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VATICAN CITY – Archbishop Vincenzo Paglia, president of the Pontifical Council for the Family and the official promoter of the sainthood cause of the late Archbishop Oscar Romero of San Salvador, said the process to beatify and eventually canonize the slain Salvadoran archbishop has been unblocked. Archbishop Paglia, who has been the postulator of Archbishop Romero’s cause for years, made the announcement in a homily April 20, just a few hours after meeting with Pope Francis. The Italian archbishop, who was preaching at a Mass in the Italian city Molfetta to mark the 20th anniversary of the death of the diocese’s Bishop Antonio Bello – widely known by the diminutive Don Tonino SEE ROMERO, PAGE 18
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Catholic academy students mark ‘Pope Day’ Nathaniel Akroush, dressed as Pope Francis, makes his way through the halls of Everest Academy in Lemont, Ill., as the school marks its annual “Pope Day” April 19. Students at the Catholic academy learned about the pope and what he does as spiritual leader. They also chose a peer to represent the pontiff, basing their selection on character, spirituality and dedication to serving others.
BOSTON– Even though “the culture of death looms large” today, the light of Christ the good shepherd “can expel the darkness and illuminate for us a path that leads to life, to a civilization of solidarity and love,” said Boston Cardinal Sean P. O’Malley. “I hope that the events of this past week have taught us how high the stakes are,” the cardinal told the congregation at the Cathedral of the Holy Cross April 21, referring to the Boston Marathon bombings April 15 and the subsequent manhunt for the perpetrators. “We must build a civilization of love, or there will be no civilization SEE BOSTON, PAGE 18
Battle with the devil: Pope frames fight in Jesuit terms CINDY WOODEN CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE
VATICAN CITY – In the teaching of Pope Francis, the devil has a more dastardly agenda than just convincing people to break one of the Ten Commandments; “the enemy” wants them to feel weak, worthless and always ready to complain or gossip. In his first month in office, Pope Francis continually preached about God’s love and mercy, but he also frequently mentioned the devil and that sly dog’s glee when people take their eyes off of Jesus and focus only on what’s going wrong around them. In the book “On Heaven and Earth,” originally published in Spanish in 2010, the then-Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio, said, “I believe that the devil exists” and “his greatest achievement in
these times has been to make us believe he doesn’t exist.” “His fruits are always destruction: division, hate and slander,” he said in the book. As pope, his comments about the evil one reflect pastoral knowledge of the temptations and injustices oppressing people, but they also echo the Ignatian spirituality that formed him as a Jesuit, said one of his confreres, U.S. Jesuit Father Gerald Blaszczak, secretary for the service of faith at the Society of Jesus’ headquarters in Rome. “Francis comes from a tradition – the Jesuit tradition – where the presence of the evil spirit or ‘the enemy of our human nature’ is mentioned frequently,” Father Blaszczak said.
‘The enemy’ thrives on despair
In almost all his homilies, the Jesuit
said, Pope Francis talks about “the battle” people face between following the crucified and risen Christ and “falling prey to negativity, cynicism, disappointment, sadness, lethargy” – and the temptation of the “dark joy” of gossiping or complaining about others. In the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius of Loyola, who founded the Jesuits, and in his Rules for the Discernment of Spirits, sowing pessimism and despair “is the MO of ‘the enemy,’” Father Blaszczak said. St. Ignatius believed making progress in following Christ gives birth to a sense of peace and harmony, even in the face of challenges, he said. The enemy doesn’t like that and tries to disrupt it, particularly by tempting Christians to focus all their attention on themselves SEE THE DEVIL, PAGE 18
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Serra exhibition evokes era when missionaries were ‘superheroes’
CHARISMATICS GATHER IN SANTA CLARA: Retired San Francisco Archbishop George Niederauer, will preside at the opening Mass at the Northern California Renewal Coalition’s 26th annual Catholic Charismatic convention, “Jesus Christ is Lord,” May 24-27 at the Santa Clara Convention Center. Sponsored by seven Northern California dioceses, the event will feature daily Mass and speakers to minister to young and old in English, Spanish and Vietnamese. A food court, books and religious articles will be available. For more information or to register, visit www.ncrcspirit.org or call (925) 828-6644 for information in English, (650) 834-0108 for Spanish and (408) 661-6751 for Vietnamese.
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A new exhibition on Father Junipero Serra takes a comprehensive look at the founder of the California missions and the experiences of the more than 60,000 Indians who were baptized and ultimately buried at colonial Spain’s 21 Pacific Coast evangelizing settlements. Marking the 300th anniversary of the friar’s birth on Nov. 24, 1713, the exhibition, “Junipero Serra and the Legacies of the California Missions,” runs from Aug. 1 to Jan. 6, 2014, at The Huntington Library in San Marino, near Los Angeles. The friar’s baptismal record, Bible and lecture notes from his career as a student and a professor of philosophy and theology at the Franciscan university in his native Mallorca, Spain, are among the 250 rare objects assembled from international collections to cover Father Serra’s early life and career in Mallorca and his mission work in Mexico and California. The curator, Serra biographer and University of California at Riverside history professor Steven Hackel, wants to show that Father Serra had a long and successful career in Spain before he embarked for Mexico, a spiritually driven priest impelled by the excitement and glory of mission work. “He left a very comfortable and highly sought-after position to pursue his dream,” said Hackel, author of the forthcoming biography “Junípero Serra: California’s Founding Father” (Hill and Wang). “Franciscan missionaries of the 18th century were evangelical. The Catholic Church was evangelical after centuries of conflict with Islam and then in high gear after centuries of mission work in central Mexico.” Father Serra served for eight years in the Sierra Gorda region of Mexico, where he oversaw five missions and helped build new ones. “He was taken with some missionaries who had left (Mallorca) to work in Mexico,” Hackel said. “These men were the superheroes of their day. They worked miracles, they saved souls, they were superhuman people. It’s hard for us to imagine the excite-
TRADITIONAL LATIN MASS STARTS: At the request of Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone the Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite will begin to be celebrated at Star of the Sea Parish, 4420 Geary Blvd. at Eighth Avenue, San Francisco, May 26, Trinity Sunday, at 11 a.m. and subsequent Sundays at that time. The Roman Missal of 1962, published by Blessed John XXIII and slightly amended by Pope Benedict XVI, will be used to pray the liturgy and rubrics and customs in use in 1962 will be observed. Instructional sessions about the rite take place in Star of the Sea School auditorium May 7, 14 and 21 at 7 p.m. Contact Father Mark G. Mazza, pastor, (415) 751-0450, ext. 16. There is ample parking behind the church, with entrance through the gates on Eighth Avenue. ACTION AGAINST GENOCIDE: High school students from throughout the Bay Area are invited to Archbishop Riordan High School, 175 Phelan Ave., San Francisco, April 28 from 1-5 p.m. for a day of education and action against genocide. Participants will be able to craft a handmade bone to support One Million Bones, an international genocide awareness project that will display the objects on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., June 8-10. The day at Archbishop Riordan is sponsored by the school, Mercy High School and JFCS Holocaust Center. Visit the San Francisco Bay Area Darfur Coalition on Facebook or email info@darfursf.org.
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Fra Francesc Caimari Rotge, “Portrait of Serra; Retrat de fra Juníper Serra,” 1790. The spiritually driven Father Serra left his high-status position as a professor in his native Mallorca, Spain, at 55 to pursue a life as a Franciscan missionary in Mexico. “His faith never wavered,” says UC Riverside history professor and Serra biographer Steven Hackel. ment and the potential glory associated with that kind of life. Serra, of course, wanted to go to heaven himself and his calling was among the most exalted in his Catholic culture.” The Franciscan combined a powerful spiritual drive with a logical and persuasive mind that could sway a viceroy with a letter or memo. From Mexico, Father Serra moved north with Spain’s quest to acquire the coastal territory that would become Alta California before other European powers could get their hands on it. The crown called on him to establish and run missions in San Diego and Monterey and points in between. He died at Mission San Carlos in 1784 after having established the first nine of the 21 missions that would ultimately be built. Just a year earlier he had written glowingly about Mission San Carlos having had its best year, but the missionary’s era was coming to an end. “His faith in God never wavered,
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but he does become cynical and rather exhausted with constant struggles to convince military officials to support the missions the way he wants them built,” Hackel said. “He’s building missions in California when missions in central Mexico are being secularized. He’s out of step. By the time he dies, he’s an anachronism.” The exhibition’s second major goal is to offer a nuanced view of the Indian experience. The Indians adapted to the system and maintained much of their culture, language and food ways in the first decades, but eventually the small size of the settlements and the crowding out of native food sources by European plants and animals took their toll in disease and fertility and population decline. “Indians weren’t frozen in the past with an inflexible culture, but the kind of changes they were required to make would have put any culture under stress,” Hackel said. The missionaries and Spanish colonization in general did in fact, he said, precipitate a disaster for the Indians.
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A South San Francisco pastor and his parishioners are rallying to block Planned Parenthood Mar Monte’s plans to open a clinic on the city’s main thoroughfare, a block from All Souls Church and school. “These people advocate abortions,” All Souls pastor Father Agnel José De Heredia said he told the parish about Planned Parenthood in a recent homily. Parishioners are gathering signatures before and after Mass and in the city to oppose zoning approval of the clinic. “Our Catholic faith teaches us that life is sacred from conception to death. That no one has any right to terminate life,” Father De Heredia told Catholic San Francisco. Father De Heredia said he plans to preach another homily the Sunday before the May 2 Planning Commission meeting to vote on the proposal. Parishioners testified against the parking plan, which was approved, and plan to testify at the May 2 meeting, said parishioner Rolando Delgadillo. The 435 Grand Ave. clinic will not provide surgical abortion but will issue emergency contraceptives, contraceptives and provide sexually transmitted disease testing and treatment, said Planned Parenthood Mar Monte spokeswoman Lupe Rodriguez. Planned Parenthood does not plan to offer chemical abortion, or RU-486, but it could be added without returning to the city for zoning approval, Rodriquez
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40 Days for Life participants prayed the rosary outside the Planned Parenthood clinic on Valencia Street in San Francisco April 7. The Board of Supervisors is considering an ordinance that would move pro-life advocates 25 feet away from all entrances and exits. said. However, she said remodeling for surgical abortion would require obtaining city zoning approval again. “We’re planning to provide primary care services for men and women. We’re hoping to provide pediatric care,” said Rodriquez. Any minor 12 or older is eligible to receive reproductive health services, including abortion and contraception, without parental consent or knowledge under California law.
The building where the clinic would be housed is owned by John Penna, a former South San Francisco mayor. Penna said opposition to the plan comes from an unjustified stigma that is attached to the Planned Parenthood name. He said the clinic will be providing needed health care to undocumented and uninsured residents of the area as well as those with insurance.
Nine of 11 members of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors have signed on to cosponsor a fixed 25-foot buffer zone around freestanding reproductive health clinics. The legislation will apply to the Planned Parenthood clinic at 1650 Valencia St. and other reproductive health clinics, said Supervisor David Campos, who introduced the legislation. Hospitals where abortions are performed will not be affected by the legislation. The legislation would create a 25-foot fixed zone, defined by a white line painted on the pavement and street that prohibits demonstrators from standing within the area. The buffer zone would extend outward from all entrances and exits and driveways. The ordinance will go to the full Board of Supervisors May 7. A San Francisco police lieutenant and a representative from the city’s Department of Public Health testified in favor of the legislation April 18 before the Neighborhood Services and Safety Committee. Members of the pro-life prayer group 40 Days for Life disavowed any actions by others that criticize Planned Parenthood clients or infringe on their space. “Our aim is to be approachable and compassionate and kind,” said 40 Days member Jamie Blinn. “We are deeply concerned about reports of harassment.”
