December 20, 2013

NATIVITY:

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HOLY LAND:

A parish where the doors are always open

In parish visit, archbishop extols community

Parish supports Bethlehem ornament makers

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CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO | DECEMBER 20, 2013

NEED TO KNOW ARCHBISHOP, BISHOP MCELROY TO CELEBRATE CHRISTMAS MASS WITH PRISONERS: The bishops of the Archdiocese of San Francisco will continue the tradition of celebrating Mass with the incarcerated for Christmas, as well as celebrating Mass elsewhere. Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone will celebrate the 5 p.m. Mass Christmas Eve at San Quentin State Prison. Auxiliary Bishop Robert W. McElroy will celebrate Mass at San Mateo County Jail in Redwood City on Christmas Day. Archbishop Cordileone is also scheduled to celebrate Christmas Eve midnight Mass at St. Mary’s Cathedral and 9 a.m. Christmas Day Mass at the cathedral. The archbishop will celebrate the 12:10 p.m. Mass at St. Mary’s Cathedral Jan. 1, a holy day of obligation, for the solemnity of Mary Mother of God.

Msgr. Steven Otellini hears a student’s confession during Advent.

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NATIONAL MIGRATION WEEK: The U.S. bishops’ National Migration Week 2014 will take place Jan. 5-11 with the theme “Out of the Darkness.” “Migrants and particularly the most vulnerable migrants: children, the undocumented, refugees and victims of human trafficking, often find themselves existing in a kind of figurative darkness” where their options are limited and their ability to live out their lives severely restricted, according to the website for the week. Often at risk of violence or exploitation these vulnerable populations need to be provided the support needed so that they can thrive. For more information, visit www.usccb.org/.

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It could be midnight or 3 a.m., but a wanderer looking for a place to pray will be able to find one in Menlo Park where the Church of the Nativity, the oldest continuously operating Roman Catholic church in San Mateo County, is always open.

The Church of the Nativity was erected in 1872; the parish school opened in 1956. The school and white wooden church, whose old growth redwood timbered frame survived both the 1906 and the 1989 earthquakes, form a community center of faith in Menlo Park, and also draw families year after year to its June carnival and at Christmas, to buy a tree at the Nativity tree lot.

“This is one of the best times of the year—sharing with everybody,” said Jaime Melgar, parent of a Nativity third grader, who said he helped at the tree lot every year. “It’s very awesome.”

“We’ve come here every year for 12 years,” said Bill Tai, who was selecting a tree in consultation with his wife, Samir Mehta, and two young children on a recent December Sunday.

An outdoor grotto with Nativity figures crafted by Italian artist and priest Father Luigi Sciocchetti, whose work is also catalogued in the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery, provides a year-round reminder of Jesus’ birth.

In addition to the Christmas tree lot which raises $100,000 annually for the

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IN LESS THAN 10 YEARS, the parish school has built a $10 million combination hall and gymnasium and a new kindergarten complex, and is now constructing a third wing focused on science, technology, engineering and math.

THE “GOT LOVE” CONFERENCE each October for young adults brings national speakers to focus on chastity.

THE PARISH RESPECT LIFE GROUP is praying outside the new Planned Parenthood clinic on El Camino Real, led by parishioner Linda Potter.

PASTOR MSGR. STEVEN OTELLINI brings an extensive cosmopolitan background: Vatican diplomatic service in Africa and Greece; six years as president of Marin Catholic High School; seminary studies at the North American College in Rome; a licentiate in sacred theology and a doctorate in canon law from Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome.

“THE SPIRIT OF NATIVITY”: Celebrating Christ on the Peninsula for 140 Years,” is a history of the parish compiled and edited by Rosemary Alva. school, the parish reaches out to those who need support with its Adopt A Family Advent tradition, noted Nativity school principal Carol Trelut, who

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But the parish and school are special all year round, said pastor Msgr.

Steven Otellini. So many parishioners support perpetual eucharistic adoration, the church is able to stay open around the clock, seven days a week, he noted.

“You can be here at 3 o’clock in the morning or 4 o’clock in the morning and there are two or three other people there with you who just come in or drop in who are on their way to work or on their way back from work or just have an issue they want to come and pray about,” Msgr. Otellini said.

Parishioner Tim Kennedy, an organizer and participant in the weekly Thursday senior lunch and dessert gettogethers in the parish center, which begin with Mass and a rosary and have been going for more than 50 years, said people at Nativity are “very warmhearted and very caring.”

A blood drive four times a year, a very active parish conference of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul, small faith communities, and retiree prayer groups are just some of the activities.

“If you look at our bulletin you will see there is a ton of things happening all the time,” Msgr. Otellini said, and “lots of weddings, tons of weddings – we have 45 weddings a year.”

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CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO | DECEMBER 20, 2013

‘We need to think spiritually, searching with the eyes of faith’ EDISON TAPALLA

Archbishop Cordileone extolled church community, greeting St. Mark members during the latest of many archdiocesewide parish visits.

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San Francisco Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone visited St. Mark Parish in Belmont Dec. 14-15, his official pastoral visit as part of his plan to visit each of the 90 parishes of the archdiocese.

The archbishop spent the entire weekend at the parish interacting with the community. On Dec. 14 he vmet with the parish pastoral and finance committees. He spent the afternoon hearing confessions before celebrating the 4:30 p.m. Mass and socializing with parishioners after. “It may just take five years to visit them all, but it is the best way for a bishop to get to know his diocese as well as the best way to be with his people,� Archbishop Cordileone said in his Gaudete Sunday homily at the 9:45 a.m. Mass. “And, it’s one of the highlights of my ministry.�

The archbishop added that “we need to think spiritually, searching with the eyes of faith so that we can point each other to Christ. And we must do this within the community of the church.�

The archbishop said that this was the primary purpose of his visits to parishes. Canon law requires that bishops visit each of their parishes at least once every five years. “The bishop is the focal point

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Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone met with parishioners at St. Mark Parish, Belmont, after the morning Mass Dec. 15, Gaudete Sunday, offering greetings and blessings. of the communion – the bishop has the vision for the entire local church,â€? Archbishop Cordileone said. “But the parishes are where the rubber meets the road ‌ where we build up a sense of communion on behalf of mission.â€?

Archbishop Cordileone said that his role is to build up that com-

munion to “show that we all have a stake, all have a part to play so that the good news can be proclaimed in our archdiocese.�

After Mass Archbishop Cordileone spent time with the parishioners as they lined up to meet him and shake his hand, share a greeting or receive a blessing.

The archbishop also visited with students preparing to receive first Communion and acknowledged the importance of religious education and the work that religious educators accomplish in the classroom. “I am grateful to all of our people that are involved with the faith formation of our children and young people,� Archbishop Cordileone said. “They help them to be deeply rooted in their faith, to their Catholic identity so that they might carry them to live a virtuous and holy life and be with Christ forever in heaven.�

Following the 11:30 a.m. youth Mass, the archbishop had lunch with the parish youth group before ending his visit. “The archbishop made the whole parish feel like we are a part of the church,� St. Mark pastor Holy Ghost Father Al Furtado said in an email. “It was so pleasant and refreshing to talk to our archbishop.

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Religious life ‘rich and full of blessings’ BVM sister says TOM BURKE CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO

On the cusp of beginning her 60th year as a Sister of Charity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Sister Maureen O’Brien spoke with Catholic San Francisco via email from the sisters’ motherhouse in Dubuque, Iowa where just recently she has taken up residence. “I have been in religious life for 59 wonderful years and would do it all over again in a minute!” Sister Maureen said. “I am returning to Dubuque for long-term health Sister Maureen care and hope to be as involved as O’Brien, BVM possible in the various activities and ministries of our sisters.”

Sister Maureen served for 40 years in the Archdiocese of San Francisco, most notably for 22 years as principal of St. Paul High School of which she is also an alumna. She entered religious life after graduation from St. Paul’s in 1954.

“Sister Maureen leaves a profound imprint on the hearts of all the alumnae of St. Paul’s High School,” said Marilyn Highlander-Pool, president of the school’s alumnae association. “Never turning away a young girl who wanted a Catholic education; fighting with all of her might to keep our beloved school from closing; serving as our alumnae moderator and being our spiritual guide: Taking these words from our school song – ‘for all that you have done for us we never can repay.’”

Sister Maureen served on archdiocesan pastoral councils appointed by former San Francisco Archbishops Joseph McGucken, John R. Quinn and George Niederauer and was a member of the Sisters Council and more recently the Council of Women Religious.

“These have been very significant experiences that allowed me to have an operative sense of the larger church,” Sister Maureen said. Though each of her ministries here has been “rich and full of blessings,” St. Paul’s remains special to Sister Maureen.

“My years at St. Paul’s will always stand out because it gave me an opportunity to work with others to make the Gospel real in our everyday life. I loved the diversity of the families. I loved the high density of lower-income and immigrant families. I loved the faculty and staff who worked together to give the girls an experience of a Christian community. We chose to do some things in a little different manner and the Lord blessed us abundantly.”

Sister Maureen’s new address is Mount Carmel Motherhouse, 1150 Carmel Drive, Dubuque, Iowa 52003.

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HONORED CENTURY: San Francisco’s St. Emydius Parish celebrated its 100th anniversary Nov. 1. The day began with Mass followed by a luncheon. More than 300 people attended. Parishioners participated in the readings of recaps from every decade of the church’s history as well as a musical tribute to each decade. Pictured from left during the happy day are Father Bill Brady, pastor; Maria Patino; Patricia McDonald; Debbie McAuliffe; Sue Hayes; Nerissa Ha; Father Dave Pettingill, who grew up in the parish and serves there today; Carol Cagalingan and Ding Cagalingan. oline Cirelli Castaneda, Audrey Lipari Smith, and Gianna Giambolvo Tesler. The next day folks gathered at Sts. Peter and Paul Church for Mass before San Francisco’s 145th Columbus Day Parade.

SWEET RETURNS: First graders at San Francisco’s St. Gabriel School sold candied and good old popcorn to raise funds for St. Martin de Porres House of Hospitality in November raising $420.

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GOOD WORK: Notre Dame School seventh graders, from left, Kristin Smoot, Kelsey Brown and Isabelle Maenle spearheaded a drive to raise money for breast cancer awareness. The girls hand made hundreds of pink ribbons that were sold to students and teachers raising more than $450. Fifth graders at the school hosted a “Trick or Treat So All Can Eat” food drive benefiting the St. Vincent de Paul Homeless Help Centers of South San Francisco and San Mateo. More than1,600 pounds of food were collected.

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Business success means never fearing to take on a challenge Esther’s mom has helped her “find my identity as a girl/woman that I should never feel ashamed for who I am, and to find success my own way and prove to those who doubted me wrong,� Esther said. “She especially helped me find my identity as a woman to never submit myself in defeat.�

Others have also touched Esther’s life. “There are so many people I have met who contributed to finding who I am as a person, and as a woman,�

Esther said. “Through the relationships I have with my friends, teachers, and family they all made me happy to be the independent woman I am today.�

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Esther Lee is a Mercy High School, San Francisco senior and businesswoman with an unending appetite for experience and challenge. These and other factors add up to a busy young woman with an eye on her future. She is a graduate of St. Thomas the Apostle School. Esther’s mother is Monica Lee. In an email interview with Catholic San Francisco, Esther said she believes the single-gender Catholic education she has known at Mercy has been instrumental in shaping her life’s journey and goals. She intends to study also at an all women’s college having already applied to Mount Holyoke and Smith colleges in Massachusetts, and Agnes Scott in Georgia. “I applied to these all-women colleges because these colleges strongly influence young women to be bold, outgoing, strong and independent women who are not afraid to face challenges or competition,�

Esther said. “I met many strong women from these colleges who showed me that these schools influenced them to take initiative and to never be afraid to take on challenges.�

Esther said Mercy has transformed her from a “shy, somewhat angry girl� into an “active, independent, creative and innovative leader.� She said at Mercy she feels valued and has a strong sense of belonging. “Mercy High School taught me the importance of thinking outside the box and to apply my creativity to everything that I do,� Esther said. “I have even created my own little business.� She makes and sells occasion cards and decorative products. What the future might hold notwithstanding, there are no mall locations yet for Esther’s products. Sales are currently in a spontaneous mode with all proceeds donated to charity.

In addition to studies, crafts and applying to college, Esther is active in Mercy sports, clubs and student government. Her answer to fitting it all in is

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We asked the Catholic high schools of the archdiocese to share profiles of noteworthy seniors this fall. This week’s story is about Esther Lee, Mercy High School San Francisco, Class of 2014. time management. “I have a planner, calendar in my room and on my electronic devices where I have all my schedules and appointments,� Esther said. “Also, I always get everything done in time even if it means a lack of sleep from time to time. Even though I am very busy all the time, I still have a social life at school and during the holidays. For me, I have fun when I get to hang out with my friends to the movies, or to the mall.�

Esther calls herself “a positive risk-taker� and not afraid to reach outside her comfort zone. “I believe that when creating something big, or finding success in something there is always a need for taking a risk,� she said naming scoping out colleges in that category. “Some high school students don’t like to take an initiative to ask for an interview with college reps, and places for internships unless it is mandatory because they could slip up or give the wrong impression or it is out of their comfort zone.

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looking for an interesting project for their younger members. With assistance from CCCYO’s director of community and parish engagement, Jane Ferguson Flout, TICDC and St. Brendan Parish connected. In a few weeks, Canossian Sister Sharon Brannen, former pastoral associate at St. Brendan, arrived at TICDC with 20 volunteers in tow.

“It was great to see how many different people from our parish joined the project,” said Sister Sharon. “Many made financial contributions, one mom took the lead in recruiting students from St. Brendan School, and one dad, who is a contractor, helped out enormously with his building experience. It was a joy to be part of this wide network of collaboration.”

The garden has already been yielding abundant produce throughout the summer – from cucumbers and tomatoes to strawberries, zucchini and corn.

“Thanks to all of the volunteers, within a week we had built six beautiful planters, planted seeds and put in a watering system. But this is much more than just a fun project,” said Kathie Autumn, program manager at TICDC. “Our plan is to use the produce we grow in whole foods-based nutrition and healthy cooking classes to educate our community members so that they are able to create lifestyle changes.”

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portunity. “It’s been a nice way for us to do something together that is positive for our whole family,” said Amy, a mom who has worked in the garden with her 4-year-old daughter.

While many families are involved in the garden’s upkeep, assistance from TICDC intern Clarice Smart has kept the project moving. “I came prepared to do administrative work, the usual stuff. Little did I know I would be growing a garden.

I love gardening and being part of a community, so this is a perfect fit,” Smart said.

“Our aim is to inspire parents to develop long-lasting healthy eating habits for the entire family. Helping kids lead healthy lives begins with parents who lead by example,” emphasized Goncalves. “Of course, this is a process and doesn’t happen overnight. The garden serves as an inspiration and a resource to help make this transition a reality.”

