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Copper thieves hit area churches

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Rosary rally draws 1,700 to prayer VALERIE SCHMALZ CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO

The lilting sounds of “Ave Maria” competed against the sounds of traffic on Van Ness Avenue as hundreds of Catholics singing and praying the rosary in Spanish walked from St. Mary’s Cathedral, past San Francisco’s City Hall to the 2012 Rosary Rally. “Pray the rosary. Not just for yourself. We need to give that faith away,” said speaker Father Mark Mary, a Franciscan Missionary of the Eternal Word and host of EWTN’s “Life on the Rock.” “We don’t live alone; we don’t believe alone,” the priest said, “We need the faith of others.” The Oct. 13 rosary rally at United Nations Plaza, in sight of City Hall, drew about 1,700 people, many coming from a special 9:30 a.m. Spanish Mass at the cathedral. Last year’s rally (PHOTO BY DENNIS CALLAHAN/CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO)

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A rosary rally at U.N. Plaza in San Francisco drew about 1,700 people Oct. 13. The event followed a Spanish Mass celebrated at St. Mary’s Cathedral.

San Francisco lawyer pursues justice in Jesuit massacre Local Catholic leads international fight to prosecute Jesuits’ killers – and to challenge impunity in El Salvador GEORGE RAINE CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO

Nov. 16 is the 23rd anniversary of the assassination of six Jesuit priests, their cook and her 16-year-old daughter by a military hit squad during the civil war in El Salvador. And just as in previous years, it will be an emotional time for Almudena Bernabeu, an international lawyer seeking justice for the massacre. She always tries to get together with people who were close to the victims, and in the past year there have been major legal victories to celebrate, albeit amid a tragedy. Most notably

there is the 2011 indictment and arrest order against 20 former military officials in El Salvador issued by the Spanish National Court, with jurisdiction over international crimes. The anniversary is always “very grounding,” said Bernabeu, who is prosecuting Almudena the massacre case Bernabeu from here at the San Francisco-based The Center for Justice and Accountability, an international human rights organization. “It

is helping people, listening to people and understanding their needs.” Bernabeu, 40, a parishioner at St. Dominic Parish in San Francisco, has worked the case for nine years, and in many ways it is a slog and a struggle against impunity in El Salvador. But the goal, justice, for her won’t dim. In the pre-dawn hours of Nov. 16, 1989, a group of military officers of the Salvadoran government, which was backed by the United States in the nation’s civil war, entered the residence of the Jesuit-run University of Central America in San Salvador and herded the six priests – advocates for social justice and spokesmen for the

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NEED TO KNOW NEW SAINTS CELEBRATED AT CATHEDRAL OCT. 21: An 11 a.m. Mass at St. Mary’s Cathedral on Oct. 21 will celebrate the seven new saints being canonized by Pope Benedict XVI in Rome the same day. The saints include teenage Filipino martyr Pedro Calungsod, Native American Kateri Tekakwitha , Mother Marianne Cope of Molokai, German Anna Schaffer, French Jesuit martyr Father Jacques Berthieu, Italian Father Giovanni Battista Piamarta, and Spanish Sister Carmen Salles y Barangueras. The Mass will emphasize the various ethnicities of the new saints, and is organized by the archdiocesan Office of Ethnic Ministries. FUTURE OF CATHOLIC HIGHER EDUCATION: The Bishop John S. Cummins Institute for Catholic Thought, Culture and Action at St. Mary’s College of California is sponsoring a symposium on the future of Catholic higher education, Oct. 24 at 3 p.m. at Soda Center on the Moraga campus. The symposium features Bishop Marcelo Sanchez-Sorondo, chancellor of the Vatican’s Pontifical Academy of Sciences and Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences. A panel of internationally known Catholic higher education leaders and theologians will discuss some of the most pressing questions before Catholic colleges and universities across the nation. Panel members include James Donahue, president of the Graduate Theological Union; Judith Maxwell Greig, president of Notre Dame de Namur University; William J. Hynes, president of Holy Names University; Jesuit Father Stephen A. Privett, president of the University of San Francisco; and Dominican Sister Mary Peter Traviss, associate professor of education, emeritus, Catholic Educational Leadership Department, University of San Francisco. WORLD MISSION SUNDAY IS OCT. 21: A day set aside for Catholics worldwide to recommit themselves to the church’s missionary activity through prayer and sacrifice, World Mission Sunday gathers support for the pastoral and evangelizing programs and needs of more than 1,150 mission dioceses in Africa, Asia, the Pacific Islands and remote regions of Latin America. The funds gathered on World Mission Sunday are distributed in the pope’s name by the Society for the Propagation of the Faith – a Pontifical Mission Society. In his message this year Pope Benedict XVI said that the care of proclaiming the Gospel in every corner of the world belongs to the bishops first of all. He said the mandate of preaching the Gospel does not finish for a pastor in his attention toward the people of God entrusted to his pastoral care but must involve all the activities of the particular church.

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Archbishop greets Hispanic worshippers Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone greets worshippers outside St. Mary’s Cathedral Oct. 13 after attending the archdiocese’s annual Hispanic Mass.

Family, friends mourn Susie Ko VALERIE SCHMALZ CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO

Susie Ko, a beloved member of the Chinese Apostolate at Sts. Peter and Paul Parish, wife, mother of four, grandmother of one toddler, teacher, and community leader, was stabbed to death in her home in Hercules Oct. 5. Washington State authorities apprehended a couple who had the Kos’ Subaru Outback when they allegedly rammed a police car. Darnell Washington, 24, and his wife Tania were being held on $3 million bail in King County, Wash. Both were expected to be returned to California to face charges there, said a King County prosecutor’s spokesman. Susie Ko’s funeral was scheduled for 10 a.m., Oct. 19 at St. Patrick Church, Rodeo. “This holiday season will be hard to go through without her,” said her daughter Sophia Ko on a special website, welovesusieko.com. “She was the best at making every holiday homemade. Homemade – that’s what I’m going to miss. A mom to come home to, to make it a home. Now our home will never be the same without her.” A member of the Salesian Chinese Youth Fellowship at Sts. Peter and Paul in the 1970s, Kelvin and

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Susie Ko later helped found Salesian Mary Help of Christians group at the North Beach parish, said their friends Peter and Gloria Yee. The couples stayed friends through weddings, and raising their children. Mrs. Ko was also very active in Hercules, her family and friends said. “Susie always gave 100 percent in everything and she would do it with a smile,” the Yees said in an email. “My mother did a wonderful job taking care of my dad and raising all four of us,” Sophia’s older sister Diana Ko said in a note to Catholic San Francisco. “I don’t know how she did it, but she always managed to pick us up from school, after practice, friends’ houses, have food on the table for us, and still be a patient mother and teacher,” said Diana Ko, who said her mother loved gardening, knitting, made her only grandchild sweaters and hats and planned to make the toddler a bag from plastic bags. At Sts. Peter and Paul Church in San Francisco, Mrs. Ko would help out at the annual Columbus Day Bazaar, making arts and crafts with St. Agnes Club, participated in the youth group when she was younger, and cooked for the community at Chinese Home Fellowship gatherings. She was also a teacher at St. Patrick School in Rodeo.

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Area food bank loses federal support, asks public for help VALERIE SCHMALZ CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO

The San Francisco and Marin Food Bank, a “grocery store” for 450 San Francisco and Marin County food pantries and soup kitchens, lost its federal grant this year and is asking for increased donations to make up the shortfall. Many Catholic charities rely on the Food Bank for its free and low cost staples and produce, including the innovative Farms to Families program that annually brings about 26 million pounds of fresh fruits and vegetables to area families from Central Valley farms. “We have to go back to the community, to our corporate and individual donors, even other nonprofits and ask everybody to make up the loss,” spokesman Blain Johnson said. “We’ve put up a link on our homepage (sffoodbank.org) that explains our situation and asks folks to give us a can.” “Because of the scale of our operation, the Food Bank can turn every $1 donated into $6 worth of food. Every donation makes a big difference,” Johnson said. The Food Bank helps feed 30,000 households in Marin and San Francisco counties each week, according to its statistics. In the two counties as many as one in five people lives at or below 185 percent of the federal poverty level, according to the Food Bank. Only 17 percent of those receiving food are homeless, according to the Food Bank. Among those who receive donated food and purchase heavily discounted food from the Food Bank are St. Anthony’s Dining Room, All Hallows Community senior housing, St. Teresa of Avila parish’s food pantry, the Little Sisters of the Poor’s St. Anne’s Home, St. Elizabeth Parish, and St. Vincent’s School for Boys operated by Catholic Charities CYO. “Seventy-five percent of our food is donated. About 50 percent of that comes through the Food Bank,” said Barry Stenger, spokesman for the St. Anthony Foundation. “We really do rely on them

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for salvaged food we receive. Any cuts to them will be hurtful to us.” San Francisco and Marin counties’ unemployment rates and poverty rates were too low to qualify for the grant guidelines instituted by the federal Emergency Food and Shelter Program. This year’s threshold for receiving funding was an unemployment rate of 10.7 percent and a poverty rate of 15.8 percent. San Francisco had an unemployment rate of 8.3 percent and a poverty rate of 11.9 percent.

The Food Bank continues to qualify for the federal commodities distribution program, which supplies 10 percent in staples such as cheese of its $3.8 million annual food budget, said Johnson. The 2011-12 total budget for the Food Bank was $15.3 million. San Mateo, Alameda and Contra Costa counties also have lower unemployment and poverty rates but because they have cities that are more impoverished, the counties continued to qualify for the grants, the Food Bank said. The last year the Food Bank received the grant was 2010 when it received $161,000. In 2011, federal stimulus money made up part of the shortfall, Johnson said. The Society of St. Vincent de Paul at St. Teresa of Avila Parish in Potrero Hill distributes grocery bags of staples every Tuesday from its food pantry, and receives donated food and purchases other food at a heavy discount from the Food Bank, said pantry coordinator Epic Perea. As with many other pantries and free dining rooms, it relies on donated food and monetary donations from parishioners. Area high schools including Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory, Archbishop Riordan High School and Mercy , San Francisco help out at various times during the year, he said. The Food Bank was not the only San Francisco organization to lose funding. Catholic Charities CYO’s shelter for homeless families, St. Joseph’s Family Center, did not receive $35,000 that it had received the previous year, CCCYO Executive Director Jeff Bialik said. The cuts also indirectly hit Catholic Charities programs and food pantries that rely on the Food Bank, Bialik said. “It is indeed unfortunate whenever a stable source of funding is disrupted; however, our friends and neighbors within the Archdiocese of San Francisco have always been generous when called upon to help and we are optimistic that we will be able to make up for the loss in federal funding and through private donations,” Bialik said.

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Lessons for a lifetime set to music TOM BURKE CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO

The punch line is “Practice, practice, practice.” The set-up is “How do I get to Carnegie Hall?” Eighth graders at Notre Dame School, Belmont are getting a jump on finding their way to the venue’s great stage under the leadership of Kristin Pfeifer, choir director for the last 14 years at Notre Dame High School just a few blocks away. The schools are calling it a Visual and Performing Arts collaboration that will Kristin Pfeifer prepare the young singers for participation in the choirs of the high schools they attend and vocals even more down the road. “The energetic Pfeifer, hair flying and voice booming, has their rapt attention,” the school said. “When she directs the students to sing, they do not hesitate, and the sound is wonderful to hear.” Among the toughest of chores, Pfeifer said, is teaching the boys with changing voices. Singing with a changing voice is tough enough but the boys then have to be retrained once their voices take on a new register. Helping with the class are student singers from Junipero Serra High School and Notre Dame High School including Jonathan Piper, Jonathan Robinson, Kristy Ip, Maria Mapua, Laleh Tchaparian and Amanda McGee. I have great memories and principles I’ve taken through my singing life from mentors as far back as high school glee club. My first teacher was St. Joseph Sister Ann Winifred and the person who launched me into technique was Roy Wilde. Both, now deceased, are with me still through every do, re and mi. FUN CHOW: You can bet that laughs will be the currency of the day at the upcoming St. John Vianney Luncheon for retired priests Oct. 26. Father John Cloherty, retired pastor Our Lady of Mount Carmel Parish, Mill Valley, is among the more than 100 priests who will be honored. Father Cloherty, ordained June 11, 1960, is also former pastor Holy Angels Parish, Colma, St. Paul Parish, San Francisco; and St. Andrew Father John Parish, Daly City. He is 78 years Cloherty old and currently resides at St. Anne’s Home, San Francisco. Keeping things out of order will be Michael Pritchard, who always has pockets full of fun to draw from. Among sponsors

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O’ SAY CAN YOU SING?: Voices soared Sept. 18 at Irish Heritage Night at AT&T Park as Celtic Voices choir led Giants fans in the National Anthem. A community outreach program of the Irish Immigration Pastoral Center, Celtic Voices performs at community events and the annual St. Patrick’s Day Mass. The singers obviously brought the luck of the Irish as the Giants beat the Colorado Rockies 6-3. MAKING WAVES: Parents from St. Anselm School, Ross, were among more than 200 swimmers who braved the chilly waters of San Francisco Bay in the recent Swim Across America San Francisco. The event raised more than $30,000 for children with cancer. Into the 1.5-mile drink went Molly Brilliant, Patty and Frank Conway, Shelley and Dan Dunnigan, David Fonkalsrud, Terrie Freni-Johnson, David Perotti, Jana Perry, TJ and Moe Truitt, and Kathy Slane. Swimming in the details of the day were helpful St. Anselm parents Cindy Burke, Kassie Livermore, Liz Held, Erin Furtney, Amy Wheels, Kim Perotti, Sean Murphy, Daria Lovette, Michele Benkowitz, Annie Lowengart, Suzanne Gogna. Parent Robert Goldsby, professor of clinical pediatrics at UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital, worked both in and out of the water as swimmer and organizer of the fundraiser.

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Copper thieves hit area Catholic churches – again The copper railing dates to the construction of St. Anne in the early 1930s and is considered “irreplaceable.”

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Copper thieves made off with an 80-year-old copper banister at St. Anne of the Sunset church and took two drain pipe downspouts from St. Emydius Church, opportunistic crimes that took advantage of the high price of copper and local scrap yards willing to quickly melt the metal down, authorities said. “What the thieves do is, they take it straight to the scrap yards. Those down spouts and these railings, they won’t get them back,” predicted Steve Kalpakoff, director of construction for the Archdiocese of San Francisco. The copper railing dates to the construction of St. Anne in the early 1930s, said pastor Father Raymund Reyes, who called them “irreplaceable.” The theft is just the latest in years of copper thefts from St. Anne, said parish manager Ken Del Ponte who pointed out several spots around the outside of the basilica where lower sections of drain pipes are missing or replaced by plastic spouts. The copper is sold by weight and probably fetched the thieves several hundred dollars, said San Francisco police spokesman Officer Gordon Shy. St. Emydius lost two of its four lower rain pipes between the end of the 4 p.m. Saturday Mass Sept. 29 and 7 a.m. on Sunday, Sept. 30 when a parishioner discovered the lower parts of the drain pipes were gone, said pastor Father Bill Brady. The

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St. Anne of the Sunset parish manager Ken Del Ponte shows the church entrance where thieves made off with an 80-year-old copper banister. lower railing on the Funston Avenue side of St. Anne was cut and then unscrewed sometime between the night of Oct. 4 and the morning of Oct. 5, Shy said. The archdiocese carries property insurance but the deductible is $2,500 so in both cases the parishes will likely have to pay for the replacements, Kalpakoff said. World markets show copper trading at close to $4 a pound. “We had copper railing stolen from here about 25 years ago, the

parishioners still talk about it,” said Father Brady. Two of the four down spouts remain on the church. “I keep waking up every morning wondering if they’re coming back for the other two,” he said.

