Catholic Charities, parishes respond to wildfire’s havoc
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Jim Plum embraces Dylan Cader, 10, while helping the Cader family sift through the remains of their home in the San Diego neighborhood of Rancho Bernardo Oct. 25. Friends and relatives joined many of the residents who returned to salvage what they could from the ashes. At least 1,800 houses were lost in the October wildfires in Southern California.
Point7Now! Activists focus on global poverty By Rick DelVecchio Global poverty can end if rich countries make good on their promises to help poor ones, and Congress must begin now by reforming U.S. foreign aid and trade policies, Catholic and interfaith representatives declared at a national conBridget ference in San Francisco. The urgent call for the House and Senate to pass a set of global anti-poverty measures pending in the current congressional session capped the Point7Now! Action Conference, which drew more than 500 activists to St. Mary’s Cathedral on Oct. 27. Conference organizers had planned to deliver the message in person to Sens. Dianne Feinstein and Barbara Boxer, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Reps. Anna Eshoo, Tom Lantos and Lynn Woolsey. Each was invited in a letter signed by Archbishop George H. Niederauer;
Marc Andrus, the Episcopal bishop of California; and Stephen Pearce, senior rabbi at Congregation Emanu-El in San Francisco. In addition, individual parishioners in the Archdiocese urged the lawmakers to attend. But none appeared, and only Pelosi sent an aide. “The empty chairs speak Chisenga for themselves,” Andrus said from the stage. “I was disappointed,” George Wesolek, director of Public Policy and Social Concerns for the Archdiocese, said after the conference. “You can almost tell it’s not an issue of high priority.” Feinstein had planned to attend but canceled because of the fires in Southern California. “The representatives who were unable to be here today are ready to work with you to achieve what you want,” said POINT7NOW, page 19
Catholic Charities in the hard-hit Diocese of San Diego is seeking donations to help victims of the Southern California wildfires with shelter, rent, food, furnishings, building materials and school supplies. At least 80 parishioners lost their homes, with damage reports from the rural Jamul area in the southeast part of the county yet incomplete. The fires destroyed two missions on Native American reservations in San Antonio de Pala Parish in north San Diego County, diocesan Chancellor Rodrigo Valdivia said. No diocesan property was damaged, although one church in upscale Rancho Bernardo had minor damage from violent winds that tore off roof tiles. The fires erupted Oct. 21 and by Oct. 23 more than 900,000 people had been evacuated throughout Southern California. Property damage in San Diego County alone has surpassed $1 billion. Catholic Charities is working with pastors to aid parishioners who lost their homes, especially in Ramona, Rancho Bernardo and Fallbrook. It is also reaching out to farm workers, especially those living in Pala and Fallbrook. In addition to direct assistance, Catholic Charities is offering individual and group counseling to fire victims and emergency responders. Six fires destroyed 1,597 homes north and east of San Diego County. The most destructive was the Witch Fire, which was responsible for 1,040 homes lost and 70 damaged. It caused two civilian deaths and 40 injuries to firefighters, surrounding Ramona on three sides and destroying 430 structures in that community. The San Diego Union-Tribune set up a searchable map at http://www.signonsandiego.com/firemap/search.html showing San Diego County structural losses by place and zip code. One of the county’s hardest-hit parishes was San Rafael in Rancho Bernardo. The entire parish was evacuated, beginning at 4 a.m. Monday, Oct. 22, amid whipping winds and an orange glow on the horizon. “It’s been a hell of week,” the pastor, Msgr. Dennis Mikulanis, wrote in the latest parish bulletin. Good Shepherd Parish in the city of San Diego took in Msgr. Mikulanis and opened its old convent and rectory to evacuees. More than 600 homes were destroyed in Rancho Bernardo, including those of 45 parishioners, Msgr. Mikulanis told Catholic San Francisco. “The winds were blowing all night long — these were huge winds,” he said. “I was born and raised here and I’d never seen anything like that in my life. The fires couldn’t even be fought.” In Poway, evacuees used the parking lot of St. Gabriel Church as a safe haven as the fires swept through community, according to the latest parish bulletin. Four parishioners lost their homes. Msgr. Mikulanis said St. Michael Parish in Poway lost 20 to 25 homes and St. Timothy in Escondido lost four. St. Bartholomew Church, a mission church on the Rincon Reservation, and several homes on the reservation were destroyed in one of the fires, according to Bo Mazzetti, a councilman for the Luiseno tribe on the reservation. He told the San Diego Union-Tribune that the loss of the church was a spiritual blow to the tribe. “That’s something we’ve all attended, that church. It’s devastating to see that,” Mazzetti said. The church is owned by the Luiseno Tribe, not by the WILDFIRE, page 6
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On The Where You Live by Tom Burke The San Mateo County Board of Supervisors has nominated John Blickenstaff and Ian Keane for 2007 Jefferson Awards, a recognition for “ordinary individuals performing extraordinary deeds.” The honorees, both juniors at Junipero Serra High School, are founders of “Don’t Throw it Away, Let Them Play,” a program that has brought more than $10,000 worth of used but usable sports equipment to schools and facilities unable to Father Francis Garbo, pastor, St. budget for the Timothy Parish in San Mateo, expense. The San blesses Cloe, the pet of Megan Mateo Supervisors Collom, a 5th grader at St. Timothy have also nominated school Oct. 4 at the feast of Mercy Sister St. Francis of Assisi. More than Marguerite 50 pets were brought in for the Buchanan for a event including geckos – Sharkie Jefferson Award. and Baby – and Weezy, an adopted Sister Marguerite pet dog from Hurricane Katrina. was honored for the creation and ongoing management of SVdP Catherine’s Center, a home for women leaving prison and sponsored by the St. Vincent de Paul Society of San Mateo County. As director of the program, Sister
Jefferson Award nominees John Blickenstaff, left, and Ian Keane with San Mateo County Supervisors, from left, Jerry Hill, Rose Jacobs Gibson, Adrienne Tissier, and Mark Church.
Marguerite oversees re-entry activities including drug and alcohol programs, job training, spiritual direction and reconnection with families. Jefferson Award nominees receive a medallion of the Seal of the United States and become eligible for a national award and a $1,000 prize presented in June in Washington, D.C. The American Institute for Public Service, founded by Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis and others in 1972 to put a light on outstanding community service, sponsors the awards…. “Thank you for sharing your gifts,” says Holy Name of Jesus Parish to Roonie Flaherty and Belete Gebrewold for their help with a recent Spirit Mass…. Speaking of pitching in, Lisa Collins is spreading the word about volunteer service opportunities at St. Vincent de Paul Society of San Mateo County where she is youth coordinator. For info, just call (650) 589-9039 or e-mail svdpym@yahoo.com…. St. Matthias in Redwood City is mighty proud of parishioners and longtime Vincentians, Georgette and Paul Lawrence, who were honored recently with SVdP’s Ozanam Awards. The couple have
been backbones of the parish St. Vincent de Paul Conference with both having served as president. … St. Cecilia’s says, “Congratulations to Happy Kramer” whose “magnificent display won first place for the City and County of San Francisco” in St. Mary’s Cathedral’s first Festival of Flowers in October. Happy arranges the flowers in St. Cecilia’s sanctuary every week and the parish is “so grateful for her time and talent.”… With so many homes for sale, the upcoming elections and the abundance of signage that speaks for the two, I thought it might be entertaining if one of those “Price Reduced” addendums wound up at the bottom of a candidate’s placard. Would we even notice? … This is an empty space without ya’!! The e-mail address for Street is burket@sfarchdiocese.org. Mailed items should be sent to “Street,” One Peter Yorke Way, SF 94109. Pix should be hard copy or electronic jpeg at 300 dpi. Don’t forget to include a follow-up phone number. Call me at (415) 614-5634 and I’ll walk you through it. Planners of a recent family Mass at St. Finn Barr Parish included eighth graders from St. Finn Barr Elementary and seniors from Archbishop Riordan High School including Riordan reps Mark Gayapa, left, Jimmy Pham, Alex Tablante, John Quitigua, Paul Stevens, Chris Chan, and Mike Chapman with St. Finn Barr’s Kathleen Schoeneweis, left, Rachel Tegenkamp, Rebecca Gonzalez, Kelsey Romero. Father Paul Njoku presided and 8th grade teacher Michael DiNublia was among the assembly.
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Communications Day to focus on media, service
Nearly 150 persons crowded a St. Patrick Parish meeting area Oct. 29 to discuss affordable housing and decry conditions of a nearby apartment complex.
John Avalos (center), an aide to San Francisco Supervisor Chris Daly, addresses participants at the Oct. 29 meeting on affordable housing at St. Patrick Parish, San Francisco.
St. Patrick gathering decries housing crisis Nearly 150 parishioners of San Francisco’s St. Patrick Parish and tenants from a nearby apartment complex staged a “Community Action for Quality Housing”
on Oct. 29 in the parish’s meeting area. During the evening event John Avalos, an aide in San Francisco Supervisor Chris Daly’s office, committed to “writing a letter
Memorial Mass scheduled Nov. 3 for Father Beny Bavero, OFM A memorial Mass for Franciscan Father Beny Bavero will be celebrated Nov. 3 at St. Paul of the Shipwreck Church, 1122 Jamestown Ave., San Francisco, at 3 p.m. Father Bavero, who served as pastor of St. Paul of the Shipwreck from 1950 – 84, died Oct. 12. A funeral Mass was celebrated Oct. 17 at St. Elizabeth Church in Oakland and a memorial Mass the next day at Mission Santa Barbara. “He was a saint,” said Conventual Franciscan Father Paul Gawlowski, pastor of St. Paul of the Shipwreck. “He knew everyone here and built this church.” For more information, call (415) 468-3434.
on behalf of tenants” to Meridian Management which oversees the 957 Mission St. Apartments, organizers said. Participants at the meeting aired concerns about the apartments’ safety and condition. “Just because we are not rich, landlords think they can get away with stuff,” resident Nenette Platero is quoted as saying in a news release from San Francisco Organizing Project which helped facilitate the meeting. Speakers and participants emphasized the lack of reasonably priced housing San Francisco and focused on strategies for encouraging affordable housing in the “South of Market” area of the city, said SFOP spokesperson Sarah Nolan. St. Patrick pastor, Father Eduardo Dura, supported the community meeting’s thrust. “When one parishioner suffers, we all suffer,” he said. SFOP is an umbrella organization representing 35 congregations in San Francisco.
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The Church’s 2008 observance of World Communications Day will focus on the need for the media being focused on service. As the theme for the observance, Pope Benedict XVI has chosen “The Media: At the Crossroads Between Activism and Service; Seeking Truth in Order to Share It With Others.” The Vatican announced the theme Oct. 30. A papal message for the observance is expected to be published Jan. 24, the feast of St. Francis de Sales, patron of journalists. Archbishop Claudio Maria Celli, president of the Pontifical Council for Social Communications, said the theme is a call “to reflect on the role of the media” and “especially, the increasing risk of their becoming self-absorbed and no longer tools at the service of truth — something which is meant to be sought and shared.”
Two seminarians studying for the priesthood for the Archdiocese of San Francisco — Juan Lopez (left) and Ghislain Bazikila — will be ordained to the transitional diaconate tomorrow, Nov. 3, at St. Pius Parish, Redwood City. Bishop Allen H. Vigneron of the Diocese of Oakland will be the ordaining prelate at the 10 a.m. liturgy.
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Austrian beatified VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Franz Jagerstatter, an Austrian farmer who was beheaded in 1943 after he refused to fight in Hitler’s army, was beatified Oct. 26 in Linz, Austria, by Cardinal Jose Saraiva Martins. The cardinal said Blessed Jagerstatter offered an example of how to live the Christian faith fully and radically, even when there are extreme consequences. Blessed Jagerstatter was beatified as a martyr, which means he was killed out of hatred for the faith. Many Austrian Church leaders attended the liturgy, and the Austrian bishops’ conference recently called Blessed Jagerstatter “a shining example in dark times.” Franz Jagerstatter In 1943, however, his refusal to serve in the Nazi army was not supported by his priest, his bishop or most of his Catholic friends. Particularly because he had a wife and three daughters, many advised him to think of his family and put aside his conscientious objection to the Nazi war machine. “I am convinced that it is best that I speak the truth, even if it costs me my life,” he wrote before his execution. In a final letter to his wife, he asked her forgiveness and said he hoped his life would be accepted by God as “atonement not just for my sins but also for the sins of others.”
‘Don’t abandon rule of law’ VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The rule of law cannot be abandoned when dealing with terrorists, a Vatican official told the United Nations.Although terrorists might have no respect for legal systems, states risk compromising their legitimacy if they bend the rule of law in confronting terrorism, Archbishop Celestino Migliore, the Vatican’s permanent observer to the United Nations, told one of the general assembly’s main committees Oct. 26. “The struggle against terrorism is necessary, but at the same time it must be established through the drafting, adoption, and effective enforcement of juridical instruments designed to tackle this violent menace with right reason,” said Archbishop Migliore, whose remarks were released at the Vatican.
DREAM Act falls short WASHINGTON (CNS) — The Senate Oct. 24 fell eight votes short of the 60 needed to bring the DREAM Act to the floor, closing down an attempt to pass even a small piece of immigration legislation that has enjoyed bipartisan support. The Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors Act, would have given young adults who were brought to the United States illegally by their parents at least five years ago the chance to legalize their own status while serving in the military or attending college at in-state tuition rates. Kevin Appleby, director of immigration and refugee policy for the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, said the failure of the 52-44 cloture vote, a preliminary step to bringing the bill to the floor for debate, was “terribly disappointing.” Estimates of the number who might have benefited from the bill range from 100,000 to 500,000.
