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September 13, 2018
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English Cardinal prays for bishops’ pardon Simon Caldwell Catholic News Service
In Marin County, the pastors of St. Anselm Parish in Ross and Our Lady of Mount Carmel in Mill Valley sensed that communication and community are needed in any disaster and invited parishioners to separate group “listening sessions.”
LIVERPOOL, England – An English cardinal prayed for the forgiveness of bishops who had brought “the face of evil” into the Catholic Church by allowing or carrying out acts of abuse. Without naming the bishops, Cardinal Cardinal Vincent Nichols of Vincent Nichols Westminster said such leaders had sowed “hurt, damage and mistrust” among the faithful. He made his remarks before a crowd of 6,000 people gathered at Liverpool’s Echo Arena during the National Eucharistic Congress and Pilgrimage. During Sept. 8 reflections before the Blessed Sacrament, he told his audience that together they came to Christ “knowing our failings, sensing the anger in many hearts, knowing the face of evil.” “I feel this with great keenness and sadness, for the failings of my fellow bishops are there for all to see,” said Cardinal Nichols, president of the Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales.
see anger, tears, action, page 6
see cardinal, page 18
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St. Anselm parishioners, staff and clergy came together Aug. 29 to share their thoughts on the most recent clergy sex abuse scandal at the invitation of Father Jose Shaji, pastor, seated far left.
Marin pastors gather reeling parishioners to talk about church crisis Catholic San Francisco approached daily communicants at local parishes after Mass and asked them for their thoughts. A handful did speak to us (see boxon Page 6). Most wordlessly waved the question away with tears or fury in their eyes or said they were too upset to talk about it.
Christina Gray Catholic San Francisco
In the days following the Pennsylvania grand jury report Aug. 14 that lifted the veil on seven decades of child sex abuse by more than 300 Catholic priests in that state and the church leaders who covered it up,
Church spotlights catechists’ labor of love Nicholas Wolfram Smith Catholic San Francisco
Catechists and directors of religious education throughout the archdiocese are preparing to begin their faith formation ministries for youth, young adults, and adults. On Sept. 16, the day designated by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops as Catechetical Sunday, the church will highlight the critical role of catechists with the theme of “Enlisting Witnesses for Jesus Christ.”
related story on page 8: Peninsula parishes move toward family-centered faith formation. Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone, in an archdiocesan letter for Catechetical Sunday, expressed his “joy and gratitude” for the “generous and faith-filled service” of catechists across the archdiocese, and noted the
difficulty of working within a society that has deemphasized the importance of religion. Even within the church, catechesis has changed over the years. Sister of Social Service Celeste Arbuckle, director of faith formation for the archdiocese, told Catholic San Francisco that one of the challenges in the church today is making sure that catechesis and evangelization always accompany each other. Several decades ago, catechists could teach the faith in a question and answer format
and assume that evangelization would take care of itself. Today, she said, the “cultural container” of Catholicism to reinforce faith formation has disappeared, posing both new challenges and opportunities. For many catechists and religious education directors in the archdiocese, their work is a continued source of joy and discipleship. Rachel Gee, director of religious education at St. Anne Parish in San Francisco, told Catholic San
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