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Orthodox,
Catholic
parishioners
pray for peace
VALERIE SCHMALZ
CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO
“Christians are being persecuted and killed in countries from
Lebanon to Sudan,” Greek Orthodox Metropolitan Gerasimos told a
gathering of Catholics and Greek
Orthodox at a Belmont Catholic
church Jan. 18.
Members of neighboring parishes, Greek Orthodox Church of the
Holy Cross and Immaculate Heart
of Mary Catholic Church continued
their tradition of praying together
– this time for the beginning of
the international Week of Prayer
for Christian Unity, praying for
Christian unity but especially for
persecuted Christians in the Middle
East and Africa who are suffering
and dying for their faith.
San Francisco Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone invited Metropolitan Gerasimos to deliver the
SEE VESPERS, PAGE 2
(CNS PHOTO/MALACANANG PHOTO BUREAU HANDOUT VIA EPA)
Above, rain falls as Pope Francis walks past
a statue of Mary and the Christ child as he
celebrates Mass next to the airport in Tacloban,
Philippines, Jan. 17. Below right, police hold
back the crowd lining the motorcade route as
the pope arrives back in Manila after celebrating
the Mass. Below center, during the Mass pilgrims
react during a moment of silence for victims of
Typhoon Haiyan in 2013. Above, right, the pope
comforts Glyzelle Palomar, 12, after the former
street child spoke during a meeting with young
people at the University of Santo Tomas Jan. 18.
Pope, at Mass with millions, tells
Filipinos to protect the family
Warns of the family’s
betrayal by ‘ideological
colonization’
FRANCIS X. ROCCA
CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE
(PHOTO BY DENNIS CALLAHAN/CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO)
Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone and
Greek Orthodox Metropolitan Gerasimos
presided at an ecumenical prayer service
Jan. 18 at Immaculate Heart of Mary
Church, Belmont, for Christian unity and
for the welfare of persecuted Christians.
(CNS PHOTOS/PAUL HARING).
MANILA, Philippines – Pope Francis
told a crowd of an estimated 6 million
gathered in a Manila park to protect
the family “against insidious attacks
and programs contrary to all that we
hold true and sacred, all that is most
beautiful and noble in our culture.”
The pope’s homily at the Jan. 18
Mass also reprised several other
themes he had sounded during the
four-day visit, including environmental problems, poverty and corruption.
Despite continuous rain, the
congregation in Rizal Park began to
assemble the night before the afternoon celebration. Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle of Manila canceled other
Masses throughout the archdiocese
to enhance turnout. The crowd was
so dense in spots that people passed
hosts to fellow worshippers unable
to reach priests distributing Communion.
2015
The government estimated total
crowd size at 6 million-7 million
people. According to the Vatican
spokesman, Jesuit Father Federico
Lombardi, that would be the largest number of people ever to gather
to see a pope. A Mass with St. John
Paul II in the same place 20 years
earlier is believed to have drawn
4 million-5 million people, often
described as the largest live crowd in
history.
The Mass was celebrated on Santo
Nino Day, or the feast of the Holy
Child Jesus, one of the most popular
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CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO | JANUARY 23, 2015
VESPERS: Orthodox, Catholic parishioners pray for persecuted Christians
FROM PAGE 1
homily at the evening vespers. The
two parishes have a tradition of cooperation that goes back decades and
this coming Lent will be the ninth
year that they have joined together in
prayer.
“Fifty years ago it was unthinkable.
Today it is almost routine” to gather
to “pray together for the peace of the
world,” Metropolitan Gerasimos said.
“We share so much in common,”
Archbishop Cordileone said, thanking Metropolitan Gerasimos for
“a powerful reminder of the serious situation Christians are facing
around the world.”
“Christians need to stand together,
most especially Christians in the apostolic churches,” Archbishop Cordileone said, noting both churches trace
their roots directly to the Apostles.
St. Andrew, the brother of St. Peter,
founded the church in Constantinople. The Greek Orthodox Church
does not accept the authority of the
pope, but the Catholic and Orthodox
churches recognize each other’s sacraments, and share a profound devotion to Mary, the mother of God.
The jointly celebrated Catholic
vespers was the second prayer service
in less than a year that featured the
leaders of the local Catholic and
Orthodox churches. In April, Archbishop Cordileone was invited to give
the homily at the Orthodox Service
of Salutation to the Holy Cross as all
(PHOTO BY DENNIS CALLAHAN/CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO)
“Christians need to stand together, most especially Christians in the apostolic churches,” Archbishop Cordileone said Jan. 16 at a prayer service with Greek Orthodox Metropolitan Gerasimos.
prayed for the upcoming meeting last
May in Jerusalem of Greek Orthodox
Patriarch Bartholomew and Pope
Francis. The Greek Orthodox Church
of the Holy Cross has a fragment of
the true cross.
Benedictine Father Samuel Weber,
director of the Benedict XVI Institute for Sacred Music and Worship,
led vespers as cantor, assisted by the
Schola Cantorum of St. Patrick’s
Seminary & University.
“There is a long history of coop-
eration between these two parishes,
going back to when Holy Cross was
ﬁrst coming to our vicinity and
needed a place for their Sunday
school” temporarily, IHM pastor
Father Steve Howell told the gathering, noting when he visits the Greek
festival every year he sees “half my
parishioners.”
Father Howell and Holy Cross pastor Father Peter G. Salmas also share
a warm friendship, cemented by
prayer but also by regular chats over
coffee and panettone, Father Salmas
said. “Father Howell brings the panettone,” he said.
Archbishop Cordileone thanked
Father Salmas and Father Howell for
their “great vision and hard work and
leadership.”
“We have made it kind of regular
to meet this way, and we will not
stop meeting this way I hope and
pray,” said Metropolitan Gerasimos
as he began his homily, calling upon
“Orthodox and Catholic brothers and
sisters to bear witness to our common
faith in Jesus Christ, and to raise our
voices, our shared voices, to our most
high God.”
Immaculate Heart of Mary parishioner Nuria Simon said the ecumenical service “just gives me goose
bumps. I love it.”
Her daughter Didi Simon, who
noted her wedding reception years
ago was at the Greek Orthodox hall,
said that raising awareness of Christian persecution is imperative. “It is
crucial for our kids, our nephews and
nieces to get to know what is going
on,” Simon said. “Love your enemy,
love those around you. This message
must be spread.”
Holy Cross parishioner Christos
Kolias, who attended last Lent’s
service, called the ecumenical prayer
“very moving.”
“It is very important for us to join
in prayer not only for our local community but for the community at
large,” Kolias said.
Prayer walk
About 100 people marched through San Francisco’s Bernal Heights and Mission districts Jan.
17 carrying white crosses in solidarity, remembrance and protest for the 47 people who died
as a result of violence in 2014. The two-mile
Prayer Walk for Peace started at St. Anthony of
Padua Church and ended at Mission Dolores,
where Christian, Jewish, Buddhist and Muslim
faith leaders prayed for victims, survivors and
perpetrators. The walk is an annual event organized by the archdiocese’s ministry for victims
and families of violent crime. It is an outgrowth
of the homicide prayer service ministry organized by the archdiocese on the site of each
homicide. “God, you are just,” prayed Auxiliary
Bishop William J. Justice at one of two stops
along the route. “Come close to the brokenhearted. Console and join them in their anger.”
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CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO | JANUARY 23, 2015
Archbishop announces
clergy appointments
Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone announced the
following clergy appointments Jan. 17 from the office
of Father Raymund Reyes, vicar for clergy. These are
called a “first list of appointments and changes in the
assignment cycle,” with some already in effect.
Pastors, rectors, administrators
Cathedral of St. Mary of the Assumption: Most
Rev. William J. Justice, administrator, Jan. 1-June 30,
2015; Corpus Christi Church: Father Rafael Alfonso H.
Saíz, SDB, pastor, Sept. 10, 2014; National Shrine of St.
Francis of Assisi: Father John DeLaRiva, OFM Cap,
rector, Jan. 1, 2015; Old St. Mary’s Church: Father Bartholomew K. Landry, CSP, pastor, Oct. 1, 2014; St. Anselm Church: Msgr. C. Michael Padazinski, administrator, Feb. 1-June 30, 2015; St. Emydius Church: Father
David M. Pettingill, administrator, Jan. 1-April 5, 2015;
St. Matthew Church: Msgr. John J. Talesfore, pastor,
Jan. 1, 2015; St. Thomas More Church: Father Bernard
B. Poggi, administrator, Oct. 1, 2014-June 30, 2015.
Parochial vicar
St. Anselm Church: Father Mark G. Mazza, Feb.
1, 2015.
Chaplain
Nazareth House: Father Kevin P. Gaffey, Sept. 1, 2014.
Sabbaticals
ICTE (Institute for Continuing Theological
Education), North American College, Rome: Father
Erick E. Arauz, Jan. 1-April 30, 2015; ICTE, North
American College, Rome: Father W. Paul O’Dell,
Jan. 1-June 30, 2015.
Students for Life to host
conference Jan. 25 at cathedral
VALERIE SCHMALZ
CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO
Students for Life of America – which bills itself
as the largest pro-life group in the
country – is hosting a major conference in San Francisco the day after
the Walk for Life West Coast.
More than 300 members of Students for life of America also plan
to attend the Walk for Life Jan. 24
and will be up front, walking down
Market Street, Students for Life
Kristan Hawkins President Kristan Hawkins said.
The organization’s motto is “Abolish abortion in our lifetime.”
“We are bringing the conference to the West Coast
so we can mobilize and empower these young people
up and down the West Coast,” Hawkins said. An East
Coast conference, is held in conjunction with the
March for Life in Washington, D.C. For more information about the Students for Life 2015 West Coast
National Conference: sﬂalive.org.
“We are delighted to have these wonderful students who are willing to stand for life with us here in
California,” said Walk for Life co-chair Eva Muntean,
who noted that in addition to San Francisco Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone and Archbishop Carlo
Maria Viganò, apostolic nuncio to the United States,
10 bishops were expected at the 9:30 a.m. Walk for
Life Mass at St. Mary’s Cathedral Jan. 24 and at the
subsequent walk.
Last year the Walk for Life drew more than 50,000
participants and this year organizers expect at least
the same number. Following a rally at Civic Center
at 12:30 p.m., the walk along Market Street begins at
1:30 p.m. This year, the Info Fair at Civic Center will
include more than 50 vendors, including one with a
portable ultrasound machine, organizers said.
Students for Life of America has 110 pro-life student groups in California alone – most on college
campuses, but some at high schools, said Hawkins.
Nationally there are about 830 Students for Life
groups, Hawkins said.
The Students for Life East and West Coast Conferences are one-day events that provide education,
training, and opportunities with pro-life activists
from across America and national leaders “who
all know just how vital this pro-life generation is to
abolishing abortion in our lifetime,” Students for
Life states on its website.
Last year was the ﬁrst year Students for Life held
a West Coast conference and it attracted several
hundred. This year about 375 were registered and
there was room for more, Hawkins said. Among
the presenters at the daylong conference, which
begins with 7:30 a.m. Mass at St. Mary’s Cathedral,
will be former Planned Parenthood director Abby
Johnson and Catholic prolife apologist Stephanie
Gray, Hawkins said. Participants are coming from
California, Washington, Oregon and Colorado,
Hawkins said.
Visit walkforlifewc.com.
Retirements
Father Cornelius J. Healy, residence at Our Lady
of Loretto Church, Feb. 1, 2015; Father Anthony
E. McGuire, residence at St. Patrick Church, San
Francisco, Jan. 1, 2015.
