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VATICAN CITY – How is it that God in heaven can hear the cries of the poor, but so many people watching or standing nearby either cannot or just do not care, Pope Francis asked.

People must make “a serious examination of conscience to understand whether we are really capable of listening to the poor,” the pope said in a message for the World Day of the Poor.

The recently established commemoration and the period of reflection and action preceding it are meant to give Christians a chance to follow

Bishop Robert F. Christian, OP, gathered with Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone and attending prelates on the steps of St. Mary’s Cathedral following Bishop Christian’s ordination Mass June 5. Bishop Christian is the 18th auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of San Francisco. See Page 6 for story and more photos.

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‘Greatest power to move people’ in ‘hard truths of our faith’ This is the eighth in a series on the 50th anniversary of the papal encyclical “Humanae Vitae.”

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recently received a letter from a young Catholic husband and father in which he observed: “Peers of mine who are converts or reverts have specifically cited teachings like ‘Humanae Vitae,’ ‘Familiaris Consortio,’ and ‘Veritatis Splendor’ as beacons that set the church apart from the world and Archbishop other faiths.”

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God designed it. And here is where intuitive, but it is borne out by expe- plete unto itself: The digestive sysI believe we get to the root of the rience: The church does not grow by tem processes nourishment for the body and then stores and discharges problem of so much moral and culgoing along with the world, but by tural corruption and confusion that the waste, the nervous system sends confidently proclaiming the truth Blessed Paul VI foresaw in “Humaabout the human person revealed by signals between the brain and the nae Vitae.” What I’m referring to rest of the body, the cardiovascular Christ. here is the time-honored teaching of system pumps blood throughout This proclamation is now at odds the church regarding the properly the body that is replenished with with dominant sexual mores, which ordered relationship between the oxygen from the pulmonary system, see no real differences between men two ends of marriage, the primary and so forth. But there is one sysand women other than a few inciend being the procreation and edutem of the body that is not complete dental anatomical factors. And so unto itself: the reproductive system. cation of offspring, and the secondthe sexual revolution, coupled with ary end being the unity and mutual For that system to achieve its end it new types of contraceptives and good of the spouses. The Second needs the complementarity of the their widespread use, was supposed Vatican Council’s Pastoral Constito liberate women so that they could reproductive system of the opposite tution on the Church in the Modsex. This points to the sacramental enjoy sexual pleasure without the ern World, “Gaudium et spes,” did meaning of the human body: God inconvenient consequence just as not directly speak of primary and created us for communion, not isofreely and frequently as men. But, lation, and this truth is borne out by secondary ends, although one could as the #metoo movement is demoninfer it from its treatment of the strating, somehow it didn’t work out our understanding of the meaning nature and purposes of marriage: of human sexuality. that way. What went wrong? Let’s A personal way to honor your loved one’s patriotism to our country.

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Pastor reflects on challenge of ‘being church’ in wealthy Marin

need to know FIRST SATURDAY MASS: Holy Cross Cemetery, July 7, 11 a.m., Father Tom Parenti, retired pastor, St. Brendan Parish, San Francisco, and now in residence at St. Matthew Parish, San Mateo, principal celebrant and homilist. The day prays that all the beloved dead enjoy the blessed hope of the resurrection. All Saints Chapel, 1500 Mission Road, Colma. Contact Monica Williams, (650) 756-2060; www. holycrosscemeteries.com.

COURAGE TO GRIEVE: Grief support and learning, St. Dominic Parish, 2390 Bush St. at Steiner, San Francisco, for eight Sundays beginning July 22, 3:30-5:30 p.m. This group requests a commitment of all eight weeks and is not a drop-in group. A pre-group interview is required with Deacon Chuck McNeil. Contact deaconchuck@ stdominics.org; (415) 567-7824.

STRENGTH FOR THE JOURNEY: Monthly support group for people with life threatening illness, St Mary’s Cathedral, Gough Street at Geary Boulevard, San Francisco, July 3, 10 a.m., Msgr. Bowe room at parking lot level.

Sessions offer spiritual support through word, sacrament and community as well as guidance on Catholic teaching and the preparation of Health Care Directives for medical care. No charge.

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PRIESTS RETIREMENT LUNCH: Reserve now for the Priests Retirement Luncheon, Oct. 26, 11:30 a.m., St. Mary’s Cathedral, Patrons Hall, Gough Street at Geary Boulevard, San Francisco. The annual St. John Vianney Luncheon benefits the Priests Retirement Fund, which covers medical expenses, assisted living, and nursing care for retired priests of the archdiocese. Since 2011, more than $1.8 million has been raised, providing invaluable financial assistance to retired priests. The luncheon also provides an opportunity to come together with our priests and show gratitude to these men for their life’s work and unyielding devotion. Visit www.sfarchdiocese.org/PRFlunch.

Archbishop cordileone’s schedule June 26-July 10: Seminarian ordination and Mass, Institute of Christ the King Sovereign Priest, Florence, Italy; vacation.

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In the 50 years since it was built, Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church, perched on the redwood slopes of Mount Tamalpais has become an iconic feature of Mill Valley’s smalltown landscape.

“The interesting thing is you can’t come downtown without seeing it,” said longtime pastor Father Pat Michaels. “The gold cross rises above the whole town.”

Catholic San Francisco visited the parish on May 31 to talk about the anniversary of the church built in 1968 for a Catholic community that goes back 108 years. Part of the conversation revolved around the unique challenges of “being church” in affluent Mill Valley.

(Photo by Christina Gray/Catholic San Francisco) “One of my parishioners chalFather Pat Michaels, pastor of Our Lady of Mount Carmel in Mill Valley, outside the church. lenged me,” said Father Michaels But filling the 850 seats with Sausalito saddled up his horse and who, outside of the celebration of the newcomers poses challenges Father climbed the foothills of Mount TamalMass, had often opted for his “civilMichaels said other Marin County pais to the home of a local Catholic ian” clothing. “He said to me, ‘Father priests face but who all agree seem family where others in the community it would be great if you could wear most pronounced in Mill Valley. gathered for Sunday worship. your collar just so people could see “The entitlement that people talk By 1893 a small church building had that God is in this town.’” about in Marin is rampant,” he said.

Father Pat said he often gets together been constructed not far away to be served by the same Sausalito priests. In “There are some very spiritual people with other Christian church leaders here, but they are often into a spiritual1910 it became an independent parin Mill Valley. “One of the common ity that is self-defined and solitary.” ish when San Francisco Archbishop themes in our conversations is about He blames, in part, wealth and a conPatrick W. Riordan dedicated it and ‘being church’ in an environment that centration of the larger societal trend named Our Lady of Mount Carmel if not hostile to organized religion, toward “individualism to the exclusion because of the area’s Religious resemblance is not exactly it,” he said.

Churchfriendly Goods to & Candles Giftsto& Books of connection to other people” and “an “That’s one of the bigger things we face Palestine. indifference to what’s important and a The congregation eventually outtoday in Mill Valley.” focus on what doesn’t last.” grew that church too and a new one The pastor and his flock are making According the Mill Valley Chamber was built on the land where the cura point of being visible in the comof Commerce, the median household rent church building is. That church munity and involved in town-wide income in Mill Valley is $109,759 – 78 and later a school, ministered to the projects. The parish had a great experi5 locations in California percent higher than other California Catholic community through the ence marching together in the town’s households.

Spanish flu pandemic of 1918 and the Memorial Day parade this year carryYour great Local Store: “Wealth gives us a tremendous sense Mill Valley fire of 1929 until the ing a float of the church.

369 Grand Ave., S.San Francisco,650-583-5153 of our own accomplishment and power church fell off its foundation and was “People are cheering from the Near SF Airport - Exit 101 Frwy @ Grand and independence,” he said. torn down. sidelines, and saying ‘Hi, Father’ and I Where does God’s love fit into that Mass was held in the Our Lady of don’t recognize them,” he said. “That’s cotters@cotters.com picture? “It really doesn’t,” Father Mount Carmel School gymnasium one of the things we’vewww.cotters.com been trying Michaels said. until 1968 when the current structure to do is to be more visible and more People can become their own God, opened its large, locally milled redwood present.” he said. “It’s the Adam and Eve doors.

Things were a bit different when the story in spades,” he said.

The unusual 12-sided building holds parish of today first sprouted roots.

“One of the things that Jesus layers of meaning, according to the According to a history on the partaught us is that there is only one parish website. Twelve is the number ish website, local Catholic families in power that truly works and that is of tribes of Israel, the chosen people Mill Valley originally worshipped in a the power of love,” he said. “Love who are “our ancestors in faith.” The homey mission outpost of Sausalito’s works by giving. Unless you give it Twelve Apostles also are the foundaSt. Mary Star of the Sea Church. away it does not exist.” tion of the church.

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True freedom results in a diversity that strengthens society In order for freedom to be available and pervasive, it requires awareness, prayer, and public support. The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops calls the nation to prayer particularly during Religious Freedom Week, which begins and ends on days that the Catholic Church honors martyrs for the faith. June 22 is the feast day of 16th-century English martyrs St. Thomas More and St. John Fisher. Both were martyred in the reign of King Henry VIII because they refused to deny their religion by rejecting allegiance to the pope and teachings of the Catholic Church. It concludes on the feast of Sts. Peter and Paul, June 29.

The Archdiocese of San Francisco invites each Catholic to come to one or more of the religious freedom events listed in the ad below, but above all to pray for religious freedom in the U.S. and in other countries.

Religious freedom is a fundamental right and it protects everyone. It means that government cannot coerce people into acting against their conscience. This is very important because a government that can make one group choose obedience to the state over obedience to faith and conscience can force any group to submit to the state’s demands.

Freedom of religion is one of the specific protections of individual liberty and limits on government power that were so important to some of the representatives of the first 13 states that they would not sign the U.S. Constitution without the addition of the first 10 amendments, the Bill of Rights.

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Religious freedom is a fundamental right and it protects everyone. It means that government cannot coerce people into acting against their conscience.

The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops calls us to prayer this week, saying “We are called to follow Christ as missionary disciples by serving others and living our faith in all that we do. Let us take a few moments each day from June 22 - June 29 to pray, reflect, and take action on religious liberty, both here in this country and abroad.”