While the Center is always grateful for financial contributions, in-kind donations, volunteer help and expert advice on gardening and nutritious cooking are also important.

This is the last in a series of Catholic Charities CYO’s Advent Season of Caring stories. CCCYO is making a difference in the lives of 35,000 people in need every year. To support Season of Caring, visit www.cccyo.org/seasonofcaring or call (415) 972-1291.

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CHRISTINA M. GRAY

CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO

Christian meditation may not be part of every Catholic’s spirituality, but in church halls throughout the archdiocese parishioners are meeting in small groups to go silent together in this ancient practice.

One such group gathers Wednesday nights at St. Dominic Church in San Francisco, where the first Christian meditation group was formed 8 years ago

by Donald Main. Main is a nephew of the late Benedictine monk Father John Main, who is credited with reviving interest in Christian meditation worldwide.

Its members look no different than any cross section of Catholics you’d see at Mass on Sunday because that’s where you’ll see them.

“This practice makes me fall in love with God,” said St. Dominic parishioner Lori Thelen, who signed up for the current 12-week session offered by the parish’s Spiritual and Liturgical Life Commission. “I am not just more present at Mass or in prayer. I am better and more present in all aspects of my life.”

Parishioner Teresa Au was active on the parish’s Formation Committee when she signed up for one of the parish’s earliest Christian meditation groups facilitated by Main. When Main moved to the East Coast in 2011 he asked Au to facilitate the group. She considers her role as facilitator – a privilege with multiple spiritual benefits.

“Christian meditation shifts the attention from myself,” Au said. “I am less self-centered and more God-centered.”

She admits it can be hard to understand or explain Christian meditation until you practice it. “It’s a lot like sitting with the Blessed Sacrament to me; I just don’t have it here in front of me.”

Father John Main taught that meditation is as natural to the spirit as breathing is to the body. For that reason it is simple and unlike any other forms of meditation. Practitioners close their eyes, sit still and upright and for 20 to 30 minutes and silently recite a prayer-phrase or mantra, either alone or in a group. Main favored “Maranatha,” an Aramaic phrase meaning “Come Lord” and spoken in four distinct syllables - MAR-AH-NAH-THA. On a practical level the mantra silences the mind and quells distractions. For practitioners, the stillness is an expression of the desire to be united in the loving prayer with Jesus. Psalm 46:10: “Be still and know that I am God.” “I had found myself wandering away from God,” said parishioner Frances Stuart, who had no experience with meditation before joining the St. Dominic group. “Meditation has really helped center me on God’s love in my life here and now.”

A new 12-week Christian meditation session begins at St. Dominic Church Jan. 29. Visit www.stdominic.org.

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The Theology of Pope Francis Series begins the week of January 14 at three loca ons in the Archdiocese of San Francisco: St. Mary’s Cathedral in San Francisco, St. Bartholomew Church in San Mateo, and St. Hilary Church in Tiburon and con nues for five weeks.

Star ng in January, the Archdiocese of San Francisco is offering a new educa onal ini a ve for 2014 based on the teachings and spirituality of Pope Francis, with the intent of capturing the joy and spiritual depth of the Holy Father’s message during the first eight months of his pon ficate. The program will consist of live lectures given weekly at one loca on in each county. The series will run from the week of January 14 through the week of February 11 and will consist of five lectures with me for ques ons.

The semester will run from the week of January 14, 2014 through the week of February 11, 2014.

Session 1

We Are All Evangelizers

Reverend John Hurley, CSP

January 14 - 16

Session 2

Structure of Collegiality in the Church

Archbishop John Quinn

January 21 - 23

Session 3

The Pastoral Theology of Pope Francis

Bishop Robert McElroy

January 28 - 30

Session 4

The Spirituality of Pope Francis

Sr. Mary Roberta Connors, FSE

February 4 - 6

Session 5

A Church for the Poor

Lorraine Moriarty Angela Pollock

February 11 – 13

All classes meet from 7:00 p.m. to 8:45 p.m.

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The reason for the season ...and this paper

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High school students, service groups give out food, toys EDISON TAPALLA CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO

More than 100 high school students joined the Young Men’s Institute, the Knights of Columbus and local service groups to pack and distribute 400 boxes of food and toys for Christmas Dec. 14 in South San Francisco.

Fifteen-year-old Junipero Serra High School student Estevan Huerta volunteered with his dad Jaime for the second year. “I’m here helping out the needy and less fortunate,” he said. “It’s nice to see a lot of people coming out in the community to work together.”

Said All Souls parishioner Jaime Huerta, a YMI memHigh school students and ber for six years, who helps service group members deliver food to families: prepared 400 boxes of “As a parent seeing all food and toys in South these kids out here is San Francisco Dec. 14. important because we are teaching our kids that you have to give back. Delivering the boxes is very rewarding. When you knock and they open the door, the faces on the kids they’re so excited, they’re so happy.”

Founded in San Francisco in 1883, the Young Men’s Institute is a Catholic fraternal organization with 30 councils in three states. The YMI took over sponsorship of the food-basket program in 1981 and later named the program in honor of the foodbasket co-founder and former YMI president Louis P. Guaraldi after his death in 1992. The Kiwanis Club of South San Francisco; the South San Francisco Host Lions Club and various Knights of Columbus councils among other community organizations join with the Catholic service group each year for the community effort.

Another father-son team helping was Nenar Nicolas and son Elijah. Nenar, a parishioner at Mater Dolorosa in South San Francisco, has been helping with the holiday donation drive for more than 20 years; his son for 10 years. “We need to take care of all our brothers,” he said. “If we see we can help, even in a small way we help.”

The granddaughter of the food bank co-founder, Ashley Guaraldi, 24, was volunteering for the holiday food drive for the first time. “It means a lot to help out the community and my grandfather started this and I wanted to help continue on his legacy,” she said.

The names of families that need assistance are given to YMI by local parishes, the Society of St. Vincent de Paul of San Mateo County and the Salvation Army.

This year the group filled more boxes at 400, compared to 350 in 2012 and 2011, but nevertheless more than 100 families whose names were submitted could not be helped, said Ron Guaraldi, son of co-founder Louis P. Guaraldi. “If we would have known two months ago we may have been able to better fill the need,” Ron Guaraldi said. “Putting this event together is one thing, but eliminating 125 names, that’s the

toughest job of all.”

The boxes contain enough food for two weeks and include perishable and nonperishable items. The event takes months to organize but the boxes are assembled and delivered all in the same day.

Appealing for help for the program next year, Guaraldi said, “The majority of people at the holiday time want to do something.”

To volunteer or get involved with the Young Men’s Institute call (650) 588-7762 or visit http://www.ymiusa.org/.

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10 WORLD BELGIAN BISHOPS DEPLORE EUTHANASIA VOTE

OXFORD, England – Belgium’s Catholic bishops have deplored a parliamentary vote paving the way for sick children and dementia patients to choose euthanasia.

“The voices of religious leaders have plainly not been listened to,” said Jesuit Father Tommy Scholtes, bishops’ conference spokesman.

“While everyone wants a gentle death, public opinion appears unaware that euthanasia is a technical act that ends life abruptly.

This is why we reject it and believe palliative care offers a better solution,” he told Catholic News Service Dec. 16.

POPE SAYS PEACE IS IMPOSSIBLE WITHOUT CHRISTIAN FRATERNITY

VATICAN CITY – In his first annual message for the World Day of Peace, Pope Francis writes that peace and social justice are impossible without a spirit of fraternity based on recognition that all men and women are children of God – a relationship fulfilled in the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ.

The nearly 5,000-word message, “Fraternity, the Foundation and Pathway to Peace,” was released by the Vatican Dec. 12 in preparation for the World Day of Peace Jan. 1.

“Without fraternity it is impossible to build a just society and a solid and lasting peace,” the pope writes. “ … True brotherhood among peoples presupposes and demands a transcendent Fatherhood.”

HUMILITY IS FEELING IMMENSITY OF GOD’S LOVE, PREACHER SAYS

VATICAN CITY – Being humble is not the same as being impotent or having an inferiority complex, it comes from experiencing how enormous God’s love and power are, said the preacher of the papal household. Humility is also found in “making oneself small” by lifting up everyone around you with love, Capuchin Father Raniero Cantalamessa told Pope Francis and top Vatican officials Dec. 13.

But what exactly is humility, the the preacher of the papal household asked, because it’s always the case “those who have it don’t think they do and those who think they have it, don’t.”

“Being humble, in fact, doesn’t mean being unhappy with oneself or recognizing one’s wretchedness, or, to some extent, one’s own smallness,” he said. “It’s looking at God first before oneself and measuring the abyss that separates the finite from the infinite. The more people see this, the more they become humble.”

CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO | DECEMBER 20, 2013

Pope’s birthday breakfast with homeless CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

VATICAN CITY – As part of a lowkey celebration of his 77th birthday, Pope Francis had breakfast with three people who live on the streets near the Vatican. A small dog, belonging to one of the homeless men, was also on the guest list.

The pope started the day with his usual morning Mass held in the chapel of the Domus Sanctae Marthae residence where he lives.

However, he requested that the Mass be attended by the residence staff “in order to create a particularly family atmosphere for the celebration,” the Vatican press office said in a written statement Dec. 17. Cardinal Angelo Sodano, dean of the College of Cardinals, represented the world’s cardinals at the Mass, and Archbishop Pietro Parolin, Vatican secretary of state, attended.

After the Mass, all those present sang “Happy Birthday” to the pope, the Vatican statement said. The pope then met with everyone, including three homeless men who were brought there by Archbishop Konrad Krajewski, the papal almoner.

The archbishop invited the first group of men he had found early that morning sleeping under the large portico in front of the Vatican press

(CNS PHOTO/L’OSSERVATORE ROMANO VIA REUTERS)

Pope Francis talks with three men Dec. 17 who live on the streets near the Vatican. hall on the main boulevard in front of St. Peter’s Square, according to the Vatican newspaper, L’Osservatore Romano.

“Would you like to come Pope Francis’ birthday party?” he asked them, reported the paper.

The men, in their forties, were from Slovakia, Poland and the Czech Republic. They loaded all their belongings in the archbishop’s car; the dog rode in the middle.

When they got to the residence, they waited for the Mass to end, then

greeted the pope. Together with Archbishop Krajewski, they gave the pope a bouquet of sunflowers, because they always turn toward the sun like the church turns toward its sun, Christ, the archbishop explained.

The pope invited the men to have breakfast with him in the residence dining room, where they talked and shared a few laughs.

One of the men told the pope, “It’s worthwhile being a vagrant because you get to meet the pope,” the paper said.

Pope talks about Marxism, women cardinals CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis denied he was a Marxist but said he took no offense at the label; dismissed the notion of women cardinals; and reflected on Christmas as an occasion of joy, tenderness and hope.

The pope made his remarks in an interview with Andrea Tornielli of the Italian daily La Stampa and the website Vatican Insider.

“Marxist ideology is wrong, but I have met many Marxists in my life who are good people, so I don’t feel offended” at being branded one, Pope Francis said the interview, which was published Dec. 14.

Following the publication of the pope’s apostolic exhortation “Evangelii Gaudium,” (“The Joy of the Gospel”) Nov. 26, U.S. radio show host Rush Limbaugh denounced what he called “pure Marxism coming out of the mouth of the pope.”

(CNS PHOTO/GIAMPIERO SPOSITO, REUTERS)

Pope Francis replaces his skullcap after this young boy removed it during an audience in Paul VI hall at the Vatican Dec. 14.

“There is nothing in the exhortation that cannot be found in the social doctrine of the church,” the pope said. He acknowledged rejecting what he termed “trickle-down theories” of economic growth, but said such a position “does not mean being a Marxist.”

Pope Francis repeated earlier calls for an end to world hunger, recounting a

recent encounter during a public audience with a woman holding an infant.

“The child was crying its eyes out as I came past,” the pope said. “’Please give it something to eat!’ I said. She was shy and didn’t want to breastfeed in public while the pope was passing. I wish to say the same to humanity: give people something to eat!”

Asked about the possibility of creating women cardinals, Pope Francis said: “I don’t know where this idea sprang from. Women in the church must be valued, not clericalized. Whoever thinks of women as cardinals suffers a bit from clericalism.”

The pope reaffirmed his commitment to ecumenism, noting that Christians around the world are already bound together by their common experience of martyrdom.

Yet he emphasized that, despite the world’s misery, “Christmas is joy, religious joy, an inner joy of light and peace” and “speaks of tenderness and hope.”

POPE RECONFIRMS CARDINAL OUELLET TO LEAD BISHOPS’ CONGREGATION

VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis has reconfirmed Canadian Cardinal Marc Ouellet as prefect of the powerful Congregation for Bishops, and expanded the group’s international membership. Among the new members named Dec. 16 were Cardinal Donald W. Wuerl of Washington; Archbishop Vincent Nichols of Westminster, England; Cardinal Francisco Robles Ortega of Guadalajara, Mexico; and Cardinal Ruben Salazar Gomez of Bogota, Colombia. Departing members include U.S. Cardinal Raymond L. Burke and Cardinal Justin Rigali, retired archbishop of Philadelphia. Current members confirmed include U.S. Cardinal William J. Levada, retired San Francisco archbishop.

(CNS PHOTO/ZOHRA BENSEMRA, REUTERS).

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‘Christmas is the encounter with Jesus’ Christmas “is the encounter with Jesus” – an encounter between God and his people, and a consolation “that speaks to us about tenderness and hope,” Pope Francis said in an interview with the Italian newspaper La Stampa. Above, in Leyte province in the Philippines Dec. 16, candles burn at a mass grave outside a church the start of Simbang Gabi, a nine-day devotional period before Christmas. The markers contain the names of victims of the Typhoon Haiyan. Upper right, in Islamabad, Pakistan, Dec. 16, Christian boys decorate a Christmas tree on the roof of their house. And in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican Dec. 15, a girl holds baby Jesus figurines for Pope Francis to bless during his Angelus.

(CNS PHOTO/PAUL HARING)

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MARRIAGE AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM ACT INTRODUCED IN SENATE

Foundation to help fund a new business school. The letter released Dec. 16 contrasts the ideological agenda of industrialists Charles and David Koch with Catholic social teaching.

The billionaire brothers “fund organizations that advance public policies that directly contradict Catholic teaching on a range of moral issues from economic justice to environmental stewardship,” said the letter, which was directed to Catholic University President John Garvey and Andrew Abela, dean of the School of Business and Economics, which was established in January.

A Dec. 16 response by the university called the letter “an unfortunate effort to manufacture controversy and score political points at the expense of ” the university. The university said the grant will enable research into “the role principled entrepreneurship should play in improving society’s well-being.”