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Congratulations and thanks to Father Benedict Chang, whose 50th year as a priest was commemorated at San Francisco’s Star of the Sea Parish, April 7. Auxiliary Bishop William J. Justice, vicar for clergy, presided at the Mass. Father Chang is beloved at Star of the Sea having spent 30 years there as parochial vicar and more recently in retirement. Born in China in a family that had been Catholic for Father Benedict four generations, he studied at SaleChang sian schools and seminaries until his ordination in Rome, June 6, 1963. Father Chang also served at Sts. Peter and Paul Parish in North Beach from 1977-83. Incardinated into the Archdiocese of San Francisco in 1987, Father Chang now resides at Peninsula Del Rey, 165 Pierce St., Daly City, 94015. The priest has prepared a chapel in his room and offers Mass each Sunday with residents and friends often attending. HOME AGAIN: Welcome aboard and welcome back to Roxanne Civarello, new director of communications at Marin Catholic High School. Roxanne is a 2006 MC alumna and graduate of Chapman University where she earned a degree in getting the word out. Roxanne is thrilled to have recently returned to the Marin Catholic community, she told me in a note to this column. “It’s a really special thing Roxanne when you are able to combine what Civarello you love to do in a place you are passionate about. I feel blessed to have this opportunity to return to Marin Catholic, a very special community that has shaped who I am, and will always hold an important place in my life,” Roxanne said. PROUD ALMA MATER: Immaculate Conception Academy is proud of Fatima Duran, a 2008 graduate of the school, who volunteers with a national reading program Reading Partners. Fatima is a graduate of the University of San Francisco which she attended as a Gates Millennium Scholar, a fund that pays all college expenses for chosen students. “The Gates Millennium Scholars Program selects 1,000 talented students each year to receive a good-through-graduation scholarship to use at any college or university of their choice,” the group’s website said.
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NEW LEADERS: Sisters of Mercy West Midwest Community elected six of their number to five-year leadership posts at a Community Assembly April 3-8 near Chicago. The West Midwest Community of the Institute of the Sisters of Mercy of the Americas stretches from San Francisco to Detroit. The new team comes from Iowa, Nebraska, Illinois, Michigan, and as nearby as Sacramento. Pictured, seated from left, are Mercy Sisters Judith Frikker, Laura Reicks, and Susan Sanders, and, standing from left Mercy Sisters Maria Klosowski, Anne Marie Miller and Margaret Mary Hinz. the San Francisco St. Patrick’s Day Parade March 16 with Theatrical Stage Employees Union, Local 16. SAIC students kept Market Street dancing in rhythm all along the way, the school said. LIVING ROSARY: All Hallows Chapel, May 6, Newhall and Palou, San Francisco, 7:30 p.m. Sponsored by Young Ladies Institute #182. Call Sue Elvander at (415) 467-8872. This was originally scheduled for May 7 but Sue called in the change. Sounds like a beautiful evening and has been for many years.
ACCLAIMED BRUSHWORK: Our Lady of Mercy School sixth grader Natasha Siapno and OLM eighth grader Lauren de Vera are among 24 national winners in the 2012-2013 Missionary Childhood Association Christmas Artwork Contest. Their art will be available as e-greetings on MCA’s website for children, HCAKids.org – soon to be MCAKids.org – and will be displayed at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C., during Advent 2013 and through the Christmas season. PARADE ROOT: Archbishop Riordan High School Marching Band has been a staple of the San Francisco St. Patrick’s Day Parade for almost 20 years. Led by members including drum major Anthony Trigueiro, a senior, they entertained all during the 2013 extravaganza. The St. Anthony-Immaculate Conception School Drumline also marched in
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Bishops oppose bill to allow nurse midwives to perform abortions VALERIE SCHMALZ CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO
Physicians would no longer be the only ones legally allowed to perform abortions in California, under state Assembly Bill 154 – a change that California bishops say would increase health risks for women and is an attempt to increase profits for abortion clinics. “AB 154 is the second attempt in two years to lower the standard of care for California women and girls seeking an abortion – while potentially providing a financial boon for abortion clinics, which will be able to hire lower-paid clinicians,� Carol Hogan, spokeswoman for California Conference of Catholic Bishops, testified April 9 in the Assembly Business, Professions
and Consumer Protection Committee. The committee approved the bill. In September, Gov. Jerry Brown signed a scaled-back bill that continued the pilot program at the University of California, San Francisco, rather than the bill as originally written because of objections during the last legislative session to the quality of the UCSF data on the safety of nonphysicians performing first trimester abortions. AB 154 would allow nurse midwives, nurse practitioners and physician assistants to perform the most common form of first trimester surgical abortion, an aspiration or suction abortion which evacuates the woman’s uterus to end the baby’s life. Eighty-eight percent of abortions are in the first trimester, according to
the Guttmacher Institute. Aspiration abortions are the most common form of first-trimester abortion, Hogan said. “California has no parental notification requirement, which means that girls as young as 12 could attain an abortion without a physician present,� the Catholic conference said. “More than half the counties in California have no abortion provider, forcing women to travel long distances or endure long waiting lists in order to receive basic reproductive health care,� says AB 154 author Assembly Majority Leader Toni Atkins, D-San Diego. Proponents say the UCSF pilot program showed that properly trained non-physicians can perform abortions
that program are just as safe as those performed by a doctor. But the bishops’ conference says 2008 data show 22 percent of counties, home to 1 percent of the state’s population, do not have an abortion provider – not one half of counties. The conference says California has 12 percent of the U.S. population but 29 percent of the abortion providers. Data from the UCSF study show women had twice as many complications when abortions were performed by nurse midwives, nurse practitioners and physician assistants compared to abortions performed by physicians, testified California State University, Sacramento, professor Val Smith.
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Grand jury report likens Gosnell’s clinic to a ‘baby charnel house’ JOSEPH AUSTIN CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE
WASHINGTON – When a team of health officials and investigators looking into illegal drug use raided Dr. Kermit Barron Gosnell’s Women’s Medical Society Feb. 18, 2010, they happened upon what many are calling a “house of horrors.” A grand jury report about the conditions found in the clinic Gosnell ran in West Philadelphia noted blood on the floor, a stench of urine and cat droppings on the stairs. Dr. Kermit The two surgical rooms resembled a “bad gas station restroom,” accord- Barron Gosnell ing to Agent Stephen Dougherty of the federal Drug Enforcement Agency. The team went on to recover the remains of 45 fetuses “in bags, milk jugs, orange juice cartons, and even in cat-food containers,” the report explained. Three days later, the Pennsylvania Department of Health suspended Gosnell’s license. He was arrested in January 2011 and charged with seven counts of infanticide and one count of murder in the case of a Nepalese woman who died during an abortion. Gosnell’s trial on those charges began March 18 of this year. By the fifth week, beginning April 15, prosecutors were continuing to call witnesses, including several patients and several former employees, who testified about the squalid conditions they saw at the clinic. Prosecutors are seeking the death penalty against Gosnell. It was a “meat-market-style of assembly lines of
abortions,” Mallory Quigley, a spokeswoman for the Susan B. Anthony List, told Catholic News Service April 15, referencing the words of two nurses who recently left a Delaware clinic for similar reasons. “The Gosnell case is a lot more common than people realize,” Quigley said. “Americans as a whole think that abortion clinics are sanitary decent clinics,” said Jeanne Monahan, president of the March for Life Education & Defense Fund. But, she said, the “majority of abortion clinics in our country are held to very minimal standards: legally the same standards as beauty parlors and vet clinics.” According to Pennsylvania Department of Health spokeswoman Kait Gillis, because of “tougher regulation and new leadership, today, abortion facilities are being held accountable to higher standards to better protect the health and safety of women.” Pennsylvania law requires that abortions be done under 24 weeks of pregnancy because of the risks to the mother, but the grand jury report showed Gosnell routinely flouted that law. “The bigger the baby, the more he charged,” it said. He is accused of sticking a pair of medical scissors into the back of the necks of prematurely born babies and cutting the spinal cord, a procedure he called “snipping.” Court records show he destroyed most of the documentation on his use of “snipping,” but pictures taken by employees and other evidence are being used by prosecutors. In an April 16 statement on the Gosnell trial, Dayle Steinberg, president and CEO of Planned Parenthood Southeastern Pennsylvania, said: “Gosnell is a criminal who preyed upon vulnerable women, and committed illegal acts.
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“As health care providers who work every day to protect women’s health and safety, we are outraged by his criminal behavior and hope he is held accountable,” she continued. “All health care providers must be regulated, and these regulations should be based on health care needs – not on politics. “Planned Parenthood insists on the highest standards of patient care and has rigorous safety guidelines in place,” Steinberg added. “As long as these clinics enjoy such privileges – privileges no health department would ever grant to any hospital – we will never know how many Kermit Gosnells are out there. And every time we find the next one, it will be too late,” Lila Rose, president of Live Action, told CNS in an emailed statement. Rose, a 24-year-old Catholic convert, officially became involved with the abortion cause at 15 when she founded Live Action, a pro-life nonprofit specializing in investigative journalism. Since then she has received national recognition for her hidden-camera exposes of the Planned Parenthood abortion industry, which she calls “reckless (and) unregulated.” “Just because abortion is legal doesn’t make it safe,” Kristan Hawkins, executive director Students for Life of America, told CNS. “Abortion doesn’t help women,” added Quigley. She explained the pro-life movement operates more than 3,000 pregnancy resource centers for mothers and families in need, offering them assistance so they do not feel abortion is their only alternative. “Those are the places we need to be building up,” she said, noting that more than 90 percent of the funding for such centers is private. While Monahan acknowledged the Gosnell case is a somewhat extreme case, she told CNS that it highlights the violence of the abortion procedure, which she describes as being “deeply invasive” to the woman. She said it also shines a light on what she termed is the sad reality of the abortion business.
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Bishop: Marriage not for government to ‘define or redefine’ CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE
WILMINGTON, Del. – Marriage “is a unique relationship between a man and a woman” and it’s not the government’s place to “define or redefine” it, Bishop W. Francis Malooly of Wilmington said in an April 15 letter to Delaware legislators. The letter was sent four days after Gov. Jack Markell announced a bill to legalize same-sex marriage in the state. In 2011, Delaware legalized civil unions for same-sex couples. While the government can regulate marriage, Bishop Malooly wrote, it’s “not theirs to define or redefine its essential makeup. It remains God’s design, a permanent union between a man and a woman.” He said his letter was not written “to attack anyone, but rather to join the current public debate about marriage and to voice once again the
BISHOP: INACTION ON GUNS SHOWS ‘FAILURE IN MORAL LEADERSHIP’
WASHINGTON – Stockton Bishop Stephen E. Blaire said the U.S. Senate’s failure “to support even modest regulations on firearms” is “a failure in moral leadership to promote policies which protect and defend the common good.” In an April 18 letter to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, the head of the U.S. bishops’ Committee on Domestic Justice and Human Development expressed “deep disappointment”
God-given meaning and purpose of marriage.” God created marriage, a unique relationship and loving partnership between a man and a woman, for two purposes: “the good and happiness of the couple and the continuation of the human race,” he wrote. Bishop Malooly acknowledged the current notion that marriage is “just about love and commitment between two people,” an argument that supports the redefining of marriage to include persons of the same sex. However, the bishop told lawmakers, while marriage is about love, “it is also about the unique expression of love that only a man and woman as husband and wife can give to each other.” True marital union, he wrote, “is impossible without the sexual difference. Sexual difference and the capacity to procreate is the very start-
at the Senate’s failure the previous day to pass amendments to a firearms measure. The measure would have expanded background checks for gun purchases, increased penalties for gun trafficking, reinstituted an assault weapons ban and imposed restrictions on civilian access to high-capacity ammunition magazines. “Though we are disappointed, we will continue our efforts to work with Congress and other people of good will to advocate for policies that create a safer and more peaceful society,” Bishop Blaire said.
ing point for understanding why it is so important to protect and promote marriage as a union between one man and one woman.” Marriage isn’t a label “that can be attached to different types of relationships,” the bishop added. Marriage “is best described as a communion,” where, in the words of Scripture, ‘the two become one flesh,’” the bishop wrote. “No other relationship, no matter how loving or committed, can have
this unique capacity to bring about new life. This is why sexual intimacy is reserved for married love.” Marriage is the only union “that has the capacity to do what God ordered: ‘Be fruitful and multiply.’” With his April 15 letter, the bishop also sent lawmakers a copy of his February pastoral letter to Catholics on the church’s teachings on marriage. That letter, “Marriage – Gift from God,” is posted on The Dialog’s website, www.thedialog.org.
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CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO | APRIL 26, 2013
Jesuit says US drug war undermines Honduran democracy CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE
SEATTLE – A priest from Honduras says the United States is repeating the same errors in Central America as it did in the 1980s, and his country is suffering as a result. Jesuit Father Ismael Moreno, who directs Radio Progreso, a feisty activist station on the Caribbean coast of Honduras, recently told several gatherings in Oregon and Washington that U.S. intervention in his country, supposedly focused on drug trafficking, has undermined democracy and fostered corruption.
“As part of its war on drugs, the U.S. government went looking for partners, and in Honduras it found the same allies it had used in the 1980s,” Father Moreno told a gathering in a Seattle church in midApril. “Rather than fighting communism, these days they’re fighting narcotraffickers, but these allies – the military and police, the prosecutors and judges – are all involved in organized crime. They aren’t really loyal allies of the United States.” Father Moreno said several factors combined to make Honduras what many consider to be the most violent country in the world today.
