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Pope Benedict XVI embraces a child upon his arrival for a meeting with priests in Introd, Italy, July 25. The pope met with priests, religious and deacons from the Valle d'Aosta region.

All members of the faithful are invited to a farewell Mass for Archbishop William J. Levada planned for 11:00 a.m., Sunday, Aug. 7 at St. Mary’s Cathedral. Archbishop Levada will leave for Rome in mid-August to take up his full-time duties as the first American Prefect for the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. Various communities of the Archdiocese have planned good-byes for the Archbishop in August and many have expressed their goodwill through gifts and tributes. The Aug 7 Mass is an opportunity for all the faithful to gather around their bishop in prayer at the table of the Eucharist, Cathedral administrator Fr. John Talesfore said. The Church teaches and Archbishop Levada truly believes that “the Church is most present” when the people are gathered round the bishop at his Cathedral for Eucharist, Talesfore said. “The gift that would mean most to him, would be to have the Cathedral full with people to pray for him,” he said. Auxiliary Bishops John C. Wester and Ignatius Wang along with priests from throughout the Archdiocese will concelebrate. Music will be provided by the Cathedral Choir under the direction of

Christoph Tieztze. The choir of St. Dominic Church in San Francisco will join in providing music for the liturgy. St. Dominic’s Choir is taking special time out to help see their bishop off, Fr. Talesfore said, since Aug. 7 is the feast of St. Dominic and traditionally an important celebration for their parish. The liturgy will incorporate elements of special importance to Archbishop Levada, Talesfore said. “He has always been fond of calling San Francisco, Assisi by the Bay, and so in honor of St. Francis we will do ‘All Creatures of Our God and King,’ based on the thought of St. Francis”, Father Talesfore said. The introit and post communion music will include English and Latin renditions of a chant in honor of Archbishop Levada’s motto, “Freatres in Unum,” taken from Psalm 133, “How good it is when brothers come together as one.” The Knights of the Holy Sepulchre and Knights of Malta, as well as the Board of Regents of the Cathedral, will join in the celebration, and members of the Archbishop’s staff will present the offertory gifts. Mass will be followed by a reception, including food and drink, with an opportunity to meet and greet Archbishop Levada and Bishops Wester and Wang.

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Farewell Mass for Archbishop Levada at Cathedral Aug. 7

Pope condemns wave of ‘abominable terrorist attacks’ By Catholic News Service LES COMBES, Italy — Pope Benedict XVI decried a wave of “abominable terrorist attacks” in Egypt, Turkey, Iraq and Britain and called on God to convert the hearts of those responsible for the bloodshed. Such violent attacks “offend God and humanity,” the pope said after praying the Angelus July 24 from the Alpine retreat where he was vacationing. May “God stay the murderous hand” of the terrorists who are driven by “fanaticism and hatred” and may he “convert their hearts” to the ideals of reconciliation and peace, he said. Bomb blasts July 23 at the Egyptian resort town of Sharm el-Sheikh were the latest in a string of terrorist attacks to hit Europe and the Middle East. The predawn explosions in Egypt left at least 88 people dead, according to reports from local hospitals. Upon hearing the news of the Red Sea resort-town blast, Pope Benedict expressed his “heartfelt condolences to the families of the victims” in a telegram sent July 23 to local church and government authorities. The message, sent on behalf of the pope by the Vatican’s secretary of

state, Cardinal Angelo Sodano, reiterated the pope’s condemnation of such “senseless acts” of violence that cause “so much suffering to civilian populations.” “His holiness appeals to all to renounce the way of violence” and “instead to embrace the way of peace,” the telegram said. While investigators suspect diverse Islamic militant groups to be behind the different terrorist attacks, Pope Benedict told reporters he believed the violence was not aimed against Christianity. “I feel the intention is far more general and not specifically against Christianity,” he said July 25 after a meeting with priests and deacons of the Valle d’Aosta region where he is vacationing. When asked by journalists whether Islam could be thought of as a religion of peace, the pope said, “I would not like to use big words to apply generic labels.” Islam “certainly contains elements that can favor peace; it also has other elements; we must always seek the best elements,” he said. Meanwhile, the Vatican’s newspaper POPE ON TERRORISTS, page 19

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Framing their phrases well were Mercy High School, Burlingame seniors, from left, Michaela Ratto, soon off to NYU; Aga-Marie Wehrly a fall freshman at San Francisco State, and Jacqueline Dunn, who will study at UC, Santa Cruz. The young women are winners of this year’s Mercy Excellence Awards for poetry and prose.

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Thanks to Marianist Brother John Samaha for this faithful cheer - “The best vitamin for a Christian is B-1.” Though nursing some ailments, the St. James Parish native said he’s “doing well at a slower pace.” Brother John now lives at his congregation’s Villa St. Joseph, 22840 Mercedes Rd., Cupertino 95014…. Fond farewells marked a celebration for retiring leadership at St. Brendan School June 11th. The event honored Dominican Sister Diane Erbacher, who is leaving after 40 years as principal and Dominican Sister Christine Ostrowski, who has taught at St. Bren’s for 36 years. “Hundreds of parishioners, school families, alumni, alumni parents, and former faculty came to Mass and a Parish Center reception to honor them for their many decades of love and devotion to the school and its students,” said Suzanne McCarthy, school development director. “They will certainly be missed.”…The golf team of Junipero Serra High School took the West Catholic Athletic League crown for 2004-05. Clubs raised for Kaivon Talai, Michael Minto, Jordan Cox, Dennis Carson, Bryan Moquin, Brett Bocci….Congrats to Monica Ferrer, a Mater Dolorosa

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elementary and Mercy High School, Burlingame alum and Allen, a 6th grader at St. Timothy Elementary School in San now a “magna cum laude” graduate of San Diego State Mateo was chosen to attend this year’s Junior National Young University. Her plans are to work with children as teacher or Leaders Conference in Washington, D.C. in June with 200 counselor. Mighty proud are her folks Luz and Mel, longtime future decision makers from around the nation. Matthew aspires parishioners at Mater Dolorosa Parish where to attend the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, they serve as readers and extraordinary ministers MD. Mighty proud are his folks Denise and Les. of Holy Communion. Monica’s brother Paul is a Brother. Tim, will be a sophomore at Junipero grad of Mater Dolorosa, Junipero Serra High Serra High School in the fall…. Hats off to School, and the California Culinary Academy Mary Ned of All Hallows YLI #182 who was and will soon be holding forth from the new recently elected a Grand Director of the organKingfish Restaurant across from SBC – still ization. Congrats, too, to new District Deputy PacBell to me – Park, his mom said. Monica’s Louise Thibeaux. Thanks to Dolores Williams, sib, Justin, - also a Mater Dolorosa alum a Past Grand President of the YLI for the good attends El Camino High School….. An Old news. Current #182 prez is Dolores Frazier. Masters cheer for the young masters of St. The All Hallows branch is now in its 56th Charles Elementary School’s Art in Action year….Would the Mitchells who celebrated an series. “The program teaches the students art hisanniversary May 3rd, please call me? You left tory, technique, and terms followed by a project me a brief message with too few facts – most of Matthew Allen where they apply what they have learned,” said all no return phone number – and I’ve tried Lisa Clancy, chief mom of the parent run course at the San unsuccessfully to find you through other methods….Remember Carlos school. Lisa and her husband, Terry are the proud parents that CSF is on its summer schedule. Look for us August 12th of St. Charles 1st grader Liam, 5th grader, Daniel, and 8th grad- and 26th and then back weekly September 9th….Remember er Joseph. Named as “Awesome Artists” from each of the this is an empty space without ya’!! The email address for school’s 9 grades were kindergartner, Kelly Sala, 1st grader, Street is burket@sfarchdiocese.org. Mailed items should be sent Maddie Surdel, 2nd grader, Vinka Radich, 3rd grader, to “Street,” One Peter Yorke Way, SF 94109. Pix should be Samantha Quinn, 4th grader, Amy Gendotti, 5th grader, hard copy or electronic jpeg at 300 dpi. Don’t forget Lauren Vogel, 6th grader, Matthew Doherty, 7th grader, Nicole to include a follow-up phone number. You can reach me Papapietro, and 8th grader, Amanda Papapietro…. Matthew at (415) 614-5634.

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Lawsuit puts Proposition 71 on hold Groups say cloning initiative violates taxpayer rights By Valerie Schmalz The fate of Californiaâ€™s $3 billion stem cell and cloning fund may come down to a few lines protecting taxpayersâ€™ rights in the state constitution. In what one Catholic citizensâ€™ group calls a â€œDavid and Goliathâ€? story, a lawsuit filed by a tiny Napa, CA-based prolife group on behalf of two taxpayer advocacy groups has blocked â€“ at least temporarily â€“ the sale of bonds to fund Proposition 71. The Life Legal Defense Foundation motion filed in Alameda County superior court contends the ballot initiative that created the institute illegally deprives taxpayers of the protection of oversight by elected officials. A hearing is scheduled for Aug. 4. â€œThese are people who are tired of paying taxes,â€? Life Legal Defense Foundation executive director Dana Cody said of the plaintiffs. While Life Legal is providing legal counsel, the lawsuit was filed in state court April 6 on behalf of Peopleâ€™s Advocate and the National Tax Limitation Foundation. California Catholic Conference was part of a coalition that opposed Proposition 71 because it directed state money to destroy embryos. But Archdiocese of San Francisco Respect Life Coordinator Vicki Evans said the propositionâ€™s problems go beyond that. â€œProposition 71 was a disaster on so many levels that it is still hard to believe that California voters actually passed it,â€? Ms. Evans told Catholic San Francisco. â€œFirst and foremost, it turned the destruction of embryonic life into a taxpayer-financed business. It subjected women to almost certain exploitation as a source of eggsâ€? since human eggs are required for the cloning process. The initiative was written to shut out legislative or the governorâ€™s interference and exempted itself from the stateâ€™s open meetings law as well as conflict of interest laws. In addition, it requires that representatives of various disease interest groups and research institutions be appointed to its board, Ms. Evans said. â€œFinancially speaking, it took substantial state resources and diverted them away from programs for the sick, the poor and all other areas of medical research, and poured them into a field which has yet to show any successes,â€? she noted. â€œThe fact that taxpayer dollars will be spent by an unelected board rife with conflicts of interest, only makes a bad situation worse.â€? The California state attorney general in May acknowledged that he will not allow bonds to be issued with the Life Legal legal challenge pending, stalling any funding of research by the newly created California Institute for Regenerative Medicine.

