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A crowd estimated at more than 50,000 filled Civic Center Plaza in San Francisco Jan. 26 for the Walk for Life West Coast rally. A papal representative brought a message of support for the pro-life movement.

Walk for Life West Coast draws record crowd Pope honors celebration of life on 40th anniversary of Roe v. Wade VALERIE SCHMALZ CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO

Tens of thousands of pro-life supporters crammed San Francisco’s Civic Center Plaza and walked through the city’s center for the ninth annual Walk for Life West Coast Jan. 26, in an occasion marked by a special message from Pope Benedict XVI commending the pro-life participants for “this outstanding public witness to the fundamental human right to life.”

“You may imagine how happy I am here to see so many people loving the life that is given to us by our creator to give witness to the life and to the Gospel,” said Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò, the pope’s delegate to the U.S. “I feel with you, that you are the best of the United States of America.”

In a strong statement of support for the American pro-life movement, Archbishop Viganò also spoke for the pope at a youth rally prior to the March for Life in Washington, D.C., Jan. 25, before flying to San Francisco for the Walk for Life West Coast.

Following the rally, participants walked the two miles from City Hall to the Ferry Building, traveling through

the heart of the city’s shopping and financial districts, filling Market Street for more than one mile as a handful of counter-demonstrators waved signs and shouted. More than 50,000 participated, organizers estimated.

“The pro-life movement is here to stay, we’re here to grow,” walk cochair Eva Muntean told the rally.

‘God’s truth cannot be silenced’

“You are a powerful witness that God’s truth cannot be silenced,” said San Francisco Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone, who delivered the invocation to begin the event. “Yes, we are here to stay because life is good and life is holy.”

Archbishop Viganò read a message from the pope along with the papal blessing, commending all gathered for the walk to the intercession of Mary, mother of the church. The pope’s message, which was also sent out on a Vatican Twitter feed, said, “His Holiness is grateful to all those who take part in this outstanding public witness to the fundamental human right to life and to the moral imperative of upholding the inviolable dignity of each member of our human fam-

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A Walk for Life Mass at St. Mary’s Cathedral celebrated by Archbishop Cordileone was standing room only that morning. “The Gospel of life will only be proclaimed through lives of holiness,” the archbishop said in his homily.

Many groups attended Mass in their home parish before traveling to Civic Center for the 12:30 p.m. rally. A group from St. Anne of the Sunset carried a large new banner on their light rail trip from a San Francisco neighborhood.

Parishioners from Our Lady of Angels in Burlingame stood with their banner.

“It’s our personal stand for life.

There’s this culture of death now, not only in this country but in the world.

The only way to fight this is to pray hard and show we support life,” said Our Lady of Angels parishioner Errol Zshornack.

A group of about 20 teens from Phoenix, Ariz., sported yellow T-shirts that said, “yeah baby.” David Phillips, 14, of Modesto wore a black sweatshirt emblazoned with the slogan “Abortion is mean.” The youths came with a group from St. Joseph Parish “to support the cause of getting rid of abortion,” he said.

“We are Catholics and believe Jesus is the life and he comes to give life,” said Yorleny Vargas who attended with her 12-year-old daughter Mary Alexis, from St. Paul Parish in San Pablo. “He can do everything but we need to work too.”

Evie Fong, who teaches religious education at Star of the Sea Parish in San Francisco, attended with two confirmation students. “I’m here with my students, fighting for life, standing up against abortion,” Fong said.

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LENT BEGINS FEB. 13: Ash Wednesday is Feb. 13, marking the beginning of Lent in the 2013 liturgical calendar. Everyone 14 and older is bound to abstain from meat on Ash Wednesday, each Friday of Lent and Good Friday.

Everyone 18 and older, but under 60, is also bound to fast on Ash Wednesday and Good Friday. The law of fast allows only one full meal a day and two small meals not to equal a full meal. Drinking liquids is permitted. When health or ability to work would be seriously affected, the law does not oblige, but in the spirit of penance the faithful should not lightly excuse themselves from this obligation. Good Friday is March 29. Easter is March 31.

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More than 600 adult “dreamers”– young adults brought into this country when they were children – from the San Francisco Bay Area have applied for the federal Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program through Catholic Charities CYO in the archdiocese.

The program provides the possibility of a temporary fix for young people who would benefit from the DREAM Act – the acronym for Development, Relief and Education for ANA CARRANZA, Alien Minors – 24, OF MENLO PARK a long-stymied immigration reform bill that would give this group of people the chance to legalize their status and potentially work toward citizenship. They call themselves “dreamers”and are among the most active groups preparing for the deferred action program.

Under a directive announced last June 15 by President Obama, qualified young adults may defer deportation and obtain a work permit after a period of two years.

So far 150,000 young adults have qualified for DACA through U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services.

DACA is open to those who came to the United States before their 16th birthdays and are not yet 31, have been in the U.S. at least five years, have clean criminal records, are either in school or have completed at least high school and who meet other criteria.

Approval means the government will not pursue deportation unless the individual breaks the law.

It comes with a work permit and a Social Security card and is issued on a two-year, renewable basis. Proof of many things must be submitted with applications, but the type of documentation that qualifies as proof is open to interpretation. “We are pleased that over 80 percent of our student applicants have been

‘I’m done with my fears of deportation.

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ASH WEDNESDAY MASS: San Francisco State University students can attend Mass on campus Ash Wednesday, Feb. 13.

San Francisco Auxiliary Bishop William J. Justice is scheduled to celebrate the 12:15 p.m. Mass in Jack Adams Hall. For more information, contact campus ministry coordinator Verbum Dei Fraternity Sister Sara Postlethwaite at (415) 573-9062.

HONORING PRO-LIFE PIONEERS: At the Walk for Life West Coast rally in San Francisco Jan. 26, walk co-chair Dolores Meehan paid respect to five Bay Area pro-life advocates who died during the past year: Father Robert Cipriano, Vince Walsh, Dot Connelly, Maureen Bender and David Coit. “Forty years ago, against great odds and with little support, brave men and women sacrificed comfort, resources and freedom, in some cases, to start the pro-life movement. Our debt to them is immense,” she said.

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So-called “dreamers” and their supporters gather for Mass at the Our Lady of Guadalupe Shrine in Des Plaines, Ill., last July 14. During the service they gave thanks for the White House policy that aims to halt the deportation of undocumented young people brought into the U.S. as minors. The term “dreamers” refers to the proposed DREAM Act, the acronym for Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors. approved for deferred action,” says Francisco Gonzalez, immigration legal services manager at Catholic Charities CYO. “The majority of young adults we have helped are from Mexican background,” Gonzalez said. Thirtyfive percent of applicants are college students and 65 percent go to elementary and high schools.

Among the applicants is Ana Carranza, 24, who came from Michoacán, Mexico, at age 10.

“I could not believe it! When I found out that deferred action had been approved it was the happiest day in my life,” she said.

“I’m done with my fears of deportation. I feel welcome and secure,” said Carranza, who is typical of young adults applying for the program.

Carranza lives with her mother in Menlo Park and graduated from UC Santa Cruz with a degree specializing in community studies. Last May she got her master’s degree in public health from San Francisco State University.

Now she is working as a nanny babysitting a pair of twins. However, her life is about to change because she recently got word that she had been approved for deferred action.

“I have been applying to several jobs and interviewing so that I can start working in my field,” she said.

Although she knows that DACA does not result in permanent residency or citizenship, she hopes that one day there will be a path to legalization.

Gonzalez is surprised that the CCCYO undertaking has attracted relatively few applicants. “We don’t know the causes but it may be due to economic limitations,” he said.

CCCYO is offering help to those interested in deferred action at its offices in San Francisco and San Mateo on Wednesdays 9 a.m.-12 noon and 2-4 p.m. Their offices are located at 180 Howard St., San Francisco, and 36 37th Ave., San Mateo.

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St. Brigid sisters travel to founder’s sainthood rite VALERIE SCHMALZ CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO

It’s not every day you get to meet the recipient of a true – verified by the Catholic Church– miracle.

But when a group from St. Brigid School, San Francisco, traveled to Rome for the canonization of St. Carmen Sallés, they met the young woman whose miraculous healing was the second miracle required to declare Carmen a saint.

Born in 1848, St. Carmen founded the Sisters of the Immaculate Conception in St. Brigid third grade teacher Malia Peterson, left, with mirac- 1892 in Burgos, Spain.

She died in 1911 at ulously cured teenager Maria age 63 in Madrid. St. Isabel, right, and her sister.

Carmen, the second of 10 children, dedicated her life to the education of women, particularly focusing on the education of middle-class and poor women.

The sisters have administered and taught at St. Brigid School since 1982, educating young people in the charism of St. Carmen, who emphasized the importance of a close relationship with the Blessed Mother as a way to help youth live holy and productive lives. “That’s part of our charism, to help them to pray to our Blessed Mother,” said St. Brigid principal Sister of the Immaculate Conception Angeles Marin.

St. Carmen was one of seven saints canonized

by Pope Benedict XVI Oct. 21. Sisters and alumni of Sisters of Immaculate Conception schools and their families converged on Rome for the ceremony.

“It was like a huge family reunion,” said Malia Peterson, third grade teacher.

Sister Angeles said “there were no boundaries” – no sense of different countries or cultures among the 2,000 or so who gathered to celebrate St. Carmen.

With St. Carmen’s canonization, the order and its schools are authorized to publicly honor a woman they always believed was a saint, Sister Angeles said. Her feast day is celebrated Dec. 6 and her birthday is April 9.

The St. Brigid stairway walls are lined with St. Carmen’s sayings, inscribed by seventh graders, including “Mary is your mother, talk to her”; “have a grateful, abiding trust in our Mother, Mary Immaculate”; “the face should be the expression of the soul”; “forward, go always forward. God will provide.”

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An international contingent of Sisters of the Immaculate Conception stopped in Segovia, Spain, in October en route to Rome for the canonization of their order’s founder. Back row, third from right, is St. Brigid School, San Francisco, principal Sister Angeles Marin. the Immaculate Conception school Maria Isabel attended in Brazil for prayers. She gave Maria Isabel’s mother a relic of Blessed Carmen to place on the girl and Maria’s family, and teachers and students began a novena for healing. By the fifth day of the novena for the intercession of Blessed Carmen, the little girl showed significant signs of recovery. Examination 11 years later showed she was completely healed.

Sister Angeles also knew the Sister of the Im-

maculate Conception whose healing was the first miracle that led to Carmen’s beatification in 1998.

Sister Angeles said the sister taught at the grammar school she attended in Spain.

The pilgrimage to Rome for the canonization began with a trip to Spain to visit sites that related to St. Carmen’s call to religious life and to found the Sisters of the Immaculate Conception and concluded in Rome for the canonization, Sister Angeles said.

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Sweets line racecourse to Sandy victims TOM BURKE CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO

Enterprising sixth graders at St. Cecilia School used a soapbox derby to raise money for victims of Hurricane Sandy. The boys had a “Pit Stop” bake sale at the race that sent more money to Catholic Charities of Brooklyn – the Eddie Monares, Kailey Chan school had already helped out via a free dress day fundraiser. Selling homemade cookies, brownies, and other delicious treats, the boys raised $275. Members of the crew included Aidan Shea, Jack Kiernan, Kieron Collins, Stephen Tocchini, Eddie Monares and Kailey Chan.

BRRRR NO MORE: St. Bartholomew Parish in San Mateo held a clothing drive in support of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul of San Mateo County. Middle school students helped sort and label the warm and needed items including coats. Families and children at St. Anthony’s in Pescadero will benefit from the effort. Among the workers on the detail were PatriPatricia O’Brien cia O’Brien and Joanne Ferretti.

MORE WARM HEARTS: St. Thomas More School held a “One Warm Coat Drive” that added up to more than 150 items that were distributed to area shelters during the recent cold snap. Also helping the cause was the school’s neighbor Alma Via, a residence for seniors.

Science teacher Shelley White organized the campaign. A Community Day Jan. 7, at Sacred Heart Schools, Atherton sent teams of students, faculty and staff to help at a St. Vincent de Paul Society Thrift Store in Redwood City and SVdP’s Catherine’s Center. “It was a wonderful experience for all involved to learn about and experience SVdP’s mission,” San Mateo County SVdP said.

WINNING ORATOR: Mercy High School, San Francisco sophomore Danielle Hayes is California state champion for the Veterans of Foreign Wars Voice of Democracy speech contest. Danielle placed first among 800 entries across the Golden State. She will represent her school and California in March in Washington, D.C. for the national competition. Pictured, from left, are District 14 VFW coordinators Kay Fuller and John Duarte; Danielle; coach Gail Chastain; and Danielle’s parents Jem and Steve. On another matter, the young women honored by the St. Vincent de Paul Society of San Mateo County are all students of Mercy High School, San Francisco. It was my mistake.