Residence changes
Msgr. James P. Keane, Nazareth House, Jan. 1, 2015;
Father John J. O’Neill, Nazareth House, Aug. 26, 2014;
Father Ray J. Zohlen, Nazareth House, Nov. 1, 2014.
Medical leave
Father Joseph P. Bradley, March 1, 2014; Father
William J. Brady, Jan. 1-April 5, 2015; Msgr. Labib
Kobti, Oct. 1, 2014.
Additions to the Council of Priests
Dean of Deanery 1: Father Thomas M. Hamilton;
Dean of Deanery 3, Father Michael Hurley, OP;
Dean of Deanery 4, Father Bartholomew K. Landry,
CSP; Dean of Deanery 6, Father Michael F. Quinn;
Representing Religious Men, Father Michael
Greenwell, OCarm.
Departures from the archdiocese
Father P. Gregory McGivern, returning to Diocese of Dromore, Ireland, Feb. 1, 2015.
Shrine of St. Jude Thaddeus
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SAINT RITA LENTEN LECTURE SERIES 2015
“We are the Church”
Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of Gaudium et Spes
17 February, Tuesday 7:00 PM
17 March, Tuesday
7:00 PM
“Discerning Right from Wrong:
Moral Decision-Making in the
21st Century”
“From African Cry to a Gospel Joy
Rooted in Hope: Reading Pope
Francis’ Evangelii Gaudium with
African Eyes”
Rev. Kenneth Weare, Ph.D.
Teresia Hinga, Ph.D.
Pastor, Saint Rita Church
Adjunct Professor of Social Ethics, USF
Associate Professor, Dept. Religious Studies
Santa Clara University
24 February, Tuesday 7:00 PM
24 March, Tuesday
“Gaudium et Spes at Fifty:
Still Charting a Course for
Catholic Social Thought”
“Pilgrimage, Presence, and Place:
Art and the Sacred Journey in the
21st Century”
Rev. Thomas Massaro, S.J., Ph.D.
Kathryn R. Barush, D. Phil.
Dean and Professor of Moral Theology
Jesuit School of Theology, Santa Clara U.
7:00 PM
Assistant Professor of Art History & Religion
Jesuit School of Theology, Santa Clara U.
Masses:
3 March, Tuesday
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Sun: 11:30 am
Masses preceded by the Rosary;
blessing with the relic of St. Jude
Healing Retreat/Procession::
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Fr. Reginald Martin, OP
Novena Preacher
Novena in St. Dominic’s Catholic Church
2390 Bush St., San Francisco, CA 94115
7:00 PM
“A New Edition of the Catholic
Tradition: The Theology of
Conscience in Gaudium et Spes
and Dignitatis Humanae Personae”
Jan Jans, S.T.D.
Associate Professor of Ethics
Tilburg University, the Netherlands
10 March, Tuesday
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Reflection in Lent”
Michael McCarty, grand piano
Peter Chase, violin
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CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO | JANUARY 23, 2015
Life textbook,
prayer book
for NDNU prof
TOM BURKE
CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO
The Gospel comes in many forms according to
sources I trust as well as my own
experience. Chapter and verse is
Thanksgiving Picnic in Golden
Gate Park, started 24 years ago
by sociologist Cheryl Joseph of
Notre Dame de Namur University
in Belmont. Cheryl has been at
NDNU for 26 years. She holds a
doctorate in education and sociolCheryl Joseph
ogy from Wayne State University
in Detroit.
“The ﬁrst year of the picnic, I prepared the
entire meal in my own kitchen and just eight students participated,” the Michigan-born professor
told me. The premier meal drew about 20 homeless men and all stayed for conversation until
“well after dark,” Cheryl said. Students’ talk of
the experience served as an exhortation answered
by increasing numbers of volunteers year after
year. Cheryl continued as sole chef for three years
when students began to join her in the kitchen.
Faculty, staff, and many community members began donating food and supplies until the Thanksgiving Picnic in Golden Gate Park reached current
proportions.
This past Thanksgiving, about 70 students,
faculty, staff, friends and family members shared
a lunch of turkey sandwiches, pumpkin pie and
various accoutrements with approximately 400
homeless individuals who live in the park. The
activity is largely organized by students now and
the meal is prepared in the university’s cafeteria
kitchen.
Experiences like the picnic are critical to
students’ education, Cheryl said. “They allow
students to remove the blinders of familiarity;
question that which seems obvious; to ﬁguratively
step inside the shoes of others; and hopefully, experience a sense of compassion,” Cheryl pointed
out. “I personally think compassion is missing
from Westernized education today and, as a result
oftentimes, from individual and global relationships.”
The picnic encourages students to be with the
homeless as individuals and listen to their stories,
Cheryl said. The food, in addition to its value to
those receiving it, provides a connection. “Suddenly, homeless people become more than just statistics and nameless, faceless beings and become
human, worthy of respect and social justice.”
Cheryl’s is an “action-oriented, public sociol-
FULL COURSE MEAL: Kai LamCentino, center, a senior at Notre Dame de Namur University in Belmont, and some 70 more volunteers from the school brought Thanksgiving to Golden Gate Park for 400 homeless men and women Nov. 27.
ogy.” Students intern with homeless families, jail
inmates and their families, at-risk youth; abused
and neglected children, the elderly, victims of
cancer, and people living with HIV/AIDS.
“We can use sociology to navigate corporate politics and to adapt to cultures different from our own.
Maybe most of all, for those who are not content
with the status quo or with the study of white mice
being made to run through mazes, sociology is fun.
In fact, it can become a passion as it has for me.”
CATHOLIC SCHOOLS STRONG: Like stars in
the sky, faculty and staff who make
Catholic school education possible
in the archdiocese bring light to
the entire proceeding. We attempt
to thank them all with the few we
can name individually here.
St. Peter School has been in session for almost 140 years.
Mercy Sister Marian Rose Power
is volunteer development director
Sister Marian
Rose Power, RSM at St. Peter’s but getting there has
been quite a trip. She began at St.
Peter’s in 1978 serving as principal until 1987. From
1990 to 2013 she served as vice principal and onoccasion development director. In 2013 she put out
her shingle as volunteer. The Mercy Sisters say she
has been “the heart and soul of the school, always
lavished love on the kids and families and always
found ways the larger community could be involved.” Sister Marian entered religious life in 1953
and is a graduate of Holy Name of Jesus School and
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Cyndi Gonzalez has been teaching at St. Peter’s
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the vision and mission of the school,” principal
Gloria Galarsa told me. “She takes great joy in
teaching her students about their faith and how to
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CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO | JANUARY 23, 2015
Youth invited to 2nd XLT prayer, faith-sharing event
“During the XLT there’s going to be high quality
music, they’ll hear an inspiring, but relatively brief
talk, and then they’ll have the opportunity to take
what they’ve just heard, their fears, worries, joys,
challenges, everything they’re going through to
prayer during adoration,” Lindsey said. Youth are
then sent forth to implement what they’ve experienced from the XLT into their daily lives.
XLT began in Atlanta, Georgia about 15 years ago.
TOM BURKE
CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO
The church is catching up with the abbreviated
language of texting and messaging. A good idea
when you’re approaching high school age youth.
Lindsey West, youth minister at St. Denis Parish, Menlo Park, is on the planning team for the
second XLT-Mid-Peninsula coming up Jan. 28 at
Sacred Heart Prep in Atherton. The ﬁrst XLT MidPeninsula, co-hosted by St. Denis, St. Raymond and
Church of the Nativity, again this year’s sponsors,
drew 400 youth and chaperones.
“XLT is the cool way of saying ‘exalt,’” Lindsey told me in an email. “It’s an hour and a half
event for high school and middle school youth that
provides a profound experience of God and community.”
Components of the event include “live, praise
and worship music, a dynamic and engaging talk,
Pictured from left at last year’s XLT are youth ministers Linda
Basnage, Lindsey West, last year’s featured speaker and then49ers coach Jim Harbaugh, and Christine Augulis.
and adoration of the Blessed Sacrament,” Lindsey
said.
XLT is Wednesday, Jan. 28th at Sacred Heart School,
Atherton. Tickets need to be purchased in advance for
$5/program only or $9 /program and dinner. Hospitality
starts at 6:15 p.m. The program itself takes place 7-8:30
p.m. Lindsey West, lwest@stdenisparish.org; Christine
Augulis, youth minister St. Raymond Parish, caugulis@straymondmp.org; Linda or Mark Basnage, youth
ministers Church of the Nativity, tlbasnage@gmail.com.
Tickets can be bought directly at www.eventbrite.com/e/
xlt-mid-peninsula-encounter-tickets-14994513995.
Priory’s Insight Series forum continues Jan. 28
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CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO | JANUARY 23, 2015
POPE: At Mass with millions, Holy Father tells Filipinos to protect family
FROM PAGE 1
feast days in the Philippines. Many
of those who walked great distances
down closed roads to get to Rizal
Park held statues of Santo Nino.
For his ﬁnal scheduled public talk
in the country, Pope Francis stuck
to his prepared English text and did
not improvise in Spanish, as he had
done at several emotional points during the visit. Yet his voice rose with
emphasis during the passage about
protecting the family.
Those words echoed his warning, during a Jan. 16 meeting with
Filipino families, against “ideological colonization that tries to destroy
the family” through such practices
as same-sex marriage and contraception.
In his homily, Pope Francis said
Christians “need to see each child as
a gift to be welcomed, cherished and
protected. And we need to care for
our young people, not allowing them
to be robbed of hope and condemned
to life on the streets.”
The pope praised the Philippines,
whose population is more than 80
percent Catholic, as the “foremost
Catholic country in Asia,” and said
its people, millions of whom work
abroad, are “called to be outstanding
missionaries of the faith in Asia.”
Yet he warned the developing nation, one of Asia’s fastest-growing
economies, against temptations of
materialism, saying the devil “hides
his snares behind the appearance of
sophistication, the allure of being
modern, like everyone else. He dis-
(CNS PHOTO/L’OSSERVATORE ROMANO VIA REUTERS)
The pope is greeted by young people at a home for former street children in Manila Jan. 16.
tracts us with the promise of ephemeral pleasures, superﬁcial pastimes.
And so we squander our God-given
gifts by tinkering with gadgets; we
squander our money on gambling
and drink.”
Pope Francis, who had urged a
group of young people earlier in
the day to address the challenge of
climate change through dedication to
the environment, told Massgoers human sinfulness had “disﬁgured (the)
natural beauty” of creation.
Other consequences of sin, the
pope said, were “social structures
which perpetuate poverty, ignorance
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and corruption,” problems he had
emphasized in his Jan. 16 speech at
Manila’s presidential palace.
Aboard the papal ﬂight from Manila to Rome, the pope stressed that,
despite church doctrine against contraception, Catholics fail to practice
“responsible parenthood” when they
have too many children.
He also denounced the teaching of
“gender theory” in schools, likening
it to indoctrination of children by the
Nazis and fascists.
The pope made his remarks Jan. 19
in an hourlong news conference with
reporters accompanying him back to
Rome from a weeklong trip to Asia.
Pope Francis reaffirmed his rejection of population-control programs
as an example of ideological colonization and his praise of Blessed Paul
VI for defending Catholic teaching
against contraception.
But “this does not mean a Christian must make children one after
another,” the pope said, citing
the case of a woman who became
pregnant an eighth time after giving
birth to seven children via cesarean
section.