In a July 11 statement on the California Instituteâ€™s website, the Instituteâ€™s interim president Zach Hall said the stem cell organization is prepared to move forward, â€œUnfortunately, we are prevented from doing so by special interests whose sole intentions are to thwart the votersâ€™ overwhelming endorsement of the science.â€? â€œThe media tries to make this about abortion. But thatâ€™s not what itâ€™s about,â€? Ms. Cody said in speech earlier this month at Sts. Peter and Paul Church in San Francisco. The event was sponsored by Catholics for the Common Good and billed as a chance to hear about a â€œDavid and Goliathâ€? struggle. â€œIt doesnâ€™t come up in the lawsuit. The issue is this: there is a constitutional amendment, article 16, sec 3. It says that any entity that is not under the exclusive management and control of the state is not entitled to taxpayer funding,â€? Ms. Cody said. Peopleâ€™s Advocate was founded by the late Paul Gann, part of the Jarvis-Gann coalition behind the famous Proposition 13 property tax-limitation measure passed by two-thirds of California voters in 1978. The National Tax Limitation Foundation is a California nonprofit organization founded in 1976. Originally the Aug. 4 hearing was to hear a motion to dismiss the lawsuit by the attorney general but a second lawsuit was filed this month in Sacramento by the California Family Bioethics Council that seeks to invalidate the entire voter approved bond initiative. The attorney general is now trying to get the two lawsuits merged into one action, a motion which is opposed by both groups. The California Family Bioethics Council is loosely affiliated with the evangelical Christian pro-family lobbying organization, Family Resource Council. Proposition 71 was approved by voters last November, after a well-funded campaign led by entrepreneur Robert Klein and backed in its closing days by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger. The initiative created the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine which is set up to distribute $3 billion in taxpayer money backed bond issues over 10 years. Klein wrote the initiative to circumvent federal research funding restrictions instituted by President George W. Bush in 2001, limiting embryonic stem cell research funding to that based on pre-existing embryonic stem cell lines. On a national level, support for embryonic stem cell research is growing. Parade Magazine on July 10 published a poll showing 58 percent of Americans support the research. During the past 18 months, New Jersey has also funded embryonic stem cell research, followed this summer by Connecticut and Illinois. In May, the U.S. House of Representatives voted to loosen

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federal restrictions to allow federal funding of research on â€œdiscardedâ€? in-vitro fertilization embryos. The U.S. has not yet voted to approve the bill. President Bush has promised to veto the legislation. The Catholic Church opposes embryonic stem cell research, whether using so-called leftover embryos from fertility efforts or cloned embryos, because it requires that human life be destroyed. Human embryonic stem cells for research were first discovered in 1998, and the successful campaign for the initiative touted the possibility of â€œmiracle cures.â€? However, so far there are none, while adult stem cell research has yielded dozens of successful treatments of ailments from leukemia to paralysis. The Life Legal lawsuit was filed April 6, but slipped under the radar until a May meeting, when San Francisco beat out 16 other California cities to become the headquarters of the new state-funded stem cell institute by offering free office space and a host of other perks. At that same meeting, the Independent Citizens Oversight Committee of California Institute of Regenerative Medicine heard of

the attorney generalâ€™s concerns, but nevertheless voted to authorize the attorney general, as its agent, to issue bonds. The San Francisco Chronicle reported Life Legal Defense lawsuit may mean a delay of 18 months or more in issuing the bonds. Both State Attorney General Bill Lockyer and State Treasurer Phil Angelides have vowed to fight the litigation, saying in a statement: â€œWe are concerned that a few, narrow anti-choice interests are attempting to thwart the will of Californiaâ€™s voters, who voted decisively to make funding available for this important research.â€? While the subject of the legal action is not a life issue, Life Legal Defense Foundation is an organization devoted to preserving life. Founded in 1989, to provide legal counsel to Robert Wendlandâ€™s mother and sister who successfully stopped Wendlandâ€™s wife from removing his feeding tube, it also helped pay for legal counsel for the parents of Terri Schiavo. Terri Schiavo died of dehydration in April after a Florida court ordered her feeding tube removed at her husbandâ€™s behest.

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SAN FRANCISCO – Catholic Charities CYO of the Archdiocese of San Francisco has received a $1.62 million gift from San Francisco-based Catholic Healthcare West (CHW). Brian Cahill, executive director of Catholic Charities CYO, said the funds will be used to help “working poor families through day care, after school care, summer camp, childcare vouchers, homelessness prevention programs, and job readiness training.” Mercy Sister Diane Grassilli, outgoing chairperson of CHW’s Board of Directors, said, “By supporting the programs of Catholic Charities CYO we are working together to help improve the overall health and well being of the communities we serve.” CHW, a system of 42 hospitals and medical centers in California, Arizona and Nevada, is the eighth largest hospital system in the nation and the largest not-for-profit health care system in California. Catholic Charities CYO, which serves people of all faiths through more than 30 programs for families, aging adults and youth, is the social service arm of the Archdiocese of San Francisco, which includes San Francisco, Marin and San Mateo Counties.

Groups focused on abortion weigh in on court nominee WASHINGTON — Organizations with a main interest in abortion law and policy were among those to quickly

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A Bhutanese refugee looks from a bamboo hut in the Ti Mai camp in eastern Nepal July 5. Labeled the world's most neglected refugee situation by one human rights group, 105,000 ethnic Nepali Bhutanese live in seven primitive camps in teak forests near Nepal's border with India. Almost half were born here. Hundreds more, who arrived in the early 1990s, are now old and want to go home to Bhutan to die. With no solution coming from Nepal and Bhutan, some aid groups are looking to resettle a limited number of the refugees in other countries.

weigh in on Judge John G. Roberts’ suitability for serving on the U.S. Supreme Court. President George W. Bush July 19 nominated Roberts, 50, to fill the vacancy on the court created by the retirement of Justice Sandra Day O’Connor. Clarke Forsythe of Americans United for Life, a public interest law firm specializing in abortion and other life issues, said Roberts is “an experienced jurist with impeccable credentials. ... Judges are not legislators. We should all appreciate the president’s determination to nominate someone he is confident will interpret the law rather than make it.” Forsythe said the Senate “should take care to only question Judge Roberts regarding his judicial philosophy rather

than specific issues that would force him to recuse himself when those cases are brought before the court.” A federal appeals court judge for the District of Columbia, Roberts is a Catholic who has represented both Bush and the Reagan administration in private practice and as a deputy U.S. solicitor general and as an aide to the attorney general and the White House counsel.

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Canadian bishops say marriage bill changes nature of moral law OTTAWA â€” The new Canadian law allowing same-sex marriages changes the nature of â€œmoral values and principles,â€? the Canadian bishops said. â€œThe fundamental and universal reality of marriage remains the exclusive union of a man and a woman for life. From the perspective of the Catholic Church, the new federal statute denatures the moral values and principles,â€? the bishops said in a July 20 statement. The statement noted that some Catholics, including politicians, promoted the redefinition of marriage. â€œIn this regard, they are in dissent from the teaching of the church as enunciated by the Holy Father and the bishops. This is a serious and problematic matter,â€? the bishops said. â€œCanadians in general have been and remain deeply divided about changing the nature of marriage and altering its basic meaning. It is clear this debate is far from over and that it will be a significant issue in the upcoming federal election,â€? the bishops said.

Foxâ€™s promises for changes in Mexico have not materialized MEXICO CITY â€” When Mexicoâ€™s President Vicente Fox took office five years ago, many Catholics thought his election represented more than an end to decades of single-party rule. They also hoped he would live up to his election pledge to roll back some of the anti-clerical laws on the books since the 19th century. Fox, the first modern Mexican president to declare himself a Catholic, held a banner of Our Lady of Guadalupe, Mexicoâ€™s patron saint, during at least one stop on his campaign trail. A selfproclaimed pro-life candidate, he included a Mass in his inauguration festivities. But as with much of the rest of the presidentâ€™s agenda that requires constitutional amendments â€” including plans to overhaul tax, labor and energy laws â€” many of Foxâ€™s promises have proven unrealistic because so much of the countryâ€™s political machinery is still dominated by the party that ruled the country for 71 years. â€œA constitutional change canâ€™t happen just by the will of one person or leader; there must be a national consensus on this,â€? Cardinal Norberto Rivera Carrera of Mexico City said.

Bishops express concern about Guatemalan mines GUATEMALA CITY â€” European and Canadian bishops visiting Guatemala in late July said mining projects in the country do not take into account the needs of local people. The group of six bishops from the International Cooperation for Development and Solidarity, known by its French acronym CIDSE, ended July 22 a weeklong tour of communities surrounding a controversial gold mine and other communities affected by land conflicts. CIDSE is a network of 16 Catholic overseas aid agencies in Europe, North America and New Zealand. â€œGlobalization should not only mean big companiesâ€™ right to install themselves in other countries,â€? said Bishop Francois La Pierre of Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec. â€œRather it should be about solidarity and the rights of

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was preparing to vote on the proposed Central American Free Trade Agreement, religious voices were casting doubts about who would really benefit if the treaty were implemented. At a July 21 prayer breakfast organized by the Interfaith Working Group on Trade and Investment, clergy from both the United States and Central American nations that would be included in the treaty voiced strong reservations about the treaty and its intended effects. U.S.-born Auxiliary Bishop David A. Zywiec of Bluefields, Nicaragua, said that when Central Americaâ€™s bishops discussed CAFTA last November, they asked themselves, â€œHow does this help human development? How does this help human dignity? How does this help people get time off for vacation? How does this help people help the children and their schools?â€? â€œThese are some of the human valuesâ€? that should be present in a treaty, but are currently lacking in CAFTA, Bishop Zywiec said.

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A new Catholic receives the sacraments at Immaculate Conception Church, locally known as Jinjiaxiang Church, in Shanghai, China, in early July. Korean pilgrims refer to the church as their "holy land" because of its ties to St. Andrew Kim Tae-gon. The Korean martyr was ordained there in 1845.

the poor.â€? Bishop La Pierre said he is concerned about complaints from communities surrounding the Marlin open pit gold mine that they were not sufficiently informed and consulted about the project before the concession was granted.