WASHINGTON – U.S. Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, and 11 co-sponsors introduced a measure in the U.S. Senate Dec. 12 that would protect religious organizations from discrimination by the federal government for supporting traditional marriage. The Marriage and Religious Freedom Act “protects the rights of individuals and organizations from religious discrimination by the federal government,” Lee said in a statement.

“Those who believe in the traditional definition of marriage deserve respect and tolerance. It is critical that we clarify the law to ensure that their fundamental civil liberties are not at risk.”

The measure would bar the government from denying any person or group taxexempt status for opposing same-sex marriage for religious reasons.

LETTER: GRANT TO UNIVERSITY SENDS ‘CONFUSING MESSAGE’

JUDGE: EMPLOYER OBJECTIONS TO MANDATE BASED ON RELIGIOUS RIGHTS

WASHINGTON – Fifty prominent Catholics have signed a letter to The Catholic University of America questioning the decision to accept a $1 million pledge from the Charles Koch

NEW YORK – A spokesman for the New York archdiocese said the archdiocese “welcomes and applauds” a Dec.

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13 ruling by a federal judge granting Catholic organizations in the archdiocese and the neighboring Diocese of Rockville Centre a permanent injunction on having to comply with the federal contraceptive mandate in the health care law.

The 41-page ruling issued by Judge Brian Cogan of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York in Brooklyn said the Affordable Care Act mandate violates the religious freedom of the four nonprofit plaintiffs – two Catholic high schools and two health care systems.

The mandate, issued by the Department of Health and Human Services and scheduled to take effect Jan. 1, 2014, requires nearly all employers to provide free preventative health care coverage specifically for women. That coverage includes services such as mammograms, prenatal care and cervical cancer screenings, but it also mandates free contraceptives, sterilizations and abortion-inducing drugs – which are contrary to Catholic teaching. The mandate does not include a conscience clause for employers who object to such coverage on moral grounds.

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New Year’s Day

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Christmas Day Wednesday, December 25th 7:30 am, 9:30 am, & 11:30 am.

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Feast of Epiphany

Saturday, January 4, 2014 @ 4:30 p.m.

Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God Sunday, January 5, 2014 Wednesday, January 1, 2014 7:30 a.m., 9:30 am 11:30 a.m., 5:00 p.m.

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Midwest archbishop voluntarily steps away from public ministry after allegation CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

ST. PAUL, Minn. – Archbishop John C. Nienstedt of St. Paul and Minneapolis is voluntarily stepping aside from all public ministry, effective immediately, while St. Paul police investigate an allegation that he inappropriately touched a male minor on the buttocks in 2009 during a group photography session following a confirmation ceremony.

In a Dec. 17 letter to Catholics of the archdiocese, Archbishop Nienstedt called the allegation “absolutely and entirely false.”

“I have never once engaged in any inappropriate contact with a minor and I have tried to the very best of my ability to serve this archdiocese and the church faithfully, with honor and due regard for the rights of all, even those with whom I disagree,” he said.

“True, I am a sinner, but my sins do not include any kind of abuse of minors,” he said. “I have met

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Masses at 5:00 p.m. (Children’s Mass), 7:00 p.m. and 10:00 p.m.

Wednesday, December 25, 2013– Christmas Day Masses at 7:00 a.m., 9:00 a.m. and 11:00 a.m.

Tuesday, December 31, 2013 – New Year’s Eve Vigil of the Solemnity of Mary, the Holy Mother of God Mass at 5:00 p.m.

Wednesday, January 1, 2014 – The Solemnity of Mary, the Holy Mother of God A Holy Day of Obligation Masses at 9:00 a.m., 11:00 a.m., 4:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m.

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December 14, Saturday: Annual Christmas Party in Carroll Hall, 7:30pm

December 15-23: International Christmas Novena (Simbang Gabi), 7:OOpm (8pm Dec. 15)

December 18, Wednesday: Confessions at 6:30pm and during the Novena Mass

December 20, Friday: 3rd Friday Adoration, 7:00pm

December 22, Sunday: Annual Cable Car Caroling Distribution of Holy Communion to the homebound and singing Christmas carols, 2:00pm

December 24, Tuesday: 6:00pm: Parish Mass and Christmas Pageant 9:00pm: Arabic English Mass, with sweets; and Santa afterward in Carroll Hall 12:00am: Midnight Mass preceded by Christmas carols at ll:30pm

December 25, Wednesday: 10:00am: English Mass 12:00pm: Brazilian Mass 8:00pm; English Mass

December 31, Tuesday; 5:30pm: Mass 8:00pm-l:00am: New Year’s Eve family-style dinner with Chef Juan

January 5, Sunday: Feast of the Epiphany (regular Sunday Mass schedule)

victims and I know the lasting damage that such abuse causes.”

Auxiliary Bishop Lee A. Piche, in his role as a vicar general, will cover all of the archbishop’s public duties while the matter is being investigated, according to a Dec. 17 statement from the archdiocese. Father Charles Lachowitzer continues in his position as a vicar general and moderator of the curia.

The allegation of the single incident was brought to the police Archbishop by a mandated reporter within the Nienstedt church. Upon learning of the allegation a week ago, the archdiocese instructed the mandated reporter to make the matter known to the police.

“The archdiocese is mindful of the due process concerns of those involved,” the statement said. “There must be justice and due consideration of the rights and dignity of every human person, both the individual involved and the archbishop. This is not only the bedrock of our beliefs as Catholics, but also of the

justice system of our country.

“The steps taken in response to the allegation against the archbishop demonstrate and reaffirm the archdiocese’s commitment to disclosure.”

It added that “these steps further confirm that all within the archdiocese will be subject to the internal policies we have established. This is the position of the archdiocese and the archbishop himself. Our thoughts and prayers remain with the individual involved and the archbishop as justice is pursued and all may move forward on a path toward healing.”

In his letter, Archbishop Nienstedt said the identity of the person who made the allegation has not been made known to him.

In its Dec. 17 statement the archdiocese again urged those who have been a victim of sexual abuse by someone in church ministry or know someone else who has to call the police or other civil authorities.

Two days earlier at Our Lady of Grace Church in Edina, at the invitation of the pastor, Archbishop Nienstedt apologized for the archdiocese’s handling of clergy sexual abuse allegations in a homily delivered at two Dec. 15 Masses at the parish church.

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Advent Penance Service Christmas Novena

Christmas Eve 4:00 to 5:00 PM 5:00 PM 11:15 PM 12:00 AM

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Christmas Day Masses 7:30 AM In English 8:45 AM In English 10:15 AM In Cantonese/English 11:45 AM In Italian 1:00 PM In English No 5:00 PM Christmas Day Mass

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CHRISTMAS LITURGY SCHEDULE 2013 Dec. 15-23, 2013 SIMBANG GABI ADVENT MASSES Sunday Masses (Dec. 15 & 22) at 4:00 p.m.

Weekday Masses at 6:30 p.m.

Saturday Mass (Dec. 21) at 5:00 p.m. *****

SATURDAY, DEC. 21, 2013 CONFESSIONS 3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. *****

TUESDAY, DEC. 24, 2013 CHRISTMAS EVE MASSES 4:00 p.m. (Children’s Mass) & 9:00 p.m.

8:15 p.m. - Christmas Cantata *****

WEDNESDAY, DEC. 25, 2013 CHRISTMAS DAY 6:45, 8:00, 9:30, 11:00 a.m. & 12:30 p.m.

6:00 p.m. (Spanish)

Our Lady of Angels Catholic Church 1721 Hillside Drive, Burlingame Capuchin Franciscans 650-347-7768

2013 Christmas Schedule Christmas Eve, Tuesday Dec. 24th 4:00 p.m.

6:00 p.m. (Children’s Mass) and 10 p.m.

(No Mass at Midnight) Christmas Day, Wednesday Dec. 25th 8:00, 10:00 and 12 noon New Year’s Day Masses Vigil Mass Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2013 -7:30 p.m.

Wednesday, January 1, 2014 8:00 a.m., 11:00 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. and 11:30 a.m. at Marian Convent The Capuchin Franciscans & Parish Staff wish our Parishioners and Friends Peace, Love and Hope for Christmas and the New Year.

St. Bruno’s Church (650) 588-2121

555 W. San Bruno Avenue, San Bruno, CA

2013 CHRISTMAS WEEK SCHEDULE December 16 & 24 Posadas December 18 -20 5 AM Misa de Gallo December 23 7 PM Street Drama December 7 PM 9 PM 10 PM

24 - Christmas Eve Vigil Mass in Spanish Christmas Carol Midnight Mass

*****

TUESDAY, DEC. 31, 2013 8:30 a.m. *****

WEDNESDAY, JAN. 1, 2014 (A HOLY DAY OF OBLIGATION) 8:30 a.m. & 11:00 a.m.

December 25, Christmas Day Masses 8 AM 10 AM Spanish 12 PM 6 PM MERRY CHRISTMAS & HAPPY NEW YEAR

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CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO | DECEMBER 20, 2013

Our Lady of Mercy Parish

Mater Dolorosa

5 Elmwood Drive, Daly City

Between South Mayfair and South Avenues with plenty of free parking!

307 Willow Avenue, South San Francisco, CA 94080

Simbang Gabi Masses

Sunday, December 15, to Mon. Dec. 23: 7:00pm Rosary and Confession (except Saturday, 2:30pm) 7:30pm Simbang Gabi Masses (except Saturday, 5:30pm), followed by a Reception downstairs in our Church Hall.

Christmas Masses Christmas Masses Tuesday, December 24

Tuesday, December 24: 4:00pm Christmas Eve Mass with our Children’s Choir.

5:30pm Christmas Eve Mass 11:30pm Sing-Along Christmas Carols with our Parish Choir.

12:00am Midnight Mass with our Choir

Wednesday, December 25: Christmas Day Masses at 7:30am and 9:00am 10:30am with our Children’s Choir 12:00pm with our Parish Choir

Tuesday, December 31: 7:00am and 9:00am 6:00pm Vigil Mass for New Year - Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God

December 15th through December 23rd at 7:00 p.m.

(Except December 21st Mass at 5:00 p.m.)

December 23rd – Pot Luck Dinner

Christmas Masses

Tuesday, December 24 Family Vigil Mass with Children’s Choir

Christmas Eve, December 24th 5:00 p.m. – Annual Children's Pageant 9:30 p.m. Christmas Caroling (Hallelujah Chorale) 10:00 p.m. (Midnight Mass) Christmas Day, December 25th 8:00 a.m., 10:00 a.m., & 12 Noon

4:00 pm

Father Gregory Bonfiglio, S.J., Presider 6:00 pm

12 Midnight

Vigil Mass with Combined Choirs Father Stephen Sauer, S.J., Presider Solemn Mass with the St. Ignatius Combined Choirs & Chamber Orchestra Father Gregory Bonfiglio, S.J., Presider

New Year's Eve, December 31st

Wednesday, December 25 8:00 am

With Organ and Cantor Father Paul Devot, S.J., Presider

9:30 am

With the Contemporary Ensemble

11:00 am

With the St. Ignatius Motet Choir Father Paul Devot, S.J., Presider

10:00 p.m. (Midnight Mass)

New Year's Day, January 1st

Father John Coleman, S.J., Presider 25 Wednesday, December

Solemnity of Mary, the Holy Mother of God Holy Day of Obligation 8:00 a.m., 10:00 a.m. & 12 Noon

There will be no 5:00 pm Mass on Christmas Day.

Wednesday, January 1, 2014 - Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God 9:00am & 12:00pm

PARKING AVAILABLE IN ALL UNIVERSITY PARKING LOTS

650 Parker @ Fulton, San Francisco, CA 94118

St. Dunstan Church 1133 Broadway Millbrae, CA 94030

2013 CHRISTMAS LITURGIES 2013 Easter Week Liturgies Tuesday, December 24, 2013 Palm Sunday of the Lord’s Passion - March 24th

(650) 697-4730

Masses: 5 p.m. (Sat. Vig.), 8 a.m., 10 a.m., 12 noon (Span.)

Christmas Eve/Vispera de Navidad Blessing of Palms and Procession from Auditorium to Basilica 10 a.m. & 12 noon Masses 5:00atpm Family Mass 6:00 p.m. - Movie about the life of Christ and reflection Children's Choir Holy Thursday 28th 11:30pmMarch Christmas Carol Sing 6:30 p.m. - Seder Supper (tickets required - $5) Basilica 8:00 p.m. - Solemn Mass of Choirs the Lord’s Supper [Bilingual] followed by procession and adoration until 11 p.m.

12:00 Midnight Solemn Mass/ Good FridayMisa of the Solemne Lord’s Passion - March 29th (bilingue)

Mission Dolores Basilica 16th & Dolores St., San Francisco 415-621-8203

www.missiondolores.org Rev. Arturo Albano, Pastor Rev. William Nicholas, Parochial Vicar Jerome Lenk, Director of Music & Liturgy l b f l d

ST. BARTHOLOMEW PARISH COMMUNITY

Corner of Alameda & Crystal Springs Rd. San Mateo, CA 94402 (650) 347-0701 stbarts@barts.org

12:00 noon - Stations of the Cross and Passion Play 6:30 p.m. - Liturgy of Good Friday [Bilingual] Wednesday, December 25, 2013 followed by Santo Entierro Procession

Christmas Day/ Dia de Navidad Holy Saturday - March 30th Massof in English 3:30 -10:00 5:00 p.m.a.m.

- Sacrament Reconciliation 8:00 p.m.

Easter Vigil Liturgy [Bilingual] 12:00 p.m. Mass in Spanish Easter Sunday - March 31st

The priests and staff of St. Dunstan Parish join in wishing you a very blessed Christmas. May the gift of faith, the blessing of hope, and the peace of God’s love be with you and yours throughout the New Year.

CHRISTMAS CELEBRATIONS AT ST. DUNSTAN 2013 CHRISTMAS EVE MASSES 4:30 pm Children’s Mass with Pageant 11:00 pm Christmas Carols 11:30 pm Christmas Mass CHRISTMAS DAY MASSES 7:00 am, 8:30 am, 10:00 am, and 11:30 am

NO 5:00 pm Mass on Christmas Day

8:00 a.m. - Mass [cantor and organ]

ST. TERESA OF AVILA CATHOLIC CHURCH SERVED BY THE CARMELITES

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Street at Connecticut PLEASE JOIN US FOR OUR ADVENT & CHRISTMAS MASSES

CHRISTMAS LITURGIES

Sacrament of Reconciliation, December 16th at 7 pm

Christmas Eve, December 24th Children’s Mass 4:00 & 6:00 pm Caroling at 11:15 pm followed by Midnight Mass 12:00 am

Tuesdays & Fridays Wednesdays in Advent

8:30am 6:15pm

Christmas Masses Vigil, December 24th

Christmas Day December 25th 8:00, 9:30 & 11:15 am no evening mass.