“Does she want to leave seven
orphans?” he said. “This is tempting
God.”
“Some people think – excuse me for
saying this – that to be good Catholics we have to be like rabbits,” Pope
Francis said, yet church teaching
provides for “many licit ways” to
limit reproduction.
Elaborating on comments he made
in Manila Jan. 16 about “ideological
colonization that tries to destroy the
family,” the pope offered a 20-yearold example of an unnamed government official, apparently in his native
Argentina, who was offered a loan
to build schools for poor children on
the condition she assign students a
textbook on “gender theory.”
Catholic leaders often use the term
“gender theory” to refer to ideas
that question or deny the God-given
nature of sex differences and the
complementarity of man and woman
as the basis of the family.
Pope Francis said African bishops
attending the October 2014 Synod
on the Family had complained of
similar restrictions on funding for
projects in their countries,
“Why do I say ideological colonization? Because they use a people’s
need as an opportunity to come in
and impose their will on children.
But this is nothing new. The dictatorships of the last century did the
same thing; they came in with their
doctrine. Think of the Balilla. Think
of the Hitler Youth,” the pope said.
The Balilla was a youth organization instituted by Italy’s fascist dictator, Benito Mussolini.
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CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO | JANUARY 23, 2015
Upholding marriage ‘a matter of justice and truth,’ archbishop says
CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE
WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court Jan. 16
agreed to hear four cases over the constitutionality of
same-sex marriage, tackling the questions of whether
the 14th Amendment requires states to allow such
marriages and whether it requires them to recognize
same-sex marriages licensed in other states.
In brief orders, the court accepted petitions from
Tennessee, Michigan, Kentucky and Ohio, consolidating them into one hearing that will be held probably
in late April, meaning a decision would likely come
before the end of the term in late June. The court
allotted an unusually lengthy period of time for oral
arguments, two and a half hours, compared to a typical 60-minute period.
As of Jan. 16, 36 states and the District of Columbia
allow same-sex marriages, either under court rulings
or state laws. In the other 14 states, they are prohibited, but those bans are all under legal challenge.
The Catholic Church upholds marriage as a union
between one man and one woman and teaches that
any sexual activity outside of marriage is sinful. The
church also teaches that homosexual attraction itself
is not sinful and that homosexual people “must be accepted with respect, compassion and sensitivity.”
The chairman of the U.S. bishops’ Subcommittee
for the Promotion and Defense of Marriage said that
a decision by the Supreme Court on whether a state
may deﬁne marriage as the union of one man and
one woman “may be the most signiﬁcant court decision since the court’s tragic 1973 Roe v. Wade decision
making abortion a constitutional right.”
The cases accepted by the court are all from the 6th
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. A three-judge panel of
the 6th Circuit ruled in November that laws prohibiting same-sex marriage are constitutional. That 2-1
ruling came in the case of a lesbian couple in Michigan who sought to jointly adopt the special needs
children they are raising together. The state will not
allow adoption by couples that are not married and
prohibits same-sex marriage.
The opinion said that although it is inevitable
that same-sex marriage will be allowed nationwide,
it is better to make that change through a political
process, rather than a court ruling. The 6th Circuit
was the ﬁrst federal appeals court to ﬁnd in favor of
such bans. Four other federal appellate courts have
found same-sex marriage prohibitions to be unconstitutional.
The case was fast-tracked to the Supreme Court,
appealing directly to the nation’s highest court
rather than seeking a ruling from the full Appeals
Court. The Supreme Court previously had several
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People listen to Pope Francis speak during a meeting with
families at the Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay City, Philippines,
Jan. 16. As the U.S. Supreme Court announced it would hear
four cases on the constitutionality of civil same-sex marriage,
the pope warned Philippine society was “tempted by confusing presentations of sexuality, marriage and the family.”
times declined to accept petitions to review rulings
that set aside same-sex marriage bans.
The court last delved into the issue with two cases
decided in 2013. In one, it overturned the federal
Defense of Marriage Act, which had limited the
deﬁnition of “marriage” to a union of a man and a
woman. In the other, it sent back to lower courts the
question of the constitutionality of a California law
banning same-sex marriage. The 9th U.S. Circuit
Court of Appeals subsequently allowed same-sex
marriages to proceed.
In his Jan. 16 statement on the court’s decision to
take the cases, Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone
of San Francisco, the bishops’ subcommittee chairman, said: “It’s hard to imagine how the essential
meaning of marriage as between the two sexes,
understood in our nation for over 200 years, and consistent with every society throughout all of human
history, could be declared illegal.”
Upholding traditional marriage “is not a judgment
on anyone,” he said. “It is a matter of justice and
truth. The central issue at stake is: What is marriage? The answer is: A bond which unites a man
and a woman to each other and to any children who
come from their union.”
James Esseks, director of the Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender & HIV Project of the American Civil
Liberties Union, said in a statement that the ACLU
was “thrilled the court will ﬁnally decide this issue.
... The country is ready for a national solution that
treats lesbian and gay couples fairly.” The ACLU is a
co-counsel in the Kentucky case.
During his trip to the Philippines, Pope Francis
made one of his strongest calls as pope against movements to recognize same-sex unions as marriage.
“The family is also threatened by growing efforts
on the part of some to redeﬁne the very institution
of marriage,” the pope said Jan. 16, hours after
warning that Philippine society was “tempted by
confusing presentations of sexuality, marriage and
the family.”
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sick brother or sister the face of Christ who, by suffering, dying
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CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO | JANUARY 23, 2015
Nigerian prelate: Church tries to keep
Boko Haram victims from despair
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MANCHESTER, England – What
do Nigerian church leaders say to a
woman who, pregnant and fleeing Boko
Haram extremists, realizes that she is
not physically capable of escaping with
both of her two other children and has
to abandon one of them?
This kind of situation – which formed
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Choice,” in which a mother had to
choose which of her children was sent
to a Nazi death camp – is being played
out in real life in Nigeria, said Archbishop Ignatius Kaigama of Jos.
“Priests are working hard to help
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and her choice, he said: “Such a woman
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try to help in whatever way possible.”
The archbishop said one of the biggest challenges facing the church is
to try to stop victims of Boko Haram,
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“The activities of Boko Haram are
faith-threatening,” Archbishop Kaigama said. “The people are wounded
and full of questions. At this point,
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hope. The church identifies with them
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belonging.
“Through homilies, pastoral letters,
visits to refugee camps and one-on-one
interactions and prayers, we encourage one another with the understanding that we are in it together,” he said.
“Our faith tells us that as members of
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Scripture, which is the bedrock of our
Christian faith, is calming and soothing.”
The church in Nigeria is “on her
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displaced people in Yola Jan. 13.
on the multidimensional security challenges plaguing the country as a result
of the activities of the nefarious Boko
Haram sect,” he added.
In mid-January, President Goodluck
Jonathan, who is seeking re-election
Feb. 14, met the Nigerian Catholic bishops to discuss “national issues.”
Archbishop Kaigama said that the
“top of the agenda” for the bishops was
the “need for the government to revise
its strategy to confront the menace of
Boko Haram.”
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CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO | JANUARY 23, 2015
HOPE: DEACONS ORDAINED IN
NORTHERN IRAQ
AINKAWA, Iraq – Despite the pain
of recent loss of family and ancestral
homes at the hands of Islamist extremists, Iraqi Catholics welcomed four
seminarians – three as deacons, one as
a subdeacon – in a ceremony meant to
encourage renewed hope for the future.
“Of course, we are so pleased for the
ordination of these young men who will
be priests. It’s a symbol of renewed life
for us and the church. Jesus Christ is
present among us,” said Sister Marcelle
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“This ordination is wonderful. It’s a
true sign to the world of the perseverance of our faith in Jesus Christ,” said
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works with displaced Iraqi children.
About 1,500 Catholic clergy, religious
and laity packed St. Joseph Chaldean
Catholic Cathedral Jan. 16 at the
ordination service led by Archbishop
Bashar Warda of Irbil; Baghdad Auxiliary Bishop Shlemon Warduni, president of Caritas Iraq; and Duhok Bishop
Rabban Al-Qas.
Several times, the congregation was
encouraged to look to the future and follow Jesus in the midst of violence and
destruction. Those in attendance also
were urged to celebrate the young men
for their dedication to the Lord.
Several women broke out in a wavering, high-pitched ululation, normally
used at weddings in the Arab world;
on this day, they celebrated the future
priests.
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those assembled. “He helps those in
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Church leaders react to announcement of Serra’s sainthood
CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE
LOS ANGELES – Across California,
church leaders greeted with joy the news
that Pope Francis intends to canonize in
September one of the state’s most wellknown ﬁgures, Blessed Junipero Serra,
founder of many of the state’s Catholic
missions.
The pope said during a news conference Jan. 15 aboard a ﬂight to the Philippines that he would beatify the Spanish
Franciscan when he comes to the United
States in September. He explained that,
just as he done in canonizing St. Joseph
Vaz a day earlier in Sri Lanka, he would
bypass the usual requirement of a second authenticated miracle attributed to
Blessed Serra’s intervention, in an effort
to promote and celebrate evangelization.
Los Angeles Archbishop Jose H.
Gomez was among those celebrating the
announcement. In a statement, he said
Blessed Serra “is one of my spiritual
heroes and a giant ﬁgure in the evangelization of the New World.”
The Franciscan friar, who served in
California – then a part of New Spain –
from 1768 through his death in Carmel in
1784, is credited with directly founding
nine missions in the present-day state of
California, and one in Baja California in
Mexico, and with reinvigorating established missions in central Mexico. Friars
under his tutelage founded many other
missions across California.
Archbishop Gomez noted that Blessed
Serra is associated with the origins of
Los Angeles and its original name, El
Pueblo de Nuestra Senora de Los Angeles de Porciuncula. Two of the missions
he founded are within the archdiocese:
San Gabriel Arcangel and San Buenaventura.
“It’s wonderful to think that this new
saint once walked the road that is now
the Hollywood Freeway and called it El
Camino Real, The King’s Highway,” the
archbishop said.
He added that he thinks the canonization will help the church’s current evangelization efforts and “remind us that our
state and our country and all the Americas are built on Christian foundations.”
In San Francisco, Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone had a video statement
posted on the archdiocesan website in
which he thanked Pope Francis for the
decision to canonize Blessed Serra.
The archbishop noted that he grew
up a short distance away from Blessed
Serra’s ﬁrst mission in what became the
state of California, San Diego de Alcala.
He said he’s “hopeful that the blessings
that will come from this recognition” will
include that others will be encouraged to
imitate the heroic virtues Blessed Serra
exhibited.
Already in his mid-50s when he arrived
in California, the missionary had left
behind a career in Spain as a respected
professor and well-known preacher to
come to the New World. He spent about
20 years evangelizing in central Mexico
before taking on the role as president of
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including his insistence on walking great
distances, even after sustaining a painful
leg injury that plagued him for decades.
In Ventura, the news was welcomed
with great joy by Father Tom Elewaut at
San Buenaventura, which was founded
on Easter Sunday, March 31, 1782.
“Considering that we are the ninth
and last mission personally founded by
Blessed Serra and one of six he personally consecrated, the joy and blessing
is personal and extended,” said Father
Elewaut, who since 2011 has been pastor
of the parish in downtown Ventura.
“Today our parish mission carries on
the vision of Junipero Serra as a vibrant
parish with daily Mass serving more
than 1,800 active parishioners,” the priest
said in an interview.
