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Archbishop: Lent as a time to make space for God

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What the Resurrection is and what it isn’t

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Drawn by Faith: Stations of the Cross paintings a gift to parish

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Orthodox-Catholic friendship

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Local Arab American Catholics recall Lenten memories, traditions

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Easter and Holy Week traditions from around the globe

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Lent as a time to make space for God O BY ARCHBISHOP SALVATORE JOSEPH CORDILEONE

nce upon a time, many years ago, I experienced making a private retreat at the Camaldolese hermitage in Big Sur. I was only a couple of years ordained at the time, so it was a very long time ago! Nonetheless, the memory of it is still vivid in my mind.

I remember very well the room that I stayed in, which seemed quite puzzling to me. All of the furnishings were against the walls: the bed against one wall, the door to the small bathroom at another wall, the desk against yet another wall, and so forth. In the middle of the room was a heating unit, with lots of empty space all around it. “How strange,” I thought to myself. “So much wasted space.”

When I returned home, I shared the story with the associate pastor in my home parish.

He was about 12 years ordained and, from my young perspective, that meant he had a good deal of experience of the priesthood. He had also recently completed a doctoral degree in spiritual theology, which accounts for his reaction. When I described the room to him, with a tone of curiosity in my voice, he responded by saying: “What a profound symbol!” At that point, I understood.

Which brings us to Lent. Lent is a time to put into practice, in concrete ways, precisely what that room in New Camaldoli was meant ›

With contemporary life filled with so much busy-ness, noise and activity, the traditional Lenten practices that we incorporate into our day-to-day lives during these forty days are meant to teach us lessons about making space for God.” 2

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to symbolize: making room for God. With contemporary life filled with so much busyness, noise and activity, the traditional Lenten practices that we incorporate into our day-today lives during these 40 days are meant to teach us lessons about making space for God.

Making space for God every day of our lives, in all of our goings and comings, relationships and activities, plans and endeavors, will help us keep Him the number one priority in our lives …”

PRAYER makes a space of time and silence for God. Silence is one of the primary ways that God speaks to us – not the silence of absence, but the silence of relaxed attentiveness. Lenten liturgies are marked by a special quality of silence, almost a stark silence, which reminds us, too, of the need to respect that space of silence most especially within our churches and other sacred spaces.

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FASTING makes a space for God at table. It is meant to teach us to curb our appetites and tame our inordinate desires, and so engenders within us a sense of solidarity with those who suffer from hunger and other deprivations of the basic necessities of life.

ALMSGIVING AND OTHER WORKS OF CHARITY make a space for God in the material blessings He has given us, so that we might learn the lesson of generosity to the poor, in whatever form of poverty it comes. In the Biblical mindset, giving to the poor is giving to God, a sort of heavenly bank account in which the more one deposits, the more interest one will reap: “He who has compassion on the poor lends to the LORD, and He will repay him for his good deed” (Prov 19:17).

Let us, then, make the most of this graced time of the year, so that this holy season of Lent might be for us a lesson for all of life. Making space for God every day of our lives, in all of our goings and comings, relationships and activities, plans and endeavors, will help us keep Him the number one priority in our lives and redound to heavenly blessings for us now and in the life to come. ■

Reverencing the cross during Good Friday service at St. Mary’s Cathedral.

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H O LY W E E K / E A S T E R 2 0 2 2 April 14, Holy Thursday – Mass of the Lord’s Supper 7 p.m.

Eucharistic Adoration following Mass in the parish hall until 11 p.m.

April 15, Good Friday – The Celebration of the Lord’s Passion Meditation of The Seven Last Words of Jesus at 1:30 p.m.

Stations of the Cross at 2:30 p.m.

Liturgy of the Lord’s Passion at 3 p.m.

Stations of the Cross at 7 p.m.

Liturgy of the Lord’s Passion at 7:30 p.m.

April 16, Holy Saturday – Easter Vigil 8 p.m.

The Celebration of the Fire will be in the parish hall.

April 17, Easter Sunday Masses at 8 a.m., 10 a.m., & 12 Noon.

April 24, Divine Mercy Sunday Saturday Vigil Mass 5 p.m.

Sunday Masses at 8 a.m., 10 a.m., & 12 Noon.

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Ph. (650) 322-2152; Fax (650) 322-7319 • Email: sfofassisi@sbcglobal.net Holy Thursday, April 14, 2022 Mass of the Lord’s Supper 7:00PM Bi-Lingual Adoration until 12:00 Midnight

Good Friday, April 15, 2022

12:00 to 2:00PM Three Hours English 2:00PM Solemn Liturgy English 5:00PM The Way of the Cross re-enacted From Jack Farrell Park, in East Palo Alto 7:00PM Solemn Liturgy Spanish

Holy Saturday, April 16, 2022 Confessions 10:30AM to 12:00PM and 3:30 to 5:00PM 8:30PM Easter Vigil, Bilingual

Easter Sunday, April 17, 2022

7:30AM English, 9:30AM Spanish 12:30PM Bi-Lingual followed by Easter egg hunt.

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PALM SUNDAY, APRIL 10

5:30 pm Saturday Vigil Mass (April 9) 7:30 am Quiet Mass *9:15 am Mass begins at the Lourdes Grotto, procession with donkey 11:30 am Solemn Choral Mass 1:30 pm Mass in Spanish with Passion Play 5:30 pm Mass with Contemporary music

HOLY THURSDAY, APRIL 14 *7:30 am Tenebrae *7:30 pm Mass of the Lord’s Supper 11:20 pm Last Supper discourse

GOOD FRIDAY, APRIL 15 *7:30 am *12:00 pm 12:30 pm *12:45 pm 1:45 pm *7:30 pm

Tenebrae Stations of the Cross Confessions to 3:00 pm The Seven Last Words of Christ The Passion of Our Lord (simple) The Passion of Our Lord (solemn)

HOLY SATURDAY, APRIL 16 *8:00 am Tenebrae *8:30 pm The Easter Vigil Mass

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What the Resurrection is and what it isn’t

BY RYAN MAYER Director of Office of Catholic Identity Formation & Assessment, Archdiocese of San Francisco

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aster is the celebration of the resurrection of Jesus from the dead.

It is the central Christian claim and principal Christian celebration. It can be easy to overly sentimentalize the stark and unnerving reality of the Resurrection, reducing its significance to the spiritual or even to a metaphor about the newness of life that emerges in the spring. But without Easter, without the Resurrection, there would be no Christianity. As St. Paul says, “If Christ has not been raised, then empty is our preaching; empty, too, your faith … and if Christ has not been raised, your faith is in vain” (1 Cor 15:13-14,17). Here are a few things to know about what the Resurrection is and what it isn’t.

THE RESURRECTION WAS NOT A RETURN TO EARTHY LIFE Jesus did not simply return to his former bodily state and way of life as did Lazarus or the widow’s son (Jn 11 & Lk 7:11-17). His resurrection body, though still a real body, and still the same body that suffered and died, is a glorified body. He was not merely raised to life again but raised to a new life.

From the Catechism of the Catholic Church: “Christ’s resurrection was not a return to earthly life, as was the case with the raisings from the dead that he had performed before Easter. … Christ’s resurrection is essentially different. … At Jesus’ resurrection his body is filled with the power of the Holy Spirit: he shares the divine life in his glorious state.”

(CCC 646).

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Stained glass depicting the Resurrection, St Paul’s Catholic Church, San Francisco.

