August 20, 2020

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COVID-19:

Race, poverty noted in impact on Marin’s Latino residents

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EARL GAGE JR.:

OUTDOOR MASSES:

SF names street after first Black firefighter

Weekend services start on SMC plaza

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CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO Newspaper of the Archdiocese of San Francisco

SERVING SAN FRANCISCO, MARIN & SAN MATEO COUNTIES

www.catholic-sf.org

AUGUST 20, 2020

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Archbishop, metropolitan join hands for religious freedom CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO

(PHOTO BY DENNIS CALLAHAN/CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO)

Archbishop ordains two priests Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone stands with newly ordained Father Benjamin J. Rosado and Father Ian B. Quito at St. Pius Church, Redwood City, after their ordination Aug.1, 2020. Story on Page 4.

Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone and Metropolitan Gerasimos of the Greek Orthodox Metropolis of San Francisco have written a joint letter urging House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to support a House measure in solidarity with persecuted Coptic Orthodox Christians in Egypt. The prelates also issued a joint statement mourning the recent conversion of the historic Hagia Sophia in Istanbul, Turkey, from a museum into a mosque, saying “this egregious decision continues to be lamented throughout the world.” In their July 31 letter to Pelosi, the church leaders requested her help in bringing House Resolution 49 to the House floor for a vote. “The resolution is written to support religious freedom for the Coptic Orthodox Christians in Egypt, who continue to face terrorism, persecution, and SEE ARCHBISHOP, PAGE 25

CSF reader poll: Catholic practice in pandemic CHRISTINA GRAY CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO

A majority of local Catholics choose to watch livestreamed Masses from home while they wait out the enduring coronavirus pandemic and hope of a full return to parish life, according to a recent reader survey by Catholic San Francisco. A substantial number also said their faith lives have been enriched in isolation as they spend more time in personal and family prayer, reflection and study. Catholic San Francisco sent out a three-question email survey to the nearly 5,000 subscribers of its email newsletter July 17. The open-ended questions asked respondents to describe their current Mass attendance, what they miss the most about their pre-pandemic faith lives and whether their faith has grown stronger (or weaker) in quarantine. Almost 400 people responded to the survey. Local Catholics are for the most part continuing to choose Masses livestreamed by their parish either by

in surprising ways, according to the survey, which also revealed a near-universal longing for the Eucharist and other sacraments. “What I miss is simple,” said one respondent, a parishioner identified only as a member of St. Ignatius Parish in San Francisco. “Communion, that’s it.” “I feel a tremendous void in my life when I’m unable to receive forgiveness and our Lord’s body and blood,” said another. Many missed the physical, sensory and social elements of communal worship including the church building itself, holy water, singing, and joining of hands in prayer and greeting. Being physically within a community of like-minded fellow worshippers was listed repeatedly. “There’s a difference between watching and participating,” was how one respondent put it. “I miss the Eucharist, the incense, the music and the people,” CARMINE HOYE, ST. RAPHAEL PARISH, SAN RAFAEL summed up another. A personal way to honor your loved one’s patriotism to our country. The anonymous survey sought a general, qualitative choice out of continuing caution, or because that is you have received a flag honoring your loved one's military service and would like to donate it their only Ifchoice. to the cemetery to be flown as part of an “Avenue of Flags" on Memorial Day, 4th of July and Veterans' Day, SEE CSF READER SURVEY, PAGE 6 These virtual liturgies sustained some spiritually

‘Technology as a means of attending daily Mass is second best to our own presence. But it is a godsend and should continue as such Carmine Hoye during this pandemic. I attend a daily livestreamed Mass as the Eucharist is my love, my passion, my strength, my God.’

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