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Archbishop Cordileone visited 40 Days for Life volunteers March 7 at their Lenten pro-life vigil in San Mateo, thanking the volunteers, offering a prayer and blessing them.
Archbishop visits 40 Days for Life vigil in San Mateo CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO
Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone visited pro-life volunteers March 7 at the 40 Days for Life prayer vigil outside the Planned Parenthood Clinic in San Mateo. The archbishop greeted each person at the vigil, thanked them, offered a prayer and blessed them. The prayer included a petition for women who are pregnant and feel alone, that they will find the help and support they need. Jessica Munn, who has led the Lenten prayer vigil for eight years, said the effort “contains the three aspects of Lent: prayer, fasting, and almsgiving.” She noted that participants give time for the ministry, pray at the site, and in many cases choose the discipline of fasting for the sake of the unborn as a Lenten work. She said 300-400 people have been involved in years past and new faces often turn up. “It has been a focus for attempts to save babies and mothers, to draw more people into the pro-life movement, and to educate more people about why they should be prolife,” Munn said. She said the campaign “is clearly driven by the Holy Spirit and is worth every sacrifice. The greatest joy is the saving of a baby or the closing of the abortion business, but regardless, there are plenty of good times as we share in praying and swap stories. We also have a closing celebration which is fun.” Contact themunns@yahoo.com; sf40daysforlife@gmail.com; (408) 840-DAYS.
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Council of Priests members, effective January 2015, gathered for a group portrait before their February meeting at the archdiocesan Pastoral Center. The council is the representative body of the archdiocesan presbyterate.
2014-15 Council of Priests Pictured from left: Father Tony LaTorre, pastor, St. Philip; Father Thuan V. Hoang, pastor, Church of the Visitacion, Age Group 2; Msgr. Michael Padazinski, chancellor, judicial vicar, council parliamentarian, administrator, St. Anselm, Age Group 3; Father Cyril O’Sullivan, pastor, St. Cecilia, Lagunitas, Deanery 7; Father Moises Agudo, pastor, St. Peter, San Francisco, council vice chair; Holy Ghost Father Diarmuid Casey, pastor, St. Dunstan, Deanery 9; Father Alex Legaspi, pastor, Holy Angels, council treasurer, Deanery 8; Father Charito Suan, pastor, St. Elizabeth, Deanery 2; Father Michael Quinn, pastor, St. Mary Star of the Sea, Deanery 6; Father Steve Howell, pastor, Immaculate Heart of Mary, council chair, Deanery 10, Age Group 5; Father Dave Ghiorso, pastor, St. Charles, San Carlos, Age Group 4. Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone; retired Father David Pettingill, in residence at St. Emydius. Age groups 6 and 7; retired Sulpician Father Michael Strange, in
Bishops note March as Juvenile Justice Month California’s Catholic Bishops have joined in celebrating March as Juvenile Justice Month of Faith and Healing and are encouraging young people from throughout the state who will come to Sacramento March 24 to support sentencing reform for juvenile offenders. California Senate Bill 124 would restrict the use of solitary confinement for juveniles in custody and empower and expand the use of regional juvenile justice commissions to regulate the use of solitary confinement in juvenile detention facilities. “The purpose of California’s juvenile justice system is not to warehouse juvenile offenders until they can be turned over to the prison system, but to intervene and prevent young people from continuing in their downward spiral of crime and violence,” Monterey Bishop Richard Garcia Fresno and Bishop Armando Ochoa, co-chairs of the Restorative Justice Committee of the
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California Catholic Conference said in a statement on behalf of the conference. “Its goal must be rehabilitation and its efforts must be focused on helping young people and their families change the trajectory of their lives. “We are proud to join with the Healing Justice Coalition and people of faith throughout California in bringing attention to California’s juvenile justice system, and reminding policymakers and the public that these young people in their care are often from broken homes and broken families,” the bishops said. “They have no experience with the praise, the love or the family support most of us take for granted. They are all our prodigal sons and daughters; we have a responsibility to embrace them and help bring them back into productive society.” Visit www.restorejustice.com or www.cacatholic.org.
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