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No one can be excluded from the care, love of the church, cardinal says CAROL GLATZ CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

VATICAN CITY – While the Catholic Church cannot bless unions that are not sacramental marriages, the church will always welcome and accompany (CNS PHOTO/COURTESY MYITKYINA NEWS JOURNAL) everyone, no matter their situation Sister Ann Nu Thawng, a member of the Sisters of St. Francis Xavier, kneels in front of police and soldiers during an anti-coup in life, said the prefect of the Dicastprotest in Myitkyina, Myanmar, Feb. 28, 2021. Pope Francis on March 17 said that he too kneels on the streets of Myanmar as ery for Laity, the Family and Life. he appealed for an end to violence and the start of dialogue. At least 138 people have been killed by security forces since the “Nobody must ever be excluded coup began Feb. 1. from the pastoral care and love and concern of the church,” said the prefect, Cardinal Kevin J. Farrell, Cardinal Kevin March 18 during an online Vatican Farrell news conference, presenting details of the “Amoris Laetitia Family Year,” which starts March 19.

The cardinal’s comments were in response to a The United Nations, human rights groups, bishops question about the “disappointment” expressed in CAROL GLATZ and Catholic organizations have condemned the acparts of the world regarding a recent statement by CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE tions of the Myanmar military, which has continued the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, which to crack down on protesters since its Feb. 1 coup. said any form of blessing a same-sex union is “illicit.”

VATICAN CITY – As security forces in Myanmar According to the U.N. Human Rights office, as of That statement, released March 15 and approved by have increased their crackdown on civilians, with March 16 at least 138 people, including children, had Pope Francis, reiterated that homosexual men and disappearances, detentions and the killing of peacebeen killed since the coup began, and more than 2,100 women must be respected, but that it was not licit to ful protesters, Pope Francis appealed for an end to civilians have been detained, according to the agency, impart a blessing on relationships or partnerships violence and the start of dialogue.

Assistance Association for Political Prisoners. “that involve sexual activity outside of marriage – “Once again, and with much sorrow, I feel comChristine Schraner Burgener, the U.N. special i.e., outside the indissoluble union of a man and a pelled to mention the tragic situation in Myanmar, envoy on Myanmar, condemned the continued woman open in itself to the transmission of life – as where so many people, especially young people, are bloodshed as the military defied international calls, is the case of the unions between persons of the same losing their lives for offering hope to their country,” including from the U.N. Security Council, for resex.” the pope said at the end of his weekly general audistraint, dialogue and full respect for human rights While such unions may not be blessed, people may ence March 17. and fundamental freedoms. still receive a blessing as individuals, the statement Without mentioning her name, the pope recalled “The ongoing brutality, including against medical said. the iconic gestures of Sister Ann Nu Thawng, who personnel and destruction of public infrastructure, When asked if the unfavorable reaction by some made headlines when photographs were published severely undermines any prospects for peace and to the doctrinal congregation’s statement could have of her kneeling before police seeking to shield peacestability,” she said in a statement March 14. “The any consequences on the dicastery’s work and plans ful protesters and of her extending her arms begging international community, including regional actors, for promoting a year dedicated to the family and police not to shoot or hurt anyone. must come together in solidarity with the people of conjugal love, Cardinal Farrell said, “I think that it is “I, too, kneel on the streets of Myanmar and say, Myanmar and their democratic aspirations.” very important that we all understand that the pasto‘Stop the violence,’” Pope Francis said. “I, too, spread A personal way to honor your loved one’s patriotism to our country.

She said she had heard from contacts in Myanmar ral life of the church is open to all people.” wide my arms and say, ‘Make way for dialogue.’” have received a flag honoring your lovedof one's military service and would like to donate it heartbreakingIf you accounts of killings, mistreatment Bloodshed “resolves nothing,” he said, repeating to the cemetery to be flown as part of an “Avenue of Flags" on Memorial Day, 4th of July and Veterans' Day, PAGE 22 demonstrators and torture of prisoners. his call for dialogue to begin.

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40 Days for Life closes with ‘best year to date’ NICHOLAS WOLFRAM SMITH CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO

As 40 Days for Life’s spring campaign draws to a close, an organizer of the seasonal prayer vigil in San Francisco praised the dedication of the pro-life men and women who support it.

“Pro-life people are resilient, they are fighters, they’re willing to go do something because it’s right, even though much of the culture is against what you’re doing,” Clarisse Siu said.

Siu, an organizer with San Francisco 40 Days for Life, said the prayer campaign has had “its best year to date.” Siu highlighted an encounter where one woman decided not to go into the clinic and asked the pro-life supporters there about alternatives to abortion. The campaign has also seen high turnout, with 45 people attending the first week.

When Planned Parenthood of Northern California closed its clinic on Valencia Street in the Mission District and opened a new location on Bush Street March 9, 40 Days for Life called for a strong pro-life witness, and 3-5 people prayed outside each hour.

In a press release, Planned Parenthood of

Northern California said the new flagship health center at 1522 Bush St. would host executive staff, fundraising and outreach personnel as well as a research department and a clinic providing abortions, sexual health and mental health services.

The organization estimated it would see 13,000 patients annually at the new location.

With the campaign closing March 28, Siu reflected on pro-life activism in San Francisco. Witnessing against abortion in the city “feels like an uphill battle,” she said, compared to campaigns across the country that seem to have plenty of volunteers and success in persuading women to not have an abortion.

“It feels here like there’s a lot less visible success,” she said. But pro-life supporters are determined to “follow the spirit,” Siu added, and are energized by their cause. Praying is the most important task they have, and “when something does happen that is positive, you treasure it so much more,” she said.

“We trust in God no matter what. Even if we don’t see any visible fruits, we trust in God,” she said.

After 40 Days for Life ends March 28, Siu encouraged anyone interested in continuing to pray outside the clinic to join other groups, like Star of the Sea Parish’s weekly prayer vigil or St. Mary’s Cathedral’s monthly Mass and rosary procession to Planned Parenthood.

“I definitely encourage people to come out and join us, either every Saturday or when we come back in the fall,” she said.

Changes ahead for Catholic San Francisco With this issue, Rick DelVecchio’s decade-plus long turn as Editor of Catholic San Francisco comes to an end. Rick is retiring as the Archdiocesan Communication Department is being reorganized, a project that was initiated when former Director Mike Brown announced his retirement last fall.

Rick joined the Archdiocese in 2007. In 2010 he was named editor of Catholic San Francisco, as well as the Spanish-language newspaper San Francisco Católico. Many from that staff remain with the newspaper - a testament to his respect for and appreciation of a well-functioning team and his skill in developing this one. He oversaw the smooth transition from a weekly to twice-monthly schedule, introduced digital management tools and communication channels including social media, and adapted to a rapidly changing environment for journalism. In 2018 he was honored by his peers in

the United States/Canada Catholic Press Association as Editor of the Year. Under his leadership the paper, its writers, staff, and photographer received numerous CPA awards for general excellence. For the past year he has directed the staff in producing the newspaper on schedule from their homes, a situation required by the COVID-19 shelter-in-place orders.

Rick served the Archdiocese under two publishers, Archbishop George Niederauer and Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone. We thank him for his years of professional service and friendship, and pray for a long, happy, and healthy retirement.

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Dominican: Angels are real, active and personal CHRISTINA GRAY CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO

Dominican Father Michael Hurley often opens up his talks on angels by asking the audience to estimate the number of people in the room.

“Take whatever number you think it is and double it,” he tells them to make a visceral point that we each have an angel – one unique angel – that follows us through life and to whom we can turn to for guidance and protection.

“Angels are real, angels are active, angels are personal,” Father Hurley told Catholic San Francisco when he met with us days before his virtual March 18 presentation, “Angels and Us” through the Dominican School of Philosophy and Theology in Berkeley.

Father Hurley is one of several Dominican scholars presenting short lectures as part of the Wise Habits lecture series this year. The lectures are being offered to the public to help “deepen your understanding of and strengthen your faith.”

The reality of angels is something many Catholic adults are “perhaps abstractly aware of but not really engaged with in their spiritual lives,” said Father Hurley, whose master’s thesis at the DSPT was on angels.

Most know the children’s bedtime prayer, “Angel of God, my guardian dear, to whom God’s love commits me here, ever this day be at my side, to light and guard and rule and guide.”

But guardian angels are with us well past childhood, he said.

Angels are “spiritual creatures” – persons in fact – that are a “manifestation of God’s love for us.”

They are also a scriptural fact.

“Wherever there is Christ there are angels,” he said. “Most people are surprised to know that there are twice as many angels in the New Testament as there are in the Old Testament even though it’s four times as long, page for page. Why is that? Because the angels are always around Christ.”

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St. Dominic pastor Dominican Father Michael Hurley, outside parish offices March 12 with a statue of St. Michael the Archangel.

An awareness of the presence of angels, an appreciation for their role in our lives and a conscious decision to ask for their guidance and protection is what Father Hurley hopes to instill in his lectures.

Angels help us to better understand God’s will for us, he said.

“We have been given a guardian, a helper, a spiritual creature who is many, many times more intelligent, loving, resourceful and in connection with the reality of things as they are than we are,” he said.

But how often do we turn to them?

“What aspect of the divine life does God want to come alive in me this year, 2021?,” he said. “Have you ever thought about how angels could be part of that process?”

He uses the high-tech analogy of a search engine to describe the depth of the power of angelic forces.

We turn to a search engine literally dozens of times a day for answers to questions large and small, he said.

“Think of your own life and what God wants for and from you,” said Father Hurley. “Where do I start? Well, guess what? We’ve got a search engine, and that is our angel, who is directed in their mission as far as what God has given them to do to assist, help, guide and enlighten us.”

Father Hurley said a connection to our guardian angel can be cultivated in intentional daily prayer and by “personalizing” our request for guidance through tokens, statues and other physical reminders.

As far back as when he was a young boy growing up in Pacifica, Father Hurley began saying a morning prayer to his namesake angel, St. Michael the Archangel. In his office he has an imposing statue of St. Michael given as a gift to him from fellow pilgrims on a trip to Lourdes.

Even in five minutes a day you can ask your guardian angel to enlighten your day, he said.

“It’s cultivating a sense that God not only loves us, but loves us in a particular way such that he entrusted to us a spiritual guide and guardian,” he said. “It’s such a beautiful expression of God’s love in a tangible way.”

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Catholic schools reopen classrooms with care, caution LIDIA WASOWICZ CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO

Convinced of the scholastic, social and spiritual superiority of in-person instruction, Catholic schools in the San Francisco Archdiocese have been doing extra homework to get students safely back in the classroom.

With COVID-19 protections in place, the core curriculum remains the sole survivor of the prepandemic campus experience that ended abruptly a year ago.

The new normal entails face masks, sanitizers, disinfectants, temperature checks, viral tests, distanced desks, plexiglass enclosures, plastic shields, staggered schedules, split classes, spread-out lunch seats, coned-off play areas, repurposed spaces, hybrid teaching, reimagined digital tools, drivethrough drop-offs and pick-ups.

Visitors, volunteers, field trips, classroom rotations number among new prohibitions in schoolspecific plans that had to pass muster with public health and archdiocesan officials prior to the incremental comeback that began last fall.

“We can’t expect children to learn sitting in front of a screen for hours,” said Lydia Collins, principal of St. Raphael School in San Rafael. “Children need social interaction for their emotional well-being; our children have suffered by being forced to learn in the isolation of their homes.” The school, where a mere 6% of students have opted to remain distance learners, began the phased-in return Sept. 22, 2020.

Initial fears of widespread infections failed to materialize. In Marin County, where all seven Catholic and 105 of 109 other schools have reopened, government figures showed only 11 cases of suspected in-school coronavirus transmission as of March 14, 2021 when the number of days any student attends class in person totaled 1,376,430.

A Catholic San Francisco survey of 32 principals, pastors, parents, pupils and teachers at eight schools in the three counties served by the archdiocese found an overwhelming preference for on-site education and appreciation for those who make it possible.

“Catholic schools believe there is no substitute for in-person learning, and our work serving children, especially poor and minority children, cannot be placed in limbo during the pandemic,” said Kimberly Orendorff, principal of St. Anselm School in San Anselmo, which started welcoming back students in August 2020. “Catholic school teachers are among the unsung heroes of this pandemic.”

Charley Hayes, who consults with half a dozen Bay Area Catholic schools and teaches at three, praised the effort. “It’s amazing to see how schools in the archdiocese are able to successfully get students on campus using technology, safety protocols and the collaboration of teachers, parents and principals,” said Hayes, regional education manager at BEYOND Technology Education, Inc. It’s been no small task.

“We all worked throughout the summer to prepare for an uncertain school year,” said Marc Nava, prin-

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Students follow social distancing protocols as they hold class discussion outdoors at St. Isabella School in San Rafael, which reopened to in-person instruction five days a week on March 8, 2021. cipal of St. Pius School in Redwood City, where 60% of families decided to return in a guarded rollout from late October 2020 to mid-January 2021.

Vacations waylaid, full focus turned to maximizing safety, devising hybrid lesson plans, restructuring and outfitting campuses, improving the technology infrastructure, modifying hardware, budgeting for the extra expenses and creating alternatives to traditional fundraising events. “The academics have not changed throughout the school day, but technology is used more for our middle school classes as most of my teachers must do in-person and virtual teaching at the same time,” said Kathleen Kraft, principal of Our Lady of Loretto School in Novato, which gradually reopened Sept. 24, 2020 to Oct. 5, 2020.

To adjust to its protection plan, Marin Catholic High School in Kentfield delayed its opening by three weeks, to late September 2020. “We brought kids on campus so they could see and feel the new protocols,” combining the occasion with a social justice retreat program, said principal Chris Valdez.

While missing “how it used to be when longstanding traditions are no longer possible,” teachers and students extol the return, said Francesca Previtali, assistant principal and teacher at St. Raphael School.

Everyone is “extremely grateful to be back together,” said Angela Hadsell, principal of St. Patrick School in Larkspur, which reopened progressively Sept. 28, 2020 to Oct. 12, 2020.

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“Honestly, as the principal, I had to hold back my tears the first couple of days just for all the happiness in seeing my kiddos back,” said Dianne Lakatta of St. Brendan School in San Francisco, which opened Nov. 2, 2020 to a revolving on-site, at-home schedule.

Annika Sandoval, 14, and her siblings Adrian, 11, Marina, 10, and Sofia, 7, were equally joyful about their cautious return March 2, 2021. “We’re extremely pleased with the job St. Brendan has done” under such unique circumstances, said their parents Jose Sandoval and Lisa Chinchilla-Sandoval.

At St. Patrick, “both my children were delighted to re-enter the school building they love (and) excited to reunite with their teachers and friends,” said Nancy Hall Bennett. St. Pius eighth grader Brody Brennan and St. Raphael seventh grader Carmen Dominguez found virtual education frustrating and in-person schooling “a huge relief.”

“If I am being totally honest, I didn’t learn that much during our online time,” Dominguez admitted.

“Being at home, there were very many distractions, and time management was harder.”

Learning remotely “is just not working effectively overall, as evidenced by many children falling behind,” said Msgr. Michael Padazinski, pastor of St. Patrick Parish, where school applications have soared. “You cannot nurture the whole child — emotionally, socially, physically, spiritually — via a screen.”

