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VATICAN CITY – In every age and in every
culture, people seek God just as the Three Kings
did and, in every age, with the help of the Holy
Spirit, they find him in the surprising humility
of a baby born in a manger, Pope Francis said.
“Led by the Spirit, they come to realize that
God’s criteria are quite different from those
of men, that God does not manifest himself in
the power of this world, but speaks to us in the
humbleness of his love,” the pope said Jan. 6,
the feast of the Epiphany.
Before beginning the Mass in St. Peter’s
Basilica, Pope Francis and two families – each
with two small children – paid homage to the
newborn Lord by kissing a statue of Baby Jesus
that had been placed in front of the main altar
on Christmas Eve.
The journey of the Magi from the East and
their discovery of the babe, the pope said in
his homily, is a sign that Jesus came to save all
peoples, not just his fellow Jews.
“According to tradition, the wise men were
sages, watchers of the constellations, observers of the heavens in a cultural and religious
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Pope Francis kisses a statue of Baby Jesus as he celebrates Mass on the feast of the Epiphany in St. Peter’s Basilica at the
Vatican Jan. 6.
Pope names 15 new cardinal electors, most from global South
With the list, the pope continues a movement he
started with his first batch of appointments a year
ago, giving gradually more representation at the
highest levels of the church to poorer countries in
the global South. According to the Vatican spokesman, Jesuit Father Federico Lombardi, the new
cardinals will include the first in history from Cape
Verde, Tonga and Myanmar.
The Feb. 14 consistory will bring the total number
of cardinals under the age of 80 to 125. Until they
reach their 80th birthdays, cardinals are eligible to
vote in a conclave to elect a new pope. Blessed Paul
VI limited the number of electors to 120, but later
popes have occasionally exceeded that limit.
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diversity of his selections, Pope Francis named 15
cardinal electors “from 14 nations of every continent, showing the inseparable link between the
church of Rome and the particular churches present in the world.”
In addition to 15 new electors, Pope Francis
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Perpetual adoration chapel slated for
city’s Star of the Sea: Star of the Sea Parish at 4420 Geary Blvd. in San Francisco plans
to open a chapel for perpetual adoration of the
Eucharist sometime early this year. The parish’s
St. Joseph Chapel will open 24 hours a day, seven
days a week, said administrator Father Joseph
Illo. The parish is accepting donations to fund
chapel renovations: Install secure doors, better
lighting, stable pews with kneelers, a fixed tabernacle, and an upgrade of sanctuary flooring.
‘9 Days for Life’ novena: A period of prayer,
penance and pilgrimage Jan. 17-25 will mark the
anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court’s 1973 Roe
v. Wade decision legalizing abortion. The “9 Days
for Life” novena encourages nationwide solidarity in
prayer for daily intentions, including for couples experiencing infertility, those mourning the loss of a child
through abortion, children in need of adoptive homes,
and for an end to abortion and use of the death penalty. The initiative is part of the 2014-15 Respect Life
Program of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops
with the theme “Each of Us is a Masterpiece of God’s
Creation,” which is adapted from the words of Pope
Francis’ 2013 Day for Life greeting.
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Prayer and thanks
Archbishop Riordan High School faculty, alumni and members of the Marianist community gathered at Holy Cross Cemetery,
Colma, to honor namesake Archbishop William Patrick Riordan in commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the prelate’s death
Dec. 27. Archbishop Riordan invited the Marianists to San Francisco in 1884 where they served at St. Joseph Parish, St. James
Boys School, St. James High School and Archbishop Riordan High School. Pictured are Riordan principal Vittorio Anastasio; Marianist Brother William Bolts; and school president Joseph Conti. Brother Bolts, a Riordan alumnus and now school historian, was
guest speaker at the commemoration.
New mural illustrates St. Brigid School
motto: ‘We have heart’
The Parent Teacher Guild of St.
Brigid School and Academy of Art
University unveiled the “Animal
Race,” a mural created by students
of the university’s fine art mural
painting class, on the St. Brigid
campus, 2250 Franklin St., San Francisco, Dec. 18.
A blessing of the art work by St.
Mary’s Cathedral pastor and rector
Msgr. John Talesfore was followed by
a performance by the award-winning
St. Brigid Choir.
The 66-foot-long “Animal Race”
transformed a gray concrete wall
into a magical scene that showcases
members of the animal kingdom
moving at various paces – from monkey to lion and owl. The muralists,
under the guidance of academy in-
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work in one semester, adding a few
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A news release about the event said
the “Animal Race” serves to illustrate the K-8 school’s motto “We have
heart” and the message of how some
are quick to compete and excel and
others hold back and are more contemplative. “This underlying theme
is about children discovering their
place in a competitive world and emphasizes the point: Be who you are
and go at your own pace,” the press
release said.
The mural is dedicated to the
memory of Sister Mary Jo Wise, a
longtime supporter and teacher at St.
Brigid, who died in May 2014.
Pictured Dec. 18 at the unveiling and blessing of the St. Brigid School mural are, from left, Mike
Butler, who donated the scaffolding; Msgr. John Talesfore; school parent Lisa Bazinet; Academy
of Art University president Elisa Stephens, St. Brigid PTG president Richelle Pozas-O’Donnell;
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‘Biggest human rights rally’ returns for March for Life
Sarah McCarthy
Papal nuncio to bring message from
Pope Francis to Walk for Life Jan. 24
Catholic News Service
WASHINGTON – “The biggest human rights rally
in the world,” as one regular participant described
it, will return to the nation’s capital for the annual
March for Life Jan. 22.
The 42nd rally on the National Mall and march to
Capitol Hill marks the anniversary of the Supreme
Court’s 1973 ruling in the case of Roe v. Wade that
invalidated state and federal restrictions on abortions, legalizing abortion virtually on demand.
Micaiah Bilger, education director of the Pennsylvania Pro-Life Federation, said she sees the march
as an opportunity to move forward from Roe v.
Wade.
“The March for Life is, I think, the biggest human
rights rally in the world and it’s wonderful to go and
be with other people and unite under that cause,”
Bilger said in an interview with Catholic News
Service. “It’s important for us to stand up in our
nation’s capital and say, ‘Abortion is a human rights
injustice and we want to see all life protected.’”
The Pennsylvania Pro-Life Federation usually
brings a few hundred participants from around the
state, Bilger said. The range of people who attend –
from high school students to older men and women
who have been going for many years – offers an opportunity for participants to meet others of diverse
backgrounds who share the same beliefs about
abortion.
“We have a really good, really diverse group of
people that go down every year,” she said. “There
are so many young people who are going to the
March for Life nowadays, so many (pro-life) clubs
that are popping up ... in high schools and college
campuses, and there are ... just so many people who
are stepping up and seeing that (abortion) is an
injustice.”
The March for Life also consistently draws many
pro-life groups from college campuses each year.
Katie Daniels, a sophomore at Boston College and
president of the school’s pro-life club, called the
march “the highlight of our year,” and said she
expected about 30 students when their bus leaves
campus the night before the march.
“It’s a great way to (be) a witness to life outside
our campus on a national scale and it’s something
we look forward to very much as a club, to kind of
participate in this broader national dialogue about
what it means to be pro-life,” Daniels said.
Harvard University will also be sending 20 students to the rally. Jim McGlone, a senior at Harvard
who has attended six times, said young people are a
significant part of the movement.
“I think it shows that this is really the future of
our country and our culture,” he said. “The pro-life
movement is alive and vibrant and young and joyous
and is really a force in our society that can make a
really positive change,” he said.
Maggie Bick, a board member of Missouri Right to
Life, said she expects about 250 people to join the 72hour round trip to Washington. Bick said she feels it
is important to attend because abortion is not only
an injustice, but a mortal sin.
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A man holds signs and prays during the 2012 March for Life
rally in Washington.