Lines, short prayers for visitors to Pope John Paul IIâ€™s tomb VATICAN CITY â€” In addition to the normal logjams created by security screening and checks to ensure modest dress, the lines at St. Peterâ€™s Basilica are longer than the summer norm because of visitors to Pope John Paul IIâ€™s tomb. More than three months after the popeâ€™s April 2 death, the Vatican is

still running a separate line just for visitors to his tomb. The line takes visitors around the outside of St. Peterâ€™s Basilica, directly into the underground grotto, past the tomb and outside again. Those who want to visit the church must then get into a short, quick line. A few visitors pause first at the tombs of Popes Paul VI and John Paul I in the grotto, and almost all of them stop before the icon above the tomb of St. Peter, but obviously the recently deceased popeâ€™s final resting place is the visitorsâ€™ goal. Only a lucky, persistent few have a chance to pray before the tomb. With the long lines and, especially, pilgrimage groups wanting to see the tomb, the basilicaâ€™s ushers rather brusquely keep the lines moving. â€“ Catholic News Service and staff reports

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Archbishop invites faithful to retreat on Eucharistic Spirituality Archbishop William J. Levada has invited all the faithful to join in a Day of Recollection on the Holy Eucharist as the Year of the Eucharist called by Pope John Paul II draws to a close. The special event called Come to the Table of the Lord will be held September 10 from 9:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at St. Mary’s Cathedral. Persons involved in evangelization, and ministries related to the Eucharist are particularly encouraged to attend. The event will be held in two rooms with English and Spanish programs. Auxiliary Bishop John C. Wetser will celebrate Mass. The retreat’s theme is “The Eucharist and the Mystical Humanity of Christ.” Michael McDevitt, an Immaculate Heart of Mary Parishioner and cofounder of Mystical Humanity of Christ, will present a talk on Eucharistic Spirituality along with Dr. Robert Bussell from the Diocese of Monterey. Mystical Humanity of Christ is a non-profit Catholic group which has run 34 parish and diocesan retreats since 2000. The term refers to the living indwelling presence of Jesus in the lives of the faithful, McDevitt said. Much of the presentation is based on the Eucharistic writings and thought of Pope Benedict XVI while he was Cardinal Ratzinger. Cost of registration is free, but voluntary donations will be accepted. Lunch is $8. Call 415-614-5505 to register.

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Catholics, though few in number, have lengthy history on high court WASHINGTON (CNS) – Judge John G. Roberts, nominated by President George W. Bush for a seat on the Supreme Court, could become one of the historically small number of Catholic justices — the first of whom joined the court as its chief justice in 1836, more than 50 years after the court was established. Should he be confirmed to the court, Roberts will be the 10th Catholic justice in history and the fourth among current members, the most ever at one time. The first was Roger B. Taney. After serving as attorney general and acting secretary of war, he was rejected by the Senate the first time President Andrew Jackson nominated him to become an associate justice of the Supreme Court in 1835. That apparently was due more to the Senate’s ongoing political battles with Jackson, though, rather than to Taney or his religion, according to encyclopedia references. Taney was confirmed as chief justice when that position opened up a year later, and he served until 1864. The second Catholic was named to the court 30 years after Taney’s death, but he also became chief justice, the only other Catholic to have held that post. Edward Douglas White, a U.S. senator from a wealthy and politically powerful Louisiana family, was appointed to the court in 1894 by President Grover Cleveland after his two previous nominees were rejected by the Senate. White had attended Mount St. Mary’s College in Emmitsburg, Md., and Georgetown University and served in the Confederate Army before entering politics. The Encyclopedia of the Supreme Court notes that White’s nomination sailed through, apparently at least in part because he was a member of the Senate. In 1910, White was elevated to the seat of chief justice, which he held until his death in 1921. White was joined on the court in 1898 by Joseph McKenna, the son of Irish immigrants who was U.S. attorney general at the time of his nomination. McKenna had also served as a judge of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals and as a member of Congress. Although antiCatholic sentiment of the 1880s was a factor in McKenna’s defeat in his first two runs for Congress, such attitudes were apparently not in play in his confirmation to the court. Six other Catholics have served on the court since then. Since1894, the longest period when there was no Catholic

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Catholic on the court for 30 years. He was joined by Antonin Scalia in 1986, and two years later by Anthony Kennedy. At the time Justice Clarence Thomas was confirmed in 1991, he said that despite having been raised Catholic and having spent several years in a seminary, he was not a practicing Catholic. In 1996 he told fellow alumni at Holy Cross College in Worcester, Mass., that he had recently returned to the church, making him the third Catholic among current justices. The longest-serving Catholic on the court has been Brennan, who retired in poor health in 1990 after 33 years in the post. The shortest term for one of the Catholics was Murphy’s nine years.

July 29, 2005

Catholic San Francisco

Year of the Eucharist

Vatican II liturgy is a work in process On the First Sunday of Advent, 1964, Roman Catholics throughout the world came to Mass and heard some of the prayers of the Eucharistic celebration in their own languages. This was the first and most dramatic expression of the impact of the Second Vatican Council on the lives of Catholics, and it inaugurated the era of intense liturgical change in which we live. While these changes took many people by surprise, the reforms of Vatican II did not come as a bolt out of the blue; nearly a century of liturgical renewal prepared the ground for the Council’s deliberations. The principal agents of this renewal were elements in the Church most identified with tradition: the monasteries and the papacy. Regarding monasteries, we must remember that due to a series of political and religious upheavals from the sixteenth through the early nineteenth centuries monastic life, which had been so central to the Church for a thousand years, had been all but eliminated throughout much of Europe. Those who valued the monastic vocation set about breathing new life into existing communities and establishing new ones. In the course of their explorations into monastic history they rediscovered the rich liturgical life which had been so central to monasticism. Scouring European libraries, these monks uncovered many documents which bore testimony to the ancient traditions of the Church’s liturgy. One of the great treasures which came to be appreciated at this time was Gregorian chant. At the beginning of the twentieth century, Pope Pius X urged the use of chant in parishes, not as a tribute to the past, but because the simpler chants could be sung by the whole community. He also encouraged the frequent reception of Holy Communion, and the papacy committed itself to fostering the “full, active and conscious” participation of the laity in the celebration of the Eucharist. This liturgical development was further encouraged by Pope Pius XII. Thus, when the bishops of the world convened

in Rome for the Council they were the beneficiaries of nearly a century of historical scholarship, spiritual growth and liturgical renewal. The first document approved by the bishops concerned the Sacred Liturgy, and this text brought to fruition many developments of the preceding century. The “Vatican II liturgy” is a work in process, and the extent to which the intent of the Council has been implemented is a neuralgic question for many people. One brief article cannot hope to do justice to all that the Council said about the liturgy, much less the experience of the past fifty years, but it may be helpful to recall the goals set forth by the Fathers of Vatican II, and the basic principles they established to attain those goals. Very simply, the desired goals were twofold: to allow a clearer expression of the meaning of the Church’s rites and to help people understand the liturgy better and participate in it more effectively. (It should be noted that these were also the goals behind the reforms of the Council of Trent.) In order to accomplish these goals, the Holy Father and the bishops of the Catholic Church enunciated five fundamental principles: 1. Liturgy is primarily public worship, not private prayer. Of course the liturgy must entail both public worship and private prayer, but for a variety of historical reasons the liturgical rites had tended to become solely the responsibility of the clergy, while the laity followed their own private devotions. The bishops recognized the value of the rich devotional life which is part of our Catholic heritage, but they urged the whole assembly take part in the prayers and actions of the Mass. 2. The liturgical celebration should manifest a variety of ministries. For most Catholics, Mass with a priest and a server had become the normal experience of the Eucharist. In former times Catholic liturgy had involved a variety of ministers along with the priest: servers, readers, deacons, choir, etc. The Council stated that whenever possible various ministers should per-

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Priests celebrate many years of service

Father Larry Finegan commemorated his 35th anniversary as a priest with a Mass of Thanksgiving May 29, at St. Mary’s Cathedral, where he is a parochial vicar. Family from as far as Maryland and Oregon joined him for the occasion. Father Finegan was ordained in his home parish of St. Agnes Church in West Chester Pennsylvania, May 30, 1970. From left: Archbishop William J. Levada, Father Finegan, Father Ray Kenny, Father James MacDonald, Father Wilton Smith, Father Kieran McCormick, Father Ernie Espina.

Msgr. Richard Knapp, retired pastor, St. Raphael Parish in San Rafael, recently celebrated his 50th year as a priest with family, friends and the parish community of Our Lady of Loretto Parish in Novato where he is in residence. Father Francis Garbo (left) and Father William McCain, pastor of Our Lady of Loretto, helped Msgr. Knapp cut the cake.

Father Agnel De Heredia, pastor of All Souls Church, commemorated his 25th year as a priest at the South San Francisco church in April and May. Fellow members of the clergy joining him for the rites included Msgr. Harry Schlitt, Vicar for Administration of the Archdiocese of San Francisco. Also in attendance were Father Agnel’s mom, Ida Salema De Heredia and his brother John. Hosting the events were parish group’s including the Young Men’s Institute and the parish women’s guild.

Msgr. Floro Arcamo, pastor, Star of the Sea Parish in San Francisco was honored for his 40 years as a priest with a commemorative dinner and reception in June. Ordained a priest in the Philippines June 12, 1965, he has served in the Archdiocese of San Francisco since 1976. Joining Msgr. Arcamo at the parties were family members including his brother, Jun (right), who flew in from the Philippines for his sibling’s special day.

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By Maurice Healy

The “new wing” erected by Father William McKinnon, circa 1890.

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ed its emphasis to serving boys who, for a variety of reasons, needed to live away from home temporarily. Also during this time, Father Peter Weber expanded the agricultural capabilities of the school such that all meat and produce required by the school was produced on site. McElroy also replaced the commercial trade school curriculum, adding a two-year college preparatory high school. Father McElroy served for 21 years and the Mission San Jose Dominicans more than 50. At his death in 1943, then Monsignor McElroy’s funeral sermon praised him and the Sisters: “From an orphanage, he converted an institution into a home in which he was the father, the Dominican Sisters the mothers.” Directors in the next decades made significant improvements to the school’s facilities and nurtured St. Vincent’s transition to a residential treatment and multiservice center for boys with severe emotional problems and learning difficulties. Monsignor James Keane brought in the first lay executive director of St. Vincent’s, Mr. Joe Bracco, who reorganized the group living program and expanded treatment and recreational programs. In the 1980s, CYO Director Michael Marovich and Bracco continued to introduce programs to CYO and St. Vincent’s benefiting the boys and their families as well. In 1985 the independent Timothy Murphy School was founded on campus serving both residents of St. Vincent’s and emotionally disturbed students from surrounding Marin

County. Also that year Father David Ghiorso began his 14 year association with the school, four of them as director of CYO. Ghiorso tirelessly looked after the spiritual development of the boys and reinvigorated the agricultural tradition of the school. Ghiorso also coached several of St. Vincent’s basketball teams.

Fr. Daly, who also ministers at St. Vincent School and Chapel of the Holy Rosary, a chapel of St. Isabella Church, gave the homily. He spoke of the extraordinary history of St. Vincent School, noting the work of members of religious orders, the Daughters of Charity, Dominican Sisters of San Rafael, Dominican Sisters of Mission San Jose, and the

large role in furthering the mission of St. Vincent, as well as lay people who have shown such dedication in helping children. Fr. Daly said St. Vincent School in its 150 years of existence had faced many difficulties. But these challenges had always been overcome, he said, “and the doors have remained open to children in need.”