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Parishes can play a role combating human trafficking, speaker says NICHOLAS WOLFRAM SMITH CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO

A recent webinar sponsored by the Archdiocese of San Francisco’s Office of Human Life & Dignity explored how parishes can become involved in countering human trafficking.

Because trafficking is so often unseen, it can “really be easy for parishioners and community members to become discouraged, because it seems like an insurmountable crime, but there really are ways we can become involved and make a difference,” Lisa Lungren said.

Lungren, national education and outreach coordinator on immigration and anti-trafficking at the USCCB’s Migration and Refugee Services, said focusing on “education, engagement and sustainability” is the most successful for getting parishioners engaged in the issue.

The anti-trafficking nonprofit Polaris Project defines trafficking as “the use of force, fraud or coercion to get another person to provide labor or commercial sex.” Sex trafficking can be found in prostitution or massage parlors, among other places, while labor trafficking occurs in the agriculture, construction, hospitality or personal services industries, according to the organization. In 2019, Polaris said its human trafficking

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Since January, which is national slavery and human trafficking prevention month, the Office of Human Life & Dignity has sponsored webinars to address the issue. Previous webinars, available on the department’s YouTube channel, covered trafficking in general and child sex trafficking.

Offering parishioners an overview of trafficking and information on how to address it locally through parish presentations and discussions raises awareness on what is often an unnoticed crime, Lungren explained. The USCCB offers a program, SHEPHERD, to support church groups who want to become more involved in working against trafficking. Parishes and dioceses can build on awareness through bulletin notices, prayers of the faithful, or participating in special events dedicated to trafficking.

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Spirituality blooms in St. Hilary garden LIDIA WASOWICZ CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO

When Jesus and Mary murmured to Edna Griffith 20 years ago that the 14 pine trees overlooking St. Hilary Church in Tiburon would make an ideal setting for 14 outdoor Stations of the Cross, she set out to turn a secret garden into a sacred space.

It took the devout parishioner, volunteer teacher and Christ’s bosom buddy since kindergarten a year to transform the wild hillside frequented by deer into a spiritual oasis attracting visitors from around the country.

“I was the landscaper, Our Lord and Our Lady, in whispering the idea to me, were the designers,” said Griffith, who routinely refines, revitalizes and refreshes the sizable area behind the church.

The latest sprucing up — with freshly planted flowers, newly laid tan bark, refurbished stepping stones and a lifesize Nativity set relocated onto a sunny carpet of marigolds — was completed just in time for a special Holy Week event.

Their 20-year annual tradition of re-enacting the Stations of the Cross stymied by the coronavirus, St. Hilary students and teachers moved the production outside and online.

“COVID-19 has required St. Hilary School to reimagine how we do many of our school community and faith-based activities to support social distancing and the inability to gather large groups indoors,” said Lidiette Ratiani, director of advancement and marketing.

To comply, the seventh grade Christian leadership team, rather than the entire class, will host the modified presentation of conventional and contemporary reflections by one student at each station, pictured in the background, followed by reverent refrains from the 12-member parish choir singing on site. Students and parishioners will view the video streamed to classrooms and the church.

“This year, we wanted to create Sta-

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Edna Griffith of St. Hilary Parish in Tiburon stands by the outdoor Stations of the Cross she envisioned, developed and has been maintaining for more than 20 years and which, due to COVID-19, this year will serve as a backdrop for the annual living Stations of the Cross presentation by St. Hilary School students during Holy Week 2021 beginning March 28, 2021 with Palm Sunday. tions of the Cross that are a prayerful, meditative and relatable experience for the students, those participating and those viewing,” said Lisa Veto, head of faith formation for the parish, religious coordinator for the school and creator and director of the new format.

Principal Marie Bordeleau praised the plan.

“Lisa’s vision provides a fulfilling experience for our students and resulted in a new way to present the holy and important story of Jesus’s final hours of life on earth,” she said.

That story grows in meaning in a panoramic setting conducive to contemplation, meditation and appreciation of God’s creation, said Pastor Father Roger Gustafson.

“Not only is it a beautiful place and wonderful to be outdoors – weather permitting – but there is something special about doing Stations of the

Cross close to nature,” said parishioner Inge Hendromartono. “It feels more like a pilgrimage and therefore more moving.”

Gloria Cruz, who can no longer navigate the stairs to the garden due to arthritis, noted the panoramic, private setting makes it ideal for a personal retreat.

“You can go up there to be in your inward room, think about your life, what you need, where you’re headed, be thankful for being alive during COVID,” she said. “It’s a special place.”

So special Mary Ann Snyder hosted her family from Chicago there for first Communion and other celebrations over her 18 years as a parishioner.

“We enjoyed being at peace with Our Lord there,” recalled Snyder, who moved to Idaho in October.

“It’s a gem as a learning prop for kids; you can take them back there

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Respect Life essay winners recognized

Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone with kindergarten grand prize winner Elise Pahk, St. Isabella School, San Rafael at annual Respect Life Essay Mass, March 14, 2021 at St. Mary’s Cathedral. The cathedral welcomed only contestants and their families to the Mass with the assembly of 300 socially distanced by households. The awards ceremony was held on the cathedral plaza with all 80 winners able to pose for a personal picture with the archbishop. More than 300 students from a dozen Catholic elementary, home schools, and religious education programs in the Archdiocese of San Francisco took part in the contest working from a theme of “Open Wide Our Hearts to All God’s Children,” according to the Office of Human Life & Dignity, event sponsors. Visit https://sfarchdiocese.org/essay-contest.

and show them the whole Way of the Cross.”

That’s what Griffith has been doing during the 20 years she’s been teaching K-8 students about the rosary, Stations of the Cross and eucharistic adoration.

“We go through the stations, then come back to the chapel, and I introduce them to Our Lord in the Blessed Sacrament as the 15th station because he dies on the cross, is buried but then is resurrected,” she said.

“Here he waits for us, and we can come anytime and make him our best friend.”

Jesus became her best friend when, at age five, she had to stand for an hour outside the chapel for yanking a tormentor’s ponytail.

Terrified and alone, she espied the red light she knew signaled Christ’s presence.

“I said, ‘Jesus you are here by yourself, and so am I, so if you keep me company, I will keep you company,’” she related. “Jesus became my friend that day, and nothing and no one could take him away from me.”

Her next most memorable moment came when two kindergarteners suddenly knelt, their eyes brimming with tears, when the class she was leading through the garden reached the 11th Station that depicts Jesus being nailed to the cross.

“The teachers and I looked at each other and couldn’t believe how moving it was for them,” Griffith recalled.

On another noteworthy occasion, a priest touring the grounds in the early days stood in awe at her handiwork and predicted: “There will be thousands of people who walk this ground from all over the world, just watch.”

“His prophecy has come true,” Griffith said. “People have come from all over the United States,” including 10 priests who blessed the site.

Former students assuring her they pray the rosary years later bespeak the difference she is making.

“That legacy is the work that I have done, want to do and continue to do for Our Lady and Our Lord,” Griffith said.

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Tackling racism is difficult work, but it must be done, says Bishop Fabre and white” issue, but noted that in reality racism affects “people of all colors.” “Educating ourselves on the church’s teachings and catechizing the youth and adults must be a way forward,” said the bishop.

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LOUISVILLE, Ky. – The work it takes to respond to the issue of racism in the church and the wider community is difficult and slow, but it must be done, said Bishop Shelton J. Fabre of Houma-Thibodaux, Louisiana.

Speaking at the Archdiocese of Louisville’s online Archdiocesan Leadership Institute March 9, Bishop Fabre discussed “witnessing to the dignity of the human person as an antidote to the grave sin of racism.” And he shared six ways to respond to racism.

Typically, the institute draws parish leaders, clergy, staff and volunteers together for a daylong gathering of learning and sharing, but this one was presented via Zoom due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Bishop Fabre spoke to a group of 149 individuals, including Louisville Archbishop Joseph E. Kurtz, archdiocesan chancellor Brian Reynolds, clergy and individuals who serve in various ministries in the archdiocese.

During the first part of the day, Bishop Fabre discussed the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ 2018 pastoral letter on racism “Open Wide Our Hearts: The Enduring Call to Love.” As chairman of the bishops’ Ad Hoc Committee Against Racism, he played a key role in drafting the letter.

His presentation posed the question: “How can we move forward in responding to issues of racism in the church and our communities?” This work is difficult and may be slow, but doing this work is “our call as a church and our task as disciples of Jesus Christ,” he said.

Racism affects how “we experience the journey through life,” he said.

For some, that journey is one of “optimism, hope and advancement,” he said. For others, it’s one of “fear, dread, injustice and discrimination.”

– Seek the conversion of one’s own heart.

Bishop Fabre said that while it’s important to work for civil legislation that protects people from racism, “as people of faith we must understand that it is ours to undertake a deeper task,” he said. “Each must examine our own hearts ... or what we declare will be empty words.”

– Preach against racism. He urged members of the clergy to regularly preach against racism.

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In this 2011 file photo, Black Catholics sing during Mass at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Alexandria, Virginia.

Bishop Fabre shared six ways to respond to the sin of racism:

– “Recognize and respond to racism as a life issue,” he said.

“Racism attacks the human life and dignity of its victims. ... To truly and authentically be pro-life, we must strive to dismantle in our own hearts as well as in society all attacks against the sanctity of life and one such attack is racism.”

– Seek to overcome individualism and encounter others who are racially different.

Racism “traps people into individualism, blaming others for the misfortunes they encounter in life,” said Bishop Fabre. He noted that the 2018 pastoral stated that only by “’forging authentic relationships can we truly see each other as Christ sees us.’”

This can only happen, he said, “if we step out of individualism.”

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– Accept the growing racial diversity in the nation and the church.

“The church in the U.S. has been enriched by many races and cultures. ...

We must believe and act upon the fact that there can be unity in our diversity,” said Bishop Fabre. He noted that racism is typically seen as a “Black

“We all know that preaching against racism will elicit a response, but we must nonetheless lead our people to a path of goodness, charity, justice and peace,” said the bishop. It’s also necessary to give people hope and to remind them of the “grace available to overcome racism,” he said.

– Pray for an end to racism.

“Rely on the power of prayer. Prayers are often dismissed in these times as having no effect, but authentic prayer keeps us honest about where we are in our fight against racism,” said Bishop Fabre.

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Woman honors Year of St. Joseph with new book on Jesus’ foster father MARK PATTISON CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

WASHINGTON – With Pope Francis having declared this the Year of St. Joseph through Dec. 8, fresh interest has been generated in the foster father of Jesus.

Louise Perrotta is putting the finishing touches on a new book on the saint that she says her publisher, The Word Among Us Press, hopes to make available by May 1, the feast of St. Joseph the Worker.

Perrotta, who can remember adding “JMJ” for “Jesus, Mary, Joseph” after her own name on schoolwork in grade and high school, said “St. Joseph, Tender Father: His Life and His Care for Us” will be full of enlightening details about the man some refer to as “the silent saint” as he is not quoted in any of the Gospels.

One of 11 children, Perrotta grew up in a FrenchCanadian family in Maine.

“French-Canadians have a real devotion to St. Joseph,” she told Catholic News Service in a March 11 phone interview from her home in Ann Arbor, Michigan. “All of my brothers have Joseph as their middle name.”

“St. Joseph, Tender Father” includes the tale of St. Andre Bessette, the Canadian Holy Cross brother who wanted to build a memorial to St. Joseph. He succeeded grandly with the Oratory of St. Joseph in Montreal, which Perrotta has visited.

“The devotion to Joseph really took off with Teresa of Avila. Until then, Joseph was downplayed in the church, I think,” Perrotta said, noting that “in the early days of the church,” there were heresies denying Christ’s divinity and the virgin birth.

“It wasn’t seen as wise by the early church fathers to talk about Jesus’ earthly father so much.”

St. Joseph, she added, was “portrayed in art as old, bald and much older than Mary” prior to St. Teresa of Avila.

“Teresa really had a really loving relationship with St. Joseph. She saw herself as part of the holy family,” Perrotta said. “Teresa’s mother died when she was 11. In her 20s, she had a debilitating illness

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This is the cover of the book “St. Joseph, Tender Father: His Life and His Care for Us Today” by Louise Perrotta.

and she experienced healing through the intercession of St. Joseph. She took Mary as her mother and Joseph as her father when she was healed.”

Perrotta, despite her upbringing, said she let her own devotion fade until her husband did some dig-

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ging in the yard and uncovered a small plastic St. Joseph statue no more than 4 inches tall – probably buried by the previous owners who likely did so to sell the house – one of today’s urban legends. But after reflection, Perrotta saw the similarities in her life and that of St. Joseph.

She had married a widower with six children.

St. Joseph, guided by the visitation of angels in dreams – nobody in biblical literature appears to have had more than him – accepted the pregnant Mary, with the Christ Child conceived by the Holy Spirit in her womb – as his wife, fled to Egypt under cover of darkness with Mary and the infant, and chose an unfamiliar Nazareth as the place to raise the family, watching the mystery of a redeemer in his household slowly unfold until his dying days.

“There’s no script for stepmoms. I really wanted to play my part in the family,” Perrotta told CNS. “I love the kids and I love my husband, but very often I felt overwhelmed and not knowing what to do. One day when I was looking at that St. Joseph statue, it dawned on me that he must have felt the same way.”

Perrotta lists a who’s who of Catholics with a devotion to St. Joseph. “(St.) John XXIII had a tremendous devotion to St. Joseph and also talks about it in his journal.

I think (St.) John Paul II also had a devotion to St. Joseph. (Pope) Benedict (XVI) pointed out his middle name was Joseph and talks about Joseph’s fatherhood and his interior life in various homilies and audiences. And certainly Pope Francis seems to have a great love for Joseph.”

She added, “As far as saints go, the standouts are St. Francis de Sales, who loved thinking about Joseph and Mary together. He likes to think Joseph and Mary visited Elizabeth together.”

And what might Perrotta herself be doing March 19, St. Joseph’s feast day?

“I don’t know,” she answered. “I’ll probably go to church. We’re still sheltering in place. I might bake something. There are traditional St. Joseph foods, but mostly my husband and I will turn to St. Joseph and thank him for just being with us.”

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PALM SUNDAY OF THE PASSION OF THE LORD Saturday and Sunday, March 27 and 28

Regular Weekend Schedule of Masses

Saturday 5:30 p.m. Vigil Mass Sunday 7:30 a.m.; 9:00 a.m. Gregorian Chant, 11:00 a.m. Archbishop Cordileone, Principal Celebrant, 1:00 p.m. en Español 4:00 p.m. Palm Sunday Concert: (Livestreamed only) Featuring: Luminance Duo: Amelia Romano, harp, with Matt Ebisuzaki, trumpet

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HOLY THURSDAY MASS OF THE LORD’S SUPPER

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FRIDAY OF THE PASSION OF THE LORD (GOOD FRIDAY)

Friday, April 2 (NO 11:30 am Confessions, NO 7:30 a.m. or 12:10 p.m. Masses Today) We continue to keep vigil 1:00 p.m. Stations of the Cross 2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. Music in the Cathedral 2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. Confession 3:00 p.m. Liturgy of the Passion and Death of the Lord with Archbishop Cordileone Liturgy of the Word, the Adoration of the Cross and Holy Communion 7:00 p.m. Via Crucis (Español)

HOLY SATURDAY

Saturday, April 3 (NO Confessions/NO 8:00 a.m. or 5:30 p.m. Masses Today) Our Paschal Vigil continues throughout the day and night 9:00 p.m. The Easter Vigil in the Holy Night Archbishop Cordileone, Principal Celebrant Blessing of the New Fire and Paschal Candle, Liturgy of the Word and Celebration of the Eucharist.