“(Since) our taxpayer dollars are being used to
fund the abortion of other people who decide to
make that fatal decision, I think we are being complicit in their sin,” she said. “That is why it is worth
the fight to me to do everything we can to change
the laws, diminish the number of abortions and in
particular make the drive for not using our tax dollars for abortion.”
Pope Francis will send a message to the participants in the Walk for Life West Coast – and his diplomatic representative to the United States will once
again attend the largest pro-life event on the West
Coast Jan. 24 in San Francisco.
Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò, apostolic nuncio
to the United States, will attend the Walk for Life
this year, according to the office of San Francisco
Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone.
Either Archbishop Cordileone or Archbishop Viganò
will read Pope Francis greeting, said Karen McLaughlin, executive assistant to Archbishop Cordileone. Pope
Francis also sent greetings to the Walk for Life in 2014.
Archbishop Viganò first attended the walk in 2013.
The Walk for Life West Coast begins at 12:30 p.m.
at Civic Center with the walk along Market Street
scheduled for 1:30 p.m. More than 50,000 people are
expected for the annual event. This year a young
woman Rebekah Buell who saved her baby by using a technique to reverse RU486 will be a featured
speaker. Buell now has a healthy baby boy, Zechariah, as well as an older son and is a junior in college
pursuing a degree in English.
Founded in 2005 by a group of San Francisco Bay
Area residents, the Walk for Life West Coast’s mission is to change the perceptions of a society that
thinks abortion is an answer. Walk participants are
expected from throughout the Bay Area and across
the United States and Canada.
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Demographic changes affecting church
now an emerging reality for nation
Mark Pattison
A majority of Americans in all
races and ethnic groups now
live in the suburbs, not in the
central cities. This was true
of Asians by the 1990 census,
Hispanics in 2000 and AfricanAmericans in 2010.
Catholic News Service
WASHINGTON – Catholics in the
United States have been told frequently
over the past decade or more about the
demographic changes coming to the
makeup of their church – especially
with the growing number of Hispanics
now living in the U.S.
Now, however, it’s the United States’
turn to recognize and deal with the
emerging reality of demographic
change.
In a Dec. 15 program at the Brookings
Institution, Brookings senior fellow
William Frey, a demographer and
trend-spotting expert, outlined some
of the truths that can be gleaned from
U.S. Census data that appear in his new
book “Diversity Explosion.”
For one thing, a majority of Americans in all races and ethnic groups now
live in the suburbs, not in the central
cities. This was true of Asians by the
1990 census, and of Hispanics in the
2000 census. The 2010 census showed
that 51 percent of all African-Americans now live in suburban jurisdictions.
Among African-Americans, after generations of South-to-North migration,
the pattern is now North-to-South. An
illustration of this is in metropolitan
Chicago and Atlanta. Fifty years ago,
there were 1.2 million African-Americans in the Chicago area – three times
that of Atlanta. Today, both metropolitan areas have more than 1.6 million
African-Americans, and metro Atlanta
has the edge over the Windy City.
More telling details lie in the migration of Hispanics within the United
States. Frey identified 145 U.S. communities that show a large influx of Hispanics where previously there had been
relatively few. He also found another 44
communities where Hispanics already
having a significant presence, but large
numbers are headed there, and 43 more
where Hispanics are a considerable
portion of the population but where
growth is more modest.
Many of these communities were in
the coastal and southeastern portions of
the United States. Very few regions were
exempt from this growth in Hispanic
population; New England was one part
of the country that was host to none of
these Hispanic population trends.
Enrique Pumar, chairman of the
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In this Aug. 6, 2006, file photo, Msgr. Felipe Estevez blesses the altar with incense during a vigil
for Cuba at the Santuario Nacional Ermita de la Caridad in Miami, Florida. The demographic
changes affecting Catholics in the United States have become a reality for the nation, with the
growing number of Hispanics.
sociology department at The Catholic
University of America, Washington,
and a fellow at its Institute on Policy Research & Catholic Studies, told Catholic
News Service that Frey failed to mention “racial tensions that initially erupt
in many areas that were traditionally
dominated by one group, and we have
newcomers who are moving there,
and they don’t know quite well what to
make of it.”
He cited Greensboro as just one of
many cities throughout North Carolina
now undergoing these tensions, and
suggested that post-Katrina New Orleans could be such a site in the future.
Ronald Brownstein, political coverage
coordinator for Atlantic Media, noted
a more current trend: “This is the first
school year where a majority of the K
(kindergarten) through 12 (12th grade)
population is not white,” he said at the
Brookings briefing.
How the country responds to these
demographic changes, both in policy
and in politics, will determine the direction of the United States in the generations to come.
Frey said he is optimistic about the
ability of Americans to adapt to these
changes, adding that Americans’ selfinterest will guide the nation.
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“Older Americans need to have the
young generation succeed,” he added,
noting that the younger generation is
increasingly nonwhite and the older
generation is predominantly white; 85
percent of all Americans age 85 and
up are white, while only 51 percent of
today’s children under age 5 are white.
Brownstein sees the potential for
trouble ahead. He points to the current
deadlocks in Congress.
“This generation doesn’t want to
invest in the younger generation,” he
said, even though the younger generation’s taxes would help pay for the older
generation’s entitlements like Social
Security.
Brownstein said the dividing lines are
clear in the political arena. Republicans
have become the party of whites; 90
percent of Mitt Romney’s votes in his
2012 presidential bid came from whites.
On the other hand, the last Democrat to
win the White House with a majority of
white support was Lyndon Johnson in
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“Republicans don’t have enough
white votes to win the White House
consistently,” Brownstein said. “On
the other hand, Democrats don’t have
enough white votes to win the House
or the Senate consistently,” noting
that, with the exception of a four-year
span, the GOP has been in control of
the lower chamber since 1995. This
accounts for much of the gridlock in
Washington, he added.
Pumar subscribes to the notion that
all politics is local.
“Realignment depends a lot on local
conditions,” he said. “Hispanics and
minorities don’t tend to vote. They don’t
think to register. If they do, they don’t
come out and vote to their full potential.”
Given Obama’s executive orders in
November on immigration policy, “to
what extent there is political realignment, a lot depends on the local population dynamics,” Pumar told CNS. “It
tends to favor the Democratic Party, but
the Democrats shouldn’t take this vote
for granted.”
And how Americans treat their
neighbors, “that really is the $10 million
question when we talk about race and
ethnic relations,” Pumar said. “These
tensions are resolved very easily in
some cases. In other cases, the tensions
are not resolved that easily.”
“For instance, in this area of D.C.,
you have an area like Arlington County
(Virginia), where they actually pride
themselves on being multiracial. Then
you have a city like Manassas (Virginia), which was very supportive of
kicking Hispanics out and them moving
to other cities. It’s very difficult to generalize, to be honest with you.”
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Catholic san francisco | January 9, 2015
Maryland governor commutes sentences of last 4 men on death row
Catholic News Service
ANNAPOLIS, Md. – Maryland’s outgoing Gov. Martin O’Malley announced
Dec. 31 he would commute the death
sentences of the last four inmates on
the state’s death row to life imprisonment without possibility of parole.
In 2013, Maryland’s General Assembly repealed capital punishment,
but that did not affect the sentences of
what at the time were five inmates on
death row. One of those inmates, John
Booth-El, died of natural causes earlier
in 2014.
The state’s last execution was in 2005.
The action was lauded by the Maryland Catholic Conference, which has
long advocated for the end of capital
punishment.
O’Malley, a Catholic whose second
term as governor ends Jan. 21, said in
a statement that recent appeals and an
opinion by outgoing
Maryland Attorney General Doug
Gansler have called
into question the legality of carrying out
those earlier death
sentences.
“I have now met or
spoken with many
of the survivors of
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the victims of these
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brutal murders,”
said O’Malley’s statement. “They are
all good and decent people who have
generously granted me the courtesy of
discussing the cases of their individual
family members.”