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PARIS (CNS) — A French Mariology expert has criticized the Vatican and Church leaders for dismissive attitudes to Marian apparitions and urged greater sympathy for Catholic visionaries. “Apparitions are not a subject given much credit at present — they are seen very badly in the Church,” said Father Rene Laurentin, 90, an expert on Marian apparitions.
DUBLIN, Ireland (CNS) — Parishioners from three Church of Ireland parishes have joined traditional Anglicans from 12 other countries in requesting the Catholic Church receive them into full communion. If approved by the Vatican, the move would allow 400,000 traditional Anglicans worldwide to be admitted into the Catholic Church. The decision to petition for the move “seeking full, corporate, sacramental union” was made during an early October plenary meeting of the Traditional Anglican Communion, the umbrella organization for traditional Anglicans, in Portsmouth, England. The move, requested in a letter to the Vatican, would see the entire parish communities received into the Catholic Church.
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No revenge, pleads priest SONOMA — A Catholic priest Oct. 25 called for calm in the wake of the shotgun slaying of a 17-year-old Boyes Hot Springs youth Oct. 22, according to a report by the Press Democrat. Luis Roberto Miranda was shot to death while with a group of friends at Maxwell Farms Regional Park at the northern Sonoma City limits.
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A cloth is removed from a tapestry bearing the faces of 498 Spanish martyrs at their beatification Mass at the Vatican Oct. 28. The tapestry hung from St. Peter’s Basilica during the outdoor Mass.
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Bishops to vote on faith and politics document WASHINGTON—The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) will consider an updated statement on faith and politics at their Nov. 12-15 general meeting in Baltimore. The proposed statement focuses on the bishops’ role in helping form consciences in political life. San Francisco’s Archbishop George H. Niederauer said he is “especially looking forward to discussion and adoption” of the text as “a guide for Catholic citizens during the election cycle of 2008.” “Much careful work has gone into the text and its treatment of issues facing us,” the Archbishop said. “In this statement, we bishops do not intend to tell Catholics for whom or against whom to vote,” the draft states. “Our purpose is to help Catholics form their consciences in accordance with God’s truth. We recognize that the responsibility to make choices in political life rests with each individual in light of a properly
formed conscience, and that participation goes well beyond casting a vote in a particular election.” Every four years for more than 30 years, the USCCB Administrative Committee has produced an overview of the Church’s teaching on political life, referred to as their statement on “faithful citizenship” or on “political responsibility.” Over the years, this statement has been widely used by dioceses, parishes and other institutions. Since the current version was approved in 2003, more than 1.3 million copies of the statement, brochure and related resources have been sold by USCCB Publishing. Many more have been copied and distributed locally. The draft to be discussed includes a full statement as well as a brief summary for use as a bulletin insert. “It will demonstrate both continuity and change and focus on elements of Catholic teaching that are particularly important today,” according to a USCCB press release.
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SAO PAULO, Brazil (CNS) — A court in the Brazilian state of Para upheld the prison sentence of Rayfran das Neves Sales, who was convicted of killing U.S. Sister Dorothy Stang in Brazil in February 2005. Sales was sentenced to 27 years for the murder of the member of the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur. Brazil grants an automatic retrial for any sentence longer than 20 years. Sales told the court Oct. 22 that he acted alone, and killed Sister Dorothy because she had threatened him. Gloria Lima, a Para court official, told The Associated Press that Sales denied he was ordered to shoot Sister Dorothy. Prosecutors have said the 73-yearold nun was killed because of her project on sustainable development of the Amazon region, which bothered many of the large landowners.
At a special Mass at St. Leo Catholic Church in nearby Agua Caliente, Father Carlos Ortega issued a plea to refrain from acts of retaliation, the newspaper reported. Rumors abounded in Sonoma Valley about possible retribution for the slaying. Many young people attended the memorial service wearing white T-shirts with the 17-year-old’s photograph printed on the front and the message, “RIP Soldier.” Miranda’s nickname was Soldier. The sheriff’s department reportedly arrested three people on suspicion of murder.
“The draft affirms the importance of participation in political life. It explains the necessity of opposing actions that are intrinsically wrong, such as abortion and euthanasia, and affirms the obligation to promote the common good by combating such threats to human life and dignity as hunger, poverty, racism, unjust immigration policies, and unjust war,” the released adds. The proposed draft also urges Catholics “to become more involved: running for office, working within political parties, and communicating concerns to elected officials.” It suggests that Catholics should be “guided more by our moral convictions than by our attachment to a political party or interest group.” As they prepare for the elections, the draft says “Catholic voters should use Catholic teaching to examine candidates’ positions on issues and should consider candidates’ integrity, philosophy and performance.”
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The San Francisco Guild of the Catholic Medical Association honored Dr. Colman Ryan of Seton Medical Center with an award for his contribution to Catholic medical ethics and practice at the fourth annual St. Luke’s Mass and banquet. The event, held Oct. 20 at St. Cecilia Church in San Francisco, focused on the issue of obesity and its connection to heart health. Dr. Ryan promoted dietary changes and the use of nutritional supplements to help prevent obesity and diabetes. In keeping with the dual focus on both physical and spiritual issues, the physician drew attention not just to the prolonging of life on earth, but also to the Sacred Dr. Colman Ryan Heart of Jesus and the gift of eternal life in heaven. Before studying medicine, Dr. Ryan entered the Cistercian order for seven months in 1961. The honoree has been director of cardiovascular services at Seton since 1992, and was chief of cardiology from 1978 until 2000. Born in Kilkenny, Ireland in 1943, Dr. Ryan came to San Francisco in 1970 to be a resident at the University of California San Francisco Medical Center, where he continues as a clinical professor. More than 30 physicians, nurses and clergy attended the reception and banquet. Among those in attendance was Bishop Ignatius Wang, auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of San Francisco.
Correction In the Oct. 12 display advertisement for the archdiocesan Office of Vocations, seminarian Jeff Grace’s name was misspelled. In the Oct. 26 Catholic San Francisco the Scripture readings for Oct. 28 should have been listed as the Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time. The newspaper regrets the errors.
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Lourdes Quintero, a member of Mission San Luis Rey Parish in Oceanside, heats tortillas to serve with dinner for about 100 evacuees at an improvised evacuation center Oct. 24. Parishioners set up the center for those who fled the wildfires near Fallbrook. The evacuees were almost exclusively agricultural workers from Guatemala and had simply shown up at the church in search of shelter.
Wildfire . . . ■ Continued from cover Diocese of San Diego, although a deacon or priest from a nearby parish regularly ministers to reservation residents. The same is true of two other mission churches on reservations close to the Rincon Reservation. One of the two, Our Lady of Refuge Chapel on the La Jolla Reservation, was also reported destroyed, Valdivia, the diocesan chancellor, said. Mission San Luis Rey in Oceanside became a somewhat accidental shelter for 100 Spanish-speaking immigrants, mostly Guatemalans who could not take refuge at their parish church because it, too, had been evacuated. Msgr. Mikulakis said the response to the crisis was highly effective despite the reality of multiple fires that could not be stopped until the winds eased. “Personally I think San Diego showed the world how to respond in a crisis,” he said. “The evacuation was orderly. It was calm. Our civic officials were fantastic.” Rene Wallace, assistant to the executive director at Catholic Charities in San Diego, said donors may contribute online. The website is www.ccdsd.org. Donors may
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Where are the Other Nine? A Non-Silent Retreat for Men & Women Fr. Gerald F. Hudson, S.J., & Mary da Silva Abinante This retreat focuses on gratitude for God’s gifts—even those which challenge us. As we see in the passage from the gospel of Luke quoted above, Jesus reminds us that thanksgiving is a foundation of our Christian lives. Nov. 9-11
Home Safe! Home Free! A Recovery Retreat for Women (in the language of Al-Anon) Fr. Kevin Ballard, S.J. The home situations which drove us to the 12 Steps were neither safe nor free. Neither were we safe and free. The rooms of recovery bring us to new freedom—and the safe environment in which we can see and tell the truth, dare to dream alternatives, and take steps to change. Let’s explore this freedom together. Nov. 23-25 Gratitude Changes Lives in Practical Ways A Recovery Retreat for Women & Men Fr. Thomas Weston, S.J. A Thanksgiving retreat for women and men in 12-Step Recovery. Some quiet, some reflection, some sharing, some focus on the joys and hopes of living clean, sober and serene lives. Nov. 30Dec. 2
Walking on the Water A Retreat by and for Young Adults, ages 20-40 with Mary Jansen, Director of Young Adult Ministry, Archdiocese of San Francisco and Fr. Thomas Carroll, S.J. A team of young adults will share their stories of growth in making decisions as disciples. The scriptures and Ignatius Loyola’s wise advice on discernment will help us to navigate the complex currents of our contemporary experience.
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also contact Catholic Charities directly at 349 Cedar St., San Diego CA 92101. The phone number is (619) 2312828. Catholic Charities’ Wallace said the agency is just beginning its response to the disaster and is not able to manage material donations or volunteers. Volunteers who want to assist in the relief effort may register at a county website, which currently lists needs for staffing phone banks, distributing supplies, counseling and placing sandbags. The county website address is http://www.volunteersandiego.org/vsd/index.html. In San Bernardino County, the second hardest-hit county in the wave of fires that struck Southern California, 346 homes were destroyed and 68 damaged. Catholic Charities USA’s Office of Disaster Response sent a team of five to help coordinate an expected surge in demand for disaster services in San Bernardino and Riverside counties. The effort is focusing on assisting lowincome residents and people in shelters. To donate to fire relief through Catholic Charities USA, call (800) 919-9338 or visit http://www.catholiccharitiesusa.org. Checks may be sent to Catholic Charities USA, Southern California Wildfires 2007, P.O. Box 7068, Merrifield VA 22116-7068.
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Miller Brewing issues apology for logo on offensive poster By Dan Morris-Young Miller Brewing Company has issued a formal apology for “the offense caused by the use of Miller brand logos on a poster promoting the Folsom Street Fair in San Francisco.” The company said it has taken action to ensure that such an incident will not happen again. The poster for the Sept. 30 event which carried the Miller trademark as well as those of other Fair sponsors mimicked Leonardo Da Vinci’s “The Last Supper” with what critics described as a sadomasochistic theme. A center figure in the poster is a muscled, shirtless man flanked by men and women in leather fetishistic garb, some in flowing wigs, and in poses echoing Da Vinci’s mural. The table is strewn with sex toys. According to an Oct. 26 e-mailed press release from the company, “Miller has just completed an exhaustive audit of its marketing procedures for approving local marketing and sales sponsorships, and it is implementing plans to tighten its compliance procedures. The company has received assurances from its local distributor in San Francisco and from Folsom Street Events that future marketing materials and event activities will fully comply with Miller’s marketing policies and procedures.” Asked if Miller Brewing plans to be a Folsom Street Fair sponsor in the future, company spokesman Julian Green told Catholic San Francisco, “We do not have a sponsorship contract with Folsom Street Events. The sponsorship is through an independent Miller distributor. Our involvement in the future will require that our distributor can ensure that the future use of our trademarks, as well as our association with activities at Folsom Street Events, is in full compliance with our marketing codes and does not actively disrespect other groups.” The local distributor, DBI Distributing, has supported the Folsom Street Fair for seven years, Green said. “We deeply regret that we did not adhere to our own policies with regard to the Folsom Street Fair,” said Miller Senior Vice President Nehl Horton. “We apologize to everyone we offended as a result. We hope people will forgive us for this serious error and have confidence we will not repeat it.” “Miller did not have the opportunity to review or
approve the Folsom Street Fair poster, but accepts full accountability for this serious mistake,” the release stated. In its release, Miller Brewing quoted Andy Cooper, Folsom Street Events’ board president, as saying, “Miller Brewing was never afforded the opportunity to review our Fair poster before it was printed and distributed. The approval was made by a third party without Miller’s knowledge and consent.” “I would like to apologize to anyone who felt that the image was disrespectful to their religious beliefs. No malicious intent was involved,” Copper is quoted as saying. In addition to its public apology, Green said Miller Brewing sent individual letters of apology to Archbishop George H. Niederauer of San Francisco, Archbishop Timothy M. Dolan of Milwaukee, and Chaldean Catholic Bishop Ibrahim N. Ibrahim of Detroit. Miller Brewing is based in Milwaukee. “Like all major brewers, Miller seeks to market respectfully to a wide and diverse array of consumer groups,” Horton said. “But when one group actively disrespects another we cannot support its events and activities.” The company has been harshly criticized in recent weeks by the Catholic League for Civil and Religious Rights, based in New York. In an Oct. 29 statement, its president, Bill Donohue, called the Miller Brewing apology “nothing but a rehash of what it has been saying all along” and claimed the company has refused “to apologize for the anti-Catholic nature of the event itself.” “As we have repeatedly said,” he added, “sacred symbols were sold as sex toys at the Miller-sponsored event, a
stripper and a man dressed as Jesus were hoisted in cages above a Catholic church on a Sunday, and men mocked nuns in the street.” He said the League will continue its call for a boycott of Miller products. His organization has called on the religious community of the Milwaukee area for support. Among faith organizations to respond has been the Chaldean Catholic community. On its website it lists five dozen businesses, apparently owned by Chaldean Catholics, which support the boycott. On Oct. 26 it also listed eight which declined to take part. Archbishop Dolan of Milwaukee and his social justice office staff hoped to have “first-hand conversations” with Miller officials so Church officials could both “express our serious concerns” and hear directly from Miller executives rather than base decisions or comments “on what other people might be presenting or saying,” said Kathleen Hohl, the Milwaukee Archdiocese’s director of communications. “We all live in the same community,” she said Oct. 26, noting that she was not aware if conversations between the Archdiocese and Miller Brewing had yet taken place. “We have talked with Archbishop Dolan by phone and are planning to speak with him today,” Green said Oct. 29, adding, “I’m sure you will understand that out of respect for the Archbishop, we won’t be releasing details of the conversation.” In its Oct. 29 statement, the Catholic League said it was forwarding “the incredibly shocking photos of the Folsom Street Fair” to a list of 10 additional business, civic and neighborhood organizations in the Milwaukee area.