The highest profile San Francisco church copper theft was of the 2.7-ton St. Mary’s Cathedral bell in October 2011. The bell, which was recovered in an East Bay scrap yard, was cast in 1889 by a Baltimore bell foundry and hung in the original St. Mary’s Cathedral until it burnt down. The bell was in a quiet corner of the existing cathedral’s property before the theft and the archdiocese is mulling a new safer location, Kalpakoff said. St. Brendan the Navigator church lost some copper down spouts a little more than a year ago, and rather than replace them with copper again, Father Dan Nascimento installed cast-iron spouts and painted them white to match the building, he said. A neighbor, former city Supervisor Tony Hall, spotted thieves casing the church to take the rest of the spouts, and reported them to police, Father Nascimento said.

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ARCHBISHOP: DEFENDING LIFE, LIBERTY PART OF THE NEW EVANGELIZATION

WASHINGTON – American Catholics must engage in the church’s new evangelization effort, deepening their faith and sharing it in their everyday lives and in the public square, Baltimore Archbishop William E. Lori said Oct. 14. “If we want to turn back the powerful incursions of secularism against the dignity of human life and the freedom to practice our faith, then we Archbishop must heed the call of Pope William E. Lori Benedict XVI to engage in the new evangelization, to stand with Christ, to know our faith, to love our faith, (and) to share our faith,” he said in the homily at a Mass and Pilgrimage for Life and Liberty at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception. The archbishop warned of “a secularism that relentlessly seeks to marginalize the place of faith in our society,” saying abortion on demand and efforts in the U.S. to legalize assisted suicide and redefine marriage are part of the trend. Archbishop Lori urged Catholics to take their faith to the voting booth “by voting with a properly formed conscience and by continually letting our elected officials know that we expect them to protect the God-given rights of life and liberty.” ©CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

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BALTIMORE – The executive director of the Maryland Catholic Conference called it alarming that a university would sanction one of its officials for signing a petition to bring Maryland’s same-sex marriage law to a public referendum. “To express a desire that marriage is and should remain a union between one man and one woman is not hate speech,” Mary Ellen Russell said Oct. 11. “To believe that marriage between a man and a woman is foundational to society and the most beneficial way of raising children is not a bigoted position. Or at least hasn’t been until now,” the head of the Catholic conference said in an email to The Catholic Review, Baltimore’s archdiocesan newspaper. Angela McCaskill, chief diversity officer at Gallaudet University in Washington, was reportedly among more than 160,000 signatories on a petition to put Maryland’s law legalizing same-sex marriage on the Nov. 6 ballot for referendum. Gallaudet University president T. Alan Hurwitz released a statement to the university community Oct. 10 saying that McCaskill, a resident of Maryland, was placed on paid administrative leave. “If Marylanders do not repeal the same-sex

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Vice presidential candidates outline abortion views in debate CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

DANVILLE, Ky. -- In a vice presidential debate full of tangling between Democratic Vice President Joe Biden and U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan of Wisconsin, the Republican candidate, the topic of abortion got the same treatment. Both candidates are Catholic, a first in major-party history. Biden, who supports keeping abortion legal, said Oct. 11: “I accept my church’s position on abortion” that “life begins at conception in the church’s judgment. I accept it in my personal life,” before adding, “But I refuse to impose it on equally devout Christians and Muslims and Jews.” “You want to ask basically why I’m pro-life? It’s not simply because of my Catholic faith,” Ryan said. “That’s a factor, of course. But it’s also because of reason and science.” Ryan added, “The policy of a Romney administration will be to oppose abortions with the exceptions for rape, incest and life of the mother.” The Catechism of the Catholic Church says church teaching on “the moral evil of every procured abortion” remains “unchangeable.” “Human life must be respected and protected absolutely from the moment of conception. ... The inalienable right to life of every innocent human individual is a constitutive element of a civil society and its legislation,” it says. Biden said: “I do not believe that we have a right to tell other people that -- women they can’t control their body. It’s a decision between them and their doctor. In my view and (that of) the Supreme Court, I’m not going to interfere with that.” Ryan, responding to a follow-up question from debate moderator Martha Raddatz of ABC News, said, “We don’t think that unelected judges should make this decision; that people through their elected representatives in reaching a consensus in society through the democratic process should make this determination.” Biden replied, “The next president will get one or two Supreme Court nominees. That’s how close (to being overturned) Roe v. Wade is. Just ask yourself, with Robert Bork being the chief adviser on the court for -- for Mr. (Mitt) Romney (the Republican presidential candidate), who do you think he’s likely to appoint? Do you think he’s likely to appoint someone like (Justice Antonin) Scalia or someone else on the court far right that would ... outlaw abortion? I suspect that would happen.” Bork, an opponent of abortion, was a Ronald Reagan nominee to the Supreme Court, and became one of the rare nominees rejected by the Senate because of his views. Responding to a question posed directly by Ryan, Biden said there was “no litmus test” on abortion when President Barack Obama nominated Justices Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagan to the high court. During the give-and-take on abortion, Biden and Ryan tangled on the federal Health and Human Services mandate that most religious employers provide free contraceptive coverage to employees. “They’re infringing upon our first freedom, the free-

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ST. LOUIS – Catholic Charities USA “has helped shape the service of God’s love into an essential part of American culture,” the president of the Pontifical Council Cor Unum said. Since the beginnings of the Catholic Church in the U.S., Cardinal Robert Sarah said, Catholics in this country have always been inspired by Christ’s love to serve the poor. But now “the church in America and Catholic Charities face challenges that threaten this heritage” from “an aggressive secularism ... (which) seeks to set up a culture without God,” he said. The cardinal, who was making his first trip to the U.S. as head of the Vatican’s charity promotion agency, spoke during the recent national convention of Catholic Charities USA in St. Louis, which was attended by more than 500 members of Catholic Charities agencies nationwide. Cardinal Sarah cited current attacks on freedom of religion in the U.S., pointing to pressure put on Catholic Charities’ adoption agencies to place children with same-sex couples or withdraw from adoption care. Catholic Charities must continue to be a charity that not only serves the poor, “but listens” to them and never compromises its principles, he said. Quoting Pope Benedict, he told the assembly, “Faith without charity bears no fruit.” In an interview with the St. Louis Review, the archdiocesan newspaper, Father Larry Snyder, president and CEO of Catholic Charities USA, said a weakened economy and the looming presidential election presents two challenges to the Catholic Charities agencies’ service to the poor. Although more people need help and the agency “is getting less money to do our work,” personal giving has dropped only slightly, Father Snyder said. “That’s very comforting,” he said. The other challenge is to serve people in need in a way that “doesn’t just allow them to survive, but to thrive,” he said. “How do we help people get out of poverty?” Programs and goals need to be redesigned to achieve more permanent help, he said. CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

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CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO | OCTOBER 19, 2012

Former Irish president says conciliar collegiality goals unmet SARAH MACDONALD CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

DUBLIN – The former president of Ireland said an attitude of “creeping infallibility about everything” is increasingly apparent in the Catholic Church, while collegiality, one of the major aspirations of the Second Vatican Council, “is chaotic” because of the council’s failure to articulate clear guidelines on church governance. Mary McAleese told Catholic News Service in a phone interview that what has emerged since Vatican II is an argument “against ever having another Vatican council.” She said the church’s best experts “cannot coherently explain the church’s governance structures or their juridic infrastructure” largely because of Vatican II, which “failed to articulate clear guidelines for the future development of conciliar collegiality or church governance at any level.” Co-governance by bishops never happened, she said. The former professor of criminal law at Trinity College Dublin has swapped the elegance of the Irish presidential residence for the lecture halls of Rome’s Pontifical Gregorian University to pursue a canon law degree. Discussing the thesis of her new book “Quo Vadis? Collegiality in the Code of Canon Law,” she told CNS the church’s code “carries inside it all the alleged indecisiveness of Vatican II about how the church would be governed, particularly the idea that the church would be governed in a collegial fashion.” In the conclusion of the book, published by the Dublin-based Columba Press, McAleese wrote: “For those who hoped for greater co-governance of the universal church between the pope and the college of bishops, it has been a journey of disappointment since the council. On the other side of the equation, the council fathers who worried that ‘collegiality’ would be a runaway horse that would do untold damage to the primacy of the pope and the unity of the church need not have worried.” In a series of interviews with the Irish media ahead of the launch of her book, McAleese questioned the church’s teaching on gay marriage and women priests, while revealing details of her tussles with high-profile prelates, including Cardinal Bernard Law, former archbishop of Boston. In an interview broadcast Oct. 9 on Irish state television, RTE, McAleese, Irish president from 1997 to 2011, recalled her 1998 meeting with Cardinal Law while on a state visit to the U.S. During the meeting, she said, the cardinal

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CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO | OCTOBER 19, 2012

Archbishop: Church needs witness of women proud to be Catholic CAROL GLATZ CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

VATICAN CITY – New evangelization will never be possible without women who are proud and happy to belong to the Catholic Church, the president of the Belgian bishops’ conference told the Synod of Bishops. “Two-thirds of active members of the church are women,” and the primary evangelizers are usually women, “however many women feel discriminated against by the church,” Archbishop

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CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO | OCTOBER 19, 2012

Harassed South Sudan church closes seminary PAUL JEFFREY CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

JUBA, South Sudan – Already facing a shortage of priests, the Catholic Church in the world’s newest nation has closed a portion of its seminary, leaving dozens of young men stranded on the road to the priesthood. When classes start at the end of October at St. Paul’s Major Seminary in Juba, only 64 students will be present. They are in the final two years of theological studies and have been transferred from Khartoum, the capital of Sudan, from which the South became independent in 2011. Given growing harassment and repression of southerners and Christians in the mostly Islamic North, church leaders decided to move the students to Juba. Most of the seminarians are from South Sudan anyway, and seminary officials were worried they would not be granted visas if the seminary continued to operate in Khartoum. “With our independence, (Sudan’s President Omar) al-Bashir got very angry, and life became even more difficult in the North,” Juba Archbishop Paulino Lukudu Loro told Catholic News Service. “He said, ‘Southerners, you voted for independence, so leave.’ Our students couldn’t learn there, they were being harassed, and al-Bashir was conscripting them and sending them to his wars, so the seminary was forced to come back to Juba. To make room for the theology students in Juba, scores of seminarians enrolled in philosophy

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students will return to the dioceses, where each bishop will make provisions for their formation. In many cases, however, no good alternatives have been found. “My diocese is one of the most affected. I have 48 students in philosophy, and to just leave them on the streets is painful. We are looking for a way out,” said Bishop Eduardo Hiiboro Kussala of TomburaYambio. The bishops’ conference is negotiating with European donors to come up with the funds to expand seminary facilities in Juba, hoping that within two to three years they can resume both philosophy and theology classes there. Yet, Bishop Hiiboro says that’s too long. “It’s not a good decision. We are going to pay heavily for this. Because after two or more years, if we can’t keep the young men longer, they may run away,” he said. Michael Dakpari is one of those young men. A former refugee in neighboring Congo, the 23-year-old got his high school certificate in March. He was accepted into seminary training in Bishop Hiiboro’s diocese, but now he has been told to hold on. “I’m going to train as a teacher for these two years, so that my brain will remain sharp,” he said. “But it’s sad to have to wait. As a young man, there are many temptations. Even if you aren’t adapted to that of ladies, there are other temptations and you could be crushed by or arrested for whatever comes.”

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CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO | OCTOBER 19, 2012

Bishop: Abuse fallout demands ‘profound change of mentality’ CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

VATICAN CITY – A Canadian bishop whose diocese was rocked by clerical sex abuse crises told the Synod of Bishops that the new evangelization must address the reality of distrust and disappointment the scandal left in its wake. With the sex abuse crisis, Catholics have Canadian Bishop experienced “a great Brian J. Dunn disorientation that leads to forms of distrust of teachings and values that are essential for the followers of Christ,” Bishop Brian J. Dunn of Antigonish, Nova Scotia, told the synod Oct. 12. The Diocese of Antigonish has sold hundreds of properties in an effort to raise the money necessary to cover legal settlement and sexual abuse lawsuit costs from before Bishop Dunn’s appointment. In 2011, the previous bishop, Raymond Lahey, pleaded guilty and was jailed on charges of importing child pornography. The former bishop was laicized by the Vatican in May.

The Catholic Church cannot ignore the need to find a way to “evangelize those who have been deeply hurt by clergy who have been involved in sexual abuse,” Bishop Dunn told the synod. Dioceses must have real structures in place for listening to victims and coming to appreciate “the depth of hurt, anger and disillusionment associated with this scandal,” he told the synod. At the same time, the church needs to investigate the causes of the sexual abuse crisis and ensure measures are in place to protect children and vulnerable adults. “Those who have been hurt consistently call for a change in certain structures in the church, but it is not only ecclesial structures that must change,” he said, there also must be “a profound change of mentality, attitude and heart in our ways of working with laypeople.” The bishop called for the appointment of pastoral teams of clergy and laypeople to administer parishes, for a formal recognition of “lay ecclesial ministers,” and for a “deliberate and systematic involvement and leadership of women at all levels of church life.”

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VATICAN CITY – The Catholic Church does a fairly good job providing religious education to children but falls short with young adults, said Byzantine Catholic Archbishop William C. Skurla of Pittsburgh. Addressing the Synod of Bishops on the new evangelization, Archbishop Skurla said, “producing committed, faithful Catholics will determine the future of the church.” He said the key to the new evangelization comes when a young person prepares to live independently. Leaving home, young people are free to affirm or ignore their commitment to Christ and the church. But they face “a multitude of other systems of belief and lifestyles,” and if their religious education remains simply what they learned as a child, their faith commitment “does not have a chance when exposed to these attacks,” he said. Religious education programs, sacramental celebrations, homilies and retreats must respond to “the deeper questions” that young people ask, by offering them the answers that lie within the church’s spiritual traditions, he said.