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“When peace came to El Salvador and the Contras ended their war in Nicaragua in the 1990s, a good part of the assault weapons they used immigrated to Honduras, and many are used by private security companies headed by former military chiefs. At the same time, drug traffickers in Colombia started routing their shipments through Central America. Add to that the return of youth gangs from the United States, as well as the neoliberal economic changes imposed on the region. All that increased the concentration of land and worsened already chronic poverty, so it’s no wonder you today have an explosion of violence,” he said. Many observers say Honduras verges on being a failed state, and since a military coup against reformist President Manuel Zelaya in 2009, the situation has worsened. Dozens of human rights activists and peasant organizers have been assassinated. “The government exists, but the police, military chiefs, prosecutors, judges and members of Congress are more interested in benefitting from criminal behavior, especially drugs, than they are in carrying out the functions of government,” Father Moreno said.
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CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO | APRIL 26, 2013
Pope: Failure to evangelize makes ‘mother church’ a ‘baby sitter’ CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE
VATICAN CITY – All of the baptized and not just the clergy are called to spread the Gospel, even in times of persecution, Pope Francis said. Speaking to a congregation of employees of the Vatican bank at Mass
April 17, he commented on the day’s reading from the Acts of Apostles (8:18), in which the early Christians scatter to escape a “severe persecution” and then go “about preaching the word.” “They left home, perhaps they brought a few things with them; they had no security but went from place to
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CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO | APRIL 26, 2013
Pope warns on dangers of being ‘climbers’ CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE
VATICAN CITY – Following Jesus isn’t complicated, but it may take courage and it always requires recognizing that human beings aren’t God, Pope Francis said in two of his morning Mass homilies. The pope celebrated Mass April 20 with volunteers who work at a Vatican pediatric clinic for immigrants and for the poor, and April 22 with the staff of the Vatican press office. Both Masses were held in the chapel of the Domus Sanctae Marthae, where the pope lives. “Sometimes we are tempted to be too much our own bosses and not humble children and servants of the Lord,” the pope said during the April 22 Mass, according to Vatican Radio. In the day’s Gospel reading (John 10:1-10), Jesus describes himself as the “gate for the sheep” and talks about thieves and robbers who try to climb over or under the fence to get into the sheepfold. Pope Francis said there is a constant temptation
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ROME – A Kuwaiti princess, a Jesuit astronomer, a British-born rabbi, a former NBA star, a Muslim graffiti artist and the Cuban-American singing sensation Gloria Estefan all took the stage at a Rome concert hall not far from St. Peter’s Square. They were among the more than 20 speakers who each talked in turn to a nearly full auditorium for a TEDx conference dedicated to religious freedom in the world today. “Since we’re truly in a situation of danger of fundamentalism” with Rabbi David Rosen religious restrictions and hostilities growing globally, “I thought this could be a service for all of humanity,” said Legionary Father Hector Guerra, who organized the April 19 event. The nonprofit TED conferences were started in 1984 to bring people together from the worlds of “Technology, Entertainment, Design,” hence the series’ acronym. Rabbi David Rosen, director of interreligious affairs at the American Jewish Committee, said religion is abused, and it would be a mistake to crack
to “find other gates or windows for entering into the kingdom of God, but one can enter only through that gate called Jesus.” Even within the Christian community, he said, there are “climbers,” who want to give themselves glory or choose a path to happiness that isn’t Christ. “Some of you may say: ‘Father, you’re a fundamentalist!’ No, simply put, this is what Jesus said,” the pope told the congregation. Jesus is “a beautiful gate, a gate of love, a gate that does not deceive, is not false. He always tells the truth, but with tenderness and love.” The way to show that you have entered the fold through Christ, he said, is to be living examples of the beatitudes – “be poor, be meek, be just” – and “do what Matthew 25 says” by feeding the hungry, welcoming the stranger, clothing the naked, caring for the sick and visiting prisoners. Pope Francis asked the press office employees to join him in asking God for the grace to remember always to knock at the door that is Christ.
“Sometimes it’s closed – we’re sad, we feel desolation, we have trouble knocking,” he said. “Do not go looking for other doors that seem easier, more comfortable, closer.” “Jesus never disappoints,” the pope said. “Jesus never deceives.” Two days earlier, celebrating Mass with the pediatric clinic volunteers, Pope Francis spoke about “lukewarm Christians,” who – consciously or not – try to build a church to their own liking, demanding it measure up to their expectations rather than trying to live up to its expectations. The New Testament also talks about those who knew Jesus, followed him a bit and even admired him, but decided that what he was asking was just too much. They probably said to themselves, “We have good sense, don’t we?” the pope said. “Good-sense Christians” keep their distance, he said. They become “Christian satellites” orbiting around the church, but not part of it, not committed to growing in their faith or helping the church grow.
down on people’s religious beliefs or identity in response to religiously motivated violence or intolerance. Cultural, national and especially religious identities are essential parts of the human person, he said. “You turn to your identity for support, succor, self-confidence, assurance and self-justification,” especially in times of trouble, Rabbi Rosen said. The problem is when that support system morphs into a motivation for self-righteousness that “deprecates, despises or demonizes the other,” he said.
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WELLINGTON, New Zealand – New Zealand’s Catholic bishops described as “bizarre” parliament’s vote that discards the understanding of traditional marriage when it approved a same-sex marriage law. The bishops also expressed sadness that the April 17 action was taken despite widespread opposition from New Zealanders. “We find it bizarre that what has been discarded is an understanding of marriage that has its origins in human nature and common to every culture, and that almost all references to husband and wife will be removed from legislation referencing marriage. We know many New Zealanders stand with us in this,” said Archbishop John A. Dew of
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POPE ORDAINS NEW PRIESTS, TALKS ABOUT LEARNING TO HEAR JESUS’ VOICE
VATICAN CITY – Before ordaining 10 men to the priesthood, Pope Francis prayed privately with them in the sacristy and entrusted them to Mary’s care. The private moment April 21 was a repeat of a practice he began as bishop before celebrating an ordination Mass, according to Vatican Radio. The 10 new priests – six Italians, two Indians, a Croatian and an Argentine – had prepared for the priesthood in one of three Rome diocesan seminaries. Pope Francis’ homily, the Vatican said, was basically the text suggested for ordinations by the Italian bishops’ conference, although Pope Francis added personal remarks and observations as he delivered it. He told the new priests they would have “the sacred duty of teaching in the name of Christ the teacher. Impart to everyone the word of God which you have received with joy.” The pope, who frequently mentions the wisdom and lessons he learned from his grandmother, told the men, “Remember your mothers, your grandmothers, your catechists, who gave you the word of God, the faith – the gift of faith.”
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CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO | APRIL 26, 2013
Pope offers prayers for Orthodox archbishops kidnapped in Syria CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE
VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis is offering “intense prayers” for the safety and liberation of two Orthodox archbishops kidnapped in Syria, for effective responses to the humanitarian crisis created by the fighting there and for peace in the nation, the Vatican spokesman said. Jesuit Father Federico Lombardi said Pope Francis was informed about the “new, very serious fact” of the kidnapping April 22 of Syriac Orthodox Metropolitan Gregorios Yohanna of Aleppo and Greek Orthodox Metropolitan Paul of Aleppo, who were in northern Syria while on a humanitarian mission. Several news agencies reported that the two Aleppo church leaders were trying to arrange for the release of two priests – an Armenian Catholic and a Greek Orthodox – who were kidnapped in early February. In a statement April 23, Father Lombardi said the kidnapping of the two archbishops and the reported killing of their driver is “a dramatic confirmation of the tragic situation in which the Syrian population and its Christian communities are living.” In an interview with Vatican Radio
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Syriac Orthodox Metropolitan Gregorios Yohanna participates in an international peace conference in Washington in this April 27, 2006, file photo. He was kidnapped along with Greek Orthodox Metropolitan Paul of Aleppo April 22 while on a humanitarian mission in northern Syria. April 23, Franciscan Father Georges Abou Khazen, administrator of the Latin-rite vicariate of Aleppo,
confirmed that the two Orthodox archbishops had been on a mission to secure the release of the priests kidnapped in February. “Their kidnappers had promised to turn them over to them,” he said. Asked if that meant the archbishops were in contact with the kidnappers, Father Khazen said such arrangements are always done through the Red Cross or Red Crescent. “You never know” who the kidnappers were, he said. The Franciscan said no one knows where the archbishops are now or who is holding them. “Some say it is a group of Chechen jihadists, but the one thing that is certain is that the Syriac Orthodox bishop’s driver, who was with them, was shot to death. His body has been given to us and tomorrow at 11 local time we will celebrate his funeral.” According to the United Nations April 22, more than 70,000 people – mostly civilians – have been killed and more than 4.2 million Syrians have been displaced inside the country since the uprising against President Bashar Assad began in March 2011. In addition, some 1.3 million people have taken refuge in Lebanon, Jordan and Turkey.
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VATICAN CITY – A Vaticanconvoked commission of doctors concluded a healing attributed to Blessed John Paul II had no natural explanation, according to Italian news reports. Eventual papal approval of the alleged miracle would clear the way for the canonization of the pope, who died April 2, 2005, and was beatified May 1, 2011. Once a panel of physicians convoked by the Congregation for Saints’ Causes determines a healing is authentic and lasting, and that there is no natural, medical explanation for it, the files are passed on to a panel of theologians. The theologians study the events – especially the prayers – surrounding the alleged miracle and give their opinion on whether the healing can be attributed to the intercession of a particular sainthood candidate. If the theologians give a positive opinion, the cardinals who are members of the congregation vote on whether to recommend the pope recognize the healing as a miracle and set a canonization date. The newspaper Il Messaggero quoted Jesuit Father Federico Lombardi, the Vatican spokesman, as saying, “There is a widespread desire for the canonization” of Blessed John Paul, “but no date has been set. First these two formal acts (by the theologians and by the cardinals) are necessary, and then the decree of the pope about the miracle.”
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Cindi Molina and Citia Molina, children of Consuelo Molina
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St. Vincent de Paul Society conference president Tom Clarkin, right, explained to volunteers Ciara Callanan and Daniel Callanan how the food donation bags are prepared. At left is Nancy Clarkin, conference secretary.
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Residents of the Half Moon Bay area gathered at Our Lady of the Pillar Church April 6 for donations of food and clothing organized by the members of the St. Vincent de Paul Society at the parish.
Victor San Agustine, 61, signed in for his groceries.
Omar Valencia and his mother Guadalupe Valencia
‘It’s an eye-opener – there’s a lot of working poor here’ Vincentians at Half Moon Bay parish expand efforts to serve area’s diverse poor
DANA PERRIGAN CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO
For the droves of young couples, families, motorcyclists and other travelers out for a pleasant weekend jaunt along Highway 1 south of San Francisco, it is a world of spectacular and sweeping ocean vistas, craggy bluffs and beautiful beaches broken up by a series of quaint and charming coastal towns. While that perception of western San Mateo County may be true, it is incomplete: A recent county study revealed that there is a diverse and – relative to its population and the Bay Area – disproportionate number of poor living in the midst of all that bucolic splendor. “I think a lot of people don’t realize the diversity of the need on the coast,” said Nancy Clarkin. “We’re reaching out to a lot of different people. It’s not something that’s visible when you’re driving through a pretty little coastal town.” During her 11-year tenure as a volunteer – currently secretary – with the St. Vincent de Paul Society conference at Our Lady of the Pillar Church in Half Moon Bay, Clarkin has
become progressively familiar with the diversity of need on the coast. Working alongside her husband, Tom, who serves as conference president, 15 regular volunteers and about 50 occasional ones, she has labored to meet it.
200,000 pounds of food distributed
Last year, conference volunteers racked up 9,000 volunteer hours distributing – from three bases of operation in the county – 200,000 pounds of food to migrant farm workers, the working poor, the homeless and seniors. “Those are the four main groups of people we focus on,” said Clarkin. “I think a lot of people don’t realize how many of them there are here.” On a recent damp and drizzly Saturday morning, Clarkin stood behind a small table at the entrance of a garage-like structure at Our Lady of the Pillar Church. Earlier, a group of about 30 people huddled beneath an overhang at the side of the church hall in an attempt to stay dry. Now they were lined up in front of the table, each waiting their turn to sign the registry and receive a bag of groceries.