EASTER SUNDAY OF THE RESURRECTION OF THE LORD SUNDAY, APRIL 4 Regular Sunday Schedule of Masses 7:30 a.m. Cantor and Organ, 9:00 a.m. Gregorian Chant 11:00 a.m. Archbishop Cordileone, Principal Celebrant (Cathedral Choir) 1:00 p.m. en Español 4:00 pm Easter Concert: (Livestreamed only) Featuring: Organ recital by Gail Archer

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Young Catholic leaders discuss public policy, social justice principles KURT JENSEN CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

WASHINGTON – On the anniversary of the COVID-19 pandemic shutdown and the day President Joe Biden signed the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan act, a panel of Catholic opinion-makers had suggestions for what’s ahead for Catholic moral principles and public policy.

“I think there is a real opportunity here to center (on) the most Milton Javier vulnerable in our communities,” Bravo said Milton Javier Bravo, director of audience development for Commonweal magazine.

“Not only at the border, which is really essential, but also in the midst of our New York/New Jersey metropolitan area, in California, in Chicago, in D.C.,” he said.

“I think that’s a great opportunity to think through the preferential option for the poor and the most vulnerable in our communities.”

Bravo, who also is an adjunct professor of theology at St. John’s University in Jamaica, New York, was part of a March 11 online panel, “Young Catholics and the Biden Administration: Moral Principles and Policy Priorities.”

It was sponsored by Georgetown University’s Initiative on Catholic Social Thought and Public Life as part of its Salt and Light gatherings for Latino leaders.

“I have been a supporter for a long time of an expanded child tax credit,” said Romesh Ponnoru, a senior editor at National Review. “I think that our federal government over-weights the interests of the elderly and under-weights the interests of children in the fiscal priorities.

“And I think that an expansion of child credit or various other kinds of support for families would be helpful in combating child poverty,” he said. “And in also sort of addressing the economic dimension of family life which is something that in various ways I think both parties have neglected to do.”

But Ponnoru found it “disappointing and dismaying” that the new administration favors taxpayer financing of abortions through government support for Planned Parenthood.

“That is the direction that the Democratic Party has been going for quite a long time,” he said. “But I do hope that those of us who are pro-life, whether we are allies or opponents of the Biden administration on other issues, can come together and try to persuade Congress and the administration to at least put this issue of taxpayer funding on the back burner if not to abandon it altogether.”

Michael Wear, the founder of Public Square Strategies, agreed with that assessment.

“I actually share the disappointment and disagreement with the way that funding for abortion is handled in the American Rescue Plan,” he said. “It’s important for me to say that as someone who is a Democrat.”

Unlike all the previous COVID-19 relief bills, the $1.9 trillion plan signed into law by Biden on March 11 is absent any Hyde Amendment language to keep taxpayers’ money from being used to pay for abortions.

“I’d also say,” Wear added, “we need to make sure that we’re not just posturing ourselves emotionally, not going to politics seeking sort of public validation, not going to politics seeking to sort of play out our animosities, but we’re going to politics seeking the public good.

“That actually we’re so secure in the Gospel that we’re not going to politics seeking the kinds of emotional fulfillment that it seems like our politics is.”

“It’s important that we don’t consider the (abortion) debate to be over,” he said. “There are going to be key appropriations bills later in the year that are the key pieces. Both substantively and in terms of how we think about Hyde itself.”

He added that he hopes the absence of Hyde language in the American Rescue Plan doesn’t prompt lawmakers to think “now this is the new normal.”

“My view of the Biden administration right now is I really appreciate that the (Cesar Chavez) bust sits in the Oval Office,” said Serena Alvarez, an attorney whose parents were political activists in the farm labor movement.

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Her lesson from her father, who also was a deacon, was to show up for God, she said. “When you hear God’s call, show up. Moses didn’t know what he was doing, neither did Jonah. You just have to get there and show up.”

And “when you show up, be a good pest. With a capital ‘P.’ You would be surprised how much people appreciate the persistence of goodness,” she added.

One brutal lesson from the pandemic is “the fact of deep inequality in our society in that any type of challenge or crisis only exacerbates that inequality,” said Joanna Williams, executive director of the Kino Border Initiative.

Williams criticized the trope of thinking that events would get “back to normal” when “what we’ve done instead is, we’ve used the pandemic as a pretext to erode rights in lots of different venues. You know, here at the border the pandemic was used as a pretext to close off access to asylum altogether.”

She recalled a Guatemalan activist who asked her what it would take to get protection in the United States.

“And the answer is, there is no access,” Williams said.

“And the Biden administration hasn’t made clear what that will look like. We’re still using the pandemic as a pretext to erode rights.”

Taking a decidedly different tack, Tim Shriver Jr., a former president of the Jesuit Volunteer Corps, said his experiences there helped him find a way to disengage with political discussions for the time being.

“My own kind of way of engaging the Biden administration right now has actually been to really take Lent very seriously and the call to prayer and fasting very seriously. I guess in some ways it’s a traditional Catholic answer, to pray and fast. But in the same way, perhaps counterintuitive in a conversation around public policy.

“But I have given up social media and traditional media for the entirety of Lent,” he said. “It’s a privilege of being in school right now. I don’t have jobs like some of the people here who have to know exactly what’s in the Biden bill right now.”

Shriver called all of that “transformative.”

“It’s given me a chance to experience the divine in my son, in my wife, in my loved ones. And really space for prayer, which I think is really hard to come by,” he said.

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American Rescue Plan praised for helping ‘the most vulnerable among us’ CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

WASHINGTON – The American Rescue Plan is “an extraordinarily practical way to help the American people, New York Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan said in a statement March 11, the same day President Joe Biden signed the $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package into law.

“People have the right to expect that their money, in the form of tax dollars, be used to help them during a period of extreme financial strain,” the cardinal said.

“As a pastor I can testify firsthand about the difficulties of our people this past year caused by this terrible pandemic,” Cardinal Dolan said, “as they struggle to pay their rent, to buy groceries, to keep the lights and the heat going, purchase medicine, pay even the modest tuition to attend one of our excellent Catholic schools.”

The cardinal also said he shared “the same somber concern” expressed March 10 by Los Angeles Archbishop José H. Gomez, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, and the chairmen of six USCCB committees about the re-

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Advocates for making the COVID-19 vaccine free and available to all gather outside Pfizer’s headquarters in New York City March 11, 2021, for a “Free the Vaccine” demonstration. lief plan being passed in Congress with no Hyde Amendment language preventing taxpayers’ money from being used to pay for abortion.

“This bill, meant to enhance and protect human life, will also make it possible for the destruction of human life through the use of taxpayer dollars

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to fund abortions by the omission of the long-standing, bipartisan policy to prohibit taxpayer dollars from funding abortions domestically and internationally,” Cardinal Dolan said. “May future relief efforts include this commonsense measure to protect life, not end it.”

Archbishop Gomez and the six chairmen in a joint statement March 10 praised “positive provisions” in the bill that “will save people from extremely desperate situations and will likely save lives.”

But they called it “unconscionable” that Congress passed it “without critical protections needed to ensure that billions of taxpayer dollars are used for life-affirming health care and not for abortion.” All of the previous pandemic relief bills included Hyde Amendment language.

This was needed in the American Rescue Plan because it “includes many general references to health care that, absent the express exclusion of abortion, have consistently been interpreted by federal courts not only to allow, but to SEE RESCUE, PAGE 13

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POPE ASKS CATHOLICS TO ‘GO TO JOSEPH,’ SEEK HIS GUIDANCE, SAYS ARCHBISHOP

LOS ANGELES – In St. Joseph, “we see our story,” Los Angeles Archbishop José H. Gomez said March 19, the feast of the husband of Mary and the foster father of Jesus.

As the patron of the universal church, St. Joseph is “our father, too,” he said. “God entrusted him with the protection of Jesus and Mary, and he entrusts him with the care of the church. ... Pope Francis wants us to invoke his protection, to seek his prayers and guidance, and to learn from the example of his virtue.”

Archbishop Gomez, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, made the comments in his homily for the special national Mass he celebrated on St. Joseph’s Day at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels in Los Angeles.

The saint’s feast was particularly special to Catholics in this Year of St. Joseph. Marking the 150th anniversary of St. Joseph being declared patron of the universal church by Pope Pius IX, Pope Francis proclaimed a yearlong celebration dedicated to the foster father of Jesus in a Dec. 8, 2020, apostolic letter, “Patris Corde” (“With a father’s heart”).

‘FRANCIS FACTOR’ STILL RESONATES EIGHT YEARS INTO HIS PAPACY

WASHINGTON – The qualities embodied in Pope Francis’ papacy that led to the coinage of the term “Francis Factor” to define them still exist, according to participants on a panel during a March 18 dialogue.

“The overwhelming poverty in Latin America, the majority of the poor in Latin and Central America and the Caribbean – that is very significant in shaping his worldview, his ministry and his pastoral outreach,” said Michelle Gonzalez Maldonado, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Scranton, Pennsylvania, and the daughter of Cuban immigrants. “That has framed so much of his papacy.”

“I think Pope Francis challenges Catholics all over the world, not just the USA,” said Ghanaian Cardinal Peter Turkson, head of the Vatican Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development, during the dialogue, “The Francis Factor at Eight Years: Global Impacts, U.S. Challenges,” the annual Dahlgren Dialogue sponsored by Georgetown University’s Initiative on Catholic Social Thought.

HOUSE PASSES TWO IMMIGRATION BILLS WITH CITIZENSHIP PROVISIONS

WASHINGTON – The U.S. House of Representatives approved two separate immigration bills March 18, clearing an initial hurdle for two groups seeking a path toward citizenship: younger unauthorized immigrants called “Dreamers” and migrant farmworkers. Both measures passed in the House along party lines, for the most part, with but will face greater opposition in the U.S. Senate.

The U.S. bishops were among those from various faith-based organizations, including Catholic groups such as the Franciscan Action Network and the Columban Center for Advocacy and Outreach, voicing sup-

port for the bills. The American Dream and Promise Act for unauthorized immigrants has enjoyed strong backing in the past as it seeks to provide young adults brought to the country illegally as children a path toward citizenship. All House Democrats voted for it. and nine Republicans voted with them. It passed 228-197.

CRITICS OF NEW HHS HEAD RAISE CONCERNS OVER ABORTION, RELIGIOUS LIBERTY

WASHINGTON – Once he is sworn in, Xavier Becerra, California’s former attorney general and a former member of Congress, becomes the first Latino to be secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. In a narrow vote 50-49 vote March 18, the Senate confirmed him for the post, and he is expected to be sworn in sometime during the week of March 22.

His nomination by President Joe Biden brought heavy criticism from national pro-life leaders over his long record of support for legal abortion and for spearheading litigation to revoke the Little Sisters of the Poor’s religious exemption to the Affordable Care Act’s contraceptive mandate in the state of California.

Those who supported his nomination to head HHS said he has spent his career “fighting for underserved communities” and his efforts “to protect the welfare of immigrants and migrants.” He also has been lauded for his efforts as a member of Congress to get the Obama administration’s ACA legislation through Congress in 2009, leading to its successful passage in 2010.

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Please go to your parish website to verify that Palm Sunday Masses (March 28): English: Saturday Vigil information is current. Churches may adjust their 5:00 PM, 8:45 AM, Cantonese/English: 10:15 AM, Italian: 12 PM schedules due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Monday, March 29: Lenten Penance Service at 7:00 PM

Mission Dolores Basilica

Masses on Mon., Tues., Wed. Of Holy Week: 7:00 and 9:00 AM

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Holy Thursday: Morning Prayer: 8:00 AM; Mass of the Lord’s Supper: 7:00 PM.

Palm Sunday - March 28th

Good Friday: Morning Prayer: 8:00AM. Masses: 5 p.m. (Sat. Vig.), 9 a.m., 12 noon [SP] Stations of the Cross: In Italian: 12:00 noon; In English: 1:00PM. Holy Thursday - April 1st Liturgy of the Word & Communion: In English: 2:00PM In Cantonese: 7:00PM. 8:00 p.m. - Solemn Mass of the Lord’s Supper [Bilingual] Holy Saturday: Morning Prayer: 8:00 AM; The Easter Vigil: 8:00 PM.

Good Friday of the Lord’s Passion - April 2nd

Easter Sunday Masses (April 4): In English: 8:45 AM In Cantonese/English: 10:15 AM In Italian: 12:00 PM. NO 5:00PM Mass.

Holy Saturday - April 3rd

Confessions: All Wednesdays of Lent at 7:00 PM, or by appointment.

Easter Sunday - April 4th

12:00 noon - Stations of the Cross 3:00 p.m. - Liturgy of Good Friday [Bilingual]

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RESCUE: American Plan praised for helping ‘the most vulnerable among us’ FROM PAGE 11

compel, the provision of abortion without meaningful limit,” said the USCCB president and the chairs of the USCCB’s pro-life, domestic policy, international policy, education and migration committees and its Ad Hoc Committee Against Racism.

Hyde outlaws federal tax dollars from directly funding abortion except in cases of rape, incest or when the life of the woman would be endangered.

In other reaction to the American Rescue Plan, Dominican Sister Donna Markham, president and CEO of Catholic Charities USA, said it “provides important and necessary relief to those who continue to suffer as a result of this pandemic.”

“While no piece of legislation contains everything one might wish, this COVID-19 relief legislation provides critical public funds to families struggling with unemployment, food insecurity and the threat of homelessness,” she said in a March 10 statement.

“Private charities and philanthropies cannot do it alone,” she said. “Catholic Charities USA remains committed to

working with Congress and the administration to ensure that vulnerable persons and families find the care and support they need during these difficult times.”

CCUSA was among those who had urged lawmakers to include Hyde Amendment language in the bill as it made its way through the House and Senate.

“God calls on us to help those who are struggling, and right now the need is great,” the Rev. Eugene Cho, president and CEO of Bread for the World, said March 10. “The American Rescue Plan will help to ease the burden on millions of struggling families and do more to reduce hunger and poverty among our nation’s children than any single policy has in decades.”

Bread for the World, a nonpartisan Christian advocacy organization, also said the relief plan “is especially important for poor and low-income people who have been struggling for a year now. We see this as an important step to recovery and helping communities that have been disproportionately affected by the dual health and economic crises.”

Praise came the same day from the Na-

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tional Council of Churches of Christ in the USA as part of the Circle of Protection, a broad coalition of church and ministry leaders from Catholic, evangelical Protestant, ecumenical Protestant, the historic African American churches and Latino churches.

The coalition, which includes Bread for the World, works to address issues of poverty and hunger through advocacy work.

In late February, the Circle of Protection sent a letter to all members of Congress and key Biden administration officials urging them to pass another round of COVID relief to address the

“concurrent crises of the pandemic, economic recession and systemic racism.”

The letter also asked members of Congress from both parties to work together to address the urgent needs of millions of Americans.

“The economic collapse due to the pandemic has shined a light on the weakness of America’s social safety net, including economic and health care inequities, and the tenuous nature of our purported prosperity,” the National Council of Churches said, adding that it “pledges to continue to advocate for our nation’s resources to be utilized to help the most vulnerable among us.”