Fr. Dave Ghiorso was one of several priests concelebrating the St.Vincent Mass.

ST.VINCENT SCHOOL TODAY St. Vincent School for Boys has a long history of providing care to orphans and boys in other difficult circumstances. Today, St. Vincent School is a licensed, residential treatment home for boys aged 7 to 17. St. Vincent’s offers housing and care for boys with deep emotional disturbances that result from severe parental abuse—physical, sexual, or emotional. The boys may have lived previously in foster-care households. Given the severity of many residents’ situations, the child-to-staff ratio is 3:1 or 4:1, guaranteeing every boy enough attention. Each boy at St. Vincent’s lives in one of five cabins, segregated by age. Community living creates environments in which therapeutic, educational, and recreational activities can begin to relieve the trauma suffered early in boys’ lives. Many boys come to St. Vincent’s unable to form emotional bonds. Through work with staff, nearly every boy develops a sense of trust, awakening his ability to connect with others. Some attend regional public schools, while others attend Timothy Murphy School on the St. Vincent grounds.

Auxiliary Bishop John C. Wester, Kent Eagleson of St. Vincent Services, & Fr. Tom Daly at reception following Mass.

Throughout the years, Fr. Daly said, “St. Vincent School has been focused on serving children, those most vulnerable.” Fr. Dave Ghiorso made brief remarks at the end of Mass. He said he was very thankful for the 14 years he had served at St. Vincent. He remembers fondly his days at St. Vincent, and “the young men who taught me many lessons.” The experience “changed my life,” he said, and “impacts my ministry today.” He said it was an inspiration to see the boys and their growth and to witness the staff’s dedication. Kent Eagleson, director of St. Vincent Services at Catholic Charities CYO, also spoke. He mentioned the book “One hundred years an Orphan,” written by Fr. Dwyer about St. Vincent School for Boys. Eagleson said the book described difficulties of earlier years. He said, “Today there are similar circumstances, but with your help there will be a St. Vincent School 150 years from now.” He expressed particular thanks to Fr. Tom Daly, a recognition that was followed by prolonged applause from the people present at Mass. A reception following Mass, sponsored by the St. Vincent Women’s Auxiliary, provided an opportunity for the old to reminisce and the young to hear wonderful stories.

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Father Louis Lootens, oversaw a large expansion project including construction of new classrooms, dormitories, a chapel and a comprehensive farming operation. Expansion continued under the next director, Father Peter Birmingham. The Dominican Sisters of Benicia were asked by Archbishop Alemany to help care for and educate the boys. The Sisters agreed to a three-month term and ended up staying for nearly 30 years. By 1884, St. Vincent’s was home to 554 boys. The boys were now primarily “half orphans,” those abandoned and neglected, including many deemed delinquent youths by the state. Fire half-destroyed St. Vincent’s in 1888, but the property was rebuilt within months under the direction of sixth director, Father William McKinnon. Archbishop Riordan placed St. Vincent’s under the administration of the Christian Brothers in 1894. The Christian Brothers expanded and improved programs for the school, and added a new wing, as well as kitchen, dining halls, dormitories, and storerooms. Facing a drastic shortage of teachers in their own schools following the First World War, the Christian Brothers withdrew from St. Vincent’s in 1920. Father Francis McElroy took charge of St. Vincent’s in 1922 and recruited the Dominican Sisters of Mission San Jose to assist. Under Father McElroy, the Mission and Italian Renaissance-style buildings and Most Holy Rosary Chapel, so familiar to people of Marin today, were built. The school also shift-

Christian Brothers, who served at the school over the years. Each of these religious orders he said, “have a special charism for working with the poor.” He also praised the work of the many diocesan priests who played a

Gene Gonella, a member of St. Vincent’s Women’s Auxiliary, serves refreshments at the reception following the Mass.

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n 1853, Irish-born pioneer Timothy Murphy bequeathed 300 acres in Marin County to the Archdiocese for a “seminary of learning.” The school had to be operating within two years of his death, according to his Will, or the property would revert to Murphy’s heirs. Archbishop Joseph Sadoc Alemany sent for the Sisters of Charity of Saint Vincent de Paul from Emmitsburg, Maryland to run the school. Sister Frances McEnnis raised funds for the school and with just ten days before deadline, St. Vincent’s was open. The school’s original charter was to serve the children from nearby ranches and orphaned girls from San Francisco. Frontier life did not serve the purpose of the first occupants, and within months, the Sisters of Charity and their girls moved to San Francisco. Father Robert A.R. Maurice then took over the property naming it St. Vincent’s Orphan Asylum of San Francisco. In September 1855, Fr. Maurice welcomed the first 14 boys to St. Vincent’s beginning its heritage as the oldest institution west of the Mississippi dedicated exclusively to the care of boys. St. Vincent’s grew tremendously in its early years. When founded, the closest town, San Rafael, had only ten homes, a boardinghouse and an abandoned mission. St. Vincent’s second director, Father Louis Auger, was also the only Catholic priest in all of Marin and Sonoma Counties. By 1868, however, the ranks of St. Vincent’s had grown to 150 boys. St. Vincent’s third director,

arking 150 years since the establishment of St. Vincent School for Boys in Marin County, San Francisco Auxiliary Bishop John C. Wester celebrated Mass June 26 in the large chapel on the St. Vincent property in San Rafael. The congregation included special guests and several hundred regular attendees of the Sunday Mass at the Chapel of the Queen of the Holy Rosary. Boys who are current residents of St. Vincent School attended the Mass and several were present as Mass servers. Archdiocesan priests concelebrating the Mass included Fr. James Keane, former director of St. Vincent School and former pastor of Our Lady of Loretto Church in Novato; Fr. John Ward, former pastor of Blessed Sacrament Church in San Rafael; Fr. Michael Keane, pastor at St. Isabella Church in Rafael; Fr. David Ghiorso, former director of St. Vincent and new pastor at St. Charles Church in San Carlos; and Fr. Tom Daly, director of Vocations for the Archdiocese and president of Marin Catholic High School. In the chapel dedicated 75 years ago by then Archbishop of San Francisco Edward J. Hanna, Bishop Wester conveyed the best wishes of

Archbishop William J. Levada to all present. Bishop Wester also expressed the gratitude of the Archdiocese to the priests, women and men religious, and lay people who had been part of the 150-year history of St. Vincent School for Boys.

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St.Vincent School celebrates 150 years

Fr. Tom Daly talks with young men at reception.

Msgr. Janes Keane and Sister Mary Henry Williges recall fond memories sgr. James Keane, now in his mid-80s and a priest for 60 years, served at St. Vincent School from 1959 to 1975. He was appointed director of St. Vincent in 1967. “I have very fond memories of St. Vincent,” he said. “Not every day was perfect, but you sift these things out over time.” Msgr. Keane retired in 1996 and now lives at Serra Clergy Center in San Mateo, but he said he spends about half of the time with his sister

Mary Bollibeau at the family home in Burlingame. The popular priest is quick to praise others who were part of his St. Vincent experience. “The women religious and lay staff were wonderful,” he said. Sister Mary Henry Williges, a member of the Dominican Sisters of Mission San Jose for the past 60 years, worked with Msgr. Keane and she described him as “a good boss.” Between 1966 and 1982, she taught first grade at St. Vincent School.

During these 16 years, she knew every child in the school, often helping boys with their homework at night. Looking around at the school buildings, most built in the 1930s, she said, “I never left this place, my heart is always here.” When she first came to the school, many of the boys were “street kids,” she said. “Father Clement McKenna would go to the courts and take kids in need. “We would say, ‘Oh not another one, but we always found room.’”

In her early days at St. Vincent, there were about 100 boys. When she left in 1982, there were about 60 boys, reflecting the move to helping a smaller number of boys who have more serious emotional difficulties. Sister Mary Henry, who will turn 80 years of age in September, lives at the Dominican Sisters of Mission San Jose Motherhouse in Fremont. The Dominican Sisters of Mission San Jose served at St. Vincent for 63 years, from 1919 to 1982.

Msgr. Keane, Dominican of Mission San Jose Sister Mary Henry Williges reminisce at reception.

Catholic San Francisco

July 29, 2005

Seeing better now

Preparing to say goodbye In a little more than two weeks time, Most Reverend William J. Levada will bring to a close his ten-year leadership of the Archdiocese of San Francisco. On August 17, Archbishop Levada will leave the Archdiocese of San Francisco and take up his full-time responsibilities as Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith – the highest Vatican post ever held by an American. At a farewell Mass August 7 at the Cathedral of St. Mary of the Assumption in San Francisco, at a farewell gala August 13 at the downtown Marriott Hotel, and at other events, many tributes will be paid to Archbishop Levada. All of these tributes are well deserved and appropriate. In his humility, he would much rather have our prayers than our tributes. But we recognize that we have been blessed with his presence, and he will just have to be patient with our praise. Archbishop Levada’s first priority has been the spiritual well-being of the faithful of the local Catholic Church, which encompasses San Francisco, San Mateo and Marin Counties. As the seventh Archbishop of San Francisco, he has provided superb spiritual leadership, urging us to “seek the face of Jesus, listen to his words of hope and salvation, and seek to follow in his footsteps throughout our earthly pilgrimage.” Returning to the northern California home of his immigrant grandparents ten years ago, Archbishop Levada took San Francisco to his heart with great enthusiasm. Fitting in with the pillars of the local culture, but carrying an accurate moral compass, he suggested that Columnist Herb Caen’s description of San Francisco as “Baghdad-by-the-Bay” might better be drawn to becoming “Assisi-by-the-Bay.” In the conflicted currents of local politics, where waves sometimes crashed upon the shores of the Catholic Church, Archbishop Levada always has been firm in representing the teaching of the Church, while gracefully welcoming dialog with others in cooperative efforts to accomplish good. Archbishop Levada’s role in the broader Catholic Church, both in the United States and in the international arena, also has been significant. This background gives him an excellent foundation in his new role as Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctorine of the Faith, a position that really is a global responsibility. Catholic San Francisco will publish a special issue August 12 marking the historic appointment of Archbishop Levada. MEH