POPE ACCEPTS BISHOP’S RESIGNATION

VATICAN CITY – Pope Benedict XVI accepted the resignation of a Chilean bishop who is under a Vatican investigation for the alleged sexual abuse of a minor. The Vatican announced the resignation of Chilean Bishop Marco Antonio Ordenes Fernandez of Iquique Oct. 9, citing Canon 401.2 of the Code of Canon Law, which states that “a diocesan bishop who has become less able to fulfill his

office because of ill health or some other grave cause is earnestly requested to present his resignation from office.” Bishop Ordenes has been under investigation by the Vatican since April for suspected abuse, Jesuit Father Federico Lombardi, Vatican spokesman, confirmed Oct. 10. While the bishop, who will be 48 on Oct. 29, has no governing authority over the diocese, he is still allowed to exercise his priestly duties, according to a spokesman for the Chilean bishops’ conference. The spokesman, Jaime Coiro, said the church will be cooperating fully with the country’s judicial authorities in regard to the accusation. Bishop Alejandro Goic Karmelic of Rancagua, vice president of the Chilean bishops’ conference, expressed the bishops’ shock, saying the pain was made more acute because it involved a bishop, who is “called to be a good shepherd and servant of the Gospel of Jesus.” During a news conference on the eve of his resignation, Bishop Ordenes said he felt “calm and at peace with God’s judgment because he knows my heart and truth.” He said though many times he may have made mistakes, he never tried to hurt, offend or manipulate anyone, reported the Chilean daily, La Tercera. The newspaper reported that the accuser told reporters that he felt “guilty and dirty” after his first sexual encounter with the bishop, but then he fell in love with him when he was 16. He said the bishop told him, “I am your father, I see you as a son, a brother, a lover and a friend.” ©CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

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Deaconâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s path led from corporate to community work DANA PERRIGAN CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO

As chief operating officer of a $200 million-a-year firm, Nestor Fernandez II was accustomed to the comfort and prestige of a spacious, wellappointed corporate office, replete with a personal secretary to assist him in his work. As the CEO of a $1 million-a-year community nonprofit, Fernandez now works in a small, utilitarian office, minus the frills and secretary, whose window opens out onto a childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s playground. While preferring the latter over the former might not make much sense to some â&#x20AC;&#x201C; including Fernandezâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; own 15-year-old son, Kaimi, who, on touring his fatherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s new office, said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Oh, dad, what were you thinking?â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Fernandez couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be happier. Ordained as a deacon June 24, 2012, Fernandez believes that the change was simply part of a process â&#x20AC;&#x201C; that resulted in all aspects of his life being aligned with his faith â&#x20AC;&#x201C; that took place during his five years of formation. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s sort of like God made it all work,â&#x20AC;? says Fernandez. â&#x20AC;&#x153;And it was pretty organic, actually.â&#x20AC;? Although Fernandez has spent the majority of his career as a corporate executive, there is a theme of service to others that dates back to his college days at the University of San Francisco, where he took part in a research project on manongs â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Filipino immigrants who arrived in the United States during the 1920s, many of whom were then in dire need of support. But service was also incorporated into the 14 years he worked for a firm that owns and operates a series of upscale health clubs. When he joined the company, the firmâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s employees were encouraged to embrace a service-oriented mission. That emphasis, however, changed when the company was sold in 2008 to what Fernandez describes as a bottom-line driven, venture capital firm. He stayed on board after the

â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been fabulous. I love assisting at the table. I love giving homilies. St. Augustineâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s is a great, vibrant parish â&#x20AC;&#x201C; a lot of people just like going to Mass.â&#x20AC;? DEACON NESTOR FERNANDEZ II change in ownership, but he wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t happy. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The whole emphasis on what we were doing changed,â&#x20AC;? says Fernandez. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The culture changed. The people were no longer the priority.â&#x20AC;? Fernandez was tasked with heading up the plan to lay off 100 employees â&#x20AC;&#x201C; many of whom had been with the company for 20 or more years. At the time, Fernandez was also in his third year of formation to become a permanent deacon in the Archdiocese of San Francisco. He liked the idea of serving others, and felt it would be ideal if his avocation could also be his vocation. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think that was when the seed was planted to work for a nonprofit,â&#x20AC;? says Fernandez. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I thought I could take the skills I had learned in the corporate world and apply them at a nonprofit.â&#x20AC;? Initially, he thought of large nonprofits â&#x20AC;&#x201C; something like YMCA or Catholic Charities. But serving as a board member of the Telegraph Hill Neighborhood Center â&#x20AC;&#x201C; a position he had recently assumed â&#x20AC;&#x201C; led him in another direction. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I saw how important it was to the community,â&#x20AC;? says Fernandez. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was serving 600 people, from preschoolers to seniors, every day. It serves a lot of really needy people â&#x20AC;&#x201C; thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s what being a deacon is all about.â&#x20AC;? Founded in 1890, Tel-Hi focuses on low-to-moderate income children, youth, families and seniors. Located between Lombard and Chestnut streets, its mission is to create and strengthen community bonds and enrich the quality of life of its clients. In addition to its offices, it contains a spacious dining hall, gym, garden, a childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s playground, computer training center and numerous classrooms.

It staff of 50 employees, aided by a large corps of volunteers, offers about a dozen programs â&#x20AC;&#x201C; largely centered around youth from 2 Â˝ to 18 years of age, families and seniors. Fernandez calls Tel-Hiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Thanksgiving Dinner â&#x20AC;&#x201C; an annual event in which a diverse group of people from the community sit down together â&#x20AC;&#x201C; â&#x20AC;&#x153;the best demonstration of community Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve ever seen.â&#x20AC;? It was a community Fernandez wanted to join. When Tel-Hiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s former CEO told him that he would be leaving and that Fernandez should think about applying for his job, he discussed the proposition with his wife, Mona. It would call for some sacrifices, they realized, but other factors played a role in the decision as well: His son was older now, in high school; Mona would be able to increase her hours working as a pharmacist.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;But it was still hard to leave,â&#x20AC;? says Fernandez. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I was making a lot of money and doing really well.â&#x20AC;? He hasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t regretted his decision. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m really proud of what we do here,â&#x20AC;? says Fernandez. â&#x20AC;&#x153;And a lot of what we do here translates to what I was learning in the diaconate program. We have a really committed and dedicated staff. They could be making more money, but theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re here because they love the work.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s (Fernandez) a businessman with a nonprofit heart,â&#x20AC;? says Tony Tyson, director of programs at Tel-Hi. â&#x20AC;&#x153;His for-profit experience is something this organization has needed. I think that will be a big benefit to Tel-Hi.â&#x20AC;? Tel-Hiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s director of development, Ciel Mahoney, says Fernandez has added systems and structure to the nonprofit. â&#x20AC;&#x153;He works hard,â&#x20AC;? says Mahoney, â&#x20AC;&#x153;and we just follow suit. Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a really good leader.â&#x20AC;? Fernandez is also enjoying serving as deacon at St Augustine in South San Francisco. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been fabulous,â&#x20AC;? he says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I love assisting at the table. I love giving homilies. St. Augustineâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s is a great, vibrant parish â&#x20AC;&#x201C; a lot of people just like going to Mass.â&#x20AC;?

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Lawyer ‘not giving up’ dream of monastic life GEORGE RAINE CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO

It is said that half of the young men and women discerning the priesthood or religious life in the United States are facing a formidable barrier: education loans, and all other debts, must be resolved before candidates may enter into any formation. Some give up on their dreams. Tara Clemens can’t say that the thought of turning away from her calling has never crossed her mind, while still owing some $98,000 in law school loans, but that won’t happen. “I am not giving up,” said Clemens, who hopes to enter the cloister of a Dominican monastery, Corpus Christi Monastery in Menlo Park. “After all the prayer and discerning that I have gone through the peace that I have that this is the path that God wants me on is stronger than ever,” she said.

“After all the prayer and discerning that I have gone through the peace that I have that this is the path that God wants me on is stronger than ever.” TARA CLEMENS Thirty-four-year-old Clemens, of Anchorage, has been accepted for the postulancy, or the second step in the eight-year discernment process in becoming a cloistered nun at Corpus Christi, and has made progress on lowering the debt that a few years ago was $115,000, with her own payments and through the kindness of strangers. She is backed by The Laboure Society, a nonprofit in Eagan, Minn., which raises funds to help reduce student loans of men and women seeking the priesthood or religious life, and, in fact, Clemens raises funds for the society as well. The fundraising campaign, with

a personal goal of $45,000 – the average student loan for a person who has earned a bachelor’s degree – brought her to the Bay Area in September. It’s an exercise that, for her, was not natural at the outset, although she has since found her groove. “I tend to be more reserved and introverted and also tend to be very independent and like to do things on my own,” said Clemens. “But one thing that through this whole process I have been blessed learning on a deeper level is how we are all called to be part of a body of Christ,” said Clemens, who added, “I see in my (fellow aspirants at The Laboure Society) and I have seen in myself a great desire to serve God by giving our entire self in his service for love of him and his church.” In a phrase, Clemens seeks to offer herself, her gifts and talents, to Christ in the cloister, “in contemplation and prayer, for the salvation of souls.” Her earlier life plan was to be a lawyer, and in 2007 she earned her degree at the Northwestern School of Law and Lewis & Clark College

in Portland. She began practicing in Portland and Anchorage but found a void in her life. She became a Catholic convert and asked God, “’What is it that you would have me do?’” She visited a group of nuns in Michigan – she found it a beautiful community but not a good fit for her – and that was followed by a visit with the sisters at Corpus Christi, to whom Clemens had previously written. “When I walked in the door it was like coming home,” she said. “It’s a mystery, but the best way I can articulate it is that for me, giving my life in prayer and contemplation and penance, the cloistered life, as the popes have said, puts cloistered men and women at the heart of the church. “You are right at the life source. Right at the heart. And so to be in that position and to be there praying for people, carrying people in my heart and prayer and giving myself completely in that way, for me I can’t imagine anything else,” she said. Clemens added, “Most of my experience is with the Dominicans. And that is obviously where I am pulled. The joy and the radiance that comes from them knowing that they are doing God’s will is catching. It bubbles over into everything that they do and everyone they talk to.” Clemens’ efforts can be tracked on her blog at http://supporttarasvocation.wwordpress.com.

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Study of never-married Catholics gives insight into vocations DENNIS SADOWSKI CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

WASHINGTON – In a survey of Catholics age 14 and older, about 12 percent of males and 10 percent of females said they considered a religious vocation at least “a little seriously,” a study by the Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate at Georgetown University found. The findings, released Oct. 9, give church leaders a vast array of data on which to base positive messages about religious life for teenagers and young adults, said Father Shawn McKnight, executive director of the Secretariat of Clergy, Consecrated Life and Vocations at the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, which commissioned the survey. “When you consider 12 percent of all male youth and 10 percent of all women ... just a very small percentage (committing to a vocation) would make a tremendous difference,” Father McKnight told Catholic News Service. “The survey offers solid evidence, credible evidence to base our judgments on how to promote vocations,” he added. Broken down, 3 percent of male respondents and 2 percent of female respondents indicate they have “very seriously” considered a vocation, according to the study, “Consideration of Priesthood and Religious Life Among Never-Married U.S. Catholics.” It was commissioned by the USCCB secretariat. Projected over the Catholic population of the United States, those figures represent 350,000 nevermarried men and more than 250,000 never-married women who may have very seriously considered a vocation, concluded CARA researchers Mark Gray and Mary Gautier, who conducted the study. In the United States, there are 39,718 priests, 17,816 deacons, 4,518 brothers and 55,045 sisters, according to the 2012 edition of the Official Catholic Directory. The study involved 1,428 people, about 65 percent of those invited to participate. It was conducted online. The margin of error is plus or minus 2.6 percentage points. The data collected in the survey

WHEN CATHOLICS CONSIDER A VOCATION, there are generational and race/ethnicity differences.

The data collected in the survey shows that personal relationships with adults can be a key factor in whether a young person considers a religious vocation.

Percentage of never-married Catholics age 14 and older who have considered a religious vocation at least “a little” seriously (males as clergy/religious brother and females as a religious sister) MALE

FEMALE 27%

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shows that personal relationships with adults – parents, teachers, clergy, men and women religious, and campus ministers especially – can be a key factor in whether a young person considers a religious vocation. Fewer than 10 percent of the respondents said, however, that anyone ever encouraged them to consider religious life. Among those who did receive encouragement, both males and females were nearly twice as

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likely to consider entering religious life, according to the study. The study also showed that Hispanics were far less likely to receive encouragement to enter religious life than non-Hispanic white respondents. Respondents of other races are about equally as likely as non-Hispanic whites to receive encouragement, the study said. Father McKnight such differences must be addressed by church leaders

given the growing number of Hispanics in the U.S. church. “Regular and repeated and consistent contact is what’s needed most of all,” he told CNS. Other factors identified in the study as influencing respondents’ consideration of a religious vocation were living in households where parents discussed religion at least once a week; joining prayer and Bible study groups, devotional activities or retreats; participating in parish ministry; and receiving encouragement to consider a vocation from someone other than a family member. Attending a secondary or primary Catholic school also seems to be an important factor among those considering a vocation. For males, those who attended a Catholic secondary school were six times more likely to consider a vocation than those who did not. Among females, attendance at a Catholic primary school led them to be three times more likely than those who did not to consider a vocation. Pre-Vatican II Catholics, whom the survey identified as those born before 1943, were the most likely to have considered a vocation. In that age group, 27 percent of men and 22 percent of women at least considered a vocation “a little seriously.” Post-Vatican II Catholics (born 1961-1981) were the least likely to consider a vocation, with 7 percent of men and 7 percent of women saying they considered such a step. The number of Catholics who considered religious life showed a small increase among millennial Catholics, classified as those born in 1982 or later. Thirteen percent of men and 8 percent of women responded that they considered a religious vocation, the survey found.

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Pilgrims at Vatican II Mass highlight council’s openness to world CINDY WOODEN CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

VATICAN CITY – Celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Second Vatican Council with a Mass outdoors was a reminder of the fact that the council called the Catholic Church to live and work in the world, said Bishop Gerald F. Kicanas of Tucson, Ariz. “One of the things that was beautiful today was that we were outdoors, outside the beautiful Basilica of St. Peter, which is what I think John XXIII really wanted: to open the doors, to have the church in the world and transforming the world,” the bishop said Oct. 11. The Second Vatican Council resulted in a new emphasis on the importance of every member of the church and a new openness to different peoples and cultures, said some of the bishops and pilgrims who attended Pope Benedict XVI’s Mass to mark the anniversary of the council. Cardinal Oswald Gracias of Mumbai told Catholic News Service that for Catholics in India the council’s teaching on interreligious dialogue “was extremely important and gave us a whole new perspective on how to deal with everybody else,” recognizing “that everybody is searching for the truth; we are brothers and sisters on the same journey.” “Of course, from the pastoral point of view,” the cardinal said, “I thought the whole concept of the church being the whole people of God – that was fantastic. That is exactly what cheers my heart; we are all the people of God.” Vatican II called on bishops and priests “to empower the laypeople, guide them and inspire them, being alongside them so all of us together can work on this great project of new evangelization,” Cardinal Gracias said. Divine Word Father Thomas Peringalloor, rector of Rome’s Pontifical College of St. Peter the Apostle, agreed about the importance of the participation of the laity. “The church is not complete without the people; it’s not just bishops,” he said. Father Peringalloor said he hoped the Year of Faith would help the church and its leaders become more aware of the continuing need for change. In the past 15 to 20 years, “with the abuse crisis, the church has become more aware of its need to change and has begun changing. We are going through a purification. We need to become more humble in our words and actions.” Jane Clyne, a lawyer from New York studying canon law in Rome, described herself as “a child of Vatican

At anniversary Mass, pope recalls ‘authentic spirit’ of Vatican II FRANCIS X. ROCCA CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

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Pilgrims wait for the start of a Mass celebrated by Pope Benedict XVI in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican Oct. 11 to mark the 50th anniversary of the opening of the Second Vatican Council. The Mass also opened the Year of Faith. Above, a pilgrim sports a beribboned hat. Below, women pray before the start of the Mass. II,” who knows about church life before the council from her mother’s stories. “As an African-American Catholic,” she said that for her one of the most important changes brought by the council was that “the church took the initiative to be more inclusive; the church wanted to include all

cultures. We African-Americans have our own culture and we were welcomed to express that.” Capuchin Father William Henn, professor of theology and ecclesiology at Rome’s Pontifical Gregorian University, said Vatican II had brought “great energy” to the church and ushered in some needed changes,

Pope presents council messages for laypeople to help change world CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

VATICAN CITY – Pope Benedict XVI gave out copies of the Second Vatican Council’s messages for laypeople in various walks of life, a gesture to “enter more deeply into the spiritual movement” of the council and to develop its true meaning, the pope said in his homily Oct. 11 in St, Peter’s Square. The seven messages, initially given by Pope Paul VI on Dec. 8, 1965, address political leaders; scientists and cultural figures; artists; women; workers; the poor, sick and suffering; and young people. Pope Benedict gave the “Message to Politicians” to some members of the diplomatic corps accredited to the Holy See. “The liberty to believe and to preach her faith, the freedom to love her God and serve him, the freedom to live and to bring to men her message of life. Do not fear her,” the message said. The pope gave an Italian physicist, a German philosopher and a German Biblicist copies of the “Message to the World of Culture and Science,” which speaks of the clear possibility for “a deep understanding between real science and real faith, mutual servants of one another in the one truth.” James MacMillan, a Scottish composer; Italian sculptor Arnaldo Pomodoro; and two members of Italy’s film industry accepted the “Message to Artists.” The message said the world “needs beauty in order not to sink into despair.” Kathryn Lopez, a U.S. journalist and editor-atlarge of the National Review Online; Annalisa Minetti, an Italian 2012 Paralympic medalist in track; a Chinese nun who teaches theology; and others received the “Message to Women.” It said the current age is when “the vocation of woman is

being achieved in its fullness, the hour in which woman acquires in the world an influence, an effect and a power never hitherto achieved.” Those receiving the “Message to Workers” included Luis Urzua Iribarren, one of the 33 Chilean miners trapped underground for two months in 2010. A doctor, nurse, and woman who lost her daughter to a car accident received the “Message to all the Poor, Sick and Suffering.” Pope Paul’s “Message to Young People” was received by young Catholics from Brazil, Congo, the Philippines, France and by POPE PAUL VI Anna Fsadni from “Message to Young People” Sydney and Robert Prybyla from Round Rock, Texas. “Fight against all egoism,” the message says. “Refuse to give free course to the instincts of violence and hatred which beget wars and all their train of miseries. Be generous, pure, respectful and sincere, and build in enthusiasm a better world than your elders had.”