He said they “have borne their grief
bravely along with the additional torment of an unending legal process. If
endless death penalty appeals were to
continue, these family members would,
no doubt, persevere through that
process with continued courage and
fortitude.”
O’Malley added that the question at
hand is “whether any public good is
served by allowing these essentially
unexecutable sentences to stand. In
my judgment, leaving these death
sentences in place does not serve the
public good of the people of Maryland –
present or future.”
Leaving the sentences in place would,
he added, “needlessly and callously
subject survivors, and the people of
Maryland, to the ordeal of an endless
appeals process, with unpredictable
twists and turns, and without any hope
of finality or closure.”
He said “there is one truth that
stands between and before all of us ...
few of us would ever wish for our children or grandchildren to kill another
human being or to take part in the killing of another human being.”
O’Malley added that he hopes the
commutations “might bring about a
greater degree of closure for all of the
survivors and their families.”
Mary Ellen Russell of the Maryland
Catholic Conference told Catholic
News Service that O’Malley’s announcement was not unexpected after
Gansler’s November opinion said that,
under current law, there was no way
to issue regulations for how to execute
the remaining inmates.
“It’s a wonderful way to start the
new year,” she said, adding that
it brings an end to “a lengthy and
heart-rending” process of reviewing
and ending capital punishment in
the state.
Reflection on US ‘racial divide’ is personal for Illinois bishop
Catholic News Service
BELLEVILLE, Ill. – In a 19-page
reflection on the “racial divide” in the
United States, Bishop Edward K. Braxton of Belleville, who is African-American, said he twice had been the victim of
what he considered to be unjust police
attitudes.
The episodes “made me very conscious of the fact that simply by being
me, I could be the cause of suspicion
and concern without doing anything
wrong,” wrote Bishop Braxton in “The
Racial Divide in the United States: A
Reflection for the World Day of Peace
2015,” issued Jan. 1.
Florida bishops disappointed
with court rulings
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Florida’s
Catholic bishops said they were disappointed by a federal judge’s ruling
striking down the state’s ban of
same-sex marriage as well as with
higher courts that denied a stay of
the decision.
“Marriage based on the complementarity of the sexes is the lifeblood of family, and family is the
In the first episode, when Bishop
Braxton was a priest, “I was simply
walking down a street in an apparently all-white neighborhood. A police
car drove up beside me and the officer
asked, ‘What are you doing in this area?
Do you live around here? Where is your
car? You should not be wandering about
neighborhoods where you do not live.’”
In the second episode, Bishop Braxton
was “driving in my car in an apparently
all-white neighborhood with two small
chairs in the back seat and a table in the
partially open trunk tied with a rope.
A police car with flashing lights pulled
me over. The officer asked, ‘Where are
you going with that table and those
foundation of our society,” the
bishops said Jan. 5. “The crisis that
sadly the family is experiencing
today will only by aggravated by imposing this redefinition of marriage.
Society must rediscover the irreplaceable roles of both mother and
father who bring unique gifts to the
education and rearing of children.”
The bishops said the redefinition
of marriage “will have implications
not yet fully understood.”
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‘Where did you get them?’ Then he
said, ‘We had a call about a suspicious
person driving through the area with
possibly stolen furniture in his trunk.’
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In neither case was Bishop Braxton
wearing clerical garb. Even so, “I am not
a completely impartial outside observer
in the face of these events.”
In his “call to Christian dialogue,”
Bishop Braxton alluded to Pope Francis’
choice of theme for the 2015 World Day
of Peace: “No Longer Slaves, but Broth-
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bondage, the bishop said, “there are also
forms of social, emotional and psychological slavery: slavery to prejudice,
racism, bias, anger, frustration, rage,
violence and bitterness in the face of
systemic injustices. Regrettably, these
forms of slavery endure in the United
States and they are born from the tragedy of the European ‘slave trade.’”
Bishop Braxton wrote, “Many
young students of history are surprised, even shocked, to learn that
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Catholic san francisco | January 9, 2015
Pope expected
Papal visit a ‘healing balm’ to
to visit
long-suffering Filipinos, says Canadian
New York,
Washington
Evan Boudreau
Catholic News Service
TORONTO – Faith is second nature
“to most, if not all Filipinos,” especially
those who were raised in the Philippines
and grew up in a Catholic home, said
Faye Arellano.
“When we immigrate to Canada or
elsewhere, faith is the one important
thing that we bring with us, because we
believe that it the one constant realization of the things that we hope for,” she
told the Catholic Register, Canada’s
national Catholic newspaper.
“Even if the road may be difficult at
times, we can be assured that with faith
there is nothing that we cannot overcome. The suffering takes on a whole
new meaning, and by faith we believe
that the journey with God is always
good for us. As I always tell my friends,
(CNS photo/Harley Palangchao, Reuters)
‘Faith is great,’” she said.
British artist Peter Pinder paints a miniature statue of Pope Francis, which he sculpted with
Arellano, a Toronto legal assistant,
fiberglass and cold cast bronze materials, at his house near Manila, Philippines, Jan. 5.
was among a number of Catholic Filipinos in Canada and elsewhere who spoke Filipinos, especially for those who have
especially, in prayer about a seemingly
been directly and deeply affected by the
about their strong faith, deep devotion
unsolvable problem, “I receive a clear
ravages of the natural calamities,” she
to Mary and a focus on family as well
answer... guiding me.”
said. “It’s almost that Filipinos are being
as the highly anticipated pastoral visit
Lim, 60, is involved with his parvisited by the light to cast out the darkof Pope Francis to their homeland Jan.
ish council, teaches Rite of Christian
ness of the devastation. ... Viva il papa!”
15-19.
Initiation of Adults classes, is a lector,
More than 500,000 Filipinos live in
Many also are looking beyond the pabelongs to the Knights of Columbus and
Canada. Of that number, more than
pal trip to the International Eucharistic
serves on the Vancouver Archdiocesan
200,000 reside in the greater Toronto
Congress to be held in the Philippines
Pastoral Council. Most importantly, he
area, more than in any other city in
in 2016.
said, he is an extraordinary minister of
Canada. Vancouver, British Columbia,
“The pope will be like a healing balm
holy Communion.
is home to the second-largest Filipino
to a long-suffering people needing just
Filipinos’ faith is “passed on from
community in Canada, with nearly
that,” said Arellano, former head of
one generation to another ... because
94,000 Filipinos residing there.
the Live-in Caregiver’s Ministry at Our
of strong family,” he said. “It does not
“My faith is what makes me,” said
Lady of the Assumption Church in
disappear even when young people go to
Arcie Lim, an accountant and comptrol- college, to other countries – the link is
Toronto.
ler, who belongs to St. Joseph Parish in
The Philippines is still recovering
always there.”
Vancouver. “It is my central source of
from Typhoon Haiyan, which killed
As for Filipinos’ devotion to Mary, it
strength, inspiration. It’s like a beacon
more than 6,000 people and destroyed
“cannot be put in words,” he said.
of light for me, makes me want to strive
countless homes and buildings in NoNorma and Nick Borja, members of
for the best, to love. Without my faith I
vember 2013.
St. Paul Parish in the Vancouver suburb
can’t (do anything). It keeps me ground“The pope’s visit is dubbed as a
of Richmond, were accountants before
ed, gives me spiritual nourishment.”
‘mercy and compassion visit,’ because
going to work full-time for Couples
His faith is “an ongoing process,” he
he is primarily lending support and solifor Christ Canada. The international
said, but told Catholic News Service he
darity with those in the southern region
Catholic lay ecclesial movement has
small miracles after
of the Philippines,”
said Arellano.
groups for children, young adults and
Calling St. Anne’s of thas
he “experienced
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and outreach to the divorced.