New Year's Eve, December 31st 5:30 pm New Year's Day, January 1st 10:00 am

One of the pleasures of the Christmas Season is the opportunity to send our thoughts and prayers to those whose friendship and goodwill we value so highly.

Unto Us A Child Is Born

December 25th

4:15 Children’s Mass 9:00 pm Choir Mass 8:30 & 10:00 am

New Year’s Day

9:00am

For more information: Call: 415-285-5272 · E-mail: info@stteresasf.org · www.stteresasf.org

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CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO | DECEMBER 20, 2013

St. Augustine Church 3700 Callan Blvd.

S. San Francisco, CA 94080

CHRISTMAS 2013

Novena of masses (Simbang Gabi) December 15-23 – 7:30 P.M.

Christmas Vigil: Tuesday, December 24 4:30 P.M. Vigil Mass 7:30 P.M. Children’s Caroling 8 P.M. Children’s Mass 11:00 P.M. Caroling 12 A.M. Midnight Mass (Church & Hall)

Christmas Day: December 25 7:45 A.M., 9:30 A.M., 11 A.M., 12:30 P.M. There is no 5:30 P.M. Mass on Christmas Day.

New Year’s Day 2014 Schedule of Masses: 8:40 A.M., 10:30 A.M., 12 Noon

CHRISTMAS & NEW YEAR’S DAY MASS SCHEDULE Tuesday, December 24, 2013 Vigil of the Nativity of Our Lord 5:00 p.m. - Vigil Family Mass 11:30 p.m. - Christmas Carols at Church Wednesday, December 25, 2013 - (Christmas Day) Nativity of Our Lord 12 Midnight; 7:00 a.m.; 8:00 a.m.; 9:30 a.m.; 11:30 a.m.

Tuesday, December 31, 2013 - (New Year’s Eve) 5:00 p.m. - New Year’s Eve Mass 29 Rockaway Avenue SF CA 94127 (415) 681-4225 www. stbrendanparish.org

Wednesday, January 1, 2014 - New Year’s Day Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God (Not a Holy Day of Obligation) 7:30 & 9:30 a.m.

CHRISTMAS SCHEDULE ST. MATTHEW C CATHOLIC CHURCH Monday, December 16 through Friday, ONFESSIONS

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2013

December 20, and Monday, December 23 Chapel 5:00pm-5:30pm Saturday. December 21: Main Church 11:30am-12Noon and 4:30pm-5:00pm Tuesday, December 24: Main Church 11:00am-12Noon

1 NOTRE DAME AVENUE SAN MATEO, CA 94404

CHRISTMAS 2013 Christ Yesterday, Today and Forever Devotedly in Christ Rev. Anthony E. McGuire Rev. Armando Gutierrez Rev. Dominic S. Lee

MASSES Tuesday, Christmas Eve, December 24: 5:00pm Family Mass, 12:00Midnight (Spanish) Wednesday, Christmas Day, December 25: 7:00am, 8:45m, (Spanish), 10:45am, 12:30pm, 3:00pm (Cantonese Mass – Chapel) Tuesday, New Year’s Eve, December 31: 7:00pm Spanish

NEW YEARS’ DAY –WED. JAN. 1, 2014 A Holy Day of Obligation, The Feast of Mary, the Mother of God Masses: 6:30am, 10:30am (English), 12:05pm (Spanish)

1111 Gough St., San Francisco • Tel: (415) 567-2020 www.stmarycathedralsf.org

ADVENT/CHRISTMAS SCHEDULE 2013 Advent Lessons and Carols Sunday, December 15 3:30 PM - Featuring the Cathedral Choir and St. Mark’s Lutheran Church Choir

Las Posadas Saturday, December 21 Mexican/Latin American tradition reenacting Mary and Joseph’s journey to Bethlehem and their search for lodging before Jesus’ birth 6:00 PM-9:00 PM, St. Francis Hall

Blessing of Expectant Parents at all Masses Sunday, December 22 Christmas Eve Tuesday, December 24 Regular Daily Mass Schedule 6:45 AM, 8:00 AM and 12:10 PM 5:00 PM Caroling - Cathedral Choir of Boys and Girls and the St. Brigid School Honor Choir 5:30 PM - Christmas Vigil Mass 11:30 PM Caroling - Cathedral Choir and Golden Gate Brass Ensemble 12:00 AM - Midnight Mass Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone, Principal Celebrant

Christmas Day Wednesday, December 25 9:00 AM - Gregorian Chant Mass with the Schola Cantorum Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone, Principal Celebrant 11:00 AM - Solemn Mass with Cathedral Choir 1:00 PM - Misa en Español con el Coro Hispano The Cathedral will close after the 1:00 PM Mass

Vigil of the Octave of the Nativity of the Lord: Mary, Mother of God Tuesday, December 31 Christmas Eve 3FDJUBM ! QN t .BTT ! QN Inspirational Voices of Shipwreck Gospel Choir Light refreshments following Christmas Day BN 5SBEJUJPOBM .BTT t QN *HCP .BTT

Regular Daily Mass Schedule: 6:45 AM, 8:00 AM and 12:10 PM 5:30 PM Vigil Mass

Octave of the Nativity of the Lord: Mary, Mother of God Wednesday, January 1, 2014 Regular Daily Mass Schedule: 6:45 AM, 8:00 AM, 12:10 PM

Feast of the Holy Family / Kwanzaa Celebration Sunday, December 29, 2013 t BN (PTQFM .BTT Deacon Larry Chatmon, Homilist /FX :FBS T &WF t QN .BTT /FX :FBS T %BZ t BN 5SBEJUJPOBM .BTT Parking Entrance on Jennings Street Corner of 3rd Street & Jamestown, San Francisco 415-468-3434 • www.stpauloftheshipwreck.org • www.facebook.com/SPShipwreck

The Solemnity of the Epiphany of the Lord Sunday, January 5, 2014 Saturday, January 4 - Vigil - 5:30 PM Sunday - 7:30 AM, 9:00 AM, 11:00 AM and 1:00 PM (Español) 3:30 PM - Lessons and Carols with the Cathedral Choir of Boys and Girls, St. Brigid School Honor Choir and Golden Gate Boys Choir & Bellringers

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CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO | DECEMBER 20, 2013

The Parish of St. Catherine of Siena 1310 Bayswater Ave. Burlingame CA 94010

Christmas Masses: Christmas Eve (Tuesday, December 24) 4:00 p.m.

6:00 p.m.

12 Midnight

Christmas Vigil Mass Christmas Family Mass Christmas Midnight Mass 11:30 p.m. - Christmas Concert

Christmas Day (Wednesday, December 25) Masses: 8 a.m., 10:30 a.m., and 12 Noon

SAINT EMYDIUS CHURCH 286 Ashton Avenue San Francisco, CA 94112 (415) 587-7066 Fax (415) 587-6690

ADVENT / CHRISTMAS / EPIPHANY SEASONS PARISH CELEBRATIONS 2013 – 2014 Sunday, December 22 Fourth Sunday of Advent – 8:30 am, 10:30 am Tuesday, December 24 Christmas Vigil Mass – 8:00 pm Wednesday, December 25 Christmas Midnight Mass – 12:00 midnight Christmas Day Mass – 10:00 am Sunday, December 29 Feast of the Holy Family – 8:30 am, 10:30 am

Saint Agnes Church A Welcoming Jesuit Parish Reconciliation Service Saturday, December 14 — 11:00am

If you have been thinking about going to Confession, this service may be for you. All are welcome.

There will be no all-day reconciliation.

Christmas Eve

Wednesday, January 1, 2014 Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God 10:00 am

Celebrate the Christmas Season in the heart of Noe Valley!

CHRISTMAS SERVICES

Saint Philip the Apostle Church 725 Diamond Street @ 24th Street San Francisco, CA 94112 - Phone: 415-282-0141 Dec. 21 - Saturday 8:00 a.m. & 5:00 p.m.

Dec. 22 - Sunday 8: 00 a.m. & 10:30a.m.

Christmas Eve - Tuesday, December 24 Vigil of Christmas Children’s/Family Mass: Christmas Carols: Evening Mass:

5:00 p.m.

9:30 p.m.

10:00 p.m.

Christmas Day - Wednesday December 25 Mass of the Lord’s Nativity - 9:30 a.m.

We wish you a Happy and Holy Christmas Season.

Dec. 28 Saturday 8:00 a.m. & 5:00 p.m.

Dec. 29 - .Sunday 8:00 a.m. & 10:30 a.m.

Sunday, January 5, 2014 Solemnity of the Epiphany – 8:30 am, 10:30 am

January 1, 2014 Wednesday Solemnity of Mary Mass: 9:30 a.m.

Saturday, January 11, 2014 Anointing of the Sick Mass (no 8:00 am Mass) 10:00 am

Tuesday, December 24 Liturgies of the Nativity of the Lord 5:00 pm Children’s Liturgy with Children’s Choir & Woodwinds 10:00 pm Christmas Vigil with Choir, Woodwinds, Brass & Timpani

Christmas Day Wednesday, December 25 Liturgy of the Nativity of the Lord 8:30 am with Cantor & Organ 10:30 am with Choir, Woodwinds, Brass &Timpani

St. Patrick Church

Christmas Schedule Saturday December 14 - 21, 2013

4:00-5:00 p.m. Advent Confessions (all priests)

December 16 - 24, 2013 6:00 a.m. Misa de Gallo Reception after the Mass

New Year’s Day

Tuesday, December 24, 2013

Wednesday, January 1, 2014

6:00 a.m. Misa de Gallo Reception after the Mass 7:30 a.m. Mass 12:10 p.m. Mass

Liturgy at 10:00am

1025 Masonic Avenue, San Francisco (415) 487- 8560 www.SaintAgnesSF.com

(please note there will be no Mass at 5:15 p.m.)

7:00 p.m. Christmas Carols 8:00 p.m. Traditional “Mass at Midnight”

Parking is available in our Oak Street Lots.

Inclusive + Diverse + Jesuit

Wednesday, December 25, 2013 Christmas Day *Holy Day of Obligation* 7:30, 9:00, 10:30 a.m. (Latin) and 12:15 p.m.

ST. MONICA PARISH Geary Boulevard at 23rd Ave, San Francisco (415) 751-5275

CHRISTMAS SCHEDULE 2013

(please note there will be no Mass at 5:15 p.m.)

Tuesday, December 31, 2013 7:30 a.m., 12:10p.m. & 5:15 p.m.

756 Mission Street San Francisco

Wednesday, January 1, 2014 New Year’s Day *Holy Day of Obligation* 7:30 a.m., 12:10p.m. & 5:15 p.m.

The angel said to them “A Savior has been born for you who is Messiah and Lord” LUKE 2:11

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 21 Confessions 4:00 - 4:45 p.m. * Mass 5:00 p.m.

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 22 Masses: 8:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. (Cantonese) 10:30 a.m.

CHRISTMAS EVE TUESDAY, DECEMBER 24 5:00 p.m. Family Christmas Eve Mass with Children’s Choir and Nativity Play 11:30 p.m. The Saint Monica Choir will present festive music of the season 12:00 a.m. Solemn Midnight Mass Gregorian Chant and Victoria’s O magnum mysterium

CHRISTMAS DAY WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 25 Masses: 8:00 a.m. -10:30 a.m. with Choir No Cantonese Mass and no evening Mass

NEW YEAR’S EVE TUESDAY, DECEMBER 31 Mass: 8:30 a.m.

NEW YEAR’S DAY WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 1, 2014 Mass: 10:30 a.m.

FEAST OF THE EPIPHANY SUNDAY, JANUARY 5, 2014 Masses, 8:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. (Cantonese) 10:30 a.m. with Choir, Evening Prayer and Benediction at 4:00 p.m.

STAR OF THE SEA CHURCH SAN FRANCISCO

8th Avenue at Geary Boulevard (415) 751 0450 Pre-Christmas “0 Antiphon” Latin Masses Tuesday, December 17th 6:30pm Fr.Anselm Ramelow Wednesday December 18th 6:30pm Fr.Anselm Ramelow Candlelight Rorate Mass Stella Maris Choir Thursday, December 19th 6:30pm Canon Oliver Meney Friday, December 20th 6:30pm Fr. Mark G. Mazza Saturday, December 21st 10:00am Fr. Mark G. Mazza Monday, December 23rd 6:30pm Fr. Mark G. Mazza Christmas Schedule 2013 Individual Confessions Christinas Day Masses Saturday, December 21st from 2:15-4:15pm Wednesday, December 25th Christmas Eve Masses 8:00am Tuesday, December 24th 9:30am Mass 4:30pm Children's Mass David Lorentz musicians and singers David Lorentz musicians and singers 11:00am Traditional Latin High Mass 10.30pm Christmas Carols Stella Maris Choir 11:00pm Traditional Latin High Mass 1:00pm Mass Stella Maris Choir David Lorentz musicians and singers The parish staff joins me in wishing all of you a very Blessed and Merry Christmas and our promise of prayers for all of you in the New Year. - Fr. Mark G. Mazza

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CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO | DECEMBER 20, 2013

ST. ANDREW CATHOLIC CHURCH 1571 Southgate Avenue, Daly City, CA 94015 (650) 756-3223

2013 CHRISTMAS Liturgies

December 15 -23 Simbang Gabi 7:00 pm except Sat @ 4:45 pm December 24 5:00 pm Children’s Liturgy 7:00 pm Vigil of Christmas Mass 11:45 pm Christmas Eve Mass December 25 Christmas Day Masses 9:30 am & 11:00 am A Blessed Christmas to All!

Our Lady of Fatima RUSSIAN BYZANTINE CATHOLIC CHURCH 5920 GEARY BLVD., SAN FRANCISCO

Tuesday Dec. 24th - 3:00 pm Eve of the Nativity Divine Liturgy Wednesday Dec. 25th - Christmas Day Divine Liturgy 10:00 am

St. Francis of Assisi Church 1425 Bay Road, East Palo Alto

650/322-2152

Mass Schedule For Christmas and New Year Confessions Tuesday, December 24, 2013 10:30 am to 12:00 pm and 3:30 pm to 6:00 pm

Christmas Masses Tuesday, December 24, 2013 6:00 pm Bi-lingual Children’s Mass Followed by Pastorela Midnight Bi-lingual Mass

Wednesday, December 25, 2013 7:30 am English 9:30 am Spanish 11:30 am English 1:30 pm Spanish

New Year Masses Wednesday, January 1, 2014 7:30 am English 9:30 am Spanish 11:30 am English 1:30 pm Spanish

LET GRATEFUL HEARTS NOW SING, A SONG OF JOY AND HOLY PRAISE TO CHRIST, THE NEWBORN KING.