Good news indeed The generosity of businessman and attorney Fred Furth has been noted before in the pages of Catholic San Francisco. His presence and philanthropy are a major force behind the re-creation of Sacred Heart and St. Dominic as a quality high school preparatory school serving inner-city children. In addition to a major financial commitment, Mr. Furth has helped to guide and motivate. For this year, he purchased all new desks and uniforms for the student body. The uniforms and the school now bear the name of Furth’s daughter Megan, herself an educator, who died unexpectedly two years ago. In seeking to purchase the Sacred Heart property at Fell and Laguna, which includes the closed church and other buildings, Mr. Furth has made a commitment of a $10 million endowment to the school to further innercity Catholic education. The façade of the church building would be preserved, while the interior of the church will serve as a multi-purpose space for the school and the community. This is wonderful news, and we hope it is recognized as such by everyone. Meanwhile, the curious political maneuverings by Democratic State Senator Carole Migden and several San Francisco Supervisors regarding the disposition of closed St. Brigid Church, at Broadway and Van Ness in San Francisco may be coming to a close. Senator Migden has been pushing a unique bill that would remove St. Brigid Church from the provisions of a state law that says religious entities have the right to decline landmark status for church buildings. At the same time, Supervisors, in seeking to landmark the church building, have ignored the wishes of the Archdiocese. Many, including news anchor and talk-show host, Pete Wilson, have criticized the politicians for their over-the-top actions. In a sincere and magnanimous statement, Archbishop Levada (Catholic San Francisco, July 15) expressed the desire of the Archdiocese to maintain the St. Brigid structure “as a visible sign of our past and to preserve the beauty that was created by those who came before us.” While the building will not be reopened as a parish, the building exterior would be preserved. In this case, we have good news too. And again we hope it is seen by such as everyone with an interest in the church building. MEH

In trying to imagine God and my personal link to him, I have always had to resort to abstraction spins such as “He is comprehensible only in His incomprehensibility” which never gave me the image I yearned for. Father Ron Rolheiser has solved my problem with his excellent article, Second Birth. By comparing the total encompassing of a baby in its mother’s womb unable to conceive of the mother or the world into which the baby is about to be born, to our inability to see or even imagine God’s existence beyond the world womb in which we live, Fr. Rolheiser has offered a vividly pictorial certainty that by dying we will be born to see God. Until then, by faith we believe with the Apostle that “eye hath not seen, nor ear heard what awaits us in Heaven.” My thanks to Fr. Rolheiser for giving us spiritual glasses to see better “through a glass darkly.” Jane Sears Burlingame

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L E T T E R S

Thank you for your wonderful, informative, educational paper, especially the writings by Father Ron Rolheiser titled “Spirituality.” His words go right to the heart of what he’s telling us. I’m happy my very thoughts (sometimes or most of the time) go hand-in-hand with his. Father Ron Rolheiser’s writings should be read all over the world. Just read “The Mystery of Saying Goodbye” – so true. May God bless all with your paper and help this world see the light of helping one another – not just fun. John Luppino San Francisco

Another Archbishop fan That was a beautiful tribute in the Open Letter to Archbishop Levada in the Catholic San Francisco (July 15). I’m certain the

Letters welcome Catholic San Francisco welcomes letters from its readers. Please send your letters to: Catholic San Francisco One Peter Yorke Way San Francisco, CA 94109 Fax: (415) 614-5641 E-mail: healym@sfarchdiocese.org

writer of the letter expressed the sentiments of many of Archbishop Levada’s followers. I came to San Francisco knowing our Archbishop in a relatively short time (since coming here) and, strangely, somehow he seems to have drawn me closer and deeper in my Faith. The effect he had over me – I can’t explain it! Truly, a man of God! To Terry Fenwick’s letter I say, “Amen.” Stanley Kekule San Francisco

A fitting memorial I would like to thank the administrator of St. Mary’s Cathedral of the Assumption for the beautiful memorial to the victims of the London bombings. As a parishioner of St. Mary’s and an English expatriate who suffered personal loss during the Nazi bombings, I know what it is to be a target of violence and felt the greatest sorrow for these latest victims of hate and empathy for their families. Knowing that people many miles away remembered them in such a touching way helped to overcome our sorrow at man’s inhumanity to man. May their souls rest in peace. Maria Samuels San Francisco

Turn it off

Last month, the deacons, priests and bishops of our archdiocese gathered at Vallombrosa Center for our annual study days. We came to learn about the meeting of the American bishops, to update ourselves on matters pertaining to ministry, to celebrate Mass and the Liturgy of the Hours, and to enjoy one another's fellowship. What a sad commentary that our gatherings were interrupted, time and time again, by the familiar and unwelcome sound of cellular phones going off. I hate to sound like an old Grinch, but it was a stark reminder of just how addicted many of us have become to noisy modern gadgets. When a cell phone went off during the archbishop's homily Monday night (configured to sound like a cat's "meow," of all things), one could sense the frustration and anger that results from people having neither the good sense nor the courtesy to turn such instruments off. Our Church has managed to survive for two thousand years without such contraptions, and my hope is that we might all recognize we can survive without them for an hour or two without the sky falling. Fr. Bill Brown Our Lady of Mercy Parish Daly City

Martha ﬁrst century feast – July 29 Martha and her siblings, Mary and Lazarus, are Jesus’ friends in Bethany. In Luke 10:38-42, while Mary sits at Jesus’ feet, Martha is busy serving. When she complains to Jesus, he says: “Martha, Martha, you are anxious and worried about many Crosiers things. ... Mary has chosen the better part and it will not be taken from her.” Just before Jesus raises Lazarus from the dead (John 11:1-44), Martha confesses: “Yes, Lord. I have come to believe that you are the Messiah, the Son of God.” She is the patron of cooks and servers. Saints for Today

July 29, 2005

Catholic San Francisco

The Catholic Difference Ah, the wonders of the Internet. You never know what’s going to turn up — or what others are going to find for you. A young priest studying in Rome (who just may have too much time on his hands) recently passed along the following roundup of bloopers from church bulletins and pulpit announcements. You may be dubious; he assures me that none of these are fakes: “Bertha Belch, a missionary from Africa, will be speaking tonight at Calvary Methodist. Come hear Bertha Belch all the way from Africa.” “The ‘Fasting and Prayer’ Conference includes meals.” “Our youth basketball team is back in action at 8 p.m. in the recreation hall. Come out and watch us kill Christ the King.” “Ladies, don’t forget the rummage sale. It’s a chance to get rid of those things not worth keeping around the house. Don’t forget your husbands.” “The peacemaking meeting scheduled for today has been canceled due to a conflict.” “Please remember in prayer the many who are sick of our community.” “Smile at someone who is hard to love. Say ‘Hell’ to someone who doesn’t care much about you.” “Don’t let worry kill you off — let the Church help.” “Miss Charlene Mason sang, ‘I will not pass this way again,’ giving obvious pleasure to the congregation.” “For those of you who have children and don’t know it, we have a nursery downstairs.” “Next Thursday there will be tryouts for the choir. They

need all the help they can get.” “Barbara remains in the hospital and needs blood donors for more transfusions. She is also having trouble sleeping and requests tapes of Pastor Jack’s sermons.” “The Rector will preach his final sermon, after which the choir will sing, ‘Break Forth into Joy.” “Irving Benson and Jessie Carter were married on October 24 in the church. So ends a friendship that began in their school days.” “At the evening service tonight, the sermon topic will be ‘What Is Hell?’ Come early and listen to our choir practice.” “Eight new choir robes are currently needed due to the addition of several new members and to the deterioration of some older ones.” “The Scouts are saving aluminum cans, bottles, and other items to be recycled. Proceeds will be used to cripple children.” “Please place your donation in the envelope along with the deceased person you want remembered.” “Attend and you will hear an excellent speaker and have a healthy lunch.” “The church will host an evening of fine dining, super entertainment, and gracious hostility.” “Potluck supper Sunday at 5 p.m. — prayer and medication to follow.” “The ladies of the church have cast off clothing of every kind. They may be seen in the basement on Friday afternoon.” “This evening at 7 p.m. there will be hymn singing in the

park across from the church. Bring a blanket and come prepared to sin.” “Ladies Bible Study will be held Thursday morning at 10 a.m. All ladies are invited to lunch in the Fellowship Hall after George Weigel the BS is done.” “The pastor would appreciate it if the ladies of the congregation would lend him their electric girdles for the pancake breakfast next Sunday.” “Low Self-Esteem Support Group will meet next Thursday at 7 p.m. Please use the back door.” “The eighth-graders will be presenting Shakespeare’s ‘Hamlet’ in the church basement Friday at 7 p.m. The congregation is invited to attend this tragedy.” “Weight Watchers will meet at 7 p.m. at the first Presbyterian Church. Please use double door at the side entrance.” The moral of the story? Please do take home a bulletin when you leave the church. You never know what you might be missing. George Weigel is a senior fellow of the Ethics and Public Policy Center in Washington, D.C.

Family Life

Who’s on your family’s prayer list? “I don’t know how I got through it.” How many times have we heard a friend or family member say that, looking back on a difficult — even tragic — situation? How many times have we said the same? And then there is that pause, that flash of insight, that obvious explanation and need to give credit where credit is due: prayer. Prayer got us through it. We don’t mean we are tremendous at praying; it was the prayers of others — sometimes countless, nameless others — who helped open our hearts, minds and souls to better receive God’s loving grace and strength. That is why our children need to know that — as is so often the case in family life — when it comes to praying we are a list-making people. We welcome others to our list. We ask to be placed on theirs. Why? Because, as followers of Christ we try to imitate him. Not only did he pray for others, he told his disciples we are all in this together. When it comes to prayer, he said, begin by saying, “Our Father ...” With that in mind, some points to consider are:

—Some families take list-making literally. It is up there on the fridge. All members are encouraged to add to it. Others keep a running tally in their heads and have learned to add “and all those I promised to pray for” to cover anyone they might accidentally have overlooked. Either way, a promise to pray for another person is a pledge that is taken seriously. —Praying for others helps us move beyond our own needs, our own little world. We can better realize how good we have it in so many ways when our prayers remind us how difficult it is right now for others. A prayer for a soldier in Afghanistan whose family is in our parish, for a traffic accident victim who is a friend’s cousin, for a family down the block whose major bread-winner has been laid off: Our children can learn to pray for that individual and then add prayers for all those facing similar hardships and heartaches. —Praying is how we learn that although our faith tells us that all prayers are heard by God, not all are answered as we would choose. (Again, it was Jesus who taught us to say, “Thy will be done.”) —Everyone in the family can pray, from tots to seniors,

from the most energetic to the homebound. Each person’s prayer has value. Each is a blessing not only for the person on that list but for our own family and for the person doing the praying. —The cross tells us Bill & Monica there is a relationship Dodds between suffering and prayer. That suffering, offered up as a prayer, has a value even if we don’t understand how or why it is so. Our list is always changing as some needs become more pressing, new requests are added and prayers of petition are transformed into prayers of thanksgiving. Bill and Monica Dodds are the editors of “My Daily Visitor” magazine.