You are invited to an The couple, both in their mid-60s,
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You are invited to an
over Canada. Nick Borja said wherever
they go, local clergy always tell them
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secretary of state said he expects Pope Francis to visit New
York City and Washington, D.C.,
during his September trip to the
United States.
Cardinal Pietro Parolin, who
as secretary of state is considered the highest Vatican official
under the pope, spoke to reporters Jan. 6, following a ceremony
to dedicate a new building at the
Pontifical North American College, the U.S. seminary in Rome.
Asked if Pope Francis would
visit the United Nations in New
York in September, Cardinal Parolin replied: “I think so, I think
so, but no official announcement
has been done. But everybody is
speaking of that.”
Asked if the same trip would
include a visit to Washington, the cardinal replied: “Of
course,” then added with a
laugh, “but no official confirmation has been given.”
In November, Pope Francis
confirmed reports that he would
attend the World Meeting of
Families in Philadelphia in
September. So far, that is the
only confirmed stop on what is
expected to be a more extensive
papal visit to North America.
Cardinal Parolin was also
asked about the pope’s decision
not to create any U.S. cardinals
at a consistory Feb. 14, where
most of the 15 new cardinal electors will hail from developing
countries in the global South,
including several that have never
been represented in the College
of Cardinals.
“The Holy Father wanted to
give this broader sense of the
universality of the church,”
and so looked to dioceses that
normally do not have a cardinal,
he said. “It’s nothing against
anybody, that is for sure.”
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New Zealand cardinal-designate asked
for pastoral approach on Eucharist
Peter Grace
Catholic News Service
WELLINGTON, New Zealand –
Cardinal-designate John Dew of Wellington has appealed for a more pastoral approach for some of the family
issues facing New Zealand Catholics.
At the 2005 Synod of Bishops on the
Eucharist, he called on church leaders to discuss a “pastoral approach”
to ending “the scandal of hunger for
eucharistic food.”
He said the church would be enriched if dedicated Catholics excluded
from the Eucharist because of church
rules could return to the Lord’s table.
He also spoke of an increasing number of marriages between Catholics
and members of other Christian
faiths, in which the couple could not
receive Communion together.
During last October’s Synod of
Bishops on the family, he told Salt
and Light Television that the New
Zealand bishops want “to see language in church documents changed
so that it’s something that gives
people hope and support and encouragement, rather than being something that appears to many people” as
basically saying “they can’t meet the
mark, they can’t live up to the standards the church is asking of them.”
When the bishops were preparing for the synod, they had a “huge”
response, he said: “twenty-five
percent of the people responding
were nonpracticing Catholics and
the message was
that ‘It’s impossible
when we’re told that
because we’re using
contraceptives we’re
intrinsically evil or
that we’re living in
an irregular situation – the language
is so negative that it
New Zealand
doesn’t help us.’
Archbishop
“So, my intervenJohn Dew
tion was: Let’s not be
concentrating on rules, but looking
for language that helps people and
encourages people in their journey
toward God.”
Pope Francis announced Jan. 4 that
the Wellington archbishop would be
one of 20 new cardinals elevated at a
consistory at the Vatican Feb. 14.
In a statement, Cardinal-designate
Dew said his appointment is recognition of the Catholic Church in Aotearoa, the Maori word for New Zealand, and the contribution it makes to
the global Catholic family.
He also said he was delighted to
hear that Bishop Soane Mafi of Tonga
also had been named.
“Together it is not only great news
for New Zealand and Tonga, but for
the Oceania region,” he said.
“Although we are geographically
far from much of the world, Pope
Francis has gone to the periphery of
the world to name new cardinals.”
New Zealand last had a cardinal
eligible to vote at a papal conclave
five years ago, until Cardinal Thomas
Williams, retired archbishop of Wellington, turned 80.
John Dew was born in Waipawa, a
small settlement on the east coast of
New Zealand’s North Island, May 5,
1948. He attended Catholic schools
through high school. He studied
philosophy at Holy Name Seminary
in Christchurch and theology at Holy
Cross Seminary in Dunedin.
He was ordained a priest in May
1976 and became auxiliary bishop of
Wellington in May 1995. He was appointed coadjutor archbishop in 2004
and succeeded Cardinal Williams as
archbishop the following year.
He is president of the New Zealand
Catholic Bishops Conference and
heads the Military Ordinariate of
New Zealand.
In a 2013 interview with the Auckland-based NZ Catholic newspaper,
Cardinal Oscar Rodriguez Maradiaga, president of Caritas Internationalis, said that during the March
2013 conclave there was a common
feeling among the cardinals that the
Vatican needed “internationalization.”
“We need more Oceania cardinals,”
he said in Wellington during a press
conference with Catholic media.
Pope: True charity is
‘wisdom of the heart’
VATICAN CITY – “Quality of
life” proponents who think the
gravely ill lead lives not worth living are peddling a great lie, Pope
Francis said in a message for the
2015 World Day of the Sick.
Criticizing approaches that devalue human lives, especially the lives
of those who suffer from serious illness, Pope Francis highlighted the
importance of offering increased
care and concern instead, urging
people to demonstrate a compassion that does not judge and that
“does not demand conversion.”
The World Day of the Sick is
celebrated annually Feb. 11, the
feast of Our Lady of Lourdes. The
Vatican released the text of the
papal message Dec. 30.
Pope Francis invited people to see
the world and those who are sick or
in need of care with “the wisdom
of the heart,” which is pure, peaceable, gentle, open to reason, merciful, certain and sincere.
“It is a way of seeing things
infused by the Holy Spirit in the
minds and the hearts of those who
are sensitive to the sufferings of
their brothers and sisters and who
can see in them the image of God,”
he wrote.
Having “wisdom of the heart”
means going out of oneself and
serving others with compassion
and without judgment – unlike
those who, in the biblical story of
Job, who thought Job’s misfortune
“was a punishment from God for
his sins,” the pope said in his message
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2014 Homicide Victims
The annual event is an outgrowth of the homicide prayer services The Restorative Justice Ministry helps organize each time
a person is killed by violence. A group of people visits the site of the death to pray and remember the victim and support
the family. The prayer services culminate each year with the memorial service, now in its third year.
Survivors of violent crimes, family and friends of the victims, ex-offenders, restorative justice ministers, and youth from the
community will join. All will help carry crosses to remember the people that died as a result of violence in 2014.
Saturday, January 17, 2015
Program
Gathering and Prayer
Prayer Walk begins
1st Stop (approx.)
2nd Stop (approx.)
Time:
9:00 a.m.
10:00 a.m.
10:30 a.m.
11:45 a.m.
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16th and Mission Street, San Francisco
Memorial Service
12:30 p.m.
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Catholic san francisco | January 9, 2015
Understanding our differences
I
t’s common for us to see God’s grace and
blessing in what unites us. We naturally
sense the presence of grace when, at our
core, we feel a strong moral bond with
certain other persons,
churches, and faiths.
That, biblically, is what
defines family.
But what if what separates us, what if what
makes other persons,
churches, and faiths
seem foreign and strange
is also a grace, a difference intended by God?
Can we think of our difFATHER ron
ferences, as we think of
our unity, as a gift from
rolheiser
God? Most religions,
including Christianity,
would answer affirmatively.
Thus in both the Jewish and the Christian
scriptures there is the strong, recurring motif
that God’s message to us generally comes
through the stranger, the foreigner, from the
one who is different from us, from a source
from which we would never expect to hear
God’s voice. Added to this is the notion that
when God speaks to us we generally experience
it as a surprise, as something unexpected, and
as something that does not easily square with
our normal expectations as to how God should
work and how we should learn. There’s a reason for this. Simply put, when we think we are
hearing God’s voice in what’s familiar, comfortable, and secure, the temptation is always
to reshape the message according to our own
image and likeness, and so God often comes to
us through the unfamiliar.