Information submitted by Mercy, San Francisco communications person Teresa Lucchese was right on the mark. in honor of the Wise Men, or Magi, visiting the Baby Jesus. Students brought gifts including diapers, toys, and infant outfits, all of which were donated to the Pacifica Resource Center for moms in need. “It felt good that I could help another person. I hope that someone who needs it gets it for their baby,” said classmate Faith Conry. The students were treated to traditional baby shower games that included a baby memory game, blindfolded diaper changing, and guessing baby food. Classmate Grace Harrington said the “games were really fun to play.” Students were also treated to cupcakes and juice from classroom moms, Ginny Ormando, Jeannie Peil, Maureen Harrington and Maria Eichensehr. The idea for the party belongs to teacher Stephanie Quinlan.

OOPS AND SORRY: It was Angelo Novello in a youth rally item in this column Jan. 18. Misnaming Angelo was also my mistake so that uses up my mulligans for Street into the next decade.

MULTITUDE OF MAGI: Fourth grade students of Good Shepherd School, Pacifica celebrated the feast of the Epiphany by holding a baby shower

ALWAYS THERE TO HELP: Little Children’s Aid continues to be out there for kids and families. The LCA gala in December at Flood Mansion celebrated the long work of the group. Penne Tognetti here with Bishop William Justice was recognized with the LCA Alice Phelan Sullivan Award. Penne is an LCA past president and “a cornerstone of the auxiliary” LCA said. “She has utilized her many talents to support children and families.” Joining the ranks of the more than 40 members with 50 years in LCA were Sheila Kiernan, Jean McGuire, Lida Lalanne, Evelyn Guiral, Mary McSweeney, Ernestine Capagnoli and Sandra Gulli. LCA chaplain, Msgr. John Talesfore praised “the constancy and loyalty” of the more than 400 LCA members.

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Garden affirms identity, faith at Pacifica’s Good Shepherd TOM BURKE CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO

“Go make a difference” is the 2013 motto for Knights of Columbus Marian Council #3773 at Good Shepherd Parish, Pacifica, but from all indications these guys are already making a difference.

That good work is nowhere more evident than in the Living Cross Garden Knights have planted and maintain at Good Shepherd Parish and School.

Knight Rich Bonomi was the man behind the project and Catholic San Francisco spoke with him via email.

The work on the garden which includes hedges spelling out the parish and school name, and two handmade wooden crosses, began two years ago in spring 2011. The garden is now in a third phase that will bring a statue of the Sacred Heart and planted cross-shaped plants and RICH BONOMI flowers to the arrangement.

It all started and continues with hard work, Bonomi said.

“Even though the area was covered with weeds three feet high and a rotting oak tree, there was a vision that I saw there,” Bonomi said. The crosses serve “as a focal point for all of parishioners and for the children of Good Shepherd as a daily reminder of our Catholic faith,” he said.

Maintenance of the garden includes weeding on the weekend usually after Mass and twiceweekly watering.

Cost of the project was borne by the Knights with “generous donations of Catholics from local building supply companies,” Bonomi said.

Special assistance in the effort came from Knight Juan Gonzalez with the hedges, Knight Roberto Martinez who carved the words faith, peace and

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Affection for the garden has spread throughout the Good Shepherd community. Bonomi said parishioners kneel at the cross at all hours of the day praying, parents picking up their children drive by the site making the sign of the cross, and children recite the rosary there while at recess.

“Without the cross people lose sight of their Catholic faith and their union with Jesus,” Bonomi said.

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Harbaugh parents brace for ‘thrill of victory, agony of defeat’ GEORGE P. MATYSEK JR. CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

BALTIMORE – When the Baltimore Ravens defeated the San Francisco 49ers on Thanksgiving night in 2011 – and John Harbaugh beat younger brother, Jim, in the first NFL matchup of coaching brothers – Jack Harbaugh peeked into the Ravens’ locker room after the game.

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The mood in the San Francisco locker room was quiet and somber, he said.

“I found Jim all by himself,” said Jack Harbaugh, a former college football coach. “No one was around him. That’s where we were needed.”

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“It was the agony of defeat and the thrill of victory (a year ago),” Jack told The Catholic Review, newspaper of the Baltimore archdiocese, in a telephone interview. “I’m not looking forward to that next Sunday.”

Jackie Harbaugh, John and Jim’s mother, remembered how John ran to find his brother after the Thanksgiving game – hugging him and giving him words of encouragement.

“It was just the epitome of how everyone in our family feels about each other,” she said. “We always try to raise one another up.”

Jack and Jackie, who raised their family in the Catholic faith and sent their children to Catholic schools, all said they will remain neutral at the Super Bowl.

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Younger sister, Joani Crean, also won’t take sides.

Despite several questions inviting him to compare his sons, Jack refused to go there.

“To make a comparison demeans,” he said. “They both have a love and passion for their families. They have a love and passion for their work. They enjoy being around the team. They enjoy being around their coaches. They really enjoy the fan base. They enjoy connecting with the people that have made this game so great.”

Jack credited his wife for the way his sons turned out in life.

“The rock of our family is Jackie,” he said. “She did all the heavy lifting. In our career, a 43-year coaching career, we moved 17 times and she was the one that sold the house, bought the house, enrolled the kids in school, took the kids out of school. She was the one.”

While some in the media have dubbed this year’s big game the “Harbowl” and the “Super-Baugh,” Jack prefers to think of it as the “Lombardi Game,” while his wife refers to it simply as the “Super Bowl.”

“We are excited that they’ve brought their teams to the pinnacle of sports,” Jackie said. “The Super Bowl is the ultimate accomplishment,” Jackie said. “It’s the ultimate for them and for their teams and for all of the extended football family and all of the teams who have participated in this great game.”

Forty-Niner coach Jim Harbaugh and his family are parishioners of St. Raymond Church, Menlo Park.

“We’ll all be watching and rooting for the 49ers,” parish administrator Father Edward Inyanwachi told Catholic San Francisco.

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Bishops urge court to uphold traditional marriage PATRICIA ZAPOR CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

WASHINGTON – In “amicus� or friend-of-the-court briefs in two Supreme Court cases that weigh the constitutionality of same-sex marriage, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops argues that redefining marriage as other than between one man and one woman is not required under the Constitution.

In separate briefs submitted Jan. 29, the USCCB urged the court to uphold California’s Proposition 8, in which voters said marriage should be limited to the traditional definition of one man and one woman and to uphold the federal Defense of Marriage Act, known as DOMA. The court will hear oral arguments in the two cases – Hollingsworth v.

Perry, and United States v. Windsor – on March 26 and 27, respectively.

In the California case, the USCCB argues that although the Supreme Court “has held that laws forbidding private, consensual, homosexual conduct between adults lack a rational basis, it does not follow that the government has a constitutional duty to encour-

A bishops’ legal brief said the idea that marriage is a union of a man and a woman remains ‘a vital and foundational institution.’

age or endorse such conduct. Thus, governments may legitimately decide to further the interests of opposite-sex unions only.�

The brief argues that because the union between a man and a woman is “the only union capable of creating new life,� therefore “given both the unique capacity for reproduction and unique value of homes with a mother and father, it is reasonable for a state to treat the union of one man and one woman as having a public value that is absent from other intimate interpersonal relationships.�

USCCB General Counsel Anthony Picarello Jr. said in the brief ’s summary that although society has changed some standards, the idea that marriage is a union of a man and a woman is not a historical relic, “but a vital and foundational institution of civil society today. The government interests in continuing to encourage and support it are not merely legitimate, but compelling.�

The summary said that only marriage as traditionally defined “joins together persons with the natural ability to have children, to assure that those children are properly cared for. No other institution ensures that children will at least have the opportunity of being raised by their mother and father together.�

It added that the problems flowing from divorce and broken families “would not be addressed – indeed, they would only be aggravated – were the government to fail to reinforce the union of one man and one woman with the unique encouragement and support it deserves.�

In the USCCB brief in the DOMA case, Picarello argued that the 1996

federal law does not infringe on a fundamental right. “There is no fundamental right to marry a person of the same sex,� the brief’s summary notes. “Such a claim must be rejected because it does not satisfy

the test to which this court adheres in determining whether an asserted right is fundamental. Specifically, civil recognition of same-sex relationships is not deeply rooted in the nation’s history and tradition – quite the opposite is true.�

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WASHINGTON – The U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia Jan. 25 dismissed a lawsuit filed against the federal contraceptive mandate by the Archdiocese of Washington and its co-plaintiffs, saying the case is premature in light of the government’s “promises to amend the mandate.”

“Importantly, this ruling was not based on the merits of our case,” said a statement issued by the archdiocese.

“In fact, the court’s ruling today places the onus squarely on the government,” it said, “to fulfill its binding commitment to address the religious freedom concerns” of the archdiocese, The Catholic University of America, the Consortium of Catholic Academies, Archbishop Carroll High School and Catholic Charities of D.C. U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson issued the ruling, saying that “if after the new regula-

tions are issued, plaintiffs are still not satisfied, any challenges that they choose to bring will be substantially different from the challenges in the current complaint.”

Jackson was referring to the federal government stating that it will publish notice of proposed rulemaking in the first quarter of this year and issue a final rule on the mandate before August. In the meantime, the Obama administration has in place a “safe harbor” period that protects employers from immediate government action against them if they fail to comply with the mandate.

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services mandate requires employers, including most religious employers, to include coverage for contraceptives, sterilization and some abortioninducing drugs free of charge, even if the employer is morally opposed to such services.

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Archbishop Vlazny is 75, which is the age bishops are required by Archbishop to submit their resignation to the Sample pope. Archbishop Sample, 52, whose Mass of installation is scheduled for April 2, has been Marquette’s bishop for eight years.

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VATICAN CITY – The Catholic Church has never encouraged anyone to use ivory for religious devotional objects and, in fact, teaches that animals must be treated with respect, the Vatican spokesman said in a letter to “friends of the elephants.”

Jesuit Father Federico Lombardi, responding to questions posed in an online National Geographic editorial, said, “thinking that there is an important ivory trafficking center to uproot here (in the Vatican) in order to save African elephants makes no sense.”

Within the boundaries of Vatican City, “there is no store that sells items made of ivory to the faithful or to pilgrims,” Father Lombardi wrote in a Jan. 22 letter to National Geographic.

The October 2012 issue of National Geographic magazine featured an article titled “Ivory Worship” about how the use of objects made of ivory in the devotions of many religions – not just Catholicism – are contributing to the slaughter of elephants in Africa.

In an online editorial Jan. 17, National Geographic said that by taking a stand against the use of ivory for religious objects, the Vatican could help slow the slaughter. The article included the personal email addresses of Father Lombardi and his secretary.

Responding to the editorial, Father Lombardi said many people had written to express their concern and not all of them were “particularly kind or profound.”

However, he said, many of the messages conveyed compelling arguments regarding “the duty to combat a serious and unjustifiable phenomenon.”

Father Lombardi, who also serves as general director of Vatican Radio, promised that staff members of

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In addition, he said, he would study ways to publicize the research on the importance of biodiversity done by the Pontifical Academy of Sciences – a highlevel panel of scholars from a variety of religious backgrounds.

Father Lombardi wrote that as a 70-year-old Catholic who has had contact with Catholic leaders from around the world, “I have never heard or even read a word that would encourage the use of ivory for devotional objects.”

“We all know that there are ivory objects of religious significance, mostly ancient, because ivory was considered a beautiful and valuable material,” he wrote. “There has never, however, been encourage-

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As for the slaughter of elephants, the Catholic Church always has taught that while animals do not have the same dignity as human beings, he said, animals also were created by God, they can feel pleasure and pain, and they must be treated with respect and “cannot be arbitrarily killed or made to suffer.”

Father Lombardi said that as far as he could remember and as far as he could ascertain by speaking with others, no recent pope had ever given an ivory object as a gift.

In November, however, in separate audiences, two visiting African presidents gave Pope Benedict ivory gifts: The president of Ivory Coast gave the pope a chess board, and the president of Benin gave the pope a wooden cross with an ivory corpus. Both presidents assured the pope that the ivory was obtained legally.

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Jesuit: Postconciliar confusion normal, even 50 years later will recognize how deeply it impacted the church.

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ROME – A 91-year-old Jesuit who served as an expert at the Second Vatican Council said, “I’m just beginning to understand the depth and breadth of the council” and its teachings.

Jesuit Father Ladislas Orsy, a visiting professor at the Georgetown University Law Center in Washington, told an audience in Rome Jan. 24 that while every ecumenical council in church history led to debate – and sometimes even schism – it always has taken more than 50 years for a council’s teachings and reforms to take root in the Christian community.