Spirituality

The truth sets us free A friend of mine, an alcoholic in recovery, is fond of saying: “Alcoholism is only 10% about a chemical, and 90% about dishonesty. You can drink, as long as you do so honestly.” He draws a wider moral axiom from this, adding: “In fact, you can do anything, as long as you don’t have to lie about it! It’s dishonesty, living a double life, that kills the soul and kills families.” He’s right. It’s no accident that, in scripture, Satan is called “the prince of lies”, not the prince of sex or the prince of greed. More than anything else, it’s lying that corrupts the soul, destroys relationships, and sets itself against light. Lying is darkness, the worst form of it. This is clear in scripture. Jesus tells us that all sins can be forgiven, except one: If someone should blaspheme the Holy Spirit, he says, that would constitute an “unforgivable sin”. How does one blaspheme against the Holy Spirit? The unforgivable sin against the Holy Spirit begins with lying, with rationalization, with the refusal to acknowledge the truth. But we don’t commit this sin easily, overnight, the first time we tell a lie. We commit it down the line, through a sustained series of lies, long after we first told a lie to our loved ones and began to hide important parts of our lives from them. The soul warps slowly, like an old board soaked too often in the rain. It’s not the first time it gets wet that makes the warp. We commit the sin against the Holy Spirit when we lie for so long that we believe our own lies. If we lie long enough, eventually light begins to look like darkness and darkness begins to look like light. That’s especially true of the lie of a double life, when we are no longer honest with our loved ones. If we do that

long enough, eventually our betrayals begin to look like virtue, our lies like the truth, and what our families, faith, and churches stand for begins to look like falsehood, death, darkness. Our sin then becomes unforgivable because we no longer want to be forgiven or deem any need to be forgiven. When a sin is unforgivable it’s because we don’t want to be forgiven, not because we’ve crossed some moral line in the sand beyond which God will no longer tolerate our behaviour. The blockage is rather that what we once saw as truth (honesty, faith, family, fidelity) now looks like falsehood and the behaviour we once had to hide from others and lie about now seems as virtue. We commit the unforgivable sin against the Holy Spirit when we live so long inside of a lie that our souls can no longer recognize truth or forgiveness. That’s why Martin Luther warned: “Sin honestly!” In John’s gospel, Jesus doesn’t talk about the sin against the Holy Spirit, but gives its lesson instead in reverse. He tells us that the single condition to enter into the kingdom, to go to heaven, is to refuse to lie, even if we are weak and sinful. Thus, in Chapter 9, John tells the story of a man who comes to faith in Jesus even though he is not particularly interested in faith or religion. He comes to faith and commitment simply because he refuses to tell a lie. Because the man refused to lie, Jesus eventually found him. About 15 years ago, a young man, still in his twenties, produced an award-winning movie, Sex, Lies, and Videotapes. The story is rather simplistic and crass at times, but overall teaches a lesson that could be from John’s gospel: The hero of the story, a

young man with a bad history in the area of sexuality, resolves to make himself better by making a vow to never again tell a lie, even a very small one. Like the man who’s born blind in John’s gospel, that vow brings him to Father health. He gets better, Ron Rolheiser much better. He then sets up a video camera and invites people to come and tell their stories. Those who tell the truth also get better, healthier, and those who lie and hide their infidelities continue to deteriorate in both health and happiness. The truth does set us free. In her book, Guidelines for Mystical Prayer, Ruth Burrows describes what it means to die a “happy death”. To die in a good way, she states, is not a question of whether or not death catches us in a morally good moment or a morally bad one. Rather, to die a happy death is to die in honesty, without pretence, without the need to lie about our lives. Only a saint, she says, can afford a saint’s death. The task for the rest of us is to die in honesty, as sinners asking God to forgive us for a life of weakness. We need too to live that way. Oblate Father Ron Rolheiser is a theologian, teacher and award-winning author.

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Please take a bulletin home with you

Catholic San Francisco

July 29, 2005

EIGHTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME Isaiah 55:1-3; Psalm 145:8-9, 15-16, 17-18; Romans 8:35, 37-39; Matthew 14:13-21

A READING FROM THE BOOK OF THE PROPHET ISAIAH (IS 55:1-3) Thus says the Lord: All you who are thirsty, come to the water! You who have no money, come, receive grain and eat; Come, without paying and without cost, drink wine and milk! Why spend your money for what is not bread; your wages for what fails to satisfy? Heed me, and you shall eat well, you shall delight in rich fare. Come to me heedfully, listen, that you may have life. I will renew with you the everlasting covenant, the benefits assured to David. RESPONSORIAL PSALM (PS 145:8-9, 15-16, 17-18) R. The hand of the Lord feeds us; he answers all our needs. The Lord is gracious and merciful, slow to anger and of great kindness. The Lord is good to all and compassionate toward all his works. R. The hand of the Lord feeds us; he answers all our needs. The eyes of all look hopefully to you, and you give them their food in due season; you open your hand and satisfy the desire of every living thing. R. The hand of the Lord feeds us; he answers all our needs. The Lord is just in all his ways and holy in all his works. The Lord is near to all who call upon him, to all who call upon him in truth. R. The hand of the Lord feeds us; he answers all our needs.

A READING FROM THE LETTER OF SAINT PAUL TO THE ROMANS (ROM 8:35, 37-39) Brothers and sisters: What will separate us from the love of Christ? Will anguish, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or the sword? No, in all these things we conquer overwhelmingly through him who loved us. For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor present things, nor future things, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord. A READING FROM THE HOLY GOSPEL ACCORDING TO MATTHEW (MT 14:13-21) When Jesus heard of the death of John the Baptist, he withdrew in a boat to a deserted place by himself. The crowds heard of this and followed him on foot from their towns. When he disembarked and saw the vast crowd, his heart was moved with pity for them, and he cured their sick. When it was evening, the disciples approached him and said, “This is a deserted place and it is already late; dismiss the crowds so that they can go to the villages and buy food for themselves.” Jesus said to them, “There is no need for them to go away; give them some food yourselves.” But they said to him, “Five loaves and two fish are all we have here.” Then he said, “Bring them here to me,” and he ordered the crowds to sit down on the grass. Taking the five loaves and the two fish, and looking up to heaven, he said the blessing, broke the loaves, and gave them to the disciples, who in turn gave them to the crowds. They all ate and were satisfied, and they picked up the fragments left over— twelve wicker baskets full. Those who ate were about five thousand men, not counting women and children.

The Miracle of the Loaves and Fishes (detail) – Lambert Lombard, c. 1550.

Scripture RAYMOND O’CONNOR

Christ’s love frees and impels The second readings during the Sundays in July come from the eighth chapter of St. Paul’s letter to the Romans. Here, Saint Paul expresses his most profound spiritual insights. This final Pauline letter (written circa A.D. 57-58) conveys some of Paul’s most mature thoughts on sin and grace, law and freedom. It changed the lives of many Christians - most famously Saint Augustine and Martin Luther. The second reading selected for Sunday, July 31 concludes the eighth chapter. It ardently states Paul’s conviction that God’s love, as embodied in Jesus, endures forever. It is one of the most eloquent statements found in Christian spiritual writing. If God is for us, who can be against us? What will separate us from God’s love? This second reading acts like the fulcrum that balances God’s love between today’s first reading from Isaiah – and its display of great generosity – and the feeding of the five thousand in the gospel reading from Matthew. These readings invite us to know and experience the tangibility of God’s love. This love uses all creation – water, grain, wine, milk, bread, fish, and humanity – to make real, at least momentarily, a love so present to us that it gets lost among our more immediate, trifling concerns. How are we to understand Paul’s conviction today? In a world torn by “present things” and “future things” and “powers,” Paul tells us that God’s love remains steadfast, unyielding, and permanent. This is difficult to accept, especially for the many who struggle to know God or for the few who avoid God. But believers are challenged as well. Where is God’s love when we see so much rage brewing among us in all kinds of hate crimes, political rivalries, terrorism, and wars? And all of this, we are told, will not separate us from God’s love! This is a faith sought by many but known by few. This is a faith that firmly understands that God’s love is greater than our fears, that God’s love is greater than our brief lives. It is a faith that Martin Luther King, Jr. shared with us in his “I Have A Dream Speech” of 1963: “With this faith, we will be able to hew out of the mountain of despair a stone of hope. With this faith, we will be able to transform the jangling discords of our nation into a beautiful symphony of brotherhood. With this faith, we will be able to work together, to pray together, to struggle together, to go to jail together, to stand up for freedom together, knowing that we will be free one day.” It is a faith that caused Paul to proclaim to the Galatians that it is not longer I who live, but Christ, who lives in me (2:20). This is a faith for which we warily hope, because deep in our heart-of-hearts, we know that God’s love will take all we are and transform it into something new, something better, and something wonderful. Are we ready for that? “Present things,” “future things,” and “powers” still absorb us, occupy us, and spiritually paralyze us - and why not? It is what we see and know, a far cry from what God would like us to see and know. At times we fall short from this impartial and all-embracing love expressed in Isaiah and Matthew, this love that refuses to make the distinctions that exclude many and favor few. Isaiah includes everyone, especially the “thirsty” and the poor. All may come to the waters. All may be feed with the loaves and fishes that Jesus takes, blesses, breaks, and shares. This is the Eucharistic promise we celebrate. This is the Eucharistic prom-

ise that deeply frees us to experience the love of God as something far greater than our fears or our brief lives. This freedom, however, is nothing like the conventional apprehension of freedom grounded in rights and duties that birthed our litigious society. God’s freedom brings us face to face with the very ground of our being. It impels us to know why it is we live at all – nothing short of the Jewish thought of tikkun olam (literally, “world repair”) often associated with healing of the world through social action and the pursuit of justice. The world’s healing has always been our challenge and task. Therein lies our encounter with God’s love. A love that theologian Walter Brueggemann finds expressed in covenantal relation. According to Brueggemann, a covenantal relation subordinates all laws and conditions to its power to free us from our fears, judgments, and comforts because “the ‘Other’ in this relation is a real, live Other who initiates, shapes, watches over, and cares about the relation. The ‘Other’ is both mutual with us and incommensurate with us, in a way not unlike a parent is mutual and incommensurate with a child, or a teacher is mutual and incommensurate with a student. This means that the relation is endlessly open, alive, giving, demanding, and at risk. This Holy Other may on occasion act in stunning mutuality . . . and so draw close in mercy and compassion, in suffering and forgiveness. It is, however, this same God who may exhibit God’s self in unaccommodating incommensurability with rigorous expectation and dreadfulness, when expectations are not met” (The Covenanted Self: Explorations in Law and Covenant, 38). Therefore it is necessary to value the ongoing and persistent art of discernment that seeks what God wants. Pope Benedict XVI expressed this well in his homily at his installation Mass on April 24, 2005. “To know what God wants, to know where the path of life is found – this was Israel’s joy, this was her great privilege. It is also our joy: God’s will does not alienate us, it purifies us – even if this can be painful – and so it leads us to ourselves. In this way, we serve not only him, but the salvation of the whole world, of all history.” Tikkun olam. The discernment of God’s will in our lives is a delicate process that brings us face to face with a mutual and incommensurate God. St. Ignatius of Loyola, whose feast the Church celebrates on July 31, knew this and developed rules for discernment that guide us to know what God wants. This knowing can be so difficult that it caused St. Theresa of Avila to exclaim, “God, if this is the way you treat your friends, it is not wonder you have so few.” It is true that our world is fraught with divisions, strife, and war, but it is also true that our world is embraced by an incomparable and binding love that impels us beyond our fears to actions that heal our world. This is what God wants, and if we dare to do it, anguish, distress, persecution, famine, nakedness, peril and the sword will not separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord. Raymond O’Connor, D. Min. chairs the Religious Studies Department and directs the Community Service Program at Stuart Hall High School, San Francisco. He attends Most Holy Redeemer Parish in San Francisco.