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2021 Lent & Easter Schedule

Lenten Confessions:

Paschal Triduum

Holy Thursday:

Good Friday:

Wednesdays: March 24 & 31 at 5:30pm – 6:00pm Saturdays: March 20 & 27 at 3pm – 3:45pm

April 1, 2021, 7:30pm: Mass of the Lord's Supper; Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament: 9:00pm – 10:00pm April 2, 2021, 1:45pm – 2:45pm Seven (7) Last Words 3:00pm – DIVINE MERCY 3:45 – Liturgy of the Word (Bilingual)

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Holy Thursday:

7:30pm - Mass w/Adoration in Church until 9:30pm

Good Friday:

12pm - Last 7 Words of Jesus 1:30pm - Liturgy with Veneration of the Cross 3pm - Divine Mercy Prayer 7pm - Stations of the Cross

Holy Saturday:

8pm - Easter Vigil Mass

Easter Sunday:

8am, 10am & 12pm (Mass in Chinese)

Divine Mercy:

Novena, Daily @ 3pm (starting Fri, 4/2) Sunday 4/11 @ 3pm with Exposition & Benediction

EASTER WEEK SCHEDULE PALM SUNDAY 10:00 am Livestream Mass on YouTube 3:30 pm Outdoor Mass at St. Ignatius Parish.

HOLY THURSDAY 7:00 pm Mass of the Lord’s Supper Livestream on YouTube

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Good Friday:

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Holy Saturday:

10am - 7 Sorrows of Mary 8pm - Easter Vigil Mass

Easter Sunday:

9:30am & 11:30am - Mass

12:00 pm Meditations on the Passion of our Lord Livestream on YouTube 1:45 pm Liturgy of the Passion of the Lord Livestream on YouTube

HOLY SATURDAY 8:00 pm Great Easter Vigil Livestream on YouTube

EASTER SUNDAY 8:00 am Outdoor Mass 10:00 am Livestream Mass on YouTube 12:00 pm Outdoor Mass

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Priest in Kenya Partners With Cross Catholic Outreach To Provide Poor With Safe Water After more than 30 years in the priesthood, Father Fabian’s passion for sharing God’s mercy has only grown stronger. Originally from Ghana, he was first sent to Kenya by the Society of African Missionaries in 2002. It was there he discovered one of his life’s greatest callings: bringing water to people who had none.

“That is one of my biggest dreams.

Everyone should have access to clean and good water,” Fr. Fabian said.

plan to bring safe water to a 275-mile stretch of land shared by the Diocese of Machakos and Archdiocese of Mombasa,” explained Jim Cavnar, president of Cross Catholic Outreach.

“We have completed six water systems so far, blessing about 50,724 people in the region, and we hope to bring safe water to 10 additional communities in the months ahead.”

When Fr. Fabian first enters a new community to assess its situation, he

Fr. Fabian was appalled by the muddy water sources families were using, and he sought help from Cross Catholic Outreach to drill wells and install improved water systems. Working together, they hope to expand these efforts even more this year.

Over the course of six years, Fr. Fabian has collaborated with Cross Catholic Outreach to complete water system projects for 83,000 people in 27 villages throughout the Diocese of Lodwar. More recently, through the Good Samaritan Water Sanitation Services nonprofit he created to expand his mission, other water projects are being undertaken to benefit the poor in other Catholic dioceses. [See story on opposite page.]

“Fr. Fabian has asked Cross Catholic Outreach to join him in an ambitious

begins by asking a simple question.

“You start by asking, ‘What do you need?’” Fr. Fabian says. “Most of the time water is the first on their list.”

According to Fr. Fabian, meeting a community’s most critical need — water — is the perfect way to share the love of God. One benefit is the way Fr. Fabian works through local parishes, empowering priests to care for their communities by overseeing water projects and appointing village water committees. This strengthens the relationship between the people and

their parish, and many experience a deeper understanding of the abundant life that is available to them in Christ.

Many immediate benefits become apparent once communities gain access to clean water. Improved health and restored faith are often two of the first blessings to reveal themselves.

“It saves the lives of most of these children. It also helps the spirituality of the people, giving them time to go to church,” Fr. Fabian explained.

“Priests call thanking you, saying, ‘You can’t imagine how many people are attending Mass!’”

There are other spiritual blessings that come from these projects too.

According to Jim Cavnar, U.S. Catholics who help fund the work through Cross Catholic Outreach often share their enthusiasm for supporting mission work and say the experience gives them a greater appreciation for the impact of Catholic charity.

“Most American Catholics want to be more involved in helping the poor in developing countries, but they want to do something specific and meaningful like this,” said Cavnar.

“I’m sure they will rally to help Fr. Fabian with the work he has planned — and that they will be blessed by the experience if they do.”

Readers interested in supporting Cross Catholic Outreach water programs and other outreaches to the poor can contribute through the ministry brochure inserted in this issue or send tax-deductible gifts to: Cross Catholic Outreach, Dept. AC01608, PO Box 97168, Washington DC 20090-7168. The ministry has a special need for partners willing to make gifts on a monthly basis. Use the inserted brochure to become a Mission Partner or write “Monthly Mission Partner” on mailed checks to be contacted about setting up those arrangements.

Legacy Giving Provides Catholics With Unique Opportunity To Bless Others If you are like many Catholics born in the 1950s or before, you have probably begun to think about the spiritual legacy your life and actions represent. What did we care about? What did we value?

These are some of the things we hope will be remembered.

“For a growing number of Catholics, this introspection has led to the exploration of ‘legacy giving’ — the use of one’s will, trust, retirement plan or life insurance policy — to leave behind a blessing for others that will reverberate beyond their own lifetime,

hopefully influencing their family and others they cherish,” explained Jim Cavnar, president of Cross Catholic Outreach, an official Catholic relief and development charity with staff dedicated to such estate planning.

According to Cavnar, Cross Catholic Outreach has helped many Catholics establish these legacy gifts and expects them to play a significant role in future ministry missions.

“A will or trust can also reflect a person’s special heart for a country or for an area of need. It can be used to

build houses for poor families or to build classrooms to educate children, for example,” Cavnar said. “Others simply want to help the poorest of the poor and make their legacy gift for that purpose.

It’s their way of saying, ‘As a Catholic, I value life and support works of mercy.

I want my family to understand that calling and believe in it too.’ And because legacy gifts can be quite large, they often achieve incredible things. A single one might build an entire school or fund the construction of hundreds of homes. It’s producing an amazing

impact and serves as an incredible testament to the faith of the giver.”

In addition to this service, Cross Catholic Outreach’s staff can also support donors seeking to establish a charitable gift annuity, charitable remainder trust or special endowment. Financial planners can also obtain information to help those who seek professional counsel or have donor-advised funds.

To learn more about these services, the charity recommends readers visit its special online portal at CrossCatholicLegacy.org.

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U.S. Catholics Are Blessing the Poor in Kenya

by Addressing Their Urgent Need for Safe Water Gladys Mghoi is helping to raise her grandchildren in Mokine, a small village situated in the Archdiocese of Mombasa. Every morning, she wakes up at around 4 a.m. to start the long and arduous process of collecting water for the day.

“In Gladys’ simple home, there is no tap to turn to get a supply of water.

She lives in an impoverished village, and like most everyone else there, she must travel to a distant source to get the water her family needs,” explained Jim Cavnar, president of Cross Catholic Outreach, a leading relief and development charity assisting Catholic missions in Africa. “It’s tragic, but water scarcity is common in many parts of Kenya. People in remote areas tend to be desperately poor, and their villages have no infrastructure to supply water. To get what they need to survive, they face a lot of hardships.”

In Gladys’ case, quenching the thirst of her grandchildren means a walk of nearly 2 miles to a dry riverbed. There, villagers have dug a hole that allows water to seep up from the ground. It is a slow process, so Gladys and the others who come to the spot often have to wait in line more than an hour to fill their containers with muddy water from the pit.

The walk home with this “reward” is also a challenge because the jerrycan she uses can become very heavy when it is full.

Because of Gladys’ age and health, her older grandchildren usually assist with this exhausting process. When they do, it disadvantages the family again. Water collection often takes so long the children either arrive late to class or miss school altogether.

According to Cavnar, solving the water scarcity problem is a priority for Cross Catholic Outreach because a lack of clean water has a negative impact in so many areas of a poor family’s life.

“One of our biggest concerns is the poor quality of the water they currently collect,” he said. “The muddy stuff is often tainted with bacteria, parasites and the chemical runoff from local farms.”

Gladys is aware of this threat too, but since there is no alternative, she sees no other way to proceed.

“We collect water which is very, very dirty, and then it will become very difficult for us and very unhealthy for our consumption,” Gladys admitted.

“This water is very dirty. It is very murky. At the same time, because we have no option, we have to drink it the way it is.”

As bleak as this situation may seem, Gladys and her neighbors have a reason to feel hopeful. A local priest

Gladys Mghoi and her grandchildren face tremendous challenges obtaining their daily water supply. They currently walk far to collect contaminated water — because they have no other option. With the help of the Church, this hardship can end.

has become aware of the village’s hardships and is working to provide relief through a partnership with Cross Catholic Outreach. [See story on opposite page.] If this project is successful, the challenges she faces in collecting water may soon be over.

“Our goal now is to get the financial backing of U.S. Catholics to fund this special project,” Cavnar said. “If they respond generously, and I believe they will, we can ensure Gladys and her grandchildren have safe water to drink for many years to come.”

Addressing specific needs like this is what Cross Catholic Outreach was

founded to accomplish. For nearly 20 years, the Catholic ministry has partnered with a local Catholic priest, religious sisters or missions to solve the problems of the poor.

“U.S. Catholics have been very interested in helping the poor using our approach because they like funding specific needs and supporting the local Catholic clergy,” Cavnar said.

“They want their donated dollars to have a profound and lasting impact, so water projects are the kind of outreach they like best. Providing safe water addresses many needs — from quenching thirst to restoring health to supporting educational goals. In this case, it will also bring long-awaited relief to precious people like Gladys.”

The grandmother confirmed that fact as she explained yet another reason she

sees the proposed water project as a blessing.

“It is not very safe for me to collect water as an elderly person, but since there is no alternative, we have to risk our lives,” Gladys explained.

“Sometimes because of my weakness, I can fall down. Sometimes there are also wild animals [such as] hyenas in the area.”

These risks will also be eliminated when the water project is completed.

“I can’t imagine the joy Gladys will feel when that tap is installed and the clean water flows freely. But I do know one thing — she and the others in her community will praise God,” Cavnar said. “And what a joy it will be for us too. There’s nothing more gratifying than serving as instruments of God’s mercy!”

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SUNDAY READINGS

Palm Sunday of the Lord’s Passion At the Procession with Palms MARK 11:1-10 When Jesus and his disciples drew near to Jerusalem, to Bethphage and Bethany at the Mount of Olives, he sent two of his disciples and said to them, “Go into the village opposite you, and immediately on entering it, you will find a colt tethered on which no one has ever sat. Untie it and bring it here. If anyone should say to you, ‘Why are you doing this?’ reply, ‘The Master has need of it and will send it back here at once.’” So, they went off and found a colt tethered at a gate outside on the street, and they untied it.

Some of the bystanders said to them, “What are you doing, untying the colt?” They answered them just as Jesus had told them to, and they permitted them to do it. So, they brought the colt to Jesus and put their cloaks over it. And he sat on it.

Many people spread their cloaks on the road, and others spread leafy branches that they had cut from the fields. Those preceding him as well as those following kept crying out: “Hosanna! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord! Blessed is the kingdom of our father David that is to come! Hosanna in the highest!”

At the Mass ISAIAH 50:4-7 The Lord God has given me a well-trained tongue, that I might know how to speak to the weary a word that will rouse them. Morning after morning he opens my ear that I may hear; and I have not rebelled, have not turned back. I gave my back to those who beat me, my cheeks to those who plucked my beard; my face I did not shield from buffets and spitting. The Lord God is my help, therefore I am not disgraced; I have set my face like flint, knowing that I shall not be put to shame.

PSALM 22:8-9, 17-18, 19-20, 23-24 My God, my God, why have you abandoned me?

All who see me scoff at me; they mock me with parted lips, they wag their heads: “He relied on the Lord; let him deliver him, let him rescue him, if he loves him.”

My God, my God, why have you abandoned me?

Indeed, many dogs surround me, a pack of evildoers closes in upon me; They have pierced my hands and my feet; I can count all my bones.

My God, my God, why have you abandoned me?

They divide my garments among them, and for my vesture they cast lots. But you, O Lord, be not far from me; O my help, hasten to aid me.

My God, my God, why have you abandoned me?

I will proclaim your name to my brethren; in the midst of the assembly I will praise you: “You who fear the Lord, praise him;all you descendants of Jacob, give glory to him; revere him, all you descendants of Israel!”

My God, my God, why have you abandoned me?

PHILIPPIANS 2:6-11 Christ Jesus, though he was in the form of God, did not regard equality with God something to be grasped. Rather, he emptied himself, taking the form of a slave, coming in human likeness; and found human in appearance, he humbled himself, becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross.

Because of this, God greatly exalted him and bestowed on him the name which is above every name, that at the name of Jesus every knee should bend, of those in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

MARK 14:1—15:47 The Passover and the Feast of Unleavened Bread were to take place in two days’ time. So, the chief priests and the scribes were seeking a way to arrest him by treachery and put him to death.

They said, “Not during the festival, for fear that there may be a riot among the people.” When he was in Bethany reclining at table in the house of Simon the leper, a woman came with an alabaster jar of perfumed oil, costly genuine spikenard. She broke the alabaster jar and poured it on his head. There were some who were indignant. “Why has there been this waste of perfumed oil? It could have been sold for more than 300 days’ wages and the money given to the poor.” They were infuriated with her. Jesus said, “Let her alone. Why do you make trouble for her? She has done a good thing for me. The poor you will always have with you, and whenever you wish you can do good to them, but you will not always have me. She has done what she could. She has

anticipated anointing my body for burial. Amen, I say to you, wherever the gospel is proclaimed to the whole world, what she has done will be told in memory of her.” Then Judas Iscariot, one of the Twelve, went off to the chief priests to hand him over to them. When they heard him, they were pleased and promised to pay him money. Then he looked for an opportunity to hand him over.

On the first day of the Feast of Unleavened Bread, when they sacrificed the Passover lamb, his disciples said to him, “Where do you want us to go and prepare for you to eat the Passover?” He sent two of his disciples and said to them, “Go into the city and a man will meet you, carrying a jar of water. Follow him. Wherever he enters, say to the master of the house, ‘The Teacher says, “Where is my guest room where I may eat the Passover with my disciples?”’ Then he will show you a large upper room furnished and ready. Make the preparations for us there.” The disciples then went off, entered the city, and found it just as he had told them; and they prepared the Passover. When it was evening, he came with the Twelve. And as they reclined at table and were eating, Jesus said, “Amen, I say to you, one of you will betray me, one who is eating with me.” They began to be distressed and to say to him, one by one, “Surely it is not I?” He said to them, “One of the Twelve, the one who dips with me into the dish. For the Son of Man indeed goes, as it is written of him, but woe to that man by whom the Son of Man is betrayed. It would be better for that man if he had never been born.” While they were eating, he took bread, said the blessing, broke it, and gave it to them, and said, “Take it; this is my body.” Then he took a cup, gave thanks, and gave it to them, and they all drank from it. He said to them, “This is my blood of the covenant, which will be shed for many. Amen, I say to you, I shall not drink again the fruit of the vine until the day when I drink it new in the kingdom of God.” Then, after singing a hymn, they went out to the Mount of Olives. Then Jesus said to them, “All of you will have your faith shaken, for it is written: I will strike the shepherd, and the sheep will be dispersed. But after I have been raised up, I shall go before you to Galilee.” Peter said to him, “Even though all should have their faith shaken, mine will not be.”

