” for the prevention of abuse and protection of the vulnerable, he said. U.S. Cardinal William J. Levada, prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, which deals with priests accused of abuse, was to give the symposium’s opening address, and Pope Benedict XVI was to deliver a message to be read to symposium participants.

Church in Caribbean faces popular evangelicalism SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic – When Pope Benedict XVI arrives in the Caribbean in March on a historic trip to Cuba, he will encounter a region in a state of religious flux and economic uncertainty. The Catholic Church’s standing is being challenged by a rise in evangelicalism and a lack of indigenous clergy, as evidenced by the 2010 closing of Trinidad’s only Catholic seminary. Add to those hurdles the region’s complex colonial history, the prevalence of Afro-Caribbean religions – such as Haitian Voodoo and Santeria – and widespread poverty. “It’s a challenging environment,” said Archbishop Patrick Pinder of Nassau, Bahamas, president of the Antilles Episcopal Conference. “We’re talking about developing countries that are faced with post-colonial challenges ... (including) the current economic crises.” The Vatican’s statistical yearbook for 2009, the most recent available, lists the Caribbean as 65 percent Catholic, ranging from a high of 88 percent in the Dominican Republic to a low of 4 percent in Barbados and Jamaica. While that percentage is among the highest for any region in the world, estimates from previous years were as high as 78 percent, signaling a precipitous fall. “You do see the church losing members to the evangelical churches,” said Carmelite Father Gerard Tang Choon, who attended the now-closed Trinidad seminary and has preached in the country for eight years. Two decades ago, Catholics made up 32.2 percent of Trinidad’s population, according to 1990 census figures. In 2010, the number fell to less than 20 percent of the country’s estimated 1.2 million people. “We’ve seen a surge in numbers of small (evangelical) churches in recent years,” Father Tang Choon said. “A lot of Catholics who may be disenchanted ... gravitate to the liturgies” of the evangelical churches. – Catholic News Service

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February 10, 2012 San Francisco Archbishop George Niederauer wrote this letter to Catholics of the archdiocese Feb. 6. Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ: I write to you concerning an alarming and serious matter that negatively impacts the Church in the United States directly, and that strikes at the fundamental right to religious liberty for all citizens of any faith. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services promulgated a new and radical interpretation of religious freedom last week when it announced new regulations regarding health insurance coverage of reproductive services which will be mandatory for employers in the United States. For the first time in federal law, the government has determined that religious institutions such as Catholic hospitals, Catholic Charities and Catholic Relief Services are not truly religious employers because they do not have as their primary purpose “the inculcation of religious values” and do not primarily limit their services to those of their own faith. In other words, the religious activities of our Catholic hospitals, our social services to the poor, and our outreach to the hurting and the marginalized in our society are not truly religious activities protected by the First Amendment because they enshrine the Catholic belief – shared by virtually every religious community in the United States – that religious communities are called to reach out to feed the poor, shelter the homeless, and heal the sick precisely as a religious activity. The implications of this insidious new legal and policy principle, if allowed to stand, are chilling. Once it is accepted that religious institutions that serve the poor, the sick and the elderly do not enjoy the full protections of religious liberty, future administrations could compel religious hospitals and service organizations to pay for insurance and other policies that mandate abortion or euthanasia. In addition, such a principle would likely create crises of conscience for religious institutions of virtually every faith, so that over time they would be forced out of the mainstream of the social fabric. We cannot – we will not – accept this unjust redrafting of the principle of religious liberty which our Founders so rightly saw as an inalienable gift of God. People of faith cannot be made second class citizens. And faith based service to those in need in our society cannot be classified as non-religious by our national government. We are already joined by our brothers and sisters of many other faiths as well as others of good will in this important effort to regain our religious freedom. Indeed, many journalists across the political spectrum, both supporters and opponents of the present administration, have called for a reversal of this policy. Therefore, I ask for your help. Please email or write the White House and your representative in Congress to call for a reversal of this new regulation. Finally, please join me in prayer for our Church and for the wider religious community engaged in this struggle. May God bless you and your family, and keep you always in His loving care. Sincerely yours in Christ,

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HHS . . . ■ Continued from cover health insurance coverage will have access to the full range of the Institute of Medicine’s recommended preventive services, including all FDA-approved forms of contraception.” She said the law is consistent with the laws in a majority of states which already require contraception coverage in health plans. She said the decision was made “after very careful consideration, including the important concerns some have raised about religious liberty,” and that in her view the rule “strikes the appropriate balance between respecting religious freedom and increasing access to important preventive services.” Many Catholic leaders, particularly Archbishop Niederauer, said that, to the contrary, the rule usurps the fundamental right to religious liberty to which U.S. citizens of all faiths are entitled. He wrote that the United States, by this rule, has effectively determined that the religious activities in Catholic hospitals, Catholic social services to the poor and outreach to hurting and marginalized people are not religious activities protected by the First Amendment. That effectively is the government interpretation, he wrote, even while those activities “enshrine the Catholic belief” – shared by virtually every religious community in the nation – “that religious

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February 10, 2012

St. Anthony’s Dining Room serves last meal at original building By Valerie Schmalz

St. Anthony’s services – St. Anthony’s Dining Room: Served nearly 1 million meals in 2011.

(PHOTO COURTESY ST. ANTHONY’S FOUNDATION)

St. Anthony’s Dining Room is a dining room – not a soup kitchen – and that philosophy of respect for the dignity of the human person was on display yet again as the dining room served its last meal Feb. 1 in the converted auto repair shop at 45 Jones St. that has been its home for 61 years. The dining room has been open every day, serving a free hot meal to its guests, since it opened Oct. 4, 1950. It will continue in an interim facility at 150 Golden Gate Ave. while a new larger dining room is under construction at 121 Golden Gate Ave., said St. Anthony Foundation Executive Director Shari Roeseler. The new dining room will open in 2014 with seating for 43 percent more people and 40 percent more space for food storage. For the first time St. Anthony’s guests will have a street level view and natural light rather than walking down the former car shop’s concrete ramp into the dining room. On the floors above, Mercy Housing will build 90 units of affordable housing for seniors. The second floor will house St. Anthony’s free clothing program and social work center. Ten million of the $15 million capital campaign for the new facility has been raised, Roeseler said. Completely outfitted, the new dining room will cost $22 million, the foundation said. St. Boniface Parish pastor Franciscan Father Alfred Boeddeker founded St. Anthony’s in the first year of his 31-year pastorate, “in response to what he saw as a growing need on the sidewalks outside the church” in the Tenderloin District – a need that continues today, Roeseler said. “Everyone who came through the door was a guest,” she said, stressing the philosophy of St. Anthony’s, which serves 40 percent of the free meals in San Francisco and is the only free food program in San Francisco open every day. It receives no government funding, but meets its $17 million annual budget with donations, bequests, corporate and foundation grants, investment income, and program revenue. Thirty eight million meals have been served since 1950, with about 3,000 people eating at the dining room daily, the organization said. “He would not have any part of soup kitchen,” said Father Boeddeker’s nephew Joe Boeddeker, who attended the ceremony Feb. 1. “It was very important to him, the dignity of the person. That’s why the name St. Anthony’s Dining Room.” “You represent the best we do here in San Francisco,” said Mayor Ed Lee about St. Anthony’s. Approximately half of St. Anthony’s 9,000 volunteers are Bay Area high school students, who serve meals and then eat a meal with the guests, St. Anthony’s said. “Our trips to St.

– Father Alfred Center: 186 men entered this one-year residential program for drug and alcohol rehabilitation in 2011. – St. Anthony’s Medical Clinic: Primary and chronic disease management to 3,400 underinsured and uninsured low income people including almost 800 children for a total of 10,715 patient visits in 2011. – Free clothing program: provided a set of free clothing to 8,550 men and women and 450 families in 2011 totaling 20,482 complete sets. – Social work center: Provided 11,472 services to 2,842 different guests to help them gain stability and access benefits, safe and affordable housing, and proper medical care and counseling in 2011.

A guest at St. Anthony’s Dining Room holds the last tray to be used at the last meal to be served at the dining room’s original location. The same tray is slated to be used for the first meal at the new facility when it opens in 2014.

– Tenderloin Tech Lab: Joint venture with San Francisco Network Ministries, offered free computer time, personal assistance and more than 40 free computer classes a month to 1,331 guests in 2011.

Anthony’s … bring more light into the minds and hearts of my students than the other 79 days we will spend in the classroom that semester,” said Archbishop Riordan High School religion teacher John Ahlbach who takes his sophomore classes to St. Anthony’s. The first day St. Anthony’s opened in 1950, Father Boeddeker expected to serve 150 meals and had 400 guests, in what has become, in St. Anthony’s lore, the “Miracle on Jones Street,” Roeseler said. From that day until this day, “somehow there was always enough food.” The statue of St. Anthony of Padua that greeted guests will move temporarily to the interim facility and then be permanently in place in the new facility, said Karl Robillard, spokesman. The statue depicts St. Anthony holding the Christ Child in one arm and offering a loaf of bread with his other hand. The continuing success of St. Anthony’s is a credit to those

who have followed after Father Boeddeker, said his nephew Joe Boeddeker, who attended the ceremonies Feb. 1 with three U.S. Naval Academy buddies who graduated with him in 1964. “It continues and continues to grow,” said Boeddeker. About a quarter of those eating at the dining room are veterans, said Boeddeker. “It’s tragic.” Father Boeddeker’s absolute faith in God motivated the founding of the dining room and kept it going, said his nephew. “He way he put it was: ‘You do it and I’ll help. If you won’t do it, I won’t help.’ He really felt he was there as God’s instrument,” said Joe Boedekker who was a child during the early days of the dining room but would hear stories as his uncle and parents chatted. “When facing a challenge, he would put problems in his prayer and all of a sudden the next day someone would come forward with a solution to a problem and they didn’t even know there was a problem.”