Welcome to the celebration of our faith at

St. Thomas Apostle Catholic Church 3835 Balboa Street San Francisco, CA 94121 415-387-5545

Christmas Eve, December 24 4:00 p.m. Children's Mass 8:30 p.m. Carols 9:00 p.m. Midnight Mass

Christmas Day, December 25 8:30 a.m. and 11:00 a.m. Masses

St. John of God Church 1290 5th Ave. San Francisco

Christmas Schedule

Christmas Blessings!

Vigil of Christmas Tuesday, December 24 4:15 PM: Christmas Eve Family Mass with Children’s Pageant 10:00 PM: Carols followed by Christmas Eve Night Mass at 10:30 PM

The Nativity of The Lord Wednesday, December 25 Masses at 9:30 AM and 11:30 AM

ST. RAYMOND CHURCHCHURCH ST. RAYMOND ST. RAYMOND CHURCH 1100 Santa Cruz Avenue Menlo Park, California 94025 (650) 323-1755

Our Children's Christmas Nativity Play will be at 4:30 p.m. on Christmas Eve Our Christmas Eve are 5:15at5:15 p.m., 7:30 Midnight OurMasses Massesonon Christmas Eveatare p.m.p.m. andand 7:30 p.m.

Our Masses on Christmas Day are at 8 a.m. and 10 a.m.

Christmas 2013 Christmas Eve, Tuesday, December 24 Advent Mass: 8:00 a.m.

Christmas Eve Vigil Masses: 4:00 p.m. (Family Mass), 6:00 p.m. (Family Mass), 11:15 p.m. Carol service followed by Solemn Mass at Midnight (No confessions today) Christmas Day, Wednesday, December 25 Masses at 8:30 a.m. (Parish Mass with Carols), 11:00 a.m. (Solemn Mass with Choral Music), 1:30 p.m. (en español) (No confessions today and no Masses at 5:30 p.m. or 9:00 p.m.)

Solemnity of the Holy Family of Jesus, Mary & Joseph, Sunday, December 29, Masses at 7:30 a.m., 9:30 a.m., 11:30 a.m., 1:30 p.m., 5:30 p.m. & 9:00 p.m.

Vigil Mass on Saturday, December 28, 5:30 p.m.

The National Shrine of Saint Francis of Assisi The Heart of San Francisco Columbus and Vallejo

Christmas Day: 11 a.m. Mass New Year’s Day: 11 a.m. Mass

New Year’s Eve Prayer Vigil, Tuesday, December 31, 10:30 p.m., Church Nave Solemnity of Mary the Holy Mother of God, Wednesday, January 1, 2014 (A Holy Day of Obligation) Mass at 9:30 a.m.

Vigil Mass on Tuesday, December 31, 5:30 p.m.

610 Vallejo Street, San Francisco 415.986.4557

info@shrinesf.org • www.shrinesf.org

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CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO | DECEMBER 20, 2013

A pope ‘steamrolling through the barbed wire’

P

ope Francis has laid out his plans for the Church in “Evangelii Gaudium.” Rush Limbaugh read it and has concluded he’s a Marxist. Politically conservative evangelicals fear they’ve lost an ally in the Catholic Church. The pro-gay marriage lobby and Planned Parenthood are disillusioned after reading paragraphs 66 and 213, and rightly so. Pius X Society sympathizers are on edge after reading 108. “Left-leaning” Catholics who were hoping for a female priesthood are deflated after reading paragraph 104.

Mainstream media labels him CHRISTOPHER a progressive. Whose side is STEFANICK this man on anyway?

That he’s getting the entire world’s attention is undeniable – I was recently interviewed on Al Jazeera TV about him. But I think most of the world, from Rush to HuffPost to Al Jazeera, has absolutely no idea how to read him. That’s because most of the world is examining the 265th successor of Peter through the wrong lens.

The church has never fit the hyper-politicized lens the Western world has come to see all things through. We’re “right of center” on abortion and gay marriage. We’re “left of center” on immigration and the need to care for the poor. Maybe that’s because our “center” is Jesus Christ.

The only paradigm that explains everything Pope Francis is saying and doing is the Great Commission. He’s evaluating all things Catholic in light of the question, “Does this ‘make disciples’ (Matthew 28:19) effectively?” And he’s making it clear that the Great Commission doesn’t only entail talking about Jesus, though that is an essential part, but also, shin-

ing the light of Jesus Christ into every aspect of human life, from economics to life issues to marriage.

Pope Francis is an evangelist, plain and simple.

But he’s no ordinary evangelist. Though he’s taken his name after Francis of Assisi, our pope is clearly a missionary in the spirit of “the other St. Francis.”

St. Francis Xavier was a 16th-century Jesuit missionary who may have baptized more people than anyone in history. He was also a bit of a wild man. His desire to share the Gospel in its purest form probably drove the more mild-mannered yet good people around him crazy!

He once wrote to his superior, “Many, many people ... are not becoming Christians for one reason only: there is nobody to make them Christians. Again and again I have thought of going round the universities of Europe, especially Paris, and everywhere crying out like a madman, riveting the attention of those with more learning than charity: ‘What a tragedy: how many souls are being shut out of heaven and falling into hell, thanks to you!’”

That’s a man who liked to “shake things up.” The one thing that made his skin crawl was an evangelistically impotent church. He challenged people deeply, to the point of annoying them. Likewise, anyone who’s read the pope’s apostolic exhortation without feeling a bit challenged hasn’t read it with an open heart.

Pope Francis isn’t endearing himself to “the left” or “the right” – those poles that have so painfully torn apart the church since Vatican II. His apostolic exhortation gives the jab of a shepherds staff to those parts in each of our hearts that would cling to either a liberal social gospel without the cross, or to a “high church” Catholicism that isn’t willing to become “bruised, hurting and dirty because it has been out on the streets (“Evangelii Gaudium” 49).”

Those who have come to experience the church as a conservative fortress to keep sinners out rather

than as a launching pad for a mission to serve the world, sinners included, are rightly threatened by Francis. Those who had hoped the pope’s desire to “shake things up” would manifest as a new, liberal theology are rightly disappointed. He’s not a theologian, interested in developing doctrine. He’s a pastor and his passion is developing the strategy of the new evangelization that was set forth by his predecessors, even in regard to the way he exercises his own office (“Evangelii Gaudium” 16).

Things might get a bit messy with a papacy bent on spending all of its energy exploring how to most effectively impact the modern world. Local churches should grapple with the strategies the pope lays out as we discern what will work in each diocese and region. His intention in “Evangelii Gaudium” isn’t to offer an exhaustive and detailed plan, but to start the conversation on many important issues within the life of the church. But while the implementation of his pastoral direction will vary from place to place, and disagreements will occur over the specifics (stay tuned), the overall direction he’s steering the Barque of Peter is definitive and clear. He’s turning the church’s energies and focus “outward” to the task of the new evangelization.

Pope Francis is steamrolling through all the barbed wire we’ve established between ourselves in the church, disregarding all of our internal factions.

The only “side” he is choosing is the Great Commission. He’s leading the charge into “no man’s land,” where the Gospel meets the rest of humanity, and he’s inviting the entire church to follow him there.

But follow or not, like the Jesuit Francis of the 16th century, he’s making it clear that he’s going there, even if he goes there alone.

Stefanick’s column is distributed by the Denver Catholic Register, the official newspaper of the Denver archdiocese. His website is www.RealLifeCatholic.com.

LETTERS

Military chaplains are the loving face of Christ I read Tony Magliano’s recent article (“2 bishops dialogue with Catholic peace advocates,” Dec. 13) with dismay. In it, he quotes, with obvious approval, the condemnation of military chaplains made by a fellow peace activist, Martha Hennessy. According to Ms. Hennessy, being a military chaplain is inconsistent with Christianity. She reasons that “part of a chaplain’s job is to make soldiers feel OK about doing their job, which is to kill, which Christ said we can’t do.”

The issue of the morality of a just war is beyond the scope of this brief letter. Nor is it possible here to detail the selfless work of the many chaplains with whom I have been privileged to work over the years.

They have been the loving face of Christ to countless soldiers and their families in troubled times.

But the concept of the suggested immorality of the chaplaincy itself cannot go unchallenged. Ms. Hennessy and Mr. Magliano suggest that spiritual counseling and comfort – and, indeed the sacraments themselves – be denied to anyone serving his or her country in the military. This denial of ministry is justified by a sense of the soldiers’ moral inferiority.

I cannot conceive of a less Christ-like position.

Jim Hargarten San Francisco

Column ignored chaplains’ Christ-like mission Magliano chooses to ignore the holy Christ-like mission of the military chaplain to be at the service of hapless soldiers in the battlefield’s gory mud, or drowning sailors trapped in a bombarded, sinking ship, who mostly serve under their nation’s duress.

Those unfortunate victims are not the war-makers.

They are the ones needing the peace of God’s mercy that a chaplain brings them: first, at Mass before battle; and next, in the chaplain’s blessing and prayers over their injuries or death.

The military pastor is not the bad man Magliano

hallucinates about, but what this close-minded activist says he is not: the presence of “the compassionate, nonviolent Jesus.”

Outside Tony Magliano’s Tinkertoy world, the reality is that of the few men entering the priesthood, a slim number opt to be chaplains.

As a wise choice, the military tries to attract more to become military chaplains.

My own experience aboard a U.S. navy minesweeper during the Korean War, the seven officers and nine enlisted men went without Mass and Communion. For lack of a priest on this tiny ship, we sailed for months at a time, until we docked at a naval station and attended Sunday Mass there; or rarely, when invited aboard a larger ship for religious services.

We desperately needed the saving grace of a priest in our midst, as badly as men parched for lack of drinking water.

Robert Jimenez Burlingame TONY MAGLIANO RESPONDS: During my interview with Bishop John Michael Botean, he said that he would support the ministry of chaplains if they were not a part of the military. However, he added that sadly that would probably never happen. I agree with the bishop. Yes, members of the military need to be ministered to. But when priests and other clergypersons are part of the military – and officers at that – they send a clear signal that they believe being part of America’s war machine is morally justifiable. But the nonviolent Jesus never condoned war. He never taught that it was permissible to kill anyone. In fact, he instructed us to love our enemies and to do good to those who hate us. For 300 years, the first Christians, those closest to him in time, understood his message quite well – they were pacifists. In 1984 I had the honor of hearing the late Father George Zabelka speak at a

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Catholic parish. He was the priest who was chaplain to the Atomic Bomb Group which was responsible for dropping the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. When I heard him speak, he was on a pilgrimage of repentance to those cities to ask for forgiveness for the part he played in the horror of those bombings. I strongly urge everyone to visit online the Center for Christian Nonviolence and read a deeply challenging and inspiring interview done with Father Zabelka. It may change your life.

All is calm, all is bright Christmas has come to be regarded as the best-loved time of the year and remains one of central parts of the faith. Even non-Christians experience a unique atmosphere during this festive season. Joy is experienced everywhere – in the churches, homes, markets, clubs – among old and young alike.

I have heard Muslims and Hindus sing Christmas carols. One of the world’s best-known, best-loved Christmas carols was born in a small Austrian town.

That song is “Stille Nacht” in the original German, but we know it as “Silent Night.”

There is no greater unifying force than Christmas. It is a time to put away the troubles, enjoying the peace and joy that is radiated in the reliving of his birth in a stable at Bethlehem.

Christmas is a time for giving and taking, for promoting a better understanding and stronger ties between all members of the family. It is a feast of the family – Jesus of Nazareth was born in a family. It is a time to think of the poor, the sick and the old.

Many today celebrate Christmas as a social function, as a “Christmas without Christ.”

Religion may have gone down in some circles and commercial gains are stressed and religious fervor dimmed by parties. Let us celebrate the birth of Jesus by giving Jesus a place in our hearts – by forgiving our enemies, breaking the walls of division, enmity, hatred, and jealousy and building bridges of love and friendship, of brotherhood to all.

It is a season for peace, forgiveness, love and sharing.

I conclude with the immortal words of former U.S. President Calvin Coolidge: “Christmas is not a time or season, but a state of mind. To cherish peace and goodwill; to be plenteous in mercy, is to have the real peace of Christmas.”

Lenny Barretto Daly City

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CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO | DECEMBER 20, 2013

‘Person of the Year’: Sense and nonsense

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t is splendid indeed that Time magazine has made Pope Francis its “Person of the Year” for 2013. The pope has captured the imagination of the world and has breathed a new life into the Catholic Church. The authors of the Time piece are right in saying that his choice of name has set the tone for his papacy so far: FATHER ROBERT He has resolved BARRON to be, like his namesake of old, a friend of the poor and the forgotten. He has determined to be a person of compassion, leading with the merciful face of Christ.

Details matter: His choice to live in the Casa Santa Marta rather than in the Apostolic Palace, being driven around in an old clunker rather than a Vatican limousine, paying his own bill at the clerical residence where he stayed prior to his election, flying coach class, embracing the man with the severely deformed face. The controversial interviews that he granted just a few months ago also speak of this change in focus. The pope does not want priests and other Catholic ministers to lead with issues largely centering around sexual morality; rather, he wants the church to present itself as a “field hospital” after a battle, a place of comfort and mercy. His insistence that holy Communion is “not a prize for the perfect but a powerful medicine and nourishment for the weak” is also perfectly congruent with this shift in emphasis. All of this is remarkable and worth celebrating, and I’m glad the popular secular press has caught on.

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No one doubts that Francis of Assisi himself loved the poor and marginalized, but how many realize that one of his principal concerns was for liturgical propriety?

However, there is something that has been bothering me ever since Francis became pope, and it’s on rather massive display in the Time article: a tendency to distinguish radically between this lovely Franciscan emphasis on mercy and love for the poor and the apparently far less than lovely emphasis on doctrine so characteristic of the papacies of Blessed John Paul and Benedict XVI. There is actually a good deal of dangerous silliness in this way of characterizing things. If I might cite the much-maligned Benedict, the church does essentially three things: It cares for the poor; it worships God; and it evangelizes. Isolate any of the three from the other two, and distortions set in. Indeed, without deep care for the poor and for social justice, the worship of God can become lifeless (“liturgical fussiness”) and evangelizing can devolve into cultural criticism or mere intellectual debating.

But isolate care for the poor from the other two and equally problematic distortions ensue. Without the worship of God and evangelization, the church deteriorates in short order into one more social service institution among many, a mere “NGO,” in Francis’s own language. Now listen to the authors of the Time article: “In a matter of months, Francis has elevated the healing mission of the church – the church as servant and comforter of hurting people in an often harsh world – above

the doctrinal police work so important to his recent predecessors.” And “his vision is of a pastoral – and not doctrinaire – church.” This is so much nonsense.