“Granted we may see a great deal of confusion today; granted we may even see a denial of the council or we may even hear a way of explaining away the council,” Father Orsy said during a speech that was part of the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity celebrations at Rome’s Centro Pro Unione.

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Holy Spirit is active in its ecumenical councils, he said.

Father Orsy asked his audience, “Are you surprised that there is a bit of disarray today in the Roman Catholic Church when this happened in the case of Nicaea, dealing with the very foundation of our faith?” The Council of Nicaea in 325 affirmed the divinity of Christ.

Nicaea’s deliberations led to debate and division, he said, but over the centuries “this wave of energy” of the Holy

Spirit “quietly took possession of the church and the confusion sorted itself out.” Today, he said, mainline Christians, while divided on a variety of issues, profess the basic tenets of their faith using the Nicaean creed.

“Just looking at what happened after Nicaea,” he said, “it is not farfetched” to think that the work the Holy Spirit began at the Second Vatican Council continues in the church and “maybe, shall we say, 100 years from now,” people

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The Jesuit said he hoped to live a “few more years” so he could try to understand more about where the Holy Spirit is leading the church through the teachings of Vatican II and the continuing process of that teaching taking root in the lives of Catholics.

In his talk, Father Orsy looked particularly at “Dignitatis Humanae,” Vatican II’s declaration on human dignity and religious freedom.

The Jesuit canon lawyer said the document, approved on the last day of the council, takes the visions of the church, the world and the human person expressed in the other Vatican II documents and applies them to “reallife situations.”

It reaffirmed traditional church teaching that all human beings have an obligation to seek the truth and to strive for the perfection to which God calls all people, but it insisted the truth could be imposed on no one.

The document insists on “respect for the truth, but asserts that charity has its own priority, sometimes even above truth,” urging the church to model itself more closely after Christ, “who never imposed with any kind of violence the truth that he proclaimed.”

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ROME – In his first month on Twitter, Pope Benedict XVI sent two dozen mini-messages in nine languages, generating more than 270,000 comments and responses from other Twitter users, according to a study conducted by an Italian Jesuit magazine and an Italian new-media consulting firm.

While some of the comments were harsh and even obscene, negative comments accounted for about 8 percent of the total, according to the magazine Popoli and the media firm Oogo. They published the results of their “sentiment analysis” of tweeted reactions to Pope Benedict Jan. 28.

According to the study, more than 200,000 – about 82 percent – of the responses were simply retweets or “neutral” comments on what the pope tweeted, in 140 or fewer characters, Dec. 12-Jan. 15 through his @Pontifex accounts. Nearly 10 percent of the tweeted reactions were positive, the study found.

POPE: LACK OF FAITH CAN HURT MARRIAGE

VATICAN CITY – A lack of faith in God can damage marriage, even to the point of affecting its validity, Pope Benedict XVI said.

“Faith in God, sustained by divine grace, is therefore a very important element for living in mutual dedication and conjugal fidelity,” the pope said Jan. 26 during a meeting with members of the Roman Rota, a Vatican-based tribunal that deals mainly with marriage cases.

The pope said he was not pointing to an automatic link “between the lack of faith and the invalidity of marriage” but rather drawing attention “to how such a lack may, although not necessarily, also hurt the goods of marriage,” given that referring to God’s plan “is inherent in the covenant of marriage.” ©CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

Pope shifts formation role as teaching faces ‘religious illiteracy’ CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

VATICAN CITY – In an administrative move reaffirming his efforts to promote a Catholic revival in the West and greater adherence to traditional church teaching, Pope Benedict XVI has reassigned responsibility among Vatican offices for the religious education of laypeople and future priests.

According to two papal decrees released by the Vatican Jan. 25, responsibility for seminaries has shifted from the Congregation for Catholic Education to the Congregation for Clergy, and responsibility for catechesis has moved from the latter office to the Pontifical Council for Promoting New Evangelization.

Under the new regime, Pope Benedict wrote, the Congregation for Clergy is now in charge of the “promotion and governance of all that pertains to the formation, life and ministry of priests and deacons.”

Emphasizing the need to link the preparation of seminarians with their lifelong education after ordination, the pope quoted a warning from Blessed John Paul II that any “discontinuity or even difference between these two formative phases would lead immediately to grave consequences for pastoral activity and the fraternal communion among priests, particularly those of different ages.”

Cardinal Mauro Piacenza, prefect of the Congregation for Clergy, told the Vatican newspaper, L’Osservatore Romano, that his office is well-suited to supervising seminaries around the world, since its comprehensive responsibility for the “ministry and life of priests, the knowledge derived from that and the

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study of emerging problems regarding priests in the world” will serve as an “indispensable compass” for planning the preparation of future clergy.

The cardinal suggested a need for increased rigor in seminary admissions, calling for reinforcement of an “authentic profile of priestly identity” and rejecting what he said was a widespread misunderstanding that a vocation to the priesthood is a subjective choice, rather than a “person’s response to Pope Benedict XVI an objective call from God, mediated by the church.”

The Congregation for Catholic Education, having ceded responsibility for seminaries, will continue to supervise Catholic schools and universities around the world.

However, authority over religious instruction of lay Catholics, including catechisms published by national bishops’ conferences and textbooks for religious education used in Catholic schools, now lies with the Pontifical Council for Promoting New Evangelization.

In his decree, Pope Benedict stressed the importance of catechesis for the new evangelization, a project aimed at reviving the faith in traditionally Catholic but increasingly secular societies.

Archbishop Rino Fisichella, the council’s president, wrote in the Vatican newspaper that the challenges for catechesis today include the pervasiveness of “scientific and technological culture” and widespread “religious illiteracy.”

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Cathy has a bachelor’s degree in sociology from the University of California, Berkeley. Cathy, a native of San Francisco, is also a proud graduate of St. Rose Academy.

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‘The pro-abortion camp needs to realize they’re killing people’ DANA PERRIGAN

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Jerry and Jessica Renshaw arrived at the Civic Center Plaza in San Francisco Jan. 26 nearly an hour-and-a-half before the Silent No More Awareness Campaign rally was scheduled to set the ninth annual Walk for Life West Coast in motion.

“We drove up from our home in Long Beach just for this,” said Jessica, cradling the two books she has written in her arms: “Gianna: Aborted and Lived to Tell About It,” and “Compelling Interest: The History of Abortion in America.”

“We’re here for moral support,” she said. “However many there may be here, there are two more.”

The couple – who jokingly call themselves newlyweds after nine years of marriage – have attended similar rallies in Washington, D.C., and Sacramento.

They do it, they say, because they have “a burning compassion for women, for women with unwanted pregnancies and their babies.”

Dad: ‘There’s not gonna be an abortion’

For Jerry, there is a personal connection as well. Years ago, his then-17-yearold daughter Sharon was taken to the emergency room because she had been experiencing pain in her abdomen. Seeing his daughter being wheeled down the hall in a gurney, he asked what was going on. He was told his daughter had an ectopic pregnancy – an egg had been fertilized outside the womb in one of her fallopian tubes – and was scheduled for an immediate abortion.

“I said, ‘No,’ he recalled. ‘If it turns out later that she needs it to save her life we’ll talk about it, but right now, no, there’s not gonna’ be an abortion.’”

And there wasn’t. His daughter and the baby girl she gave birth to turned out fine.

Wearing a San Francisco Giants cap and sunglasses, John Paine arrived early as well. He drove up from Visalia and spent the night in his hometown of Tracy before coming to San Francisco.

“I kind of see this not so much as an anti-abortion rally, but just a whole sacredness of life issue – from conception to death,” said Paine. “The pro-abortion camp really needs to realize that they’re killing people.”

Every day, said Paine, people are being sold for sex. They’re exploited for cheap labor. He can imagine a time in the perhaps not-too-distant future when old or seriously ill people will be euthanized because those in authority will say it’s too expensive to keep them alive.

“I didn’t start out with this attitude,” said Paine. “But even when I didn’t believe in God, that stuck with me.”

A tall man with dark hair, who identified himself only as Kevin, strode through the crowd yelling, “What about choice?”

“I’m the agitator,” said Kevin. “A few people have yelled back, ‘What about the baby?’”

WALK FOR LIFE OPPOSES GRAPHIC VIDEOS

(PHOTOS BY DENNIS CALLAHAN/CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO)

The walk attracted many young adults and young families.

Organizers of the Walk for Life West Coast tried unsuccessfully to dissuade a group that obtained a city permit to show a graphic video of aborted babies along the walk route Jan. 26. Walk cochair Dolores Meehan warned parents about the video at the rally and the walk placed a notice on its website, walkforlifewc.com, stating its longstanding policy against graphic videos. Meehan said

Parishioner: ‘The reason I’m here is love’

Mick Smith and his 17-year-old daughter, Deanna, drove to the rally from their home in Marin County, where they are parishioners at St. Patrick Church.

“The reason I’m here is love,” Smith said. “Love for the families that (because of abortion) never will be, love for the children who will never be born, and love for the lives that will never be known to mankind.”

“It’s important to be here to support the children who have never been born,” said Deanna, a student at Marin Catholic High School.

A second-year seminarian at St. Patrick’s Seminary & University in Menlo Park, Tom Orlando came to participate in the walk with about 60 fellow seminarians.

“We’re here to support the calling of life, and standing up for all the unborn who don’t have a say,” said Orlando.

“We’re trying to change the culture a year at a time.”

Setting up his booth beneath a white canopy, Sol Rudnick – a professional fiddler known as “Uncle Sol” – filled a rack with rolled up pamphlets advertising his Prolife Fiddlin’ Ministry.

A small man wearing what appeared to be a faded blue Greek fisherman’s cap with an American flag pin, Rudnick converted to Christianity from Judaism years ago. He can often be found playing Celtic music on his violin in front of the Cold Stone Creamery in his hometown of San Luis Obispo.

“He’s saved some babies – there’s no question about that,” said Dr. Bill Carnazzo, a retired physician and an old friend of Rudnick’s. “Recently a woman who was thinking about having an abortion (and talked to Rudnick) ended up having her baby on Christmas Day.” Carnazzo, who calls himself Rudnick’s chauffeur, said he drives his old friend to pro-life events.

“The main reason I’m doing this,” said Rudnick, “is the calling to help end abortions. I feel like I have a calling to do this.”

Twenty minutes later, about a mileand-a-half away at Justin Herman Plaza, Tina Landis – who believes she has a different calling – handed out flyers at a pro-choice rally.

About 100 to 150 people gathered in front of a makeshift stage to listen to a variety of speakers – including San Francisco supervisors Eric Mar and Malia Cohen – promoting women’s right to have an abortion.

“Right now, there’s a backlash to all the rights women have fought for,” said Landis, a resident of San Francisco.

“The right wing is on a campaign to take away those rights. Obama is not doing anything to stop them.”

A native of San Francisco, Debbie Frank came to the rally “because I have a strong feeling about this issue. I’m a nurse practitioner. I’ve worked for women’s health, so I’m in the trenches. I see a lot of young people who have very little information. They need to be educated so they can make their own choices.”

the organizers were “deeply grieved” by the video’s showing because of its negative impact on children, young teens, and on those recovering from abortions. “Fortunately, by most accounts, because the violence of their message was so much more in tune with the proabortion demonstrators’ style, many of our participants assumed the (display) was a part of the pro-abortion counter protest and ignored them,” she said.

(PHOTOS BY DENNIS CALLAHAN/CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO)

Marchers in the Walk for Life West Coast filled Market Street for more than a mile in the largest turnout in the nine-year history of the event.

Actor and model Jennifer O’Neill spoke before the walk at a rally for the Silent no More Awareness Campaign. Right, Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone and papal nuncio to the U.S. Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò listened to speakers at the walk rally.

The walk’s 50,000-plus participants came from as far away as Phoenix, Ariz., and as near as the archdiocese, where parish contingents included a young group from St. Luke, Foster City.

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Social networks: Portals of truth and faith Pope Benedixt XVI delivered this message from the Vatican Jan. 24, on the Feast of St. Francis de Sales, patron saint of writers and journalists, for the 47th World Communications Day, continuing a theme of offering encouragement for Catholics to engage in new media. It was written to highlight the Catholic Church’s 2013 World Communications Day, which will be celebrated May 12 in the U.S. Dear Brothers and Sisters, As the 2013 World Communications Day draws near, I would like to offer you some reflections on an increasingly important reality regarding the way in which people today communicate among themselves.

I wish to consider the development of digital social networks which are helping to create a new “agora,” an open public square in which people share ideas, information and opinions, and in which new relationships and forms of community can come into being.