THE RESURRECTION WAS NOT MERELY “SPIRITUAL” As we profess each Sunday in the Nicene Creed, Jesus was a real man with a real body who really died. The Catechism of the Catholic Church states, “Christ’s death was a real death in that it put an end to his earthly human existence. … To the benefit of every APRIL 2022 | CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO

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man, Jesus Christ tasted death” (CCC 627 & 629).

Just as his death was a real human death, Jesus’ resurrection was a real, physical resurrection. It was not a myth, wasn’t metaphorical (whatever that might mean), nor was it merely “spiritual.”

Jesus explicitly said his resurrection was not merely spiritual, reassuring the disciples that he was not a ghost, saying, “Look at my hands and my feet, that it is I myself. Touch me and see, because a ghost does not have flesh and bones as you can see I have” (Lk 24:39-40).He even ate a meal with them! We can visit the tombs of many important historical figures. We know where the tombs of the Buddha and Muhammed are. We even know where Jesus’ tomb is. There’s only one difference. Jesus’ tomb is empty. “The first element we encounter in the framework of the Easter events is the empty tomb. … Its discovery by the disciples was the first step toward recognizing the very fact of the Resurrection” (CCC 640).

The resurrection of Jesus is the crowning truth of our faith in Christ, a faith believed and lived as the central truth by the first Christian community … ” THE RESURRECTION WAS A REAL HISTORICAL EVENT Jesus’ resurrection was not a myth. It is not a metaphor. It happened. The catechism explains, “Christ’s resurrection cannot be interpreted as something outside the physical order, and it is impossible not to acknowledge it as an historical fact” (CCC 643). The sincerity of the apostles’ belief in the risen Lord is undeniable. How else to explain their behavior? One day they were scattered and afraid, denying they even knew Jesus (Mt 26:74); three days later they were willing to die horrific deaths in his name. How to explain this change? According to them it was because they had seen and touched the risen Lord. People do not die for metaphors. See also CCC 641 & 642; 1 Cor 15:4-8; Acts 1:22.

THE RESURRECTION IS ESSENTIAL TO CHRISTIANITY Without the Resurrection, Jesus was just another teacher who was eventually rejected and killed. Jesus’ moral teaching might still be › CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO | APRIL 2022

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The resurrection of Jesus is only the beginning. His Resurrection gives us a glimpse of what awaits the faithful.” valuable if he had not really been raised from the dead, but it’s ultimately not what was revolutionary about him. The real revolution is that while Jesus died for us, he wasn’t done with us yet. He rose — really rose — from the dead, destroying death and pulling us up with him to a more glorious place than even that of our first parents in the garden. There would be no Christianity without the Resurrection. “The resurrection of Jesus is the crowning truth of our faith in Christ, a faith believed and lived as the central truth by the first Christian community; handed on as fundamental by tradition; established by the documents of the New Testament; and preached as an essential part of the paschal mystery along with the cross” (CCC 638).

ST. DUNSTAN CHURCH

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Saturday at 5:00 p.m.

Sunday Morning at 7:00 a.m., 10:00 a.m., and 11:30 a.m.

Blessing of Palms at All Masses

Holy Thursday

8:00 a.m. Morning Prayer 7:00 p.m. Mass of the Lord’s Supper with Washing of Feet Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament until 11:00 p.m.

Good Friday

8:00 a.m. Morning Prayer 8:30a.m.Confessions 12:00 p.m. Stations of the Cross 2:00 p.m. Seven Last Words 3:00 p.m Solemn Liturgy and Holy Communion with the dramatization of the Passion

Holy Saturday

8:00 a.m. Morning Prayer 8:30 a.m., 3:30 p.m. Confessions EASTER VIGIL: 8:00 p.m.

Easter Sunday Masses

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The painting of Resurrected Jesus Christ with Thomas the apostle and other apostles by Sebastiano Santi in ‘Chiesa dei Santi Apostoli’ church.

SAINT ROBERT'S PARISH Holy Week Schedule 2022

1380 Crystal Springs Road San Bruno, CA 94066 (650) 589-2800 HAPPY EASTER Palm Sunday - April 10 Saturday evening Vigil Mass, 4:30 pm Sunday Masses 7:30 am, 9:30 am 11:30 am and 5:00 pm Monday - Wednesday April 11-13 Mass 8:30 am Holy Thursday - April 14 Mass of the Lord’s Supper 7:30 pm Adoration in Church till 9:30 pm Good Friday - April 15 1:00 pm Stations of the Cross 2:00 pm The Seven Last Words 3:00 pm The Lord’s Passion Holy Saturday - April 16 No Morning or 4:30 pm Masses Confessions 3:00 - 4:30 pm Easter Vigil Mass 8:00 pm Easter Sunday - April 17 7:30APRIL am,2022 9:30| CATHOLIC and 11:30SAN amFRANCISCO

THE RESURRECTION GIVES US A GLIMPSE OF WHAT AWAITS US The resurrection of Jesus is only the beginning. His resurrection gives us a glimpse of what awaits the faithful. “Christ’s resurrection – and the risen Christ himself – is the principle and source of our future resurrection. … Christ, ‘the first-born from the dead’ (Col 1:18), is the principle of our own resurrection, even now by the justification of our souls (cf. Rom 6:4), and one day by the new life he will impart to our bodies” (CCC 655 & 658).

YOU CAN ENCOUNTER THE RISEN CHRIST! Everything is different now! The reality of the Resurrection should change us as it completely changed the course of history and transformed the disciples from a fearful and disconnected band of confused followers into resurrection-proclaiming martyrs. Jesus still lives! The same risen Jesus into whose holy wounds Thomas put his finger is the same Jesus we encounter in the holy Eucharist at Mass. Come to meet and touch him as did the disciples on that first Easter. Will you let him transform your life? Everything is different now. Alleluia, alleluia! ■

Saints Peter and Paul Church

2022 HOLY WEEK SCHEDULE Palm Sunday Masses – April 10: English: Saturday Vigil at 5 PM, 8:45 AM. Cantonese: 10:15 AM; Italian: 12 PM Monday, April 11: Lenten Penance Service at 7 PM Masses on Monday - Wednesday of Holy Week: 7 AM & 9 AM

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Holy Thursday: Morning Prayer: 8 AM; Mass of the Lord’s Supper: 7:30 PM. Good Friday: Morning Prayer: 8 AM. Stations of the Cross: In Italian: 12 PM; In English: 1 PM. Liturgy of the Word & Communion: In English: 2 PM. Holy Saturday: Morning Prayer: 8 AM; The Easter Vigil: 8:30PM. Easter Sunday Masses – April 17: In English: 8:45 AM. Cantonese/English: 10:15 AM Italian/English: 12 PM. NO 5 PM Mass.

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BY FAITH Stations of the Cross paintings a gift to parish in missionary priest’s 50th jubilee year His sketches once helped Father Rey Culaba earn the trust of local villagers as a young Redemptorist missionary. Some five decades later at age 75 he’s still using his talents to share the faith by painting new Stations of the Cross art for Our Lady of Mercy Parish.

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he parking lot of Our Lady of Mercy Parish in Daly City is now something of a permanent gallery for the artwork of priest-in-residence Father Rey Culaba.

The Redemptorist priest and lifelong artist took up his brush to paint new Stations of the Cross icons for the parish after

BY CHRISTINA GRAY gusty winds tore the originals Lead writer, from their weathered outdoor Catholic moorings last year.