Father Elewaut said that the parish’s
eucharistic prayer at Mass already elicits
the intercession of Sts. Bonaventure
(Buenaventura in Spanish) and Kateri
Tekakwitha, in tribute to the Chumash
community, the Native Americans who
settled the area before the Spanish arrived. St. Kateri, the ﬁrst Native American saint, was an Algonquin-Mohawk
Indian, canonized in 2012.
“Now we also ask Junipero Serra to
pray that we be worthy of God’s grace
and call to witness the Gospel message to
all people,” he said.
Blessed Serra’s beatiﬁcation in 1988
drew criticism from some Native Americans and others who said he was responsible for extreme brutality toward
California Indians.
Among those reacting to the news of
the canonization, California newspapers
reported mixed reactions from Native
Americans, some defending the decision
and others complaining.
Blessed Serra is among the best-known
ﬁgures in California. Fourth-graders in
the state study his work in social studies
classes. The priest is portrayed in one of
the state’s two statues in the U.S. Capitol,
intended to portray those who made signiﬁcant contributions to California history. He is buried at Mission San Carlos
Borromeo de Carmelo, in Carmel.
Pope Francis said his September trip
to the U.S. will take him to Philadelphia,
New York and Washington – where he intends to canonize Blessed Junipero Serra
– but probably no other stops. He made
his remarks Jan. 19, in a news conference
with reporters accompanying him back
to Rome from a trip to Asia.
Asked if would visit the U.S.-Mexico
border on the same trip, Pope Francis
said “entering the United States by crossing the border from Mexico would be a
beautiful thing, as a sign of brotherhood
and of help to the immigrants.” But he
said making such a visit would raise
expectations that he would visit Mexico’s
shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe, and
he joked that “war could break out” if he
failed to do so.
theology class, from how he established
California missions to sayings attributed to him: “Always forward” is a school
theme, said Gary Meegan, chairman of
the theology department.
The theme took on greater meaning with the pope’s announcement
last week that he will canonize Father
Serra, the 18th-century Spanish friar
who founded a network of missions in
California, in September when he visits
the United States.
“I thought it was a really cool thing
to happen my senior year,” said Glenn
(PHOTO BY CHRISTINA GRAY/CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO)
Mission Dolores curator Andy Galvan and his cousin, assistant curator Vincent Medina, are
pictured at Mission Dolores Jan. 16 after the pope’s announcement that he will canonize
Blessed Junipero Serra, founder of a network of California missions.
Mission curators share ancestry
but disagree on Serra’s sainthood
CHRISTINA GRAY
CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO
(AYUNTAMIENTO DE PALMA, MALLORCA)
(MUSEO NAVAL, MADRID)
(PHOTO BY CHRISTINA GRAY/CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO)
Above left, “Portrait of Serra; Retrat de fra Juníper Serra,” 1790, by Fra Francesc Caimari Rotge. Above
right, “India de Monterrey,” undated, by José Cardero. Both images courtesy the Huntington Library, Art
Collections, and Botanical Gardens, San Marino. Bottom right, graves of Native Americans at Mission
San Carlos Borromeo del Rio Carmelo in Carmel are seen in this 2008 file photo. The remains of Blessed
Junipero Serra, are entombed in the mission’s basilica. Bottom left, Mission Dolores groundskeeper and
sacristan Raju Kumar, 54, bows as he passes the statue of Father Serra at the mission’s cemetery in
San Francisco Jan. 16, the day after Pope Francis announced he intends to canonize the Spanish missionary. “This is how I start and end the day,” he said. “There is a feeling of greatness about him.”
(CNS PHOTO/GREGORY A. SHEMITZ)
‘Despite the challenges, we are always moving
forward and always drawing strength from God and
God’s mission for our lives.’
GLENN MCDONELL
McDonell, 17, who said the students are
speculating whether Serra will change
its name to St. Junipero Serra High
School. He cited Father Serra’s words
“Although I may die on the way, I will
never turn back,” and “always forward”
as among the writings of Father Serra
that the boys incorporate into their
thinking.
The school prayer includes “In the
spirit of Junipero Serra, let us never
give up.”
“Despite the challenges, we are
always moving forward and always
drawing strength from God and God’s
mission for our lives,” said Glenn, who
works as a student leader in Serra’s
campus ministry and helps with student retreats.
“Life is tough,” said Meegan, noting
Father Serra’s life of constant pain
from an injured foot as he traveled
the West Coast is a great example for
the boys of persistence and tenacity
with the inspiration of faith. However,
because the boys learn so much about
Father Serra, they also think of him as
“their cool friend,” Meegan said.
Serra president Lars Lund said Father Serra “evangelized in the context
of colonization which we now know
was very problematic. Father Serra in
his time and place had to ﬁnd his way
forward and in his time and place he
was able to ﬁnd holiness. How do we in
our time and place answer Christ’s call
and ﬁnd holiness? We use Father Serra
as a model for that.”
Twenty-four hours after Pope
Francis announced his intention to
canonize Franciscan Father Junipero
Serra at the end of the year, Mission
Dolores curator
Andy Galvan
told Catholic San
Francisco that the
news made him
feel like he’d won
the lottery.
“Father Serra
has always been
a saint to me, I’ve
just been waiting
for the pope to
announce it,” Galvan said on Jan.
16. For almost 40
years he’s been
a board member
of the Junipero
Serra Cause for
Canonization.
Galvan traces
his heritage to
a pair of native
people baptized,
ANDY GALVAN
married and
Mission Dolores curator
buried at Mission Dolores during the Spanish
mission era (1769-1833). That era was
led by Serra, who established nine of
California’s 21 missions, including
Mission Dolores – formally known as
Mision San Francisco de Asis – before
his death in 1784.
Since Serra’s beatiﬁcation in 1988,
Galvan and others have worked hard
to establish the case for his sainthood
through the veriﬁcation of two miracles, and a life lived in accordance
with the cardinal virtues of hope,
faith and charity, and the theological virtues of temperance, prudence,
justice and fortitude.
A nun cured of lupus in the 1960s
was the ﬁrst miracle attributed to
Serra, Galvan said.
“The second miracle Rome is accepting is the miracle of his life,” he
said.
In the historic cemetery, a gaggle
of fourth graders ﬂock to the oversized statue of Serra looming over
the graveyard after their teacher tells
them they are looking at the newest
saint.
Californians owe much of their
‘It was his
methodology
at the time
to place the
padres as
guardians
of the native
people to
protect them
from the
military.’
state history to Father Serra, and he is
lauded by Christians for his piety and
ﬁerce determination to bring the faith
to the native people of California.
But his legacy is not without controversy. He has been denounced by
some who say Spanish rule destroyed
Indian culture in California and that
he mistreated native people in the
name of God.
Galvan said Serra was actually a
defender of Indian rights in the 18th
century. He went to Mexico City to get
the rights to protect the Indians from
the military who viewed the natives as
only a labor force. “It was his methodology at the time
to place the padres as guardians of the
native people to protect them from the
military,” said Galvan. “That was his
idea.”
Didn’t Serra also use the Indians to
build his missions? Galvan said yes,
and no. “He was also attempting to
teach them the Spanish lifestyle that
was coming upon them, to encourage
them to ﬁnd a way to survive it,” he
said. Galvan said he believes Pope Francis sees Father Serra as a role model
for missionary action today. He hopes
that will include the native people in
California, who he said “don’t feel
welcomed” in mission communities,
despite their historic link to them.
“The events of the past, you can’t ﬁx
them, you can’t change them,” he said.
“But what our missions can do today
is reach out to native people.”
Vincent Medina, Galvan’s cousin
and assistant curator, agrees.
Medina said that the mission story
often fails to acknowledge the native
people who built the missions and lost
their culture and many of their people
in the process. As he gives mission
tours, he tries to balance that lost narrative by talking about the richness
of the native land and culture the
Spaniards found here.
Despite their shared Ohlone ancestry, the cousins diverge on the subject
of sainthood for Father Serra.
Medina said Serra was aware of the
punishment inﬂicted on the native Californians even if it wasn’t at his hand.
He is not in support of canonizing him.
“I believe that if you are being canonized, if you are to be called a saint,
it should be expected during your life
you rose above the limitations of your
time period.”
12 OPINION
CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO | JANUARY 23, 2015
Protecting the unborn in a ‘throwaway culture’
W
hat a sight!
Over 25 times from the top
of Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., I have seen a sea of people
marching to
proclaim the
dignity of
unborn human
life, and how
death-dealing
abortion sends
the unholy message that some
human beings
are disposable.
And as I
TONY MAGLIANO
write, I plan to
march with and
view that sea of people once again,
during the 42nd annual “March for
Life” on Jan. 22. It’s always a moral
and spiritual shot-in-the-arm for me.
But good as they are, the Washington “March for Life” and the “Walk for
Life West Coast” in San Francisco (on
Jan. 24), as well as dozens of similar
events at state capitols throughout the
U.S., are simply not enough.
While signiﬁcant progress has been
made to lessen the number of abortions, nonetheless, according to the
National Right to Life Committee approximately 1 million unborn brothers
and sisters are brutally dismembered
by abortion each year.
And globally, according to the proabortion Guttmacher Institute, over
40 million unborn babies are killed
annually by abortion.
Throughout the entire year believers
in the God of life need to pray, educate,
peacefully protest, donate and lobby
on behalf of the unborn. They can’t do
it for themselves.
I
n the wake of the horriﬁc jihadist
attack on the Paris-based journal
Charlie Hebdo, the trope “satirical
magazine” was regularly deployed to
explain Charlie’s character and content. But that’s
not-quite-right.
And what’s
wrong about
it—when linked
to the sentiment expressed
on placards
reading “We
are all Charlie
Hebdo” – suggests just how
GEORGE WEIGEL
much trouble
Europe is in, as
it confronts this new form of war.
To be sure, French standards of
cartooning and “satire” are different
than those in other countries, as a
brief glance at a Charlie Hebdo cover
(and especially those dealing with
the Catholic Church, its people, and
its beliefs) would demonstrate. Still, I
don’t think it’s a matter of American
prissiness to suggest that “satire”
doesn’t capture the prevailing cast
of mind displayed in Charlie Hebdo,
which has always struck me as far
more nihilistic than satirical.
My venerable Webster’s Seventh
New Collegiate Dictionary deﬁnes
“satire” as “a literary work holding
up human vices and follies to ridicule or scorn,” the secondary deﬁnition being “trenchant wit, irony, or
sarcasm used to expose and discredit
vice or folly.” That is not what Charlie
Hebdo does. Issue after issue, Charlie Hebdo mocks, not vice and folly
(which are fair game), but many
(CNS PHOTO/PAUL HARING)
Pope Francis greets a child as he arrives to lead his general audience in St. Peter’s Square
at the Vatican last Sept. 11. Addressing a group of Catholic gynecologists Sept. 20, the pope
condemned abortion as the product of a “throwaway culture.”
Therefore, please email and call
your two U.S. senators (Capitol
switchboard: (202) 224-3121) urging them to cosponsor and actively
support the “Pain-Capable Unborn
Child Protection Act” which would
ban most abortions after 20 weeks of
unborn life.
There is solid medical evidence
that unborn babies feel pain by at
least 20 weeks after fertilization
(www.nrlc.org/abortion/fetalpain).
And abortion is brutally painful.
According to the National Right
to Life Committee, the abortion
technique known as “dilation and
evacuation,” used to abort unborn
children up to 24 weeks, uses forceps with sharp metal jaws to grasp
parts of the developing baby, which
are then twisted and torn away.