These spaces, when engaged in a wise and balanced way, help to foster forms of dialogue and debate which, if conducted respectfully and with concern for privacy, responsibility and truthfulness, can reinforce the bonds of unity between individuals and effectively promote the harmony of the human family. The exchange of information can become true communication, links ripen into friendships, and connections facilitate communion. If the networks are called to realize this great potential, the people involved in them must make an effort to be authentic since, in these spaces, it is not only ideas and information that are shared, but ultimately our very selves.

Aspirations rooted in the heart

The development of social networks calls for commitment: People are engaged in building relationships and making friends, in looking for answers to their questions and being entertained, but also in finding intellectual stimulation and sharing knowledge and know-how. The networks are increasingly becoming part of the very fabric of society, inasmuch as they bring people together on the basis of these fundamental needs. Social networks are thus nourished by aspirations rooted in the human heart.

The culture of social networks and the changes in the means and styles of communication pose demanding challenges to those who want to speak about truth and values. Often, as is also the case with other means of social communication, the significance and effectiveness of the various forms of expression appear to be determined more by their popularity than by their intrinsic importance and value. Popularity, for its part, is often linked to celebrity or to strategies of persuasion rather than to the logic of argumentation. At times the gentle voice of reason can be overwhelmed by the din of excessive information and it fails to attract attention, which is given instead to those who express themselves in a more persuasive manner.

The social media thus need the commitment of all who are conscious of the value of dialogue, reasoned debate and logical argumentation; of people who strive to cultivate forms of discourse and expression which appeal to the noblest aspirations of those engaged in the communication process. Dialogue and

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Catholic San Francisco welcomes reader comments on Pope Benedict XVI’s pastoral message on social networks and on the affirmation by South Africa’s Southern Cross Catholic weekly, following a disastrous experience with website comments, that love for the faith should be pre-eminent in Catholic discourse. The article on Page 10 of this issue on Catholics’ confusion about the meaning of Vatican II also may be of interest. We will publish your letters in future issues.

The social media need the commitment of all who are conscious of the value of dialogue, reasoned debate and logical argumentation. debate can also flourish and grow when we converse with and take seriously people whose ideas are different from our own. “Given the reality of cultural diversity, people need not only to accept the existence of the culture of others, but also to aspire to be enriched by it and to offer to it whatever they possess that is good, true and beautiful” (“Address at the Meeting with the World of Culture,” Belem, Lisbon, May 12, 2010).

The challenge facing social networks is how to be truly inclusive: Thus they will benefit from the full participation of believers who desire to share the message of Jesus and the values of human dignity which his teaching promotes. Believers are increasingly aware that, unless the good news is made known also in the digital world, it may be absent in the experience of many people for whom this existential space is important. The digital environment is not a parallel or purely virtual world, but is part of the daily experience of many people, especially the young. Social networks are the result of human interaction, but for their part they also reshape the dynamics of communication which builds relationships: A considered understanding of this environment is therefore the prerequisite for a significant presence there.

Infinite richness of the Gospel

The ability to employ the new languages is required, not just to keep up with the times, but precisely in order to enable the infinite richness of the Gospel to find forms of expression capable of reaching the minds and hearts of all. In the digital envi-

ronment the written word is often accompanied by images and sounds. Effective communication, as in the parables of Jesus, must involve the imagination and the affectivity of those we wish to invite to an encounter with the mystery of God’s love. Besides, we know that Christian tradition has always been rich in signs and symbols: I think for example of the cross, icons, images of the Virgin Mary, Christmas cribs, stained-glass windows and pictures in our churches. A significant part of mankind’s artistic heritage has been created by artists and musicians who sought to express the truths of the faith.

In social networks, believers show their authenticity by sharing the profound source of their hope and joy: faith in the merciful and loving God revealed in Christ Jesus. This sharing consists not only in the explicit expression of their faith, but also in their witness, in the way in which they communicate “choices, preferences and judgments that are fully consistent with the Gospel, even when it is not spoken of specifically” (“Message for the 2011 World Communications Day”). A particularly significant way of offering such witness will be through a willingness to give oneself to others by patiently and respectfully engaging their questions and their doubts as they advance in their search for the truth and the meaning of human existence. The growing dialogue in social networks about faith and belief confirms the importance and relevance of religion in public debate and in the life of society.

For those who have accepted the gift of faith with an open heart, the most radical response to mankind’s questions about love, truth and the meaning of life – questions certainly not absent from social networks – are found in the person of Jesus Christ. It is natural for those who have faith to desire to share it, respectfully and tactfully, with those they meet in the digital forum. Ultimately, however, if our efforts to share the Gospel bring forth good fruit, it is always because of the power of the word of God itself to touch hearts, prior to any of our own efforts. Trust in the power of God’s work must always be greater than any confidence we place in human means. In the digital environment, too, where it is easy for heated and divisive voices to be raised and where sensationalism can at times prevail, we are called to attentive discernment. Let us recall in this regard that Elijah SEE SOCIAL NETWORKS, PAGE 15

‘It is a sin to use one’s faith as a weapon’ The Southern Cross, South Africa’s Catholic weekly, recently decided to suspend comments on its website, citing problems with “hectoring polemic, calumny and distortion.” The paper explained the decision in an unsigned editorial Jan. 23, which was redistributed by Catholic News Service. Here is an excerpt.

The comments section was intended to serve as a forum in which readers could exchange ideas on topics within the church. Perhaps invariably, these discussions frequently became marked by intolerable levels of hectoring polemic; sometimes accompanied by calumny and distortion. This stood in direct breach of the “eleventh commandment” given to us by Our Lord. (A reference to Christ’s words in John 13:34: “I give you a new commandment: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you also should love one another.”

It is deplorable that the quality of discourse in the Catholic Church, at least in its Anglophone regions, has become increasingly nasty. Debates within the church tend to resemble more the scorched earth partisanship of U.S. politics than discussions between fellow disciples of Our Lord.

Often those with whom we disagree are regarded as enemies whose arguments must be mercilessly vanquished – all this predicated on a burning love for Jesus and his church!

But belligerence was not Christ’s way. Jesus did not bully those who did not believe him; he persuaded and healed, and had compassion even for those who crucified him.

Some Catholics, it seems, are prone to ascribe the least charitable interpretation to the positions taken by those with whom they disagree, ascribing to them agendas that may not exist.

Let us be clear, however, about this: Those who oppose the sacerdotal ordination of women are not, specifically, exercising gender discrimination.

Those who advocate more traditional elements in the liturgy do not, specifically, seek to reverse the reforms of the Second Vatican Council. Those who are tolerant of the legalization of same-sex unions do not, specifically, propagate a reform of the church’s teachings on sexuality.

It is an act of injustice to heedlessly ascribe hostile agendas to others, be it by the (often self-appointed)

guardians of orthodoxy or by the advocates of reform.

In discourse on the faith with fellow Catholics, our default position always must be that we all act in love for the church. We are served well to ascribe the most generous interpretation to other Catholics’ motives.

The teachings of the church require perpetual reflection and contemplation, in charity and under the guidance of the Holy Spirit in whom we must invest our full trust. There is no disloyalty in examining the doctrines and disciplines of the church and how they are exercised, provided one persists in submitting to these teachings to the best of one’s capacity and informed conscience.

In debate, we should be guided by the words often (though inaccurately) attributed to St. Augustine: “In essentials, unity; in doubtful matters, liberty; in all things, charity.”

It is a sin to use one’s faith as a weapon with which to hurt others. It is a sin to show hatred in the name of Christ. And it is a sin when love for the law or one’s own opinions of it prevail over Christ’s command to be gentle and compassionate.

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‘Only holiness can give answer to the violence of our times’ Here is Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone’s homily at the Mass for the Walk for Life West Coast Jan. 26 at St. Mary’s Cathedral.

Introduction

Thank you, all of you, for being here. I especially want to thank my brother bishops and brother priests here today concelebrating this Mass, as well as those of you who made the sacrifice to come here from great distances. Most especially I wish to thank, and welcome, our Apostolic Nuncio, Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò, who has traveled all the way from the other side of the country to be with us today. Your Excellency, your presence among us represents the pastoral care our Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI, has for all of the local churches, and is a great source of moral support and encouragement to those of us who labor for the truth of human dignity in an often hostile world. Thank you.

The contrasts of this moment

The significance of this moment is marked in another way as well, but this time in a sad, indeed tragic, way: the 40th anniversary of the disastrous Roe vs. Wade decision. The very fact of the very many cultural and political elite who – dare I use the word?

– celebrate this earth-shattering decision, and the accolades they receive in the popular culture, is indicative of this “often hostile world.” It also points to the sharp contrasts that seem to be evermore marking our nation: There are those who actually celebrate this ruling, while others – such as ourselves – mourn it.

The pollsters tell us that attitudes of Americans are shifting toward a more pro-life direction. Still, it is not glamorous to be pro-life. No one in the popular culture will be hailing us for our witness today (if they pay attention to us at all). No major cities will be organizing to protest the violence that has been perpetrated against human life in these last 40 years since the legalization of procured abortion all throughout the United States. We will receive no public kudos for questioning how 50 million lives lost to abortion and tens of millions more lives have been emotionally, psychologically and spiritually scarred – men as well as women – can represent a great step forward for the equal dignity of women. No one will pat us on the back for challenging the infallible secular doctrine that a woman’s fertility is to be treated as a disease rather than the great gift from God that it is, one that makes her truly unique, even sacred: the bearer of life.

POPE COMMENDS WALK PARTICIPANTS

Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone transmitted this message on behalf of the pope Jan. 19. It was delivered to Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone by papal nuncio to the U.S. Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò.

His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI sends warm greetings and the assurance of his closeness in prayer to all taking part in the annual Walk for Life West Coast, which this year marks the 40th anniversary of the legalization of procured abortion in the United States.

His Holiness is grateful to all those who take part in this outstanding public witness to the fundamental human right to life and to the moral imperative of upholding the inviolable dignity of each member of our human family especially the smallest and most defenseless of our brothers and sisters. He encourArchbishop Carlo ages them in their efforts to ensure adequate legal Maria Viganò protection for the life of the unborn, confident that their perseverance will contribute to the awakening of consciences and the building of a more just, compassionate and humane society.

With these sentiments, the Holy Father commends all those gathered for the Walk for Life to the loving intercession of Mary, mother of the church, and cordially imparts his apostolic blessing as a pledge of wisdom, strength and peace in the Lord.

Mission of the church

Yes, it may seem like we are up against cosmic forces in this epic fight for the sanctity of human life, but we can take heart, for we are in good company: the company of our first ancestors in the Christian faith. The readings for our Mass today make clear how the first Christians set about realizing the evangelizing mission of the church, spreading the light of Gospel truth in a very dark world. The two readings together indicate a sort of twofold movement of what the Christian faithful are to do in order to fulfill the great commission the Lord has given us of making disciples of all the nations.

On the one hand, we have the instructions our Lord gave to the 72 disciples whom he sent ahead of him to proclaim the kingdom of God. Clearly, the key principle is agility: The disciple must be ready to move onto where the message meets with success, to continue planting the seeds of the kingdom. This agility is reflected in St. Paul’s missionary activity, and the many journeys he made to establish the church in different cities and then move on. In our first reading we hear about how he did that in Crete. Yet here, on the other hand, we see a certain defined, stable structure developing in the church right within the very first generation of Christians. This is so that the church may have the visible structure she needs to do the work the Lord has given her to do.

There is a great lesson for us here in this twofold movement. We first of all

need spiritual agility, that is, we need to continue to grow spiritually, for there is no standing still in the spiritual life: One is either moving forward or falling back. Through prayer, penance, sacrifice and service we attain the spiritual agility necessary to respond to the challenges of our time, and to find the fertile ground in the hearts of our fellow citizens and there plant the seeds of God’s kingdom. That is to say, in the end, the Gospel of life will be effectively proclaimed only through lives of holiness. Only holiness can give an answer to the violence we are witnessing in our time. But such holiness can only be attained, and must be lived, in the communion of the church. This, indeed, is the meaning of our Lord sending out the disciples in pairs: No one is a church unto him/herself. St. Paul describes this proper spiritual disposition in his letter to Titus as the “recognition of religious truth.” The term “religious truth” means, literally, “truth according to piety.” Now, “piety” nowadays may have a bit of a negative connotation, as if meant nothing more than a superficial religiosity. In reality, piety means true devotion, being conscientious of fulfilling one’s duties toward God. As one Scripture scholar put it, piety is “right behavior toward God and human society,” an essential demand of God’s law.

We are here because we desire to fulfill this essential demand, to behave rightly toward God and human society. We desire this because we desire true piety, lives of holiness; we want to please God. And, we know that a life so rightly ordered – both

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recognized the voice of God not in the great and strong wind, not in the earthquake or the fire, but in “a still, small voice” (1 Kings 19:11-12). We need to trust in the fact that the basic human desire to love and to be loved, and to find meaning and truth – a desire which God himself has placed in the heart of every man and woman – keeps our contemporaries ever open to what Blessed Cardinal Newman called the “kindly light” of faith.