“How’s your husband?” Clarkin said as an elderly woman wearing a black hat and a brown hooded sweatshirt steps up to the table. “Still the same? Sorry to hear that.” “Good morning,” she said to the person
“Fifty years in the grocery business,” joked Ron, gesturing at the stacks of canned goods in the storeroom, “and here I am again. . . ” “This has been developed through years of practice,” said Tom Clarkin, as he oversees
ilies, the majority of whom are farm workers. For workers who live on remote ranches and are without transportation, a volunteer drives out to them. Several months ago, the conference established a third location at Our Lady
Last year, conference volunteers racked up 9,000 volunteer hours distributing – from three bases of operation in the county – 200,000 pounds of food to migrant farm workers, the working poor, the homeless and seniors. next in line. “Como está?” Standing alongside Clarkin, volunteer Odalis Castellanos – a freshman at Mercy High School in Burlingame – keeps the bags of groceries flowing. “This is my first time here,” said Castellanos. “I really like it.” In a small storeroom at the rear of the garage, Tom Clarkin directs volunteers as they fill grocery bags with rice, beans, spaghetti, cereal, canned goods and fresh vegetables. Candace Burr, another Mercy High School student, brought her parents, Ron and Carolyn Burr, and her brother Sean, to volunteer with her. Residents of South San Francisco, the Burrs are parishioners at Mater Dolorosa.
the operation. “Don Wright – now 80 – he started it. He helped out quite a bit.” Clarkin said the purpose of the registry is to keep an accurate log of the number of people served so that Second Harvest, the food bank which provides the food, will know how much to give them.
Increasing need
Since the Clarkins joined St. Vincent de Paul 11 years ago, the need has increased, along with the effort to reach out. Five years ago, the conference established a second distribution site at St. Anthony Church in Pescadero. Two Saturdays a month, volunteers distribute food, clothing and household items to about 150 fam-
of Refuge – a mission church in La Honda. On Sunday afternoons, from 2 to 4 p.m., volunteers serve about 20 to 30 families that live in the surrounding hills. Here at the Half Moon Bay distribution site, which is open Mondays, Thursdays and Saturdays, 300 to 400 families are served. “There are a lot of hidden poor, too,” said Nancy Clarkin. “Maybe their pride keeps them from coming to stand in line.” Those who are brought to the conference’s attention – by a parishioner or concerned neighbor – discover an anonymous bag of groceries left on their doorstep. Standing outside the garage and waiting for his turn to select from among racks of cloth-
ing and bins of shoes and toys, Rick Berry hunkers under the hood of his grey parka. “I’ve been coming here for four or five years now – not every week, but at least once a month,” said Berry, who has been homeless but is currently staying with a friend in Princeton, near Half Moon Bay. “It definitely helps. I’m just out there trying to survive. I’ve got a job pulling weeds later today.” Mary Donovan, a parishioner at Our Lady of the Pillar and volunteer with the conference for the past five years, gives Berry the nod to go ahead. “I love it,” said Donovan. “It’s a great group of people to work with. You see a lot of the community that you normally wouldn’t see – it’s an eye-opener. There’s a lot of working poor here.” A few feet away at the table, Nancy Clarkin asks a little girl wearing a pink sweatshirt and shoes if she would like some candy.
Gift of heart-shaped candy
“They very rarely say no,” Clarkin said to the mother as she hands the girl a box of
heart-shaped candy. “Say hi to your dad,” she said. A few minutes later, Victor San Agustine guides his motorized scooter to the head of the line to receive his bag of groceries. Agustine, who lives in an RV about a mile-and-ahalf away, has been picking up food here for two years. “These people are wonderful,” he said. “You know, they’ve really got their hands open. They’re really pleasant people.” The 61-year-old Agustine said he receives more than food when he comes here. “Some time ago, I lost trust in my kind,” he said. “I kind of became a loner. It’s sad. Being here has brought me back – it makes me want to get closer to my kind again.” “I’m not doing very well financially, right now, but if I ever do, I’ll know where to invest my money.” Nancy Clarkin said that she, too, has received much during her service as a volunteer. “We’re the ones doing the giving,” she said, “but they’re the ones who are really doing the giving.”
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Welcoming the strangers among us AMERICA MAGAZINE
According to the Gospels, when witnesses to the resurrection encountered the risen Christ, he was not always immediately recognized. This was the evangelists’ way of answering that basic question posed in the early church: Where is Jesus? If he still lives, how can we find him? Luke’s response is in the story of the disciples on the road to Emmaus. Jesus approaches them “in another form,” explains the Scriptures and finally reveals his identity during a meal when “they recognized him in the breaking of the bread.” Luke’s point is clear: We discover Jesus in the stranger on the road. Who is today’s stranger? We find him or her in those of whom Pope Francis spoke at his inaugural Mass – those we are called to “protect.” Pope Francis spoke especially of “the poorest, the weakest, the least important, those whom Matthew lists in the final judgment on love: the hungry, the thirsty, the stranger, the naked, the sick and those in prison.” In our world today, this undoubtedly includes undocumented immigrants. The Catholic Church in the United States is historically an immigrant church. Many universities in the United States trace their origins to the 19th century, when religious orders arrived in a population center, built a chapel, enlarged it to a church, added a school, enlarged that to a high school and expanded that into a college and a university. This helped to move Catholic immigrants into mainstream American life. Obviously, much has changed since then. In the 19th century, the goal of “social justice” movements was to fight the inequality produced by the industrial revolution. Today, the pursuit of justice calls us to work for immigration reform. Of the 65,000 undocumented
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Maria del Alba Rodriguez and her sister, Rosa Maria Villalba, shout slogans as people rally for comprehensive immigration reform April 10 near the U.S. Capitol in Washington. Demonstrators urged lawmakers to support a path to citizenship for an estimated 11 million undocumented immigrants in the U.S. students who graduate from high school annually, roughly 5 to 10 percent go on to college, and only a few receive scholarships. The great majority go to community colleges, and many drop out. A large number of today’s undocumented young adults were brought to the United States as children by parents who either overstayed a legal visit or entered the country without authorization. Facing difficult circumstances, many either do not go to college or, once there, fail out. Unchecked, these problems can create a generation of talented men and women who will never develop their full potential and contribute to the society they once sought to join. They fear deportation, are barred from professions – as teachers, doctors, nurses, engineers – they once dreamed of and are blocked from participating in many of the activities of their peers.
Wordlessly, or with few words, pope speaks to the heart CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO
The challenge of church communications in a networked world is to connect not only intellectually but also with the heart and imagination, said the archbishop who heads the Vatican’s Council for Social Communications. In an interview with Vatican Radio, Archbishop Claudio Celli said Pope Francis in the early days of his pontificate is showing an innovative approach to communicating the Gospel in a world where the fixed point of place is giving way to the dynamic of the social network. He gave examples of the pope communicating the Gospel by touch and by the quick stroke of a word picture that lingers in the mind and promotes reflection. The pope washed the feet of minors in a juvenile prison on Holy Thursday, and later embraced an 8-year-old handicapped boy in St. Peter’s Square, placing his cheek near the cheek of the boy. “No words, but that was the only way to communicate something to that boy,” Archbishop Celli said. When the pope said a good priest “must have the smell of the sheep,” he communicated a lot of
Pope Francis immediately created an atmosphere of dialogue and human, friendly relationships in his first appearance to the crowds in St. Peter’s Square March 13. ARCHBISHOP CLAUDIO CELLI concepts that people can perceive immediately from that image, Archbishop Celli said. The archbishop added, “A few days ago he was saying the tears in private suffering are a very good lens to rediscover Jesus.” The archbishop said Pope Francis immediately created an atmosphere of dialogue and human, friendly relationships in his first appearance to the crowds in St. Peter’s Square March 13. “I never felt so deep silence in St. Peter’s Square than that first night,” Archbishop Celli said. He said “many people were prepared to celebrate the funeral of the church” but instead felt the movement of the Holy Spirit.
They cannot receive most federal aid or work-study stipends. In short, their lives are stunted by psychological and social isolation. Various universities have programs to assist them. Notre Dame’s renowned Alliance for Catholic Education, in order to “welcome the strangers among us,” helps prepare some of its teachers to specialize in teaching students who speak a language other than English at home. In 2010, the Ford Foundation gave Fairfield University, in Connecticut, a substantial grant to study the situation of undocumented students at the 28 Jesuit colleges and universities. Joined by Loyola University Chicago and Santa Clara University, they researched and interviewed immigrant students, administrators and faculty at six schools, plus officers involved in admissions, student affairs and financial aid at all
28 schools. They found that 76 percent of all staff members surveyed agreed that enrolling and supporting undocumented students fits the mission of their institution, but 40 percent were not aware of any outreach programs to support them. What can be done? Santa Clara is the only Jesuit institution with a scholarship fund exclusively for undocumented immigrants. That will change. Twenty-five presidents of the 28 Jesuit colleges and universities have signed a statement promising support for documented and undocumented students alike. These schools will emphasize in their mission statements that they exist to serve all students, regardless of immigration status. They will explore establishing a “common fund” to finance scholarships for all, create a list of outside scholarships for which immigrants are eligible and find ways to help pay for books, lab fees and transportation. Finally, according to a position paper prepared by Fairfield University, the schools recognize that the current situation “can lock families of particular ethnic backgrounds into enclaves or ghettoes, instilling an atmosphere of fear, misunderstanding and disinformation.” These universities will respect the privacy of undocumented students and help the students fulfill both their family obligations and fully participate in university life. Christians’ desire to help the stranger goes back to the risen Christ, “the stranger” who revealed himself on the road to the downcast disciples. What might have happened if the disciples had not invited this stranger to remain with them? This editorial appeared in the April 8 issue of America, a national Catholic weekly magazine, and was redistributed by Catholic News Service as an example of current commentary in the Catholic press.
LETTERS Medjugorje is a great gift I was saddened to read the submission from Laurette Elsberry regarding Medjugorje (“Medjugorje: Buyer beware,” letters, April 19). I have been there twice and was privileged to see the miracle of the sun on one occasion. In 1998 I also got a chance to visit Sarajevo and see the utter destruction the war caused. These visionaries were under communist control and in danger of arrest or death when the visions started. Their lives have been an inspiration for many and caused them much suffering. Thank God for travel agents, hotelkeepers and, as she refers to them, “junk religious art dealers.” I treasure the “junk” religious rosaries that I bought from this holy place as it gives me hope that we are blessed with Our Lady’s presence during these times. (By the way, aren’t these people also involved in Lourdes and Fatima?) Also, it is the Blessed Mother who directs the visionaries to go throughout the world, not the other way around as Ms. Elsberry believes. I invite Ms. Elsberry to view a documentary called “The Triumph,” which follows a young man on the difficult road to
conversion. I believe Medjugorje is a great gift. Gayle Harrington Greenbrae
Concerns about immigration reform article This letter is in response to the article by Patricia Zapor in your April 19 issue (“Rally shows range of issues in push for immigration reform”). The article states that families are being split apart by deportation proceedings. This is very hard for me to understand. The church believes, as I do, that the family is the most important thing, after serving God. It doesn’t matter where the family is located, so why are these families being separated? It is certainly not by our government. Immigration reform should be addressed, I agree. Most of our ancestors that were immigrants went through the legal process at the time to become citizens. That allowed all of their offspring to be born as citizens. The same process, modified if necessary, should be followed for all immigrants. Victor Steffen San Rafael
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Gay marriage and the breakdown of moral argument
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n his classic text “After Virtue,” the philosopher Alisdair MacIntyre lamented not so much the immorality that runs rampant in our contemporary society, but something more fundamental and in the long run more dangerous – namely, that we are no longer even capable of having a real argument about moral matters. The assumptions that once undergirded any coherent conversation about ethics, he said, are no longer taken for granted or universally shared. The result is that, in regard to questions of what is right and wrong, FATHER ROBERT we simply talk past one anBARRON other, or more often, scream at each other. I thought of MacIntyre’s observation when I read a recent article on the U.S. Supreme Court’s consideration of the much-vexed issue of gay marriage. It was reported that, in the wake of the oral arguments, Justice Elena Kagan remarked, “Whenever someone expresses moral disapproval in a legal context, the red flag of discrimination goes up for me.” Notice that the justice did not say that discrimination is the result of a bad moral argument, but simply that any appeal to morality is tantamount to discrimination. Or to state it in MacIntyre’s terms, since even attempting to make a moral argument is an exercise in futility, doing so can only be construed as an act of aggression. I will leave to the side the radical inconsistency involved in saying that one has an ethical objection (discrimination!) to the making of an ethical objection, but I would indeed like to draw attention to a very dangerous implication of this incoherent position. If argument is indeed a non-starter, the only recourse we have in the adjudication of our disputes
is violence, either direct or indirect. This is precisely why a number of Christian leaders and theorists, especially in the West, have been expressing a deep concern about this manner of thinking. Any preacher or writer who ventures to make a moral argument against gay marriage is automatically condemned as a purveyor of “hate speech” or excoriated as a bigot, and in extreme cases, he can be subject to legal sanction. This visceral, violent reaction is a consequence of the breakdown of the rational framework for moral discourse that MacIntyre so lamented.