“Refuse to give free course to the instincts of violence and hatred which beget wars and all their train of miseries. Be generous, pure, respectful and sincere, and build in enthusiasm a better world than your elders had.”

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Pope Benedict XVI gives a message to Robert Prybyla of Round Rock, Texas, during a Mass in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican Oct. 11 to mark the 50th anniversary of the opening of the Second Vatican Council. The pope presented copies of the council’s messages – written by Pope Paul VI in 1965 – to a number of laypeople and religious in various walks of life. The Mass also opened the Year of Faith.

but the most important thing was it “welcomed more participation from people, encouraging them to make their faith more of a commitment.” Blessed John XXIII “wasn’t a pessimist, and found good in people. He called the council to speak about the good of people. The church has to teach the Gospel,

teach the goodness; there is no other task,” Father Henn said. The church’s message, he said, “cannot be effective if there is only condemnation, which doesn’t touch the longing in people’s hearts. We must teach that communion with God brings peace, joy and meaning to life.”

Pope recalls council with praise, criticism CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

VATICAN CITY – On the eve of the 50th anniversary of the opening of the Second Vatican Council, L’Osservatore Romano, the Vatican newspaper, published a short reminiscence of the council by Pope Benedict XVI. In the essay, the pope recalls his presence at the opening of Vatican II, which he attended as a theological adviser. He both praises and criticizes some of the council’s most consequential documents, regarding religious liberty and the church’s relationship with non-Christian religions and the modern world. The essay is the introduction to a forthcoming collection of previously unpublished council-era writings by then-Father Joseph Ratzinger. The collection will be published in German this November. “It was a moment of extraordinary expectation,” the pope writes of the procession of more than 2,000 bishops into St. Peter’s Basilica Oct. 11, 1962. “Great things were about to happen.” “Christianity, which had built and formed the Western world, seemed more and more to be losing its power to shape society,” he writes. “So that it might once again be a force to shape the future, (Blessed) John XXIII had convoked the council without indicating to it any specific problems or programs. This was the greatness and at the same time the difficulty of that task that was set before the ecclesial assembly.” A crucial question for the council fathers, Pope Benedict writes, was the “relationship between the church and the modern world.” “From the 19th century onward,” the church had “visibly entered into a negative relationship with the modern era,” he writes. “Did it have to remain so?”

Pope Benedict concludes that one of the council’s best known documents, “Gaudium et Spes,” the Pastoral Constitution on the Church in the Modern World, failed to offer an adequate definition of the “essential features that constitute the modern era.” Instead, he writes, the “encounter with the great themes of the modern epoch” happened in “two minor documents, whose importance has only gradually come to light.” The Declaration on Religious Liberty, “urgently requested, and also drafted, by the American bishops in particular,” clarified the church’s affirmation of the “freedom to choose and practice religion and the freedom to change it, as fundamental human rights and freedoms,” he writes. That declaration lent itself to troubling interpretations, the pope writes, since it might seem to imply the “inaccessibility of the truth to man,” which would make religion a merely subjective matter. But he writes that the 1978 election of Blessed John Paul II, from a country where the state denied religious freedom, revealed the “inner orientation of the faith toward the theme of freedom, and especially freedom of religion and worship.” The pope also praises “Nostra Aetate,” the council’s declaration that the “spiritual, moral, and socio-cultural values (of non-Christian religions) were to be respected, protected and encouraged.” But the pope writes that a “weakness of this otherwise extraordinary text has gradually emerged: It speaks of religion solely in a positive way, and it disregards the sick and distorted forms of religion.” In conclusion, Pope Benedict reiterates one of his most prominent teachings about Vatican II: It must be interpreted in continuity with the church’s millennial traditions, not as a radical break with the past.

VATICAN CITY – Marking the 50th anniversary of the opening of the Second Vatican Council and the start of a special Year of Faith, Pope Benedict XVI called on Catholics to revive the “authentic spirit” of Vatican II by re-proposing the church’s ancient teachings to an increasingly Godless modern world. The pope spoke at a special Mass in St. Peter’s Square Oct. 11, half a century to the day after the opening ceremonies of Vatican II. About 400 bishops from around the world, including 15 of the 70 surviving members of the 1962Pope Benedict XVI 65 council, attended. Orthodox Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople and Anglican Archbishop Rowan Williams of Canterbury attended as special guests. The observances featured ceremonies recalling milestones of Vatican II, including the enthronement of a book of the Gospels used at the original gathering and a re-presentation of the council’s final “messages” to various categories of lay Catholics, such as artists, workers and women. Vatican II, Pope Benedict said, had been “animated by a desire ... to immerse itself anew in the Christian mystery so as to re-propose it fruitfully to contemporary man.” He noted that Blessed John XXIII, in his speech at the opening of the council, called for both the safeguarding and the effective teaching of the “sacred deposit of Christian doctrine ... this certain and immutable doctrine, which is to be faithfully respected, (and) needs to be explored and presented in a way which responds to the needs our time.” Pope Benedict’s homily celebrated Vatican II but deplored much of what followed in its wake. Many Catholics misunderstood or ignored the council’s teachings under the influence of secular culture and “embraced uncritically the dominant mentality, placing in doubt the very foundations of the deposit of faith, which they sadly no longer felt able to accept as truths,” he said. “Recent decades have seen the advance of a spiritual ‘desertification.’” Fifty years ago, history offered glimpses of a “life or a world without God,” he said. “Now we see it every day around us. This void has spread.” Yet, the pope said, a “thirst for God, for the ultimate meaning of life” is still evident in “innumerable signs,” including the growing popularity of religious pilgrimages. Calling for a revival in the church of the “yearning to announce Christ again to contemporary man,” the pope stressed that any new evangelization “needs to be built on a concrete and precise basis, and this basis is the documents of the Second Vatican Council.” He reaffirmed past statements rejecting any expansive notions of a “spirit of Vatican II” that might be used to justify innovations diverging from traditional doctrine. “The council did not formulate anything new in matters of faith, nor did it wish to replace what was ancient,” he said. “Rather, it concerned itself with seeing that the same faith might continue to be lived in the present day, that it might remain a living faith in a world of change.”

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World hunger Philippines a battleground over sex education a war worth I fighting

his is one war we need to fight. For without our intervention countless people will suffer, and thousands of children will continue dying daily. The name of this enemy – who deserves nothing less than total annihilation – is world hunger. Every year around this time – Oct. 16 – World Food Day reminds us to pay attention to the multitude of people who suffer from not having enough nutritious food to maintain health and TONY MAGLIANO happiness. The hunger statistics are overwhelming. According to the World Food Programme, 870 million people are hungry – that’s greater than the combined populations of the United States, Canada and the European Union. Every day approximately 16,000 children die because they are too poor to live. Malnutrition and hunger-related diseases claim their short lives. Iodine deficiency is the greatest single cause of mental retardation and brain damage, affecting 1.9 billion people worldwide. It can very easily be prevented by adding iodine to salt. In the U.S., according to the Christian anti-poverty advocacy organization Bread for the World (www.bread.org), over 48 million Americans – including 16.2 million children – live in households that struggle to put enough food on the table. More than one in five children is at risk of hunger. And among Latinos and African-Americans, almost one in three children is at risk of hunger. Persons living in these homes frequently skip meals, eat too little, or sometimes eat nothing all day. In 1979 Blessed John Paul II attempted to awaken our consciences with these words from his New York City homily: “The poor of the United States and of the world are your brothers and sisters in Christ. Never be content to leave them just the crumbs of the feast. Take of your substance, and not just of your abundance, in order to help them. Treat them like guests at your family table!” But how well are we individually, and as a government, measuring up to this challenge? The U.S. shamefully ranks last among the 22 industrialized countries in percentage of national income allotted for poverty-focused foreign assistance. Only 0.5 percent of the federal budget goes to help the world’s poor. Tiny Denmark contributes approximately twice as much of its income. To make matters worse, the U.S. Congress is poised to cut from the 2013 federal budget billions of additional dollars in aid to the poor. Everything from WIC – an important food supplemental program that aids poor women, infants and children in the U.S. – to life-saving international poverty-focus assistance, is again on the congressional chopping block. St. Ambrose warned, “You are not making a gift of your possessions to the poor person. You are handing over to him what is his. … The world is given to all, and not only to the rich.” Let’s strongly remind Congress that “The world is given to all, and not only to the rich.” Blessed John Paul II emphatically proclaimed that war is always a defeat for humanity. But he would surely agree that winning the war on hunger would be a victory for humanity. MAGLIANO is an internationally syndicated social justice and peace columnist.

n late August I did a five-day tour of the Philippines, talking to 30,000 young people and parents about chastity. The tour was timely. The Philippines is under constant, well-funded pressure from the West to promote condoms as the ultimate solution to the problem of sexually transmitted diseases and unplanned pregnancy. At the center of the battle is the controversial Reproductive Health Bill, a proposal to allocate the equivalent of more than $5 billion to make condoms and pills available for free, to CHRISTOPHER offer free “family planning” STEFANICK services to the poor, and to fund compulsory sex education (translation: condom education) for school children and for anyone who applies for a marriage license. The money behind the bill is sufficient to force a sexual revolution in a nation that is 80 percent Catholic, and where chastity until marriage is still a cultural norm (even if not always followed). High school students there are much like sixth and seventh graders here in the United States when it comes to sexual experience. And their parents like it that way. U.N. representatives are also calling for the passage of the RH Bill out of an alleged concern for the women of the Philippines who have a higher maternal mortality rate than other countries in the region. One wonders why proponents of the bill aren’t pushing to put those billions into an underfunded health care system if that’s their true concern. In addition to funding from the Philippine government, the passage of RH promises to open the floodgates of foreign funding for the cash-strapped economy. Millions have already been given to the lobbying effort alone by the U.N., Planned Parenthood and various “charitable” foundations in the United States, to name a few. One can only imagine how much they’ll commit to the cause if the bill passes. The problem with all this is that the West should be following the Philippines in the global fight for sexual health, not the other way around. In 1984 AIDS broke out in the Philippines and in Thailand at the same time. The Philippines, which is more than 80 percent Catholic, promoted abstinence. Thailand promoted condoms. Today, of the 88,574,600 living in the Philippines, 8,700 are infected with HIV/AIDS. Of the 60,617,200 living in Thailand, approximately 530,000 are infected. That’s more than 60 times higher. And that’s not taking into account the fact that the Philippines has almost 30 million more citizens. A New York Times article, “Low Rate of AIDS Virus in Philippines is a Puzzle,” quoted the leader of the U.N. theme group on HIV/AIDS for the Philippines as saying, ‘’It’s quite perplexing. … We’ve been talking about it a lot and frankly, we don’t know why it’s low.” I know the answer! So does the British Medical

Journal, which accurately noted: “The greater the percentage of Catholics in any country, the lower the level of HIV. If the Catholic Church is promoting a message about HIV in those countries, it seems to be working.” The church’s message is chastity. Nothing else works. When condoms are promoted as “safe” and responsible behavior, especially to young, impressionable minds in the classroom, it’s a culture changer. Risk-takers are obviously going to increase. When risk-takers dramatically increase and the risk of HIV infection decreases by 85 percent with condom use, and only 50 percent for a whole host of other STDs, the end result is worse than the start. That’s not a metaphysical, moral statement. It’s basic math. We see the same problem with condoms and pregnancy. Planned Parenthood researchers had to admit that the leading cause of unplanned pregnancy isn’t a failure to use contraception, but a failure of it to work. Any outside of marriage sexual activity is highrisk behavior. Period. Granted, there is less risk associated with premarital sex when one uses a condom, in terms of contracting STDs, just as robbing a bank is safer with a bulletproof vest, or using heroin is safer with a clean needle, but by no means should any of the above be called “safe” or be promoted as a cultural norm. But facts don’t matter if they clash with a dogma. And the latex fundamentalists at the U.N. and at Planned Parenthood seem determined to turn a blind eye to the success of the Philippines in the fight against AIDS. They seem equally committed to ignoring the failure of countless nations to win the fight against STDs and unplanned pregnancies with condoms instead of abstinence. The condom culture warriors are instead pointing to the relative success of Thailand in recent years, which has lowered new HIV infections (though it’s still astronomically higher than the Philippines) by promoting a 100 percent condom use policy in brothels, to make a case that the Philippines needs to be carpeted with condoms. It boggles the mind that the “brothel strategy” would be the proposed norm for entire societies. As we’ve seen in the U.S. over the past few decades, when a high school is treated like a brothel (where it’s assumed that everyone needs to be taught how to use condoms since self-control isn’t an option, and free condoms need to be made immediately accessible to everyone) that high school becomes like a brothel! And the end result is worse than before “safe” sex entered the scene. More than 43,000 people contract an STD every day in the U.S. Ten times the number of U.S. citizens are in their graves from AIDS than are on the Vietnam War Memorial. And 40 percent of pregnancies in New York City are aborted … one can assume, unplanned. And we insist that the Philippines is to follow our example? It is the height of Western arrogance. STEFANICK is director of youth outreach for YDisciple. Visit him at RealLifeCatholic.com. ©DENVER CATHOLIC REGISTER

LETTERS The church needs to unite under a party of life Once, nonnegotiable issues were taken for granted by all in Western civilization and the church was fairly united. Satan has done a fabulous job of dividing the church not to mention society. We now have one political party which at least prevents deterioration on that which is nonnegotiable, but often promotes repugnant policies brutal on the poor. The other party is great on policies for the downtrodden but promotes the culture of death, dismantling of the family, and, now, the First Amendment at every opportunity.

I think the church should unite under a third, “both/and” party that would promote life, family and preferential policies for the poor and marginalized – a Christian Democratic Party. I’d join. I hate being torn and I’m sure I’m not the only one. I hope someone out there who knows the way of the world better than I will be inspired by the Holy Spirit to get this going. I will pray for the restoration of unity within the church. Carol Mantelli Valls San Rafael

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Capital punishment: Unjust, discredited

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Seminarians are pictured at Mass at New York’s St. Patrick’s Cathedral last March.