For more information, sfarch.org/freedom “[Religious] freedom remains one of America’s most precious possessions. And, as my brothers, the United States Bishops, have reminded us, all are called to be vigilant, precisely as good citizens, to preserve and defend that freedom from everything that would threaten or compromise it.” - Pope Francis usccb.org/ReligiousFreedomWeek

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t. Cecilia parishioner Mary Chien spent a little more than a year in prison in Communist China during the 1950s. Her crime was belonging to the Legion of Mary, which Mary says the Communists thought was a military operation.

Today Mary is in fragile health, but still a daily communicant. You are most likely to see her at St. Cecilia or St. Gabriel for Mass. Even though those were hard months in prison, Mary recalls them as some of the valerie best moments of her life schmalz because so many people of Catholic faith were together, praying constantly, and she felt very close to God and to the other prisoners.

When she was released, she eventually traveled to the U.S. and settled here in San Francisco, where she is a stalwart in the Chinese community, a fiercely opinionated opponent of Communism and a true prayer warrior.

Mary’s story of faith and her continuing struggle for true freedom are very uplifting. Most of us never will have to endure such trials nor fight so persistently to uphold the ideas we cherish. Nonetheless, in the Archdiocese of San Francisco, a surprising number of residents have undergone trials for their Catholic faith, whether in Communist Eastern Europe, Nigeria or the Middle East.

During Religious Freedom Week, a national Catholic celebration which extends from June 22 to June 29, the archdiocese, joining with other believers across the country, has the opportunity to learn about and pray for true religious freedom.

Those who attend the panel on Christian persecution June 29 at Sts. Peter and Paul Church will hear from some of the Catholics who have experienced direct persecution for their faith in other countries.

protects religious freedom and freedom of expression. It states: “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press, or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.”

Today, for many who disagree with some religions’ tenets, those values are perceived as discrimination and a perceived conflict arises between faith and equality or equal access. That is where our country is now. The legal definition of what is discrimination and what is religious liberty is very much in flux in our country. In a way this is nothing new – American history is rife with conflicts over which values take precedence.

That is why it is important that we as Catholics pray, and act with charity, as well as speak clearly about the value of religious liberty.

Catholic teaching is rooted in the dignity of each person, visible by reason but made clear in the light of the Gospel of Jesus Christ, as the Ad Hoc Committee for Religious Liberty states in a USCCB publication “How to talk about religious liberty.”

“A pluralistic society makes room for people who hold views that run counter to the mainstream. Religious groups, and groups formed around a particular set of principles, need to be able to express their views with integrity,” the Ad Hoc Committee states.

American Catholics are blessed with a country founded on the ideals of freedom and community.

It is crucial that our country not adopt the view that all groups, peoples and religions must conform to one view. As the U.S. bishops’ Ad Hoc Committee on Religious Freedom states eloquently: “True freedom results in a diversity that strengthens, rather than weakens, society.”

Valerie Schmalz is director of the Office of Human Life and Dignity, Archdiocese of San Francisco.

June 22, 5:45 p.m.

Religious Freedom Vespers Led by Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone at Star of the Sea Church, 4420 Geary Blvd., SF. Followed by Young Adults Happy Hour at Steins on Clement Street.

June 24, 8:45 a.m. (Spanish) & 10:45 a.m. (English) Religious Freedom Masses Celebrated by Msgr. John Talesfore at St. Matthew Catholic Church, One Notre Dame Avenue, San Mateo.

Followed by coffee and donuts.

June 27, 7:30 p.m.

Young Adults Religious Freedom Mass With new SF Auxiliary Bishop Robert Christian, OP, St. Dominic’s Church, 2390 Bush St., SF.

June 29, 7:00 p.m.

Religious Freedom Vespers At Saints Peter and Paul Church, 666 Filbert St., S.F. Followed by panel discussion of Christian persecution internationally. Wine and cheese, coffee and cookies.

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‘Helping students discover potential, change the world through written word,’ teacher’s motivation

generations of students. I worked as a reporter in college and for several years after college before joining a Catholic Worker community in Redwood City, founded by fellow SI grad Larry Purcell. Teaching, for me, was the next step in the process, as it allowed me to continue to focus on writing and literature but in the context of Catholic and Jesuit ministry.

That’s the long answer. The short answer is that I love talking about great writing and helping students discover their own potential to move others and change the world through the written word.

“I have written four books thus far and have at least three more in me that I’d like to write in retirement.

My first book will touch on Highway 1 between Pacifica and Santa Cruz. I also hope to spend time with family and friends, take my cooking and gardening to the next level and volunteer as a tutor.

“My replacement is a wonderful professional named Tom Murphy, a former Apple marketing executive.

He will take our communications department to a new level of excellence.”

Hats off to Paul and best wishes as he finds out what’s next.

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It has been my good luck to know Paul Totah, longtime communications director and much else at St. Ignatius Prep, for all of my near 35 years as a chancery grunt.

When I heard that he was retiring I checked in with him Paul Totah and was glad to hear that he is not coming to a stop, just taking his foot off the gas a bit.

I knew I could count on Paul to tell his story without much prodding from me so I just asked him to roll it out extemporaneously. Paul is a 1975 alumnus of SI and holds an undergraduate degree in English from Santa Clara University and a graduate degree in English with a focus in creative writing, and a secondary teaching credential from San Francisco State University.

“I’m retiring as director of communications but I’m continuing to edit the Genesis magazine from home while pursuing other writing projects,” Paul told me.

“I started at SI as an English teacher in 1985 and taught for 25 years before leaving the classroom and becoming SI’s first director of communications. I have also served as editor of Genesis magazine – which goes to alumni, current parents and friends – since 1987.

“I loved my four years at SI and still love seeing my classmates, who are among my best friends. The teachers I had at SI taught me what it meant to be an adult and to be of service to the world. I felt called to return and do the same for new

YOU GOT THE JOB: Carter Barbera, pictured here with his folks Marci and Blake, was Fire Marshal for the day May 23 when the San Mateo Fire Department visited St. Gregory School where Carter is a first grader. “Carter got to run a fire drill for the whole school and the SMFD came to allow students to see their truck and present on fire safety,” Laura Miller, principal, told me in a note to this column. “Really nice of them to do!” Carter had the honor by way of a school fundraiser. “Fire Marshal for the Day” was an item up for bid at the school’s auction.

STURDY STUDENTS: The YMI St. John Bosco Council #613 awarded eight $500 scholarships to graduating eighth graders from St. Thomas More, St. Cecilia, Sts Peter and Paul and St. Gabriel schools. “Scholarship winners were selected by school principals for their service to God and country, consistent with the YMI motto ‘Pro Deo, Pro Patria,’” the YMI said.

Winners included Collin Murtagh, Victoria Dalton, St. Cecilia; Elisabeth Schuth, Skyler Ortesi, Sts. Peter and Paul; Amaelia Bringas, Jack Kavanagh, St. Thomas More; Clara Lucey, Liam Strachan, St. Gabriel. Pictured at St. Thomas More graduation are scholarship winners Jack Kavanagh and Amaelia Bringas with Father Marvin Felipe, pastor, Marie Fitzpatrick, principal, and seventh grade teacher and YMI #613 Marshal, John Kavanaugh.

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The episcopal ordination of Bishop Robert F. Christian, OP, as the Archdiocese of San Francisco’s 18th auxiliary bishop on June 5 emphasized service over honor and achievement.

Priests and deacons numbering almost 300 including some 100 Dominicans and more than 20 bishops joined with family, friends, women and men religious and the local interfaith community at St. Mary’s Cathedral for the ordination of a fourthgeneration native son of San Francisco.

Before being appointed bishop by Pope Francis in March, Bishop Christian, a Dominican priest for 42 years, was most recently master of students for the Dominican Western Province at St. Albert’s Priory in Oakland.

“Father Robert, your diligence in teaching the faith of the Apostles through instruction and formation of future church leaders will serve you well in your new episcopal ministry among us,” said Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone in his homily. “We give thanks to God and to Pope Francis for electing you to this office which you will exercise as a good shepherd, seeking the good of your people and not worldly gain or honor.”

Noting that the day was Election Day in San Francisco, the archbishop said that in the Bible, election is the action of God, a call to service. “To be God’s elect entails a form of existence different from that of the rest of the people,” he said, but not for the purpose of making oneself out to be better than others. “Separation from, is also a separation for.”

Bishop Christian is the first Dominican bishop to serve in San Francisco since Archbishop Joseph Sadoc Alemany, also a Dominican, became the first archbishop of San Francisco in 1850. Archbishop Cordileone thanked the Order of Preachers for what he called the “exemplary leadership and tireless pastoral care” it has provided since then to the people of the Archdiocese of San Francisco and beyond.

“As we know, this goes back to our very first archbishop whose chalice we use for this Mass today, and it continues up to the present time,” he said.

The archbishop praised the missionary sacrifice of Archbishop Alemany who, “after the manner of the good shepherd, gave himself completely and at great personal cost” to initiating what has evolved into the local church’s institutional legacy.

The archbishop also borrowed words used by Pope Francis in his episcopal ordination of two bishops in Rome in 2016 to describe the true role of a bishop: “Indeed, ‘episcopacy’ is the name of a service, not of an honor,” the pope said. “Therefore, a bishop must strive to serve rather than to rule, according to the Master’s commandment: ‘whoever would be great among you must be your servant, and whoever would be first among you must be slave of all.’”

Joining the archbishop on the altar were Santa Fe Archbishop John C. Wester and Oakland Bishop Michael C. Barber, SJ. Also present were Cardinal Roger Mahony, retired archbishop of Los Angeles, and apostolic nuncio to the United States Archbishop Christophe Pierre.

The rites were accompanied by a choir of 40 voices, and an ensemble of timpani, horns and organ under the direction of cathedral music director Christoph Tietze. Cathedral cantor Ash Walker led the hymns printed for attendees in a keepsake worship guide that also presented and explained Bishop Christian’s episcopal coat of arms and motto.