San Francisco Father Domingo Orimaco grayc@sfarch.org said he immediately thought of asking Father Culaba to do replacement paintings. The pastor invited the 75-yearold priest to help with Mass and sacraments at the parish four years ago. “We are so privileged that he agreed to do it.”

The evocative acrylic paintings on weather-resistant redwood were installed just before Lent on the 14 tall wooden crosses that ring the parish lot. The parish community was invited to a preview exhibit in the church a few weeks earlier.

“God called me as I am,” said Father Culaba, a calming presence with a preacher’s voice and a boyish smile. He celebrates his 50th year as a missionary priest this year. “Being an artist came with the package.”

God called me as I am. Being an artist came with the package.”

FATHER REY CULABA

Photo by Debra Greenblat

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His are not traditional depictions of Christ’s passion.

The faceless paintings place the viewer behind the scenes, as if one were among the crowd walking behind the cross to Calvary. Or in some cases, above it, like God’s own witness of the crucifixion of his son.

This “drone-like” perspective was intentional, said Father Culaba, and is also a technique of Asian artists.

He chose to avoid showing faces so viewers could identify with each character and scene in their own mind’s eye.

The paintings are really prayers in paint, he said. He asked the Holy Spirit to “take over” the process, and when other thoughts interfered, “I would stop.”

Father Culaba was born and raised in Baclaran, a neighborhood near Manila, Philippines. He was ordained there in 1972 into the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer, commonly known as the Redemptorists.

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as children, and his older sister went to university to study fine arts with nationally renowned artists. She returned home to share her skills and knowledge with her younger brothers.

“Everything she learned she would teach us,” he said, including wood cuts, charcoal, acrylic, oils, watercolor and more.

For a time, Father Culaba toyed with the idea of studying fine arts himself. His sister dissuaded him.

“She said I would not be able to support a family,” he said with a laugh.

For the Stations series, Father Culaba did not work sequentially.

“I started with this one,” he said, holding up the fourth Station of the Cross: Jesus Meets His Mother. “I wanted to dedicate this project to our Blessed Mother.”

While cutting into the wood, I wanted to actually feel his pain.”

Mother and son are seen from behind, Mary’s spotless white robe conceals the mutual agony of their meeting. All that is seen are Jesus’ bloodied hands grasping her neck.

Sharp slash marks in the paint down to raw wood characterize Jesus in the paintings. This was not done simply for the textured effect it produced, according to Father Culaba.

“While cutting into the wood, I wanted to actually feel his pain,” he said.

Father Culaba pointed to a painting of the crucified Christ by St. Alphonsus of Liguori as an influence. The founder of the Redemptorist order was an accomplished artist in his own right.

Being a priest or being an artist has not been a choice Father Culaba has had to make. He has been able to do both, one often supporting the other.

“I was lucky to have been affirmed with a gift, even within my congregation,” he said.

“I had superiors who encouraged me to paint and express myself.”

His gift helped him gain the interest of rural villagers when he was a young missionary priest in the Philippines.

“My way of advertising the missions was ›

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Father Rey Culaba’s Stations of the Cross paintings for Our Lady of Mercy Parish in Daly City include: Left photo, Jesus is laid in the tomb, 14th Station; Top right Jesus falls the first time, 3rd Station; Bottom right, Jesus meets his mother, 4th Station.

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As a young missionary priest in the Philippines, Father Culaba attracted the ​curiosity of local villagers by drawing their portraits.

to sit in public and sketch people,” he said.

“That would gather a crowd.”

A stack of dog-eared papers in a box at the Our Lady of Mercy rectory revealed the faces of some of the souls he met there: smiling young mothers with their babies, curious toddlers, skeptical-eyed teenagers and more.

Father Culaba was sent to the Jesuit School of Theology in Berkeley (now a program of Santa Clara University) to continue his studies.

He was greatly encouraged by his professors there, notably the late Jesuit Father William Fulco, who required a weekly written assignment for a course on the Psalms.

Father Culaba always turned in an illustrated reflection to go with it.

“He soon told me to forget about the paper and just do the illustrations,” he said.

Father Culaba’s Psalm reflection artworks became an exhibit at the Flora Hewlett Library, the Graduate Theological Union’s main library in Berkeley.

Another professor, Jesuit Father Terrence Dempsey, the founding director of the Museum of Contemporary Religious Art at

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St. Louis University, facilitated an exhibit of his young student’s pen and ink drawings of Gospel passages.

Throughout his priesthood, Father Culaba has brought pastoral artistry into service for his vocation. Many visible signs remain of his 12 years at St. Paul of the Shipwreck Parish in San Francisco under Franciscan Father Jim Goode, including a gallery-size portrait of the late Martin Luther King Jr. Some do not remain, such as the “Planks and Pieces” cross he designed for the front of the church, removed by a succeeding pastor.

Made from scrap wood parts brought to him by congregation members on Good Friday, the cross commemorated parish namesake St. Paul and his story of faith as told in the Book of Acts. His trust in God saved St. Paul and fellow passengers from near-certain death after they shipwrecked on the island of Malta.

Despite the parish’s pleasure in his new paintings, Father Culaba deflects any personal acclaim for them.

“Not to sound too pious,” he said. “But I did this only for the greater glory and honor of God.” ■ APRIL 2022 | CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO

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ccording to the New Testament (Mt 4:18-20, Mk 1:16-20), Jesus saw two fishermen, Simon Peter and his brother Andrew, walking along the Sea of Galilee.

He said to them, “Come, follow me.” They immediately left their nets and followed him.

The Gospel of John tells the story of a different encounter. In this version two disciples of John the Baptist, Andrew and, traditionally, John, the son of Zebedee, heard John the Baptist refer to Jesus as the “Lamb of God.” These two disciples then followed Jesus and spent the day with him. Andrew, convinced that Jesus was the Christ, told his brother Simon, “We have found the Messiah.”

He brought his brother to Jesus who revealed that Simon would be known as Peter (Jn 1:35-

42). Afterward, both Andrew and Simon Peter left all things to become disciples of Jesus.

John the Baptist’s testimony made Andrew believe, and he then became a witness for his brother Simon. These narratives make clear that two brothers had an extraordinary encounter with Jesus that quickly and completely changed their lives.

Both Andrew and Peter would become missionary apostles and martyrs. Within Byzantine Christianity, St. Andrew is referred to as “the first called.” According to Orthodox tradition, the apostolic successor of St. Andrew is the patriarch of Constantinople, just as the apostolic successor of St. Peter is the bishop of Rome. There is an ancient and beautiful icon depicting the two saints embracing each other with fraternal love. Each brother has his own personality, charism and distinct mission; nevertheless they are one in their following of the Lord.

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throughout the Eastern and Western parts of the Roman Empire. However, by the middle of the 11th century, for reasons as much cultural/ political as theological, the sees (particular churches) of Rome and Constantinople were no longer in full communion. What a tragedy!

It was as if a family had become divided because two brothers no longer understood one another, no longer trusted one another and were no longer speaking to one another.

The icon of Andrew and Peter seemed to have been broken in two.

For centuries, despite various attempts to reestablish full ecclesial unity, Catholicism and Orthodoxy have remained divided.

However, on Oct. 11, 1962, Pope St. John XXIII opened the Second Vatican Council which awakened new hopes for the future.