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Local authors address music, end times, adventure ‘I Am the Bread of Life’ provides look at composer’s life, thought
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Celtic history, magic, adventure woven into ‘Hound of Rowan’ By Devi Kane Zinzuvadia Move over, Harry Potter! There’s a new kid in town. Readers may soon be familiar with Max McDaniels, a character born from the fertile imagination of Henry H. Neff, an instructor at a San Francisco’s Stuart Hall High School. An instructor of U.S. history and advanced art, Neff is both author and illustrator of “The Tapestry: The Hound of Rowan,” released Sept. 25 by Random House, and the first in a trilogy of fantasy fiction books. The work is a labor of love for the teacher turned scribe. Neff came to San Francisco and to Convent & Stuart Hall in 2000 from Chicago, where he had worked for the management consulting firm of McKinsey & Co. for several years Neff credits his brother for setting him on a new career path. John Neff asked Henry what he would do for a living in a perfect world. Neff’s response: he would teach high school and write children’s books. And these days, he is doing exactly that. The central character to the “Tapestry” series is Max, a 12-year-old boy who comes upon a Celtic tapestry at the Chicago Institute of Art. The magical tapestry opens
doors to Max, and eventually leads him to a world of adventure at Rowan Academy. Neff weaves threads of history and Irish folklore, and has a canny gift for realistic dialogue. Like Neff, Max grew up in a suburb of Chicago. Also like his creator, Max is an artist, seldom seen without a sketchbook under his arm. The book has received enthusiastic reviews. Though there are the obvious similarities to the Harry Potter series, readers and reviewers of the novel say the characters, plot and action are distinctive. Neff was a history major at Cornell University, where he also penned cartoons for The Cornell Daily Sun. The new novelist credits family, friends, fellow faculty and students with providing inspiration and motivation. It took about two years for the manuscript to evolve. “The support and enthusiasm from colleagues and students have really been remarkable,” Neff says. “They’ve had a chance to see the work throughout various stages, and in some ways I think they share in the excitement and sense of ownership that I do when I see it on the shelves. It’s a very tight community, and I think we all take pride in each other’s achievements.” More than 400 friends, family, parents HOUND OF ROWAN, page 12
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included composition course work at Michigan State University, liturgy at the University of Notre Dame, and choral with Robert Shaw at San Diego State University. She received her master’s degree from San Francisco State University. She wrote “I Am the Bread of Life” for a music educators’ conference in 1966. Under Sister Toolan’s direction, Mercy’s prize-winning choirs sang throughout the Bay Area for religious and civic events.
In 1966 Mercy Sister Suzanne Toolan, one of the first composers to write music for the Catholic Church in English after Vatican II, wrote the hymn “I Am the Bread of Life.” During the ensuing 41 years it has become not only one of the most recognized hymns in English but in two dozen other languages into which it has been translated around the world. With the collaboration of Elizabeth Dossa, director of communications for the Sisters of Mercy Burlingame Region, Sister Suzanne tells the story of her remarkable ministry of music and prayer in a new book aptly titled, “I Am the Break of Life.” The publication coincides with the celebration of Mercy Sister Suzanne Toolan, left and Elizabeth Sister Toolan’s 80th birthday. Dossa have collaborated on a new book about Sister In the book Sister Toolan shares the story behind her most Toolan’s life and ministry, “I Am the Bread of Life.” famous composition and introduces a never-before-published hymn, “I Collaborator on the new book, Elizabeth Will Sing of Your Faithfulness.” Her insights Dossa, has written articles on religious life, and wisdom about ritual, silence and prayer spirituality, art and music over the last 20 shine through the pages of “I Am the Bread years. She began working with the Sisters of Life,” offering moving glimpses into the of Mercy as an English teacher at Mercy grace of her life with the Sisters of Mercy and High School, Burlingame, in 1980. her spiritual journey as a beloved teacher, With Mercy Sister Amy Bayley composer and retreat leader. and with the encouragement of A native of Lansing Mich., Sister Toolan she founded Music at Sister Toolan taught at Mercy Kohl Mansion, a chamber music High School in Burlingame for series in Burlingame in 1982 based more than 30 years. In 1982 in the original Mercy High School while still teaching, she led the building. She began in 1997 to transformation of the Sisters’ work in communications for the novitiate into Mercy Center, a Sisters throughout California and retreat and spirituality center Arizona. She and her husband Al located at 2300 Adeline Dr., reside in Foster City and have Burlingame. She became its first three grown daughters. director. In 1983 she introduced An acknowledgment Mass Taizé Prayer to the West Coast. and book signing open to the Sister Toolan was an organist public is scheduled for Sunday, Nov. 11, at and pianist when she entered the Sisters of Mercy Center. All who have sung with Sister Mercy in Burlingame in 1950. While still a Suzanne in school or in the Mercy community novice, she began teaching chorale at are especially invited to sing at the Mass. There Mercy High School and during the sum- will be a 10:30 a.m. rehearsal. The book signing mers she continued music studies which will immediately follow the 11:15 a.m. Mass.
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Priest’s guide to biblical final days literature geared for ‘rank and file’ “I SAW THE WORLD END: AN INTRODUCTION TO THE BIBLE’S APOCALYPTIC LITERATURE,” by Father William C. Nicholas, Jr. Paulist Press (New York, 2007) 158 pp., $18.95 paperback.
By Rick DelVecchio Father William C. Nicholas, Jr., parochial vicar at St. Cecilia Parish in San Francisco, reaches out to the rank-and-file believer in a new guide to the Bible’s many doomsday stories, “I Saw the World End: An Introduction to the Bible’s Apocalyptic Literature.” The handbook-sized paperback by Paulist Press features a pastoral rather than a scholarly purpose, Father Nicholas said, and emerged from his experience teaching adult faith formation and responding to students’ questions about the Bible’s end-times literature. “Sometimes,” he said, “people ask me, ‘Do you think you’ll be taken up for the Rapture?’” The period of apocalyptic writing spanned from 200 years before Christ to 100 years after the Crucifixion, Father Nicholas writes. First for the Jewish people and later for the early Christians, its purpose was to dramatize the struggles of the faithful against oppression and persecution and rally hope for deliverance under a just God. The Book of Revelation, for example, is not a script of the end of the world and must not be read in physical terms, Father Nicholas writes. “We cannot be looking for the sky to roll up like a scroll, or the sun to turn red, or one third of the stars to fall from the sky,” he writes. “We cannot be looking for the beast to come up from the sea, the four riders of Apocalypse to ride out of the sky, or the battle of Armageddon to occur at a particular time and place.” “Instead,” he writes, “we must look to the underlying spiritual message behind the Book of Revelation and the relevance of that message to Christian faith in Jesus Christ.” Revelation neither predicts the future nor says anything new about God’s plan, Father Nicholas writes. It merely states what believers already know: Christ’s vic-
tory has already been won. Revelation emerged from early Christianity’s conflict between the world of Roman domination and Christ’s heavenly world, Father Nicholas writes. It was written soon after Christians had been expelled from Judaism and were suffering persecution. The Church was also dealing with internal dissension and loss of zeal. “Revelation, in a nutshell,” Father Nicholas said in an interview, “is the ultimate pep talk to a persecuted community.” Father Nicholas redefines Armageddon, popular culture’s ultimate symbol of God’s wrath. Armageddon is the name of an iconic battlefield, similar to Normandy or Gettysburg. It is not an event but an actual place where empires waged bloody battles in the eastern Mediterranean, threatening ancient Israel and early Christianity. “We’ve mythologized Armageddon to be a place of great destruction, but there’s no battle that ever takes place,” Father Nicholas said. “The King of Kings rides to victory. We mythologize it as a battle but in the Bible the forces of evil gather but there is no contest.” Father Nicholas devotes a chapter to the Book of Daniel, the major apocalyptic narrative in the Old Testament. It was written in about 165 BC at a time of Greek persecution of the Jewish faith, he writes. “The experience sparked the Maccabean revolt and a rise in apocalyptic writings,” he states. The message of Daniel is that the setback is temporary. God, who grants wisdom where Greek philosophy can grant only knowledge, will return to rescue his people. Father Nicholas believes the apocalyptic stories can help believers deepen their faith in practical ways. For example, the wedding feast of the lamb that follows the fall of Babylon in Revelation is a way to look at marriage apocalyptically, he said. In the marital bond, like God’s promise to the Jews in the covenant and Christ’s promise to return, the victory is won when the bond is sealed. “We need to remain faithful and strong because we know Christ has won the victory,” Father Nicholas said, “and if he won it by dying on the cross how much more can we win it by suffering?”
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“THE ART OF POLITICAL MURDER: WHO KILLED THE BISHOP?” by Francisco Goldman. Grove Press (New York, 2007) 416 pp., $25.
By Rick DelVecchio Juan Gerardi Conedera, auxiliary bishop and coordinator of the Human Rights Office of the Archdiocese of Guatemala, was bludgeoned to death with a chunk of concrete pavement while returning home after dinner with his family nearly a decade ago. The killing took place on April 26, 1998, two days after the Human Rights Office had released a four-volume report on Guatemala’s 40-year history of genocide and state-sponsored murder. American novelist Francisco Goldman, who has roots in Guatemala and had supported himself as a freelance journalist in Central America in the 1980s, felt no pull to return to his old beat to cover what looked to be yet another political killing. But he risked an exploratory trip nonetheless, and it took just one lunch meeting with a source
Hound of Rowan . . . ■ Continued from page 10 and students — past and present — gathered to celebrate Neff’s achievement at a school community party for him in early October. Stuart Hall senior Corey Linehan was the emcee, and gave a heartfelt introduction of one of his favorite teachers. “Generally speaking, kids latch onto (the book) very quickly. The idea of stolen paintings, kidnapped children, old magic and secret wars is like catnip to young imaginations,” Neff said. “The drawings help, too, and I think kids are intrigued by
connected to the Human Rights Office to change his mind. Surrounding the slaying, the journalist learned, were a setup and a cover-up of unusual sophistication and strangeness. The perpetrators had infiltrated every public institution and carried out their task with impunity. They never worried about being caught. They felt the nation’s paralysis by fear and repression was so complete that no one was left capable of apprehending them. Bishop Gerardi had come close with his truth-telling report. But he was removed, and the removal was arranged in such a way as to negate everything he had tried to accomplish. “All of a sudden I was back in the 1980s – the same suffocating fear, the same sense of unpunished death again,” Goldman said Oct. 22 at a talk at the International House on the University of California at Berkeley campus. Goldman’s new non-fiction book, “The Art of Political Murder: Who Killed the Bishop?” follows the many investigations into the killing and exposes a Central American state that retained essentially the idea that I both write and illustrate the books.” Hopes for a movie deal? Neff is open to the possibility, but is more focused on working on the books themselves. The next installments are due for launch in September 2008 and September 2009. “The film business is a different animal with its own timetable and priorities,” Neff notes. “My priority is making wonderful books that will stand the test of time.” Devi Kane Zinzuvadia is coordinator of communications and publications in the Schools of the Sacred Heart Advancement Office.
Nov. 4 ‘Mosaic’ guests address gangs, community and Church A behind-the-scenes look at gangs and what role the Church and community can or should play in addressing the issue, will be the topic of the Nov. 4 installment of “Mosaic,” the television news magazine co-produced by the Archdiocese of San Francisco and KPIXTV, Channel 5. To air at 5 a.m., the program will feature Julio Escobar, director of Comunidad San Dimas, a restorative jus-
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Stalinist features despite decades of efforts to build a post-colonial democracy. In 1996, the bishop’s Human Rights Office was a rare countervailing force for justice in a nation trying to recover from a 36-year civil war. But even it was in peril, for the recovery was in name only, said Goldman, noting the army had such a strong hand after the fighting ended that it dictated truce terms. Among the terms was blanket amnesty for human-rights violators. A truth commission could investigate but it could not assign blame. The army knew international investigators would be hard-pressed to develop any credibility with villagers in the mountains where the worst violence had taken place in the 1980s. The bishop knew, too, and arranged for the investigation to be done under the auspices of the Church. His Recovery of Historical Memory project trained 700 religious people and sent them into the country with tape recorders and a mandate. “He said he wanted the report to be almost a work of literature,” Goldman said. “He said he wanted it to enter readers through their pores.” The report implicated government security forces in the bulk of the crime. It documented pregnant women whose bellies were cut open, people cut down with machetes, children picked up by the legs and smashed against trees, and a case in which 95 parishioners were taken from a church and massacred. “The army never expected that,” Goldman said. “That’s why they did the peace accords. It’s what the amnesty was supposed to prevent coming out.” As the report was released to international headlines, the well-polished mechanisms of state terrorism went into motion to plot the bishop’s murder and to insure the truth would never be found, Goldman said. “This extraordinary piece of theater begins to click into motion,” he explained.