Social networks and human development Social networks, as well as being a

means of evangelization, can also be a factor in human development. As an example, in some geographical and cultural contexts where Christians feel isolated, social networks can reinforce their sense of real unity with the worldwide community of believers.

The networks facilitate the sharing of spiritual and liturgical resources, helping people to pray with a greater sense of closeness to those who share the same faith. An authentic and interactive engagement with the questions and the doubts of those who are distant from the faith should make us feel the need to nourish, by prayer and reflection, our faith in the presence

of God as well as our practical charity: “If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal” (1 Corinthians 13:1).

In the digital world there are social networks which offer our contemporaries opportunities for prayer, meditation and sharing the word of God. But these networks can also open the door to other dimensions of faith.

Many people are actually discovering, precisely thanks to a contact initially made online, the importance of direct encounters, experiences of community and even pilgrimage, elements which are always important in the

of the individual and of society as a whole – issues in peace.

Peace

This is the mission of the church: the mission of Christ, of the risen Christ. Notice that the words our Lord instructs the disciples to use in greeting those who receive them are the same words he used to greet his disciples after he rose from the dead: “Peace to this household”; “Peace be with you.” The church greets the world with peace. Her message of the sanctity of life, the sanctity of marriage and the family which God made to receive and nurture new life, the sanctity of the life of faith and of the sanctuary of conscience: This all is a message of peace, and the key to peace.

Our Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI made this very point in his message for the World Day of Peace this year.

He says: “The path … to peace is above all that of respect for human life in all its many aspects, beginning with its conception, through its development and up to its natural end. True peacemakers, then, are those who love, defend and promote human life in all its dimensions, personal, communitarian and transcendent. Life in its fullness is the height of peace.

Anyone who loves peace cannot tolerate attacks and crimes against life.”

“Anyone who loves peace cannot tolerate attacks and crimes against life.” We cannot claim to be a peaceloving nation all the while attacking innocent human life and abandoning those who need support to respect that life. There is a word for that in the English language: hypocrisy.

Conclusion

Fortunately – and not surprisingly – Pope Benedict also gives us advice on what to do to reverse this trend. Here are his words of wisdom: “To become authentic peacemakers, it is fundamental to keep in mind our transcendent dimension and to enter into constant dialogue with God, the Father of mercy, whereby we implore the redemption achieved for us by his only begotten Son. In this way mankind can overcome that progressive dimming and rejection of peace which is sin in all its forms: selfishness and violence, greed and the will to power and dominion, intolerance, hatred and unjust structures.”

This, essentially, is living the truth according to piety, behaving rightly toward God and human society. May God grant us the grace to do so, so that in these next 40 years the violence may stop and his peace may flourish in our land.

journey of faith. In our effort to make the Gospel present in the digital world, we can invite people to come together for prayer or liturgical celebrations in specific places such as churches and chapels. There should be no lack of coherence or unity in the expression of our faith and witness to the Gospel in whatever reality we are called to live, whether physical or digital. When we are present to others, in any way at all, we are called to make known the love of God to the furthest ends of the earth.

I pray that God’s Spirit will accompany you and enlighten you always, and I cordially impart my blessing to all of you, that you may be true heralds and witnesses of the Gospel. “Go into all the world and preach the Gospel to the whole creation” (Mark 16:15).

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SUNDAY READINGS

Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time And he said, ‘Amen, I say to you, no prophet is accepted in his own native place.’

LUKE 4:21-30 JEREMIAH 1:4-5, 17-19 The word of the Lord came to me, saying: Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I dedicated you, a prophet to the nations I appointed you. But do you gird your loins; stand up and tell them all that I command you. Be not crushed on their account, as though I would leave you crushed before them; for it is I this day who have made you a fortified city, a pillar of iron, a wall of brass, against the whole land: against Judah’s kings and princes, against its priests and people.

They will fight against you but not prevail over you, for I am with you to deliver you, says the Lord.

PSALM 71:1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 15-17 I will sing of your salvation.

In you, O Lord, I take refuge; let me never be put to shame. In your justice rescue me, and deliver me; incline your ear to me, and save me.

I will sing of your salvation.

Be my rock of refuge, a stronghold to give me safety, for you are my rock and my fortress. O my God, rescue me from the hand of the wicked.

I will sing of your salvation.

For you are my hope, O Lord; my trust, O God, from my youth. On you I depend from birth; from my mother’s womb you are my strength.

I will sing of your salvation.

My mouth shall declare your justice, day by day your

salvation. O God, you have taught me from my youth, and till the present I proclaim your wondrous deeds.

I will sing of your salvation.

1 CORINTHIANS 12:31 Brothers and sisters: Strive eagerly for the greatest spiritual gifts. But I shall show you a still more excellent way. If I speak in human and angelic tongues, but do not have love, I am a resounding gong or a clashing cymbal. And if I have the gift of prophecy, and comprehend all mysteries and all knowledge; if I have all faith so as to move mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing. If I give away everything I own, and if I hand my body over so that I may boast, but do not have love, I gain nothing. Love is patient, love is kind. It is not jealous, it is not pompous, It is not inflated, it is not rude, it does not seek its own interests, it is not quick-tempered, it does not brood over injury, it does not rejoice over wrongdoing but rejoices with the truth. It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.

Love never fails. If there are prophecies, they will be brought to nothing; if tongues, they will cease; if knowledge, it will be brought to nothing. For we know partially and we prophesy partially; but when the perfect comes, the partial will pass away. When I was a child, I used to talk as a child, think as a child, reason as a child; when I became a man, I put aside childish things. At present we see indistinctly, as in

a mirror, but then face to face. At present I know partially; then I shall know fully, as I am fully known. So faith, hope, love remain, these three; but the greatest of these is love.

LUKE 4:21-30 Jesus began speaking in the synagogue, saying: “Today this Scripture passage is fulfilled in your hearing.” And all spoke highly of him and were amazed at the gracious words that came from his mouth.

They also asked, “Isn’t this the son of Joseph?” He said to them, “Surely you will quote me this proverb, ‘Physician, cure yourself,’ and say, ‘Do here in your native place the things that we heard were done in Capernaum.’” And he said, “Amen, I say to you, no prophet is accepted in his own native place. Indeed, I tell you there were many widows in Israel in the days of Elijah when the sky was closed for three and a half years and a severe famine spread over the entire land.

It was to none of these that Elijah was sent, but only to a widow in Zarephath in the land of Sidon. Again, there were many lepers in Israel during the time of Elisha the prophet; yet not one of them was cleansed, but only Naaman the Syrian.” When the people in the synagogue heard this, they were all filled with fury.

They rose up, drove him out of the town, and led him to the brow of the hill on which their town had been built, to hurl him down headlong. But Jesus passed through the midst of them and went away.

God’s mysterious love is a practical gift we all need

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n Zen Buddhist tradition, a koan is a paradoxical question posed to a disciple. One has to find the answer not through logical thinking or egoistic will, but through intuitive and insightful illumination. For example: What would be the sound of one hand clapping? Or what did your face look like before you were conceived in your mother’s womb?

In prophet Jeremiah, God offers a koan-like image for us to ponder. It will take more than rational analysis to capture its significance: “Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I dedicated you, a prophet to the nations I appointed you.” We might explore in quiet meditation, FATHER CHARLES through insight and imagiPUTHOTA nation, what and where we were before God fashioned us in our mothers. Long before we came to be, God knew us, anointed and dedicated us, called us and sent us as prophets to the nations. Reason? Love.

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POPE BENEDICT XVI POPE MARKS HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE DAY

VATICAN CITY – The pope Jan. 27 said the annual Holocaust Remembrance Day calls humanity to work to overcome all forms of hatred and racism and to respect the dignity of each human person.

“The memory of this immense tragedy, which so harshly struck the Jewish people most of all, must represent for everyone a constant warning so that the horrors of the past are not repeated, all forms of hatred and racism are overcome and respect for the dignity of the human person is promoted,” the pope said, praying the Angelus with visitors gathered in St. Peter’s Square.

God’s love preceded our birth and will last after our death. From God we come and to him we return. We have always existed in God’s mind and heart. Loving us always, he willed us into existence. His protective love is so strong that we can face any tribulation: “They will fight against you but not prevail over you, for I am with you to deliver you.”

God’s love made manifest supremely in Jesus Christ was rejected by the people of Nazareth. They had fixed notions of God’s ways. They believed in an exclusive God, a God who would save them automatically, without ever challenging them to live up to their calling. They reciprocated Jesus’ love with violence, but Jesus goes his way, because his time has not come to embrace agony and death. Even his sufferings would become an expression of his love.

In fact, it is to combat violence and evil through the power of love that Jesus came into the world.

The mystery of God-with-us celebrated at Christmas calls us to God’s continuous and creative love as we journey through life. Nowhere is God’s love present more than in our love for one another.

When we love, we share in God’s awesome love. It is then we truly become God-like.

It is this love that Paul celebrates in 1 Corinthians 13, a popular hymn to love, a favorite reading at wed-

dings. God’s mysterious love is not an unattainable, pie in the sky power, but a practical gift necessary for everyone in all walks of life. Paul defines love in practical ways: “Love is patient, love is kind. It is not jealous, it is not pompous, it is not inflated, it is not rude ….” Love is love only when we practice these manifestations of love. It’s like happiness. It happens when we do various practical things. When respect is shown, affirmation given, encouragement offered, compassion demonstrated, forgiveness shared, kindness showered – then there is love. When we say, therefore, to one another, I love you, we are actually saying: I respect you; I am patient with you; I forgive you; I honor you; I delight in you; I care for you.

Paul offers love as a solution to dissensions and immorality rampant among the Corinthians at that time. Love is essential not only for lovers locked in romance, but also for families and communities, organizations and institutions, churches and nations, seeking unity, peace – and fullness of life.

The spirit of Christ is the fire of love that can burn away evil, selfishness, and greed, leading us to God’s universal blessings. Here’s a koan: If all of us yielded to love, what would the world become?

FATHER PUTHOTA is pastor of St. Veronica Parish, South San Francisco.

LITURGICAL CALENDAR, DAILY MASS READINGS MONDAY, FEBRUARY 4: Monday of the Fourth Week in Ordinary Time. Heb 11:32-40. PS 31:20, 21, 22, 23, 24. Mk 5:1-20.

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 5: Memorial of St. Agatha, virgin and martyr. Heb 12:1-4. PS 22:26b-27, 28 and 30, 31-32. Mk 5:21-43.

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 6: Memorial of St. Paul Miki and Companions, martyrs. Heb 12:4-7, 11-15.

PS 103:1-2, 13-14, 17-18a. Mk 6:1-6.

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 7: Thursday of the Fourth Week in Ordinary Time. Heb 12:18-19, 21-24. PS 48:2-3ab, 3cd-4, 9, 10-11. Mk 6:7-13.

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 8: Friday of the Fourth Week in Ordinary Time. Optional Memorials of St. Jerome Emiliani, priest; St. Josephine Bakhita, virgin. Heb 13:1-8. PS 27:1, 3, 5, 8b-9abc. Mk 6:14-29.

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 9: Saturday of the Fourth Week in Ordinary Time. St. Teilo (Wales). Heb 13:1517, 20-21. PS 23:1-3a, 3b-4, 5, 6. Mk 6:30-34.

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 10: Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time. Is 6:1-2a, 3-8. PS 138:1-2, 2-3, 4-5, 7-8. 1 Cor 15:1-11 or 15:3-8, 11. Lk 5:1-11.

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 11: Monday of the Fifth Week in Ordinary Time. Gn 1:1-19. PS 104:1-2a, 5-6, 10 and 12, 24 and 35c. Mk 6:53-56.

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The intelligence of aging

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hat can God and nature have had in mind when they designed the aging process? Why is it that just when our mental prowess, our human maturity, and our emotional freedom are at their peak, the body begins to fall apart?

Sometimes a secular perspective can be helpful and that is the case here.

James Hillman, in a brilliant book on aging titled “The Force of Character and Lasting Life,” takes up these questions. What did God and nature have in mind when designing the FATHER RON aging process? He answers ROLHEISER with a metaphor: The best wines have to be aged in cracked old barrels. The last years of our lives are meant to mellow the soul and most everything inside our biology conspires together to ensure that this happens. The soul must be properly aged before it leaves. There’s intelligence inside of life, he asserts, that intends aging just as it intends growth in youth. It’s a huge mistake to read the signs of aging as indications of dying rather than as initiations into another way of life. Each physical diminishment is designed to mature the soul. And they do their work without our consent, relentlessly and ruthlessly.