The source of a good deal of this mischief is the 18th-century philosopher Immanuel Kant, whose influence on the modern sensibility can scarcely be overstated. Kant famously held that religion is reducible to ethics. By the Enlightenment period, the doctrinal claims of the great religions had come to seem incredible to many, and worship a pathetic holdover from a more primitive time. For Kant, therefore, authentic, grown-up, enlightened religious people would see that morality is the heart of the matter, both doctrine and worship serving, at best, to bolster ethics. It is always a source of amazement to me how thoroughly modern people have gone down the Kantian autobahn in regard to this issue. How we take the following for granted: It doesn’t really matter what you believe, as long as you are a good person.

This is simply repugnant to classical Christianity. Christians have been, from the beginning, massively interested in both worship and doctrine.

How could you read any of the Gospels or any of the letters of Paul and think otherwise? Moreover, the great figures of the church – Irenaeus, Chrysostom, Jerome, Augustine, Thomas Aquinas, Newman, have taken doctrine with utmost seriousness. No one doubts that Francis of Assisi himself loved the poor and marginalized, but how many realize that one of his principal concerns was for liturgical propriety?

Toward the end of the Time piece, the authors mention two features of Francis’ life which effectively undermine their central argument. The “Person of the Year” spends huge swaths of his day at prayer. Rising at 5, he prays until 7 and then celebrates Mass. And after dinner, he spends several more hours before the Blessed Sacrament. As has been the case with so many of the church’s saints, his love for the poor flows from an intense worship of God. The article closes with a look at one of the pope’s Wednesday general audiences. The topic of Francis’ remarks that day was the resurrection of Jesus. After declaring the church’s age-old doctrine, the pope looked up from his text and asked the crowd, “do you believe it?” When they responded, “yes!” he said again, “do you believe it?” This is not a man who is unconcerned with clarity of dogma.

I’m delighted that Time has made the pope “Person of the Year” but caution all of the commentariat: Don’t drive a wedge between the three dimensions of Francis’ life and of the church’s life.

FATHER BARRON is the founder of the global ministry Word on Fire and the rector/ president of Mundelein Seminary, Mundelein, Ill.

Jesus’ family tree, root and branch

f someone who had never heard the story of Jesus were to ask any of us about his origins, we would, I suspect, begin with the story of his annunciation and birth and end with the story of his resurrection and ascension. While that does capture his life, that’s not how the Gospels either begin or end his story. The story FATHER RON of Jesus and ROLHEISER the meaning of Christmas can only really be understood by looking at where Jesus came from, his family tree, and by looking at how his story has continued in history. Indeed, that’s how the Gospels tell his story.

The Gospel of John begins his story by pointing out his eternal origins inside of God before his birth. For John, Jesus’ family tree has just three members, the Trinity: In the beginning was the word, and the word was with God and the word was God. Mark’s Gospel gives no family tree, begins his story with his public ministry, and then has no ending to his story. For Mark, Jesus’ story is still ongoing. Matthew and Luke, however, include inside Jesus’

story a long family tree, a genealogy, that shows his origins. Too often we tend to ignore these genealogies with their long list of difficult-to-pronounce names, most of which mean little to us.

But as the renowned biblical scholar Raymond Brown emphasizes again and again, we cannot really understand the story of Jesus without understanding why his family tree, this long list of names, is judged to be important.

What’s to be learned from looking at Jesus’ family tree, that curious list of ancient names? Abraham fathered Isaac, Isaac fathered Jacob, Jacob fathered Judah, Judah fathered Perez and Zerah, whose mother was Tamar, Perez fathered Hezon, Hezon fathered Ram, Ram fathered Amminabab ... and so on. Among other things, these genealogies trace out Jesus’ origins in a way that tells us that his real story will not be grasped by anyone who wants to believe that Jesus’ human origins were totally immaculate and pure, containing no sin or weakness. Jesus wasn’t born of all saintly ancestors. Rather, as the genealogies show, his family tree contains as many sinners as saints. Among his ancestors were liars, adulterers, murderers, power-grabbing men, scheming women, wicked kings, corrupt church officials and sinners of every sort. The same holds true for the religious institutions that figured in his birth. The religious history of Judaism out of which Jesus was born

was too a melange of grace and sin, of religious institutions serving both God and their own human interests.

And what’s the moral in all this?

The lesson is this: Both the persons and the institutions that gave birth to Jesus were mixture of grace and sin, a mixture that mediated God’s favor and also rationalized it for its own benefit.

But, out of that melange, Jesus was born. It can be a scandal to the piety within us to accept that not everything that gave birth to Christmas was immaculately conceived. The same holds true of what followed after Jesus’ birth. His earthly ministry was also partially shaped and furthered by the self-interest of the religious authorities of his time, the resistance of secular powers of his time, and the fear and infidelity of his own disciples. And this has continued through the 2,000 years of history since. Jesus has continued to have earthly incarnation throughout the centuries thanks not only to saintly individuals and virtuous churches. No, Jesus’ family tree subsequent to his birth is also a long list of saints and sinners, of selfless martyrs and selfish schemers, of virtue and betrayal.

And recognizing and accepting this should not lead us to a cynicism where we begin to doubt the truth of Jesus or the legitimacy of the church because of the lies, sin, infidelity, and notinfrequent stupidity of those human persons and religious institutions who

originally made up Jesus’ family tree and who have constituted his family since. Faith can accommodate the recognition of sin and infidelity. So can Christmas.

Christmas has a checkered origin and a checkered sequence: Jacob did steal his brother’s birthright; Judah did sleep with his daughter-in-law; David did commit adultery and did commit murder to cover it up; the church did set up the Inquisition and kill more of its own than were martyred in the early church; the church did give us popes who sold ecclesial favors and were sexually licentious; the churches, despite their catholicity and holiness, have perennially been narrow and elitist and never been fully free of selfinterest; and the sexual abuse scandal did happen.

But the pure mystery of Jesus, of Christ, and of the church somehow shine through in spite of all of this and, ironically, because of all of this.

Like a hidden seed, God’s grace works, even through people like us and churches like ours, revealing divinity despite most everything. And the God who wrote the original Christmas with crooked lines also writes the sequence with crooked lines, and some of those lines are our own lives.

OBLATE FATHER ROLHEISER is president of the Oblate School of Theology, San Antonio, Texas.

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CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO | DECEMBER 20, 2013

SUNDAY READINGS

Fourth Sunday of Advent ‘… She will bear a son and you are to name him Jesus, because he will save his people from their sins.’

MATTHEW 1:18-24 ISAIAH 7:10-14 The Lord spoke to Ahaz, saying: Ask for a sign from the Lord, your God; let it be deep as the netherworld, or high as the sky! But Ahaz answered, “I will not ask! I will not tempt the Lord!” Then Isaiah said: Listen, O house of David! Is it not enough for you to weary people, must you also weary my God? Therefore the Lord himself will give you this sign: the virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall name him Emmanuel.

PSALM 24:1-2, 3-4, 5-6 Let the Lord enter; he is king of glory.

The Lord’s are the earth and its fullness; the world and those who dwell in it. For he founded it upon the seas and established it upon the rivers.

Let the Lord enter; he is king of glory.

Who can ascend the mountain of the Lord? or who may stand in his holy place? One whose hands are sinless, whose heart is clean, who desires not what is vain.

Let the Lord enter; he is king of glory.

He shall receive a blessing from the Lord, a reward from God his savior. Such is the race that seeks for him, that seeks the face of the God of Jacob.

Let the Lord enter; he is king of glory.

ROMANS 1:1-7 Paul, a slave of Christ Jesus, called to be an apostle and set apart for the gospel of God, which he promised previously through his prophets in the holy Scriptures, the gospel about his Son, descended from David according to the flesh, but established as Son of God in power according to the Spirit of holiness through resurrection from the dead, Jesus Christ our Lord. Through him we have received the grace of apostleship, to bring about the obedience of faith, for the sake of his name, among all the Gentiles, among whom are you also, who are called to belong to Jesus Christ; to all the beloved of God in Rome, called to be holy. Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

MATTHEW 1:18-24 This is how the birth of Jesus Christ came about. When his mother Mary was betrothed to Joseph, but before they lived together, she was found with child through the Holy Spirit. Joseph her husband, since he was a righteous man, yet unwilling to expose her to shame, decided to divorce her quietly. Such was his intention when, behold, the angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said, “Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary your wife into your home. For it is through the Holy Spirit that this child has been conceived in her. She will bear a son and you are to name him Jesus, because he will save his people from their sins.” All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had said through the prophet: Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and they shall name him Emmanuel, which means “God is with us.” When Joseph awoke, he did as the angel of the Lord had commanded him and took his wife into his home.

Seeing with Joseph’s eyes of faith

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t was time for the annual children’s Christmas play. The adult leaders along with our Sunday school teachers were charged with the task of casting the roles of the Nativity figures according to the desires and talents of the children. The angel part was given to me probably because I was the loudest in the class. The Wise Men were given to three boys who were inseparable anyway. The role of Virgin Mary was the most coveted part, and usually was assigned to the most angelic, and most charismatic girl. This was the crucial role of the play. Mary had speaking parts. Mary held the baby Jesus. Mary had to behave during the entire play. Mary was center stage DEACON throughout the play. EveryFAIVA PO’OI one else was a shepherd!

After all the parts had been assigned, one of my friends asked, “What about Joseph?” The teachers and the adult leaders were embarrassed. They had forgotten about Joseph! It was an easy mistake. Jo-

SCRIPTURE REFLECTION

POPE FRANCIS THE CHURCH IS A HOUSE OF JOY

“The Christian message is called the ‘Gospel,’ that is, ‘the good news,’ an announcement of joy for all people; the church is not a refuge for sad people, the church is a house of joy,” Pope Francis said in his Angelus message before tens of thousands of pilgrims in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican Dec. 15, the Third Sunday of Advent, as reported by Vatican Radio. He noted that the day is also called Gaudete Sunday – Rejoice Sunday.

The liturgy, he said, is filled with calls to rejoice, to be joyful, in order to prepare us to celebrate the feast of Christmas with renewed exultation. But, he said, the joy of the Gospel is not just any kind of joy.

It is the joy that comes from knowing that you are welcomed and loved by God.

seph had no speaking parts. He was easy to overlook. The leaders resolved to enlist one of the shepherd boys, but encountered some resistance. None of the shepherds wanted to be near the spotlight that followed Mary. In addition, none of the boys wanted to endure the nervous giggling of the other children who would mock whoever was chosen to play the role of a husband. Joseph was a hard role to play among the 7-year-old boys. One unwilling draftee even asked the question, “Who needs Joseph, anyway?” The two leaders had to admit it was a good question. Who needs Joseph, indeed?

This Sunday’s Gospel answers that question.

Mary needed Joseph. Jesus needed Joseph. God needed Joseph! His unusual role is not the same as a role of a father and husband. Mary would conceive Jesus by the power of the Holy Spirit. But Joseph played an important role in the Christmas story nonetheless.

The Gospel tells us that Joseph is a model of obedient faith. He was a righteous man. He knew the Scripture. When he heard of Mary’s pregnancy, he was aware of the punishment for adultery. He also knew his rights regarding a divorce from his betrothal. Yet, this knowledge did not turn Joseph into a cruel and self-righteous man. He used the Bible as his guide, not his weapon against others. He decided to handle the matter quietly and graciously!

But the angel appeared to him in a dream with this surprising message regarding Mary’s pregnancy; Conceived by the Holy Spirit? Marry her anyway? A child who will be a savior? And God is with us? It was a lot to handle for one dream. It was a lot to handle for anyone! Here is the amazing thing. When Joseph woke up the next morning, he actually did as the angel commanded him to do!

You and I are in debt to those who have written the Gospel. Without them the message would have been lost. But we are equally in debt to those who have simply lived the Gospel, like Joseph. Without them, the message would have no validity.

Earlier this year, Pope Francis added the name of St. Joseph to Eucharist Prayers II, III and IV. Pope Francis cited St. Joseph as a model of kindness, humility and ordinary, simple virtues. “Through these virtues, this just man caring most lovingly for the mother of God and happily dedicating himself to the upbringing of Jesus Christ, was placed over God the Father’s most precious treasures.” On this Fourth Sunday of Advent, may we have the eyes of faith that Joseph had, so that we may see beyond appearances to the presence of “God-with-us.”

St. Mary! “Pray for us.” St. Joseph! “Pray for us.”

DEACON PO’OI serves at St. Timothy Parish, San Mateo.

LITURGICAL CALENDAR, DAILY MASS READINGS MONDAY, DECEMBER 23: Monday of the Fourth Week of Advent. Optional Memorial of St. John of Kanty, priest. Mal 3:1-4, 23-24. PS 25:4-5ab, 8-9, 10 and 14. Lk 1:57-66.

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 24: Tuesday of the Fourth Week of Advent. 2 Sm 7:1-5, 8b-12, 14a, 16. PS 89:23, 4-5, 27 and 29. Lk 1:67-79.

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 25 – VIGIL MASS: Solemnity of the Nativity of the Lord (Christmas). Is 62:1-5. PS 89:4-5, 16-17, 27, 29. Acts 13:16-17, 2225. Mt 1:1-25 or Mt 1:18-25.

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 26: Feast of St. Stephen, first martyr. Acts 6:8-10; 7:54-59. PS 31:3cd-4, 6 and 8ab, 16bc and 17. Mt 10:17-22.

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 27: Feast of St. John, apostle and evangelist. 1 Jn 1:1-4. PS 97:1-2, 5-6, 11-12. Jn 20:1a and 2-8.

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 28: Feast of the Holy Innocents, martyrs. 1 Jn 1:5–2:2. PS 124:2-3, 4-5, 7cd-8.

Mt 2:13-18.

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 29: Feast of the Holy Family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph. Sir 3:2-6, 12-14. PS 128:1-2, 3, 4-5. Col 3:12-21 or Col 3:12-17. Mt 2:1315, 19-23.

MONDAY, DECEMBER 30: The Sixth Day in the Octave of Christmas. 1 Jn 2:12-17. PS 96:7-8a, 8b-9, 10. Lk 2:36-40.

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 31: The Seventh Day in the Octave of Christmas. Optional Memorial of St. Sylvester I, pope. 1 Jn 2:18-21. PS 96:1-2, 11-12, 13. Jn 1:1-18.

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 1: The Octave Day of the Nativity of the Lord. Solemnity of Mary, the Holy Mother of God. Nm 6:22-27. PS 67:2-3, 5, 6, 8. Gal 4:4-7. Lk 2:16-21.

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CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO | DECEMBER 20, 2013

Parish supports Holy Land Christians, typhoon victims CHRISTINA M. GRAY CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO

San Francisco’s St. Benedict Parish at St. Francis Xavier Church for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing is supporting the economic activities of a young Christian entrepreneur from the Holy Land by selling tree ornaments he and his family make by hand in a village near Bethlehem. Beit Sahour is considered to be the location of the “shepherd’s fields” where an angel announced the birth of Jesus.