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USF-CRS education project to focus on most vulnerable The University of San Francisco is partnering with Catholic Relief Services to develop courses in various disciplines that will promote a greater understanding of human suffering, especially among the poorest and most vulnerable people in the world. The courses will stress an awareness of the applicability of key Catholic social tenets to poor populations in developing countries. The partnership, called “Scholars in Global Solidarity,” was announced Feb. 7 at USF, when an agreement was signed. It will draw on Catholic Relief Services’ “vast experience in humanitarian development” while USF will be contributing “its experience as an academic training ground for future faculty and student leaders,” said Joan Rosenhauer, executive vice president of U.S. Operations for Catholic Relief Services. Catholic Relief Services is the official international humanitarian agency of the Catholic community in the United States. The agency provides assistance to people in need in nearly 100 countries.

Also partnering with CRS and developing curricula are the Marianists’ University of Dayton in Ohio and St. John’s University in New York. Jesuit Father Stephen A. Privett, president of USF, told USF faculty, staff and students in an email that the partnership in part is a tribute “to the serious and effective efforts of our faculty, staff and students to blend academic rigor with social responsibility.” In mid-January, Father Privett was part of a delegation for Catholic university presidents visiting Rwanda and Burundi, led by CRS personnel doing humanitarian work in the region. “The experience was an eye, mind and heart opener, as well as an inspiring introduction to the people and work of CRS and to the possibilities of our new partnership,” he said. He noted that CRS was formed in 1943 to assist in relief work in Europe. After the 1994 Rwandan genocide, CRS broadened its mission from disaster relief to embrace human development of poor and marginalized populations in collaboration with local church groups, indigenous grassroots organizations and nongovernment organizations. CRS’ Rosenhauer added, “Together we will tap the brain power of our respective institutions and focus our resources on creating a new generation of global thinkers using a lens of justice on complex issues.” – George Raine

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Virus sickens 355 at SI; campus closed for 3 days St. Ignatius College Preparatory reopened Feb. 6 after a three-day closure due to a norovirus that made some 325 students and 30 faculty members ill. About 50 students at the Jesuit high school in San Francisco called in sick on Jan. 31 and 90 were sent home that day as the virus spread, eventually causing the administration to close the school for the rest of the week and sanitize the Sunset District campus with approximately 1,500 students. Several games were postponed, but by the weekend prior to the reopening the athletic schedule resumed. In a letter to parents on Feb. 2, Principal Patrick Ruff said the chemicals being used in the cleaning process eliminate noroviruses, a group of viruses that cause the so-called stomach flu or viral gastroenteritis. He urged them, “Please continue to take extra precautions at home and talk to your children about following good hygiene habits.” This was only the third closure of St. Ignatius in its 157year history, said Paul Totah, a school spokesman. – George Raine

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Marriage . . . Prop. 8 was approved by voters in November 2008 after the California Supreme Court ruled in favor of the City and County of San Francisco following then-Mayor Gavin Newsom’s decision to begin marrying same-sex couples in 2004. In its 2-to-1 decision, a three-judge panel ruled that Prop. 8 violates the equal protection clause of the 14th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. The majority opinion stated that Prop. 8 targeted a minority to take away a right the minority already possessed. The majority ruled that it did not need to decide whether under the U.S. Constitution samesex couples may ever be denied the right to marry, because domestic partnerships in the state provided same-sex couples with all the rights of opposite sex couples regardless of marital status. “Proposition 8’s only effect was to take away that important and legally significant definition of ‘marriage’ previously recognized by the California Supreme Court,” according to a court staff summary of the ruling. The initiative left in place the substantive rights and responsibilities of same-sex partners while removing the designation of “marriage,” according to the summary. The majority concluded that the initiative served no purpose “other to lessen the status and human dignity of gays and lesbians in California and to officially reclassify their relationships and families as inferior to those of opposite-sex couples.” Writing the majority opinion, Judge Stephen Reinhardt said “all parties agree that Proposition 8 had one effect only. It stripped same-sex couples of the ability they previously possessed, to obtain from the State, or any other authorized party, an important right – the right to obtain and use the designation of ‘marriage’ to describe their relationships. Nothing more, nothing less.” The appellate panel did not address the constitutionality of same-sex marriage in the United States, stating it was only deciding the case in California where it said a pre-existing right had been taken away by Prop. 8. The panel also affirmed the denial of a move by Prop. 8 proponents to throw out the case because former U.S. District Court Judge Vaughn Walker, who ruled the initiative unconstitutional after a lengthy trial, purportedly had an interest in being allowed to marry his same-sex partner. Judge N.R. Smith concurred in part and dissented in part from the majority ruling. He wrote that he was not convinced that Prop. 8’s withdrawal of marriage as a designation available to same-sex couples was not rationally related to further the interests of responsible procreation and optimal parenting. San Francisco City Attorney Dennis Herrera, who brought the city’s appeal in addition to the appeals of two same-sex

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About 100 supporters of same-sex marriage waiting outside the federal courthouse in San Francisco cheered when they heard that an appellate court panel had declared Proposition 8 unconstitutional.

couples denied marriage licenses by Los Angeles and Alameda counties, said the ruling “strikes a devastating blow” against Prop. 8. At a press conference with members of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee said he would instruct the county clerk to draw up new forms for marriage licenses. Lee called the ruling, “very, very historic,” and said, “It is one I am truly celebrating with the city family.” Outside the federal courthouse following the hearing, about 100 same-sex marriage supporters rallied and cheered when the ruling was announced, chanting “Let our people wed,” and, “What do we want? Marriage equality! When do we want it? Now!” “I’m ecstatic,” said Chris Parker, a 33-year-old Oakland resident, who said he had married Matt Small, 37, in Washington, D.C., and was waiting for the state of California to recognize their status. “This is a huge victory for the people of California,” said John Lewis, a spokesman for Marriage Equality USA, who was with his partner, Stuart Gaffney. Molly McKay, a longtime advocate for same-sex marriage, called it, “a good day for equality.”

John Lewis and Stuart Gaffney were part of a rally in favor of same-sex marriage outside the federal courthouse in San Francisco. The men are spokesmen for Marriage Equality USA.

A supporter of same-sex marriage calling himself Sister of Perpetual Indulgence Zsa Zsa Glamour said the ruling was “a historic moment.”

Post-ruling interviews with city officials If same sex-marriage is approved in California, what happens to the Catholic Church? We asked San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee and City Attorney Dennis Herrera. Catholic San Francisco: The Catholic Church is opposing same-sex marriage. If same-sex marriage becomes legal in the state of California what do you think the status of churches will be in terms of choosing not to marry same sex couples? How would you address it as mayor? Mayor Ed Lee: I think it would be the law of the land that you cannot discriminate. And whether it’s the church or private entity or anyone these laws are there for everybody’s benefit. CSF: Would you say the Catholic Church would be required to marry same sex couples? Lee: I would say they can’t discriminate. That’s what I would say. I can’t force them to do anything but I can certainly say you cannot discriminate against people no matter what entity you are. That’s just unacceptable. So that would be the message. CSF: Would there be a punishment

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First lay administrator named in SIâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 157 years John Knight, a veteran Catholic school administrator and educator who is currently the president of Canisius High School, a Jesuit school for boys in Buffalo, N.Y., has been named president of St. Ignatius College Preparatory in San Francisco. He will replace Father Robert T. Walsh, a Jesuit who has led St. Ignatius for the past six years and who has served in high school administration for the past 30 years. Knight will be the first layperson to hold the office in the history of the school, founded by the Society of Jesus in 1855. A search committee identified Knight and St. Ignatius, which serves some 1,500 students, made the announcement on Feb. 6. Knight, who will become the 27th person to hold the office at the coed Jesuit school beginning July 1, is coming from an institution, like 157-year-old SI and its Gold Rush era founding, that has deep roots in its community. Jesuits in 1870 opened a school adjacent to their residence in Buffalo â&#x20AC;&#x201C; a combination high school and college serving 50

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Iraqi Cardinal Emmanuel-Karim Delly In Irbil, Iraq, Dec 5, 2007.

Cardinal Edward M. Egan, retired archbishop of New York, second from right, talks with Cardinal Zenon Grocholewski in St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican Jan. 6. Also pictured is Cardinal Sean Brady of Armagh, Northern Ireland.

Cardinal Adrianus Simonis of Utrecht, Netherlands, speaks to a journalist Nov. 23, 2007, at the Vatican.

A group of Hispanic Catholics from the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston greets U.S. Cardinal Daniel N. DiNardo Nov. 24, 2007, following the consistory where he was elevated to cardinal.

U.S. Cardinal William J. Levada at the Vatican March 24, 2006.