On Nov. 21, 1964, his successor, Pope St. Paul VI, and the council fathers promulgated the Decree on Ecumenism, the first sentence of which stated: “The restoration of unity among all Christians is one of the principal concerns of the Second Vatican Council.”

At the beginning of that same year (Jan. 5-6, 1964), Pope Paul traveled to the Holy Land. His pilgrimage included a visit to the Sea of Galilee and a historic encounter with Athenagoras, the patriarch of Constantinople, during which they both sought to repair the broken “icon” (fraternal love) of Andrew and Peter by embracing and exchanging the kiss of peace.

With a special focus on Eastern Christianity, the Second Vatican Council’s Decree on Ecumenism stated: “It must not be forgotten that from the beginning the Churches of the East have had a treasury from which the ›

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Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone and Metropolitan Gerasimos of the Greek Orthodox Metropolis on January 20, 2022.

I ask not only on behalf of these, but also on behalf of those who will believe in me through their word, that they may all be one. As you, Father, are in me and I am in you, may they also be in us, so that the world may believe that you have sent me.”

(JN 17: 20-22) Western Church has drawn extensively - in liturgical practice, spiritual tradition and law.

Nor must we undervalue the fact that it was the ecumenical councils held in the East that defined the basic dogmas of the Christian faith, on the Trinity, on the word of God who took on flesh of the Virgin Mary. To preserve this faith these churches have suffered and still suffer much.” (Decree on Ecumenism, No. 14).

The decree went on to say: “The very rich liturgical and spiritual heritage of the Eastern

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Churches should be known, venerated, preserved and cherished by all. They must recognize that this is of supreme importance for the faithful preservation of the fullness of Christian tradition, and for bringing about reconciliation between Eastern and Western Churches.” (Decree on Ecumenism, No. 15).

Since 1964 a succession of Roman Catholic popes and Eastern Orthodox patriarchs have met and shared together in prayer, exchange of gifts and pledges to continue international theological discussions toward reaching the goal of full ecclesial communion. All of these encounters and efforts have been guided by the Holy Spirit who enables us to respond to the prayer of Christ the Lord: “I ask not only on behalf of these, but also on behalf of those who will believe in me through their word, that they may all be one. As you, Father, are in me and I am in you, may they also be in us, so that the world may believe that you have sent me.” (Jn 17: 20-22).

At the same time, the Holy Spirit has birthed and nurtured encounters not just at international levels, but also and especially within local communities. In two San Mateo County parishes, one Roman Catholic and the other Greek Orthodox, outstanding examples of ecumenism can be found not just in theory but in practice. Father Peter Salmas, pastor of Holy Cross Greek Orthodox Church in Belmont, and Father Stephen H. Howell, pastor (emeritus) of Immaculate Heart of Mary Church in Belmont (now vicar general of the Archdiocese of San Francisco), built upon and greatly expanded the gestures of friendship and mutual cooperation between their parishes that have characterized those communities for decades.

In recent years, this sharing of common prayer, service and friendship has expanded to a broader level as Metropolitan Gerasimos of San Francisco, the metropolitan bishop of the Greek Orthodox Metropolis of San Francisco, and Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone, the archbishop of the Metropolitan Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San Francisco, have frequently met for prayer, dialogue and mutual support. In part two of this series we will examine more closely the story of the ecumenical bonds of friendship between these pastors and shepherds of Christ’s flock who are symbolically restoring the icon of two brothers in the midst of the apostles, St. Peter and St. Andrew. ■ APRIL 2022 | CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO

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Faith, Fasting and Family Local Arab American Catholics recall Lenten memories, traditions

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uliette Totah, now 93 and living at St. Anne’s Home in San Francisco, was born in the Palestinian West Bank city of Ramallah. Like other Arab-speaking Catholics, her Easter memories and traditions remain rooted in the Holy Land.

“They are used to celebrating Holy Week in the ways they did,” said Father Rick Van de Water, administrator of St. Thomas More Parish in San Francisco and chaplain to Arab-speaking Catholics in the archdiocese. “It means so much to them.”

American-born Father Van de Water found his vocation in the Holy Land as a young schoolteacher and remained there for

decades. He returned stateside and was invited to assume the responsibilities of longtime pastor, Msgr. Labib Kobti, now also in residence at St. Anne’s Home.

Parishioners Argen Totah, Elias Totah, Juliette Totah and Huda Mogannam, all from Ramallah, and Vera Araj, from Bethlehem, talked with Father Van de Water about Lent and Easter in the Holy Land.

LENTEN FASTING “The earliest history of the Holy Land was marked by the robust asceticism of the Desert Fathers, early Christian hermits and ascetics,” said Father Van de Water. “It generated among all Christians of the Holy Land a central tradition of Lenten fasting.”

Argen Totah said the Lenten fasts of her childhood meant total abstinence from animal products. “We took no meat, dairy, eggs, butter or animal fat for the entire period of 46 days,” she said.

STATIONS OF THE CROSS The Via Dolorosa, the path Jesus walked through the old city of Jerusalem on his way to Calvary, was packed on Fridays during Lent with students from nearby schools there to pray the Stations of the Cross.

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PALM SUNDAY As Holy Week approached, families gathered palm branches and wove them together with flowers for the Palm Sunday Mass and procession, said Mogannam.

The procession would begin in the village of Bethany on the far side of the Mount of Olives. Carrying olive and palm branches, everyone sang traditional hymns as they processed down the Mount of Olives and through the gate of the Old City to the Church of St. Anne. It ended with a picnic under the olive trees.

HOLY WEEK Mass was celebrated every night of Holy Week in parishes in the towns and villages of the Holy Land. On Holy Thursday, some would travel to the Old City of Jerusalem to attend the chrism Mass at the Church of the Holy Sepulcher, presided by the Latin patriarch of Jerusalem. The Holy Sepulcher was built on the sites where Jesus was crucified, buried and resurrected. Others living in the immediate vicinity might attend the

memorial of the Lord’s Supper at the Church of All Nations in the Garden of Gethsemane.

Everyone else would gather at their parish churches for a Mass that included washing of the feet.

GOOD FRIDAY The celebration of Christ’s passion traditionally included a procession of men carrying a bier decorated with flowers commemorating how Christ was taken from the cross and carried to the tomb.

“An important culinary tradition for Holy Week that survives to this day is baking cookies in the shape of the crown of thorns and the sponge,” said Argen Totah.

Some families would gather at the local bakery to make the delicate, date- and nutfilled Ka’ak bi Ajwa and Ma’amoul Easter cookies.

The dough would have been prepared during the week because it was customary to wait until after the Good Friday prayers to take it to the bakery because families in the old days did not have their own ovens. The ›

The Via Dolorosa, the path Jesus walked through the old city of Jerusalem on his way to Calvary, was packed on Fridays during Lent with students from nearby schools there to pray the Stations of the Cross.”

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bakery became a warm and memorable gathering place for local families.

HOLY SATURDAY AND EASTER Crowds gathered at the Church of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem for the lighting of a fire symbolizing the Resurrection. The flame is brought out from inside the tomb of Jesus and shared with the crowd. Representatives from surrounding towns and villages would carry the flame back to their communities, where it would light the candles in the local parish churches.

The Easter Vigil begins in the late evening, usually shortly before midnight, with the lighting of the Easter candle. The midnight vigil, called the Hajmeh, would be followed by a breakfast.