Father Paul Zirimenya, pastor of St. Benedict, purchased the olive wood ornaments with silhouetted scenes of the Nativity in bulk from young Fadi Barham after a recent pilgrimage to the Holy Land with other St. Benedict pilgrims.

The pilgrimage was organized by Holy Land Institute, a ministry of St. Thomas More Church, which operates tours and leads other activities that support the prosperity of Holy Land Christians who are now a distinct minority in the birthplace of Christianity. Christians are leaving the Middle East for many reasons including the long-standing conflict and rising Islamic fundamentalism. But a lack of economic opportunity is a main reason for the continuing exodus.

Proceeds from sales of the ornaments will help another struggling population: victims of the Philippine typhoon. A package of 10 ornaments is $20.

Father Zirimenya said the most important goal in selling the ornaments is for the benefit of his own flock. “We want to help our parishioners keep the Christ in Christmas,” he said.

For more information, call (415) 567-9855.

(PHOTO BY CHRISTINA M. GRAY/CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO)

An ornament made in Fadi Barham’s shop decorates the Christmas tree at San Francisco’s St. Benedict Parish.

Fadi Barham shapes ornaments and rosary beads from olive wood in his shop in Beit Sahour near Bethlehem. Right, Barham and his father are pictured at the shop.

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Around the archdiocese ARCHBISHOP RIORDAN HIGH SCHOOL, SAN FRANCISCO: Students from the kindergarten classes at St. Peter and St. Charles Borromeo schools joined their older Crusader brothers Dec. 12 for Mass in celebration of the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe, followed by a host of Christmas activities. The event was a joint effort between Riordan’s Office of Campus Ministry and the local alumni association from the University of Dayton, a fellow Marianist school.

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ST. BRUNO PARISH, SAN BRUNO: On Dec. 8 parish youth visited Aegis of San Francisco Assisted Living in South San Francisco to bring holiday cheer and spend time with the residents.

Pictured at center is Helen, a resident of the home, surrounded by, from left: parish youth minister Pai Lautaimi and youth group members Cindy De La Torre, Adrianna Esquivel, Morena Portillo, Bertha De La Torre, Cesar Vasquez, Leslie Molina, Ricardo Gabriel, associate youth minister Christopher Avila.

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IMMACULATE HEART OF MARY PARISH, BELMONT: Andrew Ginter, a seminarian studying for the priesthood for the archdiocese at St. Patrick’s Seminary & University, puts final touches on a gingerbread house at the parish Dec. 8. Parishioner Bonnie Neylan was among the more than 100 others joining in the fun. Ginter, who said gingerbread

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ST. MARY CHURCH, NICASIO: Pastor Father Cyril O’Sullivan, playing the tin pennywhistle and accompanied by local Irish musicians, lends a Celtic touch to the parish’s annual Christmas concert Dec. 15.

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CONFIRMATION RETREAT, SAN MATEO COUNTY: The archdiocese hosted a confirmation retreat Dec. 7.

Franciscan Father Scott Slattum led the retreat with more than 125 students attending from St. Bruno; St. Timothy, San Mateo; St. Gregory, San Mateo; Mater Dolorosa, South San Francisco; Our Lady of the Pillar, Half Moon Bay; and Sts. Peter and Paul, San Francisco.

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UNIVERSITY OF SAN FRANCISCO: The USF community has raised nearly $40,000 in collective relief efforts for victims of November’s Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines. Led by a call to action from USF President Jesuit Father Stephen Privett and College of Arts and Sciences dean Marcelo Camperi, students, faculty, staff, trustees and parishioners of St. Ignatius Parish have donated the funds to Simbahang Lingkod ng Bayan, the Jesuit relief organization based at the Ateneo de Manila University in the Philippines.

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CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO | DECEMBER 20, 2013

‘The First Christians’ airs Dec. 24, 31 on PBS HENRY HERX CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

NEW YORK – Looking back 2,000 years to the historical world of Jesus as well as that of his persecuted followers over the next three centuries is the two-part documentary “From Jesus to Christ: The First Christians,” to be rerun as a “Frontline” documentary Tuesdays, Dec. 24 and 31, 10 p.m.-midnight EST each night on PBS (check local listings).

Ever since the 1947 discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls, biblical scholarship has been busy with archaeological digs, comparison of manuscripts and speculation over texts.

These activities have been accompanied by a rush to bring the latest finding, no matter how tentative, to the public by translating the complexities of specialized research into journalistic and, at times, even tabloid prose.

Drawing on the input of 12 New Testament

CHRISTMAS TV FROM ROME, WASHINGTON

EWTN’s Christmas telecasts include Pope Francis offering Mass for Christmas Eve, Dec. 24 at 1:30 p.m., with rebroadcasts Dec. 25 at 5 a.m. and 4 p.m.

Encores of the pope’s Christmas message to Rome and the world will air Dec. 25 at 7 p.m., Dec. 27 at 11 a.m., Dec. 28 at 3 p.m., and Dec. 31 at 6:30 p.m.

After Choral Meditations on Dec. 24 at 7 p.m., the Mass of Christmas Eve will air from the Basilica of the National Shrine in Washington, D.C. at 7:30 p.m. Cardinal Donald W. Wuerl will celebrate the Mass of Christmas Day in the basilica, Dec. 25 at 9 a.m. All times mentioned are Pacific Time. EWTN is carried 24/7 on Comcast 229, AT&T 562, Astound 80 & 116, San Bruno Cable 143, Dish Satellite 261 & Direct TV 370. EWTN airs on Comcast 70 in HMB & on Comcast 74 in South San Mateo County.

scholars, this four-hour series tries to avoid the oversimplifications and slippery generalizations that have generated controversy in the public arena.

This kind of research is prone to misunderstanding because its results are often provisional rather than definitive, apt to be discarded or refined as new discoveries come to light.

In exploring the historical context of the Gospels, these scholars confine themselves to the archaeological evidence and textual analysis rather than personal religious convictions or lack thereof.

Though some Christian viewers will find this approach unedifying, if not confusing, others may gain new insights which deepen their faith rather than undermine it.

Certainly the first two hours provide a rich introduction to the Jewish world into which Jesus was born, all of which is helpful in reading the Gospel accounts of his life and mission.

What is central in the historical context is the subjection of Judea to Roman rule and the rise of political rebels and messianic sects looking for a new kingdom to replace the old.

The Dec. 24 program examines how the Gospel accounts came to be written, the struggle between differing Christian sects, and the emergence of Rome as the center of the early church.

Produced by Marilyn Mellowes and directed by William Cran, the series presents a secular account of the rise of Christianity without directly taking up the question of Christ’s divinity, which is a matter of faith and beyond the scope of the series.

The series will, however, antagonize those who take a strictly literal view of the Gospel accounts and surely irritate most historians by using the clunky B.C.E. (Before the Common Era) to replace the common usage and historically correct B.C. (Before Christ).

As a presentation of the “Frontline” series of investigative reports on current affairs, this scholarly probe into the historicity of Jesus and the development of the early church offers some tentative reflections on the birth of Christianity as it enters its third millennium.

HERX was former director of the Office for Film & Broadcasting of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops.

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SF 2nd Annual Memorial Service for 2013 Homicide Victims The annual event is an outgrowth of the homicide prayer services The Restorative Justice Ministry helps organize each time a person is killed by violence. A group of people visits the site of the death to pray and remember the victim and support the family. The prayer services culminate each year with the memorial service, now in its second year.

Most Reverend Bishop William J. Justice and other clergy will lead the Prayer Walk and Memorial Service. Survivors of violent crimes, family and friends of the victims, ex-offenders, restorative justice ministers, and youth from the community will join. All will help carry crosses to remember the 50 people that died as a result of violence in 2013.

Sa aturday, January 11, 2014

Program Opening Prayer Prayer Walk begins 1st Stop (approx.)

2nd Stop (approx.)

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10:00 a.m.

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Organized by The Restorative Justice Ministry for Victims and Families of Violent Crimes, under the Office of Public Policy and Social Concerns of the Archdiocese of San Francisco. For more information contact Julio Escobar 415 861-9579.

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HOW TO THINK WITH THE CHURCH IS DOMINICAN CONFERENCE TOPIC

The College of Fellows of Dominican School of Philosophy and Theology in Berkeley will hold its fifth annual convocation Feb. 1, taking up the question “What does it mean to think with the church?”

DSPT fellows Michael Naughton, Gregory Wolfe and Richard Gallagher

will speak on “Catholic Imagination and Contemporary Culture: What Is It to Think with the Church?” A question-and-answer session will follow with the presenters and other members of the College of Fellows.

The day will close with a reception.

For information on the convocation, or to find a link to view the event live, visit www.dspt.edu/convocation.

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St. Mary’s helps firefighters’ toy drive Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone, state Assemblyman Phil Ting, San Francisco Fire Chief Joanne Hayes-White and members of San Francisco Fire Department Station 12 visited St. Mary’s Medical Center Dec. 16 to recognize the hospital’s efforts in collecting toys to benefit the San Francisco Fire Fighters Toy Program. More than 1,000 toys were collected by St. Mary’s staff. The archbishop gave a blessing to the firefighters of Station 12.

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Special Fatima statue touring archdiocese in January Oct. 13 marked the 96th anniversary since Mary appeared to Jacinta Marto, her younger brother Francisco and Lucia at Fatima.

“The missionary statue is sought by many to solicit miraculous cures and healing of spirit, mind and body,” Deacon Sandoval said.

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A special statue of Our Lady of Fatima, sculpted at the suggestion of one of the three children to whom the Blessed Mother appeared, will be at parishes in the archdiocese Jan. 3-23.

“It is my hope that the presence of this beautiful statue of the Blessed Mother in the archdiocese will be a profound reminder of her inspiration to both women and men as the first and most splendid disciple of Jesus Christ and witness to God’s grace in our lives,” Auxiliary Bishop Robert W. McElroy said.

The International Pilgrim Virgin Statue of Our Lady of Fatima was sculpted by Jose Thedim in 1947 at the suggestion of Lucia dos Santos, one of the three Portuguese shepherd children to whom Our Lady of Fatima appeared in 1917 and the only one who grew to adulthood. Thedim also sculpted the original statue, to which many miracles were attributed, said Deacon Christoph Sandoval, who is helping coordinate the visits.

The missionary statue was created particularly to travel the world to encourage devotion to Our Lady of Fatima, he noted.

The timing is particularly fortunate

Here is the tour schedule: SAN FRANCISCO COUNTY: Jan. 5, Perpetual Adoration Monastery, starting with 8:30 a.m. Mass; Jan. 6, Mission Dolores Basilica; Jan. 7, Star of the Sea Church, Jan. 9, 8 a.m.-5 p.m., St. Paul Church; Jan. 11, Most Holy Redeemer Church; Jan. 13, Immaculate Conception chapel; Jan. 16, Old St. Mary’s Cathedral; Jan. 18, Cristo Rey Monastery; Jan. 19, St. Thomas More Church; Jan. 20, National Shrine of St. Francis of Assisi; Jan. 22, St. Dominic Church

MARIN COUNTY: Jan. 10, 10 a.m.-7 p.m., St. Mary Church, Nicasio; Jan. 12, St. Anthony of Padua Church, Novato; Jan. 14, St. Vincent School for Boys, San Rafael SAN MATEO COUNTY: Jan. 3, St. Francis of Assisi Church, East Palo Alto; Jan. 4, Corpus Christi Monastery, Menlo Park; Jan. 8, Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church, Daly City; Jan. 15, St. Veronica Church, South San Francisco; Jan. 17, Our Lady of Mercy Church, Daly City; Jan. 21, St. Augustine Church, South San Francisco; Jan. 23, Monastery of the Contemplatives of St. Joseph at Mater Dolorosa Church, South San Francisco For times not listed, contact Deacon Christoph Sandoval at rcs7777@aol. com.

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Prayer to the Holy Spirit Holy Spirit, you who make me see everything and who shows me the way to reach my ideal.

You who give me the divine gift of forgive and forget the wrong that is done to me. I, in this short dialogue, want to thank you for everything and confirm once more that I never want to be separated from you no matter how great the material desires may be. I want to be with you and my loved ones in your perpetual glory. Amen. You may publish this as soon as your favor is granted.

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Prayer to the Blessed Virgin never known to fail.

Most beautiful flower of Mt. Carmel Blessed Mother of the Son of God, assist me in my need. Help me and show me you are my mother.

Oh Holy Mary, Mother of God, Queen of Heaven and earth. I humbly beseech you from the bottom of my heart to help me in this need.

Oh Mary, conceived without sin. Pray for us (3X).

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Prayer to the Holy Spirit Holy Spirit, you who make me see everything and who shows me the way to reach my ideal.

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Most beautiful flower of Mt. Carmel Blessed Mother of the Son of God, assist me in my need. Help me and show me you are my mother.

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We, the Archdiocese of San Francisco, pledge ourselves to be a dynamic and collaborative community of faith known for its quality of leadership; richness of diversity of culture and peoples and united in faith, hope and love.

The Archdiocese Office of Public Policy and Social Concerns is seeking an individual for the position of “Restorative Justice Minister” to coordinate and support Restorative Justice activities that include working with offenders and survivors of violent crimes, the intervention, prevention and elimination of violence in the three counties of the Archdiocese with a focus in San Mateo. This is a fulltime, exempt at will, position but in no case longer than two years unless further funding is available. This position reports to the Restorative Justice Coordinator based in the Pastoral Center. Working within a religious, not-for-profit environment, we offer a competitive salary with excellent benefits.

Job Description: • Responsible for Restorative Justice Ministry duties including: working to build relationships with members of our community i.e. churches, educational institutions, community leaders, police departments, city officials, survivors of violent crimes and offenders.

• Promoting activities and services through various forms of media. Engaging the stakeholders in the development of a comprehensive and unified strategy to address the root causes of violence in our communities.

• Supporting Areas of Need in a Ministry of Presence o Lead Catholic worship and prayer services for the incarcerated o Spiritually supporting those who are incarcerated and/or on probation or parolees and their families. o Providing support for those who come out of jail with housing, education and employment assistance (by aligning existing resources in the community). o Providing spiritual support for survivors of violent crimes and their families. o Must be available to work weekends and evenings as required. o Local travel involved. Valid California driver license required.

Minimum Qualifications: • Excellent communications skills • Bi-lingual English and Spanish speaker • An understanding and willingness to learn Restorative Justice Principles, core values, and benefits.

• High integrity, flexibility and openness to establish credibility and relationships.

• Ability to facilitate discussions and decisions is also essential quality.

• The candidate must be a practicing Catholic in good standing.