Then Jesus said to him, “Amen, I say to you, this very night before the cock crows twice you will deny me three times.” But he vehemently replied, “Even though I should have to die with you, I will not deny you.” And they all spoke similarly. Then they came to a place named Gethsemane, and he said to his disciples, “Sit here while I pray.” He took with him Peter, James, and John, and began to be troubled and distressed. Then he said to them, “My soul is sorrowful even to death.

Remain here and keep watch.” He advanced a little and fell to the ground and prayed that if it were possible the hour might pass by him; he said, “Abba, Father, all things are possible to you. Take this cup away from me, but not what I will but what you will.”

When he returned, he found them asleep. He said to Peter, “Simon, are you asleep? Could you not keep watch for one hour? Watch and pray that you may not undergo the test. The spirit is willing but the flesh is weak.” Withdrawing again, he prayed, saying the same thing. Then he returned once more and found them asleep, for they could not keep their eyes open and did not know what to answer him. He returned a third time and said to them, “Are you still sleeping and taking your rest? It is enough. The hour has come. Behold, the Son of Man is to be handed over to sinners. Get up, let us go. See, my betrayer is at hand.” Then, while he was still speaking, Judas, one of the Twelve, arrived, accompanied by a crowd with swords and clubs who had come from the chief priests, the scribes, and the elders. His betrayer had arranged a signal with them, saying, “The man I shall kiss is the one; arrest him and lead him away securely.” He came and immediately went over to him and said, “Rabbi.” And he kissed him. At this they laid hands on him and arrested him.

One of the bystanders drew his sword, struck the high priest’s servant, and cut off his ear. Jesus said to them in reply, “Have you come out as against a robber, with swords and clubs, to seize me? Day after day I was with you teaching in the temple area, yet you did not arrest me; but that the Scriptures may be fulfilled.” And they all left him and fled. Now a young man followed him wearing nothing but a linen cloth about his body. They seized him, but he left the cloth behind and ran off naked. They led Jesus away to the high priest, and all the chief priests and the elders and the scribes came together. Peter followed him at a distance into the high priest’s courtyard and was seated with the guards, warming

himself at the fire. The chief priests and the entire Sanhedrin kept trying to obtain testimony against Jesus in order to put him to death, but they found none. Many gave false witness against him, but their testimony did not agree. Some took the stand and testified falsely against him, alleging, “We heard him say, ‘I will destroy this temple made with hands and within three days I will build another not made with hands.’” Even so their testimony did not agree. The high priest rose before the assembly and questioned Jesus, saying, “Have you no answer? What are these men testifying against you?”

But he was silent and answered nothing. Again, the high priest asked him and said to him, “Are you the Christ, the son of the Blessed One?” Then Jesus answered, “I am; and ‘you will see the Son of Man seated at the right hand of the Power and coming with the clouds of heaven.’” At that the high priest tore his garments and said, “What further need have we of witnesses? You have heard the blasphemy. What do you think?”

They all condemned him as deserving to die. Some began to spit on him. They blindfolded him and struck him and said to him, “Prophesy!” And the guards greeted him with blows. While Peter was below in the courtyard, one of the high priest’s maids came along.

Seeing Peter warming himself, she looked intently at him and said, “You too were with the Nazarene, Jesus.”

But he denied it saying, “I neither know nor understand what you are talking about.” So he went out into the outer court. Then the cock crowed. The maid saw him and began again to say to the bystanders, “This man is one of them.” Once again, he denied it. A little later the bystanders said to Peter once more, “Surely you are one of them; for you too are a Galilean.” He began to curse and to swear, “I do not know this man about whom you are talking.” And immediately a cock crowed a second time. Then Peter remembered the word that Jesus had said to him, “Before the cock crows twice you will deny me three times.” He broke down and wept. As soon as morning came, the chief priests with the elders and the scribes, that is, the whole Sanhedrin held a council.

They bound Jesus, led him away, and handed him over to Pilate. Pilate questioned him, “Are you the king of the Jews?” He said to him in reply, “You say so.” The chief priests accused him of many things. Again, Pilate questioned him, “Have you no answer? See how many things they accuse you of.” Jesus gave him no further answer, so that Pilate was amazed. Now on the occasion of the feast he used to release to them one prisoner whom they requested. A man called Barabbas was then in prison along with the rebels who had committed murder in a rebellion. The crowd came forward and began to ask him to do for them as he was accustomed.

Pilate answered, “Do you want me to release to you the king of the Jews?” For he knew that it was out of envy that the chief priests had handed him over. But the chief priests stirred up the crowd to have him release Barabbas for them instead. Pilate again said to them in reply, “Then what do you want me to do with the man you call the king of the Jews?” They shouted again, “Crucify him.” Pilate said to them, “Why? What evil has he done?” They only shouted the louder, “Crucify him.” So Pilate, wishing to satisfy the crowd, released Barabbas to them and, after he had Jesus scourged, handed him over to be crucified. The soldiers led him away inside the palace, that is, the praetorium, and assembled the whole cohort. They clothed him in purple and, weaving a crown of thorns, placed it on him. They began to salute him with, “Hail, King of the Jews!” and kept striking his head with a reed and spitting upon him. They knelt before him in homage. And when they had mocked him, they stripped him of the purple cloak, dressed him in his own clothes, and led him out to crucify him. They pressed into service a passer-by, Simon, a Cyrenian, who was coming in from the country, the father of Alexander and Rufus, to carry his cross. They brought him to the place of Golgotha— which is translated Place of the Skull —, They gave him wine drugged with myrrh, but he did not take it. Then they crucified him and divided his garments by casting lots for them to see what each should take. It was nine o’clock in the morning when they crucified him. The inscription of the charge against him read, “The King of the Jews.”

With him they crucified two revolutionaries, one on his right and one on his left. Those passing by reviled him, shaking their heads and saying, “Aha! You who would destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days, save yourself by coming down from the cross.” Likewise, the chief priests, with the scribes, mocked him among themselves and said, “He saved others; he cannot save SEE SUNDAY READING, PAGE 17

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Palm Sunday: Jesus meekly rides into Jerusalem on a donkey with her colt

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sweet memory of Jerusalem in the 1980s: I am a graduate student at the French Dominican center for biblical and archeological studies – the École Biblique. For a school year, I am living just a couple of blocks away from the sites where events of Holy Week in today’s Gospel took place.

In the late afternoon, at a side door leading into the kitchen of the École, arrives a charming threesome. A 10 or 11-year-old Arab boy leads a cooperative, gray-brown, shiny-eyed donkey with brown clipped mane. Slung across its back, cushioned by a rough-weave multi-striped blanket, are two aluminum milk churns. A 5 -year-old brother perches atop the donkey’s back, sandaled feet tucked between the churns. A neighborhood family SISTER ELOISE with a cow sells its milk to the (PUBLIC DOMAIN) ROSENBLATT, RSM Dominicans, principally for the “Christ Entering Jerusalem,” Giotto di Bondone (1266-1337), “boule de café” – a bowl of milk Padova-Cappella degli Scrovegni. with coffee – for breakfast in the French style. In the her foal bend down their own heads honoring her, but the evening after dinner, I see one of the milk churns left on animals also portray the humble spirit of Jesus. Behind the kitchen stove, after being heated and pasteurized. the worshipping woman is a line of children singing, their Still slightly warm next morning, this creamy milk gets eyes on Jesus, along with ordinary men and women at the poured from the aluminum churn into pitchers for our city gate. But not all the adults have their eyes on Jesus. “boule de café” to accompany an informal meal of bread, The disciples themselves may have halos, but they are butter, jam, cheese, and fruit. intensely preoccupied by conversations with each other.

It’s that humble, shiny-eyed donkey bearing a little boy Some unwelcoming religious leaders and officials in the and milk churns–doing its job for the family – that comes crowd behind the children are plotting what to do. The to mind this Lent. After four years of political distress in viewer knows that this beautiful scene will soon by folthe U.S., I focus on the tender, nurturing image of Jesus. lowed by betrayal, arrest, terror, torture and crucifixion.

Fra Angelico, in his 1450 fresco of the “ Entry into JeruThe violence against Jesus has this feature: Powerful salem,” also paid attention to the donkey. It’s a beast of men dominate. Women with children disappear, have no burden with her small colt trotting beside her. The artist voice, and are helpless bystanders. The torture and death reproduces the citation in Matthew 21:5 to a passage in of Jesus embodies his helplessness to resist religious, Zechariah 9:9: “Your king comes to you meek and riding political, and legal forces which overcome him once he on an ass, and on a colt, the foal of a beast of burden.” It’s enters the city gate. Jesus shares the vulnerability of a reference to Solomon, son of David, who, tradition says, women and children, ethnic minorities, the conquered, succeeded to his father’s throne in a humble style. He rode into Jerusalem on a donkey, the transport of ordinary peo- the colonialized.

But the entry into Jerusalem is also prophetic. ple. A donkey bears burdens; it isn’t a fighter or competiSerenity, joy and light are also features of the Resurtor. It’s an essential helper for the family; for the children, a pet. In contrast, the horse of Roman cavalry is a creature rection – which happens as humbly as Jesus’ entry into Jerusalem. Women are the first to discover Jesus is not of war, speed, and control, the expression of empire. in the tomb anymore. The Gospels have dramatic scenes Fra Angelico’s tones of gold, white, and tan against a blue sky, with Jesus’ blue cloak, create a mood of serenity, with soldiers, angels and male disciples running to the tomb. But how does Jesus himself appear? Not to his joy, calm and openness. The spirit of welcome, “Blessed enemies. Only to his friends. He says “Peace” as he comes is he…” sings out in the portrayal of the city itelf, with through a locked door. He speaks calmly and personally open arches, open doors, open porches, even ornamental in reassuring, ordinary tones. He talks about bread and plaster-works along the upper balustrades. The palm tree fish. He cooks breakfast on the beach. The space around branches are spread in circular shapes.

Jesus is open, calm, starting again. That is what resurrecThere’s a foal alongside the donkey Jesus is riding. This tion feels like. Blessed is he…. means the mother donkey is still milking her unweaned offspring, so the colt goes wherever she does. Fra AnELOISE ROSENBLATT, R.S.M., is a Sister of Mercy, a Ph.D. theologelico emphasizes the maternal theme by showing a gian, and a family law attorney in private practice. She lives beautifully-clad woman as the person laying her cloak on in San Jose. the ground to honor Jesus as he enters. The donkey and

SCRIPTURE REFLECTION

SUNDAY READINGS: Palm Sunday of the Lord’s Passion FROM PAGE 16

himself. Let the Christ, the King of Israel, come down now from the cross that we may see and believe.” Those who were crucified with him also kept abusing him. At noon darkness came over the whole land until three in the afternoon. And at three o’clock Jesus cried out in a loud voice, “Eloi, Eloi, lema sabachthani?” which is translated, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?” Some of the bystanders who heard it said, “Look, he is calling Elijah.” One of them ran, soaked a sponge with wine, put it on a reed and gave it to him to drink saying, “Wait, let us see if Elijah comes to take him down.”

Jesus gave a loud cry and breathed his last. The veil of the sanctuary was torn in two from top to bottom. When the centurion who stood facing himsaw how he breathed his last he said, “Truly this man was the Son of God!” There were also women looking on from a distance.

Among them were Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of the younger James and of Joses, and Salome. These women had followed him when he was in Galilee and ministered to him. There were also many other women who had come up with him to Jerusalem. When it was already evening, since it was the day of preparation, the day before the sabbath, Joseph of Arimathea, a distinguished member of the council, who was himself awaiting the kingdom of God, came and courageously went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus. Pilate was amazed that he was already dead. He summoned the centurion and asked him if Jesus had already died. And when he learned of it from the centurion, he gave the body to Joseph. Having bought a linen cloth, he took him down, wrapped him in the linen cloth, and laid him in a tomb that had been hewn out of the rock. Then he rolled a stone against the entrance to the tomb. Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joses watched where he was laid.

LITURGICAL CALENDAR, DAILY MASS READINGS MONDAY, MARCH 29: Monday of Holy Week. IS 42:1-7. PS 27:1, 2, 3, 13-14. JN 12:1-11.

TUESDAY, MARCH 30: Tuesday of Holy Week. IS 49:1-6. PS 71:1-2, 3-4a, 5ab-6ab, 15 and 17. JN 13:21-33, 36-38.

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 31: Wednesday of Holy Week. IS 50:4-9a. PS 69:8-10, 21-22, 31 and 3334. MT 26:14-25.

THURSDAY, APRIL 1: Holy Thursday, Evening Mass of the Lord’s Supper. EX 12:1-8, 11-14. PS 116:12-13, 15-16bc, 17-18. 1 COR 11:23-26. JN 13:34. JN 13:1-15.

FRIDAY, APRIL 2: Good Friday of the Lord’s Passion. IS 52:13—53:12. PS 31:2, 6, 12-13, 15-16, 17, 25. HEB 4:14-16; 5:7-9. PHIL 2:8-9. JN 18:1—19:42.

SATURDAY, APRIL 3: Holy SaturdayAt the Easter Vigil in the Holy Night of Easter. GN 1:1—2:2 or GN 1:1, 26-31a. PS 104:1-2, 5-6, 10, 12, 13-14, 24, 35 or PS 33:4-5, 6-7, 12-13, 20 and 22. GN 22:1-18 or GN 22:1-2, 9a, 10-13, 15-18. PS 16:5, 8, 9-10, 11. EX 14:15—15:1. EX 15:1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 17-18. IS 54:5-14. PS 30:2, 4, 5-6, 11-12, 13. IS 55:1-11. IS 12:2-3, 4, 5-6. BAR 3:9-15, 32–4:4. PS 19:8, 9, 10, 11. EZ 36:16-17A, 18-28. PS 42:3, 5; 43:3, 4 or IS 12:2-3, 4BCD, 5-6 or PS 51:12-13, 14-15, 18-19.

ROM 6:3-11. PS 118:1-2, 16-17, 22-23. MK 16:1-7.

SUNDAY, APRIL 4: Easter Sunday The Resurrection of the Lord, The Mass of Easter Day. ACTS 10:34a, 37-43. PS 118:1-2, 16-17, 22-23. COL 3:1-4 or I COR 5:6b-8. Victimae paschali laudes.

CF. 1 COR 5:7b-8a. JN 20:1-9.

MONDAY, APRIL 5: Monday in the Octave of Easter. ACTS 2:14, 22-33. PS 16:1-2a and 5, 7-8, 9-10, 11. PS 118:24. MT 28:8-15.

TUESDAY, APRIL 6: Tuesday in the Octave of Easter. ACTS 2:36-41. PS 33:4-5, 18-19, 20 and 22. PS 118:24. JN 20:11-18.