The aging process, he asserts, eventually turns us all into monks and that, indeed, is its plan, just as it once pumped all those excessive hormones into our bodies to drive us out of our homes at puberty. And God again is in on this conspiracy.

Aging isn’t always pleasant or easy, but there’s a rhyme and reason to the process. Aging deliteralizes biology. The soul finally gets to trump the body and it rises to the fore: “We can imagine aging as a transformation in beauty as much as in biology,” writes Hillman. “The old are like images on display that transpose biological life into imagination and art. The old become strikingly memorable, ancestral representations, characters in the play of civilization, each a unique, irreplaceable figure of value. Aging: an art form?”

Increasingly, as we age, our task is not produc-

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tivity, but reflection; not utility, but character. In Hillman’s words: “Earlier years must focus on getting things done, while later years consider what was done and how.” The former is a function of generativity: We are meant to give our lives away. The latter is a function of dying: We are also meant to give our deaths away.

And the aging process raises a second series of questions: What value do the elderly have once their productive years are over? Indeed the same question might be asked of anyone who cannot be useful and productive in a practical sense: What is the value of someone living with Alzheimer’s? What is the value of people continuing to live on in palliative care when there is no chance of recovery or improvement and they have already slipped away from us mentally?

What is the value of the life of a person who is so mentally or physically challenged that by normal standards he or she cannot contribute anything?

For Hillman, what aging and disability bring into the world is character. “Productivity is too narrow a measure of usefulness, disability too cramping a notion of helplessness,” he writes.

“An old woman may be helpful simply as a figure valued for her character. Like a stone at the bottom of a river bed, she may do nothing but stay still and hold her ground, but the river has to take her into account and alter its flow because of her. An older man’s character brings particular qualities to every scene, adds intricacy and depth by representing the past and the dead.

When all the elderly are removed to retirement communities, the river flows smoothly back home. No disruptive rocks. Less character too.”

Aging and disability need to be regarded aesthetically. We are a culture that does everything it can to deny, delay and disguise aging. We put our elders away into separate homes, away from mainstream life, with no disruptive rocks for us to deal with. We are also a culture that is beginning to talk more and more about euthanasia, defining value purely by utility. If Hillman is right, and he is, then we are paying a high price for this.

We have less character and less color.

OBLATE FATHER ROLHEISER is president of the Oblate School of Theology, San Antonio, Texas.

Slow down, Lent is here

hate to admit it, but a good portion of my religious life has been spent in the fast lane. I would go from one event to another without much time in between. I had such a great passion for my ministry and for serving God that I would sometimes neglect my relationship with God. It was easy to justify that my whole life was a prayer. It took me a while to learn, but now I am convinced that none of our lives are meant to be lived at such a rapid pace.

The season of Lent affords each of us, no matter SISTER MARGIE what our state of life, a LAVONIS great opportunity to pull over out of the fast lane.

We are invited to slow down and fill in the spiritual potholes of our lives.

Every year the church, in her wisdom, gives us 40 days as an annual retreat to spend time examining our spiritual lives and our relationship with God. Lent is a yearly opportunity to reflect on how well we are living out our baptismal commitment; how our lives are in line with the Gospel message.

Traditionally our Catholic faith calls us to use the disciplines of prayer, fasting and almsgiving to renew our spiritual lives. No matter when in Lent you read this, it is not too late to begin this renewal.

Take prayer. We might look at how much quality time we give to the Lord. Our prayer life might be limited to Mass on Sunday and grace before, and sometimes after, meals. Maybe we pray only when we need a favor, like a good mark on a test or a promotion in our jobs. If this is the extent of our prayer, it probably needs some attention.

No relationship can deepen and grow unless we are willing to listen and share ourselves with the other person. God is no exception. During Lent, if you don’t already, set aside 15 minutes of your quality time each day to be with God. Go to a quiet place, slow down and let God love you. Read and reflect upon some Scripture each day and get to know God better.

Then take fasting. Many people think fasting has only to do with food, but there is more than one way to fast. It depends on us what type of fasting would best benefit our spiritual lives. Maybe you have a need to fast from gossip or negative words or some other behavior that pulls down yourself and others. Or perhaps you might strive to talk less and become a better listener. Those in the fast lane rarely have time to really hear what people say to them. They are usually rushing to the next “important” event.

Lastly, we have almsgiving. It is much easier to give of our surplus to charitable causes than to give the precious gift of our time. Lent calls us to give of ourselves, not just our money. Think about who you need to spend more quality time with or who could benefit from your gifts and talents.

Besides time, another thing one may be called to give during Lent is forgiveness. Take time to reflect on who in your life, whether living or dead, you may need to forgive for some hurt done to you. I think that is an important way to give alms and a sacrifice pleasing to our God. This Lent, let us slow down and try to be more reflective. It is difficult to get out of the fast lane, but in the long run it will benefit our Christian journeys. Meetings, jobs, term papers and classes will pass away, but our relationship with God is forever.

HOLY CROSS SISTER MARGIE LAVONIS is a freelance writer in Notre Dame, Ind.

Why go to Mass; rules for eucharistic fast

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When our family members get together, Mass attendance always seems to come up. Most of them don’t go, and they cite reasons such as hypocrites who do attend (especially cheating husbands) and priests who have abused children. They know that I go to church every week and I feel that I should speak up, but I don’t know what to say. Can you tell me in simple words how to explain it, or should I just keep my mouth shut since they are probably not going to change their ways anyhow? (Erial, N.J.) The obligation to participate in the Mass on Sundays and holy days of obligation is one of the commandments of the church. For some people, this is enough.

They understand Mass attenFATHER dance as a rule of membership; KENNETH DOYLE just as with any other organization, for the privilege of calling themselves Catholic they agree to be guided by a certain code of conduct.

In your own situation, though, I think a different approach might be more persuasive. Best of all would be for you to tell your family what you feel you get from going to Mass – that it helps to calm you, comfort you, center you; that it guides you and strengthens you in the way you live your life during the rest of the week; that you value the Eucharist so much that you wouldn’t deprive yourself of it no matter how unfaithful any other Catholic had been.

Personally, as a believer in Jesus, it means a lot to me that the Eucharist was the one way Christ said he wanted his memory kept alive. When Christ was about to die, he could have said this to the apostles, his closest friends: “I don’t want you to forget me when I’m gone. So every once in a while, go into your room, close the door and say in private the prayer I taught you.”

He did something else instead. He said this: “Come together and support each other’s faith. Tell stories about me and share your memories of me. And then have a meal together. I will actually be the food for that meal, and this will strengthen you to live the way I taught you – until the day when we’ll all be together again in the kingdom of my Father.”

That’s the Mass – and that’s why I like it and need it.

I have been trying to find a current reference to the rules for the eucharistic fast. I’ve checked the Catechism of the Catholic Church and the documents of Vatican II and can find no help. I also brought up the U.S. (Conference of) Catholic Bishops’ website, but there is so much on it that I became frustrated.

When I was growing up in the 1940s and ‘50s, I had to memorize these rules, but unfortunately I have forgotten them and I think that after Vatican II these rules changed, but I am not sure. Can you help me?

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The rule for the eucharistic fast is contained in the church’s Code of Canon Law. Canon No. 919, Section 1, states that “a person who is to receive the most holy Eucharist is to abstain for at least one hour before holy Communion from any food and drink, except for only water and medicine.”

In 1957, Pope Pius XII reduced the requirement from a complete fast after midnight to a fast of three hours.

In 1964, Pope Paul VI changed it to one hour, intending to encourage Catholics to receive the Eucharist more frequently.

The reason for the fast is to remind the faithful of the sacred and special nature of the eucharistic food; whereas earthly food provides physical nourishment for a time, the body and blood of Christ nourish the soul toward life eternal.

Canon No. 919, Section 3, clarifies that “the elderly, the infirm and those who care for them can receive the Eucharist even if they have eaten something within the preceding hour.”

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Joe Kennedy bio thorough, but may be too much for many PEGGY WEBER CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

“THE PATRIARCH: THE REMARKABLE LIFE AND TURBULENT TIMES OF JOSEPH P. KENNEDY”

by David Nasaw. Penguin Press (New York, 2012). 834 pp., $40.

Before one even begins to read “The Patriarch,” David Nasaw’s comprehensive biography of Joseph P. Kennedy, there is a 10-page listing of the “Cast of Characters” in Kennedy’s life.

This section not only explains relations but it also reads as a “Who’s Who” of the first seven decades of the 20th century. It shows how a young man from Boston became a multimillionaire and reared a family that would be dominant in American politics.

Nasaw has worked on other biographies, including William Randolph Hearst and Andrew Carnegie.

He is the Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. professor of history at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York.

He writes that he had access to many documents never seen before.

He conducted massive numbers of interviews and worked on the project for six years. It shows. This is a biography, but it also is a history of the United States through the lens of Kennedy’s life.

The book was written upon the request of the Kennedy family.

However, Nasaw says no restrictions were put upon him. The author acknowledges that Kennedy “has been vilified and dismissed as an ap-

peaser, an isolationist, an anti-Semite, a Nazi sympathizer, an unprincipled womanizer, a treacherous and vengeful scoundrel who made millions as a bootlegger and Wall Street swindler, then used those millions to steal elections for his sons.”

The book does show that there is some truth to those allegations – especially the womanizing. However, Nasaw writes that Kennedy’s life was more complicated and that few have spoken of his intelligence, business acumen, loyalty, love, hard work and fierce devotion to those he loved.

The book does not sanitize Kennedy, nor does it show him as a tyrant.

Nasaw includes notes that Kennedy wrote to his sons to encourage them in their studies – including young Jack, who was not a scholar.

The lengthy biography also goes into detail on how Kennedy helped the country during the Great Depression and organized the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Kennedy had a relationship with Pope Pius XII that began in 1936 when the pope was Cardinal Eugenio Pacelli, the Vatican secretary of state. All of the Kennedys would travel to Rome in March of 1939 when he became pope. In fact, Ted Kennedy would make his first Communion at the same time.

It is that kind of little detail that fills this book. It is filled with tales of family life and friendships. It also addresses difficulties and confrontations. It shows the contentious relationship between Kennedy and President Franklin Delano Roosevelt. And it also demonstrates the problems Joseph and his children had with the Catholic Church, especially in the area of politics.

Kennedy is portrayed as a man who wanted peace and did not want to see his sons go to war. He outlived four of his adult children and was responsible for choosing surgery that would unwittingly harm another.

The author conveys that Kennedy had privilege, power and money.

However, he also shows that Kennedy was too quick to speak, sometimes harsh and motivated by power and prestige.

It is an interesting book. It is well-written. However, the appeal of an 800-page biography is probably strongest for researchers and true Kennedy fans.

Also of interest: “Catholics in the American Century: Recasting Narratives of U.S. History,” edited by R. Scott Appleby and Kathleen Sprows Cummings. Cornell University Press (Ithaca, N.Y., 2012). 224 pp., $21.95.

“Capturing Camelot: Stanley Tretick’s Iconic Images of the Kennedys” by Kitty Kelley. Thomas Dunne Books (New York, 2012). 240 pp., $29.95.

WEBER is a reporter and producer for Catholic Communications for the Diocese of Springfield, Mass.

Moral dead end for violent video games?

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NEW YORK – Even as people across the nation continue to mourn the children and teachers who were killed in the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, the question of what drove killer Adam Lanza to commit such a horrific crime is already being debated.

Violent video games were cited as an aggravating factor by some even before it was discovered that Lanza was an avid fan of the “Call of Duty” franchise – a brand of enormously popular first-person war shooters.

This should come as no surprise; in the wake of many earlier atrocities, video games have shared in the blame. In the case of the 1999 Columbine High School shooting, for example, perpetrators Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold were found to have been obsessed with Id Software’s classic shooters “Doom” and “Wolfenstein 3D.” This led to a host of accusations that those titles played a role in encouraging mass murder.

Yet research on the subject appears inconclusive.

Link between fantasy and real violence?

Some maintain that video games exert a deeper psychological effect than a passive medium like film or television because the gamer takes an active role in the violence at hand. Those who disagree point out that, despite study after study, no

tangible link has ever been established between bloody video games and real-life violence. In fact, it’s been argued that just the opposite is true – that “play” violence actually provides an outlet for destructive urges that might otherwise be acted on in reality.

Certainly video games by themselves do not a killer make, given that millions who play them don’t end up slaughtering children – or harming anyone, for that matter. Still, it seems quite likely that Harris and Klebold’s constant playing of “Doom” or Lanza’s hours put into “Call of Duty” may have brought previously latent tendencies to the fore.

How should gamers of faith view this issue? The teaching of the church has always emphasized the personal nature of sin. While collective factors or social trends may contribute to shaping misguided values, each offense against God is first and foremost the chosen act of an individual.