The eight-pointed Dominican cross with “IHS” (Jesus’ name in Greek) in the center represents his membership in the Dominican Province of the Most Holy Name of Jesus. The impaled arms of Jesus crossed with those of St. Francis represent San Francisco. Bishop Christian’s motto in Latin comes directly from the Our Father and means “Hallowed be thy name.”

The oldest of seven children born to Robert and Gloria Christian, Bishop Christian’s ordination Mass fully embraced his large family, who he credited for shaping many of his better “human qualities.”

Readers included the bishop’s cousin, Dominican Sister Marie Sagues and Notre Dame Sister Sharon McMillan, a classmate of Bishop Christian’s at Santa Clara University. Insignia bearers included nephews Robert F. Christian III, Thomas Christian, cousin Polly Mendes and John Christian, one of Bishop Christian’s five brothers. The remaining four — Joseph, Michael, James and Thomas — were gift

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Dominican transitional deacon Pius Youn, who will be ordained to the priesthood by Bishop Christian June 22 and here preparing to incense concelebrant priests and the assembly at the ordination Mass June 5, chanted the day’s Gospel.

The new bishop’s family including, from left, sister-in-law Mary Christian, his brothers John Christian, Joe Christian and Jim Christian, and niece Catharine Tolson, prayed and had ministerial roles in the ordination Mass June 5.

Deacons hold the Book of the Gospels over the head of Bishop Robert F. Christian, OP, at his episcopal ordination Mass June 5. Carrying the Gospel forward is a major work of the bishop.

Fifth graders from St. Brigid School, pictured here with principal, Immaculate Conception Sister Angeles Marin and Bishop Robert F. Christian, walked to Mass from the nearby school.

Retired San Francisco Auxiliary Bishop William J. Justice lays hands on and prays for his now brother prelate at the ordination Mass June 5.

bearers. A cousin from the redwood hills of Marin County, where the Christian family summered as a family, is making a redwood crosier for him as an ordination gift.

“Now that we are halfway through the ceremony,” Bishop Christian joked in remarks at well past the two-hour mark: “I want to thank all who have made it possible for me to view being a bishop not as an achievement, not something I did, a la Frank Sinatra, ‘doing it my way,’ but something that is really a gift.”

“I am ultimately someone who was given a sacramental character by Christ, enabling me to join a college that keeps the church in right doctrine, preaches that doctrine handed down from the Apostles even when it seems to engender indifference or hostility,” he said. “And which promotes the pursuit of happiness by promoting the pursuit of holiness.”

At a reception after the ordination Mass Dominican Father Reginald Wolford said he flew from the Dominican Order’s Central Province to attend the ordination.

“Bishop Christian was a professor of mine in Rome,” he said, teaching what he called “one of the best courses in ecclesiology” he took in his 10 years there.

Sister Mary Kellady, a diocesan sister at St. Anselm in San Anselmo, said she appreciated how “well rounded” the new bishop is and believes his appointment comes at just the right time.

“You never know what you want until you get it,” she said. “I think he is a gift to us when we need it most.”

In the reception line with family and local wellwishers was Antonio Autorino from Trieste, Italy, who crossed the Atlantic to see his old friend become a bishop.

“I believe he will be an excellent bishop for San Francisco,” said Autorino.

The fifth graders of St. Brigid School on Franklin Street walked the 11 city blocks from their school to St. Mary’s as a group with their teachers to witness the ordination of a bishop. While waiting in line to meet him and get their photos taken with him, they eagerly shared their impressions.

“He’s really nice and he made everyone laugh in his speech,” said Suri Severaid, while Ryan Garcia said he’s going to do “amazing things.”

“I just think he’s going to do a very good job,” said Danni Kahn.

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Marin pastor named to new environment committee Christina Gray Catholic San Francisco

Father Kenneth Weare, longtime pastor of St. Rita Parish in Fairfax, has been appointed by the California Catholic Conference of Bishops to serve on the newly formed Ad Hoc Committee on Environmental Stewardship.

The committee, Father Kenneth which met for the Weare first time May 22, was formed by the California bishops earlier this year to advance the moral principles of environmental stewardship set forth by Pope Francis in his 2015 encyclical, “Laudato si,’� subtitled, “On Care for our Common Home.�

In addition to his pastoral responsibilities at St. Rita, Father Weare is an adjunct professor of social ethics at the University of San Francisco and an international lecturer on “Laudato si’.� He is also an advisor to the European bishops on climate change issues.

Retired Stockton Bishop Stephen E. Blaire, chairman, invited Father Weare to join the committee

which also includes Bishop Joseph Brennan of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles, Bishop Myron Cotta of the Diocese of Stockton and others with expertise in environmental issues. According to Raymond Burnell, director of Education and Environmental Stewardship for the California Catholic Conference, the committee’s primary responsibilities will be to advise the bishops on current principles and priorities of environmental stewardship utilized to assess positions on legislative proposals.

The Ad Hoc Committee will advise on the preparation of a draft pastoral statement to animate and energize the implementation of “the callings of ‘Laudato si’’ specific to California,� Burnell told Catholic San Francisco June 8.

Father Weare said the committee’s “immediate goal� is to help shape the pastoral statement to be released by California bishops next year on the fourth anniversary of “Laudato si’� in June 2019. “I am honored to serve on the committee in our efforts to encourage and support legislation in California influenced by the insights of Pope Francis’ encyclical “Laudato si’,� said Father Weare.

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Dominican Sisters put their money where their faith is Christina Gray Catholic San Francisco

Ten years ago, the Dominican Sisters of San Rafael were one of eight other communities of women religious who founded the Religious Communities Investment Fund, a portfolio of investments in projects that promote economic justice, compassion, human dignity and environmental stewardship.

“You’re going to hear about that tonight,” Dominican Sister Margaret Denier, told the small crowd who attended the Gather on Grand speaker series event May 23 at the Dominican Sisters Center in San Rafael.

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Bishops’ pastoral letter on racism on track for November vote

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – A planned pastoral letter addressing racism is on schedule for a November vote by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops.

Bishop Sheldon J. Fabre of Houma-Thibodaux, Louisiana, chairman of the bishop’s Ad Hoc Committee on Racism, said during the bishops’ spring general assembly June 14 that the document would reflect recommendations from the various audiences that have reviewed drafts of the document.

The bishop said the document will focus on contemporary concerns affecting Native Americans and African-Americans and the “targeting” of Hispanics with racist language and actions.

Plans are being developed to implement the document in dioceses and parishes so that people witness “the healing hand of God through it,” Bishop Fabre said.

Dominican sisters, women of faith, decry policy of separating families

WASHINGTON – A woman’s religious order and a group of women of all faiths are taking a stance against the Trump administration’s policy of separating families by taking children into custody and sending parents to detention centers at the U.S.-Mexico border.

The Adrian Dominican Sisters, based in Adrian, Michigan, called for “an immediate end to the morally reprehensible practice” in a June 11 statement.

The sisters said the policy of children being taken into government custody while their parents are sent away from them – with no way of communicating and no way of knowing when they will be reunited – indicates “the nation has lost its moral compass.”

They are calling on Congress “to enact long-overdue immigration reform that enjoys broad public support and reflects American values.”

More than 1,200 women of all faiths have signed a letter to U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen Nielsen, which also calls for an immediate end to the practice of separating families. The letter states that “many of these families seek to apply for asylum; by international law, these families should receive a fair hearing, not immediately be judged as criminals.”

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“At its core, asylum is an instrument to preserve the right to life,” the bishops’ statement said. They urged the nation’s policymakers and courts “to respect and enhance, not erode, the potential of our asylum system to preserve and protect the right to life.”

AMA delegates OK continued review of assisted suicide policy

CHICAGO – The American Medical Association House of Delegates voted 314-243 not to affirm the report of the organization’s Council on Ethical and Judicial Affairs to maintain the AMA’s long-held opposition to assisted suicide.

In a late June 11 vote during a meeting in Chicago, the House of Delegates voted to send the council’s report back to committee for further review.

In a joint statement June 12, the Catholic Medical Association and the National Catholic Bioethics Center announced disappointment in the House of Delegates decision. The two organizations noted that the vote was narrow, with 56 percent of delegates voting not to accept the report.

“For more than two decades, the nation’s most prominent and largest association of physicians vocally opposed physician-assisted suicide,” said Dr. Peter T. Morrow, president of the Catholic Medical Association. “Monday’s AMA’s House of Delegates vote refusing their council’s recommendation to continue opposing physician-assisted suicide is hugely disappointing and frankly disturbing.”

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That was one of the conclusions of a June 5 panel discussion at Georgetown University for a conference convened by the university’s Initiative on Catholic Social Thought and Public Life along with other organizations. The three-day conference was titled “Though Many, One: Overcoming Polarization Through Catholic Social Thought.”

“Our politics is far less forgiving and far less fun,” said commentator and columnist Mark Shields, who moderated the evening of polite discussion. “One sign of the health of an institution is whether you’re looking for converts or for heretics. It’s a sign of weakness when you’re looking for heretics.”

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Catholic high schools in archdiocese graduate more than 1,966 seniors From the Superintendent of Schools

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As our students graduate they understand that God has created them to go out into the world as a disciple of Christ to proclaim His message through their words, and more importantly, through their actions. Our students understand that they are the future of the Church in the United States and the greater world. It is my hope that our students will change the world on their way to Heaven.

Pamela Lyons

Cassie Fell, SI

Michael Lundgren, SI

Alex Ring, SI

Angela Yang, SI

Peter Cuddihy, Riordan

Rodrigo Cuellar, Riordan

Carlos Milian Leon, Riordan

Kristin Faith Avenis, SHC

Emily Fukuda, SHC

Skylar Simmons, Mercy SF

Jordan Lewis, Mercy SF

Seth Eislund, Stuart Hall

Halie Kim, Convent

Carolina Gaspar, ICA

Iyalah Sanabria, ICA

Corey Tanis, SH Prep

Elizabeth Duncan, Priory

Mikhail Saliba, Priory

Henry James, Serra

Sean O’Brien, Serra

Tyler Baumann, Serra

Grace Collora, Mercy Burlingame

Emma Curia, Mercy Burlingame

Emma Miller, Mercy Burlingame

Karenah Rajasekaran, ND Belmont

Maura Kostelni, Marin Catholic

Kate Freda, Marin Catholic

I am so proud of the over 1,966 high school students who graduated from Catholic high schools in the Archdiocese of San Francisco in 2018. This school year more than 24,290 students attended Catholic Schools in San Francisco, Marin and San Mateo counties, and we welcome those members of our community who are not currently attending a school in the Archdiocese to send your child to one of our 21 pre-schools, 56 elementary schools, and 13 high schools. Join us in our mission to grow our students’ understanding that they are God’s beloved so they may fully realize God’s plan for them.