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Witnesses were paid off, friendly prosecutors selected, evidence at the scene destroyed and stories leaked blaming the victim, Goldman said. The bishop, according to one fiction, was killed in a homosexual squabble. The nation’s institutions, according to Goldman, did nothing but thwart the truth. But, unexpectedly, a handful of young, independent-minded Guatemalans emerged. The bishop’s 28-year-old nephew, whom his uncle had trained as a humanrights investigator, joined the investigation, fell in love with it and went on to lead a youthful team who called themselves “The Untouchables.” Their first breakthrough was to secure the testimony of a former intelligence agent who had been assigned to trail the bishop. The testimony established that the army regarded the bishop as an enemy and had kept him under illegal surveillance at least since 1992. Despite intimidation of witnesses, prosecutors and judges – two prosecutors were forced into exile — the investigation reached high into the military establishment. It closed in April 2007 when the Constitutional Court upheld the 2001 convictions of three army officers and a priest. Yet Goldman, in his talk in Berkeley, was decidedly bittersweet as he weighed costs against results. The investigators, who became his friends during his research on the book, paid a heavy price. Not only the nation’s power structure but also its culture seemed stacked against justice. “My friends were mocked and derided everywhere, even more than the murderers,” he said. Goldman is encouraged by the heroism of many but does not overstate hopes for Guatemala, a country he believes remains in stages of civil war even though the fighting ended more than 10 years ago. The country remains plagued by discrimination against indigenous people and is a major conduit for cocaine and heroine. Executions without due process remain widespread. The state knows what to do, but lacks the will to act, according to a February 2007 UN report. Women, gays and human rights activists are increasingly the targets of violence in a nation where “shadowy networks of war criminals and organized mafias” thwart democracy, the human rights group Network in Solidarity With the People of Guatemala concluded in a report in September. “Believe me, I’m not optimistic, but I have my daydreams,” Goldman said. “Guatemala is the one country where the army totally triumphed.”
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Joyous Mass launches St. Anselm centennial year
St. Anselm Church was filled to standing-room only for the parish’s Oct. 14 centennial Mass.
group of 19th century instruments in the Western States. It was built by one of America’s greatest organ builders, the Kimball Co. of Chicago. It will now serve our parish for the next 100 years. It looks and sounds magnificent once again,” the pastor said. “As part of our centennial we are engaged in a $7.5 million capital campaign,” Father Healy said. “We held several town hall meetings before our centennial and the parishioners identified a list of things they would like to see accomplished. Among them are a meeting hall adjacent to the church, restoring the historical organ and deferred maintenance to our 100-year-old church and 80-year-old school.” “Today we are all enjoying the fruits of labor of generations in the past,” the priest told Catholic San Francisco. “It was the past generations that built our buildings and gave us the programs we have today. It is now our sacred duty to continue that legacy. All of us must do our part to make sure that what was given to us in the past and what we now enjoy in the present will continue well into the future. For all the wonderful people who have served our parish in the past, continue to serve, I am extremely grateful and give thanks to God. St. Anselm is now well-situated and prepared to carry on that sacred trust well into the future.” Father Peter McDonald, retired St. Anselm pastor who continues to live at the parish, was among the concelebrants. “I am very grateful that I’ve had the opportunity to work here with wonderful parishioners for over 25 years,” he said. “Last Sunday we had an opportunity to thank the Lord for allowing us to share our faith in action and witness. This is a great parish with great people and a wonderful spirit and it gave us an opportunity to celebrate the past and now to prepare for the future.”
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Archbishop George H. Niederauer presided at a Mass of Thanksgiving commemorating the 100th anniversary of St. Anselm Parish in Ross Oct. 14. An entrance procession included representatives from St. Anselm’s almost 50 organizations. Archbishop Patrick Riordan established St. Anselm’s as a parish on Aug. 7, 1907. The parish school opened in 1924. In the day’s program, parish details for the last century listed 6,472 baptisms, 2,704 weddings, 5,817 first Communions, and 4,587 Confirmations. “Certainly the celebration with the Archbishop on Sunday is a highlight,” said Father Neil Healy, pastor. “It was wonderful having him as our shepherd with us. There were more than 500 people packed into our lovely church for the Mass and practically everyone joined us in the gym for the fellowship and lunch afterwards.” Preaching on the parable of the grateful leper, Archbishop Niederauer said the Gospel story encourages the faithful to “extend the healing and grace of God to all people,” especially the marginalized. Paul’s Letter to Timothy echoes this in making it clear “the love of God is not limited,” that it “takes in all people at all times.” During the homily he praised the parish’s past priests, parishioners and religious — notably the Sisters of Holy Names who staffed the school from 1935 to 1981— for their sacrifices and vision in establishing the parish 100 years ago. “We stand on their shoulders,” he said. They were embodiments of persons “being generous with the gifts they had been given” and examples for the faithful of the parish today. They were the kind of people “who plant trees in whose shade they will never sit” but have a vision and commitment to the future, the Archbishop said. “This celebration of our anniversary is spread out over the next year,” Father Healy said. “We began the celebration Sunday and other events are planned over the course of the next 12 months, ending in October 2008.” Father Healy spoke of future endeavors. “Another one of the highlights will be the spiritual outreach to inactive Catholics in our community during Lent of 2008,” he said. “As we all know 80 percent of our faith community doesn’t go to church on a regular basis. We are having a massive outreach to those 80 percent in a very personal way as we prepare for Easter.” “It is important that we celebrate anniversaries like this,” Father Healy said. “I told the congregation that we are very fortunate to be here on this occasion. It’s a oncein-a-lifetime opportunity. We won’t be around for the next, so let’s celebrate. It gives all of us the wonderful occasion to celebrate who we are, what we’ve accomplished in the past and what we hope to accomplish in the future.” “I consider myself to be very fortunate to serve the wonderful people of St. Anselm, especially during this happy occasion,” Father Healy continued. “I feel privileged and honored to be their pastor. The people are warm, kind, extremely generous, welcoming and forgiving. I wouldn’t want to be anywhere else.” Another highlight of the Mass was the debut of St. Anselm’s refurbished church organ, Father Healy pointed out. Soloists as well as the adult and children’s choirs led song at the centennial Mass. “We found out it is a rare historical treasure and so we decided to have it restored to its original beauty. It’s numbered among a very select small
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Students of St. Anselm School form centennial number. The school’s Class of 2008 is at front of photo.
Father McDonald presided at the wedding of parishioners Dennis J. and Patty Anton Burke at St. Anselm’s in 1984.”The parish has been the center of our lives,” Patty told Catholic San Francisco. “We are able to go to daily Mass and have formed deep friendships within the parish.” The Burkes are active parishioners. Dennis has been an RCIA leader for 15 years, and also serves as a lector and lecturer in adult education. “These programs were a fine opportunity to use my mind and my theological background and to meet new people coming into the parish,” Dennis said. “It linked me closely to the Church and made me feel involved.” Patty serves in social ministry which, she said, “is an opportunity to help those amongst us who were the most needy. It has been very rewarding.” “The leadership of St. Anselm’s is very dedicated, extremely hard working, warm and inclusive,” Patty said. “They are clear about their goals and are open to input. The people in the parish are extremely caring and generous. They have a vast number of causes that they support again and again every year. They also reach out to each other in support. We felt welcomed when we came and have formed our deepest and dearest friendships within the parish community. It is our extended family.” Odile Steel is in her 50th year as principal of St. Anselm Elementary School. “The centennial celebration was absolutely beautiful,” Steel said. “The Mass was both prayerful and joyful. The gathering afterwards was a wonderful blend of generations - all with equal pride in being part of this vibrant parish.” “The singing, the speeches, the photo gallery, and the food, all contributed to the day’s success,” she continued. “I was extremely proud to be a member of this parish.” Steel said many school alumni were present including two members of the first graduating class in 1926 – Marguerite Geister, who was baptized at the church and been a parishioner for 91 years, and Al Locati. “There were lots of smiles and lots of amazing stories all around,” Steel said. “Being principal of St. Anselm has been the highlight of my career as an educator. St. Anselm, the parish and school, has given me the opportunity to lead an educational institution in the Catholic traditions and be part of a community that worships together, works hard together, and celebrates well together. I have been fortunate to work with two pastors, Father Neil Healy and Father Peter McDonald, who wholeheartedly support Catholic education. St. Anselm has been a wonderful blend of faith, family and learning.” The Sisters of Loretto opened St. Anselm School, serving there from 1924 to 1935. Loretto Sister Helen Sanders, formerly Rose Maureen, who died in 2006, “loved it at St. Anselm’s,” said Sister Kate Misbauer, Loretto Sisters archivist. “Even into her older years, Sister Helen would talk about it as one of her favorite places.” Holy Names Sisters Marianne Viani, associate superintendent of schools for the Archdiocese of San Francisco, and her sister, Holy Names Sister Maureen Viani, who both taught first grade at St. Anselm School, were among those attending the centennial Mass. Also in attendance was Holy Names Sister Sally Thompson, a St. Anselm alumna as well as a former principal. Sister Thompson entered religious life from the parish in 1943. “I am very glad to be able to help celebrate this occasion,” she said. ST. ANSELM, page 21
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Archbishop Niederauer ‘I am not worthy to receive you, but only say the word…’ Following is the homily delivered by Archbishop George H. Niederauer on Oct. 28 at St. Paul of the Shipwreck Parish, San Francisco. Once, in a “Peanuts” cartoon, Lucy showed a list of New Year’s resolutions to Charlie Brown. They included: “be nicer to people; be less critical; be more tolerant; don’t be petty.” Charlie asked Lucy: “Do you think you can meet those goals?” Lucy responded: “Why should I? The list is for you!” How does that relate to this parable of Jesus about the Pharisee and the tax collector? Luke begins the story with these words: “Jesus addressed this parable to those who believed in their own self-righteousness while holding everyone else in contempt.” Pride is the sin here, and it leads the Pharisee away from God. For 20 centuries, Christians have looked down on Pharisees, but Pharisees in the time of Christ were religious leaders who tried to obey the Law of Moses scrupulously, with great personal sacrifice. Also they sought to avoid association with those they considered sinners. That included the tax collectors who collected taxes for Romans and King Herod, and they did it on commission! You always want the person who collects your taxes to be on salary, and not working for a percentage of the taxes! When the proud Pharisee tried to pray, he ended up offering a testimonial to himself. He was informing God how good he was: “I give you thanks, 0 God, that I am not like the rest of men, grasping, crooked, adulterous, or even like this tax collector. I fast twice a week. I pay tithes on all that I possess.” The man is praying with himself, not to God. He’s admiring how good he is, and permitting God to listen in. There’s a story of a puffed-up minister in19th century Boston who offered a long, windy, self-conscious public prayer. One wag said it was the “most eloquent prayer ever offered to a Boston audience”!
It’s true that in many ways the Pharisee was not an evil man, but he thought of himself as a finished product, and mostly finished by himself. He couldn’t see his worst sin, pride, so he couldn’t be sorry for it and seek forgiveness: he couldn’t forgive sin in others and he couldn’t seek forgiveness of his own sins. Pride makes it difficult for us to pray. There’s a Jewish saying, “the gate to heaven is so low, we can enter it only on our knees.” I once taught an English course in a Catholic college and it required me to introduce satire as a literary mode. Many of the students thought that satire wasn’t really a very “nice” form of literary expression, so I asked the question: “Did Jesus ever use satire? Was he ever satirical in his teaching?” Sure he was and this parable is the best example. In what tone of voice do you imagine Jesus spoke the Pharisee’s prayer? Read the Pharisee’s prayer aloud, slowly, and see what I mean. The Pharisee’s prayer obviously has an “I” problem! In the Our Father Jesus gives us an example of good prayer; in this parable he gives us an example of bad prayer. To the extent that you and I are sinners, we turn from God and his loving will for us. We live lives that are more and more selfish and self-centered and less and less centered in love of God and love of our neighbor. That is true of all sin and all sinners. To the extent that we try to live good, virtuous lives, we run other risks: we can more easily give the credit for our goodness to ourselves, rather than to God, and we can look down on others as worse than ourselves and undeserving of love and respect, unworthy of help and forgiveness. That’s like the way Lucy was looking at Charlie Brown. “0 God, be merciful to me, a sinner.” Why is that prayer of the tax collector such a good one? Well, for one thing, he keeps it between himself and God. He isn’t standing in the back of the temple wishing he were more like, or less like, the Pharisee. True prayer comes from comparing ourselves to Jesus Christ, and not to one another.
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Gospel trumps ‘law’ An Oct. 26 letter from a Millbrae writer welcomed the incarceration of Fathers (Louie) Vitale, OFM, and (Steve) Kelly, SJ, and looks forward to seeing pictures of them entering a U.S. prison. These priests were protesting the torture of U.S. prisoners. The letter writer believes the priests’ protest are serious crimes against the U.S. government. He must surely be disturbed by the Oct. 26 beatification of Franz Jagerstatter in Germany. The Vatican honored Franz as a martyr for refusing on Catholic conscientious objection grounds to serve in the WW II German army. This Catholic father of four and sexton of his parish was executed in 1943 in Berlin.