These are among the latest 22 prelates picked by Pope Benedict XVI to be elevated to cardinal

Cardinal-designate George Alencherry, India, 66

Cardinal-designate Thomas C. Collins, Canada, 65

Cardinal-designate Joao Braz de Aviz, Brazil, 64

Cardinal-designate Manuel Monteiro de Castro, Portugal, 73

Cardinal-designate Timothy M. Dolan, United States, 62

Cardinal-designate Dominik Duka, Czech Republic, 68

Cardinal-designate Fernando Filoni, Italy, 65

Cardinal-designate Rainer Maria Woelki, Germany, 55

Cardinal-designate Antonio Maria Veglio, Italy, 74

Were cardinals always this important? Cardinal was a less exalted title in the early church but came to be considered princely, by virtue of cardinals’ role as papal electors, their close relations with the pope, the growing importance of the College of Cardinals and their frequent gatherings to assist the pope in deciding important matters. The pre-eminence of cardinals slowly developed from the 14th century, as cardinalbishops and later cardinal-priests and cardinal-deacons rose to a higher plane than that of ordinary clerics. What is the College of Cardinals? The College of Cardinals is the collective name used for the Catholic cardinals. Before the 12th century, the pope depended on bishops of dioceses near Rome and priests and deacons of Rome for his body of advisers. In the 12th century, the college was developed in its current form. Since 1179, the members of the college have been chosen exclusively by the pope. The maximum number of cardinals permitted has varied over the years.

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People look at displays in the window of the Gammarelli clerical tailor shop in Rome on Jan. 12, 2012.

Since Innocent III (1198-1216) popes of the Roman Catholic Church have created 2,936 cardinals in 539 ritual gatherings that came to be called consistories. The latest cardinal-making event in nearly 800 years of modern church history is the consistory announced by Pope Benedict XVI for Feb. 18 at St. Peter’s Basilica. Twenty-one men – including New York Archbishop Timothy M. Dolan and former Baltimore Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien – will be elevated to the College of Cardinals, a body whose 107 members under 80 years old have the right to enter a conclave to choose the next pope. (A 22nd cardinal-designate, German Jesuit Father Karl Josef Becker, 83, will not attend the ceremony because of health reasons.) A consistory – a term derived from consistorium, Latin for “waiting room, meeting place of the imperial council” – is a chance for Catholics to glimpse the dynamics of the governance of the universal church. It is also a field day for Vatican watchers, who enjoy the displays of curial pageantry, score various popes on the number of cardinals created and their nationalities, and calculate the odds of a papabile – Italian for a “popeable” cardinal, one considered electable to the church’s highest office – of one day filling St. Peter’s seat. Here, in questions and answers, is a short course on cardinal-making and cardinals. What is a cardinal? A cardinal is chosen by the pope. He essentially has two unique duties: (1) to vote in a papal election (conclave) if under the age of 80 and (2) to serve as a special advisor to the pope, particularly in the central administration of the Catholic Church and on universal church matters. The highest dignity in the Catholic Church after the pope, the title of cardinal was recognized as early as the pontificate of Pope Sylvester I (314-335). Rooted in the Latin word “cardo” (meaning “hinge”), cardinals are created by a decree of the Roman pontiff.

Cardinal-designate Edwin F. O’Brien, United States, 72

Who may be chosen to be a cardinal? Canon 351 of the Code of Canon Law states, “Those to be promoted cardinals are men freely selected by the Roman pontiff, who are at least in the order of priesthood and are truly outstanding in doctrine, virtue, piety and prudence in practical matters; those who are not already bishops must receive episcopal consecration.” The limitation of the college to priests has been in place since 1918 and the need to be ordained a bishop, since 1962. The requirement to be a bishop may be waived, as it was in the case of Jesuit Father Avery Dulles in 2001.

What about the rings? Andrea Tornielli of the Rome newspaper La Stampa’s “Vatican Insider” writes that the pope “up until now has given newly created cardinals rings forged on the model used during John Paul II’s pontificate – a rectangle of worked gold, upon which stands a cross. But now a design has been approved for a new cardinal’s ring, made in the form of a cross, which will be used for the first time in February. It was created by ecclesiastical goldsmiths, the Savi Brothers, who work in Borgo Pio, at a cost of around 1,500 euros,” or about $2,000.

What happens after the pope names cardinals? Approximately a month after the pope names new cardinals, a public consistory is held in Rome. At this time, the new cardinals are solemnly installed in the college, making a profession of faith and receiving a scarlet biretta, or square hat with three ridges, from the pope. This is popularly known as “getting a red hat.” The pope places the biretta on the cardinal’s head and says: “(This is) red as a sign of the dignity of the office of a cardinal, signifying that you are ready to act with fortitude, even to the point of spilling your blood for the increase of the Christian faith, for peace and harmony among the people of God, for freedom and the spread of the Holy Roman Catholic Church”. The day after the formal ceremony, the new cardinals celebrate Mass with and receive a ring from the pope. This is followed by the Liturgy of the Word, the pope’s homily, the Profession of Faith and the taking of the oath by each cardinal. Each kneels before the pope to receive the cardinal’s biretta and to be assigned a title or deaconry. How is a cardinal addressed? A cardinal is addressed as “Your Eminence” and bishops and archbishops as “Your Excellency.” How many cardinals has Pope Benedict XVI named? With next week’s consistory, the fourth of his pontificate, this pope will have named 84 – a historically high rate of cardinal creation based on the number of men elevated to cardinal per month of papacy. What is the background of the cardinals created by the current pope? Rome journalist Sandro Magister, a respected Vatican watcher, writes: “There remains the undeniable fact, criticized by various commentators, that the red hats given by Pope Joseph Ratzinger to the Roman Curia and to Italian churchmen are particularly numerous.” Magister also notes that Pope Benedict XVI is similar to Pope John XXIII in the preponderance of Italians and curial officials made cardinal. “With John XXIII, in fact – with whom Benedict XVI seems to share a certain candor combined with shrewdness in relating to ecclesiastical promotions – the cardinals created were 52, and of these the Italians totaled 23, 44.2 percent, and those of the curia 26, precisely half of the total,” Magister writes. He notes that in future consistories Pope Benedict XVI will have a chance to create more cardinals from outside Italy and the central offices of the church. Manila Archbishop Luis Antonio Tagle is one name often mentioned on the list of cardinal-worthy prelates. What is the speculation on the background of the next pope? Anura Guruge at popes-and-papacy.com believes the “new batch” tilts the next conclave in favor of a European but mentions Canadian Cardinal Marc Ouellet as a contender. Another writer on the blog states, “I see this mainly as an Italian vs. a South American.” Robert Mickens, writing Jan. 14 in the U.K.-based Catholic weekly The Tablet, comments “If there were any doubts, it is now clear to many that Pope Benedict XVI wants to keep the papacy firmly in the hands of the Europeans.” Sources: Catholic San Francisco; Catholic Encyclopedia; Archdiocese of Washington, D.C., Communications Department; Catholic News Agency; GCatholic.com.

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Special cardinal-making gatherings – more than 500, with nearly 3,000 churchmen chosen – have been key to church governance since the Middle Ages.

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Religion texts article erred I am writing in regard to the Jan. 27 Catholic Schools Week insert in Catholic San Francisco. An article titled “American bishops revamping high school religion,” incorrectly suggests that Stuart Hall High School is in disagreement with the doctrinal framework of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. Additionally, the article incorrectly incorporates the quotes of Ray O’Connor, our theology department chair at Stuart Hall High School. Stuart Hall High School is not in disagreement with the doctrine. Further, since the publishing of “Doctrinal Elements of a Curriculum Framework for the Development of Catechetical Materials for Young People of High School Age,” Mr. O’Connor has initiated meetings with his peer theology department chairs from the other Catholic schools in the archdiocese and has fostered the incorporation and implementation of the bishops’ framework at the high school level in San Francisco, Marin and San Mateo counties. Thanks to Mr. O’Connor, we at Stuart Hall High School have been at the forefront of this development.

I am disappointed that the journalism displayed in this piece suggests otherwise. Tony Farrell Head of School Stuart Hall High School San Francisco Editor’s note: Catholic San Francisco assistant editor Valerie Schmalz, the author of the article, replies, “In a story about the U.S. bishops’ new catechetical guidelines for publishers of religious textbooks, I mistakenly attributed Mr. O’Connor’s remarks to his situation at Stuart Hall High School. He was speaking generally of his sense of how high school religion departments in the archdiocese view the new curriculum framework. I apologize for the error.”

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Lourdes feast Feb. 11

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Our Lady of Lourdes is depicted in a modern painting by Stephen B Whatley, an expressionist artist based in London. The feast of Our Lady of Lourdes is Feb. 11, marking Mary’s first appearance to St. Bernadette Soubirous in the small town in southwest France. In the Archdiocese of San Francisco, a Mass of healing will be celebrated at noon at St. Mary’s Cathedral.