The world of seminary formation

hen we respond, “Lord, hear our prayer” to the offertory petition at Mass, “Let us pray for priestly vocations,” what should we include in this petition? Having worked in seminary formation, I can say that the formation of seminarians is awesome work in need of much prayer. During a recent faculty seminary meeting, in which we were judging the competencies of seminarians, I suddenly felt uneasy. “Why,” I thought, FATHER EUGENE “do I feel uncomfortable?” HEMRICK I am a parish priest primarily. My main ministry is serving people coping with complex and often difficult challenges. My role is not to judge whether they are competent or should belong to the parish, but to walk with them. On the other hand, an important role a seminary faculty fulfills is judging whether a man has a vocation and qualifies to be a priest. Although the goal of the faculty is to support seminarians, it also has the responsibility of evaluating them at a critical juncture in their life. This is an awesome responsibility because God ultimately calls a man to the priesthood. It places the faculty in the role of judging whether God is truly calling a man, casting the faculty

into the world of grace so it can discern whether a seminarian is graced with a vocation. When we respond, “Lord, hear our prayer,” let us remember the faculty responsible for vetting a man in priestly formation. Today’s seminarians include older men with multiple career backgrounds and young men with no career backgrounds. Serving both groups is simultaneously a tall order. Why? Employing pedagogical methodology is preferred for young people, while andragogy, the art or science of teaching adults, is preferred for older people. In younger people, the glass of knowledge and experience may only be half filled. In older people, it is mostly half to full. In the pedagogical approach, a person is introduced to a new world of ideas and experiences. In the andragogy approach, teachers work closer with ideas and experiences an older person has already amassed. When we respond, “Lord, hear our prayer,” let us pray that seminary faculties will respond effectively to the wide range of students under their tutelage. Seminary faculties literally eat, mingle, advise and support seminarians 24/7; it is a full-time commitment. In praying, “Lord, hear our prayer,” let us pray for those who wholeheartedly devote their entire lives to seminary work. When we pray for vocations, let us especially pray that God will inspire men to think of the priesthood and spreading God’s wisdom in an age in which human wisdom must go hand and hand with God’s wisdom to succeed. ©CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

LETTERS Archbishop Sheen’s message as timely as ever What exciting news to read recently of the advancement of Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen’s cause for canonization. Also, it is enjoyable to read the comments and of the memories the news generated. In June 1946, then-Msgr. Sheen came to San Francisco. It happened to be graduation time for Catholic high schools. The graduation ceremony was held at the Civic Auditorium and it was a wonderful surprise to have him as guest speaker. I was there as a graduate of the class of 1946 from St. Paul High School. I still have my faded copy of the article from the June 2, 1946, Monitor (then the newspaper of the Archdiocese of San Francisco) covering the event. The article includes some of the highlights of his address. Strange as it seems, his message to us that day is as relevant today – maybe even more so – as it was on that June 1946 graduation day: “Evil today is not individual, it is organized.” Mary L. Zgraggen San Francisco

Choose your attachments well

We live in interesting times indeed. Our

culture and so-called materialistic modern era is in contention with morality, Christian values and that of which is good, of God, right and just. The result is a decline of morals and faith in these times. It is turning us into bland Christians instead of being the salt of the earth. We are purposely being distracted to attach ourselves to the tangible things of this world which we cannot take with us when we die. It is time to pray and take a pause for greater reflection. We must ask ourselves what we would like to be attached to before we die. Do we fix our hearts and minds on Jesus and stay attached to him? Or do we get lost in the powers and principalities of these times? It is time to choose before our time runs out. If we truly love Jesus, then we love what he loves and must follow him to the end so that when we die we remain with and in him. Jesus is the only attachment we must strive for in this world because he is the only source of our salvation with whom we will want to spend an eternity. Choose well. Follow the way, the truth and the life. Virginia Enrico South San Francisco

t happened quickly. The terror, the blood, the death seemed to transform a brisk fall day into a scene of horror. It was the worst bank robbery in Nebraska’s history, and it happened 10 years ago in September, in a little town near the town where I grew up. Three masked robbers got no money but killed five citizens. The town tore down the bank building, but the grief and pain remain raw. The anniversary was a potent reminder that the families of murder victims need ongoing support and prayer. Another anniversary occurred EFFIE CALDAROLA in September as well. One year ago on Sept. 21, Troy Davis was executed by the state of Georgia for the murder of off-duty police officer Mark MacPhail. Davis’ death was accompanied by serious questions about his guilt. There was no physical evidence against Davis, so the case relied on witness testimony, which contained several inconsistencies even at the time of the trial. Later, all but two of the state’s nonpolice witnesses from the trial recanted or contradicted their testimony, according to Amnesty International. Many of those witnesses stated later in sworn affidavits that they were pressured or coerced by police into testifying or signing statements against Davis. One witness who did not recant his testimony was a main suspect in the shooting. We’ll never be certain that Davis was innocent. But neither will we ever be certain of his guilt, a frightening prospect since execution is an irreversible punishment. Every American should abhor the possibility of killing an innocent man. These two anniversaries seem entwined in my mind, partly because after 10 years, the three bank robbers remain on death row. Nebraska has 11 men on death row, but the last execution was in 1997. Nationally, we are trending away from the death penalty. Connecticut became the fifth state in five years to abandon execution, and California citizens face an important referendum on the death penalty this November. Studies show the death penalty carries an exorbitant financial cost to the state compared to the alternative: life without the possibility of parole. It’s unfair to the poor – 90 percent of those tried for the death penalty cannot afford to hire their own attorney. Since 1973, at least 140 people have been freed after evidence revealed that they were sentenced to die for crimes they did not commit. What does this say about the credibility of the system? The death penalty ultimately provides no justice to victims and discredits us as citizens. Because we must be certain of guilt, appeals drag on for years. Repeatedly, families are forced to read again the gruesome details of crime. The money spent on the death penalty could be better spent on counseling or even financial support for the victims’ families. In September, Philadelphia Archbishop Charles J. Chaput issued a strong statement regarding the futility of the death penalty. Capital punishment “simply doesn’t work as a deterrent,” the archbishop said. “Nor does it heal or redress any wounds, because only forgiveness can do that.” Archbishop Chaput went on to say that “when we take a murderer’s life we only add to the violence in an already violent culture, and we demean our own dignity in the process.” Nationally, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops has urged repeal of capital punishment. Both Blessed John Paul II and Pope Benedict XVI have urged an end to execution. Archbishop Chaput put it well: “As children of God, we’re better than this, and we need to start acting like it. We need to end the death penalty now.”

Archbishop Charles J. Chaput said capital punishment “simply doesn’t work as a deterrent. Nor does it heal or redress any wounds, because only forgiveness can do that.”

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SUNDAY READINGS

Twenty-ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time “Whoever wishes to be great among you will be your servant; whoever wishes to be first among you will be the slave of all.” MARK 10:35-45 ISAIAH 53:10-11 The Lord was pleased to crush him in infirmity. If he gives his life as an offering for sin, he shall see his descendants in a long life, and the will of the Lord shall be accomplished through him. Because of his affliction he shall see the light in fullness of days; through his suffering, my servant shall justify many, and their guilt he shall bear. PSALM 33:4-5, 18-19, 20, 22 Lord, let your mercy be on us, as we place our trust in you. Upright is the word of the Lord, and all his works are trustworthy. He loves justice and right; of the kindness of the Lord the earth is full. Lord, let your mercy be on us, as we place our trust in you. See, the eyes of the Lord are upon those who fear him, upon those who hope for his kindness, To deliver them from death and preserve them in spite of famine.

Lord, let your mercy be on us, as we place our trust in you. Our soul waits for the Lord, who is our help and our shield. May your kindness, O Lord, be upon us who have put our hope in you. Lord, let your mercy be on us, as we place our trust in you. HEBREWS 4:14-16 Brothers and sisters: Since we have a great high priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus, the Son of God, let us hold fast to our confession. For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but one who has similarly been tested in every way, yet without sin. So let us confidently approach the throne of grace to receive mercy and to find grace for timely help. MARK 10:35-45 James and John, the sons of Zebedee, came to Jesus and said to him, “Teacher, we want you to do for us

whatever we ask of you.” He replied, “What do you wish me to do for you?” They answered him, “Grant that in your glory we may sit one at your right and the other at your left.” Jesus said to them, “You do not know what you are asking. Can you drink the cup that I drink or be baptized with the baptism with which I am baptized?” They said to him, “We can.” Jesus said to them, “The cup that I drink, you will drink, and with the baptism with which I am baptized, you will be baptized; but to sit at my right or at my left is not mine to give but is for those for whom it has been prepared.” When the ten heard this, they became indignant at James and John. Jesus summoned them and said to them, “You know that those who are recognized as rulers over the Gentiles lord it over them, and their great ones make their authority over them felt. But it shall not be so among you. Rather, whoever wishes to be great among you will be your servant; whoever wishes to be first among you will be the slave of all. For the Son of Man did not come to be served but to serve and to give his life as a ransom for many.”

Power and powerlessness

he Gospel features the political ambitions of James and John.They want power as a reward for loyalty. If they follow Jesus now will he guarantee them special honors, privileges and power over others later? Jesus gives a puzzling rebuttal. His concept of power and authority is quite different from what James and John imagine.For them, power means prestige – having a higher position than the other disciples and being at the top of the pyramid. For Jesus, power and authority are exercised, not by taking the highest position, but by taking the lowest. Does this mean administrators should act so servant-like they don’t assume any decision-making role and relinquish the SISTER ELOISE others expect ROSENBLATT, RSM responsibility them to take? Servants and slaves are powerless. Their masters tell them what to do. They don’t give orders; instead, they follow orders. By contrast, gentile rulers – those not informed by a scriptural vision – exercise power by making it felt.

SCRIPTURE REFLECTION

POPE BENEDICT XVI PRAISING ‘AGGIORNAMENTO’

Addressing bishops in Vatican City Oct. 12, Pope Benedict XVI fondly recalled the Second Vatican Council, saying it was a time that was “so vivacious, rich and fruitful.” He praised Pope John XXIII’s use of the term “aggiornamento” or “renewal” for the church, even though, he said, it’s still a topic of heated and endless debate. “But I am convinced that the insight Blessed John XXIII epitomized with this word was and still is accurate,” he said. “Christianity must never be seen as something from the past, nor lived with one’s gaze always looking back, because Jesus is yesterday, today and for all eternity.” “This ‘renewal’ does not mean a break with tradition, rather it expresses a lasting vitality,” he said.

Who has not been “ruled” by a boss this way? Such a person makes arbitrary decisions, favors insiders and marginalizes many, blames their own mistakes on subordinates, and punishes workers over the slightest deviation from policy. They exercise power by issuing threats and creating fear of the consequences if an employee doesn’t “go along” or raises a word of protest. Jesus describes leadership in very different terms. It’s not just acting like a humble servant or slave. Rather, it involves thinking, feeling and sympathizing with the most powerless in the community, and making that the starting place for governance. Hebrews says that leadership like Christ’s starts with recognition of one’s own powerlessness: “We do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses.” Christian leadership requires a profound mindfulness and empathy with the voiceless, the downtrodden, the abused, the victimized, and the desperate. One’s own vulnerabilities are the starting point for working out the particulars of being a leader. James and John are looking up at a throne of glory as their ideal for achieving power. Jesus says, “Look down at the lowest rung of society – servants and slaves – as the place to start your re-thinking of how power and authority should be used. For example, look at the innocent sufferer. The

mental anguish and affliction of the servant-leader in Isaiah become a mysterious source of redemption for other sufferers, and the eventual recovery of the community’s sense of right and wrong. An example is the recent case of a 14-year-old girl in Pakistan who was riding to school. She was shot in the head and neck by Taliban extremists because of her advocacy for the right of girls to be educated. As she lies in a hospital, clinging to life, crowds of the public in Pakistan demonstrate their support for her. Pakistani political leaders condemn the Taliban, and reject their anti-female ideology. They affirm the dignity and rights of women, as well as men, not only to education, but to political equality. Isaiah might say of this young girl, “Through her suffering, my servant shall justify many.” Leadership inspired by the example of Jesus begins with a sense of one’s own vulnerabilities, but this is not just so they can be corrected and shored up. Rather the mindful leader then looks empathetically at those in the community who are the weakest, least attractive, and the ones with the most problems. What is their perspective on the way power and authority are generally used? What can the leader like Christ learn from those who are powerless? What is the wisdom of the powerless about what a good leader might do in the community, and what priorities should be set for decision-making?

LITURGICAL CALENDAR, DAILY MASS READINGS MONDAY, OCTOBER 22: Monday of the Twentyninth Week in Ordinary Time. Eph 2:1-10. Ps 100:1b2, 3, 4ab, 4c-5. Lk 12:13-21. BLESSED JOHN PAUL II 1920-2005 October 22 When this popular pope died, crowds in St. Peter’s Square chanted “santo subito” (“sainthood now”). The Vatican heard, and the sainthood cause for the jet-setting pontiff who helped bring down European communism was put on the fast track; he was beatified in 2011. A Pole and former actor shaped by World War II and the Cold War, Cardinal Karol Wojtyla of Krakow was the first non-Italian pope in 455 years. In his 26-year pontificate, he evangelized on trips to 129 countries, upheld traditional churcth doctrine against dissent, connected with the world’s youth, and named more than 450 new saints. He also modeled Christian values by forgiving his would-be assassin.

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 23: Tuesday of the Twentyninth Week in Ordinary Time. Optional Memorial of St. John of Capistrano, priest. Eph 2:12-22. Ps 85:9ab10, 11-12, 13-14. Lk 12:35-38. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 24: Wednesday of the Twenty-ninth Week in Ordinary Time. Optional Memorial of St. Anthony Claret, bishop. Eph 3:2-12. Is 12:23, 4bcd, 5-6. Lk 12:39-48. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 25: Thursday of the Twenty-ninth Week in Ordinary Time. Forty Martyrs of England & Wales (Eng & Wal). Eph 3:14-21. Ps 33:1-2, 4-5, 11-12, 18-19. Lk 12:49-53. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 26: Friday of the Twenty-ninth Week in Ordinary Time. Eph 4:1-6. Ps 24:1-2, 3-4ab, 5-6. Lk 12:54-59. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 27: Saturday of the Twentyninth Week in Ordinary Time. Eph 4:7-16. Ps 122:1-2, 3-4ab, 4cd-5. Lk 13:1-9.

