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VATICAN CITY – Answering the Lord’s call de- mands the courage to take a risk, but it is an invita- tion to become part of an important mission, said. God “wants us to discover that each of us is called – in a variety of ways – to something grand, and that our lives should not grow entangled in the nets of an ennui that dulls the heart,” the pope said. “Every vocation is a summons not to stand on the shore, nets in hand, but to follow Jesus on the path he has marked out for us, for our own happiness and for the good of those around us,” he said in his mes- sage for the 2019 World Day of Prayer for Vocations. (PHOTO BY NICHOLAS WOLFRAM SMITH/CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO) The Vatican released the pope’s message March 9. The day, which was to be celebrated May 12, was dedicated to the theme: “The courage to take a risk Heart to hearts for God’s promise.” Several hundred people gathered at a eucharistic Holy Hour at St. Pius Church in Redwood City Feb. 28 to venerate the incorruptible heart of St. John Vianney. The Knights of Columbus are sponsoring the relic on a six-month U.S. tour. See story on Page 5. SEE POPE, PAGE 26 Crisis calls for ‘prophetic’ laity: St. Anselm group

CHRISTINA GRAY AND RICK DELVECCHIO outside the faith who wonder “what the heck is go- CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO ‘I just think we have to speak ing on here?” The St. Anselm committee, which first met on Laity must become “prophetic” voices, say St. out whether our words are the topic of sex abuse last August after the Anselm parishioners who are frustrated that Pope Pennsylvania grand jury report, intends to develop Francis’ recent summit on clergy sex abuse and heard or not. We should try a “ statement,” perhaps in concert with other church leadership failures fell short and are deter- Marin County parishes. mined that non-ordained Catholics play a key role to make a statement that “We have to pray about it and then take a stand,” in the future church in the archdiocese. said parishioner Joan Mann Thomas, who sug- “I don’t know that many understand our baptis- embraces all of the opinions of our parish gested a poll to determine how much support the mal vows, that we are prophets,” said one woman initiative would have in the wider parish. The poll who attended a March 4 meeting hosted by the Spiri- and says in a fair way, this is where we would assess attitudes on laity involvement in lead- tual Life Committee at the Marin County church. ership, causes of the abuse and credibility crisis and “That is part of what our call as laity is, to say this want our church to go.’ such far-reaching issues as priestly celibacy and the is our church. Our responsibility is to go out and question of ordaining women. hold up the values of the . We are MIKE MAROVICH, St. Anselm parishioner St. Anselm pastor Father Jose Shaji opened the the church and we forget that.” meeting with a prayer and responded to a parish- Overwhelmingly, members of the group of 30 felt toric gathering of from“Avenue the world’s episcoof Flags”- ioner who wondered why anyone would object to the Feb. 21-24 summit did not provide the “concrete pal conferences. change in the church. and effective measures” Pope Francis said Catholics An unnamed womanA personal said waythe tocrisis honor continues your loved one’s to patriotism to our country. as the “people of God” would expect from the his- leave her If“mortified” you have received and a ag without honoring wordsyour loved for one'sfriends military service and would like toSEE donate ST. ANSELM, it PAGE 12 to the cemetery to be own as part of an “Avenue of Flags" on Memorial Day, 4th of July and Veterans' Day, please contact our oce for more details on our Flag Donation Program. This program is open to everyone. If you do not have a ag to donate, you may make a $125 contribution to the “Avenue of Flags” program to purchase a ag. INDEX On the Street ...... 4 National ...... 7 Faith ...... 17 For an appointmentHoly - 650.756.2060 Cross Catholic Cemetery,| www.holycrosscemteries.com 1500 Mission Road, Colma, | CA Opinion ...... 18 650-756-2060 World ...... 21 A Tradition of Faith Throughout Our Lives. Calendar ...... 27 2 ARCHDIOCESE CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO | MARCH 14, 2019

NEED TO KNOW FATHER REBURIANO NAMED ST. GREGORY Renewing trust in God PASTOR: Father Mark Reburiano has been appoint- ed pastor of St. Gregory Parish, San Mateo effective Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone shared this Be merciful, O Lord, for we have sinned. And July 1, the archdiocese announced Feb. 25. Father Lenten exhortation in the days leading up to Ash our Lord is merciful. Things do change when we Reburiano has served as pastor of St. Isabella Par- Wednesday, March 6. are willing to trust God, which means to obey ish, San Rafael since 2011. Father Paul Arnoult has Him and let God do things God’s way. Our turn- served as pastor of St. Gregory since 2011. ow, at this “acceptable time,” Lent begins. ing, or conversion, to God is a great act of trust, We are called again to stop the ordinary the ultimate sign of our repentance and belief, CATHEDRAL FISH FRY: Lenten Fish Fry at St. Mary’s Nroutine, evaluate the areas where we have of our change of attitude and change of life, of Cathedral Friday, March 29, 