Many Blessings,

Pamela Lyons Superintendent of Schools Archdiocese of San Francisco

Students pictured are among those honored at recent graduation ceremonies.

ST. IGNATIUS COLLEGE PREPARATORY, SAN FRANCISCO

SI graduated 355 seniors June 2 in ceremonies at USF Memorial Gym. Jesuit Father Edward Reese, president, presided. Students were accepted to 292 colleges and universities and offered $35,423,723 in scholarships.

ARCHBISHOP RIORDAN HIGH SCHOOL, SAN FRANCISCO

Archbishop Riordan High School graduated 163 young men on May 26 in the James Lindland Theatre. Andrew Currier, president, and Timothy Reardon, principal, presented diplomas. The Class of 2018 earned millions of dollars in college scholarships and will be attending top schools across the U.S., and pursuing military careers and trade programs

SACRED HEART CATHEDRAL PREPARATORY, SAN FRANCISCO

SHC graduatesd 330 seniors on May 26 at Cathedral of St. Mary of the Assumption, San Francisco. Students were accepted into 238 colleges and universities across 41 states and five countries.

Diplomas were presented by Gary Cannon, principal, and Christian Brother Ronald Gallagher, president.

MERCY HIGH SCHOOL, SAN FRANCISCO

Mercy High School, San Francisco, graduated 89 young women on June 2 at Holy Name of Jesus Church, San Francisco. This year’s graduates were accepted to more than 175 colleges and universities throughout the United States and were awarded $1.6 million in scholarships toward their college education. Angelica Quinonez, associate head of school for mission, and Dan Meyers, associate head of school for academics, presented diplomas.

CONVENT & STUART HALL SCHOOLS

Convent High School graduated 53 students on May 25 at 2222 Broadway, San Francisco. Diplomas were conferred

by Gabriela Parcella, chair of the board, and Ann Marie Krejcarek, president. Stuart Hall High School graduated 52 students on May 25 at 1715 Octavia, San Francisco.

Diplomas were conferred by Gabriela Parcella, chair of the board, and Ann Marie Krejcarek, president.

ICA, CRISTO REY

ICA, Cristo Rey graduated 59 seniors on June 5, at Archbishop Riordan High School’s Lindland Theater in San Francisco. Graduates were accepted to more than 65 colleges and universities throughout the U.S., Puerto Rico and Costa Rica, earning $6.9 million in scholarships toward their college education. Dominican, Sister Diane Aruda, president, and Lisa Graham, principal, presented the diplomas.

SACRED HEART PREPARATORY, ATHERTON

Sacred Heart Preparatory graduated 148 students at its 120th commencement ceremony May 25. Graduates from the Class of 2018 will attend 72 schools of higher learning; 13 earned recognition by the National Merit Scholarship program and the class was awarded over $8.6 million in merit scholarships. Diplomas were presented by Richard A. Dioli, director of schools; Jennie Whitcomb, principal; Anna McDonald, assistant principal for academic life; and Shami Ravi, incoming chair of the board of trustees.

WOODSIDE PRIORY SCHOOL

Woodside Priory School graduated 68 students on June 2 at the Father Christopher Field on the Priory campus. Priory graduates were accepted to more than 100 colleges and universities throughout the world and were offered more than $5.2 million in scholarships toward their college educations.

Brian Schlaak, head of the upper school recommended the graduates to Tim Molak, head of school who presented them with their Priory diplomas.

JUNIPERO SERRA HIGH SCHOOL, SAN MATEO

Junipero Serra High School graduated 218 students on

May 26 at St Mary’s Cathedral, San Francisco. This year’s graduates were accepted to more than 225 colleges. They earned almost $27 million in scholarships and completed 29,127 hours of community service. Diplomas were presented by principal, Barry Thornton.

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MERCY HIGH SCHOOL, BURLINGAME

Mercy High School, Burlingame graduated 70 seniors on June 3 at St. Ignatius Church, San Francisco. Graduates were accepted to more than 115 colleges and universities throughout the United States winning nearly $6 million in scholarships toward their college educations. Karen Hanrahan, Head of School, presented diplomas.

NOTRE DAME BELMONT

Notre Dame Belmont celebrated 102 graduates om May 30 at St. Bartholomew Church, San Mateo. Graduates received 620 acceptances to 166 colleges and universities throughout the United States winning more than $11 million in scholarships toward their college educations. Maryann Osmond, head of school, presented diplomas.

MARIN CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL

Marin Catholic presented diplomas to 186 graduates on May 31 at the Marin Veterans’ Memorial Auditorium at the Civic Center in San Rafael. The Class of 2018 received over 900 acceptances to colleges and universities nationwide. They are also recognized achievements including 33,463 Christian Service hours contributed to people in need, locally and around the world. Presenting diplomas were Tim Navone, president and Chris Valdez, principal.

Astronaut Leroy Chiao presented his book, “One Orbit,” to principal, Mele Mortonson, left, and eighth grade teacher Megan Kimble at St. Finn Barr School Space Day May 23.

U.S. astronaut Leroy Chiao landed on campus for the school’s very first Space Day, May 23, Mele Mortonson, principal, told Catholic San Francisco. The visit was the result of efforts with Youth SF and Louis Kolenda, school consultant.

“We were both thrilled and honored to welcome our guest,” Mortonson said. “Thanks to Dr. Chiao, we were able to see what life was like firsthand through his personal videos and presentation. In many ways, we felt like we were right there with him, orbiting around the earth!”

Astronaut Chiao has logged more than 229 days in space on four space missions, including six spacewalks. Since leaving NASA, he has worked with various technology companies and organizations.

Pictured are astronaut Leroy Chiao presenting his book, “One Orbit,” to principal, Mele Mortonson, left, and eighth grade teacher Megan Kimble at St. Finn Barr School Space Day May 23.

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Sunday readings

Solemnity of the Nativity of Saint John the Baptist ISAIAH 49:1-6 Hear me, O coastlands, listen, O distant peoples.

The Lord called me from birth, from my mother’s womb he gave me my name. He made of me a sharp-edged sword and concealed me in the shadow of his arm. He made me a polished arrow, in his quiver he hid me. You are my servant, he said to me, Israel, through whom I show my glory. Though I thought I had toiled in vain, and for nothing, uselessly, spent my strength, yet my reward is with the Lord, my recompense is with my God. For now the Lord has spoken who formed me as his servant from the womb, that Jacob may be brought back to him and Israel gathered to him; and I am made glorious in the sight of the Lord, and my God is now my strength! It is too little, he says, for you to be my servant, to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and restore the survivors of Israel; I will make you a light to the nations, that my salvation may reach to the ends of the earth.

PSALM 139:1B-3, 13-14AB, 14C-15 I praise you, for I am wonderfully made.

O Lord, you have probed me, you know me: you know when I sit and when I stand; you understand my thoughts from afar. My journeys and

my rest you scrutinize, with all my ways you are familiar.

I praise you for I am wonderfully made.

Truly you have formed my inmost being; you knit me in my mother’s womb. I give you thanks that I am fearfully, wonderfully made; wonderful are your works.

I praise you, for I am wonderfully made.

My soul also you knew full well; nor was my frame unknown to you, when I was made in secret, when I was fashioned in the depths of the earth.

I praise you, for I am wonderfully made.

ACTS 13:22-26 In those days, Paul said: “God raised up David as king; of him God testified, I have found David, son of Jesse, a man after my own heart; he will carry out my every wish. From this man’s descendants God, according to his promise, has brought to Israel a savior, Jesus. John heralded his coming by proclaiming a baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel; and as John was completing his course, he would say, ‘What do you suppose that I am? I am not he. Behold, one is coming after me; I am not worthy to unfasten the sandals of his feet.’

“My brothers, sons of the family of Abraham, and

those others among you who are God-fearing, to us this word of salvation has been sent.”

LUKE 1:57-66, 80 When the time arrived for Elizabeth to have her childshe gave birth to a son. Her neighbors and relatives heard that the Lord had shown his great mercy toward her, and they rejoiced with her.

When they came on the eighth day to circumcise the child, they were going to call him Zechariah after his father, but his mother said in reply, “No. He will be called John.” But they answered her, “There is no one among your relatives who has this name.” So they made signs, asking his father what he wished him to be called. He asked for a tablet and wrote, “John is his name,” and all were amazed. Immediately his mouth was opened, his tongue freed, and he spoke blessing God. Then fear came upon all their neighbors, and all these matters were discussed throughout the hill country of Judea. All who heard these things took them to heart, saying, “What, then, will this child be?” For surely the hand of the Lord was with him. The child grew and became strong in spirit, and he was in the desert until the day of his manifestation to Israel.

The birth of John the Baptist: What’s in a name?

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ith the recent birth of the third child of Prince William of Wales and his wife Catherine, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, came a great deal of speculation as to what name they would choose. At the birth of their firstborn there was even greater expectation that the name chosen would speak to the traditions and institutions of English history, particularly of the monarchy, as the child, along with his father, (the future William V) and grandfather (the future Charles III) are in direct succession to the British crown, following Queen Elizabeth II. With the name, George, the young prince will become the seventh of that name to sit on the throne of father william England, the continuation nicholas of a dynasty of Hanoverian monarchs, who eventually took the more British name of Windsor during World War I. Truly the name of the future George VII speaks to the history of the current ruling dynasty, as well as the historical Act

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of Succession that only a Protestant should sit on the English throne.