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Tribalism, fear unworthy of Christianity

n her most recent book, a series of essays titled “When I was a Child I Read Books,” Marilynne Robinson includes an essay called “Wondrous Love.” She begins the essay autobiographically, confessing her deep, longstanding faith as a Christian and her ever-deepening wonder and awe at the mystery of God. She goes on to express some of her fears apposite to what is happening today in many of the churches and inside many of us; namely, new forms of tribalism and fear are reducing our wondrous FATHER RON God to a “tribal deity” and ROLHEISER our own “local Baal.” The God of all nations, all families, and all peoples, she asserts, is too frequently being invoked by of us as a God, more exclusively, of my own nation, my own family, my own church and my own people. She cites various examples of this, including her own sadness at how sincere Christians cannot accept each other’s authenticity: “I must assume that those who disagree with my understanding of Christianity are Christians all the same, that we are members of one household. I confess that from time to time I find this difficult. This difficulty is owed in part to the fact that I have reason to believe they would not extend this courtesy to me.” This, she rightly asserts, is unworthy of God, of Christianity, and of what’s best in us. We know better, though we usually don’t act on that and are thus indicted by what Freud called “the narcissism of minor differences.” And this takes it root in fear, fear of many things. Not least among those fears is our fear of the secularized world and how we feel this has put us on a slippery slope in terms of our Christian heritage and our moral values. To quote Robinson here: “These people see the onrush of secularism intent on driving religion to the margins, maybe over the edge, and for the sake of Christianity they want to enlist society itself in its defense. They want politicians to make statements of faith, and when merchants hang their seasonal signs and banners they want them to say something more specific than “Happy Holidays.” Robinson, however, is distrustful of enlisting political power to defend Christianity. Why? Because “this country (the U.S.) in its early period

was largely populated by religious people escaping religious persecution at the hands of state churches, whether French Huguenots, Scots Presbyterians, English Congregationalists, or English Catholics.” She adds: “Since my own religious heroes tended to die gruesomely under these regimes. I have no nostalgia for the world before secularism, nor would many of these ‘Christian nation’ exponents, if they looked a little into the history of their own traditions.” Inside our fear of secularism, she suggests, lies a great irony: We are afraid of secularism because we have, in fact, internalized the great prejudice against Christianity, namely, the belief that faith and Christianity cannot withstand the scrutiny of an intellectually sophisticated culture. And that fear lies at the root of an antiintellectualism that is very prominent inside many religious and church circles today. How much of our fear today about Christianity being on a slippery slope can be traced back to this prejudice? Why are we so afraid of our world and of secularized intellectuals? This fear, she asserts, spawns an antagonism that is unworthy of Christianity. Fear and antagonism are very fashionable within religious circles today, almost to be worn as a badge of faith and loyalty. And is this a sign of health? No. Neither fear nor antagonism, she submits, are “becoming in Christians or in the least degree likely to inspire thinking or action of the kind that deserves to be called Christian.” Moreover, “if belief in Christ is necessary to attaining of everlasting life, then it behooves anyone who calls himself or herself a Christian, any institution that calls itself a church, to bring credit to the faith, at very least not to embarrass or disgrace it. Making God a tribal deity, our local Baal, is embarrassing and disgraceful.” Fear and antagonism do nothing, she adds, to draw respect to Christianity and our churches and to the extent that we let them be associated with Christianity, we risk defacing Christianity in the world’s eyes. But saying that in today’s climate is to be judged as unpatriotic. We are not supposed to care what the world thinks. But it is the world we are trying to convert. And so we need to be careful not to present Christianity as undignified, xenophobic, and unworthy of our wondrous, all-embracing God. OBLATE FATHER ROLHEISER is president of the Oblate School of Theology, San Antonio, Texas.

Honoring Mary is a way of carrying out joy

ome of you may remember that I wrote recently about festivities we planned in the Diocese of Paterson, N.J., on Mary’s birthday. We organized a party for the Blessed Mother on Sept. 8, complete with a Mass, followed by a typical birthday party in the school hall. We had a big cake and sang birthday songs. We also had an art contest for the children and joyful skits, all of which were performed with an eye toward heaven, imagining that they were having a joyful celebration FATHER JOHN at the same time we were CATOIR celebrating. We do not worship the mother of Jesus, but we love to honor her, as Jesus honored her. Our Blessed Mother was conceived in December and born nine months later on Sept. 8, according to the church’s calendar. We pay tribute to her when we celebrate her birthday each year. She tells us that in our joy, we should always keep our eyes fixed on the cross. The cross teaches us how much God really loves us. When we begin to realize the wonder of God’s love, we can rightly celebrate our joy, especially to Mary who brought the Lord to us. Being joyful because of the knowledge of God’s love is exactly what God expects of us, “I have

told you this so that my joy may be in you and your joy may be complete” (Jn 15: 11). The Lord wants us to live in the spirit of joy. Celebrating the Blessed Mother is one way to live out that joy. In the 1980s, Belgian Cardinal Leo Jozef Suenens asked me to assist him in a fervent celebration of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary. I was in awe, and of course more than happy to oblige. He introduced me to Pope John Paul II. Years after that meeting with the pope, the cardinal showed me the following letter, which was sent to him by Pope John Paul II: “In thanking you cordially for your letter of Aug. 19, I wish to make known to you the joy with which I welcome Your Eminence’s recent initiative ... whereby you are helping Christian families and Christians of many countries to prolong the spirit and the benefits of the Marian Year 1987-1988 – in particular through the fervent celebration of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary, who brought to the world the dawning of hope and of salvation. May the Very Holy Mother of Christ the Redeemer assist you in your apostolic endeavors.” Recently, I wrote Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan of New York about a dream I have, of filling a stadium to celebrate Mary’s birthday. He replied very kindly in a letter dated Sept. 14, 2012: “Yes, it would be wonderful if one day we were able to fill a stadium in singing Happy Birthday to Mary.” With God, all things are possible. ©CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

Is there a path to Communion for a remarried Catholic?

I am a divorced and remarried Catholic, married now for more than 20 years to my second wife. I continue to attend Mass, but since my marriage have been unable to receive holy Communion. It seems to me that, if a priest can forgive a murderer – assuming that the person is truly repentant – he should also be able to forgive someone for remarrying after a divorce. (I am truly sorry for what I did to contribute to the divorce, and in particular for the pain which the divorce caused our children. But the situation is irreversible now; I cannot simply leave my present wife, whom I love very much.) I honestly feel in my heart FATHER – although this might be KENNETH DOYLE wishful thinking – that God has already forgiven me, but the church seems fearful of allowing me to participate fully in the Mass by taking Communion. What is a divorced Catholic to do to receive forgiveness? Is not the forgiveness of sin really between the heart of the sinner and God? (Livonia, Mich.) Your question, so honestly and articulately expressed, speaks to the situation of many individuals and tugs at the heart of anyone attempting to answer. The first instinct of a priest – and of the church – is to want to respond with compassion and leniency. At the same time, the church is the bearer of Christ’s teaching and feels compelled to be faithful to the Gospel. The Catechism of the Catholic Church, with specific references to the first three Gospels and to Paul’s first letter to the Corinthians, states in No. 2382 that “the Lord Jesus insisted on the original intention of the Creator who willed that marriage be indissoluble.” The catechism goes on to clarify in No. 2383 that, in certain cases, the separation of spouses can be warranted, together with a civil divorce when necessary to preserve legal rights. But as to remarriage outside the church, the language of the catechism is stark and straightforward (No. 2384): “Contracting a new union, even if it is recognized by civil law, adds to the gravity of the rupture: The remarried spouse is then in a situation of public and permanent adultery.” In light of this, the church (charged also to be the guarantor of the purity of the sacraments) does not feel free to admit to holy Communion someone who has contravened such an essential teaching. In saying this, neither I nor the church presume to invade the sanctity of your conscience and to proclaim where you stand before God. That is ultimately, as you indicate, a private matter between you and the Lord. Clearly, though, you feel some ambiguity within, and just as clearly you long to receive the Eucharist. You might think about looking into the possibility of a church annulment for your first marriage. Often enough, even when a marriage has lasted for a while, it can be established that from the start there was something to indicate that the relationship could never really last – perhaps immaturity or emotional instability on the part of one or both spouses. My best advice would be for you to meet with a sympathetic priest and discuss your situation fully.

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Renewed engagement with the Bible led up to Vatican II SCRIPTURE AND VATICAN II

FATHER DALE LAUNDERVILLE, OSB CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

The rise of secularism in the 18th and 19th centuries increased the concern of popes, bishops and theologians to defend the Bible and tradition as sources of revelation. The First Vatican Council (1869-70) taught that neither reason alone (rationalism) nor faith alone (fideism) was sufficient to bring one into a right relationship with Jesus Christ. To support the capacity of reason to lead one to truth and to avoid lapsing into a skepticism that undermined the traditions of the church, Pope Leo XIII encouraged attention to the teachings of St. Thomas Aquinas and called for caution in the use of scientific exegesis – critical explanation or interpretation of a religious text. These interpretations were skilled in taking apart the biblical text but often unable to put it back together in a meaningful form. If the tools of scientific exegesis were wielded by critics hostile to the Christian faith, the authority of the Bible for believers was endangered. Pope Leo XIII established the Pontifical Biblical Commission in 1902, which issued a series of decrees between 1905 and 1915 on specific points of interpretation of the Bible. The commission was cautious in allowing the results of scientific exegesis to find their way into Roman Catholic theology. Their authoritative decrees, nuanced as they were, imposed limits on the freedom of Roman Catholic exegetes. It was not until 1943 with Pope Pius XII’s encyclical “Divino Afflante Spiritu” that Roman Catholic scholars were allowed to use historical methods of interpreting the Bible.

“Pope Leo XIII encouraged attention to the teachings of St. Thomas Aquinas,” Benedictine Father Dale Launderville reminds us. These had been used by Protestant scholars since the late 18th century. If a believer uses this critical historical method, the efforts to find out what the original author intended the text to mean can lead to newer, fuller understandings. If a hostile critic uses this same historical method, it is possible to doubt that these meanings are present in the text and can lead to the claim that we really do not know what the original meaning is. Such a state of confusion about the meaning of the text has the potential to silence the proclamation of the Gospel. Pope Pius XII discerned that by 1943, Roman Catholic exegetes had become sufficiently aware of the positive and negative potential of the historical method that they could use it to break open the riches of the biblical text for the faithful. On Nov. 18, 1965, during the fourth session of the Second Vatican Council, the council fathers promulgated the document “Dei Verbum” on divine revelation after five revisions. This

The rise of secularism in the 18th and 19th centuries increased the concern of popes, bishops and theologians to defend the Bible and tradition as sources of revelation. On Nov. 18, 1965, during the fourth session of the Second Vatican Council, the council fathers promulgated the document “Dei Verbum” on divine revelation. This document teaches that the revelation of Jesus Christ in Scripture and tradition communicates life to all the baptized.

document teaches that the revelation of Jesus Christ in Scripture and tradition communicates life to all the baptized. The first and last chapters provide a framework for this teaching on revelation: the first shows how God manifests himself and the last shows how the faithful take on the mind of God by attending to the Scriptures. The second chapter explains how this revelation was transmitted to the ends of the earth and sustained through the generations. The apostles, under the inspiration and guidance of the Holy Spirit, preached the good news about Jesus Christ as foretold by the prophets and as seen by them in Christ’s life, says “Dei Verbum”: “Sacred tradition and sacred Scripture form one sacred deposit of the word of God, committed to the church.” The document then goes on to claim that “the task of authentically interpreting the word of God, whether written or (in the form of tradition),

Following a path toward the divine via sacred text

BENEDICTINE FATHER LAUNDERVILLE is a Scripture scholar at St. John’s University, Collegeville, Minn.

WHAT MAKES REVELATION CONTEMPORARY?

MARY JO PEDERSEN CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

Sam Cooper, an 8-year veteran of Bible study at his Midwestern parish says he has found “a new depth to my faith as we incorporate Scripture into our lives.” Cooper and his wife Paula have taken part in Bible study in their parish and have found that “sacred Scripture tends to find us where we are on our faith journey and speaks to our current needs or situations.” Like so many others, Sam Cooper’s faith has deepened and grown through his participation in these groups. Fifty years after the Second Vatican Council, the hopes the council fathers expressed in “Dei Verbum,” that the Bible become “food for the soul” is being realized. Today thousands of Catholics like the Coopers meet regularly for prayer and instruction on the Bible in parishes and diocesan centers all over the country. The groups range in size from five gathered in a living room to 200 in a school gym. Most groups meet for weeks to discuss a particular book or author of the Bible. Homework, discussions and sharing of materials are part of what goes on during these meetings. In Bible study classes at St. Robert Bellarmine Parish in Omaha, Neb., the church is doing what was set forth in “Dei Verbum” by “providing the nourishment of the Scriptures for the people of God, to enlighten their minds, strengthen their wills and set men’s hearts on fire with the love of God.” “I have what I call ‘aha’ moments during my weekly preparation for our meetings,” said one participant. “Bible study provides a structure for me and a sense of commitment to reading and praying the Scriptures.” Many participants in Bible groups say their study of Scripture has brought them closer to Jesus and

has been entrusted exclusively to the living teaching office of the church.” The document emphasizes that the magisterium is not superior to the word of God but is its servant. Thus, the magisterium is intent on listening to the word of God and proclaiming and preserving it. The third chapter of “Dei Verbum” explains how the biblical authors were inspired by the Holy Spirit to compose the sacred texts so that they “firmly, faithfully and without error teach that truth which God, for the sake of our salvation, wished to see confided to the sacred Scriptures.” This salvific truth may be communicated in narrative forms that do not intend to describe a historical event exactly as it happened, such as Genesis 1. Therefore, interpreters are exhorted to take into account the literary form of a passage, which provides important data about the intention of the original author. Ultimately, since God is the author of Scripture, every interpretation should be attentive to the whole of Scripture. Subsequent chapters address the significance of the Old and New Testaments and their interrelatedness. The Old Testament conveys the revelation associated with the enduring covenant made with Abraham and Moses. In the context of the central event of the revelation of Jesus Christ, the New Testament is foreshadowed in the Old Testament. Within the New Testament, the four Gospels hold pride of place because they focus on the life and teaching of Jesus Christ.

“Today thousands of Catholics meet regularly for prayer and instruction on the Bible in parishes and diocesan centers all over the country,” writes Mary Jo Pedersen. helped them to have greater awareness of God’s presence in history and in daily life. “I find myself listening more closely to the readings at Mass and better understanding the meaning of the readings,” one participant said. In most parishes, leaders who facilitate Bible study courses are trained by a diocesan office or through media presentations provided by publishers of Bible study materials. One facilitator said that the work of the Holy Spirit in her parish group is evident and seen in greater participation in Mass, in returning to the sacrament of reconciliation, in faith-sharing at meetings and in a deeper sense of community. A young man who thought Bible study would be boring discovered his parish’s group by talking to a friend. “I’ve found that the Scriptures are like a cushion to fall on when things don’t go my way. Knowing more about the Bible has helped me to feel closer to God and to the people I study with,” he said. In the Dogmatic Constitution on Divine Revelation, or “Dei Verbum,” the council fathers encouraged all the Christian faithful to “put themselves in touch with the sacred text itself, whether it be through the liturgy ... or through devotional reading or through instructions.”

In his 2010 apostolic exhortation “The Word of the Lord,” Pope Benedict XVI wrote that Christianity is not a religion of a “written and mute word” but of “the incarnate and living Word” of God. But what does it mean to say that God’s revealed word in Scripture is a “living Word” today? It means, in the words of the Constitution on Divine Revelation, that God “meets his children with great love.” In all divine revelation, it indicates, God speaks to us “as friends.” It means, as the Second Vatican Council said in its Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy (“Sacrosanctum Concilium”), that it is Christ himself who “speaks when the holy Scriptures are read in the church.” To hear Scripture during Mass is not only to hear how Christ spoke long ago, but how Christ initiates a dialogue with people now. CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

To assist parishes, Catholic publishers (with the guidance of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops) have provided a rich variety of resources and strategies for parish Bible study. The practice of praying with the Scriptures has increased over the years, including in the use of the “lectio divina,” a meditative reflection on the Scriptures, which is becoming a more commonly used practice at retreats, parish days of reflection and in apostolic groups. As the council’s document on sacred Scripture proclaimed nearly 50 years ago, the Catholic faithful are discovering that “in the sacred books, the Father who is in heaven meets his children with great love and speaks with them.” PEDERSEN, a veteran coordinator of marriage and family spirituality programs, lives in Omaha, Neb.