Obsession with poll numbers
A telltale sign of this collapse is our preoccupation, even obsession, with poll numbers in regard to this question. We are incessantly told that everincreasing numbers of Americans – especially among the young – approve of gay marriage or are open to gay relationships. This is undoubtedly of great interest sociologically or politically, but in itself, it has nothing to do with the question of right or wrong. Lots of people can approve of something that is in fact morally repugnant, and a tiny minority can support something that is in fact morally splendid. For example, if polls were taken in 1945 concerning the rectitude of dropping atomic bombs on Japan in order to bring the war to a rapid conclusion, I am quite sure that overwhelming majorities would have approved. And if a poll had been taken in, say, 1825, concerning the legitimacy of slavery, I would bet that only a small minority of Americans would have come out for eliminating the practice. But finally, in either case, so what? Finally, an argument has to be made. In the absence of this, the citation of poll numbers in regard to a moral issue is nothing but a form of bullying: We’ve got you outnumbered.
Love does not constitute an argument
Still another indication of the breakdown in
Higher education and ‘breaking good’
“B
reaking Bad” is a television series on AMC about a high school chemistry teacher who becomes a drug kingpin. It has quickly become a favorite of mine. Educator Walter White puts his chemistry skills to work in his own meth lab after he learns he has advanced-stage lung cancer and just two years to live. His teaching job, he reasons, will not provide nearly enough for his pregnant wife and his son, who has cerebral palsy. JOHN GARVEY White enters the drug trade for reasons that are understandable, even sympathetic. But his first poor decision leads to others that rapidly drag him into worse and worse behavior. Several hours into the first season, he murders a pair of rival dealers. As he expands his enterprise, he adopts the thuggish business methods that drug dealers typically employ. White’s story is a brilliant illustration of virtue ethics. Aristotle argued that we constantly choose what sort of people we become by our actions, virtuous or vicious. We become just by doing just acts, temperate by doing temperate acts, brave by doing brave acts. And we become unjust, intemperate and cowardly by repeatedly doing vicious acts of those kinds. Once we’ve worn a path in either direction, it becomes easier to travel the next time. A person “breaks bad” by making bad choices and developing bad habits. As he gives in to increasingly bad habits again and again, his vices gradually disorient his moral compass until he has completely lost his way. White’s story is a bit out of the ordinary because his criminal turn arises out of a real midlife crisis. Most of us form our most deeply ingrained habits – good and bad – at a younger age, and they become more difficult (though never impossible) to change later on.
This is why college, often the first opportunity for young adults to exercise moral freedom, is such a critical time in the formation of character. Those four years can leave students well formed in habits of patience, faith, industry and continence. Or they can become the opposite kind of people – wrathful, impious, lazy and excessively fond of drink. In 1988, the late James Q. Wilson gave the commencement address at his alma mater, the University of Redlands. He said that students who form good habits can mostly thank their parents; that it’s not the business of colleges to instill virtue. At best, he asserted, moral virtue and higher education are “uneasy allies.” Wilson was right about the importance of families. But as the president of The Catholic University of America and a longtime academic, I disagree strongly with his latter point. Higher education took a wrong turn when it embraced the teaching of intellectual virtues to the exclusion of moral ones. The life of the mind is not a game or a series of brainteasers. There are right and wrong answers; good and bad art; true and false ideas; better and worse ways of acting and living. Good teachers inspire their students not just to think for themselves, but to act on those judgments as well. In past generations, students at Catholic colleges and universities were inspired by Jesuits, Dominicans and Sisters of Mercy. These priests and nuns not only taught them but lived alongside them in residence halls and prayed alongside them in chapels. They had a lasting effect on the kind of people their students became. Today, fewer of our teachers have taken religious vows. But lay teachers can, and should, see their jobs as the founders of our Catholic colleges and universities did – not just to tell their students about virtue, but to show them how to live it. GARVEY is president of The Catholic University of America in Washington.
moral argumentation is the sentimentalizing of the gay marriage issue. Over roughly the past 25 years, armies of gay people have come out of the closet, and this is indeed welcome. Repression, deception, and morbid self-reproach are never good things. The result of this coming out is that millions have recognized their brothers, sisters, aunts, cousins, uncles and dear friends as gay. The homosexual person is no longer some strange and shadowy “other” but someone I know to be a decent human being. This development, too, is nothing but positive. The man or woman with a homosexual orientation must always be loved and treated, in all circumstances, with the respect due to a child of God. Nevertheless, it does not follow that everything a decent person does or wants is necessarily decent. Without a convincing argument, we cannot simply say that whatever a generally kind and loving person chooses to do is, by the very nature of the thing, right. This is why I am never impressed when a politician says that he is now in favor of gay marriage, because he has discovered that his son, whom he deeply loves, is gay. Please don’t misunderstand me: I am sincerely delighted whenever a father loves and cherishes his gay son. However, that love in itself does not constitute an argument. The attentive reader will have noticed that I have not proffered such an argument in the course of this article. That will have to be matter for another day. What I have tried to do is clear away some of the fog that obfuscates this issue, in the hopes that we might eventually see, with some clarity and objectivity, what the Catholic Church teaches in regard to sexuality in general and the question of gay marriage in particular. FATHER BARRON is the founder of the global ministry Word on Fire and the rector/president of Mundelein Seminary, Mundelein, Ill.
Health care costs ‘simply outrageous’ FATHER WILLIAM J. BYRON, SJ
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he March 4, 2013, issue of Time will be long remembered for doing what great journalism should be doing, namely, providing facts and analysis on important topics of current interest. In this case, Time’s cover shouts out, “Bitter Pill: Why Medical Bills Are Killing Us,” announcing the 24,105-word feature story by Steven Brill (said to be the longest piece that Time has ever published). This report is much less about who should pay for health care and asks instead: Why are we paying so much? The annual tab amounts to nearly 20 percent of our gross domestic product, far more than other industrial nations pay for equally good or even better health care. Those who take time to think about the issue find themselves concluding that this situation is simply outrageous. Health care is a $2.8 trillion annual market and that market is by no means free. And many of the so-called not-for-profit hospitals are seeing their revenues far exceed their costs. Isn’t that, by definition, profit? Those in need of health care want the best but rarely know what it is going to cost. They don’t care because the insurer (assuming they are insured) will cover it. Similarly, those who provide care want to provide the best and they, too, are not preoccupied with cost as they look at the patient because both patient and provider look to third-party payers. Health care is a seller’s market. The villain in this piece is the “chargemaster,” the internal price list that all hospitals have and few, if any, hospital administrators are willing to explain. It sets the price for every pill and procedure and seems to be applied blindly and uncritically by the very hospital administrators who plead ignorance of how any given number found its way onto the list. If you can figure it out, you are on your way to getting a handle on the question Time raised: why medical bills are killing you. More of us have to get interested in that question if all of us are to enjoy a more secure economic and medical future.
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SUNDAY READINGS
Fifth Sunday of Easter When Judas had left them, Jesus said, ‘Now is the Son of Man glorified, and God is glorified in him.’ JOHN 13:31-33A, 34-35 ACTS 14:21-27 After Paul and Barnabas had proclaimed the good news to that city and made a considerable number of disciples, they returned to Lystra and to Iconium and to Antioch. They strengthened the spirits of the disciples and exhorted them to persevere in the faith, saying, “It is necessary for us to undergo many hardships to enter the kingdom of God.” They appointed elders for them in each church and, with prayer and fasting, commended them to the Lord in whom they had put their faith. Then they traveled through Pisidia and reached Pamphylia. After proclaiming the word at Perga they went down to Attalia. From there they sailed to Antioch, where they had been commended to the grace of God for the work they had now accomplished.And when they arrived, they called the church together and reported what God had done with them and how he had opened the door of faith to the Gentiles. PSALM145:8-9, 10-11, 12-13 I will praise your name for ever, my king and my God.
The Lord is gracious and merciful, slow to anger and of great kindness. The Lord is good to all and compassionate toward all his works. I will praise your name for ever, my king and my God. Let all your works give you thanks, O Lord, and let your faithful ones bless you. Let them discourse of the glory of your kingdom and speak of your might. I will praise your name for ever, my king and my God. Let them make known your might to the children of Adam, and the glorious splendor of your kingdom. Your kingdom is a kingdom for all ages, and your dominion endures through all generations. I will praise your name for ever, my king and my God. REVELATION 21:1-5A Then I, John, saw a new heaven and a new earth. The former heaven and the former earth had passed away, and the sea was no more. I also saw
the holy city, a new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, “Behold, God’s dwelling is with the human race. He will dwell with them and they will be his people and God himself will always be with them as their God. He will wipe every tear from their eyes, and there shall be no more death or mourning, wailing or pain, for the old order has passed away.”The One who sat on the throne said, “Behold, I make all things new.” JOHN 13:31-33A, 34-35 When Judas had left them, Jesus said, “Now is the Son of Man glorified, and God is glorified in him. If God is glorified in him, God will also glorify him in himself, and God will glorify him at once. My children, I will be with you only a little while longer. I give you a new commandment: love one another. As I have loved you, so you also should love one another. This is how all will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”
‘I love you’ is with deeds
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he floral business, greeting-card companies, and candy manufacturers have made fortunes in helping people find a way to say “I love you.” For some reason, none of us believe that words are enough when it comes to expressing love. We need some tangible symbol or expression of love. In the first reading, we hear that the call of Paul and Barnabas to preach the Gospel to faraway lands put them in harm’s way again and again. But, guided by the Holy Spirit, they realized that the only way to preach God’s love was to do God’s work. How can we be sure of the repeated claims of the Bible that God loves us DEACON eternally if we do not see any FAIVA PO’OI concrete evidences of that love? In this life, we do not have any conclusive demonstration of God’s love for us. In the second reading, we hear about the life to come – a life in which God will wipe away every tear from our eyes, redress every wrong, and relieve every pain.
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POPE FRANCIS GOD IS REAL, NOT SOME ESOTERIC ‘GOD-SPRAY’
The Christian faith teaches that God is a real, concrete person, not some intangible essence or esoteric mist like “god-spray,” Pope Francis said in his homily April 18 at Mass in the chapel of his residence, the Domus Sanctae Marthae. Pope Francis said many people say they believe in God, but what kind of God do they believe in exactly? God is a real person – a father – and faith springs forth from a tangible experience of an encounter with him, the pope told his listeners. “We believe in persons and when we talk to God we speak with persons” who are concrete and tangible, not some misty, diffused god-like “‘god-spray,’ that’s a little bit everywhere but who knows what it is.”
Many years ago, there was a popular song with a very down-to-earth refrain. It said: “If you’re in love, show me.” When I told my wife that I love her and gave her a bear hug, she had a big smile on her face. I don’t know whether it was the words, or the expression or the action, or perhaps both, that made her smile. In today’s Gospel, we hear about Jesus saying, essentially, the same thing. It was his last time to be with his disciples. And he was giving them his final instructions. Part of what he said was this: “Love one another.” But Jesus knew how ambiguous the word love can be. So he did not stop there. He went on to say: “As my love has been for you, so must your love be for one another.” A floral company used to have the advertising slogan, “Say it with flowers.” Flowers are nice. Flowers are beautiful. But even flowers are not enough. The only real way for you and me to say, “I love you,” is with deeds. Jesus was always kind to his disciples. He could be firm when the occasion called for firmness. But he was never unkind. He encouraged. He complimented. He forgave. At times, he would correct his disciples for their attitudes or their actions. He never launched a personal attack against any of them. He never spoke an insult-
ing word, even once. This is the way we are to demonstrate our love for one another. It is nothing more than an implementation of the golden rule. Put yourself in the other person’s place. Ask yourself how you would want to be treated. Then act accordingly. That is kindness. That is love. We cannot truly say “I love you” without this kind of expression of that love. The commandment, “Love your neighbor as yourself,” ended with these four words: “I am the Lord.” In other words, you are to love because God has commanded you to love. Jesus took that thought to a higher plane. He loved inclusively and sacrificially because he knew this to be the way his father loves. For us, too, we are to love everybody because this is the way the father loves. God loves everybody. We are to love people who may seem unlovable because God loves us when we seem unlovable. We are to love our enemies because God loves his enemies. May the risen Lord in the Eucharist give us hearts and minds to love as he did – with courage and selflessness. If we can do this, perhaps our lives will become a fulfillment of his words, “As my love has been for you, so must your love be for each other.” DEACON PO’OI serves at St. Timothy Parish, San Mateo.