Easter Sunday would traditionally be spent sharing a family meal and visiting the homes of relatives and friends to offer Easter greetings. On Easter Monday, families liked to travel to the village of Emmaus for a picnic in memory of the two disciples who encountered the risen Jesus on the roads there. ■

An important culinary tradition for Holy Week that survives to this day is baking cookies in the shape of the crown of thorns and sponge.”

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Ka’ak bi Ajwa and Ma’amoul

(Palestinian Easter Cookies) Longtime St. Thomas More parishioner Vera Araj said she spent years refining her family recipe for these date- and nut-filled cookies made only at Easter by Holy Land Christians. She and her daughter, Blanche Araj Shaheen, provide the recipe and demonstrate how to make them on her “Feast in the Middle East” YouTube cooking show, https://youtu.be/cm4iTtXrRgY. This is a pastry with huge significance to Christians in Palestine, Jordan, Syria and Lebanon, said Araj, who portrays Mary in the St. Thomas More Parish annual Passion play. The cookies are said to symbolize the crown of thorns Jesus wore and the sponge that was filled with water and squeezed over his face at the crucifixion. They are eaten at the end of the Lenten fast.

“The dough is sugarless, symbolizing the sadness of Christ’s death, and the sweet date filling refers to the Resurrection,” Araj Shaheen said.

Photo courtesy of Blanche Araj Shaheen

Blanche Araj Shaheen, left, and her mother Vera Araj, make Palestinian Easter cookies on Shaheen’s online cooking show.

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he beauty of the universality of the Church is that people around the world celebrate the holiest days of the year with rich traditions that stem from a society steeped in Catholic faith. Centuries of fusing Holy Week and Easter customs to local resources and cultural traditions have produced a patchwork of unique liturgical traditions, blessings, art, recipes and more. Here are a few, as recounted by people in our Archdiocese.

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Among the items blessed each year: bread symbolizing Christ, the true bread of life; butter sometimes shaped into a lamb, reminding the family of the goodness of Christ, the Lamb of God; horseradish, symbolic of the passion of Jesus; meats including sausage and ham as a symbol of God’s generosity; eggs — both decorated (pisanki) and not decorated — to symbolize new life and Christ’s resurrection from the tomb; and salt, as we are called to be the salt of the earth.

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NIGERIA On Holy Thursday, Catholics in Nigeria take turns throughout the night in Eucharistic adoration. “Everyone participates — children, youth and all of the groups of the church,” said Father Christian Anyanwu, parochial vicar of Church of the Nativity in Menlo Park.

Emmaus Day is named for the Gospel story of Jesus meeting disciples on the way to Emmaus to explain the importance and meaning behind the Scriptures and his death and resurrection. In Nigeria, parishes come together on Easter Monday, also known as Emmaus Day, to celebrate the resurrection with a Mass and picnic outdoors. “It is a way to recognize that Jesus has risen from the dead,” says Father Anyanwu. Parishioners play soccer, lawn tennis and table tennis, and play music, spending time together as family — both their immediate families and as a parish family. “It is a sign of the resurrection that Jesus has resurrected — we need to be happy and celebrate together.” ›

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CAPIROTADA

(Mexican Bread Pudding) Ingredients:

2 baguettes, sliced into pieces

1 small onion, sliced

2 and 3/4 cups of Piloncillo (unrefined brown sugar)

1 clove of garlic

1 cinnamon stick 2 whole cloves 3 black peppercorns

1 sliced tomato 2 bananas, sliced ½ cup of pecans 1 package cream cheese 2-2.25 cups Mazola corn oil Photo by Dennis Callahan

Instructions:

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Slice two baguettes into pieces and toast in a pan until brown. Then in a large frying pan heat two cups Mazola corn oil. Working in batches fry the bread until crispy and browned (about 5 minutes). Place bread onto kitchen paper to absorb the excess oil.

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In a separate pan, boil 2 and ¾ cups unrefined brown sugar or piloncillo, 1 stick of cinnamon, 2 cloves, 3 black peppercorns, 1 small onion sliced, 1 sliced tomato and 1 clove of garlic. Boil these until you get a thick, syruplike consistency (about 15 minutes). Then strain the mixture in a colander.

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Next, pour the syrup back into a small pan and boil. Once boiling, dip the fried bread in to glaze the pieces and then put them in a separate dish.

You can also toss the bread in together to coat both sides and remove from the pan.

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Parishioners re-enact the Passion of Christ at St. Thomas More in 2013.

MEXICO In Mexico, streets are often closed for reenacting of the Passion play on Good Friday.

The faithful silently process in honor of Jesus carrying of the cross on Good Friday. Other traditions include visiting 12 churches in honor of the apostles, or seven churches to remember the trials of Jesus on Good Friday.

A favorite culinary treat is Capirotada or bread pudding. Cathedral of St. Mary of the Assumption parishioner Martha Valdez remembers her family making the recipe each Good Friday. Each ingredient symbolizes a part of the passion. The bread in the recipe symbolizes the body of Christ, the sugar/ syrup represents Christ’s blood, cinnamon sticks symbolize the wood of the cross, the cloves and nuts the nails of the cross, and the cheese symbolizes the holy shroud. ■

Each ingredient symbolizes a part of the passion. The bread in the recipe symbolizes the body of Christ, the sugar/syrup represents Christ’s blood, cinnamon sticks symbolize the wood of the cross, the cloves and nuts the nails of the cross, and the cheese symbolizes the holy shroud.”

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BY AARON LAMBERT Writer from Denver

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he Lenten season is a journey. As we offer up our penances and take up almsgiving, we unite ourselves to the sacrifice of Our Lord on the cross — a sacrifice that altered the course of history and marked the beginning of the pilgrim Church’s mission here on earth.

Indeed, we are all pilgrims in the Lenten season, trekking through the desert for 40 days as Jesus did in preparation for his death and resurrection.

There are so many ways to intentionally participate in the Lenten season, and one way is to abstain from TV shows and other forms of media that are perhaps not the most spiritually wholesome or edifying.

Now, if your knee-jerk response to that is something along the lines of “But most Christian and spiritual movies are cringe-inducing cheese fests!”, then this writer would be inclined to agree with you in many cases. However, it would be a mistake to write off all movies that deal with the biblical story of salvation and related narratives as unwatchable rubbish. In doing so, you’d actually be depriving yourself of some rather uplifting and powerful films that are well worth your time; some even rival the staying power of Mel Gibson’s masterpiece “The Passion of the Christ” (which is one film that should certainly be watched every year on Good Friday).

Much like the Israelites, we too journey as God’s chosen people from a sort of slavery into freedom during the Lenten and Easter seasons. To help recall this journey that is so crucial to the Christian life, here are four films to watch during these most important liturgical seasons that loosely retrace, in one way or another, our own spiritual pilgrimage

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Much like the Israelites, we, too, journey as God’s chosen people from a sort of slavery into freedom during the Lenten and Easter seasons.”

as we move from death in our humanity to abundant life in Christ. A small disclaimer: While the following films are not necessarily historically accurate, the themes each convey are universal and say something profound about what it means to be a follower of Christ.

“THE PRINCE OF EGYPT” We begin our journey into the wilderness with something of a modern classic. Aside from the memorable visual effects that were cutting edge for animated movies at the time, most will also remember the song “When You Believe” performed by Whitney Houston and Mariah Carey, which ended up taking home the Oscar for best original song in 1999. Based partly on the 1956 film “The Ten Commandments,” “The Prince of Egypt” is a familyfriendly take on the Book of Exodus, albeit with some creative liberties taken. Despite the historical and biblical APRIL 2022 | CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO

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discrepancies, the essence of the story remains the same, and in the end, the film stands the test of time not only because it is endearing, but because it captures well the Israelites’ journey from slavery to freedom and Moses’ faithfulness to God, who often asks us to have faith in the face of seemingly impossible odds, just as Moses did.