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JESUITS: Justice sought FROM PAGE 1

were privileged and that they wanted to retain, and that is why they were so antagonistic to negotiated solutions to the civil war” that the articulate Jesuits favored, she said. She added that the killings were intended to have a chilling effect on their opponents. But that was a miscalculation, she said, for it was seen for what it was – a human rights atrocity carried out by soldiers who had been mentored by the killers of Archbishop Oscar Romero of El Salvador in 1980, a voice for the oppressed and a thorn for the military-led government battling the Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front, a coalition of left-wing guerrilla groups. The Salvadoran civil war (1979-1992) was a conflict between the government, which was backed by the United States and brutally suppressed civil liberties, and the FMLN. Outrage over the massacre of the Jesuits and dwindling support on both sides of the conflict led to a stalemate. The U.S. pushed for a peace settlement. Pressing the case in Madrid – five of the Jesuits were Spaniards, too – Bernabeu prevailed when, after a two-year investigation, Judge Eloy Velasco issued the indictment and arrest order against 20 former military officials for the killings. The debate over extradition is long and bumpy, but the judicial order effectively frustrated the travel plans of the accused men, lest they show up in countries that have extradition treaties with Spain. Moreover, said Bernabeu, it had this significant impact: “It is an explicit piece of evidence, or whatever you want to call it, that shows the lack of willingness in the El Salvador judiciary to follow the rule of law.” For years up to 2011, “They (Salvadoran judges) were dismissing the demands of the Jesuits, we human rights lawyers and activists by telling us that when the proper case is filed, ‘We will always collaborate.’” She added that proceedings that were conducted in 1991 against the military in the case are also shown to be a sham by the order. She hopes that pressure, in part from the order

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Almudena Bernabeu hopes that international pressure, in part from a Spanish court order, may yet force El Salvador to mount its own case against the soldiers responsible for the killing of six Jesuits and two others during the nation’s civil war in 1989. from Madrid, may yet force El Salvador to mount its own case against the soldiers. “We are just going to keep the pressure going,” she said. There was another significant break in the case last month. One of six commanders allegedly responsible for the massacre, retired Salvadoran Col. Inocente Orlando Montano, pled guilty in Boston to six counts of federal criminal immigration fraud and perjury, in connection with his application for temporary protected status. The judge in Madrid, Velasco, has issued an extradition request for Montano and the U.S. is considering it. Meantime, Bernabeu will be at his sentencing hearing Dec. 18. “There will be lots of Jesuits and a lot of

people from around the world are going to be present,” she said. “There will be a conversation about extradition to Spain.” Montano is one of two suspects in the case Bernabeu has tracked sown in the U.S. She found the second, former Lt. Hector Ocampo, living on the Peninsula. He was working for the Transportation Security Administration at San Francisco International Airport. He’s now underground, she said, but is not believed to have left the U.S. Bernabeu said her work is not for the impatient. It requires “a desire to see things a little bit more with a longer perspective. It takes falling in love with a country and the people in that country.”

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ROSARY: 1,700 pray FROM PAGE 1

drew a similar number, and commemorated the 50th anniversary of Father Patrick Peyton’s famous 1961 rosary rally in Golden Gate Park. The rally was timed to coincide with the Oct. 11 beginning of the Year of Faith. “I was here last year, I was so blessed,” said Ben Rosado, one of the leaders of St. Benedict Young Adults Group at St. Thomas More Parish. “The Lord is here with us and I just wanted to be part of it again. I love to be among my Catholic brothers and sisters. It’s like holy ground when we’re all here together.” “This is a procession of faith. We walk by faith, putting everything in God’s hands,” said Fernanda Anderson, who came from Modesto for the rally. In addition to members of the Archdiocese of San Francisco, many traveled from the East Bay, South Bay and Marin, Napa and Sonoma counties. The archdiocese’s Hispanic ministry scheduled the annual 9:30 a.m. Hispanic Mass to kick off the day. Bishop William J. Justice celebrated Mass in the presence of Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone. The archbishop addressed the congregation before they left to walk to the rally, carrying three statues of Mary on platforms and with the rosary broadcast via loudspeakers mounted on a car that traveled alongside. Signs and banners dotted the plaza: “Will America answer Our Lady’s conversion call?”, “St. Francis of Assisi Parish, East Palo Alto,” and “In God We Trust.” Archbishop Riordan High School theology teacher Dan Baer, holding a rosary in his hand with his young son next to him, stood near a group of seminarians from St. Patrick Seminary & University. Seminarian Kyle Faller, from Our Lady of Loretto Parish in Novato, said he came, “essentially to pray for the country.” The rally was sponsored by the archdiocese, the Legion of Mary, Knights of Columbus, Immaculate Heart Radio, Ignatius Press and the archdiocesan Spanish Pastoral Council.

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Comic actor Kevin James wants to ‘glorify God in every way’ to get on television and it was more universal” than using coarse language, he said. “I saw people who were kind of filthy in the clubs and they were very, very funny (in) what they were doing. But you weren’t going to be able to get on ‘The Tonight Show.’ I was selfish – I didn’t want to have to change my material.” James has been in the public eye for 14 years, first with “The King of Queens” and a series of mostly hit film comedies including “Hitch,” “Paul Blart: Mall Cop,” “Zookeeper” and “Grown-Ups” and its sequel. What if it all comes to an end? “There’s always that possibility,” James replied, “It’s his will, not mine. If it doesn’t happen, I’ve definitely had a great run. I’ll continue to do it, or find my path to something else. He’s given me the platform to do it. It’s great, yeah, I love it.”

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WASHINGTON – He doesn’t exactly advertise it, but the “king of Queens” is a Catholic family man. Kevin James, who played Doug Heffernan for nine seasons on the CBS sitcom and has since branched out into movies, has no problem talking about his values and how it affects his career. “I am involved in my faith, it becomes more and more – you know, it becomes a difficult, difficult position. You have a platform and you don’t want to do anything that doesn’t glorify God in every way,” James told Catholic News Service in a telephone interview from Philadelphia. “I can’t play a priest in every film, either. You definitely want to have a positive message. I want to be able to sit and watch my movies with my children,” added James, who is married with two daughters and one son. Having control over and writing the material, according to him, is a key to “be inspiring and (to) move people in a positive way.” James, 47, is promoting his upcoming film comedy, “Here Comes the Boom.” In it, he plays a high school science teacher who once loved his work but has “lost his mojo,” as he put it, but gets it back when budget cuts threaten the job of the music teacher (Henry Winkler), who never lost his love for teaching. James’ character even goes so far as to train to be a mixed martial arts fighter – which James did in real life to prepare for the movie – in the belief that even a loser’s payday in such a bout will reap the bucks necessary to save the music program. It’s not that James admits to some road-to-Damascus moment that made his faith all the more relevant to him. “I was born and raised Catholic and absolutely love my faith and learn more and more about it all the time,” he said. “It’s nice to have that

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Kevin James is pictured in a scene from the movie “Here Comes the Boom.” The Catholic actor says he has no hesitation about discussing his faith and how that affects his career. going into whatever you do, whatever part of life you take upon yourself.” It might have been, though, that James had his own lost-his-mojo moment. “I’ve been very guilty, a lot, of not knowing my faith too much and just praying when I needed it when something bad happened in my life and not being thankful when things turned good,” he told CNS. “The more I realized how important it is, the more I want to learn about it and do the right thing. All good is from him (God), and so I want to honor him. It’s honestly about learning more and instilling that in my kids and my friends, and those around me.” Even before he hit it big on the small screen with “The King of Queens,” James was known as a standup comic who worked clean – but not necessarily as a byproduct of his faith. “It was easier

TV PROGRAM NOTES SUNDAY, OCT. 21, 3:30-6:30 A.M. EDT (EWTN) “CANONIZATION MASS.” Pope Benedict XVI will canonize seven individuals, including Blessed Marianne Cope (1838-1918) and Blessed Kateri Tekakwitha (1656-80). Live from St. Peter’s Square. The Mass will be rerun 11 a.m.-2 p.m. EDT. MONDAY, OCT. 22, 9-11 P.M. EDT (PBS) “PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE: LYNN UNIVERSITY.” “Face the Nation” host Bob Schieffer moderates this foreign policy debate between President Barack Obama and Republican nominee Mitt Romney. Broadcast live from Lynn University in Boca Raton, Fla.

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Book. brings retelling of Vietnam-era protest to life REVIEWED BY REGINA LORDAN CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

“THE CATONSVILLE NINE: A STORY OF FAITH AND RESISTANCE IN THE VIETNAM ERA” by Shawn Francis Peters. Oxford University Press (New York, 2012). 364 pp., $34.95. In “The Catonsville Nine: A Story of Faith and Resistance in the Vietnam Era,” Shawn Francis Peters shows himself to be a thorough, detail-oriented and entertaining author and historian. Fascinated his entire life with the nine Catholic anti-war activists who in 1968 looted a draft board and burned with napalm draft files in Baltimore’s suburban Catonsville, Peters had been writing this book in his mind and on paper since he was a child. Peters, who teaches in the integrated liberal studies program at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, admitted as much in the book’s preface, and the author’s revelation is exemplified in his ability to tell a good story while sharing a vast amount of facts within religious and historical context. Peters’ near-obsession is understandable, as the story of the Catonsville Nine is quite juicy. Its colorful characters include a pair of rebellious priest brothers and an ex-nun and ex-priest who wed after being exiled from Guatemala and leaving Maryknoll.

The story took place predominately in 1968, a time of change within the Catholic Church and unrest throughout the country related to the Vietnam War, poverty and civil rights. During this election year, then-candidate Richard Nixon’s chosen running mate was none other than Spiro Agnew, the governor of Maryland with a reputation as a law-and-order hardliner ready to quash frivolous protesters. This vice presidential pick drew protesters who not only supported the Catonsville Nine but hoped to affect the general election with their rallies. The intersection of politics and Catholicism surrounding the act of civil disobedience also was compelling. According to Peters, priests and Catholic laypeople acting out in such a bold and illegal way shook many preconceptions about seemingly apathetic Catholics, especially during a time. Pope Paul VI’s call for “war never again” and Dominican Father Gustavo Gutierrez’s liberation theology were among the things that fueled the nine to raid that draft board, ironically located in a Knights of Columbus hall. It is no wonder that plays have been produced to showcase this event rooted in religious and political turmoil. But it is not Peters’ straightforward retelling of the events and characters in the story that make this particular book stand out. It is his painstaking attention to detail that keeps the

aftermath of that fateful protest.

reader engaged. It is his research and writing that make “The Catonsville Nine” seem like a firsthand account of the planning, execution, trial and

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BOOK COVERS 125 YEARS OF HOLY CROSS CEMETERY HISTORY

SISTER MARY SUTHERLAND, RSJC – RELIGIOUS FOR 55 YEARS

Sacred Heart Sister Mary Sutherland died Sept. 30, at Oakwood, the Society of the Sacred Heart’s elder care center in Atherton. She was 79 and a religious for 55 years. Born in Wales and a convert to Sister Mary Catholicism, SisSutherland, RSCJ ter Mary served in the United Kingdom until moving to San Diego in the late 1980s and transferring to the U.S. province of the congregation. She ministered in a number of capacities including pastoral ministry to disabled persons until 2001. In 2003 Sister Mary took up residence at Oakwood. A funeral Mass will be celebrated there in the community chapel Oct. 27, at 10 a.m. Memorial contributions may be made to the Society of the Sacred Heart, 4120 Forest Park Ave., St. Louis, MO 63108.

Lightning shatters tree at Vallombrosa Lightning struck a sequoia tree at the archdiocese’s Vallombrosa retreat center in Menlo Park Oct. 9 at 10 p.m, causing an explosion-like effect. Sessions for the day had concluded by that time and priests of the archdiocese on retreat there had already retired for the evening. No one was injured but damage included glass and debris in the center’s library and other areas were also made unusable by the strike. The staff was still able to serve a hot breakfast to the 60 retreatants the next morning, and the retreat continued in the Vallombrosa chapel. Power remained out all day Wednesday.

Students support mission work for disabled children Known to older generations as the Holy Childhood Association, the good work continues today as the Missionary Childhood Association. The association is still helping as part of the Pontifical Mission Societies of the U.S. church. The ministry encourages children to strengthen their relationship with God through active participation in the missionary work of the church throughout the world. This year student fundraising and prayer in 25 schools and 15 religious education programs in the Archdiocese of San Francisco will support a home for 50 physically disabled children in Zambia; two homes for 155 orphaned children in Bangladesh; a kindergarten and primary school for 700 children in Sudan; and a residence for 76 boys in India. World Mission Sunday is Oct. 21. “We help out in a very practical way the mission church – places where there is great zeal and enthusiasm for the faith, but where the schools can’t pay the salaries, the par-

Pictured, from left, introducing Missionary Childhood Association projects at St. Dunstan School, Millbrae, are third graders Andrew Berkin and Rylie Coleman, and fourth graders Gilian Burns and Danya Shihadih. ish halls can’t keep the lights on, and the priests and sisters can’t put gas in the tank,” Oblate Father Andrew Small, the societies’ national executive director, says on the organization’s website. “World Mission Sunday gives us

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When leading historic walking tours of Holy Cross Cemetery, Monica J. Williams, the director of cemeteries for the Archdiocese of San Francisco, has often been asked by guests if there is a book about the cemetery and, unfortunately, the answer was always no. After all, there’s a story at every turn, some 370,000 of them, and these are stories rich in San Francisco Catholic history and California history. Williams was asked the question so often enough that it led to a book – and what better an impetus for it than the cemetery’s anniversary. “125 Years of History, Ministry & Service,” by Bay Area journalist, author, scriptwriter and lyricist Jean Bartlett, is now available, telling the story of Colma’s first and largest cemetery built on land called Rancho Buri Buri and once blanketed with potato and cabbage crops. Archbishop Patrick Riordan purchased 300 acres of the rancho farmland in 1886 to build a new Catholic cemetery five miles south of San Francisco, over the complaints of some, Bartlett notes, that “no one would want to travel that far to bury their dead.” Holy Cross opened on June 7, 1887, with a race: Two funeral carriages raced from San Francisco, one bearing the remains of Timothy Buckley, the other those of Bridget Martin. Both wanted their passengers to be the first buried at Holy Cross. Buckley’s driver edged out the Martin carriage, but, Bartlett writes, Martin is laid to rest in more accessible real estate near the cemetery’s entrance gate; it’s a real hike to Buckley’s vault. The book includes short, digestible histories of famous and infamous people buried there, covers men and women of faith, notable buildings, monuments, statues and memorials and other useful information. The cover painting is by Hugh Zeng. He, Bartlett, Williams and other Holy Cross Cemetery personnel will host a book signing at the Holy Spirit Chapel at the cemetery, 1500 Mission Road, Colma, Oct. 24 from 4 to 6:30 p.m. The book covers only the first 125 years, said Williams, for, if current burying practices continue, there may be enough room for more than 200 more years of service. GEORGE RAINE/CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO

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World Mission Sunday 2012 Dear Friends of the Missions, A great day is coming and you can be a part of it!! October 21 – World Mission Sunday is a special day for all of us who are called, by Baptism, to be involved in the missionary work of the Church. On that Sunday, every nation, even the poorest mission countries, contributes to the mission needs of the Church worldwide. World Mission Sunday truly belongs to the world. It is celebrated in every country, in every diocese and in every parish – in a remote chapel far out in the African bush, in a predominantly Muslim or Hindu in Asia, in a poor village in Latin America. We are citizens of the world, members of the one Body of Christ, and are at our best when we act lovingly and generously to our brothers and sisters in the Missions. So this year remember that on October 21, World Mission Sunday, the family of the Church celebrates that we are “one family in mission.” Please pray for the people of the Missions and for missionaries. I ask also for your generous help, such as: • a week’s support of a young man in a mission seminary ($15.00) • a month’s help for the formation of a religious Sister in the Pacific Islands ($25.00) • to assist a local priest in Bangladesh, traveling great distances – celebrating the Sacraments, while providing concrete help for the poor there, the workers and their families on the country’s tea estates ($75.00) • to cover the cost of a desk and textbook for five of the 300 children in the catechism class at a parish on the Galapagos Islands off Ecuador ($100.00) Whatever you can contribute to the collection for the Society for the Propagation of the Faith will be a great blessing to local priests, religious and lay catechists throughout Asia, Africa, the Pacific Islands and remote regions of Latin America. Asking the Lord to bless you for your generous missionary spirit, I am Gratefully in the Lord,

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Vincentians ages 9 to 83 walk for poor More than 200 walkers from more than 20 teams participated in the St. Vincent de Paul Society’s Walk for the Poor Sept. 29 at Lake Merced in San Francisco. Father Tom Hamilton, pastor, St. Gabriel Parish, celebrated Mass at the site to open the event. Proceeds support SVdP conference special works. Pictured are walkers from St. John the Evangelist Parish, San Francisco. The St. John group included 43 walkers ages 9-83 and two pets. They raised more than $3,000 for the effort.