LITURGICAL CALENDAR, DAILY MASS READINGS MONDAY, APRIL 29: Memorial of St. Catherine of Siena, virgin and doctor of the church. Acts 14:5-18. PS 115:1-2, 3-4, 15-16. Jn 14:21-26.
CATHERINE OF SIENA 1347-1380 April 29
TUESDAY, APRIL 30: Tuesday of Fifth Week of Easter. Optional Memorial of St. Pius V, pope. Acts 14:1928. PS 145:10-11, 12-13ab, 21. Jn 14:27-31a.
Catherine was the 24th of 25 children of a Sienese dyer; her mystical experiences and raptures began at age 6. She refused to marry, and about 1367 joined the Third Order of St. Dominic. She attracted a like-minded group in Siena for prayer and good works, and devoted her last five years to church unity and ending the scandal of rival papacies. Though she experienced the pain of the stigmata, it became visible only after her death at 33. And, in an odd division of relics, her body is in a Roman church, while her head is in a Sienese church. Named a doctor of the church in 1970, Catherine is a patron saint of Europe and Italy, and the patron of fire prevention, nurses and nursing.
WEDNESDAY, MAY 1: Wednesday of the Fifth Week of Easter. Optional Memorial of St. Joseph the Worker. Acts 15:1-6. PS 122:1-2, 3-4ab, 4cd-5. Jn 15:1-8. THURSDAY, MAY 2: Memorial of St. Athanasius, bishop and doctor. Acts 15:7-21. PS 96:1-2a, 2b-3, 10. Jn 15:9-11. FRIDAY, MAY 3: Feast of Sts. Philip and James, apostles. 1 Cor 15:1-8. PS 19:2-3, 4-5. Jn 14:6-14. SATURDAY, MAY 4: Saturday of the Fifth Week of Easter. Acts 16:1-10. PS 100:1b-2, 3, 5. Jn 15:18-21.
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A call for less self-protection
oday, among many of us churchgoers, there is growing propensity to self-protect rather than risk crucifixion for the world. We are well intentioned in this, but, good intentions notwithstanding, our actions are the opposite of Jesus. He loved the world enough to let himself be crucified rather than self-protect. We see this propensity for self-protection everywhere inside our churches today, albeit it is not without cause. In most parts of the world, the church is under siege in some fashion, either FATHER RON because of active persecuROLHEISER tion or simply because it’s being disrespected, unfairly perceived and unfairly treated. And this isn’t simple paranoia. There’s some substance to it. Secular culture has its virtues, but it is also clearly somewhat immature and grandiose in its relationship to its Judeo-Christian heritage. Given this fact, I can understand why so many church leaders and concerned church members today are becoming more and more defensive. However, while I understand the instinct behind this, I cannot agree with the response, namely to see our culture as an enemy against which we need to protect ourselves rather than as the world that Jesus died for and which we are called to love and save. What’s wrong with our propensity to self-protect is that it’s the exact opposite of what Jesus did. We see this everywhere in the Gospels. Jesus’ disciples were forever trying to protect him from various
groups whom they deemed unworthy of his presence and Jesus was forever clear that he didn’t need or want to be protected: “Let them come to me!” was one of his mantras. What was Jesus’ response to this effort at protection? We have his words: No more of this! But we don’t have the tone of those words. Were they spoken in anger, as sharp reprimand? Were they spoken in frustration, recognizing that Peter, the rock, the future pope, had so badly misunderstood his message? Or, were they spoken in that sad tone a mother uses when she tells her children to stop fighting even as the resignation in her voice betrays the fact that she knows they never will? Whatever the tone, the message is clear: His first followers didn’t understand one of the central things about their master: Jesus had spent his entire ministry healing people, including healing diseased ears so that people might hear again, and on his last night on earth the leader of his apostles cuts off the ear of someone in an attempt to protect him. The lesson is in the irony: Jesus’ healing of ears had revealed his longing for dialogue and Peter’s severing of an ear had revealed his itch to cut off dialogue. Jesus’ whole person and message had incarnated and preached vulnerability and radical acceptance of crucifixion rather than self-protection and his followers, at the first show of hostility, had responded with violence and self-protection. That lesson shouldn’t be lost: Everything about Jesus speaks of vulnerability rather than self-protection. And that’s how, ideally, we should respond to the world when it’s unfair to us. OBLATE FATHER ROLHEISER is president of the Oblate School of Theology, San Antonio, Texas.
Remembering Father John H. Olivier, SS FATHER GERALD D. COLEMAN, SS
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hen John Olivier taught chant to high school, college and theology seminarians, the last question in every exam was the same: What is the best class of the week? The answer, of course, was chant. This reply came easily and truthfully as the teacher himself had nothing but an abundance of class. He was truly a gentleman of St. Sulpice and virtually no one else came close to him in this regard. He was a teacher par excellence whether the subject was music, speech, Latin, English or French. But he was a pedagogue in so many other ways, especially evidenced in the reverent way he celebrated the Eucharist, made more memorable by his personal and reverential style marked by solemnity and exquisite vestments. He never “said Mass.” He always celebrated the Eucharist. The seminary was not his only avenue of influence. He served in many parishes in the San Francisco Bay Area and forged lasting and deep friendships. He enlivened the liturgy wherever he was and demonstrated his unique ability to create a singing community. He formed a friendship of profound mutuality with Mercy Sister Suzanne Toolan and often celebrated Masses worthy of a cathedral at the Mercy Motherhouse in Burlingame. He wrote special music for the chrism Mass for the Diocese of San Jose and these musical compositions are used to this day. He was one of only a handful of musicians ever invited to play the organ at Memorial Church on the Stanford University campus. He preached frequently at the Presbyterian churches in Palo Alto and Menlo Park where he forged a lasting friendship with Robert McAfee Brown. As an educated gentleman, he was well read and possessed an overwhelming appreciation and knowledge of all types of music, including musical settings in numerous languages. At St. Joseph’s College, he introduced “concerts” after vespers during the winter months where he explained everything from classical music to Broadway scores. He seemed to sing more than he talked, often creating lyrics that captured precisely specific moments and characteristics of other people. He was an accomplished pianist and organist but could modify any moment by singing, “I’m an Oscar Mayer Wiener!” His innate humor often overflowed in delightful iconoclastic insights.
MEMORIAL MASS MAY 1
A memorial Mass will be celebrated for Sulpician Father John Olivier May 1, in the chapel of St. Patrick’s Seminary & University, Menlo Park, at 5 p.m. Father Olivier, who taught at St. Patrick’s and the now-closed St. Joseph College Seminary for 22 years died April 12 at age 93. He was ordained Sulpician Father a priest of the Diocese of John Olivier Marquette, Mich., May 31, 1947, and admitted to the Sulpicians in 1952. Remembrances may be made to the Society of St. Sulpice, Sulpician Provincial House, 5408 Roland Ave., Baltimore, MD, 21210-1988. He would occasionally speak of his childhood upbringing and mention the ways that darkness and depression entered his life as longtime companions. These realities created in him a certain insecurity, making him very often think that he was always less. Everyone around him knew better. And once in awhile he did, too. These times of brightness helped balance an inner critic that hammered messages of unworthiness and inadequacy. The Greek playwright Aeschylus captured it well: “He who learns must suffer. And even in our sleep pain, which cannot forget, falls drop by drop upon the heart, until, in our own despair, against our will, comes wisdom through the awful grace of God.” At the end, John was peaceful. But he might never have grasped fully how much people truly loved him. To say that he stands tall in the memory and heart of everyone he met does not begin to touch the deep imprint he leaves on his friends, companions, admirers, and those enlivened by his music, liturgies, and homilies. He was truly a marvelous man and priest. While he was forced to deal with physical blindness and an inability to walk well in the last few years of his life, his indomitable spirit and interest in listening to music and books on tape helped him to override these debilitating handicaps. SULPICIAN FATHER COLEMAN is vice president, corporate ethics, for the Daughters of Charity Health System.
Flag over casket; did Christ come to save all or many?
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I have noticed that the casket of a veteran is no longer draped with an American flag at the funeral Mass. Why not? The service of these men and women helps provide the freedom of worship that we all enjoy. Why does the church no longer honor that? (Daly City). The Order of Christian Funerals says in No. 132 that “any national flags or the flags or insignia of associations to which the deceased belonged are to be removed from the coffin at the entrance to the church.” The guidelines of most dioceses provide that the flag is then replaced by the pall, a large white cloth draped over the coffin as a symbol FATHER of the person’s baptism. KENNETH DOYLE Surely no disrespect for the flag or the nation of the deceased is intended; instead, the pall represents the fact that all are equal in the sight of God and that, as St. Paul pointed out in his Letter to the Philippians (3:20), our primary citizenship is in heaven. At the end of the funeral Mass the pall is removed, and the flag can be placed back on the casket before it is carried from the church. Often, at the cemetery, military honors are then accorded to the deceased; a bugler might play “Taps.” Sometimes there is a gun salute and a military honor guard carefully removes the flag from the casket, folds it respectfully and presents it to the next of kin with comforting words from a grateful nation. The church, of course, is worldwide and must set policy to cover many contingencies. Besides indicating the primacy of the spiritual and the baptism of the deceased, using the pall rather than a national flag for a funeral Mass avoids the awkwardness of a situation where the church might not agree with the moral stance of a particular nation. Q. With the new English translation of the missal it seems, in the priest’s prayer at the consecration, that Jesus has gone from saving “all” to saving “many.” That sounds more like Calvinism than Catholicism. Although, because of free will, not everyone will follow Jesus, didn’t he die to save us all? (Milwaukee, Wis.) A. For 40 years, until Advent of 2011, we heard the priest say at the consecration of the precious blood, “It will be shed for you and for all so that sins may be forgiven.” Now instead, the priest says that Christ’s blood “will be poured out for you and for many for the forgiveness of sins.” Because of what we had become used to, the new wording might sound restrictive and selective, as though Jesus did not intend for all to be saved. That, though, would be a misunderstanding. Clearly, it is central to Christian belief that, as Paul says in 2 Corinthians 5:15, Christ “indeed died for all, so that those who live might no longer live for themselves but for him who for their sake died and was raised.” What explains the new wording? To start with, it is closer to the normative Latin of the Roman Ritual, which has always said “pro multis,” or “for many,” rather than “pro omnibus,” or “for all.” The reason why the Latin uses “pro multis” is that this language is more faithful to the Scriptures. Isaiah 53:12 prophesied that the Messiah would take away “the sins of many,” and Jesus himself at the Last Supper said that his blood would be shed for “many”(Matthew 26:28 and Mark 14:24). A pedagogical advantage of the new translation is this: It reminds us that salvation is not completely automatic, imposed in a mechanical way against our will; instead, we must “buy into” the salvation won by Christ by our belief and our behavior.