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 7: Wednesday in the Octave of Easter. ACTS 3:1-10. PS 105:1-2, 3-4, 6-7, 8-9. PS 118:24. LK 24:13-35.

THURSDAY, APRIL 8: Thursday in the Octave of Easter. ACTS 3:11-26. PS 8:2ab and 5, 6-7, 8-9.

PS 118:24. LK 24:35-48.

FRIDAY, APRIL 9: Friday in the Octave of Easter.

ACTS 4:1-12. PS 118:1-2 and 4, 22-24, 25-27a.

PS 118:24. JN 21:1-14.

SATURDAY, APRIL 10: Saturday in the Octave of Easter. ACTS 4:13-21. PS 118:1 and 14-15ab, 16-18, 19-21. PS 118:24. MK 16:9-15.

SUNDAY, APRIL 11: Second Sunday of Easter, Sunday of Divine Mercy. ACTS 4:32-35. PS 118:24, 13-15, 22-24. 1 JN 5:1-6. Jn 20:29. JN 20:19-31.

MONDAY, APRIL 12: Monday of the Second Week of Easter. ACTS 4:23-31. PS 2:1-3, 4-7a, 7b-9. COL 3:1. JN 3:1-8.

TUESDAY, APRIL 13: Tuesday of the Second Week of Easter. Optional Memorial of St. Martin I. ACTS 4:32-37. PS 93:1ab, 1cd-2, 5. Jn 3:14-15.

JN 3:7b-15.

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 14: Wednesday of the Second Week of Easter. ACTS 5:17-26. PS 34:2-3, 4-5, 6-7, 8-9. JN 3:16. JN 3:16-21.

THURSDAY, APRIL 15: Thursday of the Second Week of Easter. ACTS 5:27-33. PS 34:2 and 9, 1718, 19-20. JN 20:29. JN 3:31-36.

FRIDAY, APRIL 16: Friday of the Second Week of Easter. ACTS 5:34-42. 27:1, 4, 13-14. MT 4:4b.

JN 6:1-15.

SATURDAY, APRIL 17: Saturday of the Second Week of Easter. ACTS 6:1-7. PS 33:1-2, 4-5, 1819. JN 6:16-21.

SUNDAY, APRIL 18: Third Sunday of Easter.

ACTS 3:13-15, 17-19. PS 4:2, 4, 7-8, 9. 1 JN 2:15a. CF. LK 24:32. LK 24:35-48.

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An unlikely affinity

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ne of Dorothy Day’s favorite saints was Therese of Lisieux, Therese Martin, the saint we call “the Little Flower.”

At first glance, this might look like a strange affinity. Dorothy Day was the ultimate activist for justice, protesting in the streets, being arrested, going to prison, and starting a community and FATHER RON a newspaper, the ROLHEISER Catholic Worker, in service of the poor.

Therese of Lisieux was a contemplative nun, hidden away in an obscure convent in a small town in France.

Indeed, during her whole life, except for one brief trip to visit Rome with her family and parish, she never left her small town and, at her death, was probably known by fewer than 200 people.

Moreover, in her writings, one finds precious little that might be considered explicitly prophetic in terms of social justice.

She wrote as a mystic, with a focus on the interior life and on our personal intimacy with Jesus. Not exactly the

stuff of protests in the streets. So why did Dorothy Day, whose life looks so different, have an affinity for this young recluse?

Dorothy Day was drawn to Therese’s spirituality because she understood it beyond its popular misconception.

Among all known saints, Therese of Lisieux stands out as one of the most popular saints of all time and as one of the most misunderstood saints of all time, and her popularity is part of the problem. Popular devotion has encrusted her person and spirituality in an over-simplistic piety that generally serves to hide her real depth.

Therese termed her spirituality “the little way.” Popular piety, for the most part, thinks of her “little way” as a spirituality that invites us to live quiet, humble, simple, anonymous lives wherein we do everything, especially the small humble tasks asked of us, with fidelity and graciousness, unassuming, childlike, grateful to God just to be of service. While there is a lot of truth in that understanding, it misses some of the depth of Therese’s person and spirituality.

To understand Therese’s “little way” and its connection with justice for the poor, we need to understand certain things in her life that helped constellate the vision that lay behind her “little way.”

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Therese of Lisieux had a very complex childhood. On the one hand, her life was touched by deep sadness, not least the death of her mother when Therese was 4 years old and several bouts of clinical depression from which she nearly died. She did not have an easy walk through childhood.

On the other hand, she had an exceptionally graced childhood. She grew up in family of saints who loved her deeply and honored (and often photographed) her every joy and pain.

She was also a beautiful young girl, attractive and graced with a disarming warmth and sensitivity.

Her family and everyone around her considered her special and precious.

She was much loved; but this did not make for a spoiled child. We can never be spoiled by being loved too much, only by being loved badly. Her family loved her purely, and the result was a young woman who opened her heart and person to the world in an exceptional way.

Moreover, as she matured, she began to notice something. She noticed how when she was a child her every tear was noticed, valued, and honored, but that this was not the case for many other people. She recognized that countless people suffer heartbreaks and injustices, endure abuse, are humiliated, live in shame, and shed tears that are not noticed, and no one cares about. Their pain is not seen, not honored, not valued. From this insight, she articulated this ground metaphor

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that undergirds her “little way.”

Her words: One Sunday, looking at a picture of our Lord on the cross, I was struck by the blood flowing from one of his divine hands. I felt a pang of great sorrow when thinking this blood was falling on the ground without anyone’s hastening to gather it up. I was resolved to remain in spirit at the foot of the cross and to receive its dew. …

I don’t want this precious blood to be lost. I shall spend my life gathering it up for the good of souls.

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This week the Vatican stated that God “does not and cannot bless sin.” The Vatican also stated that blessing a same-sex union would be supporting “a choice and a way of life that cannot be recognized as objectively ordered to the revealed plans of God.” As a 61-year-old gay Catholic this statement is not a surprise and consistent with many institutions and individuals throughout my life who have expressed their perspective about me and the gay lifestyle. While disturbing and hurtful I have made peace with this as a cultural norm.

My concern about the Vatican’s proclamation is not about me but about our GLBT youth. The Suicide Prevention Resource Center estimates that between 5 and 10% of LGBT youth, have attempted suicide, a rate 1.5-3 times higher than heterosexual youth. (“Suicide risk and prevention for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Youth”, 2008) I am hoping our Catholic community can find a way to build inclusion and express Christ’s love for our GLBT youth rather than labeling parts of their future sinful. Welcoming these young people is not only living the word but a right-to-life issue.

Tom Hehir St. Ignatius Parish San Francisco

Birth control and charity

I read that U.S. bishops have affirmed that being vaccinated can be an act of charity that serves the common good during the pandemic even though vaccines were developed with abortion-derived cell lines.

The bishops arrived at this guideline in warp speed.

I pray that U.S. bishops would use a similar line of thinking to affirm that using birth control could be an act of charity that could save millions of babies from being aborted. Choose before conception. Why doesn’t the Catholic Church support birth control as a means to decrease the number of abortions?

Lynn Yap San Carlos

Time to excommunicate

It is now time for the head of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops to excommunicate Joe Biden. It will take great courage for a prelate to excommunicate him. However, this is what is so badly needed.

Scandal is not a big enough word to describe this politician who claims to be Catholic, first expanding abortion of unborn children all over the world, also supporting marriage redefinition, also supporting gender ideology and codifying it into law.

He is also attacking religious freedom. A perfect example of this is his intention to bring the Little Sisters of the Poor back to court to force them to provide contraception for their employees.

Valor and courage are needed from the USCCB. Ted Kirk San Francisco

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will play a vital role in vaccine distribution, identifying vulnerable groups, training health care workers and tracking distribution. The coronavirus has devastated global health systems, threatened to reverse decades of progress fighting other diseases and created severe food shortages in many countries. We all need to make sure that this pandemic is remembered for the way the world worked together to end it. As Pope Francis has said, “No one is saved alone, we can only be saved together.” To paraphrase his holiness, we cannot end this pandemic anywhere if we do not end it everywhere.

Darlene Jeris , Lourdes Alonso Grecia Ramirez-Ovalie Menlo Park

Supporting women in parenting

Elizabeth Haran raises an excellent idea (March 9, 2021) about focus on support of women in crisis pregnancies rather than protest and condemnation in front of abortion clinics. I wonder how many women would turn away from such clinics if the archdiocese offered to subsidize all the expenses of raising the child for the next 18 years?

Laurie Joyce San Anselmo

Let’s please pray for one another

Comments on the letters of Mr. Stillman and Ms. Haran. I agree with many of their points. We need to support women in crisis, help all women see their dignity, and help them make positive choices in favor of family, avoid pressure to “have a relationship” and instead choose a man wisely who will truly commit to her for life. It seems many still think however, that condoms and that old standby “the church needs to get with the times” will solve everything. Living enough years with that mindset and from experience I will say, we are better off going to Mass, confession, receiving the Blessed Sacrament, praying daily, being charitable to all yet choosing our friends and who we spend our time with carefully. Moreover, Mr. Stillman seems still so upset over Trump. There are certainly better papers than the Post to read; perhaps that’s not helping him. But trying to expose the evil of abortion a “waste of time?” Remember that we might leave this Earth at any time and we will do so eventually and be accountable to the Lord; better to live with our eyes open and at least try to fight our own sinfulness. Let’s please pray for each other. I appreciate your letters and offer these comments only as a brother in Christ.

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HUMAN TRAFFICKING: Parishes can play a role combating FROM PAGE 5

through partnering with local anti-trafficking organizations and participating in meetings about the issue to learn more about the prevalence and types of trafficking in the area, she said. Rescuing victims of trafficking, however, should be left to law enforcement and social service professionals.

“We always find there are good samaritans who want to go out on the streets and rescue. It’s not good for us and it’s not good for the victims, it puts them in danger,” she said.

Parishes can help trafficking survivors in a variety of ways, including care packages for those rescued, distributing the U.S. trafficking reporting hotline in public places, or supporting organizations that help survivors rebuild their lives, she said. Lungren said dioceses and parishes can make anti-trafficking a consistent part of their ministry by incorporating it into existing departments or ministries or joining nationwide campaigns against trafficking.

Pope Francis has spoken on several occasions about human trafficking, calling it a crime against humanity and a “scourge” that “reduces many men, women and children to slavery.” In a 2018 address, the pope called for a “shared sense of responsibility and firmer political will to gain victory on this front.

“Responsibility is required toward those who have fallen victim to trafficking in order to protect their rights, to guarantee their safety and that of their families, and to prevent the corrupt and criminals from escaping justice and having the last word over the lives of others,” he said.

Lungren said the pope’s repeated encouragement for all to become involved in anti-trafficking work “illustrates his confidence in us that we can have an impact.”

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VATICAN CITY – Revenue shortfalls and a current budget deficit require increased efficiency, transparency and creativity while working to continue to fully carry out the mission of the universal church, said the head of the Vatican’s economic office.

“A time of financial challenge is not a time to give up or to throw in the towel, it is not a time to be ‘pragmatic’ and forget our values,” Jesuit Father Jesuit Father Juan Antonio Guerrero Alves, prefect Juan Antonio of the Secretariat for the Economy, Guerrero Alves told Vatican News March 12.

“Protecting jobs and wages has been a priority for us so far,” the priest said. “Pope Francis insists that saving money does not have to mean laying off employees; he is very sensitive to the plight of families.”

The prefect spoke with the Vatican’s media outlet as his office released a detailed report of the Holy See’s 2021 budget, which had already been approved by the pope and released to the public Feb. 19.

The Vatican expects a deficit of 49.7 million euros ($60 million) in its budget for 2021, given the continued economic repercussions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.

In an effort to provide “more visibility and transparency to the economic transactions of the Holy See,” the Secretariat for the Economy had said that, for the first time, the budget would consolidate incomes and grants from the Peter’s Pence collection and “all dedicated funds.”

MINISTRY TO FAMILIES MUST MEET THEIR REAL NEEDS, POPE SAYS

VATICAN CITY – The Catholic Church cannot claim to safeguard marriage and family life if it simply repeats its traditional teaching without supporting, encouraging and caring for real families, especially when they struggle to live up to that teaching, Pope Francis said.

“It’s not enough to repeat the value and importance of doctrine if we don’t safeguard the beauty of the family and if we don’t compassionately take care of its fragility and its wounds,” the pope said March 19 in a message to a Rome conference marking the fifth anniversary of “Amoris Laetitia,” his 2016 exhortation of marriage and family life.

The conference, sponsored by the Dicastery for Laity, the Family and Life, the Diocese of Rome and the Pontifical John Paul II Theological Institute for the Sciences of Marriage and Family, kicked off celebrations of the “Amoris Laetitia Family Year,” which will con-

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Total expenses are projected to be 310.1 million euros ($370 million) for 2021, the report said.

“The Holy See has an indispensable mission for which it provides a service that inevitably generates costs, which are covered mostly by donations,” Father Guerrero said.

When assets and other revenues are down, the Vatican tries to save as much as possible, but then it must turn to its reserves, he said.

There have been a “series of years in which the donations received – including Peter’s Pence – did not cover the costs of this mission (of the Holy See) and, as a result, the fund reserves that accumulated in previous years were used up,” he said.

“This recourse to Peter’s Pence reserves in recent years means that the liquidity of the fund is being depleted and with the current crisis it is very likely that in 2022, we will have to resort to some extent to the assets of APSA,” the office that controls property and investments, he said.

Because of the economic crisis caused by the pandemic, Father Guerrero said, the Vatican has reduced its budgeted expenditures by 8%, making them “the lowest in the recent history of the Holy See.” It is not possible, he said, to reduce costs any further while fulfilling the mission of the Holy See, which depends greatly on human resources, particularly in communications, which makes up 22% of expenses.

The Holy See’s apostolic nunciatures are the next highest expense at 20% of the budget, while 17% of expenditures go to distribution of donations and contributions and 16% go to support local churches in difficulty as well as specific projects for evangelization, the report said.

Father Guerrero said, “About 50% of the budget is made up of personnel expenses,” which goes up 2% each year with cost-of-living adjustments, and protecting jobs and wages remains a priority.

Instead, he said, the Vatican was able to make substantial savings in 2020 and plans to continue to do so for 2021 by cutting expenses elsewhere.

For example, last year the Vatican: reduced spending on consultations by 1.5 million euros ($1.8 million); canceled all events, including ad limina visits, plenary assemblies, conferences, congresses, and other events, saving about 1.3 million euros ($1.55 million); limited all travel, which saved 3 million euros ($3.6 million); stopped the purchase of furnishings, saving 0.9 million euros ($1.07 million); and postponed nonurgent renovations, saving 4.8 million euros ($5.73 million), he said.

“At the same time, we expect that many of the revenue streams that have declined with the pandemic will be able to resume when the overall situation improves,” he added.

On the positive side, the Holy See has explored new opportunities that the new situation brings, he said, like trying to be more creative and using videoconferencing for meetings.

The Holy See will continue to try to save money and improve transparency “so that the faithful know what is being done with their donations,” he said. “If this goes on too long, we will not be able to contain the deficit except with the support of the faithful.”

clude June 26, 2022, at the World Meeting of Families in Rome. Pope Francis told conference participants, most of whom were watching online, that his exhortation was meant to give a starting point for a “journey encouraging a new pastoral approach to the family reality. The frankness of the Gospel proclamation and the tenderness of accompaniment,” he said, must go hand in hand in the church’s pastoral approach.

ship under Level 5 COVID-19 restrictions, the pope’s message was relayed to an empty Apparition Chapel at Knock Shrine, where Mass was concelebrated by Archbishop Michael Neary of Tuam and Knock’s rector, Father Richard Gibbons. The Mass was livestreamed.