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It’s a grace. Christians ought to believe that some government laws are trumped by the Gospel and that non-violent protest was enshrined in Pilate’s courtyard about 1,964 years ago. Ed Gleason San Francisco
Venomous tone Regarding the venomous tone in the Oct. 26 “Distaste for crime” letter, perhaps its author failed to prepare adequately for the readings of the 30th Sunday of Ordinary Time. St. Paul is writing us again from prison, not the first time either. Now why is he in prison? His conscience and outspokenness maybe? Certainly his faith. Additionally, perhaps the writer failed to note that Holy Father Benedict XVI beatified Franz Jägerstätter for his martyrdom by beheading in 1943 for his faith and refusal to take part in the German government’s state-sanctioned killing. The writer looks forward to our Father Louis Vitale and Father Steve Kelly being sent to federal prison for a long time for their opposition and civil disobedience over state-sanctioned torture. Perhaps, both he and Mr. George Weigel, of whom he is so fond, would be more comfortable in a well-ordered society where the trains run on time, dissent is crushed by the dissenter languishing in prison, or the citizen who refuses to participate in state-sanctioned killing is sent to the block and headsman? Such heard hearts may be softened with frequent surrender to the sacrament of confession, by reading St. Paul’s letters to Timothy and
When we compare ourselves to others, we often run the risk of making them look bad so we will look better. We conveniently forget our own failings, even the ones we should right now be struggling with. And when things in our life are going well, it’s always tempting to believe that it’s due to our own hard work and talent. We forget the source of all the good gifts in our life. We claim that we did everything with our own two hands, using our wits. Fine, but who created your two hands and your wits? You? St. Paul asked once: “What do you have that you have not received?” When this self-congratulation becomes a habit, the next step always seems to be to look down on those who have not been as fortunate. But keeping our eyes fixed on God and reaching out to others marks us as Christ’s disciples. Patting ourselves on the back does not. Jesus recommends we keep the prayer simple: “0 God be merciful to me, a sinner.” Jesus urges us to focus on God, not on ourselves and others. We need to look out at life through a window, not a mirror. And the light in that window is faith in Jesus Christ and the way he shows us to look at him, at ourselves, and the world around us. Imagine you are taking a sentence-completion test. The sentence to be completed is this one, borrowed from the Pharisee in today’s Gospel story: “I thank thee, God, that I am not like…” How would you complete that sentence? By naming a race? An ethnic group? A religious denomination? A special group? An age group? The only correct answer for a Christian is to refuse to complete that sentence at all. Several minutes from now we will approach the altar to receive the Body and Blood of Jesus. We will pray words the Church puts on all our lips – for a reason – humility: “0 Lord, I am not worthy to receive you, but only say the word and I shall be healed.” Let’s say that prayer and mean it, maybe adding in particular the specific ways in which each of us knows we need Jesus to heal us.
Philippians, and by following the example of people like Franz Jägerstätter. Or should I say Louis Vitale and Steve Kelly? Tom Smith San Francisco
Military demonized Two perfect examples of political correctness can be found in the Oct. 12 Catholic San Francisco. Writer Michael Vick, and his quoted sources, use allegations of a disgruntled Army officer to demonize the military. This officer was ordered to investigate misconduct at Abu Ghraib prison. He was not ordered to investigate someone in government, a contractor or the CIA. Mimicking radical left professors at UC Berkeley, and the San Francisco Chronicle, allegations are treated as facts. Perpetrators of criminal acts at Abu Ghraib have been tried, convicted and imprisoned by the military. Because “someone in government” was not among those convicted, the alligator tears shed by Father (Steve) Kelly and Father (Louie) Vitale exposes their motive, and their hatred of politicians with whom they disagree. On the very next page we find Father Basil De Pinto, in his critique of Ken Burns’ epic about WWII, diminishing the efforts of every veteran from the Revolution on. To say “The War” is not about patriotism and that war is “never good” implies those who bore the battles were less intelligent, and less educated enough, to know than those who did not participate. It was a good thing the founding fathers, and George Washington, invented this nation. It was a good thing for men to put their lives on the line for others. It was a good thing for Abraham Lincoln to free the slaves. It was a good
thing to break down the gates at Buchanwald. It is a good thing to fight to save the weak and helpless from butchery. With San Francisco having become the nation’s moral cesspool, one would think Fathers Kelly and Vitale might consider rendering unto Caesar what is Caesars, and to help return the City of St. Francis to its once great place. That may produce a more unifying result than trespassing on government property and demonizing our military. That type of protest should be left to the radical left who may never learn to love their enemies. If the road to hell is paved with good intentions, the freeway there is political correctness. Raymond White San Francisco
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‘Meddling’ welcome Was the letter criticizing the U.S. bishops for “meddling” in the affairs of capitalism a joke? True, this country is not based on socialism, despite the Bible’s Acts of the Apostles’ exhortation in Chapter 4, verses 32-35. Believers were to hold “all things in common with distribution made to each one according to his need.” Our bishops should “meddle” even more. Get Medicare extended to citizens of all ages, universally, and not just for elderly capitalists. Work for peace. What we do for the least of us, we do to Jesus. S.M. Verdino Mountain View
Eating with sinners I have known Father Richard Bain through his Healing Ministry for more than 20 years, but I must say that his Oct. 19 letter, with all do respect, is missing the point. Of course Jesus ate LETTERS, page 17
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The Catholic Difference
China’s one-child self-destruction “A real piece of work.” Back in the day, that’s what we’d have called my friend Nicholas Eberstadt. By his own confession, Nick left Harvard a convinced Maoist – only to find, during his early graduate work at the London School of Economics, that he couldn’t out-argue British development economist Peter Bauer. So unlike others who will remain nameless, Nick figured out that being left does mean having to say you’re sorry (and wrong), when the evidence overwhelmingly points in a different direction. So he abandoned the intellectual fever swamps of “Marxist analysis,” got very serious indeed, and has earned a well-deserved reputation as one of the world’s most creative students of demography. And one of the bravest. For in September, Dr. Eberstadt became possibly the first man ever to criticize China’s One-Child Policy in China, before an audience consisting of Chinese government officials and a predominantly Chinese World Economic Forum audience. Eberstadt first noted the human-potential costs of the One-Child Policy. Reminding his audience that perhaps the most familiar face of China in America today is Houston Rockets center Yao Ming (an only child, and the son of two basketball stars), Eberstadt asked his hosts: “Without a OneChild Policy, how many other stars might the Yao family have produced? … That particular possibility has been lost – and we will never know how much further potential for China has been lost, thanks to involuntary birth control.” The One-Child Policy’s proponents argue China has experienced enormous economic growth under One-Child.
That’s true, Eberstadt conceded; but “development” is more than economics. Consider the many parents who might have wanted more than one child and yet were compelled to “forswear the children they wished to have.” For those parents, economic growth is a poor substitute for their hearts’ deeper longings. Or, as Eberstadt put it, economic growth that doesn’t “meet the most basic of human needs and desires is low quality growth.” Then there are the about-to-come-due economic fiscal costs of the One-Child Policy. Thanks to 15 years of belowreplacement-level birth rates, China’s working age population is about to start declining – and will continue to decline “more or less indefinitely.” How will an increasingly over-50 population maintain the economic dynamism that the rest of the world has come to expect from China? Moreover, because of the One-Child Policy and its skewing effects on the overall Chinese population, “China’s age profile will be ‘graying’ in the decades ahead at a pace almost never before seen in human history.” Today, China is young; by 2030, China will be “grayer” than the United States. In 20 years, on current trends, the “normal” Chinese family will be “4-2-1:” four grandparents, two parents, one grandchild.” “Brother,” “sister,” “aunt,” “uncle,” and “cousin” will be abstract terms. What will this do to a society in which family bonds are a crucial component of social capital? And what about the demographic ramifications of sex-selection abortions under the One-Child Policy? That odious practice has created a situation in which, 20 years out,
there will tens of millions of unmarried Chinese young men with no marriage prospects – because the wives they might have married were aborted. That’s a vast human and social problem. It’s also a George Weigel huge international security problem, for that many unmarriageable young men means, historically, an army of marauders. Echoing Pope John Paul II in the encyclical Centesimus Annus, Nick Eberstadt closed on a humanistic note: “In the final analysis, the wealth of nations in the modern world is not to be found in mines, or forests, or deposits of natural resources. The true wealth of modern countries resides in their people – in human resources. China’s people are not a curse – they are a blessing.” Thus China’s success in “abolishing poverty and attaining mass affluence in the decades and generations ahead” may well depend on a decision by China’s rulers to reverse course and to trust their own people, with respect to the size of their families. Nick Eberstadt reports that his reception was “cool.” Which is bad news, not for Dr. Eberstadt, but for China. George Weigel is a senior fellow of the Ethics and Public Policy Center in Washington, D.C.
Spirituality for Life
Restlessness on a Friday night Driving me to the airport this summer, my youngest brother told me a story: One Friday afternoon, he and some co-workers were talking about what they would be doing that evening, the beginning of the weekend. Several co-workers shared how they had plans to meet various friends and hit some of the more trendy night-spots in the city. My brother, happily married for 20 years, rather timidly shared that he and his wife planned simply to order in some pizza and watch a movie together. “That must sound rather boring to you!” He volunteered. “Not at all,” said one of the single women in his office. “We are doing all the things we do (restaurants, nightclubs, and a certain social scene) only that sometime, and God-willing, sooner rather than later, we can be where you are now, content to be at home of a Friday night, with pizza and a movie and someone to make a home with!” Perhaps that isn’t true for everyone. But, it is, I venture to say, true for most of us. What we want at the end of the day, not to mention the end of the week, is home, ease, quiet, rest, someone to be comfortable with, some place to be comfortable in, a home. We want a place where we can be ourselves and where we don’t have to feel the restlessness of thinking our lives are empty because we are home on a Friday night. That’s not easy. Fault nature and God: We are born into
a home and we get to stay there, without having to hit night-spots on a Friday night, until puberty. Puberty is designed by nature and God to drive us out of our homes. And it does. It hits with certain violence and, even though we get to live at home for another 5-8 years, we are no longer at ease there. Every kind of energy inflames and we become too restless to find easy ease in things that once satisfied us. We are pushed out, beyond the security and comfort of home, to search for someone and something with which to build a home for ourselves. And so we enter our more restless years, those years exactly where we can’t sit at home comfortably on a Friday night with pizza and movie. We’re driven out, literally, to search for what can take us back home. So we hit the phone and the night-spots, searching, available, seeing, being seen. For some people, the point behind it all is clear: We are searching for a soul-mate, like the heart-sick lover in the Song of Songs and my brother’s co-worker. For others, it’s more diffusive, inchoate: We’re just restless, looking for action, for the right place, the right crowd. Initially there is no sense of desperation. We are young and the years stretch endlessly ahead. But eventually a certain panic and desperation set in. Restlessness can be punishing, a
merciless bully, robbing us of the simple capacity to rest. And we feel it cruelly on weekends, Friday nights, when it seems everyone in the whole world is doing something exciting except us, Father and then even more cruRon Rolheiser elly around holidays ( C h r i s t m a s , Thanksgiving, birthdays) when the seasons seem to demand we not be alone. Some years ago, teaching a class at a state-run University, I assigned Christopher de Vinck’s book, “Only the Heart Knows How to Find Them: Precious Memories for a Faithless Time.” The book is a series of wonderful, idealistic essays on marriage and family. The essays articulate precisely the richness of being comfortably at home with a spouse and family on any night, perhaps especially on a Friday night. A young woman of about 30 walked into my office one day ROLHEISER, page 21
The Bottom Line
Where is God when disaster strikes? As I write this, a breaking-news story is that a tsunami might hit a country, potentially causing the deaths of hundreds or more innocent people. Wildfires caused loss of life and more than a billion dollars in destruction in California. Nature’s fury clearly disturbs us. Many ask, “Where is God in all of this? Why does he let this happen? Why doesn’t he just stop it so lives can be saved?” When disaster is far away from us, we can be reasonable in seeking answers. But if we are in the path of nature’s fury, we’re more likely to be screaming at God than trying to understand the what and why of nature’s destructive power. A new book tackles this disturbing subject with exceptional chapters by nine distinguished authors. “All Your Waves Swept Over Me: Looking for God in Natural Disasters” (Paulist Press) presents each author’s personal reflection on “where God may be sought in the destructive forces of nature,” as the publisher states. Writer Nancy de Flon, also the editor of the book, further clarifies the theme, saying “much of the awesome magnificence of nature lies in the variety of its manifestations — even, perhaps, in its unpredictability — and this, in turn, reflects the mystery and unfathomableness of God.” I doubt anyone has ever taken it lightly when nature goes on the wild side, causing calamities from earthquakes,
hurricanes and floods to more personal ones such as accidents, sudden deaths and terminal illnesses. It is natural at these times to ask or even scream out, “Where is God?” We also wonder how we can make sense out of something that appears to make no sense. Redemptorist Father Kevin O’Neil, an associate professor of moral theology at the Washington Theological Union, expresses this honestly in the book: “There is no doubt that, in the face of natural disasters and untold human suffering and devastation, we would like to make sense of it. Yet, perhaps the better questions are these: ‘What are we to do now? How can we respond to tragedy so as to use it for God’s will for his people and this world?’” The chapter by Redemptorist Father James Wallace addresses how we should be examining our own consciences when facing what we should do in the aftermath of disaster: “Part of our response to any natural disaster should be the need to examine ourselves on the role human neglect and/or activity have played in bringing such occurrences about. “The conditions that help facilitate the occurrence of natural disasters continue to this day, rooted in our careless stewardship of the environment, whether manifested in our neglect and indifference or in human greed and vested interests.
“Before it is too late, steps must be taken not only by government and business leadership but by all of us to look to the protection and conservation of our vital resources: the air, water and ecosystems on Antoinette Bosco which all life depends.” Truly we must acknowledge the earth is certainly God-sized and full of mystery. And we have a Godgiven responsibility to work to preserve what he has created. Divine Word Father Francis Moloney’s chapter expresses this well: “In my opinion, singer Bette Midler has it right: ‘God is watching us — from a distance.’ God’s watching continues his loving attention to the mysterious but free unfolding of creation.” And there lies our challenge — to shake a fist at God or to be on his side, doing our job in continually working to make this an ever better “good earth.” Antoinette Bosco writes a column for Catholic News Service.