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At a recent liturgy at Old St. Mary’s Cathedral the inspiring homily by Paulist Father Daniel McCotter affirmed my knowledge and understanding of how our faith is learned and transmitted from one generation to another, from one person to another and within the community of the Catholic Church. We first learn the Catholic faith from our parents, grandparents and relatives. We go on to learn about Jesus from the pastor of our parish, the Catholic school teachers in our Catholic elementary and high schools and from our parish catechists and youth ministers. We learn firsthand that living out our Catholic faith in our culture can be challenging. As in past generations, we experience the pain of discrimination and prejudice as our beliefs and values are criticized and condemned by various factions of the culture in which we live. The Catholic faith is learned and passed LETTERS, page 13

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Gratuitous violence The Book of Wisdom teaches that “God did not make death, nor does he rejoice in the destruction of the living.” There must be a great deal of sadness in heaven these days. Examples of random acts of violence are multiple and morally crippling. Too many people, too many attitudes, treat human life as trash. On Jan. 14, insurgents mounted another attack against Shiites in the southern Iraqi city of Basra as an explosion ripped through a group of pilgrims headed to a mosque to commemorate one of the holiest Shiite days which observes the death of a grandson of the prophet Muhammad. Fiftythree people were killed. On the next day an explosion ripped through a crowd of Shiite Muslims in central Pakistan, killing at least 17 people as they were leaving a mosque after a religious ceremony. In September, gunman executed 26 Hazara pilgrims on a bus heading to a prayer service. Random killings have become routine in Pakistan. Recent footage showing American soldiers urinating on dead Afghan bodies has sparked outrage across the world. The 40-second clip, which first emerged on livelead.com, shows four soldiers in combat gear relieving themselves on three corpses. The Marines can be heard joking, “Have a great day, buddy.” It is not presently clear if the corpses are Afghan civilians or insurgents. The Marines display their own human degradation. This judgment rests on the fact that the soldiers photographed their behavior whereby documenting this atrocity by somehow seeing it as an accomplishment. Some interpret the scene as “war trauma” experienced by 18- and 19-year-old Marines. One former Army captain remarked that such acts are a result of “young men dehumanized by war,” an occurrence common in war and made visible today by the Internet. Although the ages of the Marines have not yet been officially reported, it seems more likely that they were about 25 or 26 and, as Marines, “highly trained” and considered as “elite soldiers.” A Marine Corps spokesman

confirmed that these men belonged to an elite sniper unit from Camp Lejeune in North Carolina. Lest this instance be isolated to American soldiers, we should not forget how Americans have been treated in war situations. During the U.S. intervention in Somalia, for example, American bodies were stripped and dragged through the streets as happy crowds cheered. Jihadists also cut off the heads of living Americans. Endorsing the “war trauma” scenario, Texas Gov. Rick Perry said that “the kids” made a mistake and that is all this amounts to. Talk-show host Bill Maher said he was not upset at all about Marines urinating (he used a vulgar expression) on the Afghans, while CNN contributor Dana Loesch, using Maher’s same vulgarity, writes the whole thing off: “Come on people, this is war. These things happen.” Other commentators remarked, “We’re all proud of you guys” and “this was the first bath they have had in years” and “you should cut their heads off and bury them with a pig.” A former lieutenant colonel in the Army chided, “Unless you have been shot at by the Taliban, shut your mouth. War is hell.” This is not the first time we have witnessed shocking abuse with similar commentaries. In 2004, the whole world watched the violence perpetrated at the Abu Ghraib detention facility in Baghdad where detainees were piled naked into human pyramids for the amusement of their American guards. Other inmates were put on wooden platforms with a hood over their heads and told they would be electrocuted if they stepped off. There were also reports of rape, sexual abuse and other forms of torture. Let’s be clear. The desecrating deed performed by the Marines is an abridgement of military law and prohibited by the Geneva Conventions. The NATO-led International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan described the acts as “highly reprehensible and disgusting and not in keeping with the values of the U.S. Armed Forces.” Capt. John Kirby, Pentagon spokesman, named the acts as “egregious

behavior,” while a prominent Muslim civil rights and advocacy group in Washington, D.C., condemned the “desecration of the dead as a violation of our nation’s military regulations and of internaFather Gerald tional laws of war prohibiting such disgusting and D. Coleman, SS immoral actions.” Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said that “this conduct is entirely inappropriate for members of the United States military and does not reflect the standards our armed forces are sworn to uphold. Those found to have engaged in such conduct will be held accountable to the fullest extent.” Catholic theology teaches that a human person is one in body and soul and that the body has been promised the Resurrection, as the creed testifies. The human body cannot be treated as trash or dealt with as a thing or an object. Even at death, the human body is to be treated with respect, as affirmed in the Catechism of the Catholic Church (No. 2300). Murder is evil as it is an assault against human dignity. Abuse of dead bodies is evil as it is an assault against human dignity. The gratuitous violence evidenced in Baghdad, Pakistan and Afghanistan is reprehensible and warrants severe condemnation. We must promote human life by every means possible and defend it against attacks in whatever condition or state it is found. Sulpician Father Gerald Coleman is vice president for ethics for the Daughters of Charity Health System and a lecturer in moral theology at Santa Clara University.

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Letters . . . ■ Continued from page 12 on through the interactions and connectedness of individuals in our lives. Elements of our faith are learned through academic study but more importantly they are learned through experience and interactions with others. A recent article in Catholic San Francisco (“American bishops revamping high school religion,” Catholic Schools Week special issue, Jan. 27) on the topic of the new textbooks for high school students seemed to imply that Catholic school students learn the faith primarily from using the right textbooks. Textbooks are secondary sources of learning. Students learn the faith from reading and studying Scripture, doctrines of the Catholic Church, the writings of the popes (encyclicals) and our Catholic traditions. These represent primary source materials. Primary source materials are used very effectually in our Catholic high schools and elementary schools. However, the most important and influential

means of transmitting the faith is parents and teachers. The relationship teachers have with students as they live out the faith by word and deed will remain a strong influence in the students’ lives, long after they have forgotten what they read or learned from a textbook. Our Catholic high schools are carefully and critically reviewing and selecting instructional materials that comply with the new U.S. bishops’ curriculum guidelines while meeting the developmental and spiritual needs of the students and families they serve. As new textbooks are written and published, a wider variety of secondary source materials will be available for consideration and purchase. Textbook publishers are still in the beginning phase of rolling out new materials. I will continue to work with and assist our Catholic schools in their review and selection process. Our Catholic schools will continue to teach our Catholic faith using the best means possible and the most effective resources available. Maureen Huntington Superintendent Department of Catholic Schools

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Laity benefits from sustaining guidance The article of George Weigel (Jan. 20) pointing to what he called “bad liturgical habits” that have to be corrected reminds me of Cardinal Theodore McCarrick’s response to a question posed by Catholic San Francisco in a recently published conversation with the retired prelate (Jan. 13). To a question about dealing in a pastoral way with lay people wanting bishops to step in when “Catholics get upset over how other Catholics practice their faith,” Cardinal McCarrick said: “If you are going to be involved with anyone who is not 100 percent on your side, you will have no one to deal with. In a lot of ways you leave these decisions to the individual and the confessor.” He added, “There is an understanding of where the Lord is and where we are. He preaches the Gospel of love and if we stop loving people we are in terrible trouble.”

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I believe the answer does not respond to the issue raised in the question except to leave these decisions to “the individual and the confessor.” The answer presumes that those who are upset dislike dealing with those who are not practicing the Catholic faith correctly. And, so, instead of taking the risk of losing them, the answer implies that they should just be left alone. The assumption that those practicing the faith correctly dislike those who are not is not totally correct. For even individuals who are upset about the behavior of others care or have good intentions in their hearts. And about leaving decisions to the person and their confessor; people learn to do things correctly and need resources, motivations and guidance. These must be provided. The attainment of a perfect life for every person is the goal of the church. Leaving them without sustaining guidance could lead them astray and eventually leave the church. Luis P. Magarro San Francisco

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Secular totalitarianism In my years as an observer of and commentator upon things religious, I’ve become rather accustomed to radical positions. There is just something about religion that can bring out the irrational in both its advocates and opponents. For the most part, therefore, over-the-top opinion pieces and Internet commentary just roll off my back. But occasionally something comes along that is so egregious and indefensible that I sit up and take notice. This happened twice last Sunday when I read editorials in the pages of the two major newspapers in my hometown. Neil Steinberg, a columnist for the Chicago Sun-Times, who over the years has made eminently plain his animosity toward religion, chimed in on the Obama administration’s recent dictate that all insurance plans in the United States, including those used by Catholic institutions, must include provisions for contraception, sterilization and certain abortifacient drugs, all of which are repugnant to Catholic morality. Though I could scarcely believe it, Steinberg used this as occasion to bemoan the imperialism of Catholicism. He took the U.S. bishops’ strong objection to the Obama plan as just another sad sign that religious people want to “impose” their views on the rest of the country. In point of fact, the bishops were complaining that the administration’s move, which goes against the express promise that the president has repeatedly made that conscience protections would remain in place, represents the imposition of a secularist ideology on those who object to it. Catholics aren’t the least bit interested in legally prohibiting the use of contraceptives; they are complaining about a government mandate that would require them to pay for insurance coverage for actions that they find ethically problematic. What is puzzling to say the least is Steinberg’s failure to see that the oppressor in this case, the force that is trying to impose itself on others by means of the law, is not the Catholic Church, but precisely the liberal state.