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St. Charles’ building team and new residents at one of three homes built over five days in June and July.

The entire construction ensemble of more than 60 before taking off for Mexico.

Saint Charles’ youth build hope in Mexico crete slabs and can last until 8 p.m. It’s then home to dinner – gathered and prepared by parish Deacon Mike Young and his wife, Martha – evening prayer and community with lights out at 10 p.m. Free time is busy with conversation, sports, card games and resting. Amanda Roque, a senior at Carlmont High School in Belmont also made the Mexico trip last year. “This experience has helped shape me as a Catholic because it has deepened my spirituality and strengthened my relationship with God” Amanda said. “I am following God’s teachings and ways of life by helping others. As a person, I have realized how fortunate I am to live in the house I live in, to have food put on my table everyday, and to be given the privilege of having an education. Now, I am more determined to be an active voice and advocate in helping others in need.”

When that time comes, it is likely that Mrs. Holden, a longtime sideline supporter, will also make the trip, Mr. A caravan of hope departed June 27 at first light from Holden said. “Each trip is different. Each trip reveals St. Charles Parish in San Carlos. On board were more than Jesus in the actions of others, the smiles of children, and 60 youth and adults destined for the poverty ravaged the tears of the grateful families we build for.” Lomas de Valle region of Mexico. “The trip is funded through participant fees, bake “This marked the thirteenth year that St. Charles has sales, car washes, a second collection, our popular Cinco sponsored a Mexico Mission trip through its Youth Group, de Mayo dinner, donations, and a very successful sponCharlie’s Angels,” said Kevin Holden, trip leader. “This sorship program,” Mr. Holden said. “This trip would not year we sent 41 high school aged youth with 6 college-age be what it is without the adults who have worked so hard interns and 17 adults.” over the years and given up so much time and effort for During a five-day stay in Mexico, the group built simple this project.” but substantial homes for families of the area. While a rea“There were so many great moments but I would say son for the trip, the construction element does not speak to my favorite was on the first day,” Amanda Roque said. all that is accomplished, Mr. Holden said. “We needed rocks to level out a foundation so we start“The youth also find gifts that God has given them, ed a line to hand rocks down to each other. The kids that they did not know they had, and were so eager to help. They all crowdhow easy it is to use their gifts to ed around a boy from our church begchange someone’s life forever,” Mr. ging him for rocks so that they could Holden said. pass them to us. Usually the families Lauren Jung, a junior at Notre Dame and the kids will watch us build the High School in Belmont, was along on house, but this time they really wanted the mission trip for the second time. to help.” “I am doing this because I am interIt’s never easy going home, said ested in getting involved with the comLauren Jung. “The saddest moment of munity, and helping others in need,” the trip was leaving the families and Lauren said. “After you have accomneighborhood children behind. During plished building a house, you are left the few days that you are building with the most satisfactory feeling. You houses, you get very attached to the feel proud of yourself, and are happy to families and children. I remember our know that you have done something last day on the work site and one of the good for someone else. Just knowing kids, Jessica, that I spent time with that you have built a home for a deservevery day came up to me and asked me ing family and have built hope for their when I would be coming back. At first, futures makes everything worthwhile. I I did not know how to respond. But I find it very important to help others in ended up telling her that I would see need, and I hope to make more of an her some other time, just not tomorThe Gomez Ramos family, who will live in this completed home, are at the effort to help other deserving peoples.” row.” front of the picture. Dad, Andres, is fourth from left. Mom, Marvella, A convoy of 9 mini-vans, and 6 cargo “I am undecided about my plans for and their children, Suraydi and Lazaro are at his left. vans transports the mission team as well a future career, but I have been interas tools, sleeping bags, tents, chairs, ested in the idea of joining the Peace clothing and food. The water supply is spread out through The Mexico journey benefits not only youth. Trip Corps,” Lauren said. “However, it is just an idea because all 15 vans. The missionaries sleep the first night at a leader Holden came home a changed man from his first I know it is a big commitment and requires much dedichurch near Pasadena. The next day starts with prayer and mission trip 12 years ago. “I told my wife, Kelley, that I cation. This experience has definitely played a part in breakfast at 6:30 a.m. with arrival at the work site in had found the purpose of my life and it was working this ‘idea.’” Mexico by late afternoon. Jackie Mancini will be a junior at St. Ignatius College with our youth and building hope in Mexico,” the heat“The houses we build are 11’ x 22’, with a concrete ing and air conditioning contractor said. “I have not Preparatory in the fall. Her dad, Don, was a driver on the slab, exposed wood framing, wire and stucco walls, and a missed a trip since.” Mr. Holden and his wife have been trip. Her sister, Nikki, is hoping to participate next year. pitched tar and gravel roof,” Mr. Holden said. “No power members of St. Charles for 20 years and serve today in “The time in Mexico has completely changed my pertools are used. There is no electricity or plumbing provid- roles including extraordinary ministers of Holy spective,” Jackie, who also made the trip last year, said. ed. As we have done in the past, our group split into 3 con- Communion. They are the parents of three daughters. “I hope to do it every year. It is one of the best things I struction teams and we built 3 homes.” Families helped had “This year I shared the trip with our daughter Jillian, have ever done in my life. This has opened my eyes to previously been living in homes that were neither water- a senior at Notre dame High School and our daughter the world. I would like to do something in the future that proof nor wind resistant and with only a dirt floor. Emma, a sophomore at Notre Dame. Our 11 year old helps people living in poverty. I can’t neglect all of the The workday begins with breakfast at 6 a.m. followed daughter, Elizabeth, a 6th grader at St. Charles, is count- problems that are in the world. Otherwise, how would by morning prayer. The first day includes laying the con- ing the years that we all can share this trip together.” they get solved?”

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Jake Richardson smoothes concrete slab foundation of new home.

Dayna Bartowiak and Nick Juri apply stucco finish.

Patrick Niemayer works on frame of new home.

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Iraqi women grieve for a victim of a suicide car bomb attack in Baghdad July 13. At least 25 people, many of them children, were killed in the attack near a patrol where U.S. forces were handing out candy.

said the latest attack in Egypt marked another “chilling chapter” of horror. On the front page of its July 24 edition, L’Osservatore Romano said the violence has put the Egyptian resort town on “that bleak map of terror” together with the world’s other cities that have been targeted by terrorists. The attacks have increasingly “taken on the shape of a diabolic design against humanity,” the paper said. The following day, the government of Israel formally expressed its disappointment that Pope Benedict had not listed Israel as one of the countries currently suffering because of terrorism. A July 25 statement from the Israeli Embassy to the Vatican said, “The government maintains that such an omission strengthens the extremists who do not want peace and weakens the moderates.” Israel, the statement said, is “one of the principal

victims of Islamic terrorism,” and the government would have appreciated it if Pope Benedict had condemned the killing of innocent civilians there. The statement added that the Israeli Foreign Ministry had called the Vatican’s diplomatic representative, Archbishop Pietro Sambi, to a meeting in Jerusalem to express its concern. Vatican spokesman Joaquin Navarro-Valls, vacationing with the pope in the Alps, issued a statement late July 25 saying, “One must keep in mind that the words of Pope Benedict XVI referred expressly to attacks ‘in these days.’” The spokesman said it was “surprising” that anyone would want to “distort” the words of the pope when his position and that of the Catholic Church always had been to “condemn every form of terrorism no matter where it comes from or against whom it is directed.” “Obviously, the serious attack in Netanya the other week (July 12), to which the remarks of the Israelis referred, is part of this general condemnation of terrorism without reservation,” the spokesman said.

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Reunions Aug. 14: Reunion of former members and friends of the now closed Blessed Sacrament Parish, San Rafael at China Camp Miwok Meadows Picnic Grounds from noon – 5 p.m. Bring your own picnic. Contact Joan Powers 479-9482 or Chuck Chiapellone 479-3921 for additional information. Sept. 17: St. Paul’s Grammar School reunion for class of 1960, 6 p.m. at Irish Cultural Center, San Francisco. Call Liz Hinds Hannan at (650) 342-1759. Oct. 1: Golden Diploma ceremony for 1955 graduates from Marin Catholic High School beginning with Mass at 4 p.m. in MC’s St. Francis Chapel. Father Tom Daly, school president, will preside. Dinner and dancing follows at Marin Art & Garden Center. Call Tracy Hogan at (415) 464-3800, ext. 3843. Oct. 1: Calling all Stars who graduated in 1965 from Star of the Sea Academy - a 40th Reunion. Contact Teri Baldocchi at 650-592-6763 or xbaxter11@comcast.net. Oct. 29: Class of ’55, Immaculate Conception Academy at Embassy Suites in Burlingame. Contact Anne Nolan Dowd at (650) 359-2601 or andown@aol.com. Oct. 8: Class of ’50, Holy Name of Jesus Elementary School. Contact Joe Murray at jdmsail1@cs.com or www.holynamesf.com/alumni. The school is searching for class members from’65. Contact Helen Sigmund Fisicaro at (415) 973-1022. Nov. 12: Class of ’64 Holy Name of Jesus Elementary School. Contact Kevin Brady at kbrady2626@msn.com or www.holynamesf.com/alumni. Save the Dates! APRIL 21-23, 2006. Reunion for class of 1956 -Notre Dame High School, San Francisco. Call Rose Doonan O’Leary at (415) 821-6512. Holy Angels Elementary School in Colma is looking for graduates of its class of ’56 with a reunion in mind. Call (65) 755-0220 or email Holyangls@aol.com. Class of ’65, Our Lady of Mercy, Daly City. “We are in the process of planning our 40th reunion and are looking for lost classmates,” said Michael Thompson. The reunion will be in September 2005. Contact Pat Lucido Davisson at (415) 457-6544. Email is patdavisson@ctt.com. Class of ’75 from St. John Ursuline High School is planning a 30th reunion for this fall! Classmates should contact Kathy Grimley at (650) 342-7633 or kathygbnp@aol.com. Archbishop Riordan High School is in search of alumni moms! Call (415) 5868200, ext. 217. SF/East Bay Chapter of Kappa Gamma Pi is seeking members with whom it’s lost touch. Call Betty at (925) 284-2028. We are on a Star Search for graduates of Star of the Sea Academy, Class of ‘55. A 50th Reunion is in the planning stage. Let us know where you are. Contact Patricia Lawless Sack at 415-472-5732.You won’t want to miss this one!