Moreover, what’s familiar is comfortable
and offers us security; but, as we know,
real transformative growth mostly happens
when, like the aged Sarah and Abraham, we
are forced to set off to a place that’s foreign
and frightening and that strips us of all that
is comfortable and secure. “Go,” God told
Sarah and Abraham, to a land where you
don’t know where you’re going. Real growth
happens and real grace breaks in when we
have to deal with what is other, foreign, different. Learn to understand, writes John of
the Cross, more by not understanding than
by understanding. What’s dark, unfamiliar,
frightening, and uninvited will stretch us in
ways that the familiar and secure cannot.
God sends his word to the earth through angels and they’re not exactly something we’re
familiar with.
If this is true, then our differences are also
a grace. Accordingly, seeing things differently does not mean that we are not seeing the
same things. Accordingly, different notions
about God and different ways of speaking
about God do not mean that we’re speaking
of a different God. The same holds true for
our churches, having difference concepts of
what it means to be church does not necessarily mean that there isn’t some deeper
underlying unity inside our diversity. Similarly for how we conceive of the real presence
of Christ in the Eucharist, how we imagine
Christ as being really present inside of bread
and wine, can take many forms and can be
spoken of in different ways, without it meaning that we’re speaking of a different reality.
John Paul II, addressing an interfaith gathering, once commented that “there are differences in which are reflected the genius and
spiritual riches of God to the nations.” Christian de Cherge, after a lifetime of dialogue
with Islam, suggests that our differences
have a “quasi-sacramental function,” that is,
they help to give real flesh in this world to the
riches of God, who is ineffable and can never
be captured in any one expression.
Our differences then are part of the mystery of our unity. Real unity, which needs to
reflect the richness of God, does not exist in
uniformity and homogenization, but only in
bringing into harmony many different gifts
and richness, like a beautiful bouquet brings
together a variety of different flowers inside
one vase. Our legitimate differences are
rooted inside of the same God.
This has implications for every area of our
lives, from how we receive immigrants in
our countries, to how we deal with different
personalities inside our families and places
of work, to how we deal with other Christian
denominations and other religions. Without
endorsing a naive syncretism and without
denying the rightful place for discernment,
it must still be affirmed that our differences,
conceived as an expression of a deeper unity
that we cannot yet conceive, open us up more
fully to the deep unfathomable, ineffable mystery of God and, at the same time, prevent us
from making an idol of our own ideas, our
own religious traditions, our own ways of
understanding faith, and our own theologies
and ideologies. Moreover, accepting differences as being intended by God and as the
presence of grace in our lives should prevent
us from constructing our identity, particularly our religious identity, on the basis of
opposition to others and the unhealthy need
to forever protest our own uniqueness and
truth against what’s other.
God loves us all equally. Difference, then,
understood as part of the mystery of unity,
should help keep us humble and honest
enough to let others take their proper place
before God.
Oblate Father Rolheiser is president of the Oblate
School of Theology, San Antonio, Texas.
Letters
Unequal justice
Re “Police officer leans on Catholic faith during Ferguson crisis,” Dec. 5:
To write an article about an honest police officer in
the Ferguson Police Department is to ignore the issues
and once again highlights how out of touch you are.
The issues are: one, the alarming number of police
killings of unarmed black men, with total impunity
for the police officers involved, as if black lives don’t
matter; and two, the militarization of police and the
violence they perpetrate on people. Every day since
Michael Brown was killed, people in every major city
in the country have come out to protest. By ignoring
protesters you ignore the cry of the people and echo the
sentiment that black lives don’t matter.
There is nothing heroic about a militarized police department replete with tanks, MRAMs, pistols, shotguns,
and automatic rifles tear gassing demonstrators and
shooting rubber bullets at them as if they were a war
zone. Aside from an episode of looting, Ferguson police
weren’t dealing with any particular danger. Nonetheless, police treated protesters as a population to occupy,
and not as citizens to protect. The violence in these
demonstrations is perpetrated by the police, not the protesters. Any You Tube video of the events confirms this.
It is good that Sgt. John Wall finds it in his heart to forgive. It would be even better if he had the humility and
fortitude to ask to be forgiven for the sins of his fellow
officers. That would be heroic. For black lives do matter.
Cecilia Meza
San Francisco
Police lives matter, too
Re “Hear the cries of injustice,” letter to the editor,
Dec. 19:
Yes, black lives matter, but so do the lives of our
police. Conventual Franciscan Father Paul Gawlowski
and parishioners of St. Paul of the Shipwreck Parish should be mindful of the grand jury outcome of
Michael Brown’s killing. Witnesses testified he charged
the cop, not with his arms up saying don’t shoot, but
in a manner that would have harmed the policeman.
Our leaders, President Obama, U.S. Attorney General
Eric Holder, Father Gawlowski and others are charged
to bring the races together and not ignite divisions
between the people of the United States. This type of
behavior drives Catholics away from the church they
love and does not pass on the word of God.
Donna Owen
Redwood City
Memories of Jesuit high-school education
Re “New focus on Catholic identity in high schools,”
Dec. 12:
After reading the article, of the many memories that
came to mind, none is more vivid than the wonderful
days at my alma mater, St. Patrick’s High School, Karachi, at the time British India. The school was founded
and opened by the Jesuits in 1861 and admitted students
from all quarters and religious leanings. The Jesuits
with their immense skills, experience, zeal and spirit of
dedication, gave themselves wholeheartedly to educate
the boys. They were very small in number, but what
they lacked in quantity they had in quality. Not only in
education, but they put special emphasis in sports programs and had the skill and ability to have the students
participate in other cultural activities.
It was the Jesuits who were mainly responsible for
the unusual number of vocations to the priesthood – the
school produced two cardinals and impressive number of
bishops – 9 in number and 14 to the Jesuit priesthood. Can
this be matched? The Jesuits also used their deep knowledge, liberal and broad-minded attitude to guide persons
in the civic and national direction and it was their guidance that St. Patrick’s School provided an impressive
list of persons who had risen to prominence from Army
generals, high court judges, mayors and others.
It was Jesuits who had the gift to deepen our knowledge
of religion and strengthen our faith. Working in a strange
country, they had no support system and relied on their
own strength, skill and dedication and Jesuit training.
Lenny Barretto
Daly City
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Reflecting on Pope Francis’ 2015
World Day of Peace message
ragically, the growing
scourge of man’s exploitation by man gravely damages the life
of communion
and our calling to forge
interpersonal
relations
marked by
respect, justice and love,”
writes Pope
Francis in his
Jan. 1 World
Day of Peace
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Message.
But as the
message’s title – “No Longer Slaves,
but Brothers and Sisters” – indicates, the pope is reminding us of
the good news that Jesus has freed
us from the slavery of personal sin
and the structures of societal sin,
and invites us to accept this divine
freedom, to live it out in our lives,
and to share it with all people.
However, instead of offering freedom and fraternity, the exploitation
of countless human beings by many
who hold power, “leads to contempt
for the fundamental rights of others and to the suppression of their
freedom and dignity,” laments the
pope.
He writes that millions of people
today – children, women and men
of all ages – are forced to live in
slave-like conditions.
“I think of the many men and
women laborers, including minors,
subjugated in different sectors,
whether formally or informally,
in domestic or agricultural workplaces, or in the manufacturing or
mining industry.”
The 2010 West Virginia Upper Big
Branch coal mine explosion, which
killed 29 Massey Energy miners, is
a clear example of what Pope Fran-
“U
Pope Francis pulls much
of his message together
in this one powerful sentence: ‘Every person ought
to have the awareness that
purchasing is always a
moral – and not simply an
economic – act.’
(CNS photo/A. Carrasco Ragel, EPA)
A sub-Saharan migrant gestures after the arrival of a Spanish rescue boat, at Tarifa, Spain, in
this October 2014 file photo. In his 2015 World Day of Peace message, Pope Francis condemned
labor exploitation.
cis is talking about here.