Eight days after the birth of John the Baptist the son of Zechariah and Elizabeth was formally named. His father had been struck mute in the wake of his skepticism of Gabriel’s announcement, only to be released upon his written declaration of the child’s name. In his first words after the naming, Zechariah uttered a prophecy that spoke to the child’s role in God’s fulfillment of the promises made in the prophetic tradition of Israel. Indeed, in the very event of the child’s birth we are reminded that God fulfills his promises and that his divine and single-minded purpose throughout a tumultuous history with his chosen people has been redemption, salvation and freedom; all encompassed in the name that expresses in its meaning the simple truth that “God is gracious”: “His name is John.”

The name “John” also ushers in something new in the history of salvation. While the Baptist is most probably not the first person ever to be so named, the name “John” appears nowhere in the Old Testament. Yet it is the name, not only of the Baptist, but of one of the Twelve, traditionally associated with “the Beloved Disciple”. It is the name attributed to the fourth Gospel, to the author of three New Testament epistles as well the

Liturgical calendar, daily Mass readings SATURDAY, JUNE 23: Saturday of the Eleventh Week in Ordinary Time. 2 CHR 24:17-25, PS 89:4-5, 29-30, 31-32, 33-34, MT 6:24-34.

FRIDAY, JUNE 29: Solemnity of Sts. Peter and Paul, Apostles, Mass during the day, ACTS 12:1-11, PS 34:2-3, 4-5, 6-7, 8-9, 2 TM 4:6-8, 17-18, MT 16:13-19.

SUNDAY, JUNE 24: Solemnity of the Nativity of St. John the Baptist – Mass during the day. IS 49:1-6, PS 139:1B3, 13-14AB, 14C-15, ACTS 13:22-26, LK 1:57-66, 80.

SATURDAY, JUNE 30: Saturday of the Twelfth Week in Ordinary Time, LAM 2:2, 10-14, 18-19, PS 74:1B-2, 3-5, 6-7, 20-21, MT 8:5-17.

MONDAY, JUNE 25: Monday of the Twelfth Week in Ordinary Time. 2 KGS 17:5-8, 13-15A, 18, PS 60:3, 4-5, 12-13, MT 7:1-5.

TUESDAY, JUNE 26: Tuesday of the Twelfth Week in Ordinary Time. 2 KGS 19:9B-11, 14-21, 31-35A, 36, PS 48:2-3AB, 3CD-4, 10-11, MT 7:6, 12-14.

SUNDAY, JULY 1: Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, WIS 1:13-15; 2:23-24, PS 30:2, 4, 5-6, 11, 12, 13, 2 COR 8:7, 9, 13-15, MK 5:21-43 OR 5:21-24, 35B-43.

MONDAY, JULY 2: Monday of the Thirteenth Week in Ordinary Time, AM 2:6-10, 13-16, PS 50:16BC-17, 18-19, 20-21, 22-23, MT 8:18-22.

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 27: Wednesday of the Twelfth Week in Ordinary Time. 2 KGS 22:8-13; 23:1-3, PS 119:33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 40, MT 7:15-20.

TUESDAY, JULY 3: Feast of St. Thomas, Apostle, EPH 2:19-22, PS 117:1BC, 2, JN 20:24-29.

THURSDAY, JUNE 28: Memorial of St. Irenaeus, bishop, martyr, 2 KGS 24:8-17, PS 79:1B-2, 3-5, 8, 9, MT 7:21-29.

WEDNESDAY, JULY 4: Wednesday of the Thirteenth Week in Ordinary Time, AM 5:14-15, 21-24, PS 50:7, 8-9, 10-11, 12-13, 16BC-17, MT 8:28-34.

Seer who receives visions recounted in the Book of Revelation. “John” is the name of no less than 68 saints (more if we include five named “Joan” and two named “Juan”), and 23 popes (plus three anti-popes). The consistent popularity of the name “John” has been a persistent reminder within the context of Christian faith, society and culture, that at the heart of salvation history, “God is gracious.”

As with the birth of John the Baptist, we encounter moments within our own journey of faith in which we are given or take on a name. Our name is the first gift given to us by our parents, which is formally declared at our baptism. At confirmation we take on a new name, or apply our given name to a saint who serves for us as a model of holiness. When a man or woman enters the religious life, they take on a name as part of their profession. More than anything from which we draw an identity, our name is the most fundamental. From our birth to our death our name speaks to our family origins and the hopes for our future destiny.

As people of faith, our name and its meaning can serve to orient us in our relationship with God, as we seek to discern more fully how our lives are called to reflect his greatness.

Father William Nicholas is a parochial vicar at St. Vincent de Paul Parish, San Francisco effective July 1.

pope francis Respect women’s dignity

VATICAN CITY – Exploiting women or treating them like objects is a sin against God, Pope Francis said.

“There is a rage against women, terrible rage,” the pope said in his homily June 15 during morning Mass at Domus Sanctae Marthae.

The pope’s homily focused on the day’s Gospel reading in which Jesus tells his disciples that anyone “who looks at women with lust has already committed adultery with her in his heart.”

Jesus recognized the dignity of women and “put them at the same level as men” because he understood what God meant when he created male and female in his image.

“Both are in God’s image, both. Not man first and then woman a little bit below,” he said.

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Stirring the smoldering ashes of our faith

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nyone who has ever watched a fire knows that at a point the flames subside and disappear into smoldering coals which themselves eventually cool and turn into cold, gray ash. But there’s a moment in that process, before they cool off, that the coals can be stirred so as to make them burst into flame again.

That’s the image St. Paul uses to encourage us to rekindle the fires of our faith when they seem to be burning low: “I remind you to stir into flame the gift of God that was once given you.”

It’s a meaningful image. Our FATHER RON faith sometimes needs some ROLHEISER stirring in its roots to make it alive and effective again. But how’s that to be done? How do we stir into flame again the fire of our faith?

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We stir our faith back into flame by resituating ourselves inside its roots. Despite the fact that faith is a divine gift, it can be helpful sometimes to journey back and examine what earthily forces helped plant the faith inside us.

Who and what helped give us faith? Of course, that’s a deeply personal question that each of us can only answer for himself or herself. For myself, when I try to go back and touch the roots of my faith a number of things come into focus.

First, there was the faith and witness of my parents, the critical piece. Faith was the most important thing in their lives and they did everything in their power to ensure that this was true too for us, their children. And their lives never belied their faith. That’s a strong witness and a gift of incalculable value.

Then there was the witness of my parish church, a rural, immigrant community, small enough so that everyone knew everyone else’s joys and sorrows and was able to share them in faith, even if

not always in full neighborly warmth. It takes a village to raise a child, in my case it was a parish. As a boy growing up, I could glance around a church and see most everyone I knew, friend or not, all kneeling together in one faith. That’s a rarity today and no small gift.

Next came the dedication and faith witness of the Ursuline sisters who came into our rural community to teach in our public schools and were not only our best teachers academically but also catechized us. By the time I’d reached my teens, I’d memorized two catechisms and had a solid intellectual grasp of the tenets of my faith, a gift whose importance I recognized only later on.

Finally, and in a way that left deep, permanent roots in my soul, there was the voice of the God of my youth. During my youth, God’s voice was strong and clear inside me. Admittedly some of what I took to be God’s voice then was in actuality the SEE ROLHEISER, PAGE 20

Craving approval isn’t evangelization

he bizarre comment and the weird gesture have not, until recently, been associated with high-ranking churchmen. Both, alas, were on vivid display last month when Cardinals Reinhard Marx and Gianfranco Ravasi had more than a few of us scratching our heads in wonderment.

Cardinal Marx is the archbishop of Munich and Freising, a local church suffering from severe deficits in Sunday Mass attendance and vocations. The cardinal has many opinions on many subjects, and on the GEORGE WEIGEL 200th birthday of that other Marx, Karl, Reinhard Marx opined that, without the author of the Communist Manifesto, “there would not be any Catholic social

doctrine.” That curious judgment was repeated in the pages of the Vatican’s semi-official newspaper, L’Osservatore Romano – and therein expanded to include the auxiliary claim that you can’t blame Stalin on Marx.

Well.

Surely a credentialed German theologian like Cardinal Marx knows that one of the intellectual founders of modern Catholic social thought was the 19th-century b ishop of Mainz, Wilhelm Emmanuel von Ketteler – the man whom Pope Leo XIII, father of Catholic social doctrine in its papal form, called “my great predecessor.”

But perhaps, it will be replied, Cardinal Marx was suggesting that Karl Marx’s work impelled von Ketteler and Leo XIII to develop Catholic social doctrine. There’s perhaps a flyspeck of causality visible under the historical microscope here, in that those two great Catholic thinkers certainly knew what the Communist Manifesto taught (and

both rejected it, vigorously). But are 21st-century Catholics so desperate for the approval of the leftleaning western intelligentsia that we should think of Catholic social doctrine as merely reactive to Marxism? Will Cardinal Marx next suggest that Lord North, not John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, George Washington, and the rest, was the author of the American Revolution?

As for Marx and Stalin, perhaps Cardinal Marx could dedicate a portion of his vacation reading this summer to the works of Friedrich Hayek and Anne Applebaum. Hayek explained decades ago that state-run economies necessarily imply tyranny; more recently, Applebaum demonstrated how the gulag slave-labor system was an integral part of Stalin’s Marxist economy.

Then there is Cardinal Ravasi. I’ve learned a lot from his biblical exegesis, drawing on it in

not only disrespectful to the Holy See and Cardinal Parolin but also impeded the evangelization in China.

What Mr. Weigel argued in “the diplomatic relations with the PRC reflected an outmoded view of the Holy See’s role in world affairs” is shortsightedness on his part. Pope Francis is the most liberal, most inclusive pope ever in this 21st century! Just imagine, China, with its 1.38 billion people, it would really be a shame not to spread the word of Jesus in this vast country.

I highly applaud the Vatican for the arrangement with the PRC for their evangelical mission. Yes, Mr. Weigel, you are behind times in this fast paced world. And to use the term “communist regime” sounded very rightwing. The spread of Catholicism will not be impeded in China because of its political ideology but instead, the word of Christ will be spread among the brethren in that part of the world.

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Los Angeles Times and the San Francisco Chronicle, it is curious that there has not been a front page, “above the fold” feature article about this rather historic documentary in the Catholic San Francisco and/ or communications sent out to parishes and schools encouraging them to disseminate information about this movie.