Speaking in Italian, Pope Francis said the designation would mean always having “your arms wide open as a sign of welcome to every pilgrim who may arrive from any part of the world, asking nothing in return but only recognizing him as a brother or a sister who desires to share the same experience of fraternal prayer.”

Paying tribute to the Irish faithful he said: “You have been a missionary people. We cannot forget how many priests left their homeland in order to become missionaries of the Gospel. Nor can we forget the many lay people who immigrated to faraway lands but still kept their devotion to Our Lady.”

POPE ELEVATES IRELAND’S NATIONAL KNOCK SHRINE TO INTERNATIONAL STATUS

DUBLIN – Pope Francis has elevated the National Sanctuary of Our Lady of Knock to the status of an International Shrine of Eucharistic and Marian Devotion. In a message delivered from the Vatican via video link March 19, the feast of St. Joseph, Pope Francis described it as an “important moment in the life of the shrine” and “a great responsibility.”

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Catholic filmmaker focuses on social justice activists DEACON BRIAN BROMBERGER

Martin Doblmeier is a Catholic documentary filmmaker/journalist who has produced and directed more than 30 features specializing in religion and spirituality. His films explore how belief and faith can lead individuals to extraordinary acts. In 1985 he launched his own production company Journey Films and several of his movies have been shown on PBS including portraits of the martyred German theologian Dietrich “Bonhoeffer” and “Chaplains” who serve in hospitals, the military, and other secular professions. His latest project is his “Prophetic Voices” series, focusing on social justice activists including Dorothy Day, Abraham Joshua Heschel and Howard Thurman, all of which are now available on DVD or for streaming. While biographical, using archival footage and interviews with contemporary scholars/advocates, they all attempt to show how these figures remain relevant dealing with issues we still wrestle with today.

“Revolution of the Heart” details Dorothy Day’s (1897-1980) story, a bohemian Communist journalist in the 1920s, who covered workers’ rights and child labor. After the birth of her daughter, she converted to Catholicism. Along with Peter Maurin, she co-founded the Catholic Worker movement, which produced a newspaper to deal with Depression injustices and houses of hospitality to welcome the poor. As a peacemaker Day was a pacifist opposing America’s involvement in World War II and was arrested for protesting the country’s nuclear buildup and participation in the Vietnam War. What makes this documentary so

GREGORY: ‘HEALING OF AMERICA’S SOUL’ NEEDED TO BRING ABOUT RACIAL HARMONY

BURKE, Va. – In a major address on confronting the sin of racism and working for racial harmony, Washington Cardinal Wilton D. Gregory, the nation’s first African American cardinal, said a “healing of America’s soul” is needed.

“We need a national reconciliation – a healing of America’s soul from the torment of oppression and hatred. We need to forgive one another for all of those things that belong to the past so that we can move into a better more hopeful tomorrow,” Cardinal Gregory said March 20 at a conference at Nativity Church in Burke.

Washington’s cardinal archbishop underscored the need for racial and multicultural understanding, saying: “When we approach one another’s history, we stand on holy ground.” The first step of valuing cultural diversity, he said, begins “with the reverence that is due to the history of a people,” and he said that history must be explored with an open mind, adding that he strongly endorses cross-cultural educational opportunities. He noted that the United States is a nation of immigrants, including some who were brought to these shores in chains.

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“It is essential and very important that we always open our arms to receive and to accompany all people in their different stages of life and in their different life situations,” he said.

What is not clear to most people and must be understood, he said, is that when the church talks about marriage, it is referring specifically to sacramental marriage. A blessing, he said, “is a sacramental that is related to the sacrament of marriage.”

But, he said, while the church can bless only a sacramental marriage, that does not mean only those who are married in the church “receive the benefits of the pastoral care of the church.”

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“We accompany all people,” the cardinal said.

While special emphasis will be made on the beauty and importance of Christian marriage during the “Amoris Laetitia Family Year,” he said the many dioceses, associations, programs and movements that work with same-sex couples “will always work with them and accompany them.”

“There are situations where there are people who are divorced and remarried. The church will accompany them with the hope that one day they will live totally in accordance with the church’s teaching.”

“But I do want to insist that nobody, nobody must ever be excluded from the pastoral care and love and concern of the church,” he said.

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He became the first African-American invited to India to meet Mahatma Gandhi and returning home promoted nonviolence as the seeds for overthrowing segregation. He was a spiritual pastor/mentor to Martin Luther King who always carried with him Thurman’s influential book “Jesus and the Disinherited,” which explains how our redeemer embraced all oppressed people. Thurman, who championed contemplative spirituality (he was a nature mystic), also founded The Fellowship Church for All Peoples in San Francisco, considered the first interracial, multicultural church in the U.S. Veteran civil rights leaders including Jesse Jackson, John Lewis, and the recently deceased Vernon Jordan, reveal how Thurman influenced their own lives, in this rich examination of a man who offers much wisdom during these times of racial disparity as the country’s reckons with its shameful racist history and mores.

All three films, which are informational but also strike an emotional chord, are ideal tools for adult religious education, providing opportunity for discussion and courageous inspiration for understanding how faith can be lived in the real world today as well as developing concrete plans to help marginalized people in our society.

compelling is Day’s fearlessness in speaking truth to power, as evidenced in passages from her remarkable autobiography “The Long Loneliness” read by actress Susan Sarandon. Day didn’t want to be called a saint, fearing she would easily be dismissed, yet in 2000 New York’s Cardinal John O’Connor proposed her name for canonization. During this COVID pandemic when so many people are facing economic jeopardy, this bravura champion of the poor reminds us of our responsibility as a nation not to forget the impoverished and destitute.

“Spiritual Audacity” profiles the Polish rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel (1907-1972) who barely escaped to the U.S. from Nazi Germany, to become an influential public theologian/professor and civil rights activist. Renowned for his books on the Hebrew prophets and creating an experiential Jewish philosophy, he concluded that “indifference to evil is worse than evil itself … that in a free society, some are guilty but all are responsible.” He marched alongside Martin Luther King at Selma. He co-chaired a national coalition of clergy to oppose the Vietnam War. He played a key role in drafting the landmark Nostra Aetate Vatican II document which absolved Jews in the death of Jesus and removed language about converting them to Christianity. Heschel believed in a personal God who views humanity as partners in creation. At a time of ferocious partisanship over central injustices in our nation leading to anger and vitriol, this insightful movie can prod viewers to build interfaith alliances so we can work together to alleviate human suffering.

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WEDNESDAYS THROUGH MARCH 31: “Shelter in Faith” is a free, seven-week prayer group by the founders of faith-sharing group, Random Acts of Catholics. The online meetings are designed to help participants, in the words of St. Ignatius of Loyola, ’see Christ more clearly, love him more dearly and follow him more nearly.’ 6:30 p.m. Features Ignatian-style prayer. Visit randomactsofcatholics.org.

THURSDAY, APRIL 1-SATURDAY, APRIL 3: Virtual Easter Triduum Retreat: This virtual retreat invites participants into a sacred space to be present and witness Christ’s unimaginable love poured out on the cross for us. Presented by the pastoral staff of the Jesuit Retreat Center of Los Altos. Register at jrclosaltos. org/virtual-retreats.

THURSDAYS THRU MAY 27: Book of Psalms.

Weekly Online Course with Father William Nicholas: These 150 prayers express a variety of sentiment and feeling covering a wide range of spirituality from earthy to mystical, thanksgiving to regret, deep affection to equally deep resentment, joy to the depths of despair.

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SATURDAY, MAY 1: (Public event, monthly) Mass and Rosary Procession for Life: A monthly Mass at St. Mary’s Cathedral, 1111 Gough St., San Francisco, followed by a rosary procession to the Bush Street Planned Parenthood Clinic. 8 a.m. Visit sfarch.org/ events.

MUSIC & ART SUNDAY AFTERNOONS: St. Mary’s Cathedral Sunday Afternoon Livestream Concerts: Enjoy the longest continuously running organ concert series in San Francisco, and other instrumental and vocal recitals. For the time being, these musical meditations are not open to the public but are being livestreamed at smcsf.org/event/musical-meditations-3.

SUNDAY, MARCH 14: Mission Dolores Basilica Livestream Concert: Livestream concert, 4 p.m. at the basilica. Allison Lovejoy, piano. Visit missiondolores.org.

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TUESDAYS, MARCH 23-APRIL 27: Online Reflection on Dominican Spirituality for Women 22-45: For adult women who are interested in spirituality and for those who might be considering religious life. 7-8:15 p.m. Visit sanrafaelop.org/events/onlinereflection-on-dominican-spirituality-st-catherine-ofsiena.

FRIDAY, MARCH 26: Lenten Recollection on Pope Francis’ encyclical, ’Fratelli Tutti.’ Led by Father Loretto ‘Bong’ Rojas, Jr., and the Filipino Ministry.

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Católicos en EE.UU. están bendiciendo a los pobres en Kenia atendiendo su urgente necesidad de agua potable Gladys Mghoi es una abuela que cría a sus nietos en Mokine, una pequeña aldea ubicada en la Arquidiócesis de Mombasa.

Cada mañana se despierta a las 4 a.m. para comenzar el largo y arduo proceso de ir a buscar el agua para el día.

“En la humilde casa de Gladys no hay un grifo al que puedan acudir para abastecerse de agua. Ella vive en una aldea muy pobre y, como la mayoría de los demás habitantes, tiene que caminar a un pozo distante para conseguir el agua que necesita su familia”, explicó Jim Cavnar, presidente de Cross Catholic Outreach, una institución líder en ayuda y desarrollo que apoya a misiones católicas en África. “Es trágico, pero la escasez de agua es algo muy común en muchas partes de Kenia. Las personas que viven en áreas remotas tienden a ser extremadamente pobres. Sus aldeas no cuentan con la infraestructura para suministrar agua y enfrentan muchas dificultades tratando de obtener lo que necesitan para sobrevivir”. En el caso de Gladys, saciar la sed de sus nietos significa caminar casi tres kilómetros hasta el lecho de un río seco, donde la gente ha cavado un agujero que permite que el agua se filtre desde el fondo. Es un proceso lento, por lo que Gladys y los demás que llegan al lugar tienen que esperar su turno por más de una hora para llenar sus contenedores con agua con barro del hoyo.

Gladys Mghoi y sus nietos enfrentan grandes retos para obtener su suministro de agua diario. Actualmente caminan muy lejos para recoger agua contaminada porque no tienen más opción. Sin embargo, con la ayuda de la Iglesia Católica, esta dificultad puede terminar.

El regreso a casa con este “premio” es también un reto porque el recipiente que usa se vuelve muy pesado cuando está lleno.

Debido a la edad y la salud de Gladys, sus nietos mayores suelen ayudar en este proceso agotador e interminable.

Cada vez que lo hacen, la familia vuelve a quedar en desventaja. La recogida de agua toma tanto tiempo que con frecuencia los niños llegan tarde a sus clases o dejan de asistir por el día.

Según Cavnar, el resolver el problema de la escasez de agua es una prioridad para Cross Catholic Outreach, ya que la falta de agua potable tiene un impacto muy negativo en muchos aspectos de la vida de una familia pobre.

“Una de nuestras mayores preocupaciones es la mala calidad del agua que consumen actualmente”, dijo.

“El agua está contaminada con bacterias, parásitos y químicos de las siembras de las granjas aledañas”.

Gladys también es consciente de esta amenaza, pero como carece de una mejor alternativa, no sabe qué más podría hacer.

“Recogemos agua muy, muy sucia, lo que es muy difícil para nosotros, y

Gladys Mghoi y sus nietos enfrentan grandes retos para obtener su suministro de agua diario. Actualmente caminan muy lejos para recoger agua contaminada porque no tienen más opción. Sin embargo, con la ayuda de la Iglesia Católica, esta dicultad puede terminar.

muy peligroso para nuestro consumo”, reconoció Gladys. “Esta agua está muy sucia, muy turbia. Pero como no tenemos opción, tenemos que beberla así como está”.

Pero por muy sombría que parezca esta situación, Gladys y sus vecinos tienen ahora motivos para sentirse esperanzados.

Un sacerdote de la localidad se ha dado cuenta de las dificultades por las que pasan y está trabajando para ayudarles a través de una asociación con Cross Catholic Outreach. [Ver la historia en la página opuesta.] Si este proyecto tiene éxito, los retos que ella y sus nietos enfrentan en la obtención de agua podrían terminar pronto.

“Nuestro objetivo ahora es obtener el respaldo económico de los Católicos estadounidenses para financiar este proyecto especial”, dijo Cavnar. “Si responden con generosidad, y creo que lo harán, podremos estar seguros de que

Gladys y sus nietos van a tener agua fresca y potable para muchos años”.

El abordar necesidades específicas como esta es la razón para la que se fundó Cross Catholic Outreach. Durante casi 20 años, este ministerio Católico ha trabajado con sacerdotes, hermanas religiosas o misiones Católicas en muchos países para resolver los problemas de los pobres.

“Los Católicos de los Estados Unidos están muy interesados en ayudar a los pobres usando nuestra estrategia porque les gusta financiar necesidades específicas y a la vez apoyar al clero Católico local”, dijo Cavnar. “Ellos quieren que los dólares donados causen un impacto profundo y duradero, y por eso los proyectos de agua son su tipo de apoyo preferido. El suministro de agua potable satisface muchas necesidades — desde saciar la sed hasta restaurar la salud y fomentar nuevas metas educativas. En este caso en particular,

también brindará el tan esperado alivio a personas tan preciadas como Gladys”.

La abuela confirmó ese hecho al explicar otra razón más por la que ve el proyecto de agua como una bendición: “Soy una persona mayor, y no es muy seguro para mí ir a recoger agua; pero como no hay alternativa, tenemos que arriesgar nuestras vidas”, explicó Gladys.

“A veces, debido a mi debilidad, puedo caerme. Otras veces puede haber animales salvajes como hienas en el camino”.

Esos riesgos también se eliminarán cuando se complete el proyecto de agua.

“No puedo imaginar la alegría que sentirá Gladys cuando ese grifo esté instalado en su casa y vea que el agua limpia fluye libremente. Pero sí sé una cosa: ella y los demás en su comunidad alabarán a Dios”, exclamó Cavnar. “Y qué alegría será para nosotros también. ¡No hay nada más gratificante que servir como instrumentos de la misericordia de Dios!”

CÓMO AYUDAR Si desea apoyar los esfuerzos de Cross Catholic Outreach para ayudar a los pobres a través del mundo, por favor use el folleto con sello postal prepagado que se encuentra en esta publicación, o envíe su donación por correo a Cross Catholic Outreach, Dept. AC01608, PO Box 97168, Washington DC 20090-7168. El folleto también incluye instrucciones sobre cómo convertirse en un asociado misionero y hacer una donación mensual a esta causa.

Si identificas un proyecto en particular que quieras apoyar, el 100% de tu donación se dirigirá a ese proyecto. Sin embargo, si se recaudaran más fondos de los necesarios, los fondos restantes se reorientarán a otras necesidades urgentes del ministerio.