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13 Sisters of St. Joseph of Orange celebrate jubilees Thirteen Sisters of St. Joseph of Orange are celebrating jubilees during 2007. Six of them have ministered in education in the Archdiocese of San Francisco including Sister Grace Grima who serves today as administrator of All Hallows Community, a community of subsidized apartment living for seniors in San Francisco. The other five are Sisters Marguerite Gendron, Rita Marie Kropp, Cecile Bertheau, Jeanne Fallon and Noreen Duffy. A Mass in honor of the jubilarians was celebrated July 28 at Holy Family Cathedral in Orange. The 13 jubilarians are: 80 YEARS Sister Mary James Coutu Sister Mary James was a teacher for more than 40 years. In addition to teaching, she provided piano lessons and led school glee clubs. She also served as a spirituality center associate with senior citizens upon her retirement.
50 YEARS Sister Cecile Bertheau Sister Cecile has ministered in education for 17 years, and additionally dedicated eight years to pastoral work including parishes in Santa Ana, Torrance, Makawao (Maui), San Francisco and Eureka. The past 20 years have seen her visiting the sick as a certified chaplain at St. Joseph Home Care in Humboldt. Sister Eileen McNerney Sister Eileen might best be known as the founding director of two of the Congregation’s sponsored ministries: the Center for Spiritual Development where she served from 1985 to 1991, and Taller San Jose where she has ministered since 1995. In between, she served the Congregation as a member of its General Council. Sister Gemma Crowe Sister Gemma entered the Congregation at the Miranda, Australia Novitiate. Among her many ministries, she has taught at Star of the Sea School in Miranda, worked at Queen of the Valley Hospital in Napa, California, served the Stella Maris Hostel in Greenwich, Australia, and provided chaplaincy services in two Sydney hospitals. Sister Grace Grima Sister Grace ministered in elementary schools for 20 years. She taught in Arcata, Compton, Fullerton and
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75 YEARS Sister Marguerite Gendron From 1935 to 1989, Sister Marguerite served in the ministry of education, meeting needs in schools throughout California from Eureka to San Diego. Sister Marguerite served at Notre Dame des Victoires High School. Sister Rita Marie Kropp Sister Rita Marie taught at both the elementary and high school levels for 44 years. She covered the state by teaching at schools in Costa Mesa, Daly City, Fullerton, La Habra, Lemon Grove, Ontario, Point Loma, San Francisco and Torrance in addition to St. Joseph School on Maui, Hawaii.
Sisters of St. Joseph of Orange 2007 jubilarians and their years of service include, from left: Alicia Rivera, 25; Gemma Crowe, 50; Marguerite Gendron, 75; Jeanne Fallon, 50; Grace Grima, 50; Marianna Gemmet, 50; Noreen Duffy, 50; Cecile Bertheau, 50; Mary James Coutu, 80; Eileen McNerney, 50 years; Rita Marie Kropp, 75 years; Jeanette Woodward, 50 years; Mariquita Domingo, 50 years.
Lynwood, though the majority of her teaching years were at Notre Dame des Victoires School in San Francisco. For a few years, Sister Grace worked in campus ministry at San Francisco State and San Francisco City College. Most recently, she has served for 23 years as administrator of All Hallows Community, a San Francisco community of apartments for seniors. Sister Jeanne Fallon As a young Sister, Sister Jeanne taught first grade and served as librarian in Orange, Daly City and Pomona. It was in 1968 that she spent a year teaching fourth grade boys in Sidney, Australia before heading north to a mission in Papua New Guinea that lasted until 1991. Returning to the United States, Sister Jeanne served at the Center for Spiritual Development for a decade, and most recently served the Congregation as novice director.
During the Oct. 11 “Pilgrimage of the Treasured Shrines” at St. Mary’s Cathedral, Notre Dame de Namur Sister Sharon McMillan (center), a professor of systematic and liturgical theology at St. Patrick Seminary, Menlo Park, shares background on the shrine depicting Christ’s crucifixion “and how it ties into the Virgin Mary’s life as a pilgrim and our own lives,” said Social Service Sister Celeste Arbuckle, director of the Archdiocese’s Office of Religious Education and Youth Ministry. The office and Cathedral co-sponsored the event attended by 125 persons from throughout the Archdiocese. As groups moved between the Cathedral’s eight major shrines, a part of the rosary was sung.
Sister Jeanette Woodward Sister Jeanette’s ministries have included service in hostels, teaching in parish schools, and working in health care settings at St. Joseph Hospital in Orange, St. Jude Hospital in Fullerton, St. Joseph Hospital in Eureka and as a certified nursing assistant in Humboldt Home Health. Sister Marianna Gemmet Through her years in ministry, Sister Marianna has served in numerous settings. She has been a teacher, administrator, vocation director and member of the General Council. In 1996, she became the assistant general superior and served as the chairwoman of the Board of Trustees for St. Joseph Health System. Following a sabbatical year, she ministered at Queen of the Valley Hospital in Napa. Sister Mariquita Domingo Sister Mariquita has lived in several of the Congregation’s convents in California and Texas, serving in a variety of ministries from health care to the Center for Spiritual Development (CSD) As environmental artist at CSD for more than 20 years, she has created beautiful, serene settings important to the retreat environment. Sister Noreen Duffy In her early teaching days, Sister Noreen served schools in Santa Ana, Costa Mesa, Torrance, Eureka, San Francisco and Fullerton. St. Eugene’s in Santa Rosa has been her home for the past 21 years. There she teaches fourth grade, and is currently involved in her parish’s “Generations of Faith” program which started earlier in the year. 25 YEARS Sister Alicia Rivera Beginning in the mid-1980s, Sister Alicia served in Hispanic ministry in Costa Mesa and Fullerton while she also pursued her degree in sociology. In the 1990s, she ministered in a parish at Guaymas, Sonora, Mexico. Sister Alicia followed that service with a move to Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico, where she has ministered since 2000.
Interfaith Thanksgiving service set at St. Ignatius St. Ignatius Parish and the San Francisco Interfaith Council have extended “an invitation and welcome to the people of the Archdiocese to join religious leaders and people from various faith communities throughout our city for a special service of prayer and thanksgiving” on Thanksgiving Day, Nov. 22, according to an organizational press release. The service will take place at St. Ignatius Church, 650 Parker Ave. on the campus of the University of San Francisco.
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Letters . . . ■ Continued from page 14 with sinners! He came into a world of sin to pay for the sins of those whose names were sealed in his book of life at the foundation of the world. This does not justify making a mockery of the Eucharist by allowing the debauched to partake of it. The corporate Church is not open to those who would come only to insult it. I understand that Archbishop Niederauer was in a difficult position and perhaps was unaware of the nature of the “joke.” He probably felt later that it was a good idea to apologize to the parishioners after the fact to assure them we haven’t surrendered to the devil. Nevertheless, things have gone too far and those who would mock and ridicule our Church should not be allowed to enter. I would also add that regular Catholics should start behaving and dressing more respectfully at Mass. Children and adults chewing gum must be corrected. Steven J. Catalano Manteca
Deviancy promoted I read the Oct. 19 article by Rick DelVecchio and Dan Morris-Young, and the comments about the pastor of Most Holy Redeemer being more upset with those who filmed the acts of degradation against the holy Eucharist than those who committed it. Another somehow tried to defend the degenerates with a statement that God would not have created such people without a reason. What is wrong with you people? If you do not wish to be Catholic then why not join some other religion or keep your hatred of the Church closeted so as not to corrupt young people? Degeneracy has never been accepted by the Church and the behavior of those like you is a reminder that it is the degenerate who promotes degeneracy and not the Church. The Archbishop was wrong. If by this time in his life he cannot recognize a degenerate who is flaunting his hatred of the Church then he should not be the Archbishop. You compound the lie with your flagrant abuse of “the spin” and moreover you mention O’Reilly’s (Fox news) name as if it carried weight with you. The response to his comments was mild outrage from his listeners. Better you would have a millstone around your neck and be cast into the sea, who have corrupted the innocent. Sound familiar? I will pray for your conversion and the illumination of the Archbishop. Tony Mangan San Jose
Bloviating Archbishop Niederauer offered a fair and sufficient account of events at Most Holy Redeemer in your Oct. 12 issue. No person of good will needed more. It saddens me that third parties not present chose to fantasize and politicize actual happenings. Perhaps the cult of
celebrity gossip and the epidemic of glib trash talk have permanently impaired our nation’s psyche. Written in Pius XII’s day, my 1957 Maryknoll Missal advises under examination of conscience that “rash judgment; calumny; idle-talk; detraction … uncharitable conversation” all constitute sins of commission against the Eighth Commandment, Thou shalt not bear false witness’.” “Carelessness with the reputation of another” appears as a sin of omission against that same law given us by God. The nuns accordingly taught us to avoid “giving scandal.” Bill O’Reilly, now, knows the sins involved. Unfortunately, the role he chooses to
adopt as television attack clown gravely undercuts the Catholic principles he affects to hold. I understand casual barbershop bloviating. However, “The O’Reilly Factor”’s public excesses provide as much bad example and occasion of sin for Fox viewers as the harlequins of Perpetual Indulgence do in their street theatrics. Your quotes from Catholic World News and Catholic Online demonstrate that far too many commentators have jettisoned constructive dialogue along with the principles of prudent, fact-finding journalism. I commend Catholic San Francisco for efforts to uphold the full scope of the Eighth Commandment against an eroding tide. Paul E. Moslander San Francisco
Stage holy hour There are a few points I would like to make regarding the unfortunate incident that has received so much media attention at Most Holy Redeemer Church. First, it serves to remind us that we need to pray continually for our bishops, the leaders of the flock, recognizing they are human beings. Charity before all things. Archbishop Niederauer was caught off-guard; how many times have we been taken off-guard and either said or done something we later regretted? I do believe something good can come out of this. Our loving God has a
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way of doing this. I was wondering what our parish might do after such an “event”? I think our leaders would be organizing a holy hour in reparation for such an outrage and to pray for the conversion of those who perpetuate such acts and to beg for God’s mercy. Why not ask the Archbishop to lead the holy hour? Invite parishioners from other parishes to attend, after all your parish is now “on the map” as it were. I believe as fellow Catholics, we do feel your pain in your parish and do understand the hurt and outrage you feel. You are in our prayers. Finola Glassmoyer Redwood City
Well done Congratulations on producing a lively and informative Catholic weekly. You cover the news well and include many good features, articles and columns. I especially enjoyed the article about Rob Hansen and his latest novel, and the movie based on the book. Well done. The Marian “factoids” are interesting items. And the article about St. Paul and his letters was very informative. Thanks for alerting us to the coming Pauline Year. I had not been aware of that observance proclaimed by Pope Benedict XVI. I pray for your continued success and God’s blessing. George Murad San Francisco
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THIRTY-FIRST SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
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Wisdom 11:22-12:2; Psalm 145:1-2, 8-9, 10-11, 13, 14; 2 Thessalonians 1:11, 2:2; Luke 19:1-10 A READING FROM THE BOOK OF WISDOM Before the Lord the whole universe is as a grain from a balance or a drop of morning dew come down upon the earth. But you have mercy on all, because you can do all things; and you overlook people’s sins that they may repent. For you love all things that are and loathe nothing that you have made; for what you hated, you would not have fashioned. And how could a thing remain, unless you willed it; or be preserved, had it not been called forth by you? But you spare all things, because they are yours, O Lord and lover of souls, for your imperishable spirit is in all things! Therefore you rebuke offenders little by little, warn them and remind them of the sins they are committing, that they may abandon their wickedness and believe in you, O Lord! RESPONSORIAL PSALM R. I will praise your name forever, my king and my God. I will extol you, O my God and King, and I will bless your name forever and ever. Every day will I bless you, and I will praise your name forever and ever. R. I will praise your name forever, my king and my God. The Lord is gracious and merciful, slow to anger and of great kindness. The Lord is good to all and compassionate toward all his works. R. I will praise your name forever, my king and my God. Let all your works give you thanks, O Lord, and let your faithful ones bless you. Let them discourse of the glory of your kingdom and speak of your might. R. I will praise your name forever, my king and my God. The Lord is faithful in all his words and holy in all his works. The Lord lifts up all who are falling and raises up all who are bowed down. R. I will praise your name forever, my king and my God.
A READING FROM THE SECOND LETTER OF PAUL TO THE THESSALONIANS Brothers and sisters: We always pray for you, that our God may make you worthy of his calling and powerfully bring to fulfillment every good purpose and every effort of faith, that the name of our Lord Jesus may be glorified in you, and you in him, in accord with the grace of our God and Lord Jesus Christ. We ask you, brothers and sisters, with regard to the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our assembling with him, not to be shaken out of your minds suddenly, or to be alarmed either by a “spirit,” or by an oral statement, or by a letter allegedly from us to the effect that the day of the Lord is at hand.