“BEN HUR” Here we have another classic. Though it moves away from a strictly biblical story, “Ben Hur” is still no less compelling and holds up quite well as a film, even more than 60 years later. “Ben Hur” tells the story of Judah Ben Hur, a Jewish prince in Jerusalem who is falsely imprisoned by his childhood friend Messala, a Roman commander.

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The Resurrection, in all its glory and mystery, was not just one event among many in history; it was the event. Death was overcome and humanity was freed from its captivity to sin and the evil one.”

“Ben Hur” is actually a story about the healing power of Jesus. The events of the film run parallel to the life of Jesus, and it is in the encounters that Judah has with the Christ that the film’s main narrative and message ultimately lies. How many of us face the trials and hardships of this life, only to be given a drink of water by Jesus when we most need it? If you’re not in the right frame of mind to watch “The Passion of the Christ” on Good Friday, then “Ben Hur” is a great alternative to commemorate the Crucifixion and witness the healing power of the cross in all its cinematic glory.

“RISEN” The Resurrection, in all its glory and mystery, was not just one event among many in history; it was the event. Death was overcome and humanity was freed from its captivity to sin and the evil one.

Imagine if you were a Roman soldier tasked with

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Clavius (Joseph Fiennes) and Lucius (Tom Felton) execute orders from Pontius Pilate in RISEN.

investigating the mysterious disappearance of a man who had been killed just three days earlier, a fact witnessed by hundreds of people. The 2016 film “Risen” approaches the Resurrection from this very angle, as a soldier named Clavius is sent by Pontius Pilate to get to the bottom of rumors that a Jewish messiah was raised from the dead and are spreading like fire throughout the region. What Clavius discovers changes him forever, as it should for all who encounter the risen Christ. This is a good one to watch during the Easter octave. Truly, he is risen!

“PAUL, APOSTLE OF CHRIST” Closing out our journey, we move into the time of the Emperor Nero, one of the fiercest and most ruthless persecutors of Christians in the first century.

St. Luke travels to Rome, where St. Paul is imprisoned for spreading the Gospel -- a clear threat to Nero’s reign of terror. A weary St. Paul knows his death is near, and St. Luke sneaks into the prison where he’s being held to convince St. Paul to write an account of his life that will become the Acts of the Apostles. These events are depicted in the 2018 film, “Paul, Apostle of Christ,” which serves as a great capstone to close the Easter season. The film features emotive performances from Jim Caviezel and James Faulkner as Luke and Paul, respectively, and adequately portrays a key moment of time in the birth of the early Church, a Church founded on the resurrected Christ that endures to this day. ■ APRIL 2022 | CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO

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earning about different kinds of spiritual gifts and discerning which of them she might possess has been a complete revelation – and a relief – to Cecile Sabater.

“My initial reaction was, ‘Oh, this is why I am this way,’” said Sabater, a single mother of two and member of both Holy Name of Jesus Parish in San Francisco and St. Robert Parish in San Bruno.

Sabater is one of a group of parishioners now in their second year of Called and Gifted, a threepart charism discernment program available to all parishioners in the Archdiocese of San Francisco.

Launched by the Catherine of Siena Institute in 1993 as the first charism discernment program specifically for Catholics, it was introduced to local pastors by the archdiocese’s Office of Stewardship in 2021.

Charisms, or spiritual gifts, are special abilities given to all Christians at baptism, empowering them in their own ways to be a channel of God’s goodness for the sake of other people. They are different than natural abilities and aptitudes that are genetic or cultivated and are not “learned.”

Sabater said she often felt self-conscious or somewhat ashamed of her inclinations. “When the world goes to the right side, I go to the left,” she said.

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Discovering she had the charisms of Encouragement, Service and Teaching gave her a “huge feeling of relief” about herself and her life’s purpose.

“Called and Gifted is a program that has inspired me to continue to be who I am because the Holy Spirit has given me the gifts I am intended to have in my life,” she said.

Some charisms may seem “extraordinary” (such as prophecy or healing) and others quite “ordinary” (such as administration, service or hospitality), according to siena.org, but all charisms are a gift.

CALLED AND GIFTED: NOT JUST FOR SAINTS A short video on the Called and Gifted program at siena.org emphasizes that spiritual gifts are “not just for saints,” but for ordinary people.

“All of us have been gifted by God for the sake of others. All of us have a contribution to make to the kingdom of God that is unique and irreplaceable and that really matters. Because somebody out there is waiting, waiting for what you’ve been given to give. And their life hangs in the balance.”

Over 170,000 lay, ordained and religious Catholics in more than 600 parishes, 195 dioceses and five continents, along with other Christians around the world, have been through the Called and Gifted program.

Florian Romero was tapped to lead the Office of Stewardship for the archdiocese in 2017. After going through the Called and Gifted inventory and process herself, she trained as a facilitator.

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Charisms are special abilities given to Christians by the Holy Spirit that enable a person to be a channel of God’s goodness. According to Catholic teaching, charisms are bestowed at baptism.

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Charisms enable us to have an effectiveness that surpasses our natural, human abilities. Natural abilities can be used for an evil purpose, or for our own enjoyment, but charisms are always for the benefit of others, rather than ourselves.

What’s the difference between the gifts and the fruits of the Holy Spirit, and charisms?

The traditional “seven gifts” and the “fruits” of the Holy Spirit are given to us to keep. Charisms, on the other hand, are given to us to give away, and always benefit other people.

Why is it important to discern one’s charisms?

God calls us to a work of love that will fill your life with purpose and joy. Discerning your charisms can help you discover that call.

How can individual discernment of charisms improve parish life?

Parish communities have many organizational and pastoral needs too often met by a handful of people who can “burn out” trying to fill vacuums for which they are illequipped. Catholics emerge from the discernment process with a much stronger sense that they have something important to give to the parish and to the world.

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She and more than a dozen other trained parish facilitators are ready to help Catholics in parishes across the archdiocese discern their own charisms.

Called and Gifted includes three parts; a workshop, an interview and in-depth discernment sessions with trained facilitators.

The workshop lays a foundation for discernment by sharing Church teaching on the nature of charisms and introducing the 23 most common ones. It concludes with a personal spiritual gifts inventory. The second phase is the interview, a one-on-one session with a trained peer-facilitator who helps identify patterns that evolve in the inventory that may indicate the presence of a charism. › CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO | APRIL 2022

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The final step is in-depth discernment, a guided smallgroup experience discussion led by trained facilitators.

“This is the most responsible way of doing a spiritual gifts inventory,” said Romero. Participants learn not just what their spiritual gifts are, but “we show you what you can do with them.”

When people realize what they have is a gift, they feel more free and able to share it.”

FLORIAN ROMERO, OFFICE OF STEWARDSHIP Romero said every time she did a spiritual gifts inventory in the past, “the same six things showed up.” Like others, she said Called and Gifted put what she perceived (and she sometimes had been told) were “character flaws” in a whole new light.

She heard she was perhaps “too generous” and could be too welcoming.

“My home was always open” to others, she said.