I suggest that the archdiocese allocate some of the archdiocesan appeal funds to purchase multiple DVDs and/or acquire other forms of media to be made available to every parish, grammar school and high school.

Further, to develop a curriculum of study for this remarkable documentary, appropriate to the respective audience.

The essence and moral clarity of Pope Francis’s message is too precious and too special not to herald it to the people of the archdiocese and beyond.

In the words of the former president of the University of Notre Dame, Father Theodore Hesburgh: “The very essence of leadership is that you have to have a vision. You can’t blow an uncertain trumpet.”

Pope Francis has the vision. Archdiocese of San Francisco, pick up the mantle of leadership and blow a very certain trumpet for this remarkable film.

Mike Marovich San Anselmo Editor’s note: Thanks Mike. A review of the documentary appears on Page 18.

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LETTERS Teaching on all-male priesthood

The “reasoning” set forth by Cardinal-designate Luis Ladaria (“Teaching on all-male priesthood is definitive cardinal-designate says,” June 7) that because Jesus only conferred the sacrament of priestly ordination on 12 male apostles, the church lacks authority to confer the sacrament on women, makes little sense. By this theory, the priesthood should be denied to all non-Jews (which would likely result in the exclusion of Cardinal Ladaria to the priesthood) since Jesus “conferred the sacrament” only on Jewish males. If the later church felt free to dispense with the Jewish requirement for the priesthood, then the male requirement must be equally dispensable.

Laurie Joyce San Anselmo

A changed Democratic Party

It is good to learn what others think about important issues (“Cardinal: Separating abortion from Title X funds ‘greatly needed,’” May 24), so Cardinal Dolan’s comments were interesting. Whether you agree with some or none of them, there is no denying the Democratic Party of today is changed. It was rather startling recently to hear the comments of some Democrats regarding abortion. They stated if a baby should happen to survive a botched abortion it should not receive any medical assistance. Hard to believe, and, as a well-seasoned senior citizen, I couldn’t help but wonder about their thoughts regarding the elderly and disabled.

For sure we need to pray, especially to the Holy Spirit, for all our politicians. May they be inspired to do what is right and may we all have the wisdom to make the right choices.

Mary Louise Zgraggen San Francisco

Applauding pope’s China initiative

The article put forth by George Weigel (“The Holy See, China and evangelization,” May 24) regarding the Vatican and Peoples Republic of China approach was

Reclaiming Jesus

Yes, the name of Jesus can indeed be co-opted (“Christian crowd vows to ‘reclaim Jesus’ from polarized US,” June 7) and we best realize that it can be done across the entire political spectrum, right or left.

There are overreaching agendas both ways.

Jay Strickwerda San Francisco

Pope documentary should be trumpeted

As a lifelong Catholic, I do not believe I’ve experienced “The Word” spoken more clearly, more simply, more directly and more eloquently as I have in viewing the documentary, “Pope Francis: A Man of His Word.”

The pope’s Gospel message of caring for the least among us, of caring for mother Earth, of welcoming “the other” speaks to the world, transcending sectarian and political boundaries.

This exceptional, highly rated documentary began running in mainline theaters in May and was held over in Marin. Reviewed in The New York Times, the

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Pope: In annual message, Francis urges faithful to hear cries of the poor FROM Page 1

Christ’s example and concretely share a moment of love, hope and respect together with those in need in one’s community, the pope said in the message dated June 13, the feast of St. Anthony of Padua, patron saint of the poor. The Vatican released the message to the public June 14.

The World Day of the Poor – to be marked each year on the 33rd Sunday of ordinary time – will be celebrated Nov. 18 this year and will focus on a verse from Psalm 34, “This poor one cried out and the Lord heard.”

“We can ask ourselves, how is it this cry, which reaches all the way to God, is unable to penetrate our ears and leaves us indifferent and impassive?” the pope asked in his message.

To become aware of people’s suffering and know how best to respond with love, people must learn to be silent and listen, the pope said.

“If we speak too much ourselves, we will be unable to hear them,” he said.

That is often what happens when otherwise important and needed initiatives are carried out more as a way to please oneself “than to really acknowledge the cry of the poor,” he said.

(CNS photo/Orestis Panagiotou, EPA)

Volunteers help homeless people wash their clothes in portable washing machines in Athens, Greece, June 3. The World Day of the Poor -- to be marked each year on the 33rd Sunday of ordinary time -- will be celebrated Nov. 18.

“We are so entrapped in a culture which forces us to look in the mirror” and unduly “pamper ourselves,” he said. Such people come to believe their act of altruism is enough without having to feel any empathy or the need to sacrifice or “endanger” themselves directly.

Nobody seeks poverty or its many forms, which include marginalization, persecution and injustice, the pope said.

Poverty “is caused by selfishness, pride, greed and injustice. These are evils as old as humanity, but also sins in which the innocents are caught up, leading to consequences on the social level, which are dramatic,” he said.

“God’s answer to the poor is always an intervention of salvation in order to heal the wounds of body and soul, restore justice and assist in beginning anew to live life with dignity. God’s answer is also an appeal in order that those who believe in him can do the same,” he added.

The World Day of the Poor is meant to be a small contribution that the whole church can make so the poor may know their cries have not gone unheard, the pope said in his message.

“It is like a drop of water in the desert of poverty; and yet it can be a sign of sharing for those who are in need, that they might experience the active presence of a brother or a sister,” he said.

This encounter is a call for personal involvement, not delegation to others, he said. And it is not cold, distant giving, but an act that requires “loving

attentiveness” just like God offers everyone.

So many people in need are seeking the meaning of their existence and a response to their questions about “why they have fallen so far and how they can escape! They are waiting from someone to come up and say, ‘Take heart; rise, he is calling you,’” the pope said.

Unfortunately, people are often repelled by, not drawn to the poor, he said. The cries of the poor are often met with rebuke and they are told, “to shut up and put up.”

There is a real “phobia of the poor,” who are seen not only as destitute, but also as carriers of “insecurity and instability,” to be rejected and kept afar.

But this tendency to create a distance means people distance themselves from Jesus himself, “who does not reject the poor, but calls them to him and consoles them,” he said.

Even though members of the Catholic Church who offer their care and assistance are motivated by their faith and the desire to share the Good News with others, he said bishops, priests, religious and lay Catholics should recognize that “in the immense world of poverty, our capacity for action is limited, weak and insufficient.”

The church should cooperate with others so joint efforts can reach their objectives more effectively, he said.

The church should give freely with an attitude of humility, “without seeking the limelight,” he said.

“In serving the poor, the last thing we need is a battle for first place,” he said. The poor don’t need heroes, but a love which knows how to remain hidden from worldly recognition, he said.

“The true protagonists are the Lord and the poor,” and those who serve are mere instruments “in God’s hands in order to make manifest his presence and salvation.”

Archbishop Rino Fisichella, president of Pontifical Council for Promoting New Evangelization, told reporters the pope hopes the day will remind everyone in the church to turn their gaze to the poor, truly listen to their needs and respond directly with love in a way that aims to restore their dignity.

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‘Humanae Vitae’: Discipleship’s call to faith’s ‘hard truths’ FROM PAGE 1

with reference to the procreation and education of children, which it calls the spouses’ “ultimate crown” (n. 48). However, it did also emphasize the end of the unity and mutual good of the spouses. So how are we to understand this?

Beginning again with the design of our bodies, we can say that objectively, at the level of our being, the procreation and education of children is primary. However, on the subjective level – that is, psychologically – it doesn’t quite work that way, for when someone sees a member of the opposite sex to whom that person feels attracted, that person feels a spontaneous urge to unite with the other person because of the attractiveness seen in the other person, without first giving thought to children or, for that matter, any other consequences of such a relationship. That is to say, the impulse that one feels in this attraction is an impulse toward the other person and being united to that person him/herself, and not initially an impulse toward having children with that person, which is something that comes later as a consequence of their union.

The primary end of marriage forces a couple to live beyond themselves, to live for another.

They cannot ignore the demands that childrearing places on them (someone has to get up in the middle of the night when the baby is crying!). If they were to live primarily for their own mutual good, they could easily deceive themselves into believing that they are thinking of their spouse when actually they are just satisfying their own desire.

This is a difficult truth for some – probably many – people to accept. But that is my point: It is precisely the hard truths of our faith, those which the culture ignores and even despises, that have the greatest power to move people to

conversion and be transformed by the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Indeed, only this has the power to bring about true conversion, in which one encounters the person of Jesus Christ, comes to know and love him, and thereby attain eternal salvation. This is what that young father who recently wrote me discovered, and many other young people in our church as well.

The worst thing we could do, if we truly want to fulfill our purpose as Catholics, is to downplay the demanding parts of discipleship, those teachings where we encounter the most resistance and even hostility in the culture. How could we do such a thing, if we are convinced that this is true, and for the true good of all people? Of course, we need to find attractive ways to present these truths; we must begin with that respectful encounter to which Pope Francis is continually urging us. We must cherish and affirm the other for his or her unique humanity.

But we must encounter others with the hope of being able to share this treasure with them in a way that will help them to become truly happy by being aware of God’s presence and living in a way that pleases him.

While we give thanks to God during this 50th anniversary year of “Humanae Vitae” for the prophetic vision of Blessed Pope Paul VI, let us remember that there are many people waiting to know the peace, freedom and authentic happiness of this truth of our human nature, and that we are the ones whom God calls to proclaim it to them in word and, most especially, in deed.

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Film review: ‘Pope Francis: A Man of His Word’ and, closer to home, Greece and the southern Italian city of Naples. We also see Francis answering questions from youngsters and, in a particularly touching scene, offering encouragement to the inmates of a prison.

Francis brings warmth to this grim setting and draws an emotional response from its presumably tough inhabitants by reminding his listeners that Christianity’s very first saint was the Good Thief.

Moments like that one give viewers an insight into the personality, thinking and global influence of the first pontiff in the long history of the church to hail both from the New World and from the Society of Jesus.

Wenders also dwells on the significance of another precedent-breaking choice, that of the papal name Francis. Luminous images of Assisi and an outline of the life of its most famous son provide context for what his medieval namesake likely represents to the 21st-century pope.