FATHER JOSEPH PELLEGRINO
Invite Jesus into our homes Last Sunday we heard the parable of the tax collector and the Pharisee. The Pharisee was in the temple to flaunt his so-called goodness. He did not recognize his need for God’s mercy and left the temple without that mercy. The tax collector begged for mercy from God and it was granted. This Sunday’s Gospel presents an incident with a real-life tax collector, Zacchaeus. He was so short he had to climb a tree to see this Messiah everyone was talking about. Jesus called him down from the tree, and basically invited himself into Zacchaeus’ house. Of all the people the Lord could have chosen to spend the night with, he chose this tax collector — this betrayer of the Jewish people, this thief, this sinner. People could not believe Jesus would want to stay with Zacchaeus. For Zacchaeus everything had to change now. God had come under his roof. “Behold, half of my possessions, Lord, I shall give to the poor, and if I have extorted anything from anyone, I shall repay it four times over.” It was not enough for Zacchaeus that God had come into his life. Now he would change his life to nurture that presence. When the Lord entered Zacchaeus’ home, Zacchaeus said, “Things have to change.” That’s the reaction we should have when we realized the “all-surpassing good we have been granted in Jesus Christ,” to paraphrase St. Paul. Our avoidance of immorality, our decision to bring prayer
A READING FROM THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO LUKE At that time, Jesus came to Jericho and intended to pass through the town. Now a man there named Zacchaeus, who was a chief tax collector and also a wealthy man, was seeking to see who Jesus was; but he could not see him because of the crowd, for he was short in stature. So he ran ahead and climbed a sycamore tree in order to see Jesus, who was about to pass that way. When he reached the place, Jesus looked up and said, “Zacchaeus, come down quickly, for today I must stay at your house.” And he came down quickly and received him with joy. When they all saw this, they began to grumble, saying, “He has gone to stay at the house of a sinner.” But Zacchaeus stood there and said to the Lord, “Behold, half of my possessions, Lord, I shall give to the poor, and if I have extorted anything from anyone I shall repay it four times over.” And Jesus said to him, “Today salvation has come to this h o u s e because this man too is a descendant of Abraham. For the Son We are a wholesale pilgrimage tour company serving group of Man has leaders, organizations, churches leaders and travel agents on come to wholesale basis. seek And to save what We are dedicated to serving pilgrims, giving the best experience possible on their journeys. Once you taste our loving service, was lost.”
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into the home, our determination to make choices that might not be popular with others are all part of our decision to be different. Christians are told to be in the world but not of the world. We are told to treat each other with dignity and love. Yet, we are in a world where people too often do not respect each other, where people use the gifts of God for selfish satisfaction, particularly in the area of sexuality. We are told to use this gift carefully, wisely and lovingly by keeping it within the framework of a lasting commitment of marriage. We are in a world where there is too much lip service to respecting life. We need to move away from the concept that our faith lives should not have an effect upon any one else’s life. If we really believe Christ is in our homes, this should be reflected in every relationship we have. We often refer to our homes as little churches. They are. Every Catholic home, every Christian home is a place where the Lord wishes to be a guest. The Lord called Zacchaeus out of the tree and things changed. The Lord calls us to prepare a place for him in our lives. Jesus can be present in each of our homes and our lives in the most intimate way. And things will change. Today we pray for the courage to live our lives as a celebration of the gift of Divine Presence we have received. Father Joseph Pellegrino is pastor of St. Ignatius of Antioch Parish, Tarpon Springs, Fla.
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Phil De Andrade, an aide to Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, sits among chairs set aside for California’s U.S. senators and Bay Area federal legislators at the Oct. 27 Point7Now! Action Conference at St. Mary’s Cathedral, San Francisco.
Point7Now . . . ■ Continued from cover Pelosi aide Phil De Andrade, rising from a row of empty seats set aside for the lawmakers. He explained the difficulties of lining up a majority vote and urged faith communities to do more organizing. The demand for an immediate political response to the humanitarian crisis of global poverty was the result of a year of mobilization by Catholic, Episcopal and Jewish organizations. The effort to influence U.S. policy began in San Francisco last October when 1,000 faith activists gathered for the first Point7Now! conference. Speakers at the follow-up conference included Anglican Archbishop Njongonkulu Ndugane, archbishop of Cape Town, South Africa, who underscored the disparities between rich and poor. “Sometimes I think we have constructed a new global apartheid, an economic apartheid where a small number live the life of selfish consumption and enjoy the benefits of science and technology,” he said. “But the great majority lives in want with far too many dying of hunger, malnutrition and preventable, manageable diseases.” “Yet economists tell us that God provides a world in which actually there is an
abundance for us all if we only shared it equitably,” he said. Alex Baumgarten, an international policy analyst for the Episcopal Church, USA, decried the political status quo as a “moral blight” that divides the world into beggars and givers. “Poverty is a part of how the economic equation works,” he said. “The Gospel of Jesus Christ has no patience for such an approach. The Gospel tells us the poor have faces, but more important they have just as much to contribute as we do.” A theme of the conference was the role people of faith can play by their willingness to work in partnership with sufferers instead of merely providing charity. “I wish to share the spirit of giving and how it feels to receive,” Bridget Chisenga, who works in HIV/AIDS treatment for Catholic Relief Services in Zambia, said. She told the story of her own recovery from a health crisis. “I don’t have enough words to express my happiness that I have a life. This hope in me has really come from all of you out there.” The purpose of the Point7Now! campaign is to urge lawmakers to dramatically increase U.S. spending on anti-poverty measures overseas. The United States must spend seven-tenths of 1 percent of its gross national product to relieve poverty in the developing world, up from the
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Pending federal legislation said aimed at global need Global poverty activists are urging Catholics to press Congress to pass laws that would help implement the UN Millennium Development Goals to reduce the most extreme global poverty. These measures are pending in the current session of Congress: HR 2764: Department of State, Foreign Operations and Related Programs Appropriation Act, 2008. Funds foreign aid for child survival, nutrition and disease programs, including HIV/AIDS. Passed House and Senate, pending in conference committee. HR 2634: Jubilee Act for Responsible Lending and Expanding Debt Cancellation Act of 2007. Provides for debt cancellation for low-income countries. A companion bill, S 2166, has been introduced in the Senate. Passed House, referred to Senate Foreign Relations Committee. HR 1302: Global Poverty Act of 2007. Requires president to make global poverty reduction a foreign policy objective. Passed House, referred to Senate Foreign Relations Committee. HR 2419: 2007 Farm Bill. Continues agricultural programs in place since 2002. Passed House, pending in Senate. For more information: http://www.govtrack.us/ current two-tenths of 1 percent, conference organizers said. The higher spending is needed to meet all eight Millennium Development goals set by the United States and 190 other UN member
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Food & Fun Nov. 3, 4: Fall bake sale benefiting St. Stephen School. Homemade treats will be sold after each Mass. For more information, contact Ethel Rohan (415) 682-8008 or epmtrohan@comcast.net or Maureen Mallon (415) 566-9865 or j-mallon@sbcglobal.net). Nov. 10: Notre Dame des Victoires’ 57th Annual Bal de Paris, “Une Soirée en Ville”! The gala will be held at Hotel Nikko, 222 Mason St., San Francisco. Cocktails/silent auction at 6 p.m. dinner, dancing at 7.30 p.m. Black tie optional. Tickets $125 or become a Bal Patron and receive tickets based on donation level. Fundraiser supports school/parish. Call (415) 421-0069 for information. Nov. 10, 11: “Ring in the Holidays” at the All Souls Christmas Craft Faire, 315 Walnut Ave. at Miller in South San Francisco. Get some Christmas shopping done, have lunch on Saturday or “breakfast with Santa” on Sunday. Contact Dolores Herrle at (650) 588-0810 or visit at www.ssfallsoulsschool.org Nov. 16, 17, 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.: Sisters of Mercy at Marian Convent 2007 Annual Holiday Boutique. Holiday items for sale including; themed gift baskets, handcrafted blankets, all occasion handmade cards, homemade jams and jellies, baked goods, candies and fudge. Marian Convent, 2300 Adeline Dr., Bldg. D, Burlingame. Follow Lower Road on Mercy Campus to Marian Convent. For information, call Debbie Halleran (650) 340-7426. Nov. 16, 17, 7 – 10 p.m.: “Rock the Parish Hall,” two evenings of dancing to classic rock and blues by Marin band “Girls Nite Out” at St. Hilary Parish Hall, 761 Hilary Dr., Tiburon. Tickets are $20, available at the door and include appetizers. Wine and beer will be available for purchase. Call (415) 435-1122 or e-mail richardsmckinley@comcast.net. Nov. 17, 10 a.m. – 3 p.m.: Boutique de Noel, a holiday fundraiser benefiting the work of The Little Sisters of the Poor at St. Anne’s Home, 300 Lake St. in San Francisco. Afternoon features silent auction, raffle and a chance to purchase from holiday gifts including gourmet baskets and homemade foods. Lunch is available at $45 per person. Reservations required. Sponsored by the Auxiliary of the Little Sisters of the Poor. Call Denise Monfredini at (415) 681-5948 or Jean Terheyden at (415) 922-3797. Free admission and valet parking. Nov. 17: “Cougars On Broadway,” a fall fashion show benefiting St. Stephen School, 11 a.m. at the Olympic Club Lakeside with no-host cocktails and a silent auction, and luncheon at noon. Tickets are $70. Raffle tickets are $5 or six tickets for $25. Raffle prizes include $500 Stonestown Galleria shopping spree and $150 gift certificate to Zuni’s Restaurant. For more information, contact Kimberley Collins at (415) 990-1620 or kimberleycollins@sbcglobal.net. Nov. 17-18, 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.: “Holiday Boutique” featuring the Dominican Sisters of Mission San Jose’s extra-virgin olive oil, fruitcakes and baked goods. To be held at the Sisters’ Motherhouse, 43326 Mission Blvd., Fremont, the sale will also include oil paintings, hand-made afghans, crocheted and knitted articles, ornaments, cards and more. No admission charge. Proceeds benefit retired Sisters. Visit www.msjdominicans.org. Nov. 18, 1 - 4 p.m.: “Home for the Holidays,” an afternoon benefiting the restoration of Ralston Hall Mansion at Notre Dame de Namur University, 1500 Ralston Ave. in Belmont. Includes light lunch, desserts, spirits of the season, boutique marketplace, fashions, holiday decorations, entertainment. Tickets are $30 before Nov. 9 and $40 after. Young adult tickets, 11 – 17, are $20. Call (650) 598-3645.
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Contact Mary Jansen at (415) 614-5596, or e-mail jansenm@sfarchdiocese.org. Check website for Bay Area events, or download quarterly newsletter at www.sfyam.org. Nov. 6: Theology on Tap, “Not For Sale Campaign: Stopping Human Trafficking in the Bay Area” with Mark Wexler, international speaker for notforsalecampaign.org. This evening offers information, faithsharing and Q&A opportunities. Hospitality begins at 6:30 p.m. and program is from 7 to 9 p.m. at Elephant & Castle at 425 Battery St. near Clay, San Francisco; $10 cover. Free appetizers and drink specials beginning at 6:30p.m.
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Puttin’ the pedal to the medal at St. Veronica Parish Sept. 29 were car aficionados both young and old. Seen announcing winners of younger generation’s Model Car competition is car show chair, Steve Jensen, himself a classic car owner. “It’s a 1962 Impala Super Sport given to me by my uncle Ed Demattei when I was 19,” Jensen, now a few years beyond that age, said. The car was one of more than 100 pre-1975 collector-class autos brought in by owners from throughout the Bay Area. St. Veronica 4th grader Dylan Kay took first place in the model competition with a replica of a 1964 Pontiac GTO.
Arts & Entertainment Nov. 4: The Philippine National Olympic Boxing Team will participate in the International Boxing Invitational (IBI), a boxing competition showcasing six Olympic contenders vs. Northern California All-Star boxing athletes at USF’s War Memorial Gymnasium from 3-7 p.m. The IBI is a family event celebrating Filipino culture in the Bay Area. Tickets are $5 students/$10 for USF staff/ $20 general admission, and $50 for V.I.P ringside seats. To purchase tickets or for more information, contact Chuck White, director of USF Recreational Sports Department, (415) 422-2945 or white@usfca.edu. Proceeds will support USF’s Yuchengco Philippine Studies Program and other USF Filipino programs. Nov. 6, 5:45 p.m.: USF’s Center for the Pacific Rim presents “Borneo: Endangered Island paradise?” with Patrick Murphy, Ph.D., director of USF’s Leo T. McCarthy Center for Public Service in Rm. 100, Lone Mountain. Campus, 2800 Turk Blvd. Nov. 8, 5:45 p.m.: The USF Center for the Pacific Rim center welcomes author Isabel Allende to Fromm Hall. Copies of Allende’s books will be available. Free and open to the public. To reserve a seat, call (415) 422-6828. Visit www.usfca.edu Nov. 8, 9, 10 15, 16, 17: Sacred Heart Preparatory Theatre Company presents an adaptation of the Ken Kesey classic, “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest” in the DePaul Auditorium, Ellis and Gough St. in San Francisco. Ticket prices and curtain times available by calling (415) 775.6626, ext. 840 or visit www.shcp.edu. Nov. 9 – Dec. 2: Bay Area Fringe Festival, three weekends- except Nov. 23 – 25 - of one-act and solo performance plays at Dominican University of California, Meadowlands Hall, in San Rafael. Call (415) 673-3131 or visit www.dominican.edu/events for titles, curtain times and ticket prices. Nov. 11, 12:15 p.m.: A book signing of “I Am The Bread of Life” about the life and ministry of Mercy Sister Suzanne Toolan, teacher, composer and founder of Mercy Center at the Sisters of Mercy Motherhouse, 2300 Adeline Dr., Burlingame. For information, e-mail edossa@mer-
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Respect Life/ Family Life Nov. 10, 7:30 p.m.: More than 30 years ago, Father Stephen Imbarrato was involved with an abortion as a layman. He will share his journey from the abortion clinic to the priesthood at Our Lady of Peace Parish, 2800 Mission College Blvd., Santa Clara. Tickets are $10 / $20 per family. Clergy, religious, seminarians and students free. Donations benefit the St. Juan Diego Women’s Center for mothers in a crisis pregnancy, (408) 258-2008.