To say that violent video games can have negative effects on the personality of the player is not to say that all gamers will go on to be rampaging sociopaths. Still, interactive entertainment can affect real world behavior to a greater or lesser extent, depending on the individual’s personality.

To look at what may be an analogous situation, a connection between pornography and rape has been shown to exist. Not everyone who

engages with pornographic images becomes a rapist, of course. But, given the consequences of original sin – the burden of concupiscence that all human beings bear – the harmful effects of obscene material may take their toll on otherwise well-balanced people in far subtler ways.

Insidious effects

Such repercussions may range from an addiction that causes responsibilities to be cast aside to an inability to form relationships or a disposition to flout marital vows. The damage wrought by mayhem-filled games may be equally insidious.

There is, obviously, a qualitative difference between the two activities; unlike the use of pornography, playing video games is not inherently sinful. But morally minded gamers should evaluate the kind of influence to which they may be subject from the games they choose to play. Will some offering enflame negative emotions or have a desensitizing effect, inuring the player to actual violence?

The Newtown tragedy should prompt more than just a discussion about how violent games may affect the mentally disturbed. Rather, it should inspire healthy players to take a step back and ask what the games they play are doing to their minds and, by extension, to their hearts and souls.

SHAW is a guest reviewer for Catholic News Service.

Archbishop’s ‘epistles’ show depth of love for priests REVIEWED BY CHARLOTTE MILLER CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

“STRENGTHEN YOUR BROTHERS: LETTERS OF ENCOURAGEMENT FROM AN ARCHBISHOP TO HIS PRIESTS” by J. Peter Sartain. Liturgical Press (Collegeville, Minn., 2012). 167 pp., $19.95.

Reading someone else’s mail may be frowned upon, but peeking at the secret conversations of others does offer sort of a guilty pleasure. With “Strengthen Your Brothers,” however, no guilt is necessary.

Author Archbishop J. Peter Sartain of Seattle invites everyone to read letters he wrote to his priests in the Diocese of Joliet, Ill., where he was bishop from 2006 to 2010, and the Archdiocese of Seattle, where he was installed in December 2010.

The text reflects the paradox that sometimes quite ordinary men perform extraordinary tasks in the very person of Christ. Indeed, Archbishop Sartain addresses this unique calling in onethird of the book, “Priestly Identity in Christ.” The second third of the book addresses “Priestly Practicalities,” such as “Advent Loneliness.” The last section speaks of “Priestly Prayer.”

An interesting aspect is that while Archbishop Sartain is speaking to his priests, and we readers are essentially eavesdropping, much of what he says could have been written to laypeople.

For instance, when he speaks of Advent loneliness, he uses a layperson friend as his spokesman. Loneliness is not a feature of a dearth of activity or the absence of people; it is something else, a longing that anyone, not just priests, might experience.

The title of the book is taken from a portion of the Passion narrative of Luke.

At the Last Supper, in the intensity of the moment as Christ is instituting the Eucharist, an argument breaks out about who is the greatest. Jesus then tells Peter that he has prayed Peter’s faith will not fail, fully realizing Peter’s faith will, in fact, fail. But Jesus also knows that Peter will turn back. And after turning back, returning to his faith, Peter, who will have exhibited much weakness, must “strengthen (his) brothers.”

Letter writing is close to a lost art – what with emails, texts and tweets. Composing well-written letters with depth of thought as well as tender emotional investment is almost unheard of. And yet here are 31 letters that are poetic yet practical, uplifting yet challenging.

Each letter ends with an actual signature, “+ J. Peter Sartain,” to serve as a reminder that the chapters are letters, not tracts.

MILLER taught at Mount St. Mary Academy in Little Rock, Ark., for 31 years and moved to Illinois upon retiring. She holds a bachelor’s degree in theology from St. Gregory University in Shawnee, Okla.

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OBITUARY MOTHER HELEN COSTELLO, RSCJ – ‘NEVER TALKS THEOLOGY BUT LIVES IT’

Sacred Heart Sister Helen Costello, known by many as Mother Costello, died Jan. 24 at Oakwood, the Society of the Sacred Heart’s elder care center in Atherton. She was 94 and a religious for 74 years.

She was a 1935 graduate of Sacred Heart Academy, Menlo Park.

“Sister Costello’s ministry of service evolved by responding to the needs of those in her greater community,” the Sacred Heart sisters said, noting “students and Mother Helen colleagues, found her a source of Costello, RSCJ inspiration.”

At celebrations of her 50th year in religious life it was said: “She is a unique combination of being spiritual and good, but she never makes a thing about it. She never talks theology, but lives it.”

Mother Costello, who held undergraduate and graduate degrees from San Francisco College for Women, taught for 16 years at San Mateo County

Sacred Heart Schools. She had a particular affinity for educating boys, according to the Sacred Heart sisters. “She trained altar boys, followed their sports teams, and built relationships that would last a lifetime.” To accommodate the large number of Peninsula boys she helped Mother Costello took over a dilapidated structure on the Sacred Heart, Atherton campus that she, the boys and other volunteers and contractors restored, later naming it “Costello’s Castle.” Over time, it was providing housing for parents of terminally ill children at Stanford Hospital and was a site for teen parties. “Castle Youth Helping Others” grew from there to several hundred members. Mother Costello retired to prayer ministry at Oakwood in 2000 and the castle closed in 2008.

Mother Costello is survived by her sister Kathleen Costello of Cupertino; brother-in-law Albert Horn of San Mateo; and sister-in-law Margaret Ann Costello of San Francisco. A funeral Mass will be celebrated Feb. 2 at 10 a.m. in the Oakwood chapel, followed by burial in Oakwood cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made to the Society of the Sacred Heart, 4120 Forest Park Ave., St. Louis, MO 63108.

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“Here’s wishing happiness and wellbeing to all the families of the Archdiocese. If you ever need our guidance please call at any time. Sincerely, Paul Larson ~ President.”

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Involves the recruitment, training, and supervision of volunteer adults and teens who participate in the Confirmation Formation Programas well as the Youth Ministry Program.

Director of Development and Alumnae Relations The Congregational office of the Sisters of the Presentation seeks a Director of Development and Alumnae Relations to plan, implement, coordinate and evaluate the fundraising activities and communication outreach to the Congregation’s publics; and maintain and cultivate relationships with the former students of Presentation schools.

Benefits are included with salary commensurate with experience.

Successful candidates will have a bachelor’s degree from a four year college or university; two years’ experience in fundraising and strategic planning, preferably in a nonprofit setting; excellent verbal and writing skills; demonstrated experience in management; and familiarity and readiness in technology, including use of social networking tools.

Experience in social networking media and working in a faith-based environment is preferred.

Please forward resume to SEARCH COMMITTEE AT St. Gabriel Church, 2559 40th Ave. San Francisco, 94116 (415) 731-6161

Interested candidates should forward a resume, including a cover letter and salary history, to: Human Resources, Sisters of the Presentation, 281 Masonic Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94118 or fax to (415) 422-5026

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If you wish to publish a Novena in the Catholic San Francisco You may use the form below or call 415-614-5640 Your prayer will be published in our newspaper

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The deadline for applying is February 16, 2013.

Applicants should send a letter of interest and curriculum to Department of Catholic Schools P.O. Box 1297, Santa Rosa, Ca.95402.

Access related information on-line at: www.santarosacatholic.org “Catholic Schools”

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Prayer to the Holy Spirit Holy Spirit, you who make me see everything and who shows me the way to reach my ideal.

You who give me the divine gift of forgive and forget the wrong that is done to me. I, in this short dialogue, want to thank you for everything and confirm once more that I never want to be separated from you no matter how great the material desires may be. I want to be with you and my loved ones in your perpetual glory. Amen. You may publish this as soon as your favor is granted.

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JOB DESCRIPTION Office of the President Archbishop Riordan High School Archbishop Riordan High School in San Francisco is seeking highly qualified candidates for the Office of the President.

Archbishop Riordan High School (ARHS) is a Catholic all male San Francisco Archdiocesan High School, founded in 1949. ARHS is sponsored by the Society of Mary (Marianist).

The Characteristics of Marianist Education are as follows: Educate for formation in faith • Educate in the family spirit • Provide an integral, quality education • Educate for service, justice and peace • Educate for adaptation and change ARHS prepares young men of San Francisco, the surrounding communities and various countries from around the world for leadership through its inclusive college preparatory curriculum. ARHS fosters development in faith, character, academics, the arts and athletics, in a diverse and inclusive family environment. The school currently serves 625 students including 40 international students from six different countries. The international students reside on the ARHS campus.

ARHS is a WASC accredited school. The school received the maximum six-year accreditation during the last review. The current accreditation is in place through 2014.

Qualifications and Requirements:

ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PRINCIPALS SOUGHT The Department of Catholic Schools in the Archdiocese of San Francisco is seeking elementary principals for the 20132014 school year. Candidates must be practicing Roman Catholic, possess a valid teaching credential, a Master’s degree in educational leadership, an administrative credential (preferred), and five years of successful teaching experience at the elementary level.

Please send resume and a letter of interest by March 15th, 2013 to: Bret E. Allen Associate Superintendent for Educational & Professional Leadership One Peter Yorke Way San Francisco, California 94109 Fax (415) 614-5664 E-mail: allenb@sfarchdiocese.org

• The qualified candidate with be a practicing Catholic in good standing with the Church, and will have obtained a minimum of a Masters’ Degree in Administration, and experience in secondary education.

POSITION: Office of the President: Exempt, Full-time, Salaried position with an extensive benefits package RESPONSIBILITIES: The responsibilities of the Office of the President include but are not necessarily limited to the following: • Maintain the Catholicity and Marianist Charism of ARHS. • Primary responsibility to maintain respectful and cordial relationships with all Archdiocesan Offices and Officials, The Board of Trustees, the Society of Mary and the Parent Board.

• Report to, seek the advice of and act upon the agreed direction of the Board of Trustees to insure the continued successful operation of ARHS now and in the future. The Board of Trustees meets with the President and appropriate staff at regularly scheduled Executive Board and Full Board meetings five times during the school year. The President should be prepared to advise the Board of Trustees on the status of the following: current status and strategic plans for various School Departments, implementation of said plans and integration into the various programs at ARHS. • Supports the Office of the Principal to insure the success of the Academic and Activities Programs.

• Direct, Manage and Support the efforts of various Administrative Departments to insure the success of their missions. Observe and evaluate the staff of the Administrative Dept.

REPORTS: The Office of the President reports to the Archbishop of San Francisco, through the Archdiocesan Superintendent of Catholic Schools, the ARHS Board of Trustees and the Society of Mary.

Qualified applicants should send Resume and Cover Letter to:

Huntingtonm@sfarchdiocese.org Or mail Resume and Cover Letter to:

Maureen Huntington, Superintendent of Schools One Peter Yorke Way, San Francisco, CA 94109

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FRIDAY, FEB. 1 MORNING MASS: Catholic Marin Breakfast Club, St. Sebastian Hall, Greenbrae, 7 a.m. Mass with talk following. Jesuit Father Joe Eagan is guest speaker on “Vatican II Today: The Battle for the Future of the Church.� Members breakfast $8, others $10. Call (415) 461-0704 between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. or email Sugaremy@ aol.com. Guest speaker March 1 is Jesuit Father Tom Weston, an iconic and legendary voice in the world of recovery.

DANCE CONCERT: Mercy High School, San Francisco presents “Soar,�

Feb. 1-2, 7:30 p.m., 3250 19th Ave., San Francisco. $10, $8 students, seniors. events@mercyhs.org. (415) 334-7941.

REUNION: Notre Dame des Victoires School, class of `72 is celebrating its 40th class reunion beginning with a guided tour of the school starting at 4:30 p.m. Meet at the NDV auditorium entrance at 659 Pine Street. Dinner will follow at the CafĂŠ Bastille, 22 Belden Place, between Pine and Bush, a short walk from the school. Bob Borbeck, bobborbeck@aol.com.

SATURDAY, FEB. 2 ROSARY: 9 a.m. in front of Planned Parenthood, 35 Baywood Ave., San Mateo each first Saturday of the month.

Jessica at San Mateo Pro-Life, (650) 572-1468.

TUESDAY, FEB. 12 LENTEN SERIES: “Just War Theology� with Bishop Thomas Gumbleton of Detroit, St. Rita Church, 100 Miranda Drive, Fairfax.

Evening begins with soup Bishop Thomas supper at Gumbleton 6:15 p.m. Talk follows at 7 p.m. Talks continue on Tuesdays through March 19.

(415) 456-4815.

WEDNESDAY, FEB 13 SF STATE MASS: Ash Wednesday Mass, 12:15 p.m., Bishop William J. Justice, principal celebrant, homilist, Jack Adams Hall, 1600 HolBishop William loway on the J. Justice San Francisco State campus. (415) 573-9062.