• Strong knowledge of or insight into the local community, or be capable of quickly and effectively developing this understanding.

• An educational background or professional experience in human services, social services, probation, criminal justice, crime and gang prevention. The minimum education and experience requirements consist of a bachelor’s degree in a related field, and or combination of five years of increasingly responsible administrative duty.

If you are qualified and interested in applying for this challenging, and personally rewarding employment opportunity, forward a letter of interest highlighting your qualifications and including your resume and compensation expectations, and mail to:

Patrick Schmidt Archdiocese of San Francisco 1 Peter Yorke Way, San Francisco, CA 94109 E-mail to: schmidtp@sfarchdiocese.org

26 CALENDAR SATURDAY, DEC. 21 LIVE NATIVITY: Knights of St. Francis of Assisi present a live Nativity at the Shrine of St. Francis of Assisi, Vallejo and Columbus, San Francisco, 5-8 p.m. (415) 425-6682; visit www.knightsofsaintfrancis.com.

ROSARY FOR LIFE: Join lay Catholics, priests, and seminarians to pray the rosary for life. Meet on sidewalk at Planned Parenthood, 2907 El Camino Real, Redwood City.

The event is peaceful and begins at noon. Nativitymenlorespectlife@ yahoo.com.

TURKEY DRIVE: St Emydius Church, San Francisco, 9 a.m.-noon, Jules and De Montfort avenues parking lot, all turkeys and monetary gifts benefit St Anthony’s Dining Room.

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SUNDAY, DEC. 22 CONCERT: Christmas carol singing and concert at the National Shrine of St. Francis of Assisi, Vallejo at Columbus, San Francisco, 2 p.m., featuring the Golden Gate Boys Choir and Bell Ringers, the shrine cantors and organist. Reception follows. Admission free. Visit www. shrinesf.org.

CONCERT: St. Mary’s Cathedral, Gough Street at Geary Boulevard, San Francisco, 3:30 p.m. featuring Angela Kraft Cross, organist. (415) 567-2020, ext. 213. All recitals open to the public, freewill offering accepted at the door; www.stmarycathedralsf.org; ample free parking.

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WEDNESDAY, DEC. 25 CATHEDRAL CHRISTMAS: Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone will preside at midnight Mass and 9 a.m. Mass Christmas Day at St. Mary’s Cathedral, Gough Street at Geary Boulevard, San Archbishop Francisco. The Salvatore J. midnight liturgy Cordileone will be preceded by caroling at 11:30 p.m. featuring the cathedral choir and a brass ensemble. The Mass at 9 a.m. will include Gregorian chant.

The cathedral choir leads song at the cathedral’s 11 a.m. Mass Christmas Day. A Christmas Eve vigil Mass at 5:30 p.m. will be preceded by caroling at 5 p.m. by the cathedral children’s choir and St. Brigid School choir. (415) 567-2020; www.stmarycathedralsf.org.

TV CHRISTMAS MASS: Msgr.

Harry Schlitt, retired administrative head of the Archdiocese of San Francisco, celebrates the Christmas TV Mass Christmas Day at 6:30 a.m. on KOFY-TV 20; 9:30 Msgr. Harry a.m. on FOX 40, Schlitt Sacramento and

conversation, moderated by Jesuit Father Al Grosskopf, (415) 422-6698; grosskopf@usfca.edu.

TUESDAY, DEC. 31 KTSF 26, San Francisco. janschachern@aol.com; (415) 614-5643.

FRIDAY, JAN. 3 CHARISMATIC: Catholic Charismatic Renewal first Friday Mass, St. Mary’s Cathedral, Gough Street at Geary Boulevard, San Francisco, with rosary at 6:45 p.m. and Mass at 7 p.m. Father Dan Nascimento, pasFather Dan tor, St. Brendan Nascimento Parish, principal celebrant and homilist. Evening sponsored by the board of the Catholic Charismatic Renewal.

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SATURDAY, JAN. 4 CEMETERY MASS: First Saturday Mass, Holy Cross Cemetery, 1500 Old Mission Road, Colma, All Saints Mausoleum, 11 a.m. Father Tony LaTorre, pastor, St. Philip the Apostle Parish, is principal celebrant Father Tony and homilist. (650) LaTorre 756-2060; www. holycrosscemeteries.com.

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SATURDAY, DEC. 28 ROSARY FOR LIFE: Join lay Catholics, priests, and seminarians to pray the rosary for life. Meet on sidewalk at Planned Parenthood, 2907 El Camino Real, Redwood City.

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CONCERT: St. Mary’s Cathedral, Gough Street at Geary Boulevard, San Francisco, 3:30 p.m. featuring David Hatt, organist. (415) 567-2020, ext. 213. All recitals open to the public, freewill offering accepted at the door; www.stmarycathedralsf.org; ample free parking.

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SUNDAY, JAN. 5 CONCERT: St. Mary’s Cathedral, Gough Street at Geary Boulevard, San Francisco, 3:30 p.m., featuring Epiphany Lessons and Carols, sung by the Cathedral Choir of Boys and Girls, the Golden Gate Boyschoir and Bellringers, and the St. Brigid School Honor Choir. (415) 567-2020, ext. 213.

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NEW YEAR’S EVE: An evening of music, taize prayer, art activities and community at Mercy Center, 2300 Adeline Drive, Burlingame, 6:30-9:30 p.m. concluding with Mass. Evening event is free and open to all. Accommodations for overnight stay also available and include dinner Dec. 31 at 6 p.m. and breakfast New Year’s Day at 7:30 a.m. Young adults 20-40 years old $50; all other guests $80. Rooms must be reserved by Dec. 29. Reserve online at www.mercy-center.org or call (650) 3407474. Mercy Sisters Jean Evans and Patsy Harney are the evening’s hosts.

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FRIDAY, JAN. 10

TUESDAY, JAN. 14

DISCERNMENT WEEKEND: Is God calling you? The Dominican Contemplative Nuns of Corpus Christi Monastery in Menlo Park will host a discernment weekend for women ages 18-40 who are discerning their vocation in life. The weekend is Friday evening to Sunday noon. The sessions will include daily Mass, adoration, chanted Divine Office, and conferences given by the Dominican nuns and friars. To register, contact the vocation directress at (650) 322-1801, ext. 19, or email vocations@ nunsmenlo.org or visit https://nunsmenlo.org/discernment-weekend.

SUNDAY, JAN. 12 CONCERT: St. Mary’s Cathedral, Gough Street at Geary Boulevard, San Francisco, 3:30 p.m. featuring Gail Archer, organist. (415) 567-2020, ext. 213. All recitals open to the public. Freewill offering accepted at the door. www.stmarycathedralsf.org. Ample free parking.

TUESDAY, JAN. 14 FERTILITY SUPPORT: San Francisco Catholic Infertility Fellowship meets monthly to provide emotional, spiritual, and practical support to married individuals and couples who have been struggling to conceive a child for six months or more. Meetings are second Tuesdays, 7 p.m., Siena Room, St Dominic Parish, Bush Street at Steiner, San Francisco. http://sfcatholicif.blogspot.com/ DIVORCE SUPPORT: Meeting takes place second and fourth Tuesdays, St. Bartholomew Parish Spirituality Center, Alameda de las Pulgas at

THEOLOGY OF POPE FRANCIS: Bishop McElroy is among presenters including Archbishop John R. Quinn at “Forward in Faith” series beginning Jan. 14 and continuBishop Robert ing weekly W. McElroy through Feb. 13 at St. Mary’s Cathedral, St. Hilary Church, Tiburon and St. Bartholomew Church, San Mateo studying the teachings and spirituality of Pope Francis. See Page 7 of this issue of Catholic San Francisco for details. Visit www.sfarchdiocese.org and click on homepage first banner tab.

TUESDAY, JAN. 21 BIBLE STUDY: Explore the Kingdom of God with Mercy Sister Toni Lynn Gallagher. Group meets weekly on Tuesdays through March 4, 9 a.m., Marian Room Sister Toni Lynn inside St. SteGallagher, RSM phen Church, 451 Eucalyptus Drive at 23rd Avenue by Stonestown Mall, San Francisco. Call Peggy Teshara at (415) 334-0653 or Veronica Wong at (415) 681-2444, ext. 27.

Crystal Springs Road, San Mateo, 7 p.m. Groups are part of the Separated and Divorced Catholic Ministry in the archdiocese and include prayer, introductions, sharing. It is a drop-in support group. Jesuit Father Al Grosskopf, (415) 422-6698; grosskopf@usfca.edu.

WEDNESDAY, JAN 15 SEPARATED DIVORCED: Meeting takes place first and third Wednesdays, 7:30 p.m., St. Stephen Parish O’Reilly Center, 23rd Avenue at Eucalyptus, San Francisco. Groups are part of the Separated and Divorced Catholic Ministry in the archdiocese and include prayer, introductions, sharing. It is a drop-in support group. Jesuit Father Al Grosskopf, (415) 422-6698; grosskopf@usfca.edu.

SATURDAY, JAN. 18

THURSDAY, JAN. 23 HUMAN RIGHTS: Theology Cafe series, Bishop Robert W. McElroy expands on the social teaching of the Catholic Church with regard to human and civil rights, 7 p.m., St. Pius Parish, Homer Crouse Hall, 1100 Woodside Road at Valota, Redwood City. (650) 361-1411; srnorberta@pius.org.

SATURDAY, JAN. 25 NEWMAN TALK: Paulist Father Terry Ryan on the spirituality of 19th-century Cardinal John Henry Newman at Old St. Mary’s Paulist Center, 614 Grant Ave. at California, San Francisco, 9 a.m.-noon.

Admission free. (415) 288-3845.

SUNDAY, JAN. 26

CRAB FEED: Archbishop Riordan High Schoolc crab feed dinner benefiting Crusader athletics. $60 per person. www.riordanhs.org; Sharon Udovich, (415) 586-8200, ext. 217. Event will sell out – book early.

CONCERT: St. Mary’s Cathedral, Gough Street at Geary Boulevard, San Francisco, 3:30 p.m., featuring Lyle Sheffler, classical guitar. (415) 567-2020, ext. 213.

All recitals open to the public, freewill offering accepted at the door. www.stmarycathedralsf.org. Ample free parking.

SUNDAY, JAN. 19

TUESDAY, JAN. 28

CONCERT: St. Mary’s Cathedral, Gough Street at Geary Boulevard, San Francisco, 3:30 p.m., featuring Anthony Williams, Fisk University, organist, playing works by African American composers. Recital is with the SF Chapter American Guild of Organists.

(415) 567-2020, ext. 213. All recitals open to the public. Freewill offering accepted at the door. www.stmarycathedralsf.org. Ample free parking.

DIVORCE SUPPORT: Meeting takes place second and fourth Tuesdays, St. Bartholomew Parish Spirituality Center, Alameda de las Pulgas at Crystal Springs Road, San Mateo, 7 p.m. Groups are part of the Separated and Divorced Catholic Ministry in the archdiocese and include prayer, introductions, sharing. It is a drop-in support group. Jesuit Father Al Grosskopf, (415) 422-6698; grosskopf@usfca.edu.

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In Remembrance of the Faithful Departed Interred In Our Catholic Cemeteries During the Month of November HOLY CROSS COLMA Waynenard “Two Way” Aitemon, II Constance Ann Anderson Mary Andrews Waclawa “Wiesia” Antczak Pacita L. Aromin Gaudencio A. Aurellano Emma Rosa Avila Ronald W. Bacon Norma Jeanne Bagala Carmel E. Balich Diano Bernardini John Peter Boccellari Alice Marie Boccellari Mary M. “Peggy” Bofinger Leonard P. Borruso Louise C. Boschetto Deirdre Bouey Patrick Michael Bouquet Natalie Joanne Bravo Carolyn Vidulich Browne Wesley James Burton Gayle L. Campini Maria Cayton Carbonell Aeneas F. Casey Arleth Brigitte Sanchez Castillo Diosdado C. Cayanan May Yoke Chu Carmela Mary Colety Sr. Mary Roberta Connolly, PBVM Lorraine A. Conte Virgie Mae Cooper Sandra (Sandy) Cuadra Eugene B. D’Amico Henry L. Dacanay, Jr. Roberto Daza Fe Esperanza B. DeCastro Michael J. Del Debbio Norma Stratton Delehanty Norma DeMaestri Michael Doherty Dahir G. Dudum Rafael F. Fernandez, Jr. Steven Richard Ficher

Vincent Paul Finigan Alinadale M. Fontanilla John Fragakis Mary E. Gonzales Ernestine N. Hall Sally Vyse Heckenkemper James F. Herold Steven Jackson Anastacia Jaime Ramon G. Joves Christopher L. Karp Nancy Karwatt John F. Kearney, Jr. Patsy Keightley Ann Kellogg Frances Hannan Pugh Lahey Katherine Beverly Landers Concetta Catherine Lara Rosa M. Lopez Paul A. Lopez Alejandro Lugo Elaine D. Mackie Guido Marsili Ernest J. Maske Betty H. Matsumoto Richard F. Mayer Kathleen P. McKenna Juan Mendoza, Sr. James L. Moore Sr. Martin Moran William J. Morlock Walt Morrow Sr. Ann Maureen Murphy Matthew F. Murray, Jr. Louisa M. Norman Rosa M. Pellegrini Ralph P. Perry Mirna J. Ponce-Gonzales Beatriz Puertolas Edward Audas Ramos, Jr. Kathleen Koehler Ramsey Teresa Maria Re Antonina G. Reyes Adan Francisco Rivera Maria Roberts Alfredo Rodriguez Antonio C. Rodriguez

John Ruiz Annette Chao Sarmiento Nick Chao Sarmiento, Jr. Theresa Schembri Antonio Francisco Schonborn William J. Schumacher Ramon Segarra Lucie M. Silveira Rodrigues Rosalie M. Thomas Celia N. Torres Luis Maldonado Trejo Cruz Calvillo Vara Anita Ventimiglia Henrietta Vitug Ann Wansley Roberta Wasinger-Shaver Margaret E. Winkelman Spence St. Martin Wood Maria Nieves Yriarte

HOLY CROSS MENLO PARK John J. Campbell Robert E. Carey Norma Donofrio Richard Morey Lemuel W. Southorn William D. Walsh

MT. OLIVET, SAN RAFAEL Alice Epidendio Becker Walter Becker Joseph G Bonino Cesare Demartini Lester L. Lahmann Robert T. Lawson Frankie E. Ross Robert Morris* Lucy Jachetta*

*CORRECTION: Printed incorrectly last month.

HOLY CROSS CATHOLIC CEMETERY, COLMA FIRST SATURDAY MASS – Saturday, January 4, 2014 All Saints Mausoleum Chapel – 11:00 am Rev. Tony LaTorre, Celebrant

A Tradition of Faith Throughout Our Lives.