While Wenders is unstinting in his appreciation of Francis, he sometimes misguidedly attempts

to highlight this pope’s qualities by contrasting them, at least implicitly, with what he perceives to be the shortcomings of Francis’ predecessors or of some members of the hierarchy. Thus the lavishly decorated public rooms of the Apostolic Palace are rather naively set out as unspoken evidence that previous popes liked to “live large.”

Overall, nonetheless, this is a work of high quality that can be recommended for a wide range of age groups. Much of the discussion would be over the heads of small children, of course. And they might also be disturbed by the tragic images that accompany Francis’ reflections on one of the subjects closest to his heart, the plight of refugees.

For older kids, by contrast, “Pope Francis: A Man of His Word” will make educational viewing, whether seen in the company of parents or teachers. And, once released on video, the movie will provide a valuable resource for both schools and parishes.

The summer program in astrophysics, held every two years, accepts a small group of promising university and graduate students, mostly VATICAN CITY – Scientists and people of faith from developing nations, who are specializing in always must admit they don’t know everything, astronomical sciences. and they must never be afraid to explore and disDuring a private audience in the apostolic palcover more, Pope Francis told astronomy students ace, the pope praised the way the study program and experts. brings together people from so many different “As people who love what we do, we can find countries, cultures and areas of specialization. in our love for this universe a foretaste of that This endeavor shows how “diversity can be unitdivine love which, in contemplating his creation, ed by a common goal of study” and how success declared that it was good,” he said June 14. in that work depends precisely on this diversity, The pope spoke to dozens of young astronomy he said. students who were taking part in a monthlong “Whether as scientists or believers, it is always summer school sponsored by the Vatican Obserto start by admitting there is much that vatory.

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“Just as we should never think we know everything, we should never be afraid of trying to learn more,” he said.

Harmony between scientific knowledge, metaphysics and faith “leads us to understanding, and understanding – we hope – will make us open to wisdom,” he added.

As humans, “we are more than just thinking, rational beings,” he said. “We are also people with a sense of curiosity that drives us to know more; we are creatures who work to learn and share what we have learned for the pure joy of doing so.”

In “Paradiso” by Dante Alighieri, the 14th-century Italian poet wrote that it is “love that moves the sun and other stars,” the pope said.

“May your work likewise be ‘moved’ by love: love for truth; love for the universe itself; and love for one another as you work together amid your diversity.”

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NEW YORK – Veteran filmmaker Wim Wenders respectfully profiles the current successor of St. Peter in the well-crafted, sometimes moving documentary “Pope Francis: A Man of His Word” (Focus). Though Wenders also provides some narration, as his title suggests, he largely lets the pontiff speak for himself.

That approach pays off by allowing the audience to hear Francis’ views on a wide variety of topics of interest to believers and nonbelievers alike.

These include the environment, the situation of young people, relations with the Islamic world, economic inequality and the clergy sex abuse crisis. Francis also sets out, in a general way, his vision for the future of the church.

Along with original interviews with the pope conducted at the Vatican, Wenders incorporates footage of his worldwide travels, which have included trips to North and South America, Africa

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While people outside religious communities can’t join the RCIF, Sister Corinne talked about the ethos that informs the sisters’ investment decisions. She also offered ways others could make a difference with their dollars.

Investment risk is usually based on the higher the risk the higher the return, she said. “When we sisters talk about impact investing, we are actually talking about making a difference in poor communities.”

“We take a very low interest rate and we do not connect rate and risk,” she said. “As long as people are working, we will be paid.”

“Our investing is different, said Sister Corinne.

“We say that risk and return are a market indicator, but risk and conversion is a Gospel indicator and it’s relationships that are key.”

She warned against “commodifying” people by basing investment decisions solely on numbers. She noted that the sisters’ have been very involved in battling human trafficking, where people become actual commodities. “We ask for data too, but we are very careful of what we ask for and why.”

On May 17, the Vatican released a document on the moral dimensions of economic activity “Oeconomicae et pecuniariae quaestiones: Considerations for an ethical discernment on certain aspects of the current economic-financial system.” The new document, approved by Pope Francis, says financial and economic decisions can be virtuous or sinful.

Sister Corinne quoted the pope in an earlier

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Dominican Sister Margaret Diener, left, listens to a question from a member of the audience at a May 23 talk at the Dominican Sisters Center in San Rafael by Dominican Sister Corinne Florek, director of the Religious Communities Investment Fund in 2008. The Dominican Sisters are members of eight religious communities who are part of the fund which comment on the same topic: “People must avoid letting the employment of financial resources be motivated by speculation, giving into the

temptation of seeking only immediate benefits instead of seeking the sustainability of the enterprise. In the long run, its proper service to the real economy is its sustainability. And that includes the sustainability as well as the products.”

In a segment on responsible corporate investing, Sister Corinne said that an estimated 48 percent of adult Americans or approximately 91 million people have some ownership stake in public companies.

“My urgency is to say, please, if you have money to invest, you are among the privileged of the world. So use that privilege to demand justice,” she said. “We are among those 91 million people and we need to use that collective power for justice. So if you own shares, you have a voice, and we ask you to encourage corporations to be good corporate citizens.”

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voice of fear, timidity, tribalism and what Freudians term the superego.

But, that being admitted, God’s voice was there too, unavoidable, clear.

I know that because much of my youthful fear, timidity, crass tribalism and superego have long since departed, and the voice of the God of my youth remains inside me still.

However, now, sometimes that voice can be quite silent, and it can feel as simply the voice of the naiveté of my youth – Santa, the Easter Bunny and

in that clear, deeply moral, divine voice that spoke inside me and guided me in my youth.

This kind of journey, I believe, can be helpful for most everybody, with one cautionary flag: The seeming silence of God in our lives as adults can in fact be a deeper modality of God’s presence rather than a sign of a deteriorating faith. The voice of God often seems clear in our youth but later on that clarity gives way to what the mystics call “dark nights of the soul,” where God’s seeming absence is not a question of a loss of faith but of a

Jesus – and not something that’s real anymore or indeed ever was really real. For me, as for everyone, faithwise, sometimes my imagination and affectivity simply run dry so that my preoccupations preclude God’s presence. It’s then that I need to stir the seemingly smoldering coals of my faith by making a journey back to reground myself in the reality of my parents’ faith, in the reality of what branded my soul in our small parish community, in the reality of the witness and catechesis of the Ursuline sisters who taught me, and, not least,

new, richer, less imaginative mode of God’s presence in our lives. Fervor is not always a sign of a deep faith, just as the seeming absence of God is not necessarily a sign of a weakening faith. God must be patiently waited for and will arrive in our lives only on God’s terms, not ours.

Even so, St. Paul’s advice remains: “I remind you to stir into flame the gift of God that was once given you.”

Oblate Father Ron Rolheiser is president of the Oblate School of Theology, San Antonio, Texas.

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several books. But his work at the Pontifical Council for Culture has been less edifying. The “Courtyard of the Gentiles” project he led under Pope Benedict XVI – promoted as an effort to dialogue with open-minded non-believers – frequently featured the media-savvy philosopher Julia Kristeva. A recent article, however, suggested that Ms. Kristeva was not always the champion of freedom she long claimed to be: She was quite likely an informer for the odious Bulgarian secret intelligence service during the Cold

blasphemous? If not, what precisely does Cardinal Ravasi know about contemporary culture, presumably the remit of his Vatican office?

Beneath all this weirdness may lurk the assumption that the church has to get with it if we’re to sow the leaven of the Gospel in the postmodern world. But how does pandering to the glitterati evangelize? Doesn’t this pathetic grasping for approval – from people whose lives manifest their disdain for the Catholic idea of the sacred and the church’s teaching about the dignity of the human person – signal that, hey, we’re not really serious about the stuff you cultural elites find objectionable?

For a decade and a half, I’ve been criticizing “Catholic lite” for its evangelical flaccidity. The shenani-

War, and she had a nasty habit of providing pseudo-intellectual cover for some of the 20th century’s worst regimes.

Then there was the recent loan of Vatican-owned copes, tiaras, pectoral crosses, papal rings, and other vestments to New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art – another brainstorm of Ravasi’s Pontifical Council for Culture. Was the cardinal really surprised that the opening of an exhibit devoted to the impact of liturgical vestments and Catholic art on contemporary fashion turned into an exercise in louche camp and vulgarity that bordered on the

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St. Benedict Parish for the Deaf at St. Francis Xavier Church, 1801 Octavia Street, San Francisco, rosary in sign language, all Sundays except June, July and August, 9:45-10:15 a.m.; stbenz1801@gmail.com; www.sfdeafcatholics.org. Like us on Facebook: www.facebook.com/stbenedictparish.

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‘Tag’ movie based on three-decade chase game of Catholic school friends Carol Zimmermann Catholic News Service

WASHINGTON – A group of Catholic high school friends has kept in touch – literally – since graduating more than 30 years ago from Gonzaga Preparatory School in Spokane, Washington.

The way they’ve stayed connected – through essentially continuing a version of tag they started in high school – has received mixed reaction from people over the years, but that all changed five years ago when The Wall Street Journal ran a front-page article about them.

The piece gave the group almost instant notoriety, as it was followed up by an ESPN segment and a slew of other interviews. The group of 10, who call themselves the “tag brothers,” hired an agent and started talking about movie potential.

Fast forward years later and now, they’re “it” – to use a tag expression – because the story of the elaborate ways they’ve sneaked up on each other, sometimes in disguise, for one month of the year – as per their signed agreement – is now on the big screen in the movie “Tag,” which releases nationally June 15.

The movie takes the story of this group and runs with it, so to speak, with a fictionalized account. The original 10 friends – nine graduated in 1983 and one in 1984 – includes one priest, Father Sean Raftis, pastor of St. Richard’s in Columbia Falls, Montana. At a reunion, the group was talking about their competitive high school tag and came up with a plan to continue it long distance every February.

In the movie, the group is made up of five friends who have been together since elementary school played by Ed Helms, Jeremy Renner, Jon Hamm, Jake Johnson and Hannibal Buress.

Like real life, the movie tags occur at unlikely places including a funeral home and the hospital delivery room.