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The Salesian Boys’ and Girls’ Club entertained April 16th for the benefit of members traveling to World Youth Day in August. The show was a huge success drawing an audience of 200 people and raising $1,500 for the cause said assistant director, Ty Debreuner. The evening’s acts included singers and dancers as well as yo-yo tricks from Thor Barsness and baton twirling from Hayley Murphy, Ty said. On their way to Germany in a coupla’ weeks are Jasmin and Jade Staley, Robyn Fong, Eric Tow, and Amanda and Michelle Lee with chaperones Joselyn and Jim Staley and Salesian Sister Celine Lomele. Cast members included, front from left: Phoebe Flynn, Erica Sollini, Sabrina Montano, Audrey Yu, Vaneka Reed, Stephanie Hurtdao. Middle from left: Angelina Ragusa, Annabella Rossetti. Back from left: Brandi Allan, Hayley Murphy, Sabrina Soracco and Emma Burke

Young Adults Office of Young Adult Ministry and Campus Ministry: Connecting late teens, 20s and 30s, single and married to the Catholic Church. Contact Mary Jansen, 415-614-5596, jansenm@sfarchdiocese.org. Check out our Web site for a list of events around the Bay Area and download our Newsletter at www.sfyam.org. We publish a quarterly newsletter to connect college students and young adults to the Catholic Church. Sept 24: Fall Fest 2005, 9th Annual Young Adult Conference at St. Mary’s Cathedral. Volunteers needed. Contact Mary, jansenm@sfarchdiocese.org, 415-6145596. Registration available in June. www.sfyam.org. Young adults recite the rosary in chapel of St. Dominic Church, 2390 Bush St. at Steiner, SF each Wednesday at 7 p.m. Contact Tony at (415) 3871654. 2nd and 4th Mon.: St. Vincent de Paul Young Adult Group meets. “Just show up and be part of our community.” Meetings take place at SVDP, Steiner and Green, SF at 7:30 p.m. Thurs. at 7:30 p.m.: St. Dominic Adult Formation Series in the parish hall 2390 Bush St. at Steiner, SF. Explore the skills needed to understand the bible and help it inform daily life. Join at any time. Contact Scott Moyer at scott@stdominics.org. 3rd/4th Sundays: St. Vincent de Paul YAG provide nourishment for the less fortunate, 8:30 - 11:30 a.m. Contact Tricia Reilly at (415) 505-4313.

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Sept. 30: San Francisco Giants game with pregame party for Catholic Singles beginning at 5:15 p.m. The evening begins at 5:15 p.m. The Catholic Singles Network has reserved a block of tickets in the third base side (section 326) so that you will able to sit with other Catholic Singles. Cost of event (which includes pre-game party and the game) is $36 for CSN members and $46 for non-members. For more information, contact Paul at paul@csnca.com or 888-208-9555 x 83 Nov. 4 – 6: Widowed, Separated, and Divorced Weekend at Vallombrosa Retreat Center, Menlo Park. The weekend is designed to be a time of closure on the past and new beginning in the present. For more information, call La Verne (650) 355-3978, Ward (415) 821-3390, or Nicole (408) 578-5654, or see the website: www.beginningexperience.org. Separated and Divorced support group meets 1st and 3rd Wed. at 7:30 p.m. at St. Stephen Parish Center, SF, call Gail at (650) 591-8452. Saturdays: Prayer Group, 9:30 - 11:30 a.m. at St. Hilary Church 761 Hilary Drive, Tiburon, (415) 7565505. Father James Tarantino presides. Call (415) 756-5505. Also at St. Hilary’s, Bible Study beginning Sept. 3. Sign-ups begin August 1st. Catholic Adult Singles Assoc. of Marin meets for support and activities. Call Bob at (415) 8970639 for information.

Consolation Ministry Groups meet at the following parishes. Please call numbers shown for more information. San Mateo County: St. Catherine of Siena, Burlingame. Call (650) 344-6884; Our Lady of Angels, Burlingame. Call Louise Nelson at (650) 343-8457 or Barbara Arena at (650) 344-3579. Our Lady of Mt. Carmel, Redwood City. Call (650) 3663802; Good Shepherd, Pacifica. Call Sister Carol Fleitz at (650) 355-2593; St. Robert, San Bruno. Call (650) 589-2800. Immaculate Heart of Mary, Belmont. Call Ann Ponty at (650) 598-0658 or Mary Wagner at (650) 591-3850. Marin County: St. Isabella, San Rafael. Call Pat Sack at (415) 472-5732. Our Lady of Loretto, Novato. Call Sister Jeanette at (415) 897-2171.

Programs for Catholics interested in returning to the Church, have been established at the following parishes: Marin County: St. Hilary, Tiburon, Mary Musalo, (415) 435-2775; St. Anselm, Ross, call (415) 4532342; St. Sebastian, Greenbrae, Jean Mariani at (415) 461-7060; Our Lady of Mt. Carmel, Mill Valley, Rick Dullea at (415) 388-4190; St. Mary Star of the Sea, Sausalito, Lloyd Dulbecco at (415) 331-7949. San Francisco: Old St. Mary’s Cathedral, SF, Michael Adams at (415) 695-2707; St. Philip the Apostle, 725 Diamond St. at Elizabeth/24th, SF. Call (415) 282-0141; St. Dominic, SF, Lee Gallery at (415) 221-1288; Holy Name of Jesus, SF, (415) 6648590. San Mateo County: St. Bartholomew, San Mateo, Dan Stensen at (650) 344-5665; St. Catherine of Siena, Burlingame, Silvia Chiesa at (650) 685-8336; Our Lady of Angels, Burlingame, Dorothy Heinrichs or Maria Cianci at (650) 347-7768; St. Dunstan, Millbrae, Dianne Johnston at (650) 697-0952; Our Lady of the Pillar, Half Moon Bay, Meghan at (650) 726-4337; St. Peter, Pacifica, Sylvia Miles at (650) 355-6650, Jerry Trecroci at (650) 355-1799, Frank Erbacher at (650) 355-4355; St. Matthew, San Mateo. Jim Shea at (650) 344-7622.

Volunteer Opportunities Do you have a few hours each week to spare? St. Anthony Foundation can use your help. For more than 54 years, St. Anthony Foundation has worked to provide for the physical and emotional needs of the poor and homeless. A staple of its12 programs is the support of more than 300 volunteers. If you are interested in sharing the gift of time with St. Anthony Foundation in its free Dining Room or other programs, please call (415) 241- 2600 for more information. Weekday volunteers are especially needed - www.stanthonysf.org. St. Anthony Padua Dining Room in Menlo Park needs volunteers Wed., Thurs, and Sat. from 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. to help prepare and serve noon meals. More than 500 people daily are helped by the program. Call (650) 365-9664. St. Vincent de Paul Society of San Francisco needs your help at its Help Desk. Service includes sorting donations and helping clients. If anyone would like to volunteer - also small groups of volunteers one Saturday a month - they should call (415) 202-9955.” St. Vincent de Paul of San Mateo County needs Spanish/English-speaking volunteers to answer phones in 2 – 3 hour shifts between 9:30 a.m. and 4 p.m. at their offices, 50 No. B St., San Mateo. Volunteers do intake of clients’ requests, log the call and enter into Access-based computer data system. Call (650) 373-0620.

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Part-Time Rectory Cook/Housekeeper St. Bartholomew Parish in San Mateo is in need of a part-time (9-12 hours wk) cook and housekeeper for our rectory. Responsibilities include menu planning, food purchasing and preparation, some laundry and light housekeeping. Must have previous experience as a cook. Please mail resume and cover letter to: St. Bartholomew Parish, Attn: L. Wise, 600 Columbia Drive, San Mateo, CA 94402, or fax to (650) 347-2429. For more information call (650) 347-0701 Ex. 25.

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ST. THOMAS More Church in Paradise is seeking an outgoing faith-filled Catholic with experience in Youth Ministry for F/T position as youth minister. For info. (530) 877-4501 or www.stmparadise.com. Resumes due by noon, August 31. Mail to St. Thomas More Church, 767 Elliot Rd., Paradise, CA 95969 or email to FrStevenFoppiano@aol.com

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St. Charles Parochial School, San Carlos, CA, is seeking a principal who will share the vision of quality Catholic education. We are seeking a candidate who is a practicing Roman Catholic in good standing with the Church. Possess a valid teaching credential. Holds and earned Master’s degree in school administration and has five or more years administrative experience (at least three in Catholic schools).

For over 54 Years, St. Anthony Foundation has worked in the city of St. Francis to provide for the physical and emotional needs of our poor and homeless brothers and sisters. One of the ways we are able to continue the work of our 12 programs is through the support of the over 300 regular volunteers that help us each year. If your or someone you know would like to share the gift of time with St. Anthony Foundation in our Dining Room or one of our other programs, please call (415) 241-2726, email: volunteer@stanthonysf.org or visit www.stanthonysf.org for more information. You can make a difference in helping us to feed, heal, clothe, nourish and lift the spirits of those who need it most in our community.

Applicants complete a Principal application and establish a personal file with the Department of Catholic Schools. Full benefit package included. Salary commensurate with experience and education. Send resume to: Ms. Maureen Huntington, Superintendent, One Peter Yorke Way, SF, CA 94109.

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

Wauneta R. Dineen Lydia Marie DiRicco Leo J. Donohoe Gloria White Dunham Crispulo S. Duque Evelenia Estaris Mario Famero Ronald J. Feger Asterio F. Festejo Cecilia J. Finn Jaquelina Pastrana Flores John J. Ford, Jr. Veronica M. Friel Rosaria A. Furneri Lourdes A. Gabac David Gaffney Carol A. Galon Mark A. Galon Lina Gastoni John A. Geno Lena Felice Gnecco Rena Godoy Dick Regino Gornot Alice M. Grover Patricia A. Guiney Lena Guzzo Maryanne P. Harrison Nancy J. Hasek Aurelia Henriques Lillian G. Hinds Anita Holmsen Rosa D. Jimenez Angeline T. Jotz Joan M. Keegan Julia Kelleher Michael M. Keyes Elizabeth King Anna Kyle

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