“When I realized hospitality was a spiritual gift, it gave me so much joy. When people realize what they have is a gift, they feel more free and able to share it.”

She said anyone from any parish in the archdiocese is invited to Called and Gifted. For practicality’s sake and for health reasons during the pandemic, some of the workshops and training sessions are done virtually.

For Lucy Kaloucava, a 20-year member of St. Robert Parish in San Bruno, gifts of the Holy Spirit were not a new idea.

“I’m a charismatic,” said the native of Fiji. “Before that, I thought everything I did was done by me, Lucy.

I thought it was by my power alone. But no, I have no power without the Holy Spirit.”

When her pastor announced the availability of the Called and Gifted program, she didn’t hesitate.

It can be very hard to recognize spiritual gifts on your own, she said. “You have to be together in an environment like this one.”

Kaloucava has identified her gifts for Evangelization, Teaching, Hospitality and Intercessory Prayer.

The program is “good news,” she said, “because it is really needed in the Church today.”

“There is nothing like this anywhere else in the Catholic world,” said Maria “Riz” Marsella, a twoparish parishioner of St. Anselm Parish in Ross and Star of the Sea Parish in San Francisco. “It will enliven our parishes.”

Marsella discovered her charisms for Hospitality, Service and Administration.

“If there is an upcoming event or a task, I just say,

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Parishioners from all three counties of the archdiocese are pictured during a Called and Gifted charism discernment workshop last year at St. Robert Parish in San Bruno.

The program is available to all interested parishioners in the archdiocese.

‘OK, let’s do it, let’s get to work,’” she said. She delegates, she organizes, she executes. “For me that’s easy,” she said.

“I did not realize that what I had was a gift,” she said. “I just thought it was a personality thing.”

She also learned that what is easy for one person is neither easy nor interesting to another. She used the example of the charism of intercessory prayer.

“If you ask me to pray for you, yes, I will pray for you,” she said. But she said she has friends who carry a little notebook with them to write the requests down. “A week later they will ask how is this person doing. They take it seriously; they take it into their hearts.”

Marsella has trained as a facilitator and is helping other people discern their charisms. The process is personal and painstaking, she said.

“It’s not ditch digging, but it’s a process that you have to slog through and be willing to let the Holy Spirit take over.”

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A PASTOR’S PERSPECTIVE Father Michael Hall is a priest in the Diocese of Leeds, England. He said his “heart leapt” when he heard about Called and Gifted, and he wasted no time introducing it to his parishioners. The “fruits” are already emerging.

“The priest has a hierarchical and sacramental role in the life of a parish. There are things that we can do in a parish that no one else can do,” he said. But the work of God is “much wider than that.”

“The priest not only does not have the time to do it all, but he is probably not equipped to do it all either,” said Father Hall. Charisms often need “teasing out” in discernment.

Discerning charisms communally enables a parish to thrive on the gifts of all of its people, not just a select few generous and energetic people who can “burn out” or be traumatized trying to fill vacuums for which they are ill-equipped.

“Our natural talents can be used in God’s service, of course,” said Father Hall. But what happens when we are using our spiritual gifts goes beyond that. “Almost without our understanding why, people are drawn closer to God.” Contact Florian Romero at (415) 614-5537 for more information on Called and Gifted. ■ CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO | APRIL 2022

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The Liturgy of the Eucharist – Christ is truly present PART ONE

BY FATHER KEVIN KENNEDY This article is part of the Know the Mass series.

Father Kevin Kennedy is pastor of Our Lady of Fatima Russian Byzantine Catholic Church, administrator at St. MonicaSt. Thomas the Apostle Parish in San Francisco and formation adviser and spiritual director at St. Patrick’s Seminary & University.

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s we continue our series on the Mass, we provide the first of a two-part reflection on the Liturgy of the Eucharist. In order to understand more deeply the meaning of the Eucharist it is helpful to recall a miraculous event recorded in the Gospel of John that took place during a wedding feast at Cana in Galilee.

The mother of Jesus was there. He and his disciples had also been invited. At a certain point, the wine ran out. Noticing this, Mary said to Jesus, “They have no wine.” He responds, “Woman, what concern is that to you and to me? My hour has not yet come.” The rest of the story is well known. Mary tells the attendants, “Do whatever he tells you.” Jesus instructs them to fill six stone water jars. When the steward draws out the contents of the jars he tastes not water, but the finest wine, normally served at the beginning rather than the end of a banquet. (Jn 2:1-11).

What does Jesus mean in referring to his “hour”? This is important to understand because the Eucharist is the memorial of the “hour” of Jesus, which is the paschal mystery, the event of our redemption.

Just as in the Exodus ancient Israel “passed over” from bondage in Egypt into the freedom of the promised land, so too all of humanity is freed from slavery to sin and offered the freedom of a new life by the sacrificial death, resurrection and ascension of Jesus Christ. In a new

Passover (paschal mystery), Christ is the new lamb whose blood saves and sanctifies us. By his death Christ conquers death itself, and by his resurrection and ascension he opens for us the gates of heaven.

The Eucharist is the memorial of the ‘hour’ of Jesus, which is the paschal mystery, the event of our redemption.”

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In every Mass, the once-and-for-all sacrifice of Christ on the cross is not repeated, but rather made present or reactualized within the believing/ worshipping community. This representation or renewal is made possible by the power of the Holy Spirit sent down to us at Pentecost after the Lord’s ›

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ascension. In the Gospel of John, wine is a symbol of the Holy Spirit. Therefore, Christ’s death on the cross, his resurrection and ascension into heaven constitute the fullness, or completion, of the paschal mystery. The Holy Spirit allows us entrance into his “hour.”

It is by the Spirit of God that gifts of bread and wine become for us the body and blood of the Lord given to us as spiritual food and drink for our own transformation.”

Again, it is by the Spirit of God that gifts of bread and wine become for us the body and blood of the Lord given to us as spiritual food and drink for our own transformation. It is by the same Spirit that we become he whom we receive in the Eucharist and are able to fully live a new life as members of the body of Christ, the Church.

Thus the story of the wedding feast at Cana is about much more than a bride and groom being spared a socially awkward situation. It is, rather, a symbolic anticipation of the mystery of our redemption in Christ, perpetually renewed in the Eucharist. It is also a reminder that we are living members of a body of which the risen Lord himself is the head. Finally, it is a reminder that, by the gift of the Spirit, the whole Church is the bride in relation to Christ who is the bridegroom.

At this point, it needs to be asked if we are always aware of these truths and really express them in our liturgical celebrations.

Sometimes, in certain ecclesial contexts, the assembly has appeared to be simply celebrating itself – its own agenda, creativity and planning – as if it didn’t really matter whether the Lord was present or not. In such cases, where the transcendent or vertical dimension of the Mass has been replaced by an exclusively horizontal dimension, the liturgy can become a fruitless dead end rather than a door opening to heaven.

I am reminded of a wedding reception that I attended years ago where the bride was unexpectedly asked to say some words.

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May the Church, the bride of the bridegroom, remain always focused on Christ in each and every Mass, the memorial of our redemption.”

She had unfortunately consumed more than enough wine, and in a tipsy state began to talk endlessly about herself (her thoughts, her plans, her feelings, etc.). It was an awkward and embarrassing moment. Indeed, she was disoriented enough that she failed to even realize that she had never mentioned her new husband, the groom, who was present in the room.