A particularly chilling expression of this oppression was the statement made by HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius in regard to the administration’s move. She blithely told religious people, as if she were throwing them a bone, that she was pleased to grant them a year to adjust to the new regulations before she made them mandatory through law. As Cardinal-designate Timothy Dolan of New York put it succinctly, “the administration is telling Catholics that they have a year to figure out how to violate their consciences.” An even more startling article appeared in the same day’s edition of the Chicago Tribune, written by the mystery novelist Sara Paretsky and bearing the title “Our Bodies, Our Fertility.” We find in this piece the same confusion that we critiqued in Steinberg’s screed, namely, the baffling claim that the bishops’ objection to the Obama administration directive amounts to religious imperialism. But there is something else in Paretsky’s article, something that is even more disturbing. Again and again, she defends the view that women’s sexuality is an arena that ought to be utterly free of any and all legal or moral discipline. Referring to the Roe v. Wade decision, Paretsky says, “Justice Brennan … believed, as I believe, that women are full citizens and moral agents, able to make decisions without a father, a church, or a legislator telling us what to do.” Later she laments, “How can bishops, legislatures, or judges claim the right to decide how each woman should react to her unique situation?” If this strikes you as the petulance of a child, you’re right. Every area of life – economics, politics, business, sports, academics, and yes, sexuality – is planted thick with laws. This is because the consensus of centuries is that these arenas are important to human flourishing and hence those who participate in them must be disciplined and directed according to certain objective norms. To the teenager who would like to race at 120 mph down the expressway, the law legitimately says, “you must

drive 55.” Antitrust law stands athwart corporate heads who would conspire to fix prices or establish a monopoly. The state can imprison someone who would seek to benefit from the advantages of civil Father society without paying for them through taxation, etc. Robert Barron To someone who would complain that all of this legality is an affront to his freedom, we would rightly respond, “grow up.” But Paretsky advocates just this kind of radical antinomianism in the arena of a woman’s sexuality. Here’s how she sums up her position: “They (moral and political authorities) see themselves as game wardens, and women as alligators on the loose in the swamp … How do we teach them that women are just as human, and just as capable of making their own choices, as men?” In precisely no area of life are people allowed simply to “make their own choices” thank God. In precisely no area of life are people free from the coercion of the law, thank God. To demonize the formulators of law as “game wardens” and to declare sexuality a law-free zone is an invitation to chaos. What is particularly troubling in both Steinberg’s and Paretsky’s articles is that the enemy is clearly identified as the Catholic Church. I think there is a backhanded compliment in this. Liberal totalitarians understand that the church is perhaps the strongest opponent that stands in their way. Father Robert Barron is the founder of the global ministry “Word on Fire” and the Francis Cardinal George Professor of Faith and Culture at University of St. Mary of the Lake in Mundelein, Ill.

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You cannot take a vote on truth It was (Blessed) John Paul who taught me that you can be both conservative and liberal at the same time, that you can oppose abortion yet want to build affordable housing, educate children and provide decent health care for everyone. He explained to me there is no contradiction, that being politically “right” or “left” had nothing to do with being morally and spiritually correct. Above all, you must be an effective communicator. I had always thought of politics as the art of compromise and prided myself on being able to bring people together, even over issues that divided them. John Paul II convinced me that sometimes when morality is at stake there can be no compromise and no way to bring people together. All you can do is try to persuade them to do what is right and pray for them if they don’t. He also advised me that it is a mistake to apply American democratic procedures to faith and truth. You cannot take a vote on truth. You cannot confuse faith with consensus. Unfortunately today there are not many Catholic politicians, locally or nationally, who practice this. They put party and political popularity over principle and Catholic values. I heard my political mentor, the late (Minnesota U.S. Sen.) Hubert Humphrey, say that the moral test of government is how it treats those in the dawn of life (our children),

those in the twilight of life (the elderly) and those in the shadows of life (the sick, the needy and the unemployed). John Paul II said the same thing when he told the thousands who greeted him in 1993 in Denver at World Youth Day, that the ultimate test of America’s greatness is the way you treat every human being but especially the weakest and most defenseless ones. This is what America needs as a core value of its next president. I remember a young man from Fall River, Mass., wearing a Red Sox cap telling me in Denver that John Paul was great not just because he was pope but because he tells you the truth (and) not just what you want to hear. “We’re looking for the truth,” he said. In this important election year, this is my message to you today. Don’t give in to widespread false morality. Don’t stifle your conscience. Challenge the media as you should our politicians. Don’t let candidates for public office who favor ambition, bias or political or financial power influence your good moral judgment. One-hundred-and-forty-seven years ago, President Abraham Lincoln asked whether a nation conceived in liberty and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal could long endure. President Lincoln’s question is no less a question for the present generation of

Americans. Democracy cannot be sustained without a shared commitment to certain moral truths about the human person and the human community. Thus, the basic question is, how Raymond ought we live together? Every generation, ours L. Flynn included, needs to know that freedom consists in not doing what we like but in doing what we ought. Raymond L. Flynn is a former mayor of Boston and former U.S. ambassador to the Vatican. This article was excerpted from an address for “Catholic Imagination and Contemporary Culture,” discussions and talks Jan. 27-28 at a convocation of the College of Fellows of the Dominican School of Philosophy and Theology in Berkeley. Visit dspt.edu/fellows for more information.

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A READING FROM THE BOOK OF LEVITICUS 1 LV 13:1-2, 44-46 The Lord said to Moses and Aaron, “If someone has on his skin a scab or pustule or blotch which appears to be the sore of leprosy, he shall be brought to Aaron, the priest, or to one of the priests among his descendants. If the man is leprous and unclean, the priest shall declare him unclean by reason of the sore on his head. “The one who bears the sore of leprosy shall keep his garments rent and his head bare, and shall muffle his beard; he shall cry out, ‘Unclean, unclean!’ As long as the sore is on him he shall declare himself unclean, since he is in fact unclean. He shall dwell apart, making his abode outside the camp.” RESPONSORIAL PSALM PS 32:1-2, 5, 11 I turn to you, Lord, in time of trouble, and you fill me with the joy of salvation. Blessed is he whose fault is taken away, whose sin is covered.

“The man went away and began to publicize the whole matter” (Mark 1:45). While being a deacon has been a tremendously enriching and a rewarding experience, there have been times where I have had to make sacrifices. Deep, painful sacrifices. For instance, a few weeks ago, I found myself preaching at our Saturday 5 p.m. Mass, which started just as the 49ers-Saints playoff game was getting interesting. As a lifelong fan, I had to settle for saying a few prayers for Alex Smith and company. Very successful prayers, I might add. Anyway, as I left church that evening, and for the rest of the weekend, I was besieged by Niner fans telling me how amazing that incredible game had been. They were over-the-top enthusiastic, extraordinarily excited, unable to contain themselves. Completely fired up, they let everyone know how proud they were of their boys in red and gold. It was great, and as a 49er faithful, I loved it. Though for obviously less significant reasons, these fans were probably reacting in much the same way as the man cured by Jesus did in this week’s Gospel. As our Lord touched and healed him, this former leper was so overwhelmed by the experience, so delighted and filled with joy,

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Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time Leviticus 13:1-2, 44-46; Psalm 32:1-2, 5, 11; I Corinthians 10:31-11; Mark 1:40-45 Blessed the man to whom the Lord imputes not guilt, in whose spirit there is no guile. I turn to you, Lord, in time of trouble, and you fill me with the joy of salvation. Then I acknowledged my sin to you, my guilt I covered not. I said, “I confess my faults to the Lord,” and you took away the guilt of my sin. I turn to you, Lord, in time of trouble, and you fill me with the joy of salvation. Be glad in the Lord and rejoice, you just;

exult, all you upright of heart. I turn to you, Lord, in time of trouble, and you fill me with the joy of salvation. A READING FROM THE FIRST LETTER OF PAUL TO THE CORINTHIANS 1 COR 10:31-11:1 Brothers and sisters, Whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do everything for the glory of God. Avoid giving offense, whether to the Jews or Greeks or the church of God, just as I try to please

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Feel amazed by God’s grace he simply could not stop talking about it. Having encountered Christ, his life now forever changed, he was bursting at the seams to let everyone know exactly how wonderful, marvelous, and fantastic his world had become. I can’t help smiling as I picture this fellow running all about, thrilled beyond belief, spreading the good news that God is alive and working in the world, and his name is Jesus! Having grown up in a more subdued version of our faith, where people spoke in hushed whispers and emotions were kept in

check, I’m delighted by the imagery in the Gospel and think it sets a terrific example for us all. We’re so familiar with the story of Jesus, I believe we sometimes forget the great miracle that began 2,000 years ago and continues all around us today, every day. Our Lord and God, the infinite creator of all that is good and holy and true, has burst into our universe as one of us. He is so crazy, passionately and madly in love with us that he needs to be by our sides 24/7. He wants to touch us, hold us and heal us. Walking with us and living

everyone in every way, not seeking my own benefit but that of the many, that they may be saved. Be imitators of me, as I am of Christ. A READING FROM THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO MARK MK 1:40-45 A leper came to Jesus and kneeling down begged him and said, “If you wish, you can make me clean.” Moved with pity, he stretched out his hand, touched him, and said to him, “I do will it. Be made clean.” The leprosy left him immediately, and he was made clean. Then, warning him sternly, he dismissed him at once. He said to him, “See that you tell no one anything, but go, show yourself to the priest and offer for your cleansing what Moses prescribed; that will be proof for them.” The man went away and began to publicize the whole matter. He spread the report abroad so that it was impossible for Jesus to enter a town openly. He remained outside in deserted places, and people kept coming to him from everywhere.

among us, he brings light into our lives, beauty into our lives, peace into our lives. If we really and truly understood this, I think we’d all be walking around with silly grins on our faces and giving high-fives to everyone we met. Just like those 49er fans. The leper in Mark’s Gospel couldn’t stop himself from letting everyone know that Jesus had literally touched him and changed him, bringing happiness and healing into his life. Our challenge this week is to do the same. This doesn’t mean we need to start preaching on street corners, though if you feel the urge, don’t let anyone stop you. Rather, delighted and amazed at God’s working in our lives, filled to overflowing with the love of our Lord, we can let everyone in on this wonderful good news by sharing Christ’s peace, mercy and forgiveness with everyone we meet. We can live lives of joy, serenity and confidence, knowing Jesus is always by our side. Seeing how we are changed, healed and made better, just as that leper was, people will begin to understand, the message will spread, and the kingdom will grow. Mike Murphy is a permanent deacon serving at St. Charles Parish, San Carlos. He teaches religion at Sacred Heart Schools, Atherton.