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BOSTON: Resist revenge, build ‘civilization of love’ FROM PAGE 1
at all,” Cardinal O’Malley said in his homily at the Mass of the Good Shepherd, which he offered for the repose of the souls of those killed in the bombings and the aftermath. Prayers were also offered for those physically injured and “for the brave men and women who saved countless lives as first responders.” The attack left three people dead and more than 170 people seriously injured. By April 18, the FBI had identified two brothers who came to the United States years ago as from the Russian region of Chechnya – Tamerlan Tsarnaev, 26, and Dzhokar Tsarnaev, 19. The two men terrorized the Boston area overnight April 18. While they were on the run, they fatally shot Officer Sean Collier, who was with the campus police force at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Tamerlan was shot dead by police, and by the evening of April 19 they apprehended Dzhokar, whom they found hiding in a boat in a backyard. He was severely wounded and as of April 22 remained hospitalized in serious condition. In his homily, Cardinal O’Malley talked of how Jesus, before he was crucified, said: “They will strike the shepherd and the sheep will scatter.” “That is what happened to his disciples after the crucifixion, as they scattered in fear, doubt and panic,” the cardinal said. “On Easter, the good shepherd returns to gather the scattered; Mary Magdalene in grief, Thomas in doubt, Peter in betrayal,” he continued. “We too are scattered and need the assurance of the good shepherd, who lays down his life for us, who comes to gather us in our scattered in our brokenness and pain, scattered by failed marriages, lost employment, estranged children, illness, the death of a loved one, soured relationships, disappointments and frustrations.” When the bombings occurred and in the days that followed “we are all scattered by the pain and horror of the senseless violence perpetrated on Patriot’s Day,” Cardinal O’Malley said. He recalled that April 14, the Sunday
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An early morning runner pauses April 21 to say a prayer at a memorial to the victims of the Boston Marathon bombings near the scene of the blasts on Boylston Street in Boston. before the marathon and the Massachusetts civic holiday on which it always takes place, the priest saying the 11:30 a.m. Mass at the cathedral “led a special blessing for the many runners who participated in the Mass.” A week later, the congregation included some of those injured in the attack and “those who witnessed the terrible events that unfolded at the finish line of the marathon,” Cardinal O’Malley said. “Everyone was profoundly affected by the wanton violence and destruction inflicted upon our community by two young men unknown to all of us,” he said. “It is very difficult to understand what was going on in the young men’s minds, what demons were operative, what ideologies or politics or the perversion of their religion. It was amazing to witness, however, how much goodness and generosity were evidenced in our community as a result of the tragic events they perpetrated,” he added. In recent days, “we have experienced a surge in civic awareness and sense of
community,” Cardinal O’Malley said. “It has been inspiring to see the generous and at times heroic responses to the Patriot’s Day violence. “Our challenge is to keep this spirit of community alive going forward. As people of faith, we must commit ourselves to the task of community building.” He urged his listeners to heed what Jesus teaches in the Gospel – “that we must care for each other, especially the most vulnerable; the hungry, the sick, the homeless, the foreigner; all have a special claim on our love.” “We must be a people of reconciliation, not revenge. The crimes of the two young men must not be the justification for prejudice against Muslims and against immigrants,” he emphasized. “The Gospel is the antidote to the ‘eye for an eye and tooth for a tooth’ mentality.” Archbishop O’Malley reminded his listeners of the parable of the good Samaritan, a story, he said, “about helping one’s neighbor when that neighbor was from an enemy tribe, a foreign religion, a hostile group.”
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and their problems – real or perceived – and to doubt whether they really are or even can be capable of following the Lord. “In these many homilies that Pope Francis has given in which he’s warning people to avoid discouragement, to seize hope, to move on with courage and not to fall prey to negativity or cynicism, he’s drawing on this fundamental insight of St. Ignatius,” he said. The Jesuit’s explanation of “the enemy” in Ignatian spirituality can be seen in several of the statements the pope has made about the devil, including: – At his weekly general audience April 17, the pope spoke about Jesus being always near, ready to defend and forgive. “He defends us from the insidiousness of the devil, he defends us from ourselves, from our sins,” the pope said. “He always forgives us, he is our advocate. ... We must never forget this.” – At a meeting with cardinals March 15, the pope spoke about how the Holy Spirit unifies and harmonizes the church. “Let us never yield to pessimism, to that bitterness that the devil
ROMERO: Sainthood cause
offers us every day,” the pope said. Rather, be certain that the Spirit gives the church “the courage to persevere.” – In his homily on Palm Sunday, Pope Francis said: “A Christian can never be sad. Never give way to discouragement.” Christian joy comes from knowing Jesus is near, even in times of trial when problems seem insurmountable. “In this moment, the enemy – the devil – comes, often disguised as an angel and slyly speaks his word to us.”
Evil one in angelic disguise
Father Blaszczak said the idea that the devil might disguise himself as an angel also fits with the teaching of St. Ignatius, who said “the enemy” often tries to corrupt generally positive inclinations and attractions – including the desires for love or accomplishment and an attraction to beauty – to create despair or “disordinate attachments” that destroy interior peace end up moving a person’s focus away from loving and serving God alone. In Ignatius’ teaching, and in the teaching of Pope Francis, “there is an edginess,” a seriousness about “the campaign, the opposition of the evil
one,” and about the strength and grace people need to resist and to make the right decisions, he said. People must discern where God is calling them, and following that call requires courage and “a willingness to accept suffering and rejection.” Ignatius “never gets away from the cross, which means there is nothing fluffy about this. It will involve putting yourself in situations of difficulty and strain. There’s a continual call to align ourselves with the cause of Jesus, the cause of the kingdom,” the Jesuit said. The founder of the Jesuits was convinced, he said, that “it would be the evil one who would try to dissuade us, who would say: ‘That’s silly. That can’t be done. You’re not good enough. You couldn’t be called to that. You don’t have what it takes. You don’t have the goods to make a difference in building the kingdom.’” On the other hand, Father Blaszczak said, Pope Francis – like Ignatius – would say that what God tells people is: “Yes, you are weak. I know who you are and I call each one of you to lend your talents and energy, commitment, love and gifts to the cause of the kingdom.”
– said, “Today, the anniversary of the death of Don Tonino, the cause for the beatification of Archbishop Romero was unblocked.” The archbishop gave no more details, and his office said April 22 that no more would be said until there is something “concrete” to report. In his homily, Archbishop Paglia said, “Martyrs help us live, help us understand there is more joy in giving than in receiving. This is why we need to preserve their memories.” He added that he hoped Archbishop Romero Archbishop and Bishop Bello Oscar Romero – known for his care of the poor and his commitment to peace – could be beatified together “because Jesus always sent the apostles out two by two.” Bishop Bello died in 1993; the Vatican approved the opening of his sainthood cause in 2007. Archbishop Romero was shot March 24, 1980, as he celebrated Mass. The Congregation for Saints’ Causes authorized the opening of his cause in 1993. Often the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith is asked to review the writings of sainthood candidates to ensure they are free of doctrinal error; many people working for Archbishop Romero’s cause described the review as “blocked” in the congregation from 2000 to 2005. One of those supporters is Roberto Morozzo della Rocca, a professor of contemporary history in Rome, and author of “Primero Dios: Vita di Oscar A. Romero” (“God First: The Life of Oscar A. Romero.” He said Archbishop Romero’s “enemies claimed there were theological errors” in his writings and sermons. “This took years of work to clear up,” della Rocca told Catholic News Service April 22. The next step in the process is a formal papal declaration that Archbishop Romero died a martyr – that he was killed because of his faith. Opponents of his cause have claimed his assassination was politically motivated. The papal decree would follow a recommendation from the cardinals who are members of the Congregation for Saints’ Causes; they vote on decrees after reviews by separate panels of theologians and historians. A miracle is not needed for the beatification of a martyr.
The next step in the process is a formal papal declaration that Archbishop Romero died a martyr – that he was killed because of his faith.
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Friendship House CEO Helen Waukazoo, and the Good Shepherd Women’s Guild will be honored at Good Shepherd Gracenter’s “Amazing Grace Gala” at the Delancey Street Town Hall, San Francisco May 11 at 6:30 p.m. “Helen Waukazoo has made a significant impact on the world of addiction recovery in the Native American community and the Good Shepherd Women’s Guild has honored Gracenter and the mission of the Sisters of the Good Shepherd with their support and Helen Waukazoo care for over 80 years,” organizers said. Good Shepherd Gracenter is a licensed recovery residence for low-income women in recovery from drug and alcohol addiction. Residents stay between six months and two years. Gracenter has helped more than 60 women build new lives for themselves. Founded in 1961, Gracenter supports its residents while they go to school, gain employment, and provides them with time to feel safe and secure in their recovery. Advance tickets and table sales only through Good Shepherd Gracenter. Tickets are $150. Sponsorship opportunities are available. Call (415) 586-2845 or visit www.gsgracenter.org/gala.
SISTER MARY GERALDINE MCDONNELL, RSM – FORMER USF NURSING SCHOOL DEAN
Mercy Sister Mary Geraldine McDonnell died March 28 at the age of 93. A funeral Mass was held April 12 at the Mercy Chapel in Burlingame, with burial at Holy Cross Cemetery. Born in San Francisco, she grew up in the Richmond District attending Star of the Sea School and its now-closed high school. She graduated from St Mary’s School of Nursing in 1941 and was a nurse at St. Sister Mary Mary’s Hospital for the next 12 Geraldine years. She entered the SisMcDonnell, RSM ters of Mercy in Burlingame in 1953 and subsequently earned a graduate degree at The Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C., and later a doctorate in education from Brigham Young University Sister Geraldine is a former dean of the USF School of Nursing, a post she held for a decade. She retired to Marian Oaks in Burlingame in
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FRIDAY, APRIL 26 BINGO BLAST: Our Lady of Mount Carmel gym, 17 Buena Vista Drive, Mill Valley, 7-9:30 p.m. Bingo, raffle and prizes, $10 for each game card. Prizes and snacks provided, drinks for purchase. Proceeds benefit youth leadership summer service trip. Call (415) 388-9637. ANCIENT PHILOSOPHY: Conversation group on ancient philosophical texts, St. Mary’s Cathedral, Gough Street at Geary Boulevard, San Francisco, Msgr. Bowe Room, 7:30-10 p.m. reynaldo.miranda@gmail.com. (415) 584-8794. WEEKEND REUNION: Archbishop Riordan High School, class of ’63, with dinners both days and Golden Diploma Mass April 27. Riordan alum, Tom Sweeney, Beefeater doorman at the Sir Francis Drake Hotel, will be in attendance Friday. Visit www. riordanhs.org/1963reunion or contact Sharon Ghilardi-Udovich, (415) 586-8200, ext.*217 or sudovich@ riordanhs.org.
SATURDAY, APRIL 27 REUNION: St. Paul High School alumnae dessert reception, 1-3:00 p.m., St. Paul rectory 221 Valley St. at Church, San Francisco. (415) 6487538. DOMINICAN DAY: Dominican Father Michael Fones speaks on “The New Evangelization” at St. Albert Priory, 5890 Birch Court, Oakland, a block from Rockridge BART, 8:30 a.m.-3:30
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100TH ANNIVERSARY MASS: Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone is principal celebrant of a 100th anniversary Mass at St. Emydius Church, 286 Ashton Ave. at De Montfort Ave., San FranArchbishop cisco, 9:30 a.m. Salvatore J. The liturgy will Cordileone be the only Mass that day at St. Emydius, the parish said. Father William Brady, pastor, will concelebrate. Email stemydius@sbcglobal.net or call (415) 587-7066. The event can also be found on Facebook, St. Emydius SF Centennial.
PARENTING AND FAMILY: Darby Furth Bonomi, consulting psychologist and parent educator, speaks at Holy Family Day Home, 299 Dolores St., San Francisco, 11:30 a.m. Bonomi will explore strategies for creating Darby Furth an optimal famBonomi, Ph.D. ily environment in which both children and parents flourish. The talk is the keynote of a fundraising luncheon. Tickets are $85. Holy Family Day Home continues a tradition established in 1900 by the Sisters of the Holy Family. Visit www. holyfamilydayhome.org or call (415) 565-0504, ext. 201 or 203.
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SUNDAY, APRIL 28 FIESTA: Our Lady of Manaoag , St. Veronica Church, 434 Alida Way just off El Camino Real at Ponderosa, South San Francisco, 4 p.m. rosary, 4:30 p.m. Divine Mercy Chaplet, 5 p.m. Mass followed by procession/reception. Father Charles Puthota, pastor, and Father Mark Reburiano, pastor, St. Isabella
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CONCERT: St. Mary’s Cathedral, Gough Street at Geary Boulevard, San Francisco, 3:30 p.m. Massimo Nosetti, organist. All recitals open to the public. Unless otherwise indicated, a free-will offering will be requested at the door. Free parking. (415) 567-2020, ext 213.
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WEDNESDAY, MAY 1 GERIATRIC CARE: “Assembling Your Geriatric Team,� with Dr. John H. Fullerton, 2-3:30 p.m., Morrissey Hall 2250 Hayes Street, C level, St. Mary’s Medical Center, San Francisco. Call (415) 750-5790 or email stmarysfoundation@dignityhealth.org.
FRIDAY, MAY 3 LOURDES: Experience Lourdes at St. Dominic Church, Steiner at Bush, San Francisco, 7 p.m. Virtual pilgrimage. www.LourdesVolunteers.org. Angela Testani, (415) 586-5754. FIRST FRIDAY: The Contemplatives of St. Joseph offer Mass at Mater Dolorosa Church, 307 Willow Ave., South San Francisco, 7 p.m. followed by healing service and personal blessing with St. Joseph oil from Oratory of St. Joseph, Montreal.