According to National Public
Radio, the Governor’s Independent
Investigation Panel charged that
“Massey exhibited a corporate
mentality that placed the drive to
produce coal above worker safety.”
Expressing his deep sympathy for
the hardships faced by migrants
Francis writes, “In a particular
way, I think of those among them
who, upon arriving at their destination after a grueling journey
marked by fear and insecurity,
are detained in at times inhumane
conditions.”
Consider how the pope’s words accurately apply to the thousands of
unaccompanied children who have
taken the dangerous journey to the
U.S. to escape drug and gang violence in parts of Central America.
Many of these children are detained
for weeks in large cage-like conditions, while they face the threat of
being deported back to the dangerous conditions they fled.
Pope Francis adds, “States must
ensure that their own legislation
truly respects the dignity of the human person in the areas of migration, employment, adoption, the
movement of businesses offshore
and the sale of items produced by
slave labor.”
Many corporations like Walmart
reap huge financial benefits from
merchandise made for them by desperately poor people laboring long
hours, in unhealthy work conditions, for pennies an hour.
There is an excellent remedy
for this use of what the pope calls
“slave labor.”
Please email and call (Capitol
switchboard: 202-224-3121) your U.S.
senators and representative urging
them to reintroduce and actively
support the “Decent Working Conditions and Fair Competition Act,”
which according to the highly reputable “Institute for Global Labor
and Human Rights” (www.globallabourrights.org/), would provide
transparent corporate disclosure
– enabling labor rights organizations to inspect factories producing
products for wealthy retailers.
If reintroduced and passed by
Congress, this bill would also prohibit the import, export or sale of
products that violate the International Labor Organization’s standards – which prohibit child labor,
and guarantee workers’ rights to
safe working conditions, to collective bargaining and protection
against forced labor.
Pope Francis pulls much of his
message together in this one powerful sentence: “Every person ought
to have the awareness that purchasing is always a moral – and not
simply an economic – act.”
Magliano is an internationally syndicated
social justice and peace columnist.
The wisdom of Pope Francis
nity in necessary things, freedom in doubtful things and charity in all things”: This is
a time-honored principle of moral theology
that will help you to understand the thinking of Pope
Francis, who is very wise.
A relatively small number
of Catholics have taken issue
with Pope Francis in his attempt to bring more compassion and less legalism to the
church and its members.
Most Catholics find him
refreshing and in perfect
harmony with the Gospel of
FATHER JOHN
Jesus Christ.
CATOIR
There are always those
who claim to be more
Catholic than the pope; they
instinctively conclude that mercy is a sign of weakness and not something to be practiced. They live
by a moral rigidity that borders on self-righteousness, which Pope Francis says leads to “hostile
inflexibility.” Their opinions are inspired more by
shortsightedness than the mercy the Gospel calls
us to.
God’s love is his mercy. Legalism was the sin of
the Pharisees; they applied the letter of the law, not
the spirit. The teachings of Jesus Christ are filled
with the spirit of compassion. Jesus called the
Pharisees hypocrites because of their insensitivity
and rigidity.
Stop and think about this: Did Jesus come to save
Did Jesus come to save only the morally
upright? Or, as in the parable of the lost
sheep, did he leave the 99 to find the one
lost sheep?
(CNS photo/Giampiero Sposito, Reuters)
Pope Francis kisses a child during a meeting with an Italian
association for large families to mark the feast of the Holy
Family in Paul VI hall at the Vatican Dec. 28.
only the morally upright? Or, as in the parable of
the lost sheep, did he leave the 99 to find the one
lost sheep? I hesitate to call all of the lost sheep sinners because some of them are holy, living in good
conscience.
Yet some of our brothers and sisters who are “lost
sheep” feel rejected by the church and its people and
are negatively affected by the snap judgment of others who may not know the particular circumstances
of the position they find themselves in. Only God
knows who the real sinners are. We do not.
Yet have we, at one time or another, been in a
rush to judgment that often does others more harm
than good?
Pope Francis is a true Christ figure among us.
At the end of the recent synod on the family, he
warned that a few of the cardinals who were opposed to some of what he proposed should be careful not to succumb to “inflexibility.”
Dorothy Day, co-founder of the Catholic Worker
movement and known for her lifelong service to
the poor, once said that what she loved about the
Catholic Church is the freedom it allows the people
of God.
elist
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Sunday readings
The Baptism of the Lord
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‘You are my beloved Son; with you I am well pleased.’
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shall not quench, until he establishes justice on the earth; the coastlands will wait for his teaching. I,
the Lord, have called you for the
victory of justice, I have grasped
you by the hand; I formed you, and
set you as a covenant of the people,
a light for the nations, to open
the eyes of the blind, to bring out
prisoners from confinement, and
from the dungeon, those who live in
darkness.
PSALM 29:1-2, 3-4, 3, 9-10
The Lord will bless his people
with peace.
Give to the Lord, you sons of God,
give to the Lord glory and praise, Give
to the Lord the glory due his name;
adore the Lord in holy attire.
The Lord will bless his people
with peace.
The voice of the Lord is over the
waters, the Lord, over vast waters.
The voice of the Lord is mighty; the
voice of the Lord is majestic.
The Lord will bless his people
with peace.
The God of glory thunders, and in
his temple all say, “Glory!” The Lord
is enthroned above the flood; the Lord
is enthroned as king forever.
The Lord will bless his people
with peace.
ACTS 10:34-38
Peter proceeded to speak to those
gathered in the house of Cornelius,
saying: “In truth, I see that God shows
no partiality. Rather, in every nation
whoever fears him and acts uprightly
is acceptable to him. You know the
word that he sent to the Israelites as
he proclaimed peace through Jesus
Christ, who is Lord of all, what has
happened all over Judea, beginning
in Galilee after the baptism that John
preached, how God anointed Jesus
of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and
power. He went about doing good and
healing all those oppressed by the
devil, for God was with him.”
MARK 1:7-11
This is what John the Baptist
proclaimed: “One mightier than I is
coming after me.
I am not worthy to stoop and loosen
the thongs of his sandals. I have baptized you with water; he will baptize
you with the Holy Spirit.” It happened
in those days that Jesus came from
Nazareth of Galilee and was baptized
in the Jordan by John.
On coming up out of the water he
saw the heavens being torn open and
the Spirit, like a dove, descending
upon him. And a voice came from the
heavens, “You are my beloved Son;
with you I am well pleased.”
In baptism we are joined to Christ
Jean Denton
Catholic News Service
A
t age 16, Carlos had a hard time
articulating what he felt inside.
He was trying to explain what
inspired him to become the lead
teacher of the fifth-grade class in his
parish’s Christian formation program.
Shortly after he was confirmed last
spring, Carlos said, he volunteered
to help teach vacation Bible school
to the young children at his church.
The experience made him desire
more of the same.
“I feel like I was put in this ministry because of something I have,”
he explained, earnestly pointing to
his heart and looking for the right
words. “It’s something I have – wanting to teach, wanting people to know
what I know. It’s kind of being a
leader.”
He grinned sheepishly as he gave
up the attempt to say what he meant.
His friends teased him playfully.
“Yes, the leader of the flock,” one
laughed. But it was obvious they
admired and listened to him. Clearly,
they believed Carlos’ “something I
have” was a gift in their community.
Indeed, the Christian formation
director of his parish affirmed that
Carlos was a conscientious, diligent
teacher and that the children in his
class looked up to him.
reflection QUESTION
‘Here is my servant whom
I uphold, my chosen one with
whom I am pleased, upon
whom I have put my spirit.’
When have you felt “called”
to a specific task or action by
your life joined to the Spirit of
Jesus? How have you witnessed someone’s conversion
through baptism?
– Isaiah 42:1
In the words Carlos couldn’t find,
he “was called.” He sensed a fire
in his spirit insisting that he share
with others something he cared
deeply about: his faith and love of
God.