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Loud talking in church Question: I was raised a Catholic in the 1950s and ‘60s. I left the Church in the 1980s but am now starting to attend once more. However, I am very distressed by the amount of noise in church, especially right after Mass. As soon as the priest processes out, our parish church sounds like a sports bar during the Super Bowl. I see children running between the pews, yelling to their friends, while their parents seem to pay no attention because they themselves are talking to their friends. Back in the ‘50s and ‘60s, you could hear a pin drop in church, and if it became necessary to speak, you always did so in a whisper. We were taught that this was God’s house, and that we were there to pay honor and reverence. The way I see it is this: God gives us 168 hours a week; can’t we devote just one of those hours to God alone while we are in his house? We would still have 167 other hours to socialize. The Mass is the re-creation of Christ’s passion and crucifixion. I don’t imagine that Mary and John walked away from Calvary discussing John’s new haircut or how Mary’s veil looked! (Martinsburg, Pa.) Answer: Your concern is well-expressed and serves as a helpful reminder of the importance of reverence in what is clearly a sacred space. While there is no “rule” about talking in church, a few thoughts might help us to reason to an appropriate solution. First, the General Instruction of the Roman Missal says, “Even before the celebration itself, it is a praiseworthy practice for silence to be observed in

the church, in the sacristy, in the vesting room and in adjacent areas, so that all may dispose themselves to carry out the sacred celebration in a devout and fitting manner” (No. 45). Although the instruction makes no specific reference to silence at the end of Mass, it would seem that a period of quiet at that time would allow gratitude to fill the soul for the special gift received. The countervailing argument, of course, is that

Back in the ‘50s and ‘60s, you could hear a pin drop: ‘This was God’s house.’ prayer is not just vertical but horizontal – i.e., it puts us in closer touch not only with the Lord but with the community of disciples who share our faith in Jesus. It’s a natural instinct, and a good thing, for parishioners to want to welcome one another and catch up on one another’s lives – and it is often a sign of a parish’s vitality that people genuinely enjoy socializing before and after the Sunday Eucharist. So the question becomes how to combine that value of community with the reverence due to Christ present in the tabernacle and the respect owed to

people who are still praying after Mass is over. Certainly a nod of recognition and a smile is appropriate when filing out of pews, and even a few whispered words Father of greeting; but an Kenneth Doyle extended conversation at a normal decibel level is better left until the gathering area (the “lobby,” for Catholics of my vintage), and some parishes make that preference explicit by signs or bulletin announcements. That way, both quiet reverence and happy conversation have their proper settings. (Newer parish churches are being built with larger gathering areas to accommodate those twin goals.) Also, in order to foster the special attention the Eucharist merits, I know of some parishes which, shortly before Mass starts, make an announcement that the next few minutes will be spent in silent preparation for the sacred celebration. Father Doyle’s column is carried by Catholic News Service. Send questions to Father Kenneth Doyle at askfatherdoyle@gmail.com and 40 Hopewell St., Albany, N.Y. 12208.

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Other sheep not of our flock I grew up with strong, conservative, Roman Catholic roots: the Baltimore Catechism, the Latin Mass, daily rosary, daily Mass if possible, and a rich stream of devotional practices. And that’s a gift for which I’m deeply grateful. But that wonderful grounding also brought with it a distrust of all religious things not Roman Catholic. I was taught that the Roman Catholic Church was the only true church and the only road to heaven; so much so that we were strongly discouraged and tacitly forbidden to participate in any Protestant church services. In fairness to that catechesis, we didn’t believe that Protestants and other religious communities were doomed to eternal perdition, but we struggled mightily to articulate how this might take place. Among other things, we postulated a place we called limbo, where sincere, non-Roman Catholics with good souls might spend eternity, happy but without God. But as T.S. Eliot once wrote, “Home is where we start from.” And home is a good place to start from in terms of how we as faith communities, divided from each other, might better understand each other and each church’s own particular relationship to Christ. And often times the impetus for that comes not as much from biblical and theological insights as it does from an ecumenism of life. As we interact with each other we begin to sense that the question of who has access to God and Christ is infinitely more complex than can be captured in any theological formula. In John’s Gospel (10, 16), Jesus says: I have other sheep too, that are not of this sheepfold. I must bring them also. They will listen to my voice, and there will be one flock and one shepherd.

I’ve learned the truth of that statement through personal experience. Within my nearly 40 years in ministry I have met, befriended, and become a faith-companion to men and women from every type of denomination and religion. In all of these denominations and religious communities, I have met men and women of deep faith and outstanding charity. And this has caused me to ask myself the question that Jesus once asked those who approached him and told him that his mother and family were outside the circle he was talking to, asking for him: “Who is my mother? And who are my brethren? And he stretched forth his hand toward his disciples, and said, Behold my mother and my brethren! For whosoever does the will of my Father which is in heaven, is my brother, and sister, and mother” (Matthew 12:46-50). We tend to believe that “blood is thicker than water” and so we sometimes defend our own families, ethnic groups, countries and churches, even when they do wrong things. What Jesus affirms is that “faith is thicker than blood” and, even more deeply, that faith is also thicker than denominational or religious affiliation. St. Paul agrees: In his letter to the Galatians, he asks the question: Who is living inside the Holy Spirit? Who really has genuine faith? His answer: Those whose lives manifest charity, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and chastity. The presence of these virtues manifests faith and Christ. Conversely, he warns that we shouldn’t delude ourselves when our lives manifest, among other things, adultery, hatred, factionalism, strife and envy. Our real brothers and sisters in faith are

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Doctors . . . ■ Continued from cover which sets up new preventative health care coverage specifically for women at no cost. That coverage includes services such as mammograms, prenatal care and cervical cancer screenings. But it also mandates free contraception, sterilizations and drugs (such as ella and “Plan B”) considered by the church to be abortifacients – all of which are contrary to Catholic teaching. On Jan. 20, Kathleen Sebelius, secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, announced that nonprofit groups that do not provide contraceptive coverage because of their religious beliefs will get an additional year “to adapt to this new rule.” Sarah Smith is not a doctor yet, but she worries that the HHS mandate will further sour an atmosphere in which she already finds some challenges to her pro-life convictions. “The one safe environment – Catholic hospitals – is not even going to be safe anymore” if the contraceptive mandate stands, she said in a telephone interview with CNS from Chicago, where she had just completed the last of “14 or 15” interviews for a residency position in obstetrics and gynecology. A fourth-year medical student at Tulane University School of Medicine in New Orleans, Smith made clear on each interview that her Catholic convictions prevent her from involvement in abortion, sterilization or contraception. She said she has found that “most doctors as individuals respect my beliefs and my conscience; they might not agree with me, but they’ll defend my right to practice medi-

February 10, 2012 and erratic schedule required to deliver babies. “I love my practice,” he said. “But to live the OB-GYN lifestyle, you have to really love it.” Nolte, who completed her medical training in 2009, focuses her family practice on providing “authentically Catholic” health care for women, especially in the areas of gynecology, infertility treatment and natural family planning. She sees the Gianna center as “an alternative to Planned Parenthood” in Manhattan. “We do exclusively women’s health care faithful to the” U.S. church’s “Ethical and Religious Directives for Catholic Health Care Services,” she said. The directives, most recently revised by the U.S. bishops in 2001, guide Catholic health care facilities in addressing a wide range of ethical questions, such as abortion, euthanasia, care for the poor, medical research, in vitro fertilization, prenatal testing, and nutrition and hydration. But that doesn’t mean Nolte serves only Catholics. About 40 percent of her patients are Protestants or have no religious affiliation. “Women come from other states just for their annual exams, and they bring their daughters,” Nolte said. “They see that we treat patients differently.” Like Hardey, she expressed concern that “this administration is happy to violate civil rights” on the issue of contraception and could then decide to do the same on abortion or other problematic issues. But she said nothing will ever put Catholic health care out of business, even if civil disobedience is required. “A large number of people would not have access if we get out of health care,” she said. “And we can’t let that happen.”

ment requires that all family planning options be offered at those centers. “I am not at the point in my career where I have experienced” discrimination because of her pro-life beliefs, Smith said. “We are kind of insulated in medical school. But then you get out and you say, ‘Wow, all these policies could really affect my practice.’” After assisting in the delivery of about 6,000 babies over the past 29 years, Hardey has the Dr. Anne Nolte, right, a family physician with the real-world experience that Smith National Gianna Center for Women’s Health and lacks. He believes that some in Fertility in New York, follows Catholic teaching Washington would like to drive and guidelines for health care in her practice. obstetrician-gynecologists, or She is pictured at her New York office with OB-GYNs, who won’t perform patient Judith Guzman in 2009. abortions out of business. “There are not that many of cine.” Problems are more likely to arise at the us ... that we’d be too big to go after,” he said. institutional level, where medical students and Hardey prescribed contraceptives and residents are “culturally at the bottom of the even thought they were beneficial for the first totem pole,” Smith noted. nine years of his medical practice. But then “Some Catholic hospitals make it much he began to see some of their effects – not easier for medical students and residents to only on his patients but on societal attitudes live out their faith,” she said. But at a secular – and decided to conform his practice to the hospital where “they are doing 400 tubal church’s teachings in “Humanae Vitae” (“Of ligations a year, you might have the choice Human Life”). not to participate, but the work flow makes it The 1968 encyclical by Pope Paul VI harder,” she added. on married love and procreation reaffirmed A native of Natick, Mass., and a 2007 church teaching that artificial contraception graduate of the University of Notre Dame is morally wrong. in Indiana, Smith said she enjoys “working At age 58, Hardey said he is thinking with underserved populations” but might not of leaving his work as an obstetrician, “not ever be able to work at a federally funded because of the environment the president has community health center, since the govern- brought about” but because of the long hours

even if they disagree with the church on the underlying moral question. 6. The federal mandate is much stricter than existing state mandates. HHS chose the narrowest state-level religious exemption as the model for its own. That exemption was drafted by the ACLU and exists in only three states – New York, California, Oregon. Even without a religious exemption, religious employers can already avoid the contraceptive mandates in 28 states by self-insuring their prescription drug coverage, dropping that coverage altogether, or opting for regulation under a federal law (ERISA) that pre-empts state law. The HHS mandate closes off all these avenues of relief. Additional information on the bishops’ stance on religious liberty, conscience protection and the HHS ruling regarding mandatory coverage of contraceptives, sterilization and abortion-inducing drugs is available at www. usccb.org/issues-and-action/religious-liberty/ conscience-protection/index.cfm.