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María Inés de Lira no quería recibir la vacuna contra COVID-19, su condición de salud tras ocho cirugías y sobreviviente de cáncer la tenía con mucho temor de los posibles síntomas o efectos secundarios.

Por otro lado María Mijares de 69 años estaba decidida desde el principio a recibir la vacuna para poder continuar, sin riesgo de contagiarse, ofreciendo su voluntariado de repartir comida a personas sin hogar que viven en las calles de San Francisco.

Las dos son parroquianas de la iglesia San Pedro y voluntarias en la organización sin fines de lucro Fe en Acción.

Tanto de Lira como Mijares recibieron ayuda de Fe en Acción para tramitar la cita para la vacuna porque no tienen facilidad con el uso de la tecnología.

A de Lira, una emigrante mexicana de 67 años y vecina de la Misión, tuvieron que explicarle en detalle la importancia de vacunarse para convencerla.

“Tenía miedo porque es algo nuevo, y porque había escuchado muchos comentarios negativos. Me decían que nos iban a poner un chip, que se están usando células de bebés abortados”, dijo.

Al final “decidí vacunarme porque sé del riesgo que corremos si nos contagiamos…así que me dije, si es la ciencia la que está haciendo esto yo confío, dijo de Lira”.

Ella recibió la primera dosis de Moderna el 10 de febrero y la segunda precisamente el día de esta entrevista con el San Francisco Católico, el 12 de marzo.

A las dos citas la acompañó Violeta Román, parroquiana de las iglesias de la Misión, voluntaria de Justicia Social y líder de la organización comunal Fe en Acción.

Respondiendo al llamado del papa Francisco de darle al mensaje evangélico un “sentido de humanidad”, Román y otros voluntarios de Justicia Social comenzaron a promover la vacunación.

“Nosotros como líderes de las parroquias de la Misión pensamos que es importante que la gente mayor se vacune”, dijo Román.

“Hablamos con el padre Moisés Agudo, (párroco de las iglesias San Carlos, San Antonio y San Pedro, en la

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Misión) para ver qué podíamos hacer para que la gente mayor se vacunara, porque habíamos hablado con algunos y estaban renuentes. No se quieren vacunar”, dijo.

“Yo le dije al padre Moisés que sería bueno que en las homilías hablara de la importancia de vacunarse, por responsabilidad propia y respeto al bien común. Él estuvo motivando a los feligreses durante las misas para que se vacunen”, dijo Román.

Durante el mes de febrero, Román junto a otros líderes de la pastoral de Justicia Social también comenzaron a asistir a las iglesias de la Misión, a la salida de las misas y levantaron listas con los nombres de aquellas personas que aceptaron la ayuda para que les tramitaran una cita. ¿Por qué tantos latinos no quieren vacunarse?

A pesar de los mensajes de motivación del sacerdote desde el púlpito, a pesar de la acción directa de los líderes de Justicia Social y Fe en Acción tratando de convencer a los mayores, no se ha logrado que muchas personas acepten recibir la vacuna.

“Ha sido difícil convencer a las personas. Simple y sencillamente tenían miedo, decían que lo que querían era matar a las personas mayores…, algunos decían que no (querían la vacuna) porque les iban a poner un chip, y que eran de células de niños abortados.”

Otra de las razones por la cual muchas

personas tienen miedo a vacunarse es porque reciben mala información.

Muchas personas mayores que sí confían en la vacuna, no la reciben por limitación en el uso de la tecnología para procesar una cita en línea.

Pero sí hay latinos que quieren recibir la vacuna. Un reporte de la Universidad de California en San Francisco (UCSF por sus siglas en inglés) revela que de las personas que acudieron a hacerse el examen de COVID-19 en un puesto de salud ubicado en la calle 24 y Misión, un 86% dijeron que sí querían vacunarse.

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alentadores dejan claro que no toda la comunidad latina duda en vacunarse, dijo la doctora Diana Havlir, profesora de medicina de la UCSF. Havlir colaboró con líderes de la organización comunal Fuerza Latina de Trabajo (Latino Task Force) para crear la organización Unidos en Salud a través de la cual se ofrece pruebas y entrega rápida de resultados en el puesto de salud en la Misión.

A nivel nacional, un reporte de Centros para el Control y Prevención de Enfermedades (CDC por sus siglas en inglés) muestra que un 8.5% de los hispanos/latinos han recibido la primera dosis de la vacuna contra COVID-19 y un 7.3% tienen ya las dos dosis.

“Pensando en los adultos que no saben cómo registrarse en línea, cómo usar la tecnología, decidimos ayudarles a tramitar las citas. Sabemos que para muchos es imposible acceder a esto en línea”, dijo Román.

Agregó que también están acompañando a las personas a las citas el día que reciben la primera dosis. Algunos ya han recibido la segunda dosis y todavía continúan acompañándoles.

“Tenemos que hacer práctico eso que tanto pide el papa Francisco, humanizar y de acompañarnos en el camino”, dijo Román.

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La Cuaresma lleva más eventos adentro de las iglesias, además de las misas LORENA ROJAS SAN FRANCISCO CATÓLICO

La capilla Todos los Santos en San Francisco celebró el primer servicio religioso con público presente el jueves 11 de marzo, además de las misas dominicales, después de un año de tener las actividades pastorales vía Zoom debido a la pandemia.

El primer evento fue una Plática Cuaresmal sobre el pecado, examen de conciencia y confesiones.

Aunque la capilla ha venido celebrando misas adentro, con las restricciones reglamentarias por el COVID-19, la Plática Cuaresmal fue el primer evento no eucarístico desde que comenzó la pandemia hace un año, dijo la hermana Eva Camberos, pastoral asociada y directora de la liturgia en español en Todos los Santos.

Todos los Santos trabaja bajo la administración de la iglesia Nuestra Señora de Lourdes que dirige el padre Daniel E. Carter también párroco de la iglesia del Naufragio de San Pablo en Bayview.

“Los parroquianos ya desean que volvamos a lo normal. Todos queremos tener los eventos adentro de la iglesia”, dijo la hermana Camberos.

Ella dejó claro que tienen que seguir aplicando las medidas higiénicas: registrando los nombres de los asistentes, tomando la temperatura, desinfectando manos y pidiendo que usen la mascarilla.

La hermana Camberos agregó que en cuanto al retorno de las misas adentro, la gente ha respondido muy bien con la asistencia y siguiendo el protocolo de higiene, lo que es muy bueno, sobre todo considerando que Bayview y San Francisco han sido fuertemente golpeados por el COVID-19.

Sandra Valladares asistió a la Plática Cuaresmal en Todos los Santos. Es la primera vez, desde

Sandra Valladares, parroquiana de Todos los Santos escucha una plática sobre el pecado en la capilla, el 11 de marzo.

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Feligreses de la capilla Todos los Santos en San Francisco encienden una vela antes de comenzar la Plática Cuaresmal. que comenzó la pandemia, que ella asiste a un evento adentro de la iglesia además de la misa del domingo.

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La hermana Eva Camberos organizó la Plática Cuaresmal, primer evento no eucarístico con público presente en Todos los Santos.

“Estar presente en la iglesia en cualquier servicio religioso es una gran diferencia. No es lo mismo que estar reuniéndose virtualmente. Estar en la casa de Dios es estar en nuestra casa”, dijo.

“Como católicos tenemos la enseñanza de asistir a la iglesia porque es un lugar sagrado donde podemos encontrar la paz interior”, agregó Valladares.

Ella piensa que con la pandemia se enfrió un poco el fervor religioso. Aunque Zoom fue una buena alternativa debido a las circunstancias, Valladares resintió el no poder asistir a la iglesia durante los meses que no se permitía.

“Es bueno que se hayan reabierto las iglesias, pero debemos seguir cumpliendo con las medias de higiene, eso para mí es el primer punto”, dijo.

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Rosario y Coronilla a la Divina Misericordia a las 2:00 p.m.

Conmemoración de la Pasión del Señor a las 3 p.m.

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CUARESMA: Trae más eventos adentro de las iglesias DE PÁGINA 26

en California tienen el derecho de congregarse adentro de sus iglesias, con un máximo del 25% de la capacidad de la iglesia, y cumpliendo con un protocolo de higiene.

Además de la capilla Todos los Santos, también los parroquianos de la iglesia San José Obrero en Redwood City se están reuniendo adentro de la capilla para hacer oración, los lunes y los miércoles, dijo el coordinador del grupo Caminando con Jesús, Aleonso Hernández.

Hernández dijo que aunque la gente respondió muy bien al llamado para los eventos afuera de la iglesia, la mayoría de las personas están acostumbradas y les gusta las celebraciones adentro.

El padre Alejandro Báez, párroco asociado en la iglesia Santa Inés en San Francisco considera muy importante que los fieles comiencen a tener sus eventos adentro de las iglesias en grupos pequeños, siguiendo el protocolo de higiene por el COVID-19. Él ha visto que a algunas personas se les está haciendo costumbre, por comodidad ver las misas de forma virtual, pero la Iglesia es una comunidad presencial.

Santa Inés, además de las misas con público presente, y transmitidas en vivo, también está recibiendo un grupo pequeño de oración y le da la bienvenida a otros ministerios organizados por laicos que deseen integrarse a la parroquia, dijo el padre Báez.

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anunciando que pueden tramitar las citas en un puesto de vacunación ubicado en las calles 24 y Capp en San Francisco, el mismo lugar donde recibieron la vacuna Mijares y de Lira.

Aunque Mijares estaba decidida a recibir la vacuna, también tenía temor, pero le ayudó mucho escuchar en las misas a “los monseñores” de su parroquia decir que ellos ya habían recibido la vacuna. Eso me Violeta Román dio más confianza, dijo”.

Ella recibió las dos dosis de Moderna y no tuvo síntomas. A pesar de que muchas personas le habían dicho que la segunda dosis ocasionaba problemas de salud.

Para responder a los fieles que temen recibir la vacuna contra COVID-19 por compromiso moral, los obispos de la Conferencia Episcopal de California dijeron que “las vacunas Pfizer y Moderna son moralmente aceptables y se comprometen a trabajar en estrecha colaboración con los ministerios católicos

sobre la salud y con Caridades Católicas” para promover y fomentar la vacunación.

Ofrecieron colaborar con los gobiernos locales y otras organizaciones que están trabajando en la vacunación. Además se comprometieron a abogar por las comunidades más vulnerables para que la vacunación se haga con equidad y seguridad. Dijeron que continuarán informando sobre el aspecto moral de las otras vacunas.

Así lo hizo el arzobispo de la Arquidiócesis de San Francisco Salvatore J. Cordileone, él dijo el 4 de marzo, que “la nueva vacuna Johnson & Johnson está más moralmente comprometida porque las células madre de una línea derivada de un feto abortado se utilizaron en su fabricación y no solo en las pruebas”.

“Sin embargo, si se puede elegir entre vacunas de COVID-19 igualmente seguras y efectivas, se debe elegir la vacuna con la menor conexión con las líneas celulares derivada de abortos”, dijo el arzobispo Cordileone.

El arzobispo de San Francisco también insistió que aunque hayan recibido las dos dosis de la vacuna contra COVID-19 continúen con las medidas de higiene para evitar la propagación del virus.

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

Ann M. Alioto Rene H. Alvarado Nicasio Asuncion Vitalina M. Avila Lorraine Helen Badran Edwin R. Banares Lolita P. Bandong Rodolfo G. Bandong Enrique Barreto, Jr. Teresita Basaca Rebecca Lara Bautista Danilo Jong Blaquera Elisa Fernandez Borromeo Lorraine M. Brady Emma Margaret Brondello Nieves R. Calara Lucy Harrison Campbell Antoinette Alioto Canepa Robert Edward Canete Rodolfo Clazton Carnecer Julia Carrasco Orelia Carter Larry Carver Elena Castellanos Nicomedes A. Cava, Jr. Obdulia Cedeno Antonni Mayang Chico Leonila H. Ching Reynaldo Concepcion Attilio Crosetti, Jr. Paul L. Dachauer Rosario C. Deano Julita dela Cruz Massimo DelleSedie Primo J. Dente Santo Di Mare Gloria A. Divina John Joseph Doherty Cleo P. Donovan Louise A. Duchi Socorro V. Estrada Rene Tofiga Faataui Bernice C. Fernandez Grace C. Fernandez Romeo R. Fernandez Lola Bertolucci Fox Edwin Ronald Gonzales Frontera Julie Ann Galloway Eva Yorba Garza Grace E. Ghilarducci Marie C. Gidre Brandon Marcos Gomez Lara

Leroy J. Gordon Glen Emir Grivas Leonidas Guadamuz Imelda Guba Oscar Z. Guzman Ann Elizabeth Hawley Joan C. Hayden Nickylyn Childres Cava Jellison Sara Marguerite Jendrysik Eileen Patricia Jordan Maria P. Jordan Joshua Paul Joshua Robert J. Kaprosch Stella Keane Timothy Kearns Grace Lanciano Elsa Ibarra Laurente Leona M. Lawrence Albert Lawson Micaela M. Lezcano Angelina M. Lucchese Ronald V. Maczka Angelina Calip Magallanes Paterna Makilan Malasig Jose Guadalupe Trejo Maldanado Cleody P. Manalo Benjamin Manuel Darlene D. Marc Angelina M. Maristela Arturo Bascos Martin Filomeno T. Mayang Monsignor Mickey McCormick Benjamin A. Mencano Alicia D. C. Mendoza Dioscoro Millare Dina Gagucas Miranda Michael E. Montague Norma Q. Mopas John J. Moylan Lita C. Munar George M. Munoz Petrina Pearl Noero Daniel John Norboe Daniel J. O’Keefe, Jr. Sandy Orozco-Vargas Gabriel Panganiban James Edward Parker Anna M. Pierantoni Irene J. Platz Antonia Portillo Hanna “John” Y. Qaqundah Arturo I. Quebec Jesus J. Ramirez Aquilina Elia Martinez Ramos Santos Reyes Ramos

George Andaya Realiza Michael A. Reus Audelia Centeno Rodriguez Mary Ann Ruggiero Jose Ernesto Ruiz Jose Del Carmen Salinas Yvonne Sangiacomo Genevieve Marie Schiefer Francis G. Sepe Rosemary Shanahan James F. Skinner, Jr. Rev. Wilton S. Smith Cristian Solis Teresa M. Steller Thomas Sullivan Marie Tao Leona A. Tarantino Adan Toledo-Castillo Florelinda S. Torno Filomena F. Valencia Charles M. Venezia Reyes Villa Jun G. Viray Joyce Ann Word Felix Ysturiz Michael Martin Zarate

HOLY CROSS, MENLO PARK

Francisco A. Barragan Darrell Dorfmeier Charlene B. Dowley Ray Remo Ferrari Renate Gayny Maria Arleth Godinez Mendoza Helena A. Hafner Margrit Nieslony Romelo G. Rios Viliami Tafokitu’u Taukafa

MT. OLIVET, SAN RAFAEL Alan Forrester Michael Giannini Norma Giannini Phyllis Magnaghi Wilson “Toby” Manuel Francine A. Strain

TOMALES Miguel Choperena

Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery, Colma While we will not be having a First Saturday Mass in April, we encourage you to remember in prayer all our beloved dead at rest in our Catholic Cemeteries.

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