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The windows of St. Isabella Meditations for Palm Sunday to Ascension

BY MARY POWERS Assistant Director of Communications and Media Relations. Office of Communications, Archdiocese of San Francisco

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s Catholics journey through Lent each year, we are reminded of the passion, death and resurrection of Jesus through Holy Week liturgies, readings, meditations and especially through the ancient tradition of Stations of the Cross.

The windows of St. Isabella Catholic Church in Terra Linda in Marin County form a series of meditations from Palm Sunday to the Ascension.

The 14 panels of windows, consisting of 12 panes each, adorn the top section of the church with brightly colored scenes depicting Jesus’ triumphal entry into Jerusalem on Palm Sunday, the institution of the Eucharist, the agony in the garden, Christ before Pilate, Jesus carrying his cross, Christ’s descent from the cross and burial, the resurrection, the road to Emmaus and the ascension. Below these windows are smaller windows depicting biblical scenes from the life of Christ.

Each of the 14 panels is remarkable not only because of the intricate colors, but also because of the drama and interwoven storyline in each scene — Judas turning on Christ between the Last Supper and the agony in the garden, the soldiers heading toward the Mount of Olives from Jerusalem while

Jesus prays, the mourners at the foot of the empty cross on Calvary, an angel kicking down the door of the tomb in the background on Easter Sunday, and a striking absence of Christ at the ascension with the apostles left staring up. The inspiration for this, according to Chris Powers, was his young son mixing up the designs one day, helping him visualize the integrated storyline.

Created by Powers Stained Glass in Scottsdale, Arizona, the windows were designed especially for St. Isabella’s. Brothers John, Chris and Tony, three of 11 children, worked together to create windows for religious and secular projects. The St. Isabella windows were one of their first major projects, begun in 2002 and completed a little more than three years later.

The brothers used the Tiffany glass method rather than painting, using a technique of soldering and wrapping the glass with copper.

According to Chris Powers, all of the large, shaded areas and shadows in the windows are large solder areas, copper covered with solder.

Joining the parish at the dedication Mass, John Powers commented, “We were sitting in the pews and we all three of us were all stunned at the whole project. Because when you’re working on everything you see it and you don’t see it. … It was a fantastic feeling to go back and be part of it.”

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installed, now deceased pastor Father Michael Keane commented, “You can pray anywhere, but there is a certain atmosphere that makes you more apt to pray.”

Marilyn Hunter, a parishioner of St. Isabella who chaired the renovation committee, found the Powers brothers through fellow parishioners Maureen and Nolan Boyer. She led the committee as it raised over $450,000 and worked with the brothers to create and install the magnificent windows. “The reactions to these windows are more positive and joyful than we ever imagined,” Hunter said. “They have transcended time; people still come up and share their admiration. The windows are genuine works of art, with some containing over 3,000 cut pieces of glass.”

The windows have beautified the parish liturgies while also fostering greater catechesis. Father Keane once noted, “The windows in the great cathedrals of Europe were used to teach the faith at a time when many people could not read or write.

The windows here are having a similar effect on the children. They see them and they prompt questions about the life of Christ.”

The Powers brothers were also touched by the children’s awe at the windows. “The school brought in all the kids and went from panel to panel telling the story. And I thought that it is awesome,” said Chris Powers. “Telling the story through our windows.”

As the Church prepares for Holy Week and the Easter season, time would be well spent at St. Isabella’s, walking in active meditation with the apostles as they enter into the paschal mysteries and journey toward Pentecost, becoming joy-filled disciples spreading the Gospel to the ends of the earth. ■ CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO | APRIL 2022

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he Church has always been at the service of the whole person, body and soul, and is often credited with establishing the hospital system.

In his 1995 encyclical letter “Evangelium Vitae,” Pope St. John Paul II observed that “the mission of Jesus, with the many healings he performed, shows God's great concern even for man's bodily life.

Jesus, as ‘the physician of the body and of the spirit,’ was sent by the Father to proclaim the good news to the poor and to heal the brokenhearted.”(47) It was the care and compassion that the early Christians showed the sick and suffering, in imitation of the Good Samaritan, that played a significant role in converting the Roman Empire: “See how they love one another!” the pagans would remark. Even today, Catholic health care institutions account for 1 in every 6 hospital admissions.

When the sense of God is lost, the sense of man is also threatened.”

POPE ST. JOHN PAUL II Compassionate care in service of human dignity is even more relevant for medicine in today’s increasingly secular culture. In response to this need, St. Patrick’s Seminary & University in Menlo Park hosted the 3rd Converging Roads conference on Saturday, Feb. 12. Converging Roads is a regional conference series “offering continuing education for health care professionals that equips them to practice the highest ethical and medical standards of their profession.” The theme of the conference, put on by the St. John Paul II Foundation with support from Region XI of the Catholic Medical Association, was “Health Care at the Service of Patient & Professional.” The event, co-sponsored by the Archdiocese of San Francisco, was attended

by Catholic physicians, nurses, health care workers and others interested in the convergence of the “two roads” of health care and medical ethics.

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Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone, in his homily at midday Mass, thanked the conference participants for being witnesses to the dignity of the person, recalling the fact that the practice of medicine and the care of the sick and suffering has been a hallmark of Christian practice from the beginning of the Church. In his welcome letter to conference participants, the Archbishop noted the “great debt of gratitude” that we owe to doctors, nurses and all health care professionals “for their heroic service toward their patients during these challenging times.”

The presentation topics were varied, but the thread that ran through each was the dehumanization of contemporary medical practice and the need for what St. John Paul II, in his 1980 address to Italian physicians, called the “repersonalization” of medicine.

The first and last presentations of the day served as fitting “bookends” for this theme. Dr. Michel Accad started the day with a talk on the traditional vision of the person and the cosmos in contrast to the modern vision. The former understands the person and the cosmos as imbued with order, harmony and purpose (and, we might say, makes science and medicine possible) and the latter vision reduces the person to a machine to be manipulated. In the final presentation of the day, pediatric endocrinologist Dr. Paul Hruz spoke about where this modern mechanistic vision of the person leads in the context of questions related to gender dysphoria and the medical science around transgender issues.

Ultimately, the “re-personalization” of medicine must begin with acknowledging life as a gift from God the Creator. Pope John Paul II observed that “when the sense of God is lost, the sense of man is also threatened. … He no longer considers life as a splendid gift of God, something ‘sacred’ entrusted to his responsibility and thus also to his loving care and ‘veneration.’ Life itself becomes a mere ‘thing,’ which man claims as his exclusive property, completely subject to his control and manipulation.” (EV, 22) The Converging Roads conference and gatherings like it are signs of hope for the re-personalization of medicine in the great Christian tradition of caring for the whole person, body and soul. ■

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Apparent cyberattack during Rosary for Peace in Ukraine An online “Rosary for Peace in Ukraine” led

by Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone was disrupted by an apparent cyberattack on March 2. Archbishop Cordileone’s rosary for peace followed the lead of Pope Francis who called for prayer and fasting for peace in Ukraine on Ash Wednesday. An unprecedented number of requests to access the website temporarily knocked the website offline during the rosary.

“The evidence strongly suggests it was a cyberattack,” said Father Patrick Summerhays, vicar general and moderator of the curia. The rosary page was definitely the cause of the outage, said Father Summerhays. The pattern of this sudden surge in traffic is consistent with a method of cyber attacking called Distributed Denial of Service Attack. The source of the attack could not be immediately identified by the website hosting company. ■

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