Bishops issue clarifications on impact of HHS mandate The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops offered these clarifications Feb. 6 regarding U.S. Health and Human Services regulations on mandatory coverage of contraceptives, sterilization and abortion-inducing drugs. The clarifications followed a Feb. 3 announcement by the conference challenging “false and misleading claims” about the mandate in a Feb. 2 White House blog. 1. The mandate does not exempt Catholic charities, schools, universities or hospitals. These institutions are vital to the mission of the church, but HHS does not deem them “religious employers” worthy of conscience protection, because they do not “serve primar-

ily persons who share their religious tenets.” HHS denies these organizations religious freedom precisely because their purpose is to serve the common good of society – a purpose that government should encourage, not punish. 2. The mandate forces these institutions and others, against their conscience, to pay for things they consider immoral. Under the mandate, the government forces religious insurers to write policies that violate their beliefs; forces religious employers and schools to sponsor and subsidize coverage that violates their beliefs; and forces religious employees and students to purchase coverage that violates their beliefs. 3. The mandate forces coverage of steriliza-

HIS SPRING, from February 22 to April 1, our community is uniting with hundreds of other cities around the world for the largest and longest coordinated pro-life mobilization in history: the 40 Days for Life campaign. Recognizing that “with God all things are possible,” people of faith are praying that this effort will help bring an end to the tragedy of abortion. 40 Days for Life is a focused pro-life campaign that has already mobilized over 500,000 people worldwide, saved more than 5,000 lives from abortion, led to the conversion of 61 abortion workers, and seen 19 abortion facilities close. 40 Days for Life is made up of three components: • Prayer and Fasting: believers throughout our city and county are invited to join together for 40 days of fervent prayer and fasting for an end to abortion • Peaceful Vigil: stand for life during a 40-day peaceful public witness outside the Planned Parenthood at 35 Baywood Ave, San Mateo 94402

• Community Outreach: help take a positive, upbeat pro-life message to every corner of our city and county through media efforts, advocacy, and public visibility Learn how you can speak up for those who cannot speak for themselves here in San Mateo by contacting Jessica at 650-572-1468 or by visiting:

tion and abortion-inducing drugs and devices as well as contraception. Though commonly called the “contraceptive mandate,” HHS’s mandate also forces employers to sponsor and subsidize coverage of sterilization. And by including all drugs approved by the FDA for use as contraceptives, the HHS mandate includes drugs that can induce abortion, such as ella,. a close cousin of the abortion pill RU-486. 4. Catholics of all political persuasions are unified in their opposition to the mandate. Catholics who have long supported this administration and its health care policies have publicly criticized HHS’s decision, including columnists E.J. Dionne, Mark Shields and Michael Sean Winters. 5. Many other religious and secular people and groups have spoken out strongly against the mandate. Many recognize this as an assault on the broader principle of religious liberty,

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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 10 TRADITION: Black History Month Celebration, 7:30 p.m., St Dominic Church, 2390 Bush Street, San Francisco, (415) 567-7824. Parking is available at the church. Reception follows in parish hall.

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 11 GIDDYUP: Steppin’ in the Name of Love, 8-midnight, an adults only Western-themed Zydeco dance at St. Paul of the Shipwreck gym, corner of 3rd Street and Jamestown, San Francisco. Enjoy Creole Cajun cuisine, raffles, photo contest for best dressed couple, and a fun time on the dance floor. Free dance lessons at 7 p.m. Music by André Thierry and Zydeco Magic. Tickets are $20 in advance/$23 at the door. Call Benetta Gipson at (415) 822-5188. CUPID: Valentine Dinner Dance, 6:30-10 p.m. in Bell Building at Our Lady of the Pillar Parish, Half Moon Bay. Menu includes Cornish game hen dinner, salad and dessert. Tickets are $25 per person. Dancing, too. Call Jim at (650) 867-5018, Sheri (650) 799-6227 or parish office (650) 726-4674. Event is sponsored by Knights of Columbus. Proceeds benefit scholarships and wish funds. PROUD TRADITION: Valentine Fantasy, a Turrisburnea Club lunch at City Forest Lodge, San Francisco. Tickets are $55 per person. Proceeds benefit San Francisco charities including Project Rachel. Father Dan Carter, pastor, Our Lady of Lourdes Parish is chaplain. Former chaplains include Msgr. John Foudy and the late Father James Atkins. Call Shirley Terry at (415) 682-9617. HEALING: Archbishop George Niederauer presides at World Day of Sick Mass at St. Mary’s Cathedral at noon. The Order of Malta coordinates the liturgy and makes great efforts to make it available to all who want to attend especially the ill and their caregivers. Special seating assistance is available to those in wheelchairs and who use a walker. Contact Kenneth Ryan at (415) 865-6718 or kenmryan@aol.com.

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 16 PEACE AND JUSTICE: Jesuit Father John Dear, writer and peace activist speaks and answers questions about his new book “Lazarus, Come Forth,” – how God is calling humanity out of the tomb of violence and war and into a new life of resurrection peace, 7 p.m. at Dominican Sisters Gathering Place, Dominican University 1520 Grand Ave., San Rafael. Admission is free. Call Nancy at (707) 773 0904 or lesleecoady@yahoo.com. Event sponsored by Maryknoll Affiliates and Pax Christi in Marin.

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 18 CRAB FEST: St. Timothy Parish, 3rd Avenue and Norfolk in San Mateo beginning at 6 p.m. Tickets are $40 per person. Call the Aquinos at (650) 619-8010 or the Agustins at (650) 806-4165. PLAY BALL! A St. Agnes Parish, San Francisco fundraiser, 6 p.m. at St. Ignatius College Preparatory, San Francisco. Theme is baseball so wear your favorite team’s attire. Tickets: $40 for adults, $20 for children 12 and under. Come and enjoy a fun night with some of San Francisco’s finest gourmet food trucks, live music and dancing. Tickets are now being sold in the back of church after Mass. Call (415) 487-8560 or email zack@saintagnessf.com.

PRAYER STOP: The National Shrine of St. Francis of Assisi and La Nuova Porziuncola at Vallejo and Columbus in North Beach The shrine church is open every day 10 a.m.-5 p.m. The Porziuncola and “Francesco Rocks” Gift Shop are open every day but Monday 10 a.m.6 p.m. Mass is celebrated in the shrine church Monday through Saturday at 12:15 p.m. and Sundays at 10 a.m. Rosary is prayed daily in Porziuncola at 4:30 p.m. Visit www.shrinesf. org and www.knightsofstfrancis.com.

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SATURDAY, MARCH 10 YOU’RE IN: Catholic Charities CYO Athletics Hall of Fame Dinner at the Father O’Reilly Catholic Charities CYO Center at 6:30 p.m. at St. Emydius gym, San Francisco. Inductees are Steve Phelps and Paul Watters who will be honored for their extraordinary impact on the CYO Athletics community. For information about the dinner, tickets or sponsorship opportunities, visit http://athletics.cccyo.org/hof/ or call Mary Beth Johnson Deel at (415) 972-1252. SOLD! Belmont to Broadway Auction and Show benefiting Notre Dame High School, Belmont at the Foster City Crowne Plaza Hotel. For ticket, sponsorship, or volunteer opportunities contact Denise Severi at (650)595-1913 ext. 446 or dseveri@ ndhsb.org. CRAB FEST: Bleu Bayou: St. Monica School Annual Auction Fundraiser Dinner, an evening of fun, food, and friends at the Parish Hall, Geary Boulevard and 23rd Avenue, San Francisco. This adults-only event starts at 6 p.m with live jazz performances by The Jerry Grosz Jazz Kitchen! Menu includes: appetizers, marinated cold crab, roast chicken, plus wine and beverages. Tickets are $50 per person. All attendees will be entered for a chance to win an Apple iPad! Visit http://stmonicasf.org/parents/ auction.php or call (415) 751-9564.

The choir of the Cathedral of the Madeleine in Salt Lake City leads song Feb. 12, at the 11 a.m. Mass at St. Mary’s Cathedral, Gough Street and Geary Boulevard, San Francisco. On Feb. 10 the group performs at St. Stephen Episcopal Church in Tiburon at 8 p.m. and Feb. 11 at Cathedral of Christ the Light in Oakland at 5:30 p.m. SINGLE CATHOLIC SCHOOLERS: Catholic Alumni Club of the Bay Area celebrates the Chinese New Year at Yat Sing, 38 Woodside Plaza, Redwood City. Beverages are at 6 p.m. with dinner at 6:30 p.m. Contact Bill Lewellyn at (650) 364-8007 or Bigfoote1@juno.com. CAC is for single Catholic professional men and women to meet and share their faith at a variety of activities.