Another abortion technique after
16 weeks of pregnancy known as
“saline amniocentesis,” inserts a
needle through the mother’s abdomen and withdraws a cup of amniotic ﬂuid and replaces it with a
powerful salt solution.
According to the NRLC, the baby
swallows the salt solution and is
poisoned. Additionally, the chemical solution causes painful burning
and deterioration of the baby’s skin
(www.nrlc.org/abortion/medicalfacts/techniques).
In a Sept. 20, 2013, address to a
gathering of Catholic gynecologists,
Pope Francis affirmed the sacredness of unborn human life, and
connected it to the work of social
justice.
He said, “In all its phases and
at every age, human life is always
sacred and always of quality.”
The Holy Father said abortion is a
product of a “widespread mentality
of proﬁt, the ‘throwaway culture,’
which today enslaves the hearts and
intelligences of so many.”
This mindset, he added, “requires
eliminating human beings, especially if physically or socially weaker.
Our answer to this mentality is a
decisive and unhesitant ‘yes’ to life.”
Taking a consistent ethic of life
position, the pope linked together
unborn babies, the aged and the
poor as among the most vulnerable
human beings whom Christians are
called to especially love.
“Things have a price and are saleable, but persons have a dignity,
they are worth more than things
and they have no price. Because
of this, attention to human life in
its totality has become in recent
times a real and proper priority
of the magisterium of the church,
particularly for life which is largely
defenseless, namely, that of the
disabled, the sick, the unborn, children, the elderly. …
“They cannot be discarded”!
MAGLIANO is an internationally syndicated
social justice and peace columnist.
Europe and nothingness
(CNS PHOTO/JACKY NAEGELEN, REUTERS)
People hold a placard that reads “I am Muslim, I am Jewish, I am Catholic, I am Charlie” during
a Jan. 8 vigil in Paris, following the mass shooting at the offices of Charlie Hebdo.
people’s most deeply held and cherished beliefs, including their religious
convictions. I won’t describe its cover
cartoon lampooning the doctrine of
the Trinity after the Catholic bishops of France had opposed so-called
“gay marriage”; if that cover was not
pornographic, then the word “pornographic” has no meaning.
In the world of Charlie Hebdo, sadly, all religious convictions (indeed
all serious convictions about moral
truth) are, by deﬁnition, fanaticism –
and thus susceptible to the mockery
of the “enlightened.” But that crude
caricature of religious belief and
moral conviction is false; it’s adolescent, if not downright childish; it
inevitably lends itself to the kind of
vulgarity that intends to wound, not
amuse; and over the long haul, it’s as
corrosive of the foundations of a decent society as the demented rage of
the jihadists who murdered members
of Charlie Hebdo’s staff.
The sophomoric nastiness regularly
displayed in Charlie Hebdo most certainly does not constitute any sort of
warrant for homicide; the incapacity
of some Muslims to live in pluralistic
societies and the rage to which those
incapacities lead is a grave threat to
the West. The question is: What do
those two truths have to do with each
other?
Here’s my suggestion: You can’t
beat something with nothing – perhaps better, you can’t beat something
with nothingness.
If all that Europe can say in condemning the despicable murders
of Charlie Hebdo’s cartoonists and
editors is “We are all Charlie Hebdo,”
then what Europe is saying is, in effect, “We are all nihilists.” And how,
pray, is nihilism – nothingness raised
to a ﬁrst principle, skepticism taken to
the last extreme – supposed to defeat
conviction, however warped that conviction is? If all that Europe can say
to murderous jihadism is “Why can’t
we all just get along?” its fecklessness will make it an even softer target
for the kind of lethal fanaticism that
recently turned Paris into a war zone.
There’s another aspect to this tangled and bloody business that’s worth
noting, and that is the high price that
Europe, and France in particular, is
paying for culturally engrained (and
sometimes legally enforced) political
correctness. Virtually proscribing
public discussion of the threat to
European civility and order posed by
Islamist maniacs has made dealing
with that threat far more difficult: for
citizens, for the security services, and
for the public authorities. In the years
since 9/11, the French public square
has been dominated by the jihadists
and the xenophobes; and in that volatile social environment, something
very bad was going to happen. Now
that it has, perhaps steps can be taken
to bring the adults – and the real issues – back into the discussion.
“Liberty, equality, fraternity” can
be a noble slogan, bespeaking noble
aspirations. But freedom, justice and
human solidarity cannot be grounded
in nihilism. If all Europe is Charlie
Hebdo, then Europe is doomed.
WEIGEL is Distinguished Senior Fellow
of the Ethics and Public Policy Center,
Washington, D.C.
OPINION 13
CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO | JANUARY 23, 2015
Consecration made visible
W
hen I converted to Catholicism
in college, I had never seen
a woman religious. “Where
are they?” I thought. I fell into the
worldly attitude toward
consecrated
life: “What
a waste?” or
“Why bother?”
I had no way of
understanding
these words of
John Paul II:
“The ﬁrst
duty of the
SISTER MARIA
consecrated
CATHERINE, OP
life is to make
visible the marvels wrought
by God in the frail humanity of those
who are called. They bear witness to
these marvels not so much in words
as by the eloquent language of a
transﬁgured life, capable of amazing
the world.”
As I was drawn more and more into
the Catholic faith, I was introduced
to ﬂourishing religious communities.
I saw pictures of the Missionaries of
Charity and the Sisters of Life, their
habits sliced through dizzying urban
cityscapes as they went about their
apostolic work. They stood out like
lightning among the rank and ﬁle. Recalling John Paul II’s comments, their
visibility drove home the immediate
vibrancy of a consecrated woman’s
Christian evangelical witness.
When I encountered members of
these communities in person, they
displayed a clear understanding of
their identity as religious women,
self-possessed in their call to sacriﬁce
all for Christ their bridegroom. They
radiated peace and self-fulﬁllment. I
began to see religious consecration
as a joyful gift that allows each sister
to blossom, rather than a sacriﬁce
that stiﬂes. Like the Apostles drawn
by Christ’s Transﬁguration on Mt.
Tabor, I began to “sense with longing
the attraction of divine beauty” that
religious bring with the public witness of their consecration.
As my prayer life grew, I began
to sense restlessness in myself. My
colleagues seemed to be content to
advance along the upper echelons
of corporate America and initiate
programs for the laity at the parish
level. These are each worthy in their
own way, and certainly have a place
Perspectives from Archbishop Cordileone and guest writers
(PHOTO COURTESY SISTER MARIA CATHERINE, OP)
The Dominican Sisters of Mary, Mother of the Eucharist attend the 2014 Marin Catholic Wildcats homecoming game.
in God’s plan, but I couldn’t shake
the restlessness I was feeling that I
was made to give all. No pilgrimages,
prayer groups, or special projects
seemed to be enough.
When I formed the habit of making
regular visits to the Blessed Sacrament the restlessness slowly dissipated. I had complete peace. This
realization illuminated my discernment process. Here God was all mine
and I could be all his; here he could
lovingly conform me into a perfect
image of himself. It was this deepening awareness of God’s transforming
love for me in eucharistic adoration
that made the Dominicans in Ann
Arbor particularly appealing.
I can’t remember when I ﬁrst heard
about the Dominican Sisters of Mary,
Mother of the Eucharist, but when
I visited the motherhouse in Ann
Arbor, I was stunned. So many young
women were walking up and down
the corridors of the convent in quiet
recollection, habits swishing around
their ankles. It was a dazzling sign
of “the splendor before which every
other light pales … the inﬁnite beauty
which alone can fully satisfy the human heart.” This radiating glimpse of
them made me want what they had.
Likewise, religious themselves have
noticed how captivating a visible witness is in the modern world. In recent
years consecrated men and women
have been discerning new charisms
needed in the church. As a result,
many religious have been pursuing renewal in their own orders, or
initiating new communities like mine.
The foundresses of my community
discerned that not only was the world
in need of more Dominicans, but that
in order to ﬁght the modern heresies
of nihilism, materialism, and a growing disregard for the human person,
there needed to be a strong Marian
(motherly) and eucharistic emphasis
in our daily life as religious.
The Dominican Sisters of Mary
were founded in response to John
Paul II’s call for a new evangelization;
to reach out to those who are living
in a post-Christian culture and lack
knowledge of God’s saving love. We
have an emphasis on devotion to the
Eucharist and a striking witness of
to speak one’s mind for the sake of
some good. But, he said there were
limits “You cannot provoke, you cannot insult the faith of others. You cannot make fun of the faith of others.”
He illustrated his view by saying that
if his friend Cardinal Gasparri were
to insult his mother, he can expect a
punch. Pope Francis said throwing a
pretended punch his way.
Recently the Vatican and four prominent French imams issued a joint
statement that denounced the attacks
but also urged the media to treat
religion with respect. Muslims expect
respect for the prophet the same way
as they value the prophets of Judaism and Christianity. Attack on the
prophet was intended to humiliate
Muslims, but violence is no answer to
this – dialogue is.
Religion has always been a sensitive issue as history as shown over
and over again. We do not go around
ridiculing other peoples’ religion or
beliefs and not expect some reaction.
We should be concentrating on mutual
respect and good will and not alienation.
We should live together in peace and
with respect for each other.
Lenny Barretto
Daly City
Our Lady’s receptivity to God’s mysterious and providential care. Each
day the sisters pray the DeMonfort
Marian consecration and make a eucharistic Holy Hour. In these particular devotions I am reminded that I am
speciﬁcally Dominican, eucharistic
and Marian.
In my apostolic life, Our Lady’s
motherly love for all gives me
strength to sacriﬁce my own desires
for those of my students and my
sisters. I ﬁnd my students often relate
to me as a mother who will keep their
concerns conﬁdential and provide
them with the sympathetic support
needed from someone outside their
families. Sometimes this means
sacriﬁcing valuable preparation time
for my classes to meet with a student
about personal concerns, or to help
my sisters with needs around the
convent.
The faculty, students, and parents
that surround my community assure
me that the witness of consecrated religious has been sorely lacking and is
deeply meaningful. Now seven years
into religious formation, I’m giving
Jesus a personal and visible “yes” to
all the ways he desires to transform
the world through me. The centrality
of the Eucharist and Our Lady give
me a clear motive for my gift, my “holocaust” for Jesus, my bridegroom. I
want to give him all! When I encounter people who cannot comprehend
the value of religious consecration,
I hope that my witness and that of
my sisters will clearly communicate
that poverty, chastity, and obedience
are not, in fact, a waste, but rather “a
transﬁgured life, capable of amazing
the world.”
As we embark on the Year of Consecrated Life, the church reminds us
of the searing witness of the Apostles
when St. John says, “This life became
visible; we have seen and bear witness to it, and we proclaim to you the
eternal life that was present to the
Father and became visible to us.” The
question going forward is: after not
being visible for decades, how is the
Holy Spirit calling the church’s consecrated to be a stronger visible witness
to the “inﬁnite beauty which alone
can fully satisfy the human heart?”
SISTER MARIA CATHERINE is a Dominican
Sister of Mary, Mother of the Eucharist
and a member of the faculty at Marin
Catholic High School.
LETTERS
Limits to free speech
The massacre in Paris on Jan. 7 at
the office of the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo rightfully deserved
universal condemnation. No matter
what the provocation settling through
violence is never justiﬁed, although
Charlie Hebdo cartoons were hurtful
and racist and should not have been
published. Many Muslims have said
“Nothing is more immoral, offensive
and insulting against our beloved
prophet than such a callous act of
murder.” But I do stand for freedom of
speech. There should be no limits on
free speech, unless it directly incites
violence – the cartoons did incite
violence – so should not have been
published.