(415) 467-1686; Carmen Micallef (415) 586-2597.

MASS: First Saturday at Holy Cross Cemetery, Colma, All Saints Mausoleum Chapel, 11 a.m. Father Charles Puthota, pastor, St. Veronica Parish, celebrant and homilist. (650) 756-2060.

MALTESE FESTA: St. Elizabeth Maltese Society, 4:30 p.m., St. Elizabeth Parish Cantwell Hall, Wayland at Goettingen streets, San Francisco. Steak dinner with pasta, wine and dessert, $25 adults, $10 children, 5-10. John Sant (415) 467-1413; Tony Sammut

SUNDAY, FEB. 3 ST. BRIGID MASS: Ladies Ancient Order of Hibernians, Mass and brunch, United Irish Cultural Center, 2700 45th Ave. at Sloat Boulevard, San Francisco, 10 a.m. Mass followed by brunch. Tickets $30. Katy O’Shea (415) 648-6275; Margaret McAuliffe, (415) 334-7212.

WEDNESDAY, FEB. 6 SEPARATED DIVORCED: Meeting takes place first and third Wednesdays, 7:30 p.m., St. Stephen Parish O’Reilly Center, 23rd Avenue at Eucalyptus, San Francisco. Groups are part of the separated and divorced Catholic ministry in the archdiocese and include prayer, introductions, sharing. It is a drop-in support group. Jesuit Father Al Grosskopf, (415) 422-6698, grosskopf@usfca.edu.

THURSDAY, FEB. 7 ICA LUNCHEON: Immaculate Conception Academy’s “Celebrating Women in Business: Educate, Experience, Empower,� Julia Morgan Ballroom, San Francisco, $75.Visit icaluncheon2013. eventbrite.com. Rhonda Hontalas rhontalas@icacademy.org, (415) 8242052.

PRO-LIFE MEETING: San Mateo ProLife, St. Gregory Parish, Worner Center, 135 28th Ave., San Mateo, 7:30 p.m.

Group is open to new membership.

Meetings are second Thursday except December. smprolife@yahoo.com.

(650) 572-1468.

FRIDAY, FEB. 8 40 DAYS FOR LIFE: This prayerful gathering for an end to abortion begins at 6 p.m. at 3330 Mission St., San Francisco between 29th and 30th streets, with free parking in nearby Safeway lot. Procession begins at 7 p.m. to 1650 Valencia St. Kickoff dinner $15, 7:45 p.m., Lotus Garden Restaurant, 3216 Mission St. with free parking in Burger King lot. Prayer vigil continues daily throughout Lent. Visit www.40daysforlife.com/sanfrancisco to sign up. (415) 613-8493.

ANCIENT PHILOSOPHY: Conversation group on ancient philosophical texts, St. Mary’s Cathedral, Gough Street at Geary Boulevard, San Francisco, Msgr. Bowe Room, 7:30-10 p.m.

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SPIRITUAL RETREAT: Twoday retreat Feb. 16-17, sponsored by charismatic group of the Archdiocese of San Francisco at St. AnthonyImmaculate Father James Conception Garcia School, 3215 Cesar Chavez St. near Folsom, San Francisco, 8 a.m.-6 p.m.

Guest facilitators include Father James Garcia, pastor, St. Anthony Parish, San Francisco.

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SATURDAY, FEB. 9 EJUNK DROP-OFF: St. Peter Parish, 700 Oddstad Blvd., Pacifica, will accept electronic discards 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Vivian, (650) 722-2308 or vn.queirolo@gmail.com. Proceeds benefit church roof fund.

CRAB FEED: Mercy High School, San Francisco’s Booster Club Crab Feed 5-8 p.m., Barrett Hall, $40 per person or $75 per couple. events@mercyhs. org. (415) 334-7941 ZYDECO DANCE: “Steppin’ in the Name of Loveâ€? at St. Paul of the Shipwreck gym, Third Street and Jamestown, San Francisco. Enjoy CreoleCajun cuisine, raffles, dancing, 8 p.m.-midnight. Free dance lessons at 7 p.m. Music by AndrĂŠ Thierry and Zydeco Magic, $25. Warren Semien, (415) 374-6698; or Benetta Gipson, (415) 822-5188.

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SUNDAY, FEB. 10 ART EXHIBIT: Manresa Gallery presents “Spiritual Practices: Meditations on Faith” featuring the work of four contemporary Jesuit artists. The exhibition includes a range of mediums and explores contemporary Jesuit issues through art-making practices.

Hours are 12:30-2:30 p.m. through May 12, Xavier Hall, Fromm Building on University of San Francisco campus. info@manresagallery.org.

TUESDAY, FEB. 12 SEPARATED DIVORCED: Meeting takes place second and fourth Tuesdays, St. Bartholomew Parish Spirituality Center, Alameda de las Pulgas at Crystal Springs Road, San Mateo, 7 p.m. Groups are part of the Separated and Divorced Catholic Ministry in the archdiocese and include prayer, introductions, sharing. It is a drop-in support group. Jesuit Father Al Grosskopf (415) 422-6698, grosskopf@usfca.edu.

SOCIAL SECURITY TALKS: “What Baby Boomers Need to Know to Maximize Retirement Income” with George M. Noceti, 2-3:30 p.m., Morrissey Hall, 2250 Hayes Street, C level, St. Mary’s Medical Center, San Francisco. (415) 750-5790 or email stmarysfoundation@ dignityhealth.org.

WEDNESDAY, FEB. 13 LECTURE: “Sacred Pixels III: The Digital Canon and Distributed Faith” with Alex

Pang, Stanford University; Kimberly Knight, Koinonia Congregational Church, Second Life; and Douglas Rushkoff, author. 4-5:30 p.m., Williman Room, Benson Memorial Center, Santa Clara University. Free and open to the public.

RSVP at www.scu.edu/ic/institute.

SUNDAY, FEB. 17 YOUTH RETREAT: “Shadows to Light” with Bishop William J. Justice, St. Cecilia School, 660 Vicente at 18th Avenue, San Francisco, 1-3 p.m. program and 12:30 p.m. registration.

Day includes Stations of the Cross and opportunity for confession. herrerad@ sfarchdiocese.org. (415) 614-5650.

TUESDAY, FEB. 19 LENTEN SERIES: “Restorative Justice in the Church” with Lisa Fullam of the Jesuit School of Theology, Berkeley, St. Rita Church, 100 Miranda Drive, Fairfax. Evening begins with soup supper at 6:15 p.m. Talk follows at 7 p.m.

Talks continue on Tuesdays through March 19. (415) 456-4815.

WEDNESDAY, FEB. 20 LECTURE: “Sacred Dialogues across the Quran” with Ingrid Mattson, Huron University College, University of Western Ontario, Canada, 4-5:50 p.m., St. Clare Room, Learning Commons, Santa Clara University. Free and open to the public.

RSVP at www.scu.edu/ic/institute.

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SACRED TEXTS RECEPTION: Opening reception, “Dialoguing with Sacred Texts: An Exhibit of Sacred Texts Past, Present, and Future” 5-7 p.m., Archives and Special Collections, Library and Learning Commons, Santa Clara

University. Curator Michelle Townsend will offer an overview of the exhibit and many of the exhibited artists will be on hand for conversation and comment. www.scu.edu/ic/institute.

FRIDAY, FEB. 22 VATICAN OBSERVATORY DINNER: Circles of Giving Awards Dinner, 6 p.m., the Olympic Club, 524 Post St., San Francisco, Alex Filippenko, professor UC Berkeley is keynote speaker with “Dark Energy and the Runaway Universe.” Exploring continues Feb. 23 at Olympic Club at 10 a.m. with “Why is the Vatican Interested in the Search for Life in the Universe?” Jose Gabriel Funes, Vatican Observatory director; and Margaret Race of NASA’s SETI Institute are among the presenters. Both events $250; seminar only $50; light lunch will be served after the seminar.

Advance ticket sales only. For further information or to inquire about student/ group discounts contact Katie Steinke, katie@vaticanobservatory.org, (805) 901-6591.

SATURDAY, FEB. 23 CONFIRMATION RETREAT: “Catch the Spirit” at St. Monica Parish, 23rd Avenue and Geary Boulevard, San Francisco, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. with Brother Scott Slattern for junior high and high school students preparing for the sacrament of confirmation. $25 per student includes T-shirt, lunch and program. Sister Celeste Arbuckle, arbucklec@sfarchdiocese.org.

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CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO | FEBRUARY 1, 2013

TRAVEL DIRECTORY

Join Fr. Rex & Other Catholics!

LAKE The Catholic Tour LLC, TAHOE RENTAL

Spain Pilgrimage Plus Fatima, Portugal & Lourdes, France

a 33 year old Catholic Pilgrimage Apostolate is pleased to announce the 4 ‘at cost’ pilgrimages called “Specials” for travel March 6-12, 2013 for each pilgrimage.

14 Days $2398*

Faitma, Portugal from Newark Airport – $1399.00 Lourdes, France from JFK Airport –$1859.00

Krakow, Poland from Newark Airport –$1349.00 Rome, Italy from JFK – $1799.00 All prices include superior tourist class hotels with private bath, most meals, airfare from gateway listed, motorcoach, full time escort, fuel surcharges, airline taxes, and daily Mass.

Deadline for signup is January 15, 2012 “FIRST COME - FIRST SERVED”

Please visit our website at www.thecatholictour.com or call our toll free number 1-877-627-4268 (877-MarianTour) for day by day itineraries, reservation forms, etc.

FRANCISCAN FR. MARIO’S 2012 HOLY LAND PILGRIMAGES 2013 PILGRIMAGES May 26-June 6 & September 18-29 HOLY LAND Join May Franciscan 25 – June 5 September 7-18 Fr. Mario DiCicco

FATIMA, LOURDES, ST. JAMES OF CAMPOSTELA April 6-20

FOLLOWING THE FOOTSTEPS OF ST. PAUL IN TURKEY October 5-17

Write, call or email for free brochure: Fr. Mario DiCicco, O.F.M. St. Peter’s Church, 110 West Madison St., Chicago, IL 60602 (312) 853-2411, cell: (312) 888-1331 email: mmdicicco@gmail.com

Fatima Cathedral

from

Vacation Rental Condo in South Lake Tahoe.

Depart September 17, 2013

Sleeps 8, near Heavenly Valley and Casinos.

Fly into Madrid (2 nights) to start your Catholic Pilgrimage. You’ll tour Madrid, the Royal Palace, and the Toledo Cathedral. Visit Segovia and Avila (1 night) with private Mass at St. Theresa Convent.

Visit the Old and New Cathedrals in Salamanca with Mass; and Fatima, Portugal (2 nights) with sightseeing, time for personal devotions and Mass at Our Lady of Fatima Basilica. Experience Sunday Mass and tour at Bom Jesus Church and Shrine in Braga and tour Santiago de Compostela (2 nights) and visit sanctuaries, Bernadette’s House and Celebrate Mass at Chapel Lourdes - at the Grotto. Sightsee in Barcelona (2 nights) including the Cathedral, choir and Mass.

Fly home Monday, September 30, 2013. Includes daily breakfast and 11 dinners, English/Spanish speaking tour director throughout! Your YMT chaplain: Father Rex Familar, Parochial Vicar at St. John Vianney, Orlando, Florida. This will be Father Rex’s third European Pilgimage with YMT Vacations. Single room add $650.

Call 925-933-1095 See it at RentMyCondo.com#657

SEND CSF AFAR!

Spread the good news through a Catholic San Francisco gift subscription – perfect for students and retirees and others who have moved outside the archdiocese. $27 a year within California, $36 out of state. Catholics in the archdiocese must register with their parish to receive a regular, free subscription.

Email circulation.csf@ sfarchdiocese.org or call (415) 614-5639.

*Price per person based on double occupany. Airfare is extra.

For details, itinerary, reservations & letter from YMT’s chaplain with his phone number call 7 days a week:

1-800-736-7300

Catholic San Francisco invites you

to join in the following pilgrimages

EASTERN EUROPE • Germany • Austria • Hungary • Poland

Oct. 8 - 18, 2013

Departs San Francisco 11-Day Pilgrimage with Fr. Chris Colman

2,899+

only $

659

$

per person

(Base Price $2,999 + $659* pre person after Oct. 19, 2012)

Munich, Salzburg, Vienna, Budapest, Wadowice, KrakowWawel, Auschwitz, Birkenau, Czestochowa *Estimated Airline Taxes & Fuel Surcharges subject to increase/decrease at 30 days prior)

For a FREE brochure on these pilgrimages contact: Catholic San Francisco (415)

614-5640

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