Prayer/Lectures/Trainings Nov. 4, 10:30 a.m.: Memorial Mass remembering alumni, clergy, religious and friends of St. Peter Elementary School at St. Peter Church, 24th and Florida St. in San Francisco. Brunch follows in parish hall; $15 adults/$5 children. Call Irma Vargas (415) 846-5966. Nov. 10, 9:30 a.m.: Paulist Father Terry Ryan on Pope Benedict XVI’s “God is Love” at Old St. Mary’s Cathedral, Grant and California St. in San Francisco. “The heart of the Christian faith is an encounter with Jesus Christ,” Father Ryan said. “The workshop helps us to see how we can open ourselves to this encounter.” Call (415) 288-3800. St. Stephen Church of San Francisco is offering a Chinese Bible Study group to anyone who is interested in knowing more about Scripture. The group meets every Thursday, 7:30 – 8:45 p.m. at the O’Reilly Parish Center, 451 Eucalyptus Dr., San Francisco. Contact Veronica Wong at (415) 6812444, ext. 33 for details.
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Grief support groups meet at the following parishes. San Mateo County: St. Catherine of Sienna, Burlingame; call Debbie Simmons at (650) 5581015. St. Dunstan, Millbrae; call Barbara Cappel at (650) 692-7543. Good Shepherd, Pacifica; call Sister Carol Fleitz at (650) 355-2593. Our Lady of Mercy, Daly City; call Barbara Cantwell at (650) 755-0478. Our Lady of Mt. Carmel, Redwood City; call parish at (650) 366-3802. St. Robert, San Bruno; call Sister Patricia at (650) 589-2800. Marin County: St. Anselm, San Anselmo; call Brenda MacLean at (415) 454-7650. St. Isabella, San Rafael; call Pat Sack at (415) 472-5732. Our Lady of Loretto, Novato; call Sister Jeanette at (415) 897-2171. San Francisco: St. Dominic; call Deacon Chuck McNeil at (415) 567-7824; St. Finn Barr (bilingual); call Carmen Solis at (415) 584-0823. St. Gabriel; call Elaine Khalaf at (415) 564-7882. Young Widow/Widower Group: St. Gregory, San Mateo; call Barbara Elordi at (415) 614-5506. Ministry to Parents: Our Lady of Angels, Burlingame; call Ina Potter at (650) 347-6971 or Barbara Arena at (650) 344-3579. Children’s Grief Group: St. Catherine, Burlingame; call Debbie Simmons at (650) 5581015. Information regarding grief ministry in general: call Barbara Elordi at (415) 614-5506.
Returning Catholics Programs for Catholics interested in returning to the Church have been established at the following parishes: Marin County: Tiburon, St. Hilary: Mary Musalo, (415) 435-2775. Ross, St. Anselm: (415) 453-2342. Greenbrae, St. Sebastian: Jean Mariani (415) 4617060. Mill Valley, Our Lady of Mt. Carmel: Rick Dullea (415) 388-4190. Sausalito, St. Mary Star of the Sea: Lloyd Dulbecco (415) 331-7949. San Francisco: Old St. Mary’s Cathedral, Michael Adams (415) 695-2707; St. Philip the Apostle (415) 282-0141; St. Dominic, Lee Gallery (415) 221-1288; Holy Name of Jesus (415) 664-8590; St. Paul of the Shipwreck, Deacon Larry Chatmon and Loretta Chatmon (415) 468-3434. San Mateo County: San Mateo – St. Bartholomew: Donna Salinas (650) 347-0701, ext. 14; St. Matthew: Deacon Jim Shea (650) 344-7622. Burlingame – St. Catherine of Siena: Silvia Chiesa (650) 685-8336; Our Lady of Angels: Holy Names Sister Pat Hunter (650) 375-8023. Millbrae, St. Dunstan: Dianne Johnston at (650) 697-0952. Pacifica, St. Peter: Sylvia Miles (650) 355-6650, Jerry Trecroci (650) 355-1799, Frank Erbacher (650) 355-4355. Half Moon Bay, Our Lady of the Pillar: Meghan (650) 726-4337.
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St. Anselm . . . ■ Continued from page 13 Karin and Gordon Tucker have been “active parishioners since we moved to Marin in 1997.” They are the parents of four young children. “I have been active as a lector, extraordinary minister of holy Communion and helped with the Children’s Liturgy,” Karin, who also served on the Centennial Outreach Committee, said. “We have had a very spiritually fulfilling experience at St. Anselm in our 10 years here,” Karin said. “We truly `church-shopped’ when we first moved to Marin. We found St. Anselm to be a very welcoming community, even as my husband, Gordon, had been raised Episcopalian. Through RENEW we were connected with several couples who had been active parishioners for years, raising their children here. Many of the people we know today, including most of our favorite babysitters, can be linked to those couples from RENEW. Since then, Father Peter McDonald has baptized all of our children. Gordon has gone through the Rite of Christian Initiation (RICA) to become Catholic. And, this
An early photo of St. Anselm Church, dedicated Nov. 22, 1908 by Archbishop Patrick Riordan. “This beautiful edifice will be a great joy and lasting benefit not only to you who are now present, but to many yet to come within the parish,” Archbishop Riordan said. Also on that day, a baby boy was baptized in the church. He would grow to be Monterey Bishop Harry Anselm Clinch who died in 2003. The church was enlarged in 1955 with architects remaining faithful to its original design. The rectory next to the church was also built in 1908, remodeled in 1917 and torn down in 1956 when a new residence was built on the property.
spring we will witness our eldest son’s First Communion with his second grade class.” ”We often hear that our children are so well behaved in church and are asked how we do it. The answer I give is that we’re here every Sunday,” Karin continued. “Mass is a regular part of our lives, just like school and baseball.” ”I do love this community at St. Anselm. We enjoy being part of each other’s lives, helping one another to continue our spiritual growth, to raise our children with a faithbased foundation, to help our community and those in need. It just makes you feel good.” “We did attend the Centennial Mass. The thing I liked
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Rolheiser . . . ■ Continued from page 15 with de Vinck’s book in hand and tears in her eyes. She told me: “Father, I’ve lived a hot-blooded youth and have slept my way through a couple of states, always thinking that’s where life is. But, what I really want is what this man has! A home, a spouse, a place of that kind of comfort!” A place of comfort! Godwilling, may we all eventualBreakfast Meeting ly find exactly that. Perhaps you are one of the lucky ones who have already found it, in WEDNESDAY, NOV. 14, 2007 SETON MEDICAL CENTER – DALY CITY a soul-mate who has taken 7:00 a.m. to 8:30 a.m. 1900 Sullivan Ave., Daly City, CA 94015 you home. But it can also be found in vocation, in a serv- VALERIE MEEHAN SCHMALZ Pro-Life Feminism ice, in a faith, in an ideal, in Valerie Meehan Schmalz is a fourth generation San Franciscan who now serves friends, inside of ourselves as Feminists for Life chief operating officer. Valerie’s background includes in a deeper confidence that more than 10 years in journalism. She worked for The Associated Press, in lets us feel complete and print, radio and television before marrying husband Patrick in Baltimore. worthwhile even when we They returned to San Francisco in 1998, where their fourth son was born. are home alone on a Friday Valerie and Patrick’s children attend St. Gabriel School and Archbishop night, and especially in a Riordan High School. Valerie’s husband is a mortgage broker and vice God, who is our ultimate soul-mate and with whom, president at Smith-Craine Finance. She is one of eight Meehan siblings, and with or without trendy nighthas modeled her view of women, work and family, on her own mother, Valerie spots or pizza and a movie, C. Meehan who taught at City College of San Francisco for 40 years while raising a family with love. we are always at home. Valerie will discuss Feminists for Life’s mission and outreach to college campuses, as well as her Henri Nouwen used to own experiences as a feminist who is pro-life. say: “We are not restful persons who occasionally get Feminists for Life of America is a national organization founded in 1972 by two women who were restless; but rather restless thrown out of a NOW meeting for their pro-life beliefs. Based in the Washington, D.C. area, persons who occasionally Feminists for Life believes women can refuse to choose between their unborn child and their career find rest.” That’s true for all or their education. FFL brings that message to college campuses across the country. Feminists for of us, this side of eternity, Life introduced five new speakers in August, including women who continued through college perhaps especially on a despite unplanned pregnancies, a woman who chose to abort and regrets it, and even a woman who Friday night. was aborted—and survived.
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Seven new parish directors of religious education and youth ministers took part in an Oct. 25 training session at the archdiocesan Pastoral Center. Directed by the Office of Religious Education and Youth Ministry, the instruction covered catechist formation, deanery functioning, OREYM resources, and insurance topics, among other subjects. Pictured from left standing are Social Service Sister Celeste Arbuckle, OREYM director; Greg Campbell and Drew Bolger of Arthur J. Gallagher Risk Management Services; Megan Pryor Lorentz, OREYM associate director for youth ministry and catechesis; Elizabeth Neapolitan, youth ministry and confirmation coordinator, Our Lady of the Pillar, Half Moon Bay; Passionist Sister Rafaela Ojeda, pastoral associate and Spanish-language religious education director at Our Lady of the Pillar; seated, from left: Canossian Sister Stella Negri, pastoral associate, Holy Name of Jesus, San Francisco; Blessed Virgin Mary Sister Maria Makerita Salainaoloa Tuimavave, religious education and youth ministry director, Our Lady of Perpetual Help, Daly City; Asusena Chavez, religious education coordinator, St. Anthony, Menlo Park; Anelita Reyes, OREYM associate director for catechesis; Lauren Bergesen, youth minister and confirmation director, St. Peter, Pacifica; and Chris Lorentz, youth ministry coordinator, St. Raphael, San Rafael. Among other new parish youth and religious education leaders in the Archdiocese this year are Veronica Rodriquez, Visitacion, San Francisco; Ellen Leland and Kathy Grosshauser, Immaculate Heart of Mary, Belmont; Laura Martin-Spencer, St. Dunstan, Millbrae; and Andrew Ginter, St. Anthony, Novato.
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EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT JESUIT SCHOOL OF THEOLOGY AT BERKELEY POSITION DESCRIPTION: The Jesuit School of Theology, a leading Roman Catholic international graduate school and research center, is seeking an experienced and highly motivated leader to manage all aspects of an integrated advancement program, including fundraising, communications, marketing, community and alumni relations. The Executive Director of Development is the chief advancement officer of the institution and reports directly to the President. He/she is also a member of the President's Executive Team and participates in the general management of the School. The Executive Director is responsible for leading a small development staff in the cultivation and solicitation of major gifts, the annual fund, foundation grants, planned giving, prospect management, stewardship, and alumni relations, as well as overseeing all fundraising events and communications with external constituencies. QUALIFICATIONS: The ideal candidate will have senior level administrative experience and a successful record of fundraising, preferably in a higher educational setting; superior communication and public relation skills; excellent organizational and analytical skills; ability to develop and implement strategic development plans; the energy and drive to lead the achievement of ambitious fundraising efforts; demonstrated ability to communicate and interact effectively with faculty, administration, and students in a collegial environment. A college degree and several years of direct fund raising experience are required. Experience in Jesuit education would be a plus. THE SCHOOL: The mission of the Jesuit School of Theology at Berkeley is to prepare Jesuit and lay leaders in ministries of faith and justice. With programs at the Masters and Doctoral level, it is a leading center for theological research. Sponsored by the Jesuits, it is a member of the ecumenical and interfaith Graduate Theological Union. Cf. www.jstb.edu <http://www.jstb.edu
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Ms. Corry Dodson email: cdodson@jstb.edu Administrative Assistant to the President Jesuit School of Theology at Berkeley 1735 LeRoyAve Berkeley, CA 94709 phone: 510-549-5042 fax: 510-848-1566
IMMEDIATE JOB OPENING Marian Convent is a person-centered independent living and assisted living community of the Sisters of Mercy in Burlingame. It has an immediate job opening for the following position.
SPIRITUAL CARE COORDINATOR Primarily responsible for spiritual and emotional support to the Sisters, their families, and staff members who care for them. Plans liturgical and sacramental celebrations and a variety of educational and supportive activities. Certification in NACC or ACPE, or equivalent required. Two or four units of Clinical Pastoral Education preferred. Certification, degree or classes in the fields of spirituality, gerontology, counseling and group facilitation preferred. Comparable experience may be substituted for certification/degree/classes. Minimum of three years experience in chaplaincy or related field. Training and experience is spiritual ministry, pastoral counseling (both individually and communally) preferred. Must demonstrate a sound spirituality, theology, Christology, liturgy and psychology and current knowledge of theological/bio-ethical issues. Possess good self-knowledge of own spirituality and emotional well-being. Has knowledge and ability to journey with the dying and those who are grieving. Creative in developing/establishing a holistic spirituality and counter cultural community building. Excellent communications and interpersonal skills. Self starter, team player and can work with a variety of different constituents.
Qualified applicants may send their cover letters and resumes to: Sisters of Mercy – Attn: HR 2300 Adeline Drive, Burlingame, CA 94010 E-mail: cricafrente@mercyburl.org ● Fax: (650) 373-4509
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Catholic San Francisco
November 2, 2007
Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery, colma
Veterans’ Day Memorial Services ~~ No No Mass Mass ~~
Please join with us on monday, November 12, 2007 at 11:00 a.m. to honor our men and women in uniform.... past, present and future
In 1918, on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day in the eleventh month, the world
rejoiced and celebrated. After four years of bitter war, the allied powers a signed a cease-fire agreement (an armistice) with Germany at Rethondes, France on November 11, 1918, bring World War I to a close. The “war to end all wars” was over. November 11, 1919 was set aside as Armistice Day in the United States, to remember the sacrifices that men and women made during World War I in order to ensure a lasting peace. On Armistice Day soldiers who survived the war marched in a parade through their home towns. Politicians and veteran officers gave speeches and held ceremonies of thanks for the peace they had won. Chaplains from the Archdiocese of San Francisco in uniform will conduct the memorial ceremony along with the Travis Air Force Base Military Honor Guard with Taps.
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