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Oh, Good Grief ! As we approach Halloween, we celebrate the life of the composer who gave us the music to “It’s The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown!” Vince Guaraldi was born in San Francisco and attended Lincoln High School and San Francisco State University. A frequent presence in the North Beach jazz scene, Guaraldi often appeared with Cal Tjader and also formed his own Vince Guaraldi Trio. The 1963 Grammy for Best Instrumental Jazz Composition went to Guaraldi for “Cast Your Fate to the Wind,” originally a B-side recording. In December 1965, “A Charlie Brown Christmas” began his lifelong connection with the Peanuts gang. Too soon, this local music great left us. On Feb. 6, 1976, at the age of 47, Guaraldi died of a sudden heart attack between sets while playing at the Butterfield nightclub in Menlo Park. A private funeral Mass was held at Our Lady of Mercy Church in Daly City, and interment followed at Holy Cross. Vince Guaraldi left a tremendous legacy through his influence on musicians such as David Benoit and George Winston, and, of course through the millions of children who delight in the sound of “Linus and Lucy.” Cemetery Corner is an occasional feature marking the 125th anniversary of Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery, Colma.

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OCT. 20–28 ST. JUDE NOVENA: St. Dominic Church, 2390 Bush St. at Steiner Street, San Francisco, preached by Dominican Father Michael Amabisco, pastor St. Father Michael Mary MagdaAmabisco, OP len Church, Berkeley. Novena Masses 8 a.m., 5:30 p.m. Monday-Saturday; 11:30 a.m., Sunday. Dominican Father Felix Cassidy leads the rosary before each Mass. Confessions 15 minutes before each Mass. Blessing with St. Jude relic after weekday Masses. Send petitions to Father Allen Duston, OP, Shrine of St. Jude, P.O. Box 15368, San Francisco 94115. (415) 931-5919. www. stjude-shrine.org. info@stjudeshrine.org.

SATURDAY, OCT. 27 LIVING FAITH TODAY: Archdiocesan Council of Catholic Women celebrates the Year of Faith with a “Growing in Faith” conference 8:30 a.m.2:30 p.m.at St. Mary’s Cathedral, Bishop Robert Gough Street W. McElroy at Geary Boulevard, San Francisco. Auxiliary Bishop Robert W. McElroy is celebrant and homilist at noon Mass. Luncheon follows. $25. Program features speakers discussing living the faith in the current culture. (415) 664-1700.

STAND UP: Religious freedom rally, 1 p.m., Seventh Street Plaza, U.S. Federal Building, 90 Seventh St., San Francisco with Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone and speakers including Abby Johnson, Dolores Meehan. Frances Peterson will sing the National Anthem. (510) 225-4056. religiousfreedom@civilrightsfoundation.org. CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION: Celebrate 100-year anniversary, St. Elizabeth Church, 459 Somerset St., San Francisco. Mass 4:30 p.m, San Francisco Auxiliary Bishop Robert W. McElroy, principal celebrant. (415) 4680820. stelizabethcentennial@yahoo. com. REUNION: St. Paul High School class of ’72, Irish Cultural Center, San Francisco. sphs1972reunion@gmail.com. HALLOWEEN HOP: St. James’ annual “Halloween Hop” at Immaculate Conception Academy, 24th and Guerrero streets, San Francisco, 6-10 p.m., $25, must be at least 21, evening includes food, dancing, music, no-host bar, raffle, silent auction, costume contest and carved pumpkin contest – bring your pumpkin already carved. (415) 647-8972. www.saintjamessf.org.

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WEDNESDAY, OCT. 24 LIFE IN SPIRIT: St. Anne of the Sunset Church, 850 Judah at Funston, San

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THURSDAY, OCT. 25 VATICAN II TALKS: “Why Vatican II?” with Archbishop John R. Quinn at St. Pius Parish, Homer Crouse Hall, Woodside Road at Valota, Redwood City, 7 p.m. (650) 361-1411, ext. 121. laura@ pius.org.

SATURDAY, OCT. 27 CONFIRMATION RETREAT: “Catch the Spirit” Archdiocesan confirmation retreat, 10-4 p.m. with Brother Scott Slattern at St. Dunstan Parish, 1133 Broadway, Millbrae. This retreat is for junior high and high school students preparing for the sacrament of confirmation. Vivian Clausing clausingv@ sfarchdiocese.org. ALL SAINTS MASS: Todos Los Santos, 11a.m. Holy Cross Mausoleum Chapel, 1500 Old Mission Road, Colma, Bishop William J. Justice, celebrant. (650) 756-2060. REUNION: Class of ’62, St. Matthew School, San Mateo, noon, Poplar Creek Golf Course, San Mateo. Angela Harrington Norton, angeliz49cal@ gmail.com. www.stmatthewcath.org. ST. JUDE PILGRIMAGE: Begins at Church of the Visitacion, 655 Sunnydale Ave., San Francisco, 9 a.m., ending at St. Dominic Church, Bush and Steiner streets, about 1:30 p.m. with closing bilingual Mass with San Francisco Auxiliary Bishop William J. Justice, Dominican Father Mark Padrez, provincial, Western Dominican Province, celebrating. (415) 931-5919. www.stjude-shrine.org. info@stjudeshrine.org. PARISH MISSION: Jesuit Fathers Tom Allender and Kevin Ballard offer a time for reflection at Mission Dolores Basilica, 16th Street at Dolores,

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MONDAY, OCT. 29 AUGUSTINE MOVIE: “Restless Heart,” a film based on St. Augustine’s “Confessions.” 6:30 p.m., Cinemark Theater, 825 Middlefield Road, Redwood City. $12. Buy tickets at Pauline Books & Media Center, 935 Brewster Ave., Redwood City; (650) 369-4230. snancy@ paulinemedia.com.

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BETTER HEALTH CARE

• Family • Work • Relationships • Depression • Anxiety • Addictions

FOR SENIORS WITH SPECIAL NEED OF CARE

Dr. Daniel J. Kugler Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist Over 25 years experience

Confidential • Compassionate • Practical

(415) 921-1619 • Insurance Accepted 1537 Franklin Street • San Francisco, CA 94109

NOTARY

❖ Directed, effective and results-oriented ❖ Compassionate and Intuitive

SUNDAY, OCT. 28

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THE PROFESSIONALS COUNSELING

San Francisco Oct. 27-31. Talks at weekend Masses Oct 27, 28, and after morning Masses Oct. 29, 30, 31 and evenings Oct. 28, 29, 30. Evening talks are offered in English and Spanish. (415) 621-8203. www.lifesministry.com. www.jrclosaltos.org/archive/people/frkevin-ballard-s-j.

Breen’s Mobile Notary Services Timothy P. Breen

Certified Signing Agent

Notary Public

PHONE: 415-846-1922 FAX: 415-702-9272 * Member National Notary Association *

High Quality Home Care Since 1996 Home Care Attendants • Companions • CNA’s Hospice • Respite Care • Insured and Bonded San Mateo 650.347.6903

San Francisco 415.759.0520

Marin 415.721.7380

We Provide reliable & experienced caregivers to help seniors in their own home. *Companionship, Bathing, Alzheimer, Dementia & more. Long hrs. - $10, Short hrs. - $18, Live-in - $170

www.irishhelpathome.com

(650) 580-6334 / (925) 330-4760

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SUPPLE SENIOR CARE

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For more information, contact: Contractors State License Board 800-321-2752

“The most compassionate care in town” 1655 Old Mission Road #3 Colma, SSF, CA 94080

415-573-5141 or 650-993-8036 *Irish owned & operated

*Serving from San Francisco to North San Mateo

CALENDAR 31

CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO | OCTOBER 19, 2012

FRIDAY, NOV. 2 RETROUVAILLE WEEKEND: A program for marriages in difficult times. (415) 893-1005. SF@RetroCA.com. www.HelpOurMarriage.com. ALL SOULS MASS: Holy Cross Cemetery, 1500 Old Mission Road, Colma, 11 a.m., All Saints Mausoleum Chapel, Father Dan Carter, pastor, Our Lady of Lourdes/All Hallows Parish, San Francisco, celebrant. (650) 756-2060. FIRST FRIDAY: The Contemplatives of St. Joseph offer Mass at Mater Dolorosa Church, 307 Willow Ave., South San Francisco, 7 p.m. followed by healing service and personal blessing with St. Joseph oil from Oratory of St. Joseph, Montreal. FILM NIGHT: “The Mighty Macs” and Year of Faith, 6:30 p.m., Pauline Books & Media Center, 935 Brewster Ave., Redwood City, (650) 369-4230. redwood@paulinemedia.com.

SATURDAY, NOV. 3 MASS: Holy Cross Cemetery, 1500

Old Mission Road, Colma, 11 a.m., All Saints Mausoleum Chapel. Celebrant and homilist is Father Marvin Felipe, parochial vicar, St. Mary’s Cathedral. DOCTORS MASS: St. Luke’s Mass and Banquet, St. Thomas More Church, 1300 Junipero Serra Blvd., San Francisco, 5 p.m. Dinner at nearby Alma Via residence, 6 p.m. gemaloof2003@ yahoo.com. (415) 305-2408. REUNION: St. Paul High School homecoming Mass and luncheon, 11:30 a.m. St. Paul Church, San Francisco. Lunch follows in parish hall. Golden Belle Class of 1963 will be honored. (415) 648-7538.

VETERANS HONORED: St. Cecilia Parish, 17th Avenue and Vicente, San Francisco rededicates its veteran’s plaque at 9:30 a.m. Mass. Names of living and deceased parishioners who have served in the Armed Forces during wartime will be permanently inscribed. All current and former St. Cecilia veterans and persons who know of a St. Cecilia veteran who would like to be considered for this special honor

PAINTING & REMODELING

Cahalan Construction

John Holtz Ca. Lic 391053 General Contractor Since 1980

Lic. #582766 415.566.8646

mikecahalan@gmail.com ➤ ➤ ➤ ➤ ➤ ➤

DALY CONSTRUCTION Lic.# 593788

BOOK CLUB: Study of Vatican Council

Aﬀordable

Decks • Carports • Stairs • Concrete • Kitchen • Bathrooms

415.383.6122

McGuire & Sons c o n s t r u c t i o n

State License # 346397, Est. 1978 415-454-2719 FINE WORK AT REASONABLE PRICES mcguireandsonsconstruction.com

O’DONOGHUE CONSTRUCTION Kitchen/Bath Remodel Dry Rot Repair • Decks /Stairs Plumbing Repair/Replacement

GARAGE DOOR

Painting & Remodeling Contractor inspection reports and pre-purchase consulting

PAINTING

CA LIC #817607

IRISH Eoin PAINTING Lehane Discount to CSF Readers

Lic. # 376353

415.368.8589 Lic.#942181

ELECTRICAL

Broken Spring/Cable? Operator Problems?

DEWITT ELECTRIC

HOUSECLEANING Reasonable rates

S.O.S. PAINTING CO. Interior-Exterior • wallpaper • hanging & removal

Free Estimates

415-269-0446 • 650-738-9295 www.sospainting.net F REE E STIMATES

M.K. Painting Interior-Exterior Residential – Commercial Insured/Bonded – Free Estimates

Christopher’s House Cleaning

415.370.4341 www.christophershousecleaning.com

ROOFING

License# 974682

Lic. #742961

Serving the Bay Area for over 30 Years

Lic. 631209

ALL ELECTRIC SERVICE 650.322.9288 Service Changes Solar Installation Lighting/Power Fire Alarm/Data Green Energy

Fully licensed • State Certified • Locally Trained • Experienced • On Call 24/7

HANDYMAN

Cell 415-710-0584 Office 415-731-8065

(415) 786-0121 • (650) 871-9227

10% Discount Seniors & Parishioners

YOUR # 1 CHOICE FOR Recessed Lights – Outdoor Lighting Outlets – Dimmers – Service Upgrades • Trouble Shooting! Ph. 415.515.2043 Ph. 650.508.1348

Licensed, Bonded & Insured

Tel: (650) 630-1835

Commercial

BONDED & INSURED

415-205-1235

(415) 931-1540 24 hrs.

eoin_lehane@yahoo.com

Residential

• Retaining Walls • Stairs • Gates • Dry Rot • Senior & Parishioner Discounts

Same price 7 days

Lifetime Warranty on All Doors + Motors

CA License 819191

FENCES & DECKS

HOLLAND ALL PLUMBING WORK PAT HOLLAND

Bonded & Insured

Lic. # 505353B-C36

PLUMBING

Garage Door Repair

Bill Hefferon Painting

Call: 650.580.2769

ADHD CONFERENCE: Nov. 8-10 at Hyatt Regency, SFO, for parents, caregivers, educators, physicians and others helping people with ADHD. Topics include stigma, mental illness and families; ADHD and autism; controversies and current trends. www. chadd.org/conference2012. (800) 233-4050.

(650) 355-4926

Lic # 526818 • Senior Discount

thomas@tadalyremodeling.com

THURSDAY, NOV. 8

Plumbing Works San Francisco

LAST-MINUTE SERVICE AVAILABLE

YOELSHAULING@YAHOO.COM

650.291.4303

WEDNESDAY, NOV. 7

II, 50 years later, implications of the council for continuing renewal of the church in the 21st century. New members welcome, Pauline Books & Media Center, 935 Brewster Ave., Redwood City, 7-8:30 p.m., (650) 369-4230. redwood@paulinemedia.com.

HK Discount

FREE ESTIMATES! • Fast & Affordable

John Spillane

WOMEN’S BOOK CLUB: Discussion and sharing based on Richard Rohr’s book “Falling Upward,” 4:30-6 p.m., Pauline Books & Media Center, 935 Brewster Ave., Redwood City, (650) 3694230. redwood@paulinemedia.com.

• Interiors • Exteriors • Kitchens • Baths

Hauling Job Site Clean-Up Demolition Yard Service Garbage Runs Saturday & Sunday

TERRY (415)282-2023

‘HOPE UNCORKED’: Evening of wine, music and celebration, 6:30 p.m. Catholic Charities CYO event benefiting Bay Area kids in need at Yoshi’s. California’s premier wines, Japanese cuisine, live jazz from the Lorca Hart Trio and Grupo Falso Baiano, as well as auctions featuring affordable cases of wine and rare wines. Visit www.cccyo.org/ hopeuncorked

PUBLICIZE YOUR EVENT: Submit event listings by noon Friday. Email calendar. csf@sfarchdiocese.org, write Calendar, One Peter Yorke Way, SF 94109, or call Tom Burke at (415) 614-5634.

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CONSTRUCTION 415.279.1266

MONDAY, NOV. 5

TUESDAY, NOV. 6

SUNDAY, NOV. 4

HOME SERVICES Remodels, Additions, Paint, Windows, Dryrot, Stucco

should contact Terry Howard at (415) 336-4746 or email tall76@aol.com.

Bill Hefferon

Visit catholic-sf.org for the latest Vatican headlines.

Expert interior and exterior painting, carpentry, demolition, fence (repair, build), decks, remodeling, roof repair, gutter (clean/repair), landscaping, gardening, hauling, moving, welding.

All Purpose Cell (415) 517-5977 (650) 757-1946 NOT A LICENSED CONTRACTOR

CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO | OCTOBER 19, 2012

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