It was amazing to hear a person his age say that he wanted to
explain his Catholic faith to others
not to show that it was right, but so
others could “know what I know”
and realize God’s goodness.
This weekend’s Gospel tells
about Jesus’ baptism. When Jesus
emerged from the baptismal waters,
the Spirit descended on him and his
life took on new meaning. That life
of love would have the power to save
us all.
Our Catholic faith teaches that
in our own baptism we are joined
to Christ, dying to earthly life and
emerging with him, resurrected to
new life, to be inspired by the Holy
Spirit.
As it happened with Carlos after
his confirmation, this new life excites us and calls us to share what
we know: the incredible love of God.
Liturgical calendar, daily Mass readings
Monday, January 12: Monday of the First
Week in Ordinary Time. St. Marguerite Bourgeoys,
virgin and founder (Canada). Heb 1:1-6. PS 97:1
and 2b, 6 and 7c, 9. Mk 1:15. Mk 1:14-20.
Tuesday, January 13: Tuesday of the First
Week in Ordinary Time. Optional Memorial of St.
Hilary of Poitiers, bishop and doctor; Memorial
of St. Kentigern, bishop (Scotland). Heb 2:5-12.
Ps 8:2ab and 5, 6-7, 8-9. See 1 Thes 2:13. Mk
1:21-28.
Wednesday, January 14: Wednesday of
Sulpice
died c. 647
January 17
Sulpice was born to wealthy parents
in France and began aiding the poor
in his youth. When he became bishop
of Bourges in Aquitaine in 624, he defended the rights
of his people. Sulpice was beloved in Bourges for his
generosity and was said to have converted many to
Christianity through his personal witness. Church of
Saint-Sulpice in Paris, and a famous French seminary
are named for him.
the First Week in Ordinary Time. Heb 2:14-18. Ps
105:1-2, 3-4, 6-7, 8-9. Jn 10:27. Mk 1:29-39.
Thursday, January 15: Thursday of the First
Week in Ordinary Time. Heb 3:7-14. Ps 95:6-7c, 8-9,
10-11. See Mt 4:23. Mk 1:40-45.
Friday, January 16: Friday of the First Week in
Ordinary Time. Heb 4:1-5, 11. Ps 78:3 and 4bc, 6c-7,
8. Lk 7:16. Mk 2:1-12.
Saturday, January 17: Memorial of St. Anthony, abbot. Heb 4:12-16. Ps 19:8, 9, 10, 15. Lk 4:18. Mk 2:13-17.
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Mercy and compassion compel pope’s visit to the Philippines
W
hen I first heard about
Pope Francis’ coming to
the Philippines this month,
I thought, “That couldn’t be. He
has already
been invited
to the 51st
International
Eucharistic
Congress set
to be held
in Cebu, the
Philippines in
January next
year.” My curiosity grew as
Father
to what really
prompted the
RAYmund Reyes
Holy Father’s
visit making
him the third pope to visit the largest Christian country in Asia. Pope
Paul VI visited the Philippines in
November 1970 and St. Pope John
Paul II in February 1981 and January 1995.
It was not actually a great surprise after learning what compelled
him to come. Pope Francis greatly
desired to visit the survivors of Typhoon Haiyan, known in the Philippines as Typhoon Yolanda, that
killed more than 6,000 people in
November 2013. Pope Francis, who
has been outspoken on God’s mercy
and compassion from day one of
his papacy, brings his good heart
to the Philippines especially to the
families who are still suffering and
rebuilding their lives. His coming
has mobilized the whole country
to work with him in unison with
Christ’s mercy and compassion.
The Catholic Bishops Conference
of the Philippines has launched its
focus for 2015 as the “Year of the
Poor.”
In his pastoral letter, Archbishop
Socrates Villegas, CBCP president,
has urged the Filipino people to
prepare spiritually for the coming of Pope Francis by becoming a
people rich in mercy and making
mercy their national identity and
a gift to the Holy Father. Also, Cardinal Luis Tagle, the Archbishop
of Manila, has assured the blessing of the pope’s visit to the whole
country, particularly the poor, the
survivors of calamities and victims
of injustice. He spoke clearly on the
pope’s challenge to reach out with
love to the neglected and abandoned and to establish in society a
culture of mercy and compassion.
Furthermore, Bishop Mylo Vergara, chair of CBCP communication
and media, has considered Pope
Francis’ pastoral visit as God’s
visitation to the Filipino people in
need of his love, mercy and salvation.
Pope Francis himself has already
initiated something concrete by
paving the way for the construction
of the Pope Francis Center for the
Poor in the Archdiocese of Palo,
Leyte, a city that was greatly damaged by Yolanda. The center will
provide homes for the elderly and
orphans, as well as a clinic and a
chapel. Pope Francis will bless the
center when he visits Leyte on Jan.
17. There he is also scheduled to
celebrate the Eucharist and share
a meal with poor children, orphans
and survivors of Yolanda.
The pastoral visit of Pope Francis
includes a special celebration of
the Eucharist with clergy and religious representatives at the Manila
Cathedral and a meeting with the
Filipino youth at the University of
Santo Tomas, the royal and only
Perspectives from Archbishop Cordileone and guest writers
Truly, Pope Francis’ pastoral
visit has drawn the church in
the Philippines to its basic identity as ‘a place of mercy freely
given, where everyone can feel
welcomed, loved, forgiven and
encouraged to live the good life
of the Gospel.’
pontifical Catholic university in
Asia. As people endowed with great
regard for family values, the Holy
Father has included in his itinerary a meeting with Filipino families
on the spacious grounds of Manila
Bay’s Mall of Asia.
Here in our archdiocese, Filipinos
are overjoyed, blessed and proud
of the Holy Father’s visit to the
Philippines. Blesilda Almacen and
her children, parishioners of St.
Boniface Church in San Francisco,
already flew to the Philippines to
spend Christmas with relatives and
to join them to see Pope Francis in
person. A faithful devotee herself
to Santo Niño, meaning “Holy
Child” in Spanish, she said she’d
greet the pope with the miraculous
image of Santo Niño in her hands.
“It wouldn’t surprise me,” she
added, “if thousands would also
carry their images of Santo Niño
and have them blessed by the Holy
Father himself.”
Nellie Hizon, a St. Stephen parishioner and a great advocate of
Simbang Gabi in the archdiocese,
is elated by the pope’s visit to the
Philippines. She said “Pope Francis’ visit is truly God’s marvelous
blessing that brings further fervor
to the practice of faith he gifted
us.” Freda Motak, a St. Anne of the
Sunset parishioner, has marveled
at Pope Francis’ desire to travel a
long distance. She said, “The Holy
Father was being true to his words
to share in the burdens of others
and offer the Filipino people his
personal message of hope, love and
healing.”
Estelle Oloresisimo, president of
the Filipino-American Friendship
Network, hopes that Pope Francis’ call for mercy reaches out to
government officials on behalf of
the thousands of overseas foreign
workers by creating more local jobs
and entrepreneurial opportunities.
She said “Fifty percent of migrants
are women, mostly mothers who
left their own children to take care
of other people’s children in foreign lands as nannies and domestic
helpers just to secure a future for
their families.”
Truly, Pope Francis’ pastoral visit
has drawn the church in the Philippines to its basic identity as “a
place of mercy freely given, where
everyone can feel welcomed, loved,
forgiven and encouraged to live the
good life of the Gospel” (“Evangelii
Gaudium” 114). It has opened many
opportunities to value the poor, the
victims of disasters and injustice,
to renew society and to care for
creation. With the Holy Father’s
pastoral visit, may mercy and compassion embrace not just Filipinos
but all of us.
(CNS photo/Romeo Ranoco, Reuters)
A worker holds up necklaces with portraits of Pope Francis on sale at a store in Manila, Philippines, Jan. 5.