SATURDAY, MAY 4 SPRING GALA: St. Veronica Men’s Club gala dinner, dance and auction, 6 p.m.-midnight, Basque Cultural Center, main ballroom, 599 Railroad Ave., South San Francisco, ample free parking. Proceeds benefit the St. Veronica parish and school. $50 tickets include dinner, dancing to 80s inspired band. Table of ten for $500 gets a premium bottle of wine with dinner and entry in a special raffle. Michael Tringale, (415) 740-9284 or michael@mctsedan.com. CATHOLIC NURSES: The San Francisco Archdiocesan Council of the National Association of Catholic Nurses meeting 10 a.m.-noon at Alma Via, One Thomas More Way, San Francisco. Refreshments provided. You will receive one Continuing Education Unit for Patient Centered Care from the Catholic Perspective. Please come and invite your nursing colleagues. No charge. For more information contact Mary Ann Haeuser at Haeuser@comcast.net or (415) 454-0979. ESTATE PLANNING: Sponsored by
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3-DAY CONFERENCE: Retired San Francisco Archbishop George Niederauer presides at opening Mass of Northern California Renewal Archbishop Coalition’s Niederauer Catholic Charismatic convention, “Jesus Christ is Lord,� May 24-27 at Santa Clara Convention Center. Event features daily Mass and speakers to minister to young and old in English, Spanish and Vietnamese. Food, books and religious articles will be available for sale. Conference is sponsored by Monterey, San Jose, Oakland, Sacramento, Stockton and Santa Rosa dioceses and Archdiocese of San Francisco. Visit www.ncrcspirit.org or call (925) 828-6644 for information in English, (650) 834-0108 for Spanish and (408) 661-6751 for Vietnamese.
EXTRAORDINARY FORM: At the request of Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone the Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite will begin to be celebrated at Star of the Sea Parish, 4420 Geary Blvd. Father Mark at Eighth Avenue, Mazza San Francisco, May 26, Trinity Sunday, 11 a.m. and subsequent Sundays at that time. The Roman Missal of 1962, published by Blessed John XXIII and slightly amended by Pope Benedict XVI, will be used to pray the liturgy and rubrics and customs in use in 1962 will be observed. Instructional sessions about the rite take place in Star of the Sea School auditorium May 7, 14 and 21 at 7 p.m. Contact Father Mark G. Mazza, pastor, (415) 751-0450, ext. 16. Parking is behind the church with entrance through gates on Eighth Avenue.
Sisters of Mercy West Midwest Community, Mercy Center 2300 Adeline Drive, Burlingame, 9 a.m.-noon. Register with David, (650) 340-7408. LOURDES: Experience Lourdes at St. Raymond Church, 1100 Santa Cruz Ave., Menlo Park, after 5 p.m. Mass. Virtual pilgrimage. www.LourdesVolunteers.org. Angela Testani, (415) 586-5754. LOURDES: Experience Lourdes at Holy Name of Jesus Church, 39th Avenue at Lawton, San Francisco, 10 a.m. Virtual pilgrimage. www.LourdesVolunteers. org. Angela Testani, (415) 586-5754. COMMUNITY DAY: “Caring for our Community,� Seton Medical Center, Daly City, 11 a.m.-2 p.m. promotes healthy lifestyles. Event offers blood pressure and cholesterol screenings, and interactive booths with informa-
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THURSDAY, MAY 9 GOLF: St. Anthony-Immaculate Conception School, 119 years in Bernal Heights, holds its Golf Tournament at TPC Harding Park, $200 golf and dinner, $150 golf only, $50 dinner only. $200 tee sponsorship. Proceeds fund tuition assistance. Call Constance Dalton at (415) 642.6130, email Dalton_constance@yahoo.com, or visit www.saicsf.org. BENEFIT LUNCH: San Francisco chefs including Charles Phan will be whipping up a midday meal benefiting Mission Dolores Academy May 9, at the city’s Julia Morgan Ballroom. Tickets start at $150. Visit mdasf.org/ events or call (415) 346-0143 or email development@mdasf.org.
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Mercy High School – Burlingame, an all-girls Catholic college preparatory secondary school seeks a dynamic, faith filled leader committed to academic excellence and the empowerment of young women for lives of discipleship, compassionate service, and to serve as Principal for the 2013-2014 academic year. The Principal serves as academic leader of the school and exercises overall responsibility for the daily school operations. In collaboration with the President, the Principal shares responsibility for the integration of spirituality and learning within the school through successful academic and student-life programs. Guided by the school’s mission and its governing board the Principal works collaboratively with all members of the administrative team to implement strategic learning initiatives, long range planning and curricular/co curricular offerings to ensure a vibrant program for students as well as a culture of professional and leadership development for faculty and staff. Requirements: • Current CA Teaching Credential • Administrative Services Credential highly recommended • Masters Degree in Educational Administration or a related field • Minimum three years experience in secondary teaching and/or administration • Active participant in the Catholic Church preferred • Exceptional interpersonal skills including direct and open communication and effective public speaking Position is year-round with some evening/weekend meetings and events required during the academic school year. Salary commensurate with experience and education of applicant.
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HELP WANTED D R E Catholic Church in Marin, Ca. is looking for a quali ied practicing Catholic in good standing, with a BA/BS, degree in Theology preferred. This part time, 20 -25 hours per week position, includes partial bene its and requires some evening and weekend job responsibilities (Sun. - Tues. & Thurs). Applicant’s will possess strong communication skills (both verbal and written), excellent organizational skills and experience with scheduling, teaching: RCIA, baptismal & marriage prep. classes, alter server training, con irmation classes and more. Quali ied candidates should apply to soccernmath@yahoo.com or send a cover letter and resume to Attn. Parish Coordinator P.O.Box 1061, Ross Ca. 94957. No phone calls please.
FULL TIME YOUTH MINISTRY POSITION St. Cecilia Parish in San Francisco is seeking to fill the position of youth minister. It is a full time position. The youth minister coordinates the parish Confirmation program, the high school youth group, and three retreat weekends during the academic year. This position includes outreach to our parish and school’s young parishioners, our high school youth and young adults. This person is to be an advocate of young people participating fully in the life of our parish family. Music ministry would be helpful. Please contact Monsignor Michael D. Harriman at mdharriman@gmail.com for more information.
Vice-Principal St. Peter’s Elementary School, San Francisco, was founded in 1878 by Mother M. Baptist Russell, foundress of the Sisters of Mercy in California, for the children of immigrants drawn to California by the economic development that followed the Gold Rush. From that day to this, St. Peter’s has served successive waves of immigrants in one of the oldest neighborhoods of San Francisco, the Mission District. In the beginning, it was Irish and Italian. Today, we educate a mainly Hispanic population and have 325 boys and girls, 98% Hispanic and Catholic. St. Peter’s School includes Grades K-8, is WCEA accredited, offers an extended day care program, and offers an after school Computer Lab program. Also, there is an after school sports program for boys and girls and a tutoring program on Wednesday, supervised by St. Ignatius students and a faculty member. The University of San Francisco supervised a Counseling program for the school and there is a federally funded Catapult Reading and Math program to support low achievers. For additional information, please visit the school’s website at www.sanpedro.org. St. Peter’s School seeks an outstanding educator to serve as Vice Principal for the 2013-2014 school year.
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Holy Name of Jesus Parish in San Francisco is seeking a dynamic person for a part-time Director of Music position. The Director of Music will oversee the overall music program of the parish. The candidate must demonstrate a solid understanding of Catholic liturgy promoting a conscious, active and full participation of the congregation. He or she must have the ability to play the organ and piano, direct the parish choir and develop other vocalists and instrumentalists for the liturgy.
Seeking a full time Director of Music (organist/pianist/choir director) for Our Lady of the Mountains Catholic Church in beautiful Jackson Hole, Wyoming, a mountain resort near Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks. Duties include music for three masses weekly plus Holy Days, planning and providing funeral and wedding music, conducting choir and ensemble. Strong proficiency in organ, piano, and choral conducting desired and good interpersonal skills. Minimum bachelor’s in music. Goal is a blended contemporary and traditional program. Salary negotiable depending on experience/education and includes benefits and housing supplement. Job description at www.olmcatholic.com. Email letter of interest and resume to Tamra@olmcatholic.org
Requirements: Music degree Previous successful experience in planning liturgy and music in the Roman Catholic Rite Previous supervised Pastoral experience in Parish Ministry Excellent communication and organizational skills Available for weekend work Job type: part time with benefits Special Instructions: Applicants must submit a letter of interest along with resume and send to: Jackie C. Alcaraz, Parish Manager See our website, www.HolyNameSF.org, for full description and requirements.
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A top candidate for of faith and prayer the next pope will be a man with skill in major and a record of languages leadership in a major archdioce se or Vatican ofďŹ ce – ideally both, Cardinal William J. Levada said Feb. 25 as he prepared to leave for Rome to join as many cardinals in a conclaveas 116 other to elect a successor to Pope Benedict XVI. Cardinal Levada, during a press conference at St. Patrick’s Seminary & Universit y in Cardinal Levada said that in a church Menlo Park, (PHOTO BY DENNIS CALLAHAN/CATHO that has beLIC SAN FRANCISCO) come thoroughl y globalized in the past 50 to 60 years the inuence of Cecilia Carrier, left, a around the world cardinals from candidate for full communion “will have great archdiocese’s annual impact.â€? “In regard to the Rite of Election celebrated in the Catholic Church, is pictured with needs to the church, and McLaughlin are her sponsor Karen McLaughlin by Archbishop Salvatore ent cultural situations from St. Hilary Parish, the Tiburon. Typically performed J. Cordileone Feb. 17 at St. Mary’s Cathedral. at the gathering with their sponsors – Africa, America, differthe Middle East, on the ďŹ rst Sunday of and families, the ancient those historic churches Asia, Lent are the ďŹ nal period Lent with those called Carrier ceremony of the rite up from the time of coming to the church puriďŹ is cation a step and enlightenment leading of Christ’s own in the process of Christian parishes participated generation – each has its own up initiation. The days of in the Mass, with 159 series of problems, catechumens and 255 to the Easter Vigil and full initiation into the of these things â€? he said. “All candidates. More photos church. Forty-nine will play a part on Page 2. in this. son we’re consideri ng knowledgeable Is the perneeds? Is he sensitive about those to them?â€? Cardinal Levada did not speculate ground of any cardinal on the he thinks may makebackpick but played a top down the possibilit can pope. y of an AmeriCINDY WOODEN “I don’t know what red shoes, Father CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE the Las Vegas odds Lombardi said. Instead, are saying today wear brown shoes, makers but I don’t think VATICAN CITY beginning with loafers he will it’s likely that we will see an American – Pope Benedict given as he was a gift last March XVI will continue to be known pope,â€? said Cardinal during a visit Levada, who served as Pope Benedict Mexico. The Jesuit and addressed as “His Holiness,â€? said the pope has to Leon, co from 1995-2005. as archbishop of San Francisbut zapatos to be very found the “And add the title “emeritusafter his resignation, he will comfortable. would be an additiona I say that for this reason: It The safety of the â€? in one of two acceptable forms, either “pope l complexity for pope emeritus will can pope to have an Ameriby the Vatican police, emeritusâ€? or “Roman be ensured to deal with the emeritus.â€? pontiff perception that some of his decisions Three hours before Father Lombardi said. Jesuit Father Federico his pontiďŹ cate ends, dictated by American might be perceived to be Benedict intends Pope Lombardi, Vatican man, to governme  y said by spokeshelicopter decisions ntal He said that perceptio policy.â€? summer villa at to the papal Castel Gandolfo. addressed and what about how the pope would be n could be a problem the church in the At 8 p.m. Feb. 28 for rest consultation with he would wear were made in – “On the other hand, of the world. Pope Benedict and dict has said he will the exact moment Pope BeneTarcisio Bertone, if an American with Cardinal cease being pope elected – provided pope is the chamberlain Guards stationed it’s of the church, along with others. at the main doors – the Swiss obedience and supportnot me – I will give him my of the papal villa at Castel Gandolfo any way I can,â€? After Feb. 28, Pope Levada said. Cardinal doors, Father Lombardi will withdraw and close the Benedict will continue a white cassock, said. The Vatican to wear Cardinal Levada, but it will be a simpliďŹ darmes will take genwho said the prospect of the papal vestment, over. ed version Pope Benedict also of the mainly without the white cape piece little on nals his â€œďŹ sherman’swill give the College of CardiSEE CARDINAL, PAGE 21 told reporters Feb. the shoulders, Father Lombardi ringâ€? and seal to as is usually done 26. be broken, upon the death of Pope Benedict will spokesman said. a pope, the leave behind his The pope will go emblematic back an episcopal ring he wore as a cardinal.to wearing
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