The tag game, like what kids play at recess, involves tagging someone

(CNS photo/courtesy Father Raftis)

Father Sean Raftis, center, stands with a group of Catholic high school friends from Gonzaga Preparatory School in Spokane, Wash., at the “Tag” premiere in Los Angeles June 7. and making them “it” until they tag someone else. This grown-up version isn’t so much running around as it is sneaking up on people who live in different states and have careers, families or ministries. The last person tagged at the end of February is “it” for the year.

The Wall Street Journal story that made this group famous points out that “players get tagged at work and in bed. They form alliances and fly around the country. Wives are enlisted as spies and assistants are ordered to bar players from the office.”

The story highlighted one of the tags in the 1990s that involved Father Raftis hiding in the trunk of a Honda Accord waiting for Joe Tombari, who lived in California at the time but now teaches math and physics at Gonzaga Prep where the game began.

Mike Konesky, another tagger, drove the car over to Tombari’s with the idea of showing him new golf clubs in his trunk. When the trunk opened, the priest reached his hand P out to tag Tombari but didn’t realize he actually reached his friend’s wife who was shocked to see a hand

reach out of the trunk, fell backward and hurt her knee.

When everyone attended to Tombari’s wife, Tombari, of course, was tagged.

In a June 10 interview with Father Raftis from Montana days after he returned from the premiere of “Tag” in Los Angeles, the priest told Catholic News Service that the 15 minutes or so he was in the trunk felt like hours. He also felt bad that it involved an injury.

A decade or so later after this tag, Tombari and Konesky went to Montana to nab Father Raftis at church.

The two sat in the front row and when the priest saw them he ended up mentioning the game in his homily, stressing the importance of friendship. His friends waited until Mass was over to tag him and then they went out for coffee and doughnuts with parishioners after.

The best tag Father Raftis remembers was when his friend since first Ugrade, B Mark L Mengert, I C dressed A T up like Gonzaga’s mascot, except in the high school’s costume, and tagged Brian Dennehy with a note

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while he was attending a Gonzaga University basketball game with his wife, all while the real mascot looked over and raised his arms in confusion and security questioned the fake mascot.

All of this sneaking around, at its core, is about friendship and staying connected, said Father Raftis, adding that our whole faith is based on friendship with the communion of saints and angels.

The movie, he said, “gets the friendship thing right.” He notes that it has an age-appropriate R rating for language but the “overwhelming arc of the movie is on the beauty of friendship and staying friends.”

The CNS classification for “Tag” is O– morally offensive. The reviewer said the film had “skewed moral values, physical violence, drug use, partial nudity, references to aberrant sexuality, fleeting profanities and pervasive rough language.”

The end of the movie features a clip of the original group. But this moment of fame isn’t stopping them. Father Raftis said they plan to keep playing “indefinitely, as long as we can.”

All of the tag brothers attended the movie’s premiere in Los Angeles June 7 and they joined several members of the cast the night before at a dinner at Renner’s home.

This has all been pretty surreal for the Montana priest, who was surprised to see “Tag” on billboards and bus advertisements in Los Angeles.

When there was initial talk about a movie about the group, he said he thought it would be for DVD release or on the Hallmark Channel, which is fine, he added.

The movie openings, including one June 12 in Spokane where the original tagging began, is providing a rare chance for the group of tag brothers to be together.

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FRIDAY, JUNE 22 RELIGIOUS FREEDOM EVENT: Vespers led by Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone, 5:45 p.m., followed by young adult happy hour at Steins, San Francisco. Star of the Sea Church, 4420 Geary Blvd., San Francisco; archdiocesan Department of Human Life and Dignity, www.sfarchdiocese.org/hld; schmalzv@sfarch.org.

SUNDAY, JUNE 24 RAVIOLI DINNER: Our Lady of Angels gym, Hillside Drive, Burlingame, nohost cocktails, 4 p.m., dinner at 5 p.m., $25, RSVP by June 18, Dorene Campanile, 1620 Howard Ave., Burlingame 94010, (650) 344-7870.

RELIGIOUS FREEDOM EVENT: Mass in Spanish, 8:45 a.m.; Mass in English, 10:45 a.m., celebrated by Msgr. John Talesfore, pastor, St. Matthew Catholic Church, One Notre Dame Ave., San Mateo, followed by coffee and donuts, archdiocesan Office of Human Life and Dignity, www.sfarchdiocese.org/hld; schmalzv@sfarch.org.

SATURDAY, JUNE 23

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 27

OPUS DEI MASS: Liturgy commemorating life of Opus Dei founder St Josemaria Escriva, St. Mary’s Cathedral, Gough Street at Geary Boulevard, San Francisco, 10 a.m. Archbishop Salvatore J. CorArchbishop dileone is princiCordileone pal celebrant. All are welcome. For further information, call Msgr James Kelly at (650) 327-1675.

RELIGIOUS FREEDOM EVENT: Young Adults Mass, 7:30 p.m., with new Auxiliary Bishop Robert Christian, OP, St Dominic Church, 2390 Bush St., San Francisco, archdiocesan Office of Human Bishop Robert Life and Dignity, Christian www.sfarchdiocese.org/hld; schmalzv@sfarch.org.

Additional Religious Freedom events for June 22, 24, 29 listed below.

SUNDAY, JULY 15 CONCERT: St. Mary’s Cathedral, Geary Boulevard at Gough Street, San Francisco, 4 p.m. www.stmarycathedralsf.org.

SATURDAY, JULY 21 HANDICAPABLES MASS: Mass at noon then lunch, both in lower halls, St. Mary’s Cathedral, Gough Street at Geary Boulevard, San Francisco, Gough Street entrance. All disabled people, caregivers invited. Please RSVP by contacting Diane Prell, activities coordinator, (415) 452-3500; www.Handicapables.com.

Dates are subject to change.

SUNDAY, JULY 22 SATURDAY, JULY 7

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‘COURAGE TO GRIEVE’: St Dominic Parish, 2390 Bush St. at Steiner, San Francisco for eight Sundays, 3:30-5:30 p.m. This group requests a commitment of all eight weeks, not a drop-in group.

A pre-group interview is required with Deacon Chuck McNeil. deaconchuck@ stdominics.org. (415) 567-7824.

CONCERT: St. Mary’s Cathedral, Geary Boulevard at Gough Street, San Francisco, 4 p.m., featuring local and international artists, free parking, freewill donation requested at door, (415) 567-2020, ext. 213, www.stmarycathedralsf.org.

RUMMAGE SALE: It’s always a pretty fun search through the items available for purchase at the San Mateo ProLife Rummage Sale, 9 a.m.-3 p.m., St. Matthew School auditorium, El Camino Real and Aragon Boulevard, San Mateo. For more information, Janet (650) 931-5467.

FIRST SATURDAY MASS: Holy Cross Cemetery, 11 a.m., Father Tom Parenti, retired pastor, St. Brendan Parish, San Francisco, now in residence St. Matthew Parish, San Mateo, principal celebrant and homilist.

We pray that all our beloved dead enjoy the blessed hope of the resurrection. All Saints Chapel, 1500 Mission Road., Colma, Monica Williams, (650) 756-2060; www.holycrosscemeteries. com.

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RELIGIOUS FREEDOM EVENT: Vespers, 7 p.m., Sts. Peter and Paul Church, 666 Filbert St., San Francisco followed by panel discussion of Christian persecution internationally.

Wine and cheese, coffee and cookies, archdiocesan Office of Human Life and

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In Remembrance of the Faithful Departed Interred In Our Catholic Cemeteries During the Month of May HOLY CROSS, COLMA Rosie B. Abella Francis C. Agius Michael P. Ahern Dr. Filoteo A. Alano Flora R. Atento Edward Austin Matthew Anthony Austria Rita Azzopardi Annie Benetti Marjorie J. Blair Daniel N. Bozin Mary Katherine “Kathy” Bray Wayne Briggson Joan Greco Briggson Catalina Valdez Camaclang Guadalupe Padua Camonayan Ernesto Oronce Cano, Sr. Catherine Canova Hilda M. Chavez Chery J. Chew Kyung Yeol Choi Katherine I Clark Byrne Sr. Patricia Anne Cloherty PBVM Gladys J. Collado Pacita U. Costales Isabel Maria Covarrubias Rhudy H. Cruz Lorraine Adell Daly Velia C. Danello Jean E. Dean Maureen J. Dineen Segundina Umblas Domingo Frances D. Dove Lena Quilici Duca Maria Escobar Leticia Saavedra Estrella Felicidad B. Evangelista Consuelo Tanjuaquio Farm Rita Fedelin Santos Udasco Felix Robert E. Flickinger Lena Flocchini Claro D. Flores, Jr. Kathyrn M. Forde Leo L. Fornaciari Jeannette Freeman Brendan Gaffey Walter Rafael Garcia

Anotinette T. George Tharifeh Ghanayem Giuseppe “Joe” Grasso Helen V. Gughemetti Laurance G. Haskett Helen McInerney Haugh Sr. Kathleen Healy Catherine P. Hodgkinson Joseph W. Hubbard Wal Young Hur Mark Hurley Joseph David Hurley, Jr. Baby Daniel Mark Jajali Dolores O’Brien Jones Philip Norris Kelly Kimberly Kempen Germain J. L’Heureux Doris M. Lawrence Marion Frances Lepow Wai Fong (Rose) Leung John R. Lewis, Jr. Joseph Paul Lindenfelser Ernest Lopez Ma. Socorro Gallo Loza De Yñiguez Jose Carmen Malagon Louise Malvino Nicholas V. Marota Daniel McCarthy Danny Walter Mingotti Joyce Maryanne Moore Porfirio F. Moris Armand T. Moulia Linda Bencomo Mugnani Masakuni “Mike” Nakazono Connie Y. O’Leary Eileen O’Sullivan Solita M. Ordoñez Norma Orpen Thomas Michael Orpen Rosalina S. Ortiz Lourdes Tuason Padilla Socorro “Cora” S. Paiso Christina A. Papapietro Tillie Ann Parenti Teresa Pariente Mercado Barbara Jean Perez Robert F. Redmond Frank George Reynolds Karla Y. Rodriguez Leo E. Rossi Benjamin “Ben” Roybal

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