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 19 CONCERT: Father Paul Perry, organist, St. Sebastian Church, Sir Francis Drake Boulevard and Bon Air Road, Greenbrae at 12:30 p.m. The one-hour program includes works by Bach, Brahms and others. Admission is free.

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 21 LIFE: 40 Days for Life vigil kicks off at 6 p.m. at St. Paul Church, Church Street and 29th Street, San Francisco, with opening Mass and prayerful pilgrimage to a nearby Planned Parenthood facility. Visit www.40daysforlife. com/sanfrancisco/ or call (415) 613-8493.

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 25 CRAB FEST: Crab Feed at St. Finn Barr Church, Goode Hall, 415 Edna Street, San Francisco, nohost bar 5:30-6:30 p.m. with dinner 6:30 -9 p.m. and dancing and entertainment from 9 p.m. Tickets are $45 per person in advance and $50 per person at the door. Contact St. Finn Barr rectory at (415) 333-3627 or email alguidry@comcast.net. GROW YOUR FAITH: Timely Topics for Today’s Catholics: Part II at Notre Dame des Victoires Church, 566 Bush St., San Francisco, across from Sutter/ Stockton Garage, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Marist Father Thomas Ellerman facilitates the day. Father Ellerman will explore the teachings of the Catholic Church on the following topics: How we should live together on this earth and share its resources. How we should organize ourselves to build human community. How we can build peace in the world. Please bring your own lunch. Beverages will be provided. Call (415) 397-0113.

VISIT ME: Attend two-day training in preparation for visiting youth in jail. The ministry is Comunidad San Dimas and their “One Youth at a Time: Responsibility, Rehabilitation, Restoration” program. Contact Julio Escobar at (415) 244-5594 or email info@comunidadsandimas.org or visit www.comunidadsandimas.org. Applicants should be 18 years of age or older. Interview required before attending the training. Visiting is with youth 11-18 years old. Monthly meetings are mandatory. Spanish-speakers especially welcome.

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 26 PASTA BINGO: Le Donne d’Italia, San Francisco’s new Italian women’s club, announces a day of bubbly and bingo at San Francisco Italian Athletic Club, 1630 Stockton St., San Francisco. Lunch is at 11:30 a.m. and bingo games start at 1:30 p.m. with special paper games and regular games, too. Tickets at $30 per person include two free bingo cards. Contact Antonette at (415) 931-4810 or www. ledonneditalia.com.

FRIDAY, MARCH 2 FACE TO FACE: Marriage Encounter Weekend to be held in San Mateo. Call Paul or Yvonne at (650) 366-7093 or visit www.wwme12.org. RUMMAGE SALE: Mother’s Club of Church of the Visitacion, 701 Sunnydale at Rutland, San Francisco, Friday from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. and Saturday March 3, 9 a.m.-2 p.m. All kinds of items are for sale including clothes, furniture, books, and a new items booth. Call (415) 494-5517.

SATURDAY, MARCH 3 FASHION: St. Stephen Women’s Guild presents Via Passerella at the Olympic Club Lakeside. Contact Renee Wallis at (650) 994-9212 or Samantha Martinez at (650) 438-1839.

ST. PATTY’S DAY: Hibernian-Newman Club holiday lunch at the Westin San Francisco, 50 Third St. at Mission Street. No-host reception is at 11 a.m. with traditional Irish music and Irish lunch at noon. Tickets are $85 per person. Proceeds benefit Catholic campus ministries. Keynote speaker is San Francisco Police Chief Greg Suhr. Walter Farrell will be honored as Hibernian of the Year. Call (415) 386-3434.

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 21 THAT’S ENTERTAINMENT: Epiphany Center’s Benefit Party and Show, 6:30 p.m. cocktail buffet with show at 8 p.m. at Great American Music Hall, 859 O’Farrell St., San Francisco. Tickets are $175 per person. Sponsorships are also available. Call (415) 351-4055. Proceeds from this traditional night of live musical comedy benefit the most vulnerable women, children, and families in San Francisco at Epiphany Center Mount St. Joseph-St. Elizabeth: Serving San Francisco’s at-risk families since 1852. PASTA: Spaghetti and meatballs at Immaculate Conception Church, 3255 Folsom St., just up the hill from Cesar Chavez, at noon. Delicious meal is served family style. Tickets are $8 per person with beverages available for purchase. The Bernal Heights tradition is now in its plus-50th year.

SATURDAY, MARCH 31 RELIGIOUS LIFE TODAY AND TOMORROW: “Sharing the New Wine: Vowed Religious in a Postmodern Age,” a day of communal reflection and dialogue on the present reality and future of religious life, at Santa Clara University, Locatelli Hall, 500 El Camino Real, Santa Clara, 8:30 a.m.-5:15 p.m. Visit www.sharingthenewwine.blogspot.com and www.scu.edu/jst/ religiouslife. Day is sponsored by California Province of the Society of Jesus, Sisters of the Holy Names of Jesus and Mary, Verbum Dei Missionary Fraternity, and others.

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February 10, 2012

In Remembrance of the Faithful Departed Interred In Our Catholic Cemeteries During the Month of January HOLY CROSS COLMA

Helen B. Jow Eleanor J. Sani Linda Kelly Maximino “Max” Santos Frank A. Lawler, Sr. Maureen C. Sawyer Grace Scrivani Sr. Martha of Jesus & Mary, OCD Joe C. Lawrence, Jr. Akanesi “Agnes” Leger Leandro Sedeno Sr. Mary Norbert (Patricia Antonia Mo-King Leung Remigio C. Soliman Doyle), PBVM Ana Leutar Luis F. Talavera Sr. Maria Del Rosario Venegas Urbane T. Taporco (Sr. Amada Del Nino Jesus, AP) Idamae Lewis Thomas Lococo Ann Tolleson Donald R. Adams Anne Marie Longo Teresita T. Trinidad Maria M. Aguilar Lois M. Maloney Gumercinda S. Valenzuela Socorro Alcantar Frank Mammini William Vega, Jr. Edmundo Aligaza Nora Manick Angelina S. Victoriano Virginia C. Alves Concha Martinez Angela M. Voigt Dagoberto Argueta Laura Ann Masini Mildred M. Wallace Nelly Ruiz Baptist Mary Teresa McGee Maughan Robert E. Watson Robert Dominic Barattino Elaine McKeon Walter Woodall Joan Rita Baron Gilbert McLaughlin Frank Woodall Rebecca C. Barquet Vito Migala Helen Yturriaga Frank W. Beck Nancy T. Miller Doris Marie Zona Juan R. Bernal Louis J. Mione Eleanor Bertone Sylvia Mogannam Samuel Bistirlich Alice M. Morrissey Elizabeth Boland Leonard Oscar Munstermann Jacqueline “Jackie” Borruso Jack Francis Murphy Vera D. Brown Eloise Rahtje Lancestremere Ines Navarret Joan Burke Tuihoua Mahafutau Barbara Norgard Eduarda P. Butac Daniel O’Connell, Jr. Rodney Angelo Cardinale, Sr. Alice M. Olivier Eleanor M. Carter Calletano V. Olivo Michael W. Carter Rafael Ontiveros Margaret “Peggy” Chartier Berta Ortiz William J. Collins June Antonio Margie C. Owen Bertha Cortopassi Harold J. (Jerry) Bates, Jr. Manny I. Paclebar Mary A. Del Rosario Frank J. da Silva Anna U. Paiva Grace H. Delagnes Phyllis G. da Silva Philip P. Pasco Marion C. Dempsey Joseph E. Giacomini Bertha “Babs” Peralta Joan B. Doherty Helen B. Giacomini Iris C. Perez George W. Dreier Dorothy Anne Hart James M. Powers Josephine A. Drews Richard B. Murphy Mary C. Psaila John T. Dunne Teresa Okey Gloria Mary Raffo Mary T. Dunne Thomas A. Ring Victor C. Raymundo Henry Eidler Andrew James Sicabaig Santiago C. Rillera Rufina A. Escalona Ann Rodiak John R. Ferrando Agate Matschinske Roth Mary R. Flynn Fay Anna Roth Rosina M. Fogliani Vladimir Sadilek Salvador “Sal” Gallegos Donald Tognetti Efren Salcedo Gonzalo de Jesus Garcia Belmira Lourdes Vaz Eunice Sanders Angelina M. Garre Ralph Gatton Lydia M. Ghiozzi James Glennon, Jr. Jane E. Goe Robert “Tito” Gonzalez Mary Jacqueline Grady FIRST SATURDAY MASS – Saturday, March 3, 2011 Joseph Grealis All Saints Mausoleum Chapel – 11:00 am • Rev. Roland De La Rosa, Celebrant Gloria Guterres Kaj V. Harders Avery Jude Hartnett 125TH ANNIVERSARY DISCOUNT Loretto Heim In honor of our 125th Anniversary, we will be happy to discount $125 from your new Pedro A. Henriquez Victor M. Herrera purchase. Create your heritage and tell your story at Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery. Sergio Isola William M. Jason For use only on the new purchase of a grave, crypt or niche. Carlos Antonio Josa

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