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May 10, 2018

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Young confirmands dedicate themselves to Mary in living rosary Christina Gray Catholic San Francisco

In a candlelit living rosary liturgy that appealed to both the senses and the soul, the seventh grade confirmation classes of St. Ignatius Parish in San Francisco dedicated themselves to Mary and crowned the holy queen on May 3. The 57 confirmation students attend Convent & Stuart Hall Schools, The Hamlin School, Town School for Boys and some public schools in the San Francisco Unified School District. “The program was intended to be an evening of reflection for our seventh graders,” said Mark Diamond, the parish’s director of faith formation. “Then we invited parents and it swelled into a quasi-community event.” The living rosary and Mary crowning commemorated three major Marian events: In 2017, the 100th anniversary of the apparitions at Fatima and see mary, page 6

Pope praises retired pope’s writings on faith, politics Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service

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The seventh grade confirmation classes at St. Ignatius Parish in San Francisco dedicated themselves to Mary and crowned the holy queen during a May 3 living rosary and Mary crowning liturgy commemorating the 100th anniversary of the Fatima apparitions, the consecration of the archdiocese to the Immaculate Heart of Mary and the 160th anniversary of the miracle at Lourdes.

VATICAN CITY – For more than 50 years, the writings of retired Pope Benedict XVI on the relationship between faith and politics have insisted that the measure of human freedom is the extent to which each person acknowledges being dependent on the love of God, Pope Francis wrote. The future pope’s “direct experience of Nazi totalitarianism led him from the time he was a young academic to reflect on the limits of obedience to the state in favor of the freedom of obedience to God,” Pope Francis commented in the preface to a new book. “Liberating Freedom: Faith and Politics in the Third Millennium” is a collection of essays written over the course of several decades, including see B16, page 22

Parish turnout proves enduring fascination with Shroud of Turin Christina Gray Catholic San Francisco

If there was one thing that Bill Wingard proved with absolute certainty on April 19, it’s that almost 2,000 years after his crucifixion, death and resurrection, Jesus Christ’s purported burial cloth continues to transfix believers and even some skeptics. Nearly half of St. Dominic Church in San Francisco was filled for the free presentation by Wingard, a Catholic layman whose life is devoted to educating others about the existence and authenticity of what is known as the Shroud of Turin. After two decades of research and study, Wingard began hosting free “Shroud Talks” at churches and universities and all over the country in 2013. He was invited to share his program at St. Dominic by the parish’s Friends in Christ ministry, which hosts a monthly speaker series. “How in the blazes did something like this, if it is the real thing, come from the tomb in Jerusalem and end up in Turin, Italy, and what does it tell us?” the folksy speaker asked. With a laser pointer, Wingard gestured to the life-sized replica of the shroud he set up on the altar characterized mostly by symmetrical dark red stains. In reverse image though, like a photographic

‘What does the Shroud of Turin tell you personally? That’s the quest here tonight.’ Bill Wingard

Shroud of Turin educator negative, the unmistakable outline of a man with long hair and a beard, his hands crossed in front of him – can be seen clearly – an accidental darkroom discovery made by an Italian photographer in 1898. But does it necessarily mean that the man is Christ? “You be the judge,” Wingard said. It was clear, however, that Wingard’s conclusion is that the shroud, housed since the 17th century in the Cathedral of Saint John the Baptist in Turin, Italy, is the genuine article. The 90-minute presentation led by Wingard with evangelical passion, traced the shroud’s centuries-old journey from Jerusalem to Turin. He also meticulously catalogued scientific attempts to prove or disprove the authenticity of the shroud, sometimes in unexpectedly gruesome detail.

He recalled a conversation between a doctor and scientists who doubted that the still-red stains on the shroud could be human blood, which turns brown when exposed to air. “That’s bilirubin,” the doctor told the scientists. He said that a “sustained violent death” like a crucifixion would lead to shock that could build up a very high bilirubin content in the blood that does not oxidize the same way. Wingard said that the point of his talk is much bigger than proving skeptics wrong. The mission of “Shroud Talks” is to bring Catholics to the fuller awareness of the enormous sacrifice undertaken by Jesus Christ to set us free from sin. “What does the shroud tell you personally? That’s the quest here tonight,” he said. Wingard added that nothing except the Eucharist comes as close as the Shroud of Turin to putting Jesus Christ front and center. “But the shroud is a visual that I believe we’ve been given to help us in our quest to go into the heart of Jesus,” he said. Friends in Christ organizer Mike Chen noted the intense debate among theologians, historians and scientists about the authenticity of the shroud, including the fact that a portion of its linen fabric see shroud, page 2

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