Father Reyes is vicar for priests for the
Archdiocese of San Francisco.
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prayer and conversations about vocation, 7:30 p.m., Mercy Center, 2300
Adeline Drive, Burlingame, Mercy Chapel: Jan. 30, Climbing the Mountain
with Jesus; Feb. 27, Serving with Jesus; March 27, Remaining with Jesus;
April 24,Walking Joyfully in the Spirit.
RSVP to Mercy Sister Jean Evans (650)
373-4508; Jevans@mercywmw.org.
SATURDAY, JAN. 31
ZYDECO DANCE: Mardi Gras Zydeco
Dance, St. Finn Barr Church, Goode
Hall, 415 Edna St. at Hearst, San Francisco, 8 p.m.; $20 in advance, $25 at
door; (415) 333-3627, (415) 760-1454;
free dance lesson from 7 p.m.; Mardi
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composer Evan Mack conducting. The
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Choral Festival Mass, 5:30 p.m., St.
Mary’s Cathedral, Gough Street at
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Student singers from the Archdiocese
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choral prelude will precede the liturgy.
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A Family Services Counselor is a full-time “non-exempt” level
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Catholic san francisco | January 9, 2015
Cardinal electorS: Pope names 15, most from global south
FROM PAGE 1
Three of the new cardinal electors hail from
Asia, three from Latin America, two from Africa
and two from Oceania.
Of the five Europeans on the list, three lead
dioceses in Italy and Spain that have not traditionally had cardinals as bishops – another sign
of Pope Francis’ willingness to break precedent.
While giving red hats to the archbishops of
Ancona-Osimo and Agrigento, Italy, the pope
will once again pass over the leaders of Venice
and Turin, both historically more prestigious
dioceses.
None of the new cardinals hails from the U.S.
or Canada. Father Lombardi noted that the
numbers of cardinals from those countries have
remained stable since February 2014, when Pope
Francis elevated the archbishop of Quebec.
The U.S. currently has 11 cardinal electors and
Canada three.
The continuing geographic shift is incremental in nature. With the new appointments, cardinals from Europe and North America will make
up 56.8 percent of those eligible to elect the next
pope, down from 60 percent on Jan. 4.
The shift reflects the pope’s emphasis on Africa and Asia, where the church is growing fastest, and on his native region of Latin America,
home to about 40 percent of the world’s Catholics.
A number of the selections also reflect Pope
Francis’ emphasis on social justice. The new
Mexican cardinal leads a diocese that has been
hard hit by the current wave of drug-related
violence in his country.
And one of the Italian cardinals-designate,
the archbishop of Agrigento in Sicily, leads the
Italian bishops’ commission on migration, an
issue on which Pope Francis has placed particular importance. In July 2013, the pope visited the
(CNS photo/Kham, Reuters)
Archbishop Pierre Nguyen Van Nhon of Hanoi, Vietnam, waves
in front of St. Joseph Cathedral after Pentecost Mass in
this May 23, 2010, file photo. Archbishop Van Nhon, 76, was
among the 20 new cardinals named by Pope Francis Jan. 4.
southern Mediterranean island of Lampedusa,
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had died attempting to cross the sea.
Only one of the new cardinals, the head of
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church’s central administration, the Roman
Curia, which currently accounts for about a
quarter of all cardinal electors.
Announcing the appointments, Pope Francis
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– Portuguese Patriarch Manuel Jose Macario
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– Ethiopian Archbishop Berhaneyesus Demerew Souraphiel of Addis Ababa, 66.
– New Zealand Archbishop John Dew of Wellington, 66.
– Italian Archbishop Edoardo Menichelli of
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– Thai Archbishop Francis Xavier Kriengsak
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– Italian Archbishop Francesco Montenegro of
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– Spanish Archbishop Ricardo Blazquez Perez
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– Spanish-born Panamanian Bishop Jose Luis
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– Cape Verdean Bishop Arlindo Gomes Furtado of Santiago de Cabo Verde, 65.
– Tongan Bishop Soane Mafi, 53.
– Colombian Archbishop Jose de Jesus Pimiento Rodriguez, retired, of Manizales, who turns 96
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– Italian Archbishop Luigi De Magistris, 88,
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– German Archbishop Karl-Joseph Rauber, 80,
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– Argentine Archbishop Luis Hector Villalba,
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New books offer valuable guidance in understanding the Mass
Reviewed by Mitch Finley
‘Mass 101’ is clearly written, informative, and complete. It’s the best book
on the Mass for Catholic readers this
reviewer has come across in quite a
while.
Catholic News Service
“Behold the Mystery: A Deeper Understanding
of the Catholic Mass” by Mark Hart. Word Among Us
Press (Frederick, Maryland). 186 pp., $12.95.
“Mass 101: Liturgy and Life “ by Emily Strand, Liguori Publications (Liguori, Missouri). 144 pp., $11.99.
If it has been a long time since you read a book about
the Mass, “Behold the Mystery” is a good one to read.
Author Mark Hart is a young adult, husband and father of four who is also executive vice president of Life
Teen International, a “Catholic youth ministry leading
teens closer to Christ.” His book is a fine one for older
teens, to be sure, but it will make ideal reading for
anyone who wants to refresh his or her understanding
of and appreciation for the Mass.
You’re the rare Catholic if you have never grown
at least a little weary of Mass, or if you have never
nodded off during a homily that didn’t capture your
attention. Hart suggests that the problem isn’t with the
Mass, the problem is with your understanding of the
Mass. Also, he asks, when was the last time you prayed
for the priest or priests who preside at your parish’s
Masses? Are we laity doing our part to make the Mass
all that it can be for everyone concerned?
The heart of “Behold the Mystery” may be the
section in which the author discusses the meaning of
each part of the Mass. Perhaps the one weak point of
the book is Hart’s decision to simply repeat the traditional language about the bread and wine becoming
“the very body and blood of our lord and savior, Jesus
Christ.” This section might have been improved had
the author addressed the fact that, according to various surveys, a significant percentage of Catholics don’t
accept this as literally true.
It can be hugely helpful to explain that “body and
blood” is a Semitic phrase for “the whole person.”
It can also be helpful to add that it is the “whole
person”/”body and blood” of the risen Christ that we
receive in holy Communion. To accentuate this can
magnify one’s sense of the overwhelming mystery of
the Eucharist. Catholics frequently find these insights
helpful to renewing their understanding of and faith in
the Real Presence.
Here, however, is the bottom line: “Behold the
Mystery” is a lively and informative book, one that this
reviewer would not hesitate to recommend to all.
“Mass 101” is a first-rate book on the Mass, one written in language that is both theological and accessible
to most adult readers. The author, Emily Strand, is a
former campus minister and teacher at the University
of Dayton who is now a full-time mother and member
of the Worship Commission for the Archdiocese of
Cincinnati.
In her Introduction, Strand declares: “Perhaps the
most valuable notion about the Mass to take away
from this volume is an idea of its profundity – its endless wealth of significance that no one book has or will
ever capture.” To that end, following the first chapter
titled “Why Learn About the Mass?” Strand offers
gripping discussions of the history of the Mass and
what Vatican II taught about the Mass.
In a section titled “The Paschal Mystery and the
Ministers of the Mass,” Strand makes it clear that
while the priest “has the principal role” in the Mass,
he isn’t the only “minister.” She explains the roles
of others including the ministers of music, lectors,
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Here Strand explains extraordinarily well the new
translation of the Mass prayers that English-speaking
Catholics began using a couple of years ago.
“Mass 101” is clearly written, informative, and
complete. It’s the best book on the Mass for Catholic
readers this reviewer has come across in quite a while.
Finley is the author of more than 30 books for
Catholics including two used widely in parishes,
“The Joy of Being a Eucharistic Minister” and “The
Joy of Being a Lector” (Resurrection Press).
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