Pope Francis en route to the Philippines said that there are limits to
freedom of speech especially when it
insults or ridicules someone’s faith.
Defending free speech he said is the
fundamental human right, but a duty
Principle of proportionality
The 1987 U.N. Convention on Torture
ratiﬁed by the U.S. recognizes torture is
inhumane, immoral, and produces lies,
truths and half-truths. The fatal ﬂaw in
the U.N. position is the errant absolutism of unrestricted power that dares
say that “no circumstances may justify
torture; no state of war, no political
instability, no public emergency.”
Civilized societies wisely use the
time-honored legal ethical principle of
proportionality to determine punishment for a current or future illegal
act. Surely no government or religion
can have absolute unrestricted legal
or moral power to prohibit any means
that could stop the nuclear incineration
of millions. Such an opponent would
be insane, or a rational accomplice to
mass murder.
Mike DeNunzio
San Francisco
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14 FAITH
CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO | JANUARY 23, 2015
SUNDAY READINGS
Third Sunday in Ordinary Time
Jesus said to them, ‘Come after me, and I will make you fishers of men.’ Then they abandoned their nets and followed
him.
MARK 1:14-20
JONAH 3:1-5, 10
The word of the Lord came to Jonah, saying: “Set
out for the great city of Nineveh, and announce to
it the message that I will tell you.” So Jonah made
ready and went to Nineveh, according to the Lord’s
bidding. Now Nineveh was an enormously large
city; it took three days to go through it. Jonah began his journey through the city, and had gone but
a single day’s walk announcing, “Forty days more
and Nineveh shall be destroyed, “when the people
of Nineveh believed God; they proclaimed a fast
and all of them, great and small, put on sackcloth.
When God saw by their actions how they turned
from their evil way, he repented of the evil that he
had threatened to do to them; he did not carry it
out.
PSALM 25:4-5, 6-7, 8-9
Teach me your ways, O Lord.
Your ways, O Lord, make known to me; teach me
your paths, Guide me in your truth and teach me,
for you are God my savior.
Teach me your ways, O Lord.
Remember that your compassion, O Lord, and
your love are from of old. In your kindness remember me, because of your goodness, O Lord.
Teach me your ways, O Lord.
Good and upright is the Lord; thus he shows sinners the way. He guides the humble to justice and
teaches the humble his way.
Teach me your ways, O Lord.
1 CORINTHIANS 7:29-31
I tell you, brothers and sisters, the time is running out. From now on, let those having wives act
as not having them, those weeping as not weeping, those rejoicing as not rejoicing, those buying
as not owning, those using the world as not using
it fully. For the world in its present form is passing away.
MARK 1:14-20
After John had been arrested, Jesus came to
Galilee proclaiming the gospel of God: “This is
the time of fulﬁllment. The kingdom of God is
at hand. Repent, and believe in the Gospel.” As
he passed by the Sea of Galilee, he saw Simon
and his brother Andrew casting their nets into
the sea; they were ﬁshermen. Jesus said to them,
“Come after me, and I will make you ﬁshers of
men.” Then they abandoned their nets and followed him. He walked along a little farther and
saw James, the son of Zebedee, and his brother
John. They too were in a boat mending their nets.
Then he called them. So they left their father
Zebedee in the boat along with the hired men and
followed him.
With the Apostles on Galilee’s shore
I
t is a beautiful nuance among the fourfold Gospel
of Jesus Christ that Matthew, Mark, and Luke,
after the Lord’s Baptism, relate only events from
the ﬁnal year of Our Lord’s earthly life, whereas
John relates many events
and teachings between the
Baptism of the Lord and the
imprisonment of John the
baptist related here.
St. Bede the Venerable,
the great English father and
doctor of the church, reports
that “when John read the
books of Matthew, Mark,
and Luke, he approved indeed the text of the history,
and affirmed that they had
spoken truth, but said that
they had composed the history only of the one year after John was cast in prison,
FATHER JOSEPH
in which year also [Jesus]
PREVITALI
suffered.” Therefore, Bede
explains, “(John) related the
events of the former period, before John was cast
into prison.”
We surely notice the differences between last
week’s (John’s) and this week’s (Mark’s) narratives
of the vocation of the Apostles. Last Sunday, we
SCRIPTURE
REFLECTION
saw John’s account of the calling of the Apostles,
in which St. Andrew receives the honor of being the “protokletos” (“ﬁrst-called”) and that he
brings his brother, Simon, to Jesus, after spending
the whole day being taught by Our Lord (with the
“other disciple,” likely St. John the Evangelist).
Thus, John related the ﬁrst calling of the Apostles,
who were disciples of John the Baptist and then attached themselves to Jesus. Theophylact of Ohrid,
who is a great source of the teaching of St. John
Chrysostom, tells us that “(after joining themselves to Christ), grieving that John had been cast
into prison, they returned to their trade.”
St. Bede explains further that the calling of Peter
after the miraculous catch of ﬁsh in Luke 5:1-11
(“Lord, depart from me, for I am a sinful man”)
was a second calling of these same Apostles, who
“as their custom was, had returned to their ﬁshing.” Luke relates, in fact, that they drew their
boats to shore before following Jesus. Here with
St. Mark “they followed the Lord, without drawing
their boats ashore, (which they would have done
had they meant to return), and followed him, as
one calling them, and ordering them to follow.” St.
Mark is relating to us this Sunday the deﬁnitive
and ﬁnal calling of these Apostles out of the world
and into the mission of Jesus Christ.
The church thrills at the calling of these four
Apostles! The scholiast in St. Jerome sings in
MANILA, Philippines – The Gospel has the
power to transform society, ensuring justice
and care for the poor, but that can happen only
if Christians – beginning with the church’s
ministers – allow the Gospel to transform them,
Pope Francis said.
At the beginning of a Mass Jan. 16 with Philippine bishops, priests and religious in Manila’s
Immaculate Conception Cathedral, Pope Francis led the congregation in a special penitential
rite to ask forgiveness for ways they have failed
to live up to the high ideals of their promises of
poverty, chastity and obedience.
Pope Francis introduced the rite with a
prayer: “Unworthy though we are, God loves us
and has given us a share in his Son’s mission as
members of his body, the church.
“Let us thank and glorify God for his great
love and inﬁnite compassion,” the pope prayed.
FATHER PREVITALI is parochial vicar at Our Lady of the Pillar
Parish, Half Moon Bay.
LITURGICAL CALENDAR, DAILY MASS READINGS
POPE FRANCIS
POPE TO PHILIPPINE CLERGY: TRANSFORM
YOURSELVES TO TRANSFORM WORLD
praise of these pillars of the church, by whom “we
are mystically carried away to heaven, like Elias,
by this chariot, drawn by these ﬁshers, as by four
horses.” These are the “four cornerstones” upon
which the church is ﬁrst built, and they inspire us
to leave all earthly cares and concerns, to cease
living for ourselves, and to “hear the voice of the
Lord,” being “clothed with those skins of Solomon,
with which the bride rejoices that she has been
made beautiful.”
The same scholiast teaches us: “Simon” means
“obedient;” “Andrew,” “manly;” “James,” “usurper;” and “John,” “grace.” Through Simon Peter, we
listen to God; through Andrew, we do battle with
evil; through James, we conquer and persevere;
and through John we are preserved. Here we have
the four cardinal virtues personiﬁed: prudence, by
which we obey God; justice, which is “righteousness” and “virtue” so called; temperance, by which
we conquer the devil; and fortitude, whereby we
are preserved in the grace of God.
You and I are at the shores of the Sea of Galilee
right now, every day. Will we listen to Jesus, with
rectitude of life, conquering and persevering?
Through the intercession of these four Apostles,
may we always leave everything and follow Him!
“Let us beg for his forgiveness for failing to
be faithful to his love. And let us ask for the
strength to be true to our calling: to be God’s
faithful witnesses in the world.”
To the delight of the congregation, Pope Francis demonstrated that he was not simply reading English, but understood it. The prepared
text of his homily began with Jesus’ words to
St. Peter, “Do you love me?”
Someone close to the front of the cathedral
responded yes. The pope, laughing, responded,
“Thank you,” then explained, “I was reading
the words of Jesus.”
Starting again, the pope said Jesus’ words
to the Apostle, “Do you love me? ... Tend my
sheep,” are a reminder of “something essential:
All pastoral ministry is born of love. All consecrated life is a sign of Christ’s reconciling love.”
“Each of us is called, in some way, to be love
in the heart of the church,” the pope said.
- CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE
MONDAY, JANUARY 26: Memorial of Sts. Timothy
and Titus, bishops. 2 TM 1:1-8 or TI 1:1-5. PS 96:12a, 2b-3, 7-8a, 10. SEE 2 TM 1:10. MK 3:22-30.
TUESDAY, JANUARY 27: Tuesday of the Third Week
in Ordinary Time. Optional Memorial of St. Angela
Merici, virgin. HEB 10:1-10. PS 40:2 and 4ab, 7-8a,
10, 11. SEE MT 11:25. MK 3:31-35.
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 28: Memorial of St.
Thomas Aquinas, priest and doctor. HEB 10:11-18.
PS 110:1, 2, 3, 4. MK 4:1-20.
THURSDAY, JANUARY 29: Thursday of the Third
Week in Ordinary Time. HEB 10:19-25. PS 24:1-2,
3-4ab, 5-6. PS 119:105. MK 4:21-25.
FRIDAY, JANUARY 30: Friday of the Third Week in
Ordinary Time. HEB 10:32-39. PS 37:3-4, 5-6, 23-24,
39-40. SEE MT 11:25. MK 4:26-34.
SATURDAY, JANUARY 31: Memorial of St. John
Bosco, priest. HEB 11:1-2, 8-19. LK 1:69-70, 71-72,
73-75. JN 3:16. MK 4:35-41.
FAITH 15
CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO | JANUARY 23, 2015
God inside our divisions
C
hristian de Cherge, the Trappist abbott who was martyred in
Algeria in 1996, was fond of sharing this story: He had a very close
Muslim friend,
Mohammed,
and the two of
them used to
pray together,
even as they
remained
aware of their
differences,
as Muslim
and Christian.
Aware too that
FATHER RON
certain schools
ROLHEISER
of thought,
both Muslim
and Christian,
warn against this type of prayer,
fearing that the various faiths are
not praying to the same God, the two
of them didn’t call their sessions
together prayer. Rather they imagined themselves as “digging a well
together.” One day Christian asked
Mohammed: “When we get to the
bottom of our well, what will we ﬁnd;
Muslim water or Christian water?”
Mohammed, half-amused but still
deadly serious, replied: “Come on
now, we’ve spent all this time walking together, and you’re still asking
me this question. You know well that
at the bottom of that well, what we’ll
ﬁnd is God’s water.”
There are important religious
truths couched inside that story.
First off, all religions worthy of the
name believe that the ﬁrst thing we
need to affirm about God is that God
is ineffable, that is, God is beyond all
human imagination, conceptualization, and language. Everything we
think and say about God, even within
scripture and our deﬁned dogmas, is
more inadequate than adequate. It
reveals some truth, but, this side of
eternity, never the complete truth.
No dogma and no religion ever
provide an adequate expression of
God. If this is true, and it is, then
all religious truth is always partial
and limited in its historical expression and cannot claim adequacy. All
religions, all dogmas, and all expressions of theology, irrespective of denomination or religion, must humbly
acknowledge their incompleteness.
Only God is absolute, and an absolute
knowledge of God lies at the bottom
of the well, at the end of our religious
journey.
That fact radically changes the way
we need to conceive of ecumenism
and interfaith dialogue. Since no one,
us included, has the full truth, the
way of ecumenism and interfaith dialogue should not be conceived, as has
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been so much the case up to the present, of one side winning the other
side over: We, alone, have the truth
and you must join us! Rather the way
has to be conceived of precisely “digging a well together,” namely, as each
of us, with an open heart, longing for
those others who are not at our table,
refusing all proselytizing, becoming
engaged through our own religious
tradition in the search for deeper
conversion. That search is precisely
the search to get to the bottom of the
well, knowing that, once there, we, as
all other sincere, authentic religious
searchers, will ﬁnd both God’s water
and unity with everyone else who is
there.
The late renowned ecumenist,
Jesuit and Cardinal Avery Dulles,
called this the path of “progressive
convergence.” Eventual unity among
the various churches and various
faiths will not come about by everyone in the world converting to one
denomination or one religion. Rather
it will come about, and can only come
about, by each of us converting more
deeply inside our own tradition. As
each of us and each faith moves more
deeply into the mystery of God we
will progressively draw closer and
closer to each other. Christian de
Cherge’s story illustrates this wonderfully.
And this path, when correctly
taken, does not lead us into relativism and the naïve belief that all
religions are equal. But it does mean
that we must humbly accept that,
while we have the truth, the truth is
not ours alone. God desires the salvation of those in other denominations
and in other religious traditions just
surely as he desires our own. Hence,
as Jesus teaches us, God has “other
sheep.” God’s love and revelation
embrace everyone.
The path to unity among Christians
of different denominations and the
path to unity among world religions
is not one tradition, Christianity
included, claiming absolute truth
for itself . Rather it lies in “digging a
well together” and converting more
deeply into the mystery of God and
into all that asks of us. As we move
deeper into the mystery of God we
will ﬁnd ourselves more and more as
brothers and sisters in faith.
No religion is absolute, only God is
absolute.
OBLATE FATHER ROLHEISER is president of
the Oblate School of Theology in San
Antonio, Texas.
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Saturday, May 9- Day 2- MILAN/TURIN Upon arrival in Milan,
we are greeted by our full time tour manager, board our motor
coach, and drive to Milan. We will visit the beautiful church of
Santa Maria delle Grazie, home of the famous Last Supper paintingif permitted we will view the masterpiece. We continue to the
Duomo- Milan’s jewel, where we will celebrate Mass, before our
ride to Turin for dinner and overnight.
Sunday, May 10- Day 3- TURIN/FLORENCE This morning we
visit Turin Cathedral, and celebrate Mass. The cathedral is
dedicated to Saint John the Baptist and the major church of Turin, It
was built during 1491-1498, and it is adjacent to an earlier
campanile (1470). In the Chapel of the Holy Shroud, the current
resting place of the Shroud of Turin, we will view The Shroud a
centuries old linen cloth that bears the image of a crucified man; a
man millions believe to be Jesus of Nazareth. We will also honor
St. John Bosco, founder of the Salesians, as we commemorate the
200th anniversary of the birth. This afternoon, we depart Turin
on our scenic journey ride to Florence. We will transfer to our hotel
in the nearby Montecatini area for dinner and overnight.
Monday, May 11- Day 4- FLORENCE/MONTECATINI
This morning, we see the highlights of Florence, the jewel of the
Renaissance. We first proceed to Piazzale
Michelangelo for a panoramic view of the city. Next we visit the
Duomo, where we celebrate Mass, in the heart of the city with its
cupola by Brunelleschi, completed in 1240, and its Campanile by
Giotto and Baptistry with incomparable bronze doors by Ghiberti.
Next, we visit the Medici Chapel in the church of San Lorenzo, to
see the tombs designed and executed by Michelangelo. Afterwards,
we set out to the Piazza della Signoria, dominated by the Palazzo
Vecchio and its embattlement crowned tower. Across from the
Palace, we visit the Loggia dei Lanzi with the statues of the Perseus
by Cellini; Giambologna's the “Rape of the Sabines” and
“Hercules”. After free time for lunch on our own, we visit the
Basilica of Santa Croce. Among the most famous interred here, lie
Galileo, Rossini, Michelangelo, and Machiavelli. This is followed
by free time for shopping on the Ponte Vecchio and personal
adventure. We return to Montecatini for dinner and overnight.
May 12, MONTECATINI/SIENA/ROME
Today we journey through the Italian countryside stopping in the
magnificent city of Siena, which invites us to stroll through its
Gothic streets converging on the famous Piazza del Campo. We
celebrate Mass at the Dominican Church that commemorates St.
Catherine. We continue south through Umbria and proceed to
Rome. Driving by the Roman Fora, passing the Arch of
Constantine, the Coliseum, and the Tomb of the Unknown
Soldier. We stop at the Church of St. Peter in Chains to view
Michelangelo's possibly most celebrated sculpture, the "Moses.
Dinner/Overnight Rome.
Wednesday, May 13- Day 6- ROME We make our way to St.
Peter's for an audience with the Holy Father if he is in residence.
This afternoon, we visit the Holy Stairs and Basilica of St. John
Lateran We continue to St. Paul Outside the Walls where we
celebrate Mass. The huge, imposing Basilica is second only to St.
Peter’s and one of the largest churches in the Christian world. It
contains an unusual gallery of papal portraits: 265 tablets
portraying the popes of the past. Also we enjoy a visit to the
Basilica of St. Mary Major. We conclude our day at one of the
Catacombs, burial place of early Christians, where we view the
2nd and 3rd century fresco paintings. Dinner and overnight Rome.
Thursday, May 14- Ascension of Jesus- Day 7 -ROME This
morning, we visit Vatican City, where we celebrate Mass below
St. Peters. Afterwards, we see the treasures of the Vatican
Museum. We marvel at Michelangelo’s restored frescoes in the
Sistine Chapel and the wonders of St. Peter’s. This
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CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO | JANUARY 23, 2015
Executive Administrative Assistant
Archdiocese of San Francisco
Regular Full-time (37.5 hours/week), Non-Exempt
Looking to make a difference?
We, the Archdiocese of San Francisco, pledge ourselves to be a dynamic and collaborative community of faith known
for its quality of leadership; richness of diversity of culture and peoples and united in faith, hope and love.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities Include:
• Assists the Chief Financial Officer by acting as a major participant in various activities with outside business and
financial institutions such as, but not limited to, stock brokerage transactions and insurance and banking arrangements.
• This position also has responsibility for assisting the CFO with major projects as directed.
• Among some of the projects in which this individual would participate are: coordinate events for various public
presentations/seminars, maintain the financial policy and procedure manuals, develop and coordinate various
surveys for financial programs, and coordinate the Annual Parish/School Financial Reporting Program.
• This position has responsibility for the maintenance of accurate and complete records/files for all of the CFO’s
financial documents as well as for coordinating meeting arrangements for various financial groups.
Minimum Qualifications:
• Ability to interact professionally, especially in dealing with committees and financial vendors.
• Excellent PC skills with experience in Word, Excel, PowerPoint & Access.
• Good working knowledge of finance and accounting concepts. (Must have experience working in an accounting
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• Ability to multitask while working fairly independently with a minimum of detailed supervision or guidance.
• Excellent time management and organizational skills.
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.
Desired Education: BS/BA or relevant work experience
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• Experience and working knowledge of finance and accounting concepts – experience working in an accounting
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• A general understanding of the Catholic Church and the workings of parishes and schools.
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Senior Staff Accountant
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Cathedral Hill/Pacific Heights
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We, the Archdiocese of San Francisco, pledge ourselves to be a dynamic and collaborative community of faith known
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over 4,000 employees, 90 Parishes, 65 Elementary Schools and 4 High Schools.
The Senior Staff Accountant performs various accounting duties; fund maintenance; completion of accurate and
timely monthly, quarterly and annual financial reporting for the Pastoral Center Office. The Senior Staff Accountant
also works closely with the 4 high schools within the Archdiocese of San Francisco to ensure the accuracy and
timeliness of student accounts for monthly billing purposes.
PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES INCLUDE:
Pastoral Center Office
• Perform account analysis and reconciliation on
various general ledger accounts, including necessary
follow up and adjustments
• Perform reconciliation and analysis of various bank
accounts, including necessary follow up and adjustments
• Assist with update of pooled investment schedules,
valued at $100 million, on a quarterly basis
• Maintain Institutional Archdiocesan Deposit and
Loan fund, including interest calculations, additions,
withdrawals and monthly statements to all participants
• Assist with preparation of various supporting schedules
for annual financial audit and other reports, as needed
• Analyze various accounts including ad hoc analysis
High Schools
• Resolve student account billing issues through
communication with high school accounting
personnel
• Perform general ledger and sub-ledger account
analysis and reconciliations in connection with
student billing balances
• Perform reconciliation and analysis of payroll
bank account, including necessary follow up and
adjustments
• Generate student bills for the 4 Archdiocesan High
Schools, serving 3,300 students, in a timely manner for
their monthly distribution
DESIRED SKILLS & EXPERIENCE
Required Qualifications:
• 5+ years of general accounting experience
• BS degree in Accounting or related field
• Working knowledge of accounting principles and
practices
• Expert level with Excel
• Proactive, ability to prioritize multiple projects and
work collaboratively
• Excellent organizational and time management skills
• Proven ability to work independently
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Attention to detail
• Blackbaud, Serenic experience
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• Compensation: Competitive, Non-Profit,
Excellent Benefits Package
• This is at a non-profit organization.
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ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
PRINCIPALS SOUGHT
The Department of Catholic Schools in the
Archdiocese of San Francisco is seeking
elementary principals for the 20152016 school year. Candidates must be
practicing Roman Catholic, possess a
valid teaching credential, a Master’s
degree in educational leadership, an
administrative credential (preferred),
and five years of successful teaching
experience at the elementary level.
Please send resume and a letter
of interest by April 1st, 2015 to:
Bret E. Allen
Associate Superintendent for
Educational & Professional Leadership
One Peter Yorke Way
San Francisco, California 94109
Fax (415) 614-5664
E-mail: allenb@sfarchdiocese.org
Archdiocese of SAN FRANCISCO
DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS
The Archdiocese of San Francisco seeks a well-qualified Director of Communications. The Director
develops and executes a pro-active media strategy for the Archdiocese. This strategy is nuanced to
embrace three spheres of influence: the Archdiocese, covering the three counties of San Francisco, San
Mateo, and Marin; a national audience; and an international audience focused on the Vatican. Located
in the Archdiocese are over 400,000 Catholics, with over 300 priests and 700 religious. Among the
Catholic institutions in the Archdiocese are 75 elementary and high schools, 3 colleges/universities,
one seminary, and seven Catholic cemeteries.
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job poster.
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products or commercial interests.
TO APPLY: Qualified applicants should e-mail resume and cover letter to:
schmidtp@sfrchdiocese.org
Patrick Schmidt, Acting Director Human Resources
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CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO | JANUARY 23, 2015
SATURDAY, JAN. 24
WALK FOR LIFE WEST COAST: 11th
year for this pro-life effort that has
been attracting crowds of as many
as 50,000 people. Visit www.walkforlifewc.com.
SUNDAY, JAN. 25
CONCERT: St. Mary’s Cathedral,
Gough Street at Geary Boulevard, San
Francisco, 4 p.m., featuring various
artists; freewill offerings accepted at
door. (415) 567-2020, ext. 213; www.
stmarycathedralsf.org.
SATURDAY, FEB. 7
MASS FOR SICK: Archbishop
Salvatore J. Cordileone is principal
celebrant and
homilist for Mass
commemorating
World Day of the
Sick, 11 a.m., St.
Mary’s Cathedral,
Gough Street at
Archbishop
Geary Boulevard,
Salvatore J.
San Francisco
Cordileone
sponsored by the
Order of Malta.
kenmryan@aol.com; (415) 8656718.
WEDNESDAY, JAN. 28
SUNDAY, FEB. 8
‘XLT-MID-PENINSULA’: 90-minute
event for high school and middle
school youth that provides a profound experience of God and community with live, praise and worship
music, a dynamic and engaging talk,
and opportunity for adoration of the
Blessed Sacrament; Sacred Heart
School, Atherton. Tickets need to be
purchased in advance for $5/program
only or $9 /program and dinner. Tickets can be bought directly at www.
eventbrite.com/e/xlt-mid-peninsulaencounter-tickets-14994513995.
Hospitality starts at 6:15 p.m.,
program 7-8:30 p.m. Lindsey West,
youth minister St. Denis Parish,
lwest@stdenisparish.org; Christine
Augulis, youth minister St. Raymond
Parish, caugulis@straymondmp.org;
Linda or Mark Basnage, youth ministers Church of the Nativity, tlbasnage@gmail.com.
PRIORY TALKS: “Water: A Sacred
Trust,” explore both the beauty of
God’s sacred gift of water and the
senseless degradation of this precious
resource in today’s world with Dr. Mary
E. McGann, RSCJ, 7-9 p.m., Woodside Priory School, 302 Portola Road,
100TH YEAR: Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone is principal
celebrant of 100th anniversary
Mass at St. Paul of the Shipwreck
Church, Jamestown Avenue between Third Street and Jennings,
San Francisco, 10 a.m.. Conventual
Franciscan Father Paul Gawlowski,
pastor, concelebrates; www.
stpauloftheshipwreck.org. (415)
468-3434.
SATURDAY, FEB. 21
WEDDING MASS: Married couples
celebrating anniversaries marking
five-year periods (5, 10 and upward) are invited to a commemora-
Portola Valley, Founders Hall. Admission is free, refreshments provided,
Carrie Rehak, crehak@prioryca.org;
(650) 851-8221; www.prioryca.org/life/
campus-spiritual-life/insight-speakersseries/.
tive anniversary Mass with Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone,
principal celebrant and homilist, 10
a.m., St. Mary’s Cathedral, Gough
Street at Geary Boulevard, San
Francisco. Register at www.sfanniversary.net or (415) 614-5680 by
Feb. 12. Registration is required. A
$20 donation from each couple is
asked.
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 11
OLPH ANNIVERSARY: Our Lady
of Perpetual Help Parish, 60 Wellington Ave. Daly City, celebrates
its 90th year with Archbishop
Salvatore J. Cordileone as principal celebrant of Mass at 11 a.m.
followed by parish procession and
reception. (650) 755-9786; olphrectory@gmail.com.
SATURDAY, MARCH 14
FESTIVAL MASS: Archbishop
Salvatore J. Cordileone is principal
celebrant and homilist for Northern
California Choral Festival Mass,
5:30 p.m., St. Mary’s Cathedral,
Gough Street at Geary Boulevard,
San Francisco. Student singers
from the Archdiocese of San Francisco and around the Bay Area lead
song under the direction of Richard
Robbins of the music faculty at
University of Wisconsin-Superior.
A choral prelude will precede the
liturgy. Visit www.pcchoirs.org.
FRIDAY, JAN. 30
EVENING PRAYER: Sisters of Mercy
invite women to four Fridays of evening
prayer and conversations about vocation, 7:30 p.m., Mercy Center, 2300
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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
Gras grub available for purchase.
CRAB FEED: Archbishop Riordan
Crab Feed, tickets at $60 per person
include a full crab dinner, chicken
entrees also available. Tables of 8
available. www.riordanhs.org; (415)
586-8200 ext 217.
WEDNESDAY, FEB. 4
‘JOY OF GOSPEL’: Pray, read and
discuss Pope Francis’ teaching during
presentations on Pope Francis’ new
document, 7 p.m., Feb. 4, Mar. 11, Apr.
15, May 6; Dominican Sisters of MSJ
Motherhouse, 43326 Mission Blvd.
entrance on Mission Tierra Place, Fremont. Dominican Sisters Ingrid Clemmensen and Marcia Krause facilitate.
www.msjdominicans.org.
DIVORCE SUPPORT: Meeting takes
place first and third Wednesdays,
7:30 p.m., St. Stephen Parish O’Reilly
Center, 23rd Avenue at Eucalyptus,
San Francisco. Groups are part of
the Separated and Divorced Catholic
Ministry in the archdiocese and include
prayer, introductions, sharing. It is a
drop-in support group. Jesuit Father Al
Grosskopf (415) 422-6698, grosskopf@
usfca.edu.
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CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO | JANUARY 23, 2015
FRIDAY, FEB. 6
FIRST FRIDAY: Contemplatives of St.
Joseph offer Mass at Mater Dolorosa
Church, 307 Willow Ave., South San
Francisco, 7 p.m. followed by healing
service and personal blessing with St.
Joseph oil from Oratory of St. Joseph,
Montreal.
TAIZE: All are welcome to Taizé prayer
around the cross, Mercy Center, 2300
Adeline Drive, Burlingame, 8 p.m. Taizé
prayer has been sung on first Fridays
at Mercy Center with Mercy Sister
Suzanne Toolan since 1983. (650) 3407452. SATURDAY, FEB. 7
CEMETERY MASS: Holy Cross
Cemetery, 1500 Old Mission Road,
Colma, All Saints Mausoleum, 11
a.m., Father Tony LaTorre, pastor, St.
Philip Parish, San Francisco, principal celebrant and homilist. (650)
756-2060; www.holycrosscemeteries.
com.
SUNDAY, FEB. 8
VOCATIONS: Open House celebrating the Year of Consecrated Life:
The Dominican Sisters of San Rafael
invite you to St. Rose Convent, 2515
Pine St., San Francisco, 3-4:30 p.m.
Join us in a prayer for peace in our
chapel, followed by visiting and
refreshments in the convent. In Marin
County, you are invited to join us
at Dominican Convent, 1540 Grand
Ave., San Rafael, 3-4:30 p.m. We will
share a prayer for peace, followed
by visiting and refreshments. Please
RSVP for either location by calling
(415) 453-8303 or email crbush@
sanrafaelop.org. The Sisters of Mercy
invite you to Sisters of Mercy, 2300
Adeline Drive, Burlingame. All are
welcome to join us from 9:30-11 a.m.
and to stay for Sunday liturgy at 11:15
in our main chapel. Come visit our
home, learn about our rich heritage,
and meet our sisters who serve in
a variety of ministries in the San
Francisco Bay Area. Please RSVP by
calling (650) 340-7400.
BUBBLY & BINGO: SF Italian Athletic Club, 1630 Stockton St. in North
Beach, 11:30 a.m. $40 per person
advance ticket sales only, includes
lunch, champagne, two bingo cards.
Antonette, (415) 509-4810.
MONDAY, FEB. 9
‘9 DAYS OF GRACE’: “Hearts of Fire,”
a preached retreat Feb. 9-17 offered
by the ministries of the Society of
Jesus in San Francisco; presented
twice daily on weekdays, 12:05 p.m.
at St. Ignatius Church, Fulton Street
and Parker Avenue, San Francisco,
with Mass; 7 p.m. at St Agnes
Church, 1025 Masonic Ave. at Oak
Street, San Francisco with Mass. One
talk each day on weekend, Feb. 14,
12:05 p.m. at St. Ignatius Church with
Mass; Feb 15, 6 p.m. at St. Agnes
Church with Mass. ninedaysofgrace@
gmail.com.
THURSDAY, FEB. 12
SATURDAY, FEB. 21
PRO-LIFE: San Mateo Pro Life meets
second Thursday of the month except
in December; 7:30 p.m.; St. Gregory’s
Worner Center, 138 28th Ave. at
Hacienda, San Mateo. New Members
welcome. Jessica, (650) 572-1468;
themunns@yahoo.com.
HANDICAPABLES MASS: The first
50 years of this good work continues
to be celebrated throughout 2015 with
monthly Mass and lunch at noon in
lower halls of St. Mary’s Cathedral,
Gough Street at Geary Boulevard, San
Francisco, Gough Street entrance. All
disabled people and their caregivers
are invited. Volunteers are always welcome to assist in this cherished tradition. Joanne Borodin; (415) 239-4865.
MUSIC TRIBUTE: “Angel of the Amazon,” a concert performance of opera
dedicated to the memory of Notre
Dame Sister Dorothy Stang on the 10th
anniversary of her death at the hands
of murderous landowners in the rain
forests of Brazil with composer Evan
Mack conducting. The evening features
the voices of baritone Jeffrey Williams
and mezzo soprano Caitlin Mathes
with the Viva la Musica chorus, Shulamit Hoffman, director; Jim McGarry,
jmmcgarry@ndnu.edu; (650) 508-4120.
Cunningham Memorial Chapel, Notre
Dame de Namur University, Ralston
Avenue, Belmont, 7 p.m. Admission is
free. Donations to the Sister Dorothy
Stang Scholarship Fund welcome.
WEDNESDAY, FEB. 25
DIVORCE SUPPORT: Meeting takes
place first and third Wednesdays,
7:30 p.m., St. Stephen Parish O’Reilly
Center, 23rd Avenue at Eucalyptus,
San Francisco. Groups are part of
the Separated and Divorced Catholic
Ministry in the archdiocese and include
prayer, introductions, sharing. It is a
drop-in support group. Jesuit Father
Al Grosskopf, (415) 422-6698; grosskopf@usfca.edu.
PRIORY TALKS: “God, Grace of the
World,” with Camaldolese Benedictine
Brother Ivan Nicoletto. What grace may
God have for our lives and our communities? 7-9 p.m., Woodside Priory School,
302 Portola Road, Portola Valley, Founders Hall, admission is free, refreshments
provided. Carrie Rehak crehak@prioryca.
org; (650) 851-8221; www.prioryca.org/
life/campus-spiritual-life/insight-speakersseries/.
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GRIEF SUPPORT: St. Pius Grief Ministry is offering a facilitated nine-week
support group session, Feb. 23-April
20, 7 p.m., St. Pius Parish Center, 1100
Woodside Road at Valota, Redwood
City. If you are in the early stages of your
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CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO | JANUARY 23, 2015
Our ER offers
an unexpected
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When you check in to the emergency room, you expect
a few things: rapid treatment for your injury or illness.
Advanced medical technology. And expert doctors.
At St. Mary’s Medical Center, the only Catholic hospital in
San Francisco, we believe in something else you might not
expect: doctors and nurses who embody humankindness.
Maybe it’s simply someone to hold your hand so you don’t
feel alone. Or a comforting hug after a trying experience. Our
staff knows the healing potential of simple human gestures.
And they’re found in every Dignity Health emergency room.
Because we know treating your injuries helps you recover.
But treating you with humanity helps you heal.
St. Mary’s Medical Center
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