5-8 p.m., Event Center Halls strayed from the ideals of Christian life, and our trust that God does care for us and guides A, B and C St. Mary’s Cathedral, Gough Street at Geary make a deliberate turn- our lives, and of our conviction that God wants Boulevard, San Francisco. All are welcome to enjoy fried ing back to God. In these us to share the eternal life of His risen Son and fish and seafood, traditional side dishes, beverages, and days we only have to turn the fullness of His kingdom. It is trust that God dessert. Tickets $15 ($10 age 15 and under). Advance on the news to see vivid will, in His own way and own time, bring order tickets highly recommended, and can be purchased on evidence of just how far out of the chaos of our lives and of our world. the new parish website, SMCSF.org on the Donate page, our culture is from Chris- And so it means never giving up on God, who look for the words Lenten Fish Fry. If not sold out in ad- tian ideals: The passing of never gives up on us. I encourage you to not let vance, tickets will be available at the door. Jolie Velazquez horrific laws that permit these 40 days slip by. (415) 567-2020, ext. 228, [email protected]. the killing of full-term Be intentional in increasing your prayer, infants; family separation fasting, and almsgiving. Attend parish Lenten VOCATION DINNERS: Priesthood Discernment Month- resulting from oppres- events. Receive the sacrament of reconciliation ly Dinner Meetings continue April 4, May 2, and June 6, ARCHBISHOP sive social and economic – all of our churches are open on Tuesday nights 6:15-8:30 p.m., Church of the Epiphany, 826 Vienna St., forces, affecting especially in Lent from 6-8 p.m. for this. I pray for fruit- San Francisco. The program each time is eucharistic SALVATORE J. vulnerable immigrant fulness of your efforts, resulting in increased adoration in the church, followed by dinner and discus- CORDILEONE families; an epidemic of joy when we arrive at Easter. May you have a sion in the rectory. For information or to RSVP, Father homelessness; revelations blessed Lent. Cameron Faller (415) 333-7630, ext. 16, faller.cameron@ of abuse of power even sfarch.org. Meetings with similar format continue April 1, within the hierarchy of the Church; the list goes Lenten information and resources are available at May 6, and June 3, 6:15-8:30 p.m. St. Pius Church, 1100 on and on. sfarch.org/lent. Woodside Road, Redwood City. For information or to RSVP, Father Tom Martin, [email protected].

‘EVENING WITH C.S. LEWIS’: British actor David Payne in what has been called “an enthralling one- man show.” The run is co-sponsored by the C. S. Finn Barr students parade for peace Lewis Society of California. April 25, 26, 27, 8 p.m.; April 27, 4 p.m.; April 28, 2 p.m., 6 p.m. Marines’ TOM BURKE Memorial Theatre, 609 Sutter St., San Francisco. C.S. CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO Lewis Society members’ tickets are just $39.50 with Code NARNIA, marinesmemorialtheatre.com. Students of San Francisco’s St. Finn Barr School took a message of social justice Church Goodsthrough & Candles their Sunnyside neighborhood in Religious Gifts & Books their annual Peace Parade Jan. 31. “The parade was instituted eight years ago,” ARCHBISHOP CORDILEONE’S SCHEDULE Lele Mortonson, principal, told Catholic San Francisco. In preparation for the event the MARCH 15: Hibernian Newman Club St. Patrick’s lunch more than 300 kindergartners through eighth graders select an organization to study and 5 locations in California MARCH 16: 150th anniversary , Christian Broth- showcase during the parade with the SPCA ers service in California, 11 a.m., cathedral and the San Francisco Food Bank among this year’s choices.Your Local Store: MARCH 17: Mass and Blessing of the Bells, St. Pat- Mortonson369 Grand called Ave., the S.San Archbishop Francisco,650-583-5153 Riordan rick, San Francisco, noon High School Near SFMarching Airport Band, - Exit a 101 regular Frwy parade @ Grand (COURTESY PHOTO) guest, a “great soundtrack for the festivities” St. Finn Barr School students paraded for peace Jan. 31 MARCH 20: Youth group talk, St. Francis Church, and awww.cotters.com great assist in coming “together [email protected] in cele- in San Francisco’s Sunnyside neighborhood, with 300 K-8 Bakersfield bration of the good news that Catholic schools marchers participating in the parish school’s eighth an- bring to our local and broader community.” nual celebration of faith and community. MARCH 21: Mass, prayer breakfast and keynote, St. Officers from the SFPD Ingleside Station Francis Church, Bakersfield escorted students and parents throughout the waving at the children, I am reminded that the parade route. San Francisco firefighters fol- sights and sounds created by our parade can MARCH 22: Clericus Classic basketball game, Sacred lowed the parade in a fire engine. really brighten people’s day, and generate that Heart Cathedral Prep gym, 6:30 p.m. Mortonson is grateful for the warm greet- strong sense of community that we know and ings from drivers, pedestrians, residents, love in Catholic schools but that also benefits MARCH 23: Mass, 40 Days for Life, St. Anthony of Pad- and local businesses as the parade passes by. the neighborhoods in which we learn,” she ua, 10 a.m., rosary procession to Planned Parenthood “When I see people smiling, cheering, and said. Donate Your Vehicle TAX DEDUCTION CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO FOR YOUR Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone Publisher CAR, TRUCK Mike Brown Associate Publisher Rick DelVecchio Editor/General Manager HELPLINES FOR CLERGY/CHURCH or SUV DONATE ONLINE EDITORIAL SEXUAL ABUSE VICTIMS Christina Gray, associate editor grayc@sfarchdiocese org. vehiclesforcharity.com Tom Burke, senior writer burket@sfarchdiocese org. (415) 614-5506 This number is answered by Nicholas Wolfram Smith, reporter smithn@sfarchdiocese .org Rocio Rodriguez, , LMFT, 1.800.574.0888 Sandy Finnegan, administrative assistant finnegans@sfarchdiocese .org Archdiocesan Pastoral Outreach ADVERTISING Church Goods & Candles Religious Gifts & Books Coordinator. Your Mary Podesta, director Chandra Kirtman, business manager This is a secured line and is Loca l answered only by Rocio Rodriguez. St ore ! PRODUCTION Karessa McCartney-Kavanaugh, manager (415) 614-5503 If you wish to speak to a Joel Carrico, assistant non-archdiocesan employee HOW TO REACH US please call this number. This One Peter Yorke Way San Francisco, CA 94109 is also a secured line and is Phone: (415) 614-5639 | Fax: (415) 614-5641 369 Grand Ave., S.San Francisco Editor: (415) 614-5647 delvecchior@sfarchdiocese .org answered only by a victim survivor. Exit 101 Frwy @ Grand Advertising: (415) 614-5642 advertising .csf@sfarchdiocese org. www.cotters.com - 650-583-5153 - [email protected] Circulation: (415) 614-5639 circulation .csf@sfarchdiocese .org Letters to the editor: letters .csf@sfarchdiocese org. CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO | MARCH 14, 2019 ARCHDIOCESE 3 invites college students to have Lenten ‘conversations’ with God

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The more than 200 students and staff of San Francisco State University attend- ing Ash Wednesday Mass March 6 were encouraged to find time between term papers and tests for prayerful conversations with God where they can express their fears and ask for help and healing dur- ing the 40 days of Lent. Prayer can be “having a beer Damian Sousa- with God,” retired Auxiliary Johnson Bishop William J. Justice said in his homily at the Mass. The youth- ful crowd roared with laughter when the bishop added that “the nice thing is, God is not going to drink the beer so you can have the whole thing.” The Mass was hosted by the cam- pus Newman Club, which supports the faith and spiritual growth of Aira Villareal the estimated 4,500 Catholics in the student body of 30,000. Bishop Justice said that a Lenten journey defined (PHOTOS BY DEBRA GREENBLAT/CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO) by prayer, charity and fasting can reshape our San Francisco State University students gathered for Ash Wednesday Mass on campus March 6. Retired Auxiliary Bishop Wil- hearts and draw us closer to God. “Is there some- liam J. Justice celebrated Mass, encouraging students in his homily to find their own ways to get closer to God through Lenten thing in our personality or in the way we treat prayer, fasting and charity. The event was sponsored by the campus Newman Club, with students helping distribute ashes. people that needs to change?” he asked. We can be healed of our flaws and fears because, “God loves noticed soon after starting college that she wasn’t ber of the Newman Club, graduates in June and us to the core.” going to Mass as often. hopes to head back to the Central Valley to become Bishop Justice acknowledged that busy college “The good thing about having a Catholic commu- a teacher. He said he “wouldn’t be the person he is students might believe it is too hard to find ways to nity is that we are able to express our concerns and today” if it were not for his Catholic practice. help someone else but said college campuses over- our worries so we are not holding it in or internal- “Being Catholic is the best thing in the world,” he flow with opportunities to serve. izing things that can turn a person away from the said. Without it, “I know I would be doing whatever “You can save the penguins in Argentina,” he church,” she said. the heck I wanted, not caring for anybody else but said, or help kids from immigrant families study, or Damian Sousa-Johnson of Turlock, also a mem- myself.” work for civil rights. Lenten fasting, he said, is not simply about “giv- ing up candy or something like that,” but should be thought of as taking “care of ourselves so we can SAINT RITA LENTEN LECTURE SERIES 2019 be our best person we can be.” That can mean get- ting more sleep, exercising more and “not drinking as much as some college students do.” “The Future of Life on Earth” Aira Villareal, president of the campus New- man Club, said the organization has helped her Reflections on the 4th Anniversary of Laudato Si’ stay connected to her Catholic roots in a univer- sity atmosphere that can be indifferent to people of faith. “Not everyone around me is Catholic and that 12 March, Tuesday 7:00 PM 2 April, Tuesday 7:00 PM is new to me,” said Villareal, who was born in the Philippines and moved to Los Angeles at age 8. She “The Triple Cries of Poor, Women, “How to Carry the Cross in an & Earth: Interlocking Oppression” Anesthetized World”

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active clergy as well. When some- thing happens, usually it’s the vicar ‘Looking of clergy who calls me in and I help as needed, again to ensure continu- ity of care and full recuperation.” after priests Members of religious orders also may be helped. “Religious orders do take care of their own, but their resources tend to be located at cen- who have tralized locations which may be out of the area and unreachable at the time of an emergency,” Rachel said. “So I check in with those in our area looked and I’m available as a local resource when needed.” I asked Rachel about the general health and happiness of our priests. after us’ “I think everyone should answer that for themselves, by checking in TOM BURKE with their priest, maybe taking him CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO to coffee. And not just at Christmas!” she said. It’s said that priests never really Rachel said: “I like people, and I retire and thanks like helping. It’s doing something to the work of care real, something that helps others, managers for retired and uses everything I’ve learned priests it can be said from life, as a professional, a parent, they never leave our a student.” sight. Rachel Alve- What can laypeople do for priests? lais, manager of “Beyond the common respect and Serra Clergy House consideration we should give to ev- in San Mateo for eryone, show your appreciation for Rachel Alvelais the last four years, them as priests: Receive the sacra- joined the “care ments. Pray with them as well as for team” in 2017. We spoke via email. them.” Two care managers assist the 70 retired priests in the archdiocese. CATHEDRAL FISH FRY: If like me Alice Lynch who “works north of you are trying to not let Lent get the Golden Gate,” and Rachel who HAPPY BIRTHDAY: Ron Ricossa, pictured here with his wife Anstell, now married 66 years, away from you, there’s no better said she works “south, generally.” celebrated his 90th birthday Jan. 27 at the San Francisco Athletic Club. The couple, parishioners of help for keeping the 40 days in view Rachel said the job is “mostly work- St Vincent de Paul, San Francisco, are the retired owners of San Francisco’s Albert Daini Furniture than an old fashioned fish fry. St. ing behind the scenes, being avail- Store. They have two children, six grandchildren and four great grandchildren who were all there to Mary’s Cathedral has all hands in on able when needed.” celebrate, daughter Melinda Ricossa told me in a note to this column. the popular Lenten Friday chow- In an average year, an elderly per- down: March 29, 5-8 p.m., Event son can typically have two medical HELPING HANDS: Catholic Charities of the Center Halls A, B and C St. Mary’s incidents requiring a visit to at least Archdiocese of San Francisco celebrated the first Cathedral, Gough Street at Geary urgent care, Rachel said. “So most anniversary of its Bayview Access Point program Boulevard, San Francisco. Menu of what we do is try to prevent those Feb. 26. Retired Bishop William Justice assisted includes fried fish and seafood, tra- - encouraging healthy living, up-to- in an interfaith service that opened the festivities. ditional side dishes, beverages and date medical checkups, etc. If asked, Mayor London Breed was among those at- dessert. Tickets $15 ($10 age 15 and we accompany a priest to doctor’s tending. “Since the opening of Bayview Access under). Tickets can be purchased on appointments, providing an extra Point, we’ve served 450 families at the office the new parish website, SMCSF.org, set of ears, asking questions. When with another 42 through Mission Access Point,” Donate page, Lenten Fish Fry. If not something does happen, we meet Catholic Charities told me. “Additionally, we’ve sold out in advance, tickets will be with the medical team and patient, assisted 958 families on the street through our available at the door. Jolie Velazquez again providing extra ears, but also outreach.” The access points programs focus on (415) 567-2020, ext. 228, JVelazquez@ to ensure continuity of care to move homelessness prevention and breaking the cycle smcsf.org. forward to the healthiest outcome of poverty for families. Staff help families access possible. Another label for this activ- essential, effective services that help them main- Email items and ist side of the job is ‘patient advo- tain or locate housing. Staff also do city-wide electronic pictures cate,’ a role many people provide for mobile outreach across San Francisco to work – hi-res jpegs - to their family members.” with vulnerable homeless individuals and fami- [email protected] or mail to Street, The team is available to all priests lies. Pictured are San Francisco Police Depart- One Peter Yorke Way, San Francisco should the need arise. “My primary, ment Captain Valerie Matthews, Jilma Meneses, 94109. Include a follow-up phone pro-active, responsibility is with the Catholic Charities CEO, and actor, Danny Glover number. Street is toll-free. Reach me retired priests, but I’m available to who in his remarks “talked about growing up in at (415) 614-5634; email burket@ help when a crisis strikes one of the the Bayview,” Catholic Charities said. sfarch.org.

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ARCHDIOCESAN LENTEN GUIDELINES

Catholics pray at relic for faith, healing The Archdiocese of San Francisco pro- NICHOLAS WOLFRAM SMITH vided the following guidance on Lenten CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO regulations for archdiocesan institutions.

Catholic churches are filled with ABSTINENCE: Everyone 14 years of saints, from the men and women seen age and older is bound to abstain from in the windows of a church to the meat on Ash Wednesday, the Fridays relics set into every altar. Adding just of Lent and Good Friday. one more can bring a crowd, as Catho- lics in the archdiocese recently turned FAST: Everyone 18 years of age and older out to venerate the incorrupt heart of but under the age of 60 is also bound to St. John Vianney. fast on Ash Wednesday and Good Friday. From Feb. 28 to March 3, St. Pius, St. On these two days, the law of fast allows Augustine, Our Lady of Loretto and only one full meal a day, but does not St. Mary’s Cathedral parishes offered prohibit taking some food during the day, the opportunity to venerate the relic so long as this does not constitute an- of the famed French saint. At each other full meal. Drinking liquids during the parish, Catholics came to see not just a day is permitted. When health or ability relic but also a reminder of their faith. (PHOTO BY NICHOLAS WOLFRAM SMITH/CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO) to work would be seriously affected, the People knelt in prayer, touched their St. John Vianney’s incorruptible heart visited St. Mary’s Cathedral March 3 on a national law does not oblige. In doubt concerning fingers to the reliquary protecting the tour of the saint’s relic. Vianney, the patron saint of priests, was famous for his dedication to fast or abstinence, a priest assigned to heart, and pressed prayer cards and serving the people of God, hearing confessions at least 11 hours a day. pastoral ministry or confessor should be rosaries against the glass cover. consulted. In the spirit of penance, the “He’s a priest who truly loved God. St. John Vianney in Ars, , has their children’s faith. The two started faithful should not lightly excuse them- He’s giving us hope,” Ditas Tannehill, been touring the United States since going to church regularly 10 years ago selves from this obligation. visiting St. Pius Church, told Catholic November, sponsored by the Knights because they wanted to raise their San Francisco. of Columbus. The shrine and the children in faith. “They believe more RECONCILIATION: In addition, Arch- A parish priest in the 19th century, Knights of Columbus had discussed a and more, the way they view their bishop Salvatore J. Cordileone with the St. John Vianney became famous dur- relic tour before the church’s sexual lives,” he said. Presbyteral Council has announced “The ing his life for his spiritual direction, abuse scandals broke the summer of Muriel Nodado came from Vallejo to Light is on for You” campaign. The Lenten and his dedication to helping the faith 2018. Supreme Knight Carl Anderson view the relic at St. Mary’s Cathedral. effort makes the sacrament of reconcili- of his parish. Toward the end of his said that after the scandals broke, the Nodado said rather than having “a ation available at all parishes of the arch- life, thousands of pilgrims came each Knights welcomed “as providential huge devotion to St. John Vianney,” diocese on all Tuesdays of Lent from 6-8 year to his rural church, and he would this opportunity to invoke the inter- she made the trip because of how p.m. In his letter to pastors, Archbishop spend at least 11 hours a day hearing cession of the patron of parish priests, unusual the relic is. Cordileone said: “We hope this archdi- confessions. After St. John Vian- whose holiness and integrity is a “I was curious to see the miracle of ocesan-wide effort will be a sign to our ney’s body was exhumed during the singular model for clergy.” an incorruptible heart,” she said. people of our shared belief in the power process, church officials For Jose Arreola and his family, Nodado, a teacher, said she asked of this sacrament as well as a witness of declared his body incorrupt, a miracle coming to St. Pius Church to pray in the saint that her students could love our desire to be readily available to them.” indicating the body has not decayed front of St. John Vianney was a simple confession more and also prayed “to normally after death. Even before his decision. “We came because we’re restore faith in the priesthood, for vic- Parish listings are available from the canonization in 1925, his heart was Catholic, and we believe,” he said. tims and for the church. I can imagine archdiocesan website sfarchdiocese.org displayed separately in a reliquary. For Arreola and his wife, venerating the anger toward priests right now, as well as the directory of the archdio- The relic, on loan from the Shrine of the relic as a family also helps nurture myself included.” cese at catholic-sf.org.

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(PHOTOS BY DEBRA GREENBLAT/CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO) Representatives hold Books of the Elect for parishes in the Archdiocese of San Francisco on altar steps at St. Mary’s Cathedral during the Rite of Election March 10. Candidates and catechumens from more than 50 parishes participated in the Lenten rite marking a step toward full communion in the church. Rite of Election celebrates commitment to faith NICHOLAS WOLFRAM SMITH CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO

The first Sunday of Lent was a time of celebra- tion at St. Mary’s Cathedral as more than 1,000 worshippers gathered to witness men, women and children from across the archdiocese affirm their intention to join the Catholic Church. The annual Rite of Election and Call to Con- tinuing Conversion, held every year on the first Sunday of Lent, has catechumens and candidates alongside their godparents and sponsors publicly state their intention to receive the sacraments of initiation and be received into full communion with the church. About 350 candidates and catechumens attended the rite March 10, representing 52 parishes in the archdiocese. After a series of questions on the readiness of catechumens and candidates to enter the church, Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone asked all present to include them in their “prayers and affections” as the church moves toward Easter. In his homily, the archbishop said the ancient church had to make sure people joining it had the “courage and spiritual stamina to undergo perse- cution.” The archbishop said the rite’s revival after Vatican II was “a timely decision for where church finds herself now in the world,” with renewed per- secution of Christians globally. Even for those who do not face violence, he said, social pressure can “make us want to be ashamed to be Catholic.” Parish representatives with Books of the Elect from their respective parishes process during the rite. “Do we have the spiritual stamina to withstand the pressure and hold firm, and not only to stand firm but to be an agent of evangelization for Jesus Christ?” he asked. Malissa Cowart, a candidate at Our Lady of Mount Carmel in Redwood City, said she is pre- paring to receive confirmation at the Easter Vigil. Cowart said she had spent years away from the church, before “it just clicked that it’s time to come home.” “It’s an emotional, very powerful homecoming for me,” Cowart said. Cowart said one of her favorite parts of her preparation through the Rite of Christian Initia- tion of Adults has been finding a community of people like her returning to the church. “I thought I wasn’t worthy to come back but there are others just like me,” she said. Growing up in , Vincenzo Semeraro had a Catholic education and went to Mass, but his par- Above left, a future church ents were atheists and said he could choose to be member signs the Book of the Being a part of the RCIA program “is a con- baptized when he was 18. Going to college put that Elect for Most Holy Redeemer tinuing learning experience,” he said, because decision on hold for years. Parish in San Francisco. of new candidates and personal changes. Yan “Now, I think it’s time,” he said, standing in a Above right, social Service said having a wife and two children has led him corner of the cathedral after the rite with his god- Sister Celeste Arbuckle, sec- to reflect differently on his relationship to Jesus, mother, Louise Samaniego. ond from right, director of the compared to when he entered five years ago. “It Samaniego said it was a privilege to be the god- Office of Faith Formation for is brand new all the time,” he said. mother of her longtime friend. “I’m just so happy the archdiocese, is pictured Laura Bertone, archdiocesan worship director, for him that he’s receiving the opportunity to have in the assembly at the Rite said her favorite part of the liturgy is when all can- a relationship with Jesus. The most beautiful thing of Election. Her office helps didates and catechumens are invited to stand up. is to have a connection to God,” she said. prepare RCIA candidates and “So far they’ve been in a small group, and Many of the RCIA team members helping lead catechumens. Left, Francis- then they see they’re not the only ones, there candidates and catechumens to the church went can Sister Eva Cambreros are people of all ages, colors – there’s a sense of through the process themselves. Jose Yan, who with the Book of the Elect ‘wow, this is what I’m joining,’” she said. “They helps with the RCIA program at Church of the from St. Paul of the Shipwreck see they’re not just part of a parish, they’re part Epiphany, came into the church in 2014. Parish in San Francisco. of the whole church.” CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO | MARCH 14, 2019 NATIONAL 7 Packed hearing held on Delaware Senate bills to restrict abortion

JOSEPH P. OWENS “We have to do whatever we can to encourage a CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE culture of life in Delaware and these bills would do that by limiting abortion and making parents more DOVER, Del. – An overflow crowd crammed into aware of the life that is present in the mother’s a hearing room in Dover before a Delaware Senate womb,” the bishop said. “All incremental steps to committee chairwoman decided to move the group ending abortion are worthwhile.” of several hundred into the main Senate chamber Richardson, a Seaford resident in his second to hear testimony on two bills seeking to limit abor- term, urged the five-member committee to move tion in the state. the pair of bills to the full chamber. The Senate’s Sunset Committee heard testimony “Future generations will look back on this era from nearly two dozen abortion opponents and and say ‘How could we allow abortion?’” he said. “I advocates for legal abortion after the relocated think this is a horror that needs to end. A law that hearing got under way March 6. They were discuss- deprives someone of life is an unjust law.” ing two bills – The Pain-Capable Unborn Child Advocates of a right to abortion spoke out against Protection Act and the Woman’s Ultrasound Right the proposed laws. to Know Act – that were introduced in January by “We have the right to privacy,” said Linda Bar- Republican Sen. Bryant Richardson. nett, of the American Association of University A vote on whether to move the bills to the full Sen- Women. “We see it as an emergency medical proce- ate is expected within the week, said Democratic Sen. dure. There is no firm conclusion as to whether a Elizabeth Lockman, the committee chairwoman. fetus experiences pain.” The first proposed law would limit abortion in the (CNS PHOTO/JOE OWENS, THE DIALOG) Abortion opponent Barbara Logan testified that state at 20 weeks because at that point, according Delaware Republican Sen. Bryant Richardson discusses two late-term abortions have to stop. to testimony, a fetus can feel pain, including that bills – The Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act and the “Some babies are surviving when they’re born at caused by the two most common forms of abortion. Woman’s Ultrasound Right to Know Act – in a hearing room 21-22 weeks,” she said. The second would compel a doctor to offer a patient March 6, 2019. He introduced the bills, which both restrict Resident William Corley made a personal appeal the opportunity to see ultrasound images and hear abortion, in the state Senate in January. to Senate members. fetal heart tones before terminating a pregnancy. “Please ask God to guide your decision and sup- “The process they’re being subjected to – such “The evidence is there – we either recognize it or port these bills,” he said. as dismemberment – would inflict pain on any not,” Page said. “Science cannot tell us whether it Melanie Ross Levin, director of the state Office person,” said Dr. Sheila Page, a Texas physician is right or wrong to kill someone.” of Women’s Advancement and Advocacy, said certified in neuromusculoskeletal medicine. “The Wilmington Bishop W. Francis Malooly in Febru- she was also representing Gov. John Carney in idea that the function of the nervous system would ary urged nearly 200,000 Delaware Catholics in the asking the panel to reject the bills. She said they develop later is false. We know that a human being Diocese of Wilmington to show support for the bills would “pose an unconstitutional ban on women’s can feel pain at that point.” introduced in both chambers of the state Legislature. rights.”

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JENNIFER BRINKER that extends beyond the reality of earthly life and CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE bodily death. In the power of Jesus Christ, the Christian practice of memento mori reaches past the ST. LOUIS – We have one life. What are we doing horizon of this life and into the eternal happiness of with it? Are we remembering our death? heaven.” To some it sounds strange, but that’s what a The feedback she’s received from the devotional as Daughter of St. Paul is doing through her revival well as her posts on social media have come from a of an ancient practice called memento mori – or variety of ages and backgrounds, she said. But she’s remembering one’s own inevitable death. definitely noticed an appeal to a younger audience. Sister Theresa Aletheia Noble’s new book, “Re- Although memento mori was popularized in member Your Death: Memento Mori,” was released medieval times, it dates back to early Christianity, as by the Daughters of St. Paul in January. Now in its evidenced through Scripture. One of Sister Theresa second printing, the Lenten devotional was designed Aletheia’s favorite passages is from the Book of to help others meditate on the moments of their lives Sirach, which states: “In whatever you do, remember and ultimately remember our Christian hope in the your last days, and you will never sin” (Sirach 7:36). Resurrection – made possible through Christ’s vic- In the New Testament, Jesus reminded the disciples tory over sin and death. A companion journal was to pick up their crosses daily and to remember their published last year. death as they follow him: “If anyone wishes to come The project came to fruition through doing what after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross the Daughters of St. Paul do best – evangelizing (CNS ILLUSTRATION/LISA JOHNSTON, ST . LOUIS REVIEW) daily and follow me.” (Luke 9:23). through media. Sister Theresa Aletheia shared her This is a photo illustration depicting memento mori, a re- In that passage, “he was foreseeing how he was go- personal reflections on memento mori in a series of minder of one’s death. The Lenten devotional was designed by ing to transform death. That is an exhortation from tweets after she placed a small skull on her desk as Sister Theresa Aletheia Noble to help others meditate on the Jesus to remember death,” she said. “The difference a reminder of her death. What she found was that moments of their lives and ultimately remember Christians for the Christian is not only remembering our own those tweets – more than 550 over the period of about hope in the Resurrection – made possible through Christ’s personal death – there is an end to this life – but a year – also struck a nerve with her followers, which victory over sin and death. Jesus has transformed our death.” now amount to more than 27,000. Her and Lent is an obvious time to reflect on death, which Instagram handle is @pursuedbytruth. through messages she received. One man wrote to is why she decided to create a devotional, rather than Even before she entered the community, Sister her about how he was suffering from insomnia and write a book. Theresa Aletheia learned that the Daughters’ founder, feeling overworked at his job. He read one of her She realizes that skulls can be uncomfortable Blessed James Alberione, kept a skull on his desk as tweets that included a passage from Scripture. The for some people, a feeling she thinks stems from a a reminder of his death. “At the time, I thought that’s man told her it inspired him to go back to church. secular culture that has distorted the image over really metal and cool and I’m going to do that at some The first day he walked into church, he heard the time, reducing it to a negative image associated with point, but I didn’t really understand why he did that,” priest citing the same Scripture passage that Sister things contrary to Christianity. Through the prac- she said in a phone interview from her convent in Bos- Theresa Aletheia referenced. tice of memento mori she hopes the symbol can be ton. She tucked away the idea in the back of her mind “I thought, God is doing something in my life and reclaimed as a Christian one. during religious formation, vowing to follow up on it. he’s doing something through other people’s lives, “Bones have a different meaning in light of the In the fall of 2017, another sister in the community too, so I’m going to continue to do this,” she said. resurrection,” she recently tweeted. gave Sister Theresa Aletheia a small ceramic skull to The devotional, which guides the reader through “Some people are shocked and find it disturbing place on her desk. To keep her promise to reflect on Lent, includes daily Scripture passages, Lenten and weird,” Sister Theresa Aletheia said. “But the death, she decided to share some reflections on Twit- meditations, memento mori-themed examinations, people who did it didn’t think of it that way. Our view ter using the hashtag #mementomori. intercessory prayers, and prompts for journaling and of death has de-Christianized over time. I think it’s “As I was doing it, I was feeling this monumental prayer. strange if we can’t look at a skull and see resurrec- shift in my spiritual life,” she told the St. Louis Re- The ancient practice of remembering death “can tion in it. When people say they are shocked … that view, newspaper of the Archdiocese of St. Louis. bring joy, focus and fruitfulness to anyone’s life,” she means the meditation on death would be helpful for Others were finding the same, too, as evidenced wrote. “However, for the Christian, it is a practice that.”

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His office also will host SOUTH BEND, Ind. – Holy Cross Father John I. “Our response, then, demands prayer and reflection, two campus-wide events: one in the fall of 2019 that Jenkins, president of the Univer- but we must also act,” Father Jenkins said, laying out will offer perspectives on where the church is now, sity of Notre Dame, said he has the steps Notre Dame, as a Catholic university, will “identifying steps that have been taken and problems heard from many in the campus take “to assist in a response to the current crisis.” that must be addressed.” community that the “deeply dis- The actions come out of the work of two task forces A second event expected to be held later in the turbing” stories of clergy sexual he established: academic year, Father Jenkins said, would offer abuse have “disheartened and – The Campus Engagement Task Force, which was perspectives on where the church should go from here, challenged their faith.” charged with facilitating dialogue and listening to the focusing not only on the abuse crisis but also broader He noted the reports over the observations and recommendations of the campus questions “the current crisis raises” such as “struc- last several months of clergy who community. The group administered a campus survey tures of accountability in the church, clericalism, the Holy Cross were “unfaithful to their vows and and hosted listening sessions to collect the thoughts role of women, creating and sustaining ethical cul- Father John I. who used the trust afforded by and perspectives of students, faculty and staff. The tures, and the continued accompaniment of survivors.” Jenkins their position to sexually exploit group also provided its own recommendations to Father Jenkins said his office also will offer presi- those in their charge.” In addition, Father Jenkins. dential research grants, providing up to $1 million Father Jenkins said, are bishops “who failed in – The Research and Scholarship Task Force, which in the next three years to fund research projects that their responsibilities to bring offenders to justice considered how Notre Dame might respond and assist address issues emerging from the crisis. and protect the most vulnerable,” and, “most the church by using its research and scholarship. The ongoing efforts as outlined by the task forces wrenching,” are the stories of victims “whose lives Father Jenkins said their work has resulted in a will include encouraging and sharing relevant re- were so damaged by abuse.” variety of immediate steps for 2019-2020 as well as search and scholarship, Father Jenkins said. “This time has been a real dark night of the soul ongoing efforts. The de Nicola Center for Ethics and Culture hopes for many of us,” he said in a March 4 open letter to An immediate step is to initiate “prominent, public to study how canon law can be revised to address more the campus. “The great mystic and spiritual writer events to educate and stimulate discussion,” he said. effectively sexual abuse by clergy, he added. St. John of the Cross, who coined the phrase ‘dark “The task forces strongly encouraged that we use Notre Dame also plans to train graduates for effec- night of the soul’ for the spiritual desolation we Notre Dame’s power to convene experts and foster tive leadership in the church “during and beyond the sometimes feel, emphasized, as all great spiritual discussion of the issues facing the church.” crisis,” he said. bishop details action plan in ‘The Church Healing’ pastoral CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE and promising additional channels for parishioners Bishop Zubik also will expand the role of the to bring their concerns to the bishop. Independent Review Board, which was created in PITTSBURGH – Pittsburgh Bishop David A. Some steps continue and strengthen long-stand- 1989 and is composed of individuals from disci- Zubik has released a five-point action plan in his ing practices, while others are new initiatives, plines pertinent to assessing allegations of child pastoral letter, “The Church Healing,” responding Bishop Zubik wrote in the pastoral, issued in early sexual abuse. to what he heard from Catholics and non-Catholics March. A Church Healing Commission, consisting of in the diocese during listening sessions. “Victims/survivors and their loved ones have up to 12 laypeople who are Catholic and non- The sessions have been held since the August been instrumental in helping me to define these Catholic, including abuse survivors, with repre- 2018 release of the Pennsylvania grand jury report steps. Victims/survivors will continue to shape our sentation from all six counties in the Diocese of on alleged child sexual abuse by Catholic clergy diocesan response to assist those who have been Pittsburgh, will assist the bishop in monitoring and other church workers in six dioceses in the abused, to strengthen our efforts to prevent future the plan. state. abuse by any representative of the church, and to The final step is “continued listening to seek The bishop’s letter goes beyond issues directly restore whatever is broken in the body of Christ.” truth and reconciliation.” related to sexual abuse, addressing accountability Long-standing diocesan programs will be stream- Bishop Zubik said he will continue to meet indi- and transparency in church governance, spiritual lined and strengthened with new initiatives, with vidually with victims/survivors and also will hold and human formation for clergy and seminarians, the bishop establishing the Secretariat for the Pro- eight annual public listening sessions on various tection of Children, Youth and Vulnerable Adults. matters of concern to Catholics.

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He brought a copy St. Anselm’s Mann Thomas said she of the recently published book, “In the fears the oversight measures pro- Closet of the Vatican: Power, Homosex- posed during the summit do not go far uality, Hypocrisy,” by French journal- enough. ist Frederic Martel. “The problem is, when you start The sex abuse scandal has been like creating more hierarchical committees a “Pandora’s box” on systemic issues you’re going to get the same thing,” she facing the church, said Maureen Dear, said. “It just self-generates.” chair of the Spiritual Life Committee. But a committee where ordained and “It will come down to how far you non-ordained work together would want to see the church change,” she benefit from “having someone to dis- said. agree with. You are going to learn more Mann Thomas handed out a copy (PHOTO BY CHRISTINA GRAY/CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO) from that person than almost anyone of Pope Francis’ Dec. 17, 2013, homily St. Anselm parishioner Frank Parnell speaks at a March 4 meeting of the parish Spiritual Life else.” calling for conversion from “a spirit of Committee on the laity’s rights and responsibilities for church renewal. He brought a copy of Group members said that as baptized clericalism to a spirit of prophecy.” The the recently published book, “In the Closet of the Vatican: Power, Homosexuality, Hypocrisy” by Catholics they feel obligated to take pope said the Pharisees of Jesus’ time French journalist Frederic Martel, saying it highlights the “protectionist behavior” of clergy in a stand, even though they know they “did not understand the prophecies” guarding each other’s secrets. may be ignored or opposed. and had “only authority” