Pope canonizes four, says being a saint not for weak, fearful
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St. Peter's Square is seen during the canonization ceremony of four new saints by Pope Benedict XVI at the Vatican Oct. 15. The pope canonized Mexican Bishop Rafael Guizar Valencia of Vera Cruz; Italian Father Filippo Smaldone; Italian Sister Rosa Venerini; and Mother Theodore Guerin, foundress of the Sisters of Providence of St. Mary-of-the-Woods, Ind.
Archbishop Niederauer voices support for Proposition 85 By Maurice Healy In a letter sent to priests of the Archdiocese of San Francisco Oct. 12, Archbishop George H. Niederauer expressed support for Proposition 85, the “Parents Right to Know and Child Protection Act” initiative, which will appear on the California ballot Nov. 7. Proposition 85 mandates that except for medical emergency, no abortion can be performed on a minor unless the physician notifies the minor’s parent or guardian at least 48 hours before the procedure. It provides a judicial bypass for cases of physical or sexual abuse by the parent or guardian. It allows a minor access to juvenile court if she is being coerced to have an abortion. Archbishop Niederauer said, “It is a common-sense initiative that places the family above school personnel and counselors when it comes to determining what is right for their daughters.” Proposition 85 is supported by the California Conference of Catholic
Archbishop George H. Niederauer Bishops. In an August statement, they expressed agreement with the initiative’s statement that, “The People of California have a special and compelling interest in and responsibility for protecting the health and well-being of children, ensuring that parents are properly informed of the health-related risks to their children, and promoting parent-child communication and parental responsibility.”
Archbishop Niederauer said, “We cannot allow our children’s lives and values to be shaped by someone outside the privileged community of the family. The Catechism of the Catholic Church states that public authorities should not usurp the family’s prerogatives or interfere in its life. Parents have the original, primary and inalienable right to educate their children and to teach and transmit cultural, ethical, social, sexual and religious values.” Archbishop Niederauer’s letter underscores the efforts of many people at the parish level who are working to inform people of the facts about Proposition 85. Bill May of Catholics for the Common Good said volunteers are still welcome to help restore parents right to know. He noted that the web site www.catholicsfor85.org provides information on the initiative. Other Internet sources of information are www.cacatholic.org, www.sfjustlife.org, and www.catholicsforthecommongood.org.
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Presiding over the second canonization ceremony of his pontificate, Pope Benedict XVI honored two women and two men who demonstrated that becoming a saint is not for the weak and fearful. “The saint is that man, that woman who, responding with joy and generosity to the call of Christ, leaves everything to follow him,” the pope said at the Oct. 15 canonization Mass in St. Peter’s Square. Political persecution, poverty, suspicion and even opposition from church leaders were not uncommon in the lives of the four new saints: Mexican Bishop Rafael Guizar Valencia of Vera Cruz; Italian Father Filippo Smaldone; Italian Sister Rosa Venerini; and Mother Theodore Guerin, foundress of the Sisters of Providence of St. Mary-of-the-Woods, Ind. Even in the midst of “trials and persecutions,” the pope said, the new saints knew that following Jesus “truly guaranteed a happy existence and eternal life.” “The saints had the humility and courage to respond ‘yes’ to Jesus Christ and renounced everything to be his friends,” he said. In his homily, the pope said, “With great trust in divine providence, Mother Theodore overcame many challenges and persevered in the work that the Lord had called her to do. By the time of her death in 1856, the sisters were running schools and orphanages throughout the state of Indiana.” Speaking in French, St. Mother Theodore’s native tongue, the pope said that in the Eucharist, in prayer and in her “infinite trust in divine providence,” she found the “strength and audacity” to carry out her mission. Pilgrims who came to St. Peter’s Square for the Mass included dozens of young people from the United States. During his homily, Pope Benedict praised St. Rafael for his dedication to the poor and his commitment to preaching the Gospel and administering the sacraments despite being forced to flee the Mexican government’s persecution of Catholics in the 1920s and 1930s. St. Filippo Smaldone was an Italian priest who founded the Salesian Sisters of the Sacred Heart. St. Rosa Venerini was an Italian nun who founded the Venerini Sisters.
INSIDE THIS WEEK’S EDITION Catholic-Jewish relations . . . . 3 Catholics in space . . . . . . . . . 6 Pope’s Turkey trip . . . . . . . . . 9 World Mission Sunday . . 10-11 Commentary and letters . 14-15 ‘Jesus Camp’ review. . . . . . . 20
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Where You Live by Tom Burke
A salute to Midshipman Kevin De Ceoursty, a St. Elizabeth Elementary School alum and now a sophomore at Annapolis. Proud mom, Gail, teaches 4th grade at St. Elizabeth’s. The family also shares a tradition at Sacred Heart Cathedral Prep, where not only Kevin matriculated but also his sister, Jenna, and their dad, David.
A centenarian as of October 16th is Joe Denegri a parishioner of St. Monica’s in San Francisco for nigh onto 75 years. Much missed is Joe’s wife, Anne, who passed away 2 years ago. The couple had been married 72 years. Thanks to their daughter, Lorraine D’Elia, who was raised in St. Monica’s and was a member of the Pastoral Planning Commission of 10 or so years ago, for the good news. Joe was once a gardener in the Presidio and “trees over the tunnel as you leave the Golden Gate Bridge” were planted by him, Lorraine said. Lorraine’s son, Larry, lives in Virginia and works with the U.S. Justice Department. Her daughter, Lori Raden
also lives in the D.C. area where her husband, Lewis Chinh, and county chaplain, Father Frank works with the Department of Alcohol, Tobacco and Murray….A quick “welcome aboard” to Margaret Firearms. Joe’s great-grandchildren include Monica , Jung, new Development Director for the St. Vincent de Bridget, and Joe Raden, Paul Society of San Mateo and Alexandra and Jack County. Driven by its misD’Elia. Family and friends sion of service to the poor, are set to commemorate the the branch is continually occasion with food and fun grateful to its staff and in North Beach, Lorraine more importantly more told me…. All hats off at than 1,000 volunteers who St. Peter Parish in Pacifica last year helped more than for Frances Turner who 8,000 people including the died July 4th ‘after watchsick, incarcerated and ing the Giants game,” the needy. You’ll find the St. parish said in a recent bulVincent de Paul Society in letin. She’ll be missed by all three counties. When the her husband Tom, her eight new directories are circulatchildren….Congrats to ed, pick one up find their new members of the number and maybe give a Parish Council at Old St. Nobody had a better time at St. Charles Parish Festival hand. It has been a gift for than these 3rd grade buccaneers from St. Charles Mary’s Cathedral. me through the years to Elementary. Caught with the loot were Gabriella Michael Adams, Gloria know many Vincentians – Lehr, bottom left, Nikolina Cargonja, Giorgi Tan and Rob Guillen are as society members are Trembley, and Matija Skracic. Giorgi’s mom and beginning three-year terms known – and I remain dad – who certainly has earned an “Aargh” of and hats off and thanks to grateful…. Remember this homage with this fine photo – are Mary and Jim. already in-place councilors is an empty space without Brother Paul is a St. Charles kindergartner. Lisa Romano, Jim Foster, ya’!! The email address for Kevin Dusek, Joellen Street is burket@sfarchSheerin, Elma Santos, and Kathy Casey…. The Italian diocese.org. Mailed items should be sent to “Street,” Catholic Federation of St. Matthew Parish recently One Peter Yorke Way, SF 94109. Pix should be hard celebrated the ordination of Salesian Father Chinh copy or electronic jpeg at 300 dpi. Don’t forget to Nguyen. Among the revelers were branch prez, Harold include a follow-up phone number. Call me at (415) Fuentes, chaplain, Father Mark Reburiano, Father 614-5634 and I’ll walk you through it.
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Pope tells ADL that Catholic-Jewish relations should be expanded VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The progress made in Catholic-Jewish relations over the past 40 years should be expanded with a renewed commitment to exploring specifically religious themes together, Pope Benedict XVI told members of the Anti-Defamation League. Three dozen representatives of the U.S.-based Jewish organization met the pope Oct. 12 at the Vatican. Pope Benedict told the delegation the modern world needs religious, political, academic and economic leaders willing to work to improve dialogue between people of different religions and cultures. “To do this effectively requires a deepening of our mutual understanding and a shared dedication to building a society of ever greater justice and peace,” he said. “We need to know each other better and, on the strength of that mutual dis-
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Abraham H. Foxman, national director of the Anti-Defamation League, meets with Pope Benedict XVI at the Vatican Oct. 12. Three dozen representatives of the U.S.-based Jewish organization met with the pope, who called for renewed commitment to exploring specifically religious themes together.
covery, to build relationships not just of tolerance but of authentic respect,” the pope said. Pope Benedict told the delegation that Christians, Muslims and Jews “share many common convictions” and could work together effectively to meet humanitarian and social needs. Looking back at the 40 years since the Second Vatican Council, the pope said Catholics have rediscovered the Jewish roots of their faith, have strongly condemned all signs of anti-Semitism and have sought to create new bonds of friendship with the Jewish community. While praising the positive steps taken in Christian-Jewish relations, he said members of the two communities have been perhaps “too tentative” in their attempts to have serious conversations on specifically religious themes. “It is precisely at this level of frank exchange and dialogue that we will find the basis and the motivation for a solid and fruitful relationship,” he said.
‘New political culture’ needed to spur African growth, says Vatican By Catholic News Service UNITED NATIONS — For development to take place in Africa, “a new political culture” is needed which stresses international cooperation, a Vatican diplomat told the U.N. General Assembly. “A decisive condition for bringing peace to the world is an acknowledgment of the interdependence between wealthy and poor countries, so that development will be understood as a task common to us all,” said Archbishop Celestino Migliore, the Vatican’s observer at U.N. headquarters in New York. The archbishop spoke Oct. 12 in support of the New Partnership for Africa’s Development, a program to stimulate greater efforts to eradicate poverty on the continent. The program stresses greater international aid for Africa along with greater cooperation between African governments and the private sector to foment economic growth. Without greater international cooperation, development “may undergo a process of regression even in zones marked by progress until now,” said the archbishop. Also needed are “new forms of solidarity at bilateral and multilateral levels through a more decisive commitment on the part of all,” he said. In an Oct. 10 speech Archbishop Migliore said that fighting corruption and marshaling finances within under-
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developed countries are the main ingredients for spurring economic growth in poor countries. Foreign investment by itself “is unlikely to be significant, primarily because it is not meant to resolve problems of poverty and development,” he said. Poor countries need “an appropriate framework for defining national development strategies,” because many low-income countries are behind in meeting their development targets, he told U.N. members. Poor countries need special attention from rich countries because “low-income developing countries face the greatest difficulties in mobilizing domestic resources for development,” he said. “The importance of the mobilization of finances in the
developing world and their effective use within those economies is of little doubt,” he said. On the positive side the decline of development aid to poor countries has been reversed but a further $150 billion in assistance is needed if poor countries are to reach their development goals of halving extreme poverty by 2015, he said. Global poverty is the topic of a national conference set for San Francisco Oct. 27-28 at St. Mary’s Cathedral. The two-day conference, POINT 7 NOW: Keeping America’s Promise to Make Poverty History,” will bring together prominent Catholic leaders, international experts in poverty, development and relief, and grassroots advocates from several countries.
World Mission Sunday 2006 My dear Friends in Christ,
At Baptism, each of us is given the responsibility to be missionary - to share our faith and to be active participants in the Church’s mission to all peoples. World Mission Sunday, celebrated this year on October 22nd, gives us the opportunity to reach out in faith to more than two-thirds of the world’s people who have yet to hear the “Good News” of Jesus Christ, their Savior, or to experience - through the word and witness of missionaries - His abiding love. On World Mission Sunday, within the context of the Eucharist, we can offer our prayers and support, through the Society for the Propagation of the Faith, for the mission of making Jesus known “to the ends of the earth.” World Mission Sunday does not just happen here in our local church or even only in the United States. It is truly a universal celebration, a worldwide recommitment to the Church’s evangelizing mission, taking place in parishes throughout the Missions as well. Therefore, on October 22nd, united with Catholics throughout the world, let us pray for the concerns - in union with the sufferings of Christ on the Cross-for the salvation of the world. We also should offer financial help through the Propagation of the Faith for the Church’s work in more than 1,150 dioceses throughout Asia, Africa, the Pacific Islands and remote regions of Latin America. The missionary work of the Church depends on each one of us. As Pope Benedict XVI noted in his missionary catechesis for World Mission Sunday this year, “My wish is that this participation may always increase through the contribution of all.” Please be as generous as your means will allow and continue to pray that all of us in the Archdiocese of San Francisco may be eager and effective witnesses of Jesus in our world so in need of His love and peace. Sincerely yours in Christ,
Most Reverend George Niederauer Archbishop of San Francisco
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Father Warren Woods, Pastor Father Warren Woods, retired pastor of St. Monica Parish, died Oct.11 at Nazareth House in San Rafael where he had lived and served as resident chaplain since 1999. He was 81 years old and had been a priest for 56 years. Father Woods was born in San Francisco and attended Star of the Sea school in the Richmond District and Saint James School in Noe Valley. He later studied for priesthood at St. Joseph’s College Seminary in Mountain View and St. Patrick Seminary in Menlo Park. After his ordination in 1950, Father Woods served as an associate pastor at Saint Matthew in San Mateo, Saint Raymond in Menlo Park, Our Lady of Mercy in Daly City, Saint Patrick in San Jose, Saint Thomas of Canterbury in Campbell, and Santa Teresa in San Jose. He was named pastor of the now-closed Blessed Sacrament Parish in San Raphael in 1972 and served in that position for 18 years. He was appointed pastor of St. Monica Parish in 1990. In 1999 he took up residence and became chaplain at Nazareth House. “Father Woods provided constant support for the priests and faithful in residence at Nazareth House,” said Auxiliary Bishop John C. Wester, Vicar for Clergy in an announcement of the priest’s death. Long known for his air-escapades as pilot of private and larger aircraft, Bishop Wester said that even in retirement, “Father Woods found time to enjoy flying his Cessna Skymaster.” Father John Shanahan, retired pastor of St. Patrick Parish in Larkspur, was a classmate of Father Woods. “Father Woods was an upbeat and optimistic person, faithful to his calling,” Father Shanahan said, as he recalled the story surrounding Father Woods’ securing a gravesite and headstone at Holy Cross Cemetery in Colma. “When asked what he wanted on the headstone he said the basics would be fine – date of birth, date of ordination, date of
death,” Father Shanahan said. “When the person helping him encouraged him toward a statement or words that might tell something about him for those who might pass by his choice was ‘Then he geared down and locked,’ the origins of which are in piloting.” “The woman asked him what it meant,” Father Shanahan said, “and Father Woods said ‘It means I’m at the end of one trip and I’m off to another.’ When advised that no one would understand it,” he said, ‘Pilots will.’” Marta Rebagliati served as parish secretary at St. Monica’s during many of Father Woods’ tenure. She said, “What impressed me most probably was his cheery outlook on things and circumstances, he really meant it when he’d say ‘Spread joy.’ His loud, roaring laughter always filled the rectory and church. I remember his visits to Nazareth House long before he was the chaplain. He loved to visit there and spend time with the residents. He told me once that he grew up wanting to be three things, a fireman, a priest and a pilot, and that he got two.” Archbishop George H. Niederauer presided at a funeral Mass Oct. 14 at St. Isabella Church in San Rafael. The Nazareth House community prayed for Father Woods at a vigil service there Oct. 13. Father Daniel E. Cardelli, pastor emeritus at St. Isadore in Danville and a close friend of Father Woods for many years, delivered the homily at the funeral Mass. He said Father Woods was dedicated to the celebration of the Eucharist and helped people in their faith from birth to death. He said the priest had a wonderful ministry to the elderly and had a great way of seeing the gifts of the Lord in others. Remembrances are being accepted by Father Daniel E. Cardelli at Saint Isadore Church, 440 LaGonda Way, Danville, 94526, or the Sisters of Nazareth, 245 Nova Albion Way, San Rafael, 94903.
Paul F. Bergez, Catholic Educator Mr. Paul Bergez, Associate Superintendent for Catholic Schools of the Archdiocese of San Francisco, passed away Oct. 12 at the age of 60. A native of San Francisco, Mr. Bergez attended Catholic elementary and high school in the city at Notre Dame des Victoires and St. Ignatius College Prep. He graduated from Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles. He began his career in Catholic education in 1970 as a teacher at the elementary school, Ecole Notre Dame des Victoires. After teaching for several years, he became Assistant Principal at the school. In September 1979, he joined the Department of Catholic Schools. Over the next 27 years he held various responsibilities including school finance, development, personnel, administration, student scholarship programs. He also served as chief union negotiator, and worked closely with pastors and principals in supporting their fiscal responsibilities. He leaves his wife Cynthia, principal at St. Isabella Elementary School in San Rafael, and two children, Jean-Paul and Danielle. Also surviving are his mother Laurette, his brothers John, Ray, Michael and Ronald, and his sister Denise. His father, the late Raymond Bergez, predeceased him. Holy Names Sister Marianne Viani, who worked with Paul Bergez in the Department of Catholic Schools for 18 years, said he was dedicated to Catholic education. “Paul was wonderful to work with; he was always patient and helpful,” she said. “I felt proud to work with him, he was a man of great integrity and honesty.” During most of the 1999-2000 school year, Paul Bergez and Sister Marianne Viani served as co-interim Superintendents of Catholic Schools. Maureen Huntington, Superintendent of Catholic Schools for the Archdiocese since 2000, said, “Paul was the consummate professional. He was dedicated and full of integrity, and blessed with a wonderful
sense of humor that was helpful in many situations. Paul was incredibly knowledgeable and we will miss him very much.” Lars Lund, principal at Serra High School in San Mateo, worked with Mr. Bergez in the School Department for several years. But the Serra principal was the teachers’ union president when he first met Mr. Bergez. With an experience that covers many perspectives, Mr. Lund said, “Paul was among the most dedicated, competent and insightful educational leaders I have ever met.” “Paul served as chief negotiator with the teachers’ union for 20 years or more,” said Mr. Lund. “Paul was respected by both union representatives and school administrators. Even when there was conflict, Paul had the trust of both sides.” Mr. Lund added, “Paul was totally dedicated to Catholic education, to instilling in our children the values of our faith. We won’t see the likes of Paul Bergez for a long time.” Dominican Sister Glenn Anne McPhee, former Secretary for Education at the U.S. Bishops Conference and former Superintendent of Catholic Schools for the Archdiocese of San Francisco, worked with Paul Bergez for many years. She said simply, “He was the best and the brightest.” Recalling their work together, she added, “Paul had the highest integrity. He made an unbelievable contribution to Catholic education for more than 30 years. He deeply loved his family and he loved his colleagues.” A vigil was held Oct. 18 at Notre Dame des Victoires Church. A funeral mass was celebrated by San Francisco Auxiliary Bishop John C. Wester Oct. 19 at the Cathedral of St. Mary of the Assumption in San Francisco. Committal was at Holy Cross Cemetery, Colma. Donations may be made to the Archdiocese Education Endowment, One Peter Yorke Way, San Francisco, CA, 94109 or to St. Isabella School Endowment, P.O. Box 6188, San Rafael, CA, 94903.
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Respect Life annual meeting provides encouragement and recognition By Tom Burke Respect Life representatives from parishes and organizations in the Archdiocese of San Francisco gathered at St. Mary’s Cathedral Oct. 7 for an annual meeting held during Respect Life Month. It a day of encouragement, recognition and exhortation about “getting the word out” said Vicki Evans, Archdiocesan Respect Life program coordinator. “An awards ceremony recognized two longtime Respect Life advocates and three people doing outstanding work in each of the counties of the Archdiocese,” Evans said. The Lifetime of Service honorees were Mary Ann Schwab and Gloria Gillogley-Acosta who together bring almost a century of service to the Respect Life effort. Named as Outstanding Representatives of the Respect Life program were Dolores Meehan of San Francisco, Jessica Munn of San Mateo, and Erin Troy of Marin. “Dolores has been a terrific spokesperson for Respect Life,” Evans said. “Jessica has done a tremendous job organizing parishes in San Mateo County around Respect Life. “Erin has a lot of energy, a lot of original ideas and is doing a really good job in Marin.” Janet Morana of the Respect Life organization “Priests for Life” was the day’s facilitator. One topic of her presentation was how to keep conversations about Respect Life from getting too heated, Evans said. “She told us how to encourage people to become part of the Respect Life ministry and how to propose a proper program for each parish.” Evans said the diversity of the Archdiocese and elements including political leanings, language and economics play a role in how people hear the message about Respect Life. “Janet Morana was very well received and is expected to be a speaker at the third ‘Walk for Life – West Coast’ in January,” Evans said. “In addition we had a commissioning of the Respect Life representatives who pledged to continue to work for life and took the blessing of the Church with them back into the world.” “It was a day of training, fellowship and encouragement in this sometimes difficult ministry,” said Evans, a semiretired accountant, who has been serving as volunteer coordinator of the Respect Life program for five years. “The Holy Spirit has given me incredible energy to do this work.” News on the Respect Life front is good, Evans said. “Youth is more pro-life than ever. Nationally, we’ve crossed the 50 percent mark; that is, more than half of the nation now considers itself pro-life. Common-sense measures like the ban on partial-birth abortion and parental involvement in minors’ abortions have 70-80 percent support,” she said. “We’re only getting stronger. The ‘Walk for Life – West Coast’ has given the whole program a real shot in the arm. The first year it drew 7,000 people and last year we doubled
California bishops applaud court ruling on marriage Bishop Stephen E. Blaire, Bishop of Stockton and President of the California Catholic Conference, applauded the First District Court of Appeals decision Oct. 5, which upheld the constitutionality of traditional definition of marriage and rejected the idea that limiting marriage to a union between a man and a woman is somehow unconstitutional. Bishop Blaire released the statement following California’s First District Court of Appeal 2-1 decision in an appeal brought by the City of San Francisco. He described the court’s decision as “straightforward” and “well reasoned.” In his statement, Bishop Blaire said, “Both Catholic and Western tradition maintain that marriage is a faithful, exclusive and lifelong union between one man and one woman joined in an intimate partnership of life and love. This union was instituted by God and by its very nature exists for the mutual fulfillment of the husband and wife as well as for the procreation and education of children.” Bishop Blaire added, “In its decision, the Court’s reasoning could not be clearer. ‘It is …beyond dispute that our society has historically understood ‘marriage’ to refer to the union of a man and a woman,’ they said. ‘Courts simply do not have the authority to create new rights, especially when doing so involves changing the definition of so fundamental an institution as marriage.’” Presiding Judge William McGuiness said in the majority opinion, “We believe it is rational for the Legislature to preserve the opposite-sex definition of marriage, which has existed throughout history and which continues to represent the common understanding of marriage in most other countries and states of our union.”
Bishop John C. Wester, left, Vicky Evans, Erin Troy, Mary Ann Schwab, Dolores Meehan, Gloria Gillogley-Acosta, George Wesolek, Jessica Munn.
that. God bless our representatives and others taking up the fight,” said Evans. “They are the people standing for what is right and what is moral, not for what is politically cor-
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By Christie Chicoine PHILADELPHIA (CNS) — It is scarier to watch a space shuttle launch than it is to be part of one, according to Christopher Ferguson, who piloted the space shuttle Atlantis in September. “Sitting in the cockpit getting ready to launch is not the time to worry,” he said. Ferguson, 45, a captain in the U.S. Navy, said that by the time astronauts are locked in the shuttle they’re too busy to be scared. “When you’re there, you’re the one flipping the switches. You’re the one responsible for making sure that things get done on time and correctly. You really put your fears behind you. He was one of at least three Catholics on the six-member shuttle crew who were on a 12-day mission to the International Space Station. The Atlantis crew returned to earth Sept. 21 after a journey of more than 4.9 million miles in space. “But I think it’s like most things in life, when you’re ready to take a big leap. You make all your terms with God upfront, beforehand,” he said. “Then you put your head down, you bore ahead, and you do everything you’re supposed to do — hopefully, in the way that you’re supposed to do it.” For Ferguson, a member of St. Bernadette Parish in Houston with his wife and three children, prayer was pivotal in
his preparation for the space shuttle liftoff. The astronauts’ mission to the space station was the first in a series of missions. The crew began reconstruction of the station after a fouryear break in the project. They installed a solar power unit and truss structure and constructed three complex spacewalks. Ferguson said he remembers as a young boy watching television as Neil Armstrong stepped on the moon and his dad telling him he would not forget that. Another astronaut, Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper, 43, who was raised in both the Latin-rite Catholic Church and the Ukrainian Catholic Church in St. Paul, Minn., currently lives in Houston with her husband and son. She decided to become an astronaut almost by default. She failed the eye test necessary to become a Navy pilot, so she became a diver in the Navy doing underwater ship repair. She figured she could use those same skills in space doing repair and building work. She said she was nervous before the launch because she didn’t know what to expect, but she also trusted that God would take care of her. “I know God and my guardian angel is looking out for me and is going to keep me safe,” she said. “I feel that if it’s time for me to go to heaven then the time is there. ... But at the same time, I definitely wanted to come back to the ground.”
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With this mission, she joined six other women in making space history by walking in space to help make repairs on the space station. Another astronaut, Daniel Burbank, is a 25year member of the Knights of Columbus council in Tolland, Conn. Burbank, who is married and has two children, did not initially think he would be involved in space flight. He was a U.S. Coast Guard rescue pilot for several years before applying to NASA — he applied three times before being accepted to the space program.
His first space flight was in September 2000, also aboard Atlantis and also involving work on the space station. In a NASA interview, Burbank stressed the importance of working with others, saying that in space flight in particular “your life is in the hands of your crewmates, and their lives are in your hands as well. So you’ve got to genuinely care about them and they’ve got to care about you. I think being a good person, being reliable, being trustworthy, and genuinely caring about people is real important.”
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Archdiocese to add on-line training to its safe environment programs As part if its efforts to assure a safe environment for children and youth, the Archdiocese of San Francisco will use a new on-line training course called “Shield the Vulnerable� as a way of helping Church employees and volunteers fulfill their responsibility to recognize and report child abuse. In a recent letter to pastors and principals, San Francisco Archbishop George H. Niederauer announced the availability and approval of the new “mandatory� on-line training program. “This new on-line training model is our best effort to educate all those employees and volunteers working with children in a much more effective and efficient manner,� he said. The Archbishop said benefits of the new 60minute program include flexibility of schedule
for those taking the course and availability of the course in Spanish and English. Classroom training will be offered for those without computer access, he noted. “I require all pastors and principals to put into place as soon as possible appropriate plans at your sites to ensure that this mandatory training program is provided to all employees and volunteers who have regular contact with children,� the Archbishop said. Patrick Schmidt, associate director of the Human Resources Office of the Archdiocese, said the new program is a welcome addition to the campaign to protect children. “The implementation of this on-line training and the related electronic tracking of the participants has improved the accuracy and efficiency of delivering a consistent, up-to-date training
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Vatican: Prejudice against one religion puts all faiths at risk WARSAW, Poland (CNS) — Whenever a religion is the subject of prejudice or discrimination, all religions are at risk, a Vatican official told the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe. Religious communities have tremendous power to promote respect and tolerance, but they are unable “to effectively work against stereotypes if they themselves are victims of them,� said Msgr. Ettore Balestrero, an official of the Vatican Secretariat of State. The official spoke Oct. 12 during an annual meeting at which OSCE’s 56 member nations review progress made on issues related to promoting democracy and human rights. “No partnership among cultures, religions and ethnic identities can be established without mutual knowledge,� Msgr. Balestrero said. “Creating a partnership requires dialogue.� The common ground must be built upon respect for reli-
gions and culture, not on excluding religious values and believers from public debates, he said. Msgr. Balestrero referred to Pope Benedict XVI’s Sept. 12 speech in Regensburg, Germany, on the relationship between faith and reason. The pope’s speech, he said, was a call “not to consider the mockery of the sacred a right of freedom.� When religion is treated as a “subculture� and sidelined from dialogue among cultures, those who are deeply religious consider it an attack against their deepest convictions, Msgr. Balestrero said. He did not get into the remarks Pope Benedict made about violence and Islam or the controversy that followed his remarks. Without citing specific examples, Msgr. Balestrero asked the OSCE’s Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights to take seriously its commitment “to fight against prejudice,
Pope Benedict still trusts in Pope John Paul’s guidance VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Marking the 28th anniversary of the election of Pope John Paul II, Pope Benedict XVI told Polish Catholics that he, like many of them, continues to trust in the guidance of the late pope. “I was able to spend more than two decades at his side, enjoying his benevolence and friendship,� said Pope Benedict, former prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, and “today I can continue his work under his protective gaze from the house of the Father.�
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Vatican confirms trip to Turkey, despite some Muslims’ misgivings By John Thavis VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The Vatican officially confirmed that Pope Benedict XVI will travel to Turkey at the end of November, despite misgivings among many Muslims over recent papal remarks on Islam. The pope’s Nov. 28-Dec. 1 trip, his first to a predominantly Muslim country, will include stops in Ankara, Ephesus and Istanbul, the Vatican said Oct. 16. The pope will travel at the invitation of the Turkish government and the Orthodox Church’s Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople. In Ankara, the capital, he is expected to meet with political leaders Nov. 28. The following day he is expected to say Mass
in Ephesus, an early center of Christianity in western Turkey. The pope will meet with Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew in Istanbul in the evening of Nov. 29 and participate in an Orthodox liturgy Nov. 30. On Dec. 1, he is expected to celebrate Mass for Catholics in the city before returning to Rome. In September, the pope gave a speech in Germany that quoted from a text that criticized Islam and accused Muslims of spreading their faith “by the sword.� The speech caused widespread indignation among Muslims, particularly in Turkey, where some suggested the papal trip be canceled. Since then, on several occasions the pope has expressed his regret at the offense taken by Muslims and distanced himself from the critical comments he quoted. Many Muslim leaders have welcomed the papal
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Mission Sunday recognizes the missionary work of the Catholic Church By Evelyn Zappia Catholics worldwide will participate in the Eucharistic celebration of World Mission Sunday, Oct. 22, a day set aside for reflection on the Church’s missionary work. Catholics are asked to continue supporting the Church’s worldwide missionary efforts through prayer, personal sacrifice and financial support. Pope Benedict XVI, in his message for World Mission Sunday, said, “being missionaries means stooping down to the needs of all, especially those of the poorest and most destitute.” Since the founding of the Society of the Propagation of the Faith in 1822, Catholic missionaries around the world have put their own interests aside to share the “Good
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U N S D A N Y O I S S I M WOROCTOBER LD 22, 2006 “a Eucharistic celebration for all the missions of the world” “Before our time in the Philippines, our kids knew that that the world was there for them,” explains Donna Gaffney. “After their mission experience, they discovered the importance of being there for the other person.”
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World Mission Sunday 2006 Dear Friends of the Missions, World Mission Sunday is a special day for all of us who are called, by Baptism, to be involved in the missionary work of the Church. On this Sunday, every nation, even the poorest in the Developing World, contributes to the mission needs of the Church worldwide. More than 10 years ago, when Rwanda had endured much suffering and thousands died as a result of tribal conflict there, the people in one parish in that African nation offered $81.00 for the Church’s mission to bring the great “Good News” of Jesus Christ to others.
(PHOTO COURTESY OF THE GAFFNEY FAMILY)
World Mission Sunday truly belongs to the world. It is celebrated in every country, in every diocese and in every parish – in a remote chapel far out in the African bush, in predominantly Muslim or Hindu area in Asia, in a poor village in Latin America. We are citizens of the world, member of the one Body of Christ, and are at our best when we act lovingly and generously to our brothers and sisters in the Missions. So this year remember that on October 22, World Mission Sunday, the family of the Church celebrates that we are “one family in mission.” Please pray for the people of the Missions and for missionaries. I ask also for your most generous help to make Christ known. The collection gathered for the Society for the Propagation of the Faith on that Sunday – the offereings of Catholics worldwide is vitally needed for the pastoral and evangelizing work of more than 1,150 dioceses throughout Asia, Africa, the Pacific Islands and remote regions of Latin America.
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FACES OF GLOBAL POVERTY Young women workers at risk in garment factories in Cambodia Story and photos by Peter Lemieux One might think on a late weekday afternoon in Phnom Penh, Cambodia that a school bell had just rung and class had been let out at an exclusive all-girls boarding school. Hundreds of young girls, all in uniform, spill from the gates onto the dusty street and begin their short walk to the dormitories. Many girls giggle, perhaps talking of their dates to the next dance. Others appear a bit bedraggled, with that look of having studied late the previous night for an important test. Motorbike drivers, possibly new sweethearts, pick up popular girls and whisk them away to parts unknown. But these young women are not products of a privileged upbringing, and they are not ending a school day at an exclusive academy. They are young garment factory workers in Phnom Penh’s Pochentong Industrial Zone. These young women are not thinking about college or what they want to be when they grow up. They have a job to do. Their daily work involves stitching sleeves onto Gap T-shirts, sewing pockets into Banana Republic pants, and sticking labels onto Abercrombie & Fitch boxer shorts. In short, their task is to clothe America, and through their work put food on the table for themselves and their families in the provinces.
Garment workers leave the factory after their shift in Pochantong Industrial Zone near Phnom Penh Airport.
These girls and young women are at risk and that is why Daughter of Charity Sister Soldelicia Lara, “Sister Sol,” moved into Pochentong early this year. “They don’t know the value of life itself,” she said in the tiny apartment she rents in Pochentong, where nearly 8,000 garment workers live. “If they don’t have work for two weeks, they have to do something to get food and money. So what do they do? They find sideline work as a karaoke girl. And it’s usually the girls working in the karaoke bars that are in most danger of HIV. In the barren dustbowl of Pochentong, a few minutes from Phnom Penh International Airport, sit rows of ramshackle, barrack-like tenement buildings. Each structure, subdivided into cramped one-room apartments, is jammed as full with garment workers as the U.S.bound shipping containers are with garment exports. Empty by day, alive by night, Pochentong offers little community support and few public services to the workers streaming in from the countryside. For them, it is a setting ripe for exploitation, vulnerability and risky behavior. “Sexual awakening, loneliness, distance from family, absence from parental authority, opportunities to have many friends combined with the feeling of freedom,” is how the Asian Business Coalition on AIDS characterized the precarious situation facing many of the factory girls.
Young female garment workers live in barracks-like housing where heat, poor ventilation and crowded conditions make for unhealthy living conditions.
The path from Cambodia’s poor rural countryside to Phnom Penh is as worn as the knees of an old pair of Levi’s. Each day, packed buses from all over Cambodia pour into the capital city’s Central Market Bus Station. Besides fresh-cut flowers and produce for market, the buses deliver the rural “womanpower” that fuels Phnom Penh’s booming garment sector and keeps the Cambodian economy afloat. In recent years, more than 293,000 people, 85 percent women between the ages of 18 to 25, have found employment in garment factories around the capital, according to Better Factories Cambodia (BFC), a program of the watchdog group International Labor Organization. These poor girls and young women come to Phnom Penh from very poor rural provinces. Of the nation’s nearly five million poor, 91 percent live in the countryside. Low literacy rates, weak communications and transportation infrastructure, lack of access to technology, poor public services and food insecurity are some of the factors combining to limit a rural household’s average monthly income to $40. Families often find the best hope for rising out of poverty is to put their best income-generating resource, young women with nimble fingers, on a bus to Phnom Penh. A typical job in one of Phnom Penh’s 270 garment factories — which have higher labor standards than similar factories in other Asian countries — pays $45 a month for 48 hours of work a week, with up to $70 more with overtime. With about 36 percent of Cambodia’s population living below the poverty line of 44 cents a day, it’s clear why the factory girls leave home. But after paying rent and remitting home up to 50 percent of their salaries, it is unclear just on which side of that line the young workers fall. Young and independent for the first time in their lives, these women form a social group that is vulnerable to abuse, unwanted pregnancies, sexually-transmitted diseases and the spread of HIV-AIDS. Statistics tell one part of the story. Cambodia has the highest adult HIV prevalence in Southeast Asia. An estimated one third of new infections are women of childbearing age.
Noticing a lack of good role models, mentors or leaders for the girls in Pochentong, Sister Sol saw an opportunity and moved in, literally. Three nights a week, in the shadows of the Pochentong’s garment factories, she sleeps over. “I sleep on a piece of foam, not a bed. A bed would take up too much room,” she explained. “Besides, the girls next door sleep four or six to a bed. They don’t have space. So why should I?” In the early mornings and late afternoons, Sister Sol makes her rounds, greeting all with a smile. Each laugh encourages greater openness, and each heartfelt exchange brings more trust. For a Catholic nun in this predominantly Buddhist country, building trust takes time and patience, one interaction at a time. “At first, they were afraid of me because I was a Sister. They called me “Jesus Christ” and thought I’d try to make them Catholic,” Sister Sol chuckled. “I just told them I am here to be with you and to help you. Now, more and more, they approach me and, if I’ve been away, they ask me why I haven’t been around.” Sister Sol has established a self-help program that educates these young women on issues of environmental and reproductive health, nutrition, literacy and entrepreneurship. Some girls come to learn to read Khmer or to study English. Others have joined the Sister’s nutrition program that provides well-balanced meals for a modest fee. All are becoming more aware of the opportunities they have in life. “For me, it’s a holistic service that I have in mind, not just economic,” explained Sister Sol. “I want to make them conscious of how to become good persons, good leaders and good mothers. Show them that they can improve their lives and don’t have to stay in the factory. They are the future of this country. I want to lift up their dignity? For me the best I can share with them is love.” This story is part of a Catholic San Francisco series on global poverty.
HELPING SISTER SOL THROUGH SETON INSTITUTE
Sister Soldelicia Lara visits with garment workers.
Sister Sol’s nutrition and self-help program need support. Each $25 provides a balanced diet for one girl for an entire month; $250 provides healthy nutrition for ten girls for an entire month; $600 covers the costs of medical examinations for one year. Contributors can help Sister Sol with a donation to Seton Institute, which supports healthcare programs of Catholic Sisters working in the poorest countries of the world. Established in 1985, Seton Institute is supported by contributions from individuals, organizations and foundations. Sponsoring organizations cover Seton Institute’s operating costs and 100 percent of donations directly assists health programs. For more information contact Seton Institute, 1800 Sullivan Avenue, Suite 506, Daly City, CA, 94105-2225; 1-888-838-3228; www.setoninstitute.org. Seton Institute is a foundational sponsor of “POINT 7 NOW: Keeping America’s Promise to Make Poverty History.” The national conference will take place Oct. 27-28 at St. Mary’s Cathedral in San Francisco. Register at www.pointsevennow.org.
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WHEN ALL THE BODIES HAVE BEEN BURIED IN DARFUR, HOW WILL HISTORY JUDGE US?
President Bush: Genocide is happening right now in Darfur. You can end it. 400,000 people dead. 2.5 million displaced. Untold thousands raped, tortured and terrorized. Men. Women. Children. Ending the horror will take immediate action by a strong United Nations peacekeeping force. And that will take leadership from President Bush.
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Guest Commentary Solutions to poverty By Tony Magliano Why are so many people poor in a world that has so much? This was among the questions I posed to one of the world’s leading economists. Jeffrey Sachs, special adviser to U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan and former economic consultant to Pope John Paul II, told me that poverty is caused by practical problems that have practical solutions. He said the poorest of the world’s poor, some 1.1 billion people, lack the basic necessities of life. These fellow human beings, struggling to survive on less than $1 a day, are chronically hungry, unable to obtain health care, lack safe drinking water and sanitation, cannot afford education for their children and dwell in poor leaky huts. “They live in what the World Bank defines as ‘extreme poverty.’” And extreme poverty, said Sachs, “is the poverty that kills.” Every year more than “8 million people die because they are too poor to live.” In sub-Saharan Africa — the world’s poorest region — subsistence farmers depend on rain to water crops. But chronic drought often prevents plants from growing. Because villages lack electric power and roads, they are cut off from local and global markets. And malaria-carrying mosquitoes kill more than 1 million children every year. But according to Sachs, wells can be dug, rainwater can be collected, improved seeds can be planted, diesel generators can be installed, power lines can be brought in, roads can be built and inexpensive mosquito nets can protect people during sleep from malaria. All very doable solutions! But what the 22 rich donor nations of the world need to do is honor past promises to give 0.7 percent of their annual income to povertyfocused development assistance. That comes to just 70 cents of every $100 of national income. Only five countries have met that internationally agreed upon goal. The United States is not one of them. We give only 0.2 percent of our national income to poverty-focused development aid. That’s just a mere 20 cents for every $100 of national income. Sachs told me the $500 billion the U.S. spends annually on the military never will bring lasting peace because our government continues to spend only one-30th of that addressing the desperation of the poorest of the poor. He added, “Data shows that the poorest regions are more likely to end in conflict. Politicians and rebels manipulate the poor. Great poverty often leads to great instability.” In his encyclical “On Social Concerns,” Pope John Paul II wrote, “If ‘development is the new name for peace,’ war and military preparations are the major enemy of the integral development of peoples.” Diverting approximately $60 billion from our annual military budget — the additional annual amount needed to end extreme global poverty — not only would lift 1.1 billion of the poorest people on earth out of misery but also would greatly reduce international conflict, including terrorism, said Sachs. He asked that we contact the president and our congressional delegation, urging them to honor our past promises to give 0.7 percent of our annual national income to poverty-focused development aid. He also suggested we log onto www.unmillenniumproject.org to learn more about the international community’s plan to cut extreme poverty in half by 2015. Sachs kindly asked everyone reading this column to donate $10 to provide a bed net to protect two people from malaria-carrying mosquitoes. Please go to www.millenniumpromise.org to make a contribution. Finally, reading Sach’s book titled “The End of Poverty: How We Can Make it Happen in Our Lifetime” is worth the effort. Ed. Note: Jeffrey Sachs is the keynote speaker at the “POINT 7 NOW: Keeping Our Promise to Make Poverty History” conference in San Francisco, Oct. 27-28, at St. Mary’s Cathedral.
Taking Weigel on I am disappointed in George Weigel’s recent column, “Mr. Annan’s confession” (Oct. 13). He criticizes the perception of the United Nations by “some of the brightest graduate students” of central and eastern Europe. He uses this as an excuse to mention all of the weaknesses of the United Nations and none of the strengths. He then concludes that in the “English-speaking world, law has to have some tether to reality” in contrast to continental Europe. I’m not sure why this is relevant to me as a Catholic but I do think that the United Nations is the predominant non-religious institution in the world that has peacekeeping, human dignity and development as its main goals. Only the Catholic Church is more dedicated to these goals in Jesus’ name. Weigel is off the mark with his United Nations and Europe bashing. I hope his future columns are more Catholic and less ideologically motivated. Bob Heyer Redwood City
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the truth of what Jesus proclaimed. Somehow I don’t think “solidarity” was what Jesus had in mind. Al Serrato Millbrae
Yes on Prop. 85 “Remember the poor when you vote.” Yes. And who are the poor? In the scriptures “the poor” were those in need of special care and protection. In our day, this would apply foremost to the unwanted, innocent, yet-to-be-born child. And, given that 20 percent of all abortions are for girls under age 18, these young mothers are in need of special care in the face of the culture of death and protection from people who don’t want her with a baby (e.g. her boyfriend). Some people vote out of habit for candidates and initiatives supported by their party. Few times in our lives can we make a choice that actually saves a life or do something that actually helps someone in need. Now is the time for us to provide the care and protection by voting for Proposition 85. Informing the child’s parents is the right thing to do. Michael Francis McCarthy San Lorenzo
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According to Fr. Ron Rolheiser (Oct. 13), “solidarity with others” is what is deepest inside Christianity. He suggests that we are falling short of this mark, as it relates to Islam, as we are apparently too busy “hating, imprisoning, torturing and killing each other in the name of God” to see that the only path to peace is to “stay in relationship” with and “embrace the followers of Islam as brothers and sisters.” This is foolishness masquerading as spirituality. Peace-loving Muslims already share common ground with us and do not pose a threat to our security. Extremists bent on our destruction, on the other hand, cannot be “embraced” or reasoned with, and an argument which places the blame for their behavior on us, or which equates U.S. military measures with those of suicide bombers, is both misguided and dangerous. Fr. Rolheiser refers to the story of Jesus meeting the woman at the border of Samaria, claiming it is a model of being on the border of “ethnicity, religion and gender.” The rest of the story is found in John’s Gospel, Chapter 4. Far from proclaiming “solidarity” with her, Jesus identified himself as the only means to salvation (eternal water), criticized her belief system (saying that the Samaritans worshipped what they did not know), and condemned her behavior (for cohabiting after having had five husbands). The one sure way to reach solidarity with the extremist is to deny
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Let me help I loved Bishop Francis Quinn’s construction of the “Five L’s” of a pastor (Leaks, lights, locks, litter and loot) mentioned in Evelyn Zappia’s article on retired priests (September 15). It seems clear that these facilities management tasks occupy much, in some cases most, of a priest’s time. Since coming to San Francisco, I’ve gotten to know a number of Rabbi’s and lay leaders of Jewish congregations. Almost every synagogue has a full or part time administrator to professionally deal with these matters. Thus the Rabbi may devote his or her focus, time and energy on pastoral service and spiritual leadership. Image how much more effective (and happier) our overworked priests would be if we adopted the same system in the American Church. Greg Smith San Francisco
Thanks to Archbishop Archbishop Niederauer continued a pleasant tradition, started by his predecessor, of celebrating the feast of our patron saint, St. Francis of Assisi by inviting the seminarians to dinner along with Father Tom Daly, Vocations Director for the Archdiocese of San Francisco. All enjoyed a pleasant evening, but it was the example of “presence” and genuine concern that makes me so proud to be a seminarian for the Archdiocese of San Francisco. These are definitely good qualities of successful priests who hope to imitate God’s love toward all. I am on pastoral year at Mater Dolorosa parish in South San Francisco, an opportunity to learn from good priests and the great people of God. The fifth grade class had prepared a greeting card for the Archbishop commemorating the feast of St. Francis. Once again Archbishop Niederauer demonstrated his concern towards all, and a thank you letter was promptly sent to each child to bring to their families. They are bursting with pride and gratitude. I pray to have the inner holiness that radiates in the actions of our Archbishop and to serve the people of the Archdiocese effectively one day as priest, an aspiration shared by all San Francisco seminarians. Michael F. Quinn, Seminarian Archdiocese of San Francisco
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Casual Observations
Why no outrage against the institution? Where’s the outrage? Where are the lawyers, the picketers, the calls for withholding public financial support because a large institution fails to act when its officials threaten minors with sexual abuse? Oh, you thought I was talking about the Catholic Church? Not this time. The offending organization is the U.S. Congress, that bastion of truth, justice and the American way. U.S. Rep. Mark Foley, a Florida Republican who described himself a pro-choice Catholic, abruptly resigned three weeks ago over revelations that he sent a series of sexually explicit emails to teenaged male congressional pages. Where are the circling lawyers, subpoenas in hand, ready to sue Congress in general and representatives and senators in particular for not acting swiftly enough to protect children? Oh, right. Hundreds of representatives and senators ARE lawyers. Yes, there have been calls for House Speaker Dennis Hastert, an Illinois Republican, to resign over what he knew and when he knew it. (Or should have known.) So far he’s refused, maintaining that he only knew that some of Foley’s electronic conversations with pages as far back as last year were “overly friendly,” not predatory. But he says he’s sorry and accepts responsibility. Following his resignation, Foley acknowledged his
homosexuality and checked himself into a rehabilitation center for alcoholism and “behavior” problems. Later, Foley said he’d been molested as a teen “by a clergyman,” though offering no details. Some of his colleagues are calling those actions a smokescreen and say Foley should have checked himself into police rather than rehab. His lawyer, however, maintains the six-term congressman has never had inappropriate sexual contact with a minor. But where’s the media, which sometimes seems to exult in its revelations regarding abuse by Catholic clergy? This time, instead of excoriating the institution, the media seems more interested in the discussing politics than in protecting children. Unlike the church’s sexual abuse crisis, there have been no charges that Congress as an institution is tainted, corrupt or responsible. In general, secular media has been curiously quiet about the larger issue of sexual predation of under-age youths in the Capitol, preferring to ruminate about party power and mid-term congressional races. Congressional pages are teenage boys and girls who act as go-fers for representatives and senators. It’s considered an honor. But there have been problems. In 1983, two congressmen were censured for misconduct involving pages. Rules were reinforced, but somebody must not have been watching
this time. There have even been reports that Foley’s shenanigans were noted as far back as 1995. Hypocrisy isn’t a crime (too bad), but Foley’s actions are pretty damning. The congressman was an up-and-comer Tom Sheridan in GOP circles and had been co-chair of the House Caucus on Missing and Exploited Children. Reports say that when he sponsored the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act, Foley said: “Sex offenders … prey on our children like animals and will continue to do so unless stopped. We have a moral responsibility to do everything in our power to protect our kids from these animals.” Strong words. Flawed voice. Nevertheless, shouldn’t the public and the media be holding Congress as an institution to the same standard levied on the church? Tom Sheridan is editor emeritus of The Catholic New World.
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In the end, it’s all about love Accidents, natural disasters and acts of aggression are all too frequent in the news. When they occur in our corner of the world particularly, such events can be a jarring reminder of how our life on earth can dramatically change, and end, at any moment. The truth that today is all we have may hit home in more personal ways, too, owing to a health scare, freak accident, diagnosis of life-threatening illness, or the death of someone close to us. These reminders of life’s fragility lead us to contemplate questions such as, “What is the meaning of life?” and “What is my unique purpose?” We’re prompted to re-evaluate our priorities and make some changes in the way we live. Human nature being what it is, though, we’re likely to revert to old patterns after a while. For many in my generation, those patterns include a hectic lifestyle that leaves us exhausted, high-strung and disillusioned. This North American phenomenon of “overwork, over-scheduling and time famine” has become epidemic, threatening “our health, our families and relationships, our communities and our environment,” according to “Take Back Your Time,” (TBYT), a non-profit, non-partisan initiative. TBYT is best-known for its annual, October 24th Take Back Your Time Day campaign, designed to raise awareness of the problem of time stress and its far-reaching
effects and stimulate dialogue aimed at problem-solving at both micro and macro levels (see www.timeday.org). Take Back Your Time Day presents a wonderful opportunity to take stock of how we spend our time — doing what, with whom and for what purpose — and whether it reflects our priorities and Christian values. For example, do we put our family ahead of work and other pursuits? Do we make ongoing efforts to enrich our relationship with our spouse? As a family, do we spend regular, quality time together? Do we focus as much, if not more, on our emotional and spiritual needs as on our material needs and wants? Do we live in the present and appreciate the blessings that surround us? Do we focus on the positive, looking for the good in others and the growth opportunities that challenges present? Do we practice compassion and mercy? Popular culture would have us believe we are valued primarily for external characteristics - our looks, our possessions and our measurable achievements — rather than for who we are as spiritual beings. Fortunately, we know better. The recent eulogies of a friend have been a powerful reminder of what’s really important when all is said and done. People described how she carried out her roles as spouse, parent, sibling, friend, neighbor, colleague with integrity, grace
and a welcome measure of humor. They reflected upon the ways she radiated love, joy, compassion, generosity, faith, hope and courage, more so than ever during her lengthy battle with canLisa M. Petsche cer. They detailed how knowing her had enriched their lives and made them better people. In the past few years, I’ve attended a number of funerals – some occasioned by sudden or premature death. In all the heartfelt eulogies and informal remembrances, one simple but profound reality has stood out loud and clear about our purpose here on earth and what makes for a great legacy. It’s all about relationships. It’s all about sharing. It’s all about love. Since God is love, as long as we keep Him front and center in our lives, everything else will fall into place. Life may not always be easy, but it will be filled with grace. Lisa M. Petsche, a clinical social worker, writes on spirituality and family life.
Spirituality for Life
Sadness, Faces, Beauty In Marilynne Robinson’s brilliant new book, Gilead, her hero, a seventy-seven year-old minister, describes his wife: “She was well into her thirties when we were married. As I have said, I think she experienced a good deal of sorrow in those years. I have never asked, but one thing I have learned in my life is what settled, habitual sadness looks like, and when I saw her I thought,’ Where have you come from, my dear child?’ She came in during the first prayer and sat in the last pew and looked up at me, and from that moment hers was the only face I saw. I heard a man say once the Christians worship sorrow. This is by no means true. But we do believe there is a sacred mystery in it, it’s fair to say that. There is something in her face I have always felt I must be sufficient to, as if there is a truth in it that tests the meaning of what I say. It’s a fine face, very intelligent, but the sadness in it is engrafted into the intelligence, so to speak, until they seem the same thing. I believe there is a dignity in sorrow simply because it is God’s good pleasure that there should be. He is forever raising up those who are brought low.” Her sadness was engrafted into her intelligence. What a wonderful insight! How does that happen? I have always had an assumption, perhaps as much false as true, that sadness makes for a particular kind of depth and beauty and this is something I’m called to be sufficient to, something that tests the meaning of what I say. I remember, years back, as a young student, very much identifying with a passage by Mary Gordon (“Final Payments”) wherein her heroine, a young woman struggling with timidity, walks into college dorm party and immediately, unconsciously, begins to scan the room for a sad face, someone whom she could trust,
a face that, for her, suggested that life is more than simply being robustly healthy on a given night. That was me then, perhaps it still is. I’ve always, rightly or wrongly, made a certain identification between sadness and depth, sorrow and beauty, and have always scanned a room for a sad face, one that I feel I can trust. I haven’t always been right of course and have found myself wronged by sadness on more than one occasion. Sadness doesn’t automatically translate into depth and beauty, though, on the other hand, it doesn’t lie either. The French philosopher, Emmanuel Levinas, has written some remarkable passages about the human face. The face, he suggests, is the one part of the human body that is always exposed, vulnerable, naked: “There is first the very uprightness of the face, its upright exposure, without defence. The skin of the face is that which stays most naked, most destitute. It is the most naked, though with a decent nudity. It is the most destitute also: there is an essential poverty in the face, the proof of this is that one tries to mask this poverty by putting on poses, by taking on a countenance. The face is exposed, menaced, as if inviting us to an act of violence. At the same time, the face is what forbids us to kill.” Our faces, more than anything else, mirror of our souls and, in the end, they show forth both our beauty and our struggle, our softness and our hardness, our forgiveness and our jealousy. And sadness, perhaps more than anything else, is what ultimately shapes our faces. And while sadness always translates into a certain intelligence, it doesn’t always translate into beauty. The pains that cause sadness will always to make us deep, but, depend-
ing upon how we handle them, we can either grow deep in compassion or in bitterness. Pain and sorrow can soften us, but they can also harden us. They can give us an intelligence that’s beautiful and Father inviting (as you see so Ron Rolheiser strikingly in faces of Therese of Lisieux and Anne Frank, both of whom had suffered a great deal) or they can give us an intelligence that’s hard and bitter and which puts others off. Sadness will always engraft itself into our intelligence and ultimately into our faces, but that can look very different in different persons, just as, inside of each of us, it can look quite different from season to season, day to day, hour to hour. Habitual sadness, engrafted in a face, can look like a frown, a jealousy, a bitterness, a hardness, a menacing judgment, or it can look like an inviting depth, an ocean of character more deep, more inviting, and more beautiful than any genetic endowment. That’s way I’m still taken by sadness in a face and, perhaps more often than I should, look up, see a certain face, and exclaim inwardly: “Dear child, where have you come from?” Oblate Father Ron Rolheiser is a theologian, teacher and award-winning author.
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TWENTY-NINTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME Isaiah 53:10-11; Psalm 33:4-5, 18-19, 20, 22; Hebrews 4:14-16; Mark 10:35-45 A READING FROM THE BOOK OF THE PROPHET ISAIAH (IS 53:10-11) The Lord was pleased to crush him in infirmity. If he gives his life as an offering for sin, he shall see his descendants in a long life, and the will of the Lord shall be accomplished through him. Because of his affliction he shall see the light in fullness of days; through his suffering, my servant shall justify many, and their guilt he shall bear. RESPONSORIAL PSALM (PS 33:4-5, 18-19, 20, 22) R. Lord, let your mercy be on us, as we place our trust in you. Upright is the word of the Lord, and all his works are trustworthy. He loves justice and right; of the kindness of the Lord the earth is full. R. Lord, let your mercy be on us, as we place our trust in you. See, the eyes of the Lord are upon those who fear him, upon those who hope for his kindness, To deliver them from death and preserve them in spite of famine. R. Lord, let your mercy be on us, as we place our trust in you. Our soul waits for the Lord, who is our help and our shield. May your kindness, O Lord, be upon us who have put our hope in you. R. Lord, let your mercy be on us, as we place our trust in you. A READING FROM THE LETTER TO THE HEBREWS (HEB 4:14-16) Brothers and sisters:
Since we have a great high priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus, the Son of God, let us hold fast to our confession. For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but one who has similarly been tested in every way, yet without sin. So let us confidently approach the throne of grace to receive mercy and to find grace for timely help. A READING FROM THE HOLY GOSPEL ACCORDING TO MARK (MK 10:35-45) James and John, the sons of Zebedee, came to Jesus and said to him, “Teacher, we want you to do for us whatever we ask of you.” He replied, “What do you wish me to do for you?” They answered him, “Grant that in your glory we may sit one at your right and the other at your left.” Jesus said to them, “You do not know what you are asking. Can you drink the cup that I drink or be baptized with the baptism with which I am baptized?” They said to him, “We can.” Jesus said to them, “The cup that I drink, you will drink, and with the baptism with which I am baptized, you will be baptized; but to sit at my right or at my left is not mine to give but is for those for whom it has been prepared.” When the ten heard this, they became indignant at James and John. Jesus summoned them and said to them, “You know that those who are recognized as rulers over the Gentiles lord it over them, and their great ones make their authority over them felt. But it shall not be so among you. Rather, whoever wishes to be great among you will be your servant; whoever wishes to be first among you will be the slave of all. For the Son of Man did not come to be served but to serve and to give his life as a ransom for many.”
Faith and daily life By Father John Catoir It’s so important for Catholics to see the connection between their beliefs and their daily lives. Christ’s teachings can hardly be effective if we confine them to abstract principles. The Second Vatican Council had this to say on the topic: “Where Christianity pervades a whole way of life and ever increasingly transforms it there will exist ... an excellent school of the lay apostolate. In such a home, husband and wife find their proper vocation in being witnesses to one another and to their children of faith in Christ and love for him” (Constitution on the Church, No. 34). Faith in the doctrine of the incarnation is most important. God became man. “The Word became flesh and dwelt among us” (Jn 1:14). Jesus came as a light to the world, to dispel darkness. He gave up his life to bring love and joy to the human experience. The doctrine of the incarnation teaches us that we grow from darkness to light. The church blesses the idea of human progress. As we carry Christ’s light within us, we can show it forth by the choices we make. Our joys and aspirations, the words we use in our contacts with others, and especially in the way we show love for our own family members, demon-
strate the degree to which we have embodied our beliefs. Our faith is not merely a series of abstract principles. Keeping it at that level leads to sterility. Cardinal John Henry Newman said that this happens when the teachers of doctrine focus their attention on negativism and religious prohibitions rather than creative Christian love, witness and service. Complaining and condemning is no substitute for positive, constructive action. It is always better to light one candle than curse the darkness. One of the great teachings of the church is found in the doctrine on grace, which tells us that God’s help is always available, enabling us to illuminate the world. With God at our side we can change the world around us for the better by influencing the way people interact with one another socially, culturally and politically. The doctrine on grace also teaches us that God is actively present among us. God dwells among us, transforms us and works through us. In this way we become instruments of his love. We can radiate his justice, truth and love. Through grace we become the shapers of human history. We can contribute to the fulfillment of the divine plan by speaking out against those actions in society that clearly work against God’s will.
Scripture FATHER JOSEPH PELLEGRINO
Called to be like Jesus The readings today are about service. The first reading is taken from the Fourth Servant Song from the second part of the Book of the prophet Isaiah. This section of Isaiah, chapters 40 to 55, emphasizes God’s care and comfort for his people. The Servant of the first reading intercedes with God for the people, taking upon himself their wrong doings and accepting the punishment their sins incur. This was written over 500 years before Jesus, yet it prophesied Christ’s determination to accept the cross. Jesus is the one who stands before the Father for us, and before us for the Father. The Letter to the Hebrews notes that He Himself responded to the call from his Father to be a mediator or priest for the people. Today’s Gospel adds that those who wish to follow Christ must do so not by seeking power and glory, but by seeking service. As Christians we are all called to be like Jesus. We are called to bring God to others and others to God. Some of us are called to have our spiritual characters transformed so that we can mediate Christ through the sacraments and preaching the word. That is the sacrament of ordination does. Those of us who have answered this call receive the joy of extending the real presence of Christ to others. And it is a real joy. Certainly, bishops, priests and deacons do not have a monopoly on bringing Christ to others and others to Christ. In fact, so many times in the past the Church has usurped the role of the laity in being Christ to others. For example, the first teachers of the faith to children are the parents, not the parish priest. If, as has happened at times in the past, parents are not taught how to train their children and are made to feel that they are incapable of giving their children religious instruction, then the Church has stolen their primary role from them. The same holds for all forms of Christian action. We all are obligated as Christians to take the initiative of bringing Christ to heal a stressful situation. If someone in your neighborhood is hurting, you have a responsibility as a Christian to reach out to him or her. You do not need
to receive a phone call from the parish. This is the Christian common sense that you all have, God bless. When you exercise your Christianity in this way, you are responding to the call to be like Jesus. He was always concerned about the less fortunate, the grieving, the persecuted. He didn’t need anyone to tell him what to do. He was compassionate and acted out of his compassion. He came, according to the last words of the Gospel, not to be served but to serve, to give his life for the many. We are called to be like Jesus. No, we cannot take the place of the Divine Mediator, but we are called to be like him. We are called to give of ourselves to the Lord wholly and freely out of love for his people. We are called to be compassionate. We are called to be Christians. We took upon ourselves a tremendous burden when we accepted our baptism. It is the burden of so identifying with Christ that others cannot help but see Christ in us. Ignatius of Antioch identified with Christ in this way. You remember the long journey to Rome to be killed in the Coliseum. During those two to three years, wealthy Christians wanted to bribe the Roman captors. Ignatius would not let them. He reasoned that Jesus could have saved himself from his cross, but refused to do so out of love for his Father and service for his Father’s people. Ignatius would not allow anyone to prevent him from giving witness to Christ. The burden of Christianity is tremendous, and yet at the same time it is light. Jesus said, “Take my yoke upon your shoulders and learn from me for my yoke is easy and my burden is light.” Jesus helps us bear the burden of Christianity. He helps us to be Christians. He helps us mediate his presence for others. He helps us bring his presence to others and others to his presence. He helps us accept our pains and sorrows for others. He helps us to respond to his call of greatness through service. “Anyone among you who aspires to greatness must serve the rest.” Father Joseph Pellegrino is pastor of St. Ignatius of Antioch in Florida.
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News Roundup A repeat of 2004 elections on ballot questions? Not exactly WASHINGTON (CNS) — In some ways the ballot questions voters are facing in 2006 may seem like a repeat of two years ago: A number of states are considering constitutional amendments to define marriage as the union of a man and a woman, and one state is facing an initiative that could make embryonic stem-cell research and human cloning a constitutional right. But this year the stem-cell question comes up in Missouri, not California, and the ballot measure likely to get much of the nation’s attention is a proposal in South Dakota to repeal a law banning most abortions in the state. “Real lives are at stake,” says Bishop Blase J. Cupich of Rapid City, S.D., who adds that the referendum “provides all citizens in South Dakota the chance for a public debate on what kind of society we want to have.” California and Oregon ballots include measures that would require parental notification before a minor’s abortion. In all, there are more than 200 ballot measures before voters in 36 states Nov. 7. They deal with immigration issues, smoking, public funding for education or lowincome housing, the minimum wage, tax caps and spending limits, affirmative action, gambling, the death penalty and even such matters as the minimum living space required for pregnant pigs and calves in Arizona and the preservation of “the tradition of fishing and hunting” in Georgia. Catholic bishops have not taken an official stand on the pregnant pigs or the hunting tradition, but they have been vocal about what Catholic teachings have to say about many of the other issues. “Same-sex unions simply do not conform to the essence of marriage,” said the three bishops of Tennessee in a recent letter supporting a state constitutional amendment on marriage. “When society attempts to redefine marriage so as to make other relationships equivalent to it, marriage itself is devalued, and indeed the family and the society that rests on this foundational institution are put at risk.” The two bishops of Virginia had a similar message about the proposal in their state. “No religion, government or individual has the right or the legitimate authority to alter the basic meaning and structure of marriage that has existed ever since the first man and woman were created,” they said in a joint letter. “Preserving and promoting marriage is an integral component of our shared civic responsibility.” Marriage questions are also on the ballot in Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, South Carolina, South Dakota and Wisconsin. More than 80 percent of Alabama voters approved a constitutional amendment on marriage there in June. Colorado voters also face a measure that would validate “domestic partnerships” between people of the same sex. Two years ago in November, voters in 11 states considered constitutional amendments on marriage; the proposals were approved in all of the states by margins ranging from 56 percent in Oregon to 86 percent in Mississippi. The stem-cell initiative in Missouri is generating nearly as much discussion as the proposal to fund stem-cell research to the tune of $3 billion did in California two years ago. Although Missouri’s Amendment 2 does not allocate any specific funding, it would take away the authority of state and local governments to regulate and ban human cloning and embryonic stem-cell research. In a joint letter Sept. 30, the bishops of the state’s four Catholic dioceses said that “our least brethren” and Christ himself were depending on Catholics to help defeat the amendment. “In the United States, the least of our brothers and sisters are the unborn children threatened by abortion, and the human embryos artificially produced to be destroyed as mere objects of research,” the bishops said. “Killing is killing, no matter how young or old the victim. And no human life, at any stage of its development, may ever be taken for the sake of someone else’s gain.” In South Dakota, the abortion ban passed in March has never been enforced because of court challenges. The law would permit abortions only if the life of the mother is at stake. In a brochure about the referendum, Bishop Cupich said it offers “a chance to highlight how the denial and erosion of human dignity for anyone not only offends the truth of the human person, but injures the common good and justice itself.” The South Dakota vote is being watched closely by those on both sides of the abortion question. Planned Parenthood raised an estimated $8 million to fight the South Dakota law, and the American Life League called on pro-lifers around the U.S. to “provide an immediate — and mighty — outpouring of prayers, volunteer efforts and financial support for the people of South Dakota.”
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Volunteers assemble yard signs and organize mailings and fundraising materials at the "Vote Yes For Life" campaign headquarters in Sioux Falls, S.D., Oct. 5. The pro-life group is waging a campaign to uphold the state's abortion ban, which goes before voters Nov. 7.
Other abortion-related measures before voters Nov. 7 are proposed constitutional amendments in California and Oregon that would require parental notification and a 48hour waiting period before a minor’s abortion, unless a judge waives the requirement. The California measure, Proposition 85, also requires that the minor consent to the abortion. “We believe that society’s common good is enhanced when family integrity is honored, parental responsibility is respected and nascent human life is preserved,” said the California Catholic bishops in a joint statement on Proposition 85. Catholic Charities of California called for approval of the Housing and Emergency Shelter Trust Fund Act of 2006, which would address the housing needs of battered women, low-income senior citizens, the disabled, veterans and working families. The Alliance for Catholic Health Care was backing Proposition 86, which would impose an additional $2.60-per-pack tax on cigarettes in California and use the funds raised for nursing education, emergency services, health coverage for the uninsured and tobaccorelated prevention and diseases. An initiative in Oregon that would have made health care a constitutional right in the state lacked enough signatures to get on the ballot. In Colorado, the state Supreme Court removed from the ballot a proposed constitutional amendment that would have denied nonemergency government services to illegal immigrants. The Colorado Catholic Conference, which opposed the proposal, said such services could include immunizations, access to public libraries and access to domestic violence shelters for battered women and their children. Public education and emergency medical care would still be provided to all. But Colorado voters still faced ballot questions that would prohibit businesses from deducting wages paid to
illegal aliens from the businesses’ taxes and direct the state attorney general to sue the federal government to enforce existing immigration laws. Also on the Colorado ballot is a proposal to raise the minimum wage. Similar proposals are before voters in Arizona, Missouri, Montana, Nevada and Ohio. Arizona’s Catholic bishops urged a “no” vote on a proposal there that would deny in-state college tuition or childcare subsidies to noncitizens who are not in the United States legally. Other proposals before voters in Arizona would deny bail to some illegal immigrants, prohibit those in the U.S. illegally from receiving punitive damages in lawsuits and make English the official language of the state. Among the other issues drawing Catholic comment before the election: — San Francisco Archbishop George H. Niederauer is urging a Yes vote on Proposition 85, the parental notification initiative; and a Yes vote on Proposition 86, the Tax on Cigarettes; and a Yes vote on Proposition 1-C, the Housing and Emergency Shelter Trust Fund Act. — Wisconsin’s five Catholic bishops called for the defeat of an advisory referendum that would reinstate the death penalty, saying that Catholics must “value human life, even when that life might seem unworthy to us.” — Ohio’s bishops said a constitutional amendment to establish casino and slot-machine gambling in the state “would not be in the best moral, social and economic interest of the citizens of our state.” — Michigan’s bishops urged defeat of a proposed constitutional amendment to ban affirmative action programs that take race or gender into consideration for public employment, education or contracting purposes. Such a ban would have “detrimental effects ... upon programs and policies that benefit women and minorities in the state,” the bishops said.
Buffalo snowstorm damages many parishes By Catholic News Service BUFFALO, N.Y. — Cleanup is under way after a historic snowstorm damaged more than half of the parishes and missions in the Diocese of Buffalo. “In many of our communities, every tree was damaged, with many crashing to the ground, the result of two feet of heavy, wet snow falling on trees that still have their leaves,” said Kevin Keenan, director of communications in the diocese, in a news release. He estimated that 150 of the 260 parishes and nine missions in the diocese had sustained either tree or property damage. The diocesan insurance department was processing claims from those parishes. Following the Oct. 12-13 storms, which set a record as the two snowiest October days Buffalo has had, Bishop Edward U. Kmiec of Buffalo waived the Sunday Mass obligation for Catholics living in the storm area. Weekend Masses were canceled in many parishes. Many Catholic elementary and high schools closed Oct. 13 and were expected to remain closed until Oct. 23. Many residents were expected to be without electricity for more than a week. Utility and forestry crews from across New York state, New England, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Canada were brought in to help the region get back on its feet. The National Guard also was mobilized to assist in the recovery effort. Because of the incredible amount of debris on the ground, the cleanup was expected to take several months.
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Maker of film on abuse, cardinal’s spokesman trade words over movie By Mark Pattison WASHINGTON (CNS) — The director of a new documentary recounting how a now-laicized priest repeatedly sexually abused children in California has provoked a war of words between the director and the chief spokesman for Cardinal Roger M. Mahony of Los Angeles, who is portrayed in the movie as having ignored the priest’s deeds. This war of words is being played out in that area of the Internet known as the blogosphere, where essays and opinions can be posted at any time. In one corner is Amy Berg, who wrote and directed “Deliver Us From Evil,” which details the abuses by Oliver O’Grady, a former priest of the Diocese of Stockton, Calif. In the other is Tod Tamberg, director of media relations for the Archdiocese of Los Angeles. Cardinal Mahony headed the Stockton Diocese from 1980-85. He was named to head the Archdiocese of Los Angeles in July 1985, and “it was not until 1993 that accusations were made leading to O’Grady’s arrest and eventual sentencing to prison,” Tamberg said. O’Grady admitted in a 1993 criminal trial that he molested boys. He spent six years in prison following a 1994 conviction for child molestation. In the documentary, the cardinal is seen in footage of a videotaped deposition for a civil case filed in 2004 against the Stockton Diocese. Berg has complained in cyberspace about the Motion Picture Association of America disapproving the movie trailer — the preview of a coming attraction shown before feature films — for viewing by all audiences, suspecting Catholic involvement in giving the trailer what is called a “redband.” She also claims Cardinal Mahony has
New DVD set revives look at Vatican Museums Reviewed by Catholic San Francisco The promoters of this new three-disc DVD set, The Vatican Museums, herald the package as an historic collection that “features seven hours of magnificent documentary film that illuminates and chronicles the great journey of the human spirit, a guided tour of the world’s most spectacular and sacred repository of art, history, and faith.” Well, if you have been to the Vatican Museums, you know that the above description is not just promotional hyperbole, but an accurate picture. Originally produced in 1997 in celebration of the Jubilee Year 2000, the Vatican Museums documentary was the culmination of three years of research and filming, the collaboration of scholars and historians from around the world and experts in photography, lighting, and digital cinematography. The soundtrack features original performances by master musicians. The three-disc DVD set sells for $59.95. Visit the website for Vatican Museums.
EWTN October highlights EWTN special programs this month include a multi-part series called “The Theology of the Body,” based on the teachings of Pope John Paul II on the nature of human love and sexuality in light of God’s plan. The half-hour programs air on consecutive weekdays, Oct. 23-25, at 12 a.m. (midnight) and in the afternoon at 3:30 p.m. Another special program, “What every Catholic needs to know about Hell,” is a well-rounded presentation of Church doctrine on hell. It airs Oct. 28 at 10 p.m. Providing programs for all ages, EWTN is carried 24-hours a day on Comcast Digital Channel 229; RCN Channel 80; Dish Satellite Channel 261; and Direct TV Channel 422. Comcast airs EWTN on Channel 70 in Half Moon Bay and on Channel 74 in southern San Mateo County. See www.ewtn.com for more programming notes.
had a hand in a cover-up of events in the Stockton Diocese. Tamberg has likewise taken to the Internet to rebuff Berg’s criticisms and to point out weaknesses in her arguments. In an Oct. 2 posting on the Huffington Post Web site, a collection of blogs revolving around political pundit Arianna Huffington, Berg said the decision to redband the trailer was “especially infuriating given that I have repeatedly seen horror film trailers that depict women being tortured or mutilated in connection with sexual activity, murder, gunfire and other extremely disturbing adult content playing before PG-13 movies.” Berg also trotted out her suspicion — since discredited — that clergy members are present “and possibly involved” in the film rating process. “I do not know whether there were clergy involved in the MPAA’s decision to disapprove the trailer, but given the atmosphere in which these decisions are made, I can’t help but fear that perhaps it was as much the idea of high-ranking church officials as fallible and possibly even criminal that the MPAA found unacceptable as it was the idea of sexual abuse,” she said. Tamberg, in a rejoinder posted Oct. 5 as a reply, said: “She has a constitutional right to indulge in any sort of worldwide conspiracy theory that warms her heart, and we hate to deprive her of the melodramatic underpinnings of her next straight-to-video venture, but a little fact-checking is in order. No clergymen, priests or otherwise, are members of the MPAA’s ratings board. In fact, on its Web site the MPAA makes a point of noting that among the qualifications of the rating board members is ‘shared parenthood experience.’” In a September posting on the “director’s blog” link for the movie’s own Web site, Berg said her film revealed “the
secrets that were meant to stay in the private files and crypts of the Roman Catholic Church.” Tamberg, in an Oct. 12 post on www.ncrnews.org’s “Abuse Tracker” link titled “It’s Time for Reporters to Seek Out the Facts About O’Grady Film,” said Berg’s message “is simple: O’Grady is a bad guy and the church, specifically Cardinal Mahony, withheld information and moved O’Grady to one parish after another.” But then-Bishop Mahony was bishop of Stockton for only five of the years that O’Grady served in the diocese, he said, and the prelate was “unaware of a secret file from the tenure of the previous bishop (Merlin Guilfoyle) dealing with a complaint about O’Grady.” “The focus here is what the cardinal knew, when he knew it and what he did about it,” Tamberg added. O’Grady had volunteered to a diocesan official that he had “feelings” for children but had not acted on them. After a diocesan investigation turned up no confirmation of abuse, O’Grady was moved to a new parish “because two retired priests who could help with his maturation lived there.” In a telephone interview with Catholic News Service, Tamberg said, “O’Grady, being the narcissistic sociopath he was, wasn’t going to confess anything to anybody that might be able to derail his compulsion.” Berg, he added, “makes a big deal about a letter in a file.” “In the early 1980s a new bishop wouldn’t customarily go to the files” on a priest, but he would go to the parish to talk to the priest. “Today is a different world,” Tamberg added. “Deliver Us From Evil” premiered Oct. 13 in New York, Los Angeles and Boston, and was to open in other U.S. cities later this fall. It has not been reviewed by the U.S. bishops’ Office for Film & Broadcasting.
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‘Catholic Guy’ awaiting debut as radio host on new Catholic Channel ST. PAUL, Minn. (CNS) — Known for his work in the Twin Cities and on national television and radio, Lino Rulli, 34, has moved from Minneapolis to New York, where he will host a live radio program on a new Catholic satellite radio channel. Titled “The Catholic Guy,” Rulli’s drive-time show will run from 2 to 5 p.m. Pacific time and will feature “everything under the sun” in Catholic life — including current events, apologetics, doctrine and pop culture. “Hopefully it’s going to be funny, and hopefully it’s going to be faithful — that’s what I’m going for,” he said. Sirius Satellite Radio and the Archdiocese of New York are
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Known for his offbeat humor and young adult appeal, Lino Rulli will host the afternoon call-in show, “The Catholic Guy.”
working together to create the Catholic Channel, which will debut soon, though no official date has been set. “The coolest thing is that Sirius has given the church a place at the table,” Rulli said of the 24-hour lifestyle channel. “We didn’t have to make the reservation, we’re not going to have to pay for the meal, and we’re not going to have to ask for money. All they’re saying is, ‘I bet you Catholics have something to say.’” Rulli said the channel is not meant to compete with Eternal Word Television Network’s satellite radio channel, which is also broadcast by Sirius, or Relevant Radio, which has 17 stations plus 17 affiliates that air all or part of Relevant Radio’s programming. The Catholic Channel “is just
one more opportunity for the church,” Rulli said. “It’s one more way for us to be out there and engage the culture.” Sirius also offers music programming; other talk shows on current events, politics, the arts and entertainment; play-byplay coverage of Notre Dame football and basketball games; and live daily Masses from St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York. Sirius Satellite Radio tends to reach a young adult audience, Rulli said, and that excites him. “I wouldn’t drop everything, come out here, try to do all this stuff if I thought that it was preaching to the older folk,” he said. “That’s why I think it’s awesome that here (at Sirius) there’s something for everybody between this channel and EWTN,” the Eternal Word Television Network. From 1998 to 2004, Rulli hosted and produced “Generation Cross,” a nationally syndicated Catholic television comedy.
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Reviewed by David DiCerto NEW YORK (CNS) — Both fascinating and frightening, directors Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady’s documentary “Jesus Camp” (Magnolia) is not about your typical Christian summer camp. Campfire songs and outdoor activities take a back seat to the camp’s main mission: recruiting youngsters into “God’s army” to “reclaim America for Christ.” Tucked away in the woods near (ironically) Devil’s Lake, N.D., the “Kids on Fire” camp is run by children’s minister Becky Fischer, an enthusiastic evangelical who almost envies the commitment of Islamic fundamentalists willing to kill themselves for their faith. It’s something of that fervor she hopes to instill in the camp’s young attendees, denouncing the evils of modern secular culture while stirring them into a spiritual frenzy and encouraging them to speak in tongues. Some writhe on the floor or tearfully confess sins while others perform strident dance routines with war paint on their faces. Fischer says she wants them to know God’s love, but the images bespeak fear. Three children in particular come to the fore: Levi, a home-schooled 12-year-old, “saved” at age 5, who now wants to be a preacher; Rachael, a plucky 9-year-old who proselytizes strangers on the street; and 10year-old Tory, who every morning pledges allegiance “to the Christian flag” with her siblings. At one point, Rachael explains how God prefers evangelical churches where the congregants are “jumping up and down, shouting his name” to the more sedate mainstream “dead churches.” Radio-show host Mike Papantonio, a Methodist, provides a counterpoint, criticizing Christians like Fischer for what he calls “indoctrinating” children into a mili-
tant Christianity having little to do with the Gospel. Is this harmful indoctrination? Or instilling passionately held values? The film leans toward the former. Papantonio also suggests a political agenda, an assertion given some credence by the statement of the Rev. Ted Haggard, president of the National Association of Evangelicals, who boasts, “If the evangelicals vote, they determine the election.” Those who appear on screen are not necessarily representative of the evangelical community as a whole. But while it’s understandable that many Christians earnestly feel alienated by the increasingly secular, materialistic and immoral culture — and many of those same concerns (including opposition to abortion) may resonate with Catholics — the picture painted is nevertheless sobering. At one point, Fischer, swelling with pride and emotion over the children’s intensity, acknowledges that many viewers will distressingly ask, “What are these kids going to be like when they grow up?” What, indeed? However, many evangelicals challenge the accuracy of the film’s portrayal. Rev. Ted Haggard said his brief comment in the film was taken out of context. “This movie manipulates facts like a Michael Moore film and works the camera like The Blair Witch Project,” he said. “It’s one more ‘documentary’ that seems to miss the point intentionally. Anyone who has spent much time with Evangelicals knows that Jesus Camp portrays a narrow slice of the movement.” The film contains some emotionally intense images and mature discussions. The USCCB classification is A-II — adults and adolescents. The MPAA rating is PG-13 — parents strongly cautioned. Some material may be inappropriate for children under 13. (See www.usccb.org/movies.)
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A boy named Levi is pictured in a scene from the movie “Jesus Camp.” The movie follows the lives of three children before and during a North Dakota summer camp aimed at strengthening children’s faith.
Pilgrimage for Saint Jude Thaddeus Third Pilgrimage for Saint Jude Thaddeus Date: Saturday, October 28, 2006 Time: 9:00 am – 12:00 noon Location: Starting (walking) from Mission Dolores Church, on the corner of Dolores Street and 16th Street (San Francisco) at 10:15 am, and ending at St. Dominic’s Church, 2390 Bush Street (San Francisco) at 11:45 am. Mass Celebration: 12:00 noon at St. Dominic’s Church
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Come and participate in this pilgrimage to honor St. Jude Thaddeus for his constant intercessions with God. For more information please contact Jaime or Rosa Pinto at: (415) 333-8730 St. Jude, glorious apostle, faithful servant and friend of Jesus, the name of the traitor has caused you to be forgotten by many. But the Church honors and invokes you universally as the patron of difficult and desperate cases. Pray for me who am so miserable. Make use, I implore you, of that particular privilege accorded to you to bring visible and speedy help where help was almost despaired of. Come to my assistance in this great need that I may receive the consolation and help of heaven in all my necessities, tribulations and sufferings, particularly (here make your request) and that I may praise God with you and all the elect throughout all eternity. I promise you, O blessed Jude, to be ever mindful of this great favor. I will honor you as my special and powerful patron and encourage devotion to you. St. Jude, pray for us and for all who honor and invoke your aid.
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St. Mary’s Cathedral The following events are taking place at or are coordinated by the cathedral of the Archdiocese located at Gough and Geary St. in San Francisco. Call (415) 567-2020 for more information about any event listed here. Oct. 27, 28: The Archdiocese of San Francisco, the University of San Francisco, the Seton Institute, and several other national Catholic organizations are hosting a major conference on global poverty at St. Mary’s Cathedral. Jeffrey Sachs, author of The End of Poverty will give the keynote address.The conference calls for an end of extreme poverty in which people live on less than $1 a day. www.pointsevennow.org November 18: Archbishop George Niederauer will host a Day of Recollection entitled “Come, Follow Me”. It builds on last year’s Day of Recollection to mark the end of the Year of the Eucharist and will again be led by Michael McDevitt of Mystical Humanity of Christ.. Attendees will have a choice of English or Spanish, and lunch will be provided. Call (415) 614-5505 for more information.
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October 22: The San Domenico Music Conservatory and Virtuoso Program will present the 30th Annual Vivaldi at San Domenico, featuring San Domenico’s Orchestra da Camera, and the San Domenico Singers. Tickets are $50 per person and can be purchased in advance by calling (415) 258-1900. Concert is at 3:00 pm in the Bettye Poetz Ferguson Hall at San Domenico School,1500 Butterfield Road, San Anselmo. Chamber ensembles will perform at a reception immediately following the performance. p.m. Donation is $50 per person. Proceeds benefit parish and works of Fil-Am club. Music by George Elizalde. Contact Estele Oloresisimo at (415) 5959248 or Edna Casteel at (415) 370-0862 Bal de Paris 2006: Café des Artistes: Notre Dame des Victoires Elementary school will celebrate French culture at its 56th Bal de Paris - “Café des Artistes” on Saturday, November 18th at San Francisco’s Grand Hyatt Union Square. The Bal will pay tribute to the 150th Anniversary of Eglise Notre Dame des Victoires’ service to the community. For tickets, information and information on how to donate, call (415) 421-0069; (415) 929-0675.
Taize Prayer 3rd Wed. at 7:30 p.m.: Sisters of Notre Dame Province Center, 1520 Ralston Ave, Belmont. Call (650) 593-2045 ext. 277 or visit www.SistersofNotreDameCa.org. 1st Fri. at 8 p.m.: Mercy Center, 2300 Adeline Dr., Burlingame with Mercy Sister Suzanne Toolan. Call (650) 340-7452; Church of the Nativity, 210 Oak Grove Ave., Menlo Park at 7:30 p.m. Call Deacon Dominic Peloso at (650) 322-3013. Tuesdays at 6:30 p.m.: Notre Dame Des Victoires Church, 566 Bush at Stockton, SF, with Rob Grant. Call (415) 397-0113. 2nd Fri. at 8 p.m.: Our Lady of the Pillar, 400 Church St. in Half Moon Bay. Call Cheryl Fuller at (650) 726-2249.
Shows/Entertainment/Auditions Nov. 9, 10, 11, 16, 17, 18: Dracula, the play, at Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory School. Curtain at 7:30 p.m. for all performances. Tickets are $10 general admission/$5 students and seniors. Call (415) 7756626, ext. 715. An ages-old favorite of horror and laughs.
Reunions Oct. 21: Annual alumnae reunion for Immaculate Conception Academy at the Italian American Social Club, 25 Russia St. in San Francisco beginning with social at 11 a.m. and lunch at noon. All alumnae are welcome. Call Patricia Cavagnaro at (415) 8242052, ext. 31.
Oct. 22: St. Paul Elementary School marks its 90th anniversary with Mass at 12:15 p.m. in the parish church followed by a reception in the Father Mario P. Farana Parish Hall. Call (415) 648-7538. Oct. 22: Lone Mountain College, class of ’51. Contact Anstell Daini Ricossa at (415) 921-8846 or Toni Hines Buckley at (415) 681-5789. Nov. 3, 4: Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory, classes of ’61, ’66, ’71, ’76, ’81, ’86, ’91,’96 Relive your school days beginning Friday at 9 a.m. in the school’s Herbst Library and Information Center. Visit a class, enjoy lunch in the Dining Hall, and meet with students and faculty members. The morning will begin with an assembly and prayer. On Saturday, it’s the annual Alumni Mass at 5 p.m. followed by the dinner dance till midnight in the Sister Teresa Piro, DC, Life Center. Individual classes will be seated together for evening of food, friends, and fun. Music by Hollywood Swingers, an all-star ensemble of musicians who specialize in soul, and do a whole lot more. Class photos will be taken, as well as candid photos throughout the evening. Register online at www.shcp.edu or contact John Brown ’88 at john.brown@shcp.edu or (415) 775.6626 ext. 682 for more information. Nov. 4: St. James Elementary School, class of ’76 12:30 – 4 p.m. at the school, 321 Fair Okas St. in San Francisco. Call (415) 647-8972. Nov 4: St. Emydius Class of ’56 at noon at McCormick & Kuleto’s Seafood Restaurant in Ghirardelli Square in San Francisco. We welcome any other St. Emydius graduates, perhaps brothers, sisters, cousins or any others who may have attended St. Emydius or the Doran Club to join us in this celebration. Please contact: Joy (Joylene Boito) at joy.walsh@sbcglobal.net, 408-996-3162 or Jack Sutcliffe at jaksut@aol.com, 408-257-4671. Nov. 10: Class of ’57, St. Paul High School, San Francisco is looking for members of the class. Call Carol Kennedy Toomey at (650) 756-4586 or ctoomey@ci.millbrae.ca.us. Holy Angels Elementary School, class of ’57, is looking to hold a reunion in the spring. Members of the class should contact Susan Terry at (650) 348-2306 or susan5t@comcast.net or holyangelscolma.com.
Office of Young Adult Ministry and Campus Ministry: Connecting late teens, 20s and 30s, single and married to the Catholic Church. Contact Mary Jansen, 415-614-5596, jansenm@sfarchdiocese.org. Check out our Web site for a list of events around the Bay Area and download our Newsletter at www.sfyam.org. We publish a quarterly newsletter to connect college students and young adults to the Catholic Church. Oct. 24: Theology on Tap for Young Adults of the Archdiocese at Ireland 32 Bar, Geary Blvd. at 3rd Ave. in San Francisco beginning at 7 p.m. October 24 - The Elephant, Donkey and the Dove: Understanding the Upcoming California Elections with Sarah Nolan of the Office of Public Policy of the Archdiocese of San Francisco. For more information visit www.sfyam.org.
Single, Divorced, Separated Separated and Divorced support group meets 1st and 3rd Wed. at 7:30 p.m. at St. Stephen Parish Center, SF, call Gail at (650) 591-8452 or Vonnie at (650) 873-4236. Saturdays: Prayer Group, 9:30 - 11:30 a.m. at St. Hilary Church 761 Hilary Drive, Tiburon, (415) 7565505. Father James Tarantino, presides. Call (415) 756-5505. Catholic Adult Singles Assoc of Marin meets for support and activities. Call Bob at (415) 8970639 for information.
Meetings Oct. 23: San Francisco Council of Catholic Women at 7:30 p.m. at St. Cecilia Church, Green Room, 18th Ave. and Vicente St. in San Francisco. Speaker will be from League of Women Voters. Refreshments will be served. For more information, contact Cathy Mibach at (415) 753-0234.
Volunteer Opportunities Interested in what St. Vincent de Paul Society of San Francisco does? Take a tour of our facilities; Multi-Service Center South homeless shelter, Vincentian Help Desk, Ozanam Detox center. First Tuesday of every month at 10:30 am, and second Saturday of every month at 11:00 am. Phone Katherine, 415.977.1270, x3003 to register. Registration limited to twelve per tour.
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Food & Fun Oct. 20, 21, 22: Church of the Epiphany Fall Festival, 845 Vienna Street in San Francisco. Enjoy food, games, and entertainment. Call (415) 337-4030, ext. 240. Oct. 21, 22, 28: Spaghetti Dinner and Bingo 6 – 9 p.m.; International Food Fair, 11:30 a.m. – 4 p.m.; Halloween Dance. All at Str. Finn Barr Parish’s Goode Hall. Call the rectory at (415) 333-3627 for details. Oct. 21, 22: A Taste of Croatia, The SF Croatian Festival, Sat.: 1:30 p.m. – late night; Sun.: noon – evening. Adults $15. Children free. Enjoy workshops, food, film, music and dancing. Croatian American Cultural Center, 60 Onondaga Ave., San Francisco. www.CroatianAmericanWeb.org for complete schedule and info. Oct. 21: St. Luke’s Mass and Banquet honoring the medical community beginning with 5 p.m. Mass at St. Cecilia Church, 17th Ave. and Vicente St. in San Francisco. Archbishop Goerge Niederauer will preside. Tickets for dinner are $70 per person/$35 students, clergy and religious. Call (415) 219-8719. Oct. 28: St. Thomas More Elementary School’s Halloween Carnival, 11:30 a.m. – 9 p.m., at the school off Brotherhood Way in San Francisco. Great family fun! Food, booths, bouncers, costume contest, raffle and haunted house. Contact Michelle McGhee at (415) 699-2124 or Sal Torres at (415) 203-0070. Nov. 3: Catholic Marin Breakfast Club gathers for Mass at 7 a.m. in St. Sebastian Church, Bon Air Rd. and Sir Francis Drake Blvd., Kentfield. Breakfast and presentation follow in parish hall. Today’s speaker is San Francisco Archbishop George H. Niederauer who will additionally preside at the Mass. Members Breakfast: $7. Visitors Breakfast: $10 . Call 461-0704 between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. or contact Sugaremy@aol.com. Nov. 4: Oldies But Goodies Dance benefiting St. Paul of the Shipwreck Parish, 1122 Jamestown at 3rd Street in San Francisco from 8 p.m. – midnight. Tickets $30 per person and only available in advance. Age 21 and over please. No host bar and food. Call (415) 468-3434. Nov. 4, 5: Annual Christmas Boutique benefiting St. Andrew Parish, 1571 Southgate Ave. in Daly City. Sat.: 10 a.m. – 6 p.m. Sun: 9 a.m. – 2 p.m. Refreshments available at Mrs. Santa Shopp. Call (650) 756-3223. November 11: St. Stephen Women’s Guild will present “Designing Women” Fall Fashion Show, benefiting St. Stephen School. The day begins at 11 a.m. at the Olympic Club Lakeside with no-host tails and a silent auction, and luncheon at noon. Tickets are available at $70 each or $700 for a table of 10. Raffle tickets are also available for purchase at $5 per ticket or six tickets for $25. Raffle prizes include a $500 Stonestown Galleria Shopping Spree. For more information, please contact Julie Keith at (415) 664-1031 or e-mail at icejules2002@yahoo.com. Nov. 11: St. Emydius Fil-Am Unity Club will hold its annual semi-formal fundraising dinner and dance at the Clarion Hotel, Millbrae. Dinner will be at 7:30
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Most beautiful flower of Mt. Carmel Blessed Mother of the Son of God, assist me in my need. Help me and show me you are my mother. Oh Holy Mary, Mother of God, Queen of Heaven and earth. I humbly beseech you from the bottom of my heart to help me in this need. Oh Mary, conceived without sin. Pray for us (3X). Holy Mary, I place this cause in your hands (3X). Say prayers 3 days. V.M.
Most beautiful flower of Mt. Carmel Blessed Mother of the Son of God, assist me in my need. Help me and show me you are my mother. Oh Holy Mary, Mother of God, Queen of Heaven and earth. I humbly beseech you from the bottom of my heart to help me in this need. Oh Mary, conceived without sin. Pray for us (3X). Holy Mary, I place this cause in your hands (3X). Say prayers 3 days. P.K.
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URSULINE HIGH SCHOOL is a private, Catholic, all girls, college preparatory high school, serving 330 students in grades 9-12. The school was founded by the Ursuline Sisters. Ursuline is located in Santa Rosa, in beautiful Sonoma County, in northern California. Ursuline High School is in the midst of a successful capital campaign. This position provides a unique opportunity to continue a rich 125-year heritage, of educational excellence while advancing innovative ideas that enrich the school’s future.
REPORTING RELATIONSHIPS: The principal reports to the Board of Trustees and serves as the educational leader of the school, directly responsible for overseeing the faculty, staff, and students.
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In Remembrance of the Faithful Departed Interred In Our Catholic Cemeteries During the Month of September HOLY CROSS COLMA Silvia E. Acevedo Mary Ellen Adler Winifred V. Airaudi Donna M. Aiuto Rogelio Anguiano-Garcia Emma G. Arnolfo Shirley A. Bacchini Elisabeth Bader Joseph Garcia Balidio Rose M. Barbaccia Dolores B. Batterton Eleanor D. Bolo Julian Joseph Borg Joseph S. Brady Helen M. Breitenstein Gerald L. Brown Leonard C. Brown Charles P. Buchignani Emilia D. Buchner Mary A. Buich Eliza B. Butista Rosemary Byrd-Velazquez Hazel Blossom Canepa Edilberto E. Capili Frances Casillas Florinda Castiglioni Magnolia Castro Irene E. Cernusco Jason Chavez Pauline Coleman John F. Cope Rufino O. Coronel Alfred E. Crescio Jose N. Cruz Richard Allen Davis John A. Diggins Joseph P. Dillon
Eva F. Donovan Robert Joseph Dodd Edwards Alma J. Everson Raymond J. Fassler Terry Fitch Helen L. Fregosi Virginia J. Gamba Helen B. Gardiner Enrico “Rico” Ghilardi Eugene Harvey Gilligan Bill R. Gilman Albert G. Giorgi Virgil J. Glover Gerald J. Griffin Barbara E. Guilfoyle Andrea Gutierrez Wallace T. Homitz John Patrick Horgan, Jr. Evelyn Hund Julien Idiart Margaret W. Interdonato Lloyd W. Irvine Trinidad R. Jemera Patricia A. Johnson Olga Kaczorowski Amando “Mandy” H. Labayen, Jr. Mary Landtbom Charles H. Lindberg Bryanarose S. Louie Ventura Lustan Kennard Elliott Mackey Gloria H. Madrid Pietro Malatesta Tomas A. Manuel Iniego A. Marbibi Joseph F. Mariucci Robert E. Martin Henriette J. Matheron
Helen L. McCartney Sr. Mary Arthur Meiers, PBVM Rose Meneguzzi Angie Mifsud Tomio J. Miyoshi Selby Mohr, Jr. Mary E. Monzo Virginia A. Murphy Edward F. Nappi Stanley M. Nowicki Thomas Christopher O’Regan Sr. Bernadette Oliva Ian P. Ordaz John Panigada Ezio M. Paolini Rodolfo F. Pedruco Zoila Pereyra Connie Plut Mercedes I. Quinlan Plutarco F. Ramos Lena R. Rattaro June E. Reber Anita E. Riordan Lloyd A. Ritter, Jr. Maria A. Robleto Zachary Nathaniel Sebastian Roche-Balsam Batista Sansoe Robert J. Schauer Ninabelle Gleason Scherfen John J. Schiefer Anna M. Solley Fernando F. Soto Albert P. Spediacci Frances Patricia Stewart Audrey M. Sullivan Bernard J. Sullivan Joyce H. Tence Sr. Marie Therese Theis PBVM
Richard Dean Thomas Souad Naim Totah John M. Welch Guy West, S.F.O. Edilia L. Wilson Alberto Xavier Alexander J. Young
HOLY CROSS MENLO PARK Nora Beavers Jaynee Werby Cague Andrew Guidici Bernard “Bernie” McCavitt Jesus H. Orozco Filimone M. Pahulu Donald E. White
MT. OLIVET SAN RAFAEL Vincent F. Cotter Edward C. Egisti Anthony E. Giudici John A. Govi Suzanne L. Masterson Richard H. O’Brien Virginia M. O’Halloran Alice B. Stinchcom Rosemary D. Thierfeldt Georgia Tsigelatos Roger Witsch
HOLY CROSS CATHOLIC CEMETERY, COLMA Todos Los Santos – All Saints’ Day Celebration Saturday, October 28, 2006 – 11 a.m. All Saints Mausoleum Chapel Most Reverend Ignatius C. Wang, Auxiliary Bishop of San Francisco, Principal Celebrant Dedication of new corridors in All Saints Mausoleum will follow Mass Refreshments in the courtyard following the Dedication ALL SOULS’ DAY MASS Thursday, November 2, 2006 11:00 a.m. All Saints Mausoleum Chapel Rev. Joseph Bradley, Celebrant St. Gregory Parish
1ST SATURDAY MASS Saturday, November 4, 2006 11:00 a.m.. All Saints Mausoleum Chapel Rev. Brian Costello, Celebrant Mater Dolorosa Parish
VETERANS’ DAY SERVICE Saturday, November 11, 2006 11:00 a.m. – Outdoor Service No Mass Star of the Sea Veterans’ Section
The Catholic Cemeteries Archdiocese of San Francisco www.holycrosscemeteries.com Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery 1500 Mission Road, Colma, CA 94014 650-756-2060
Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery Intersection of Santa Cruz Avenue, Menlo Park, CA 94025 650-323-6375
Mt. Olivet Catholic Cemetery 270 Los Ranchitos Road, San Rafael, CA 94903 415-479-9020
A Tradition of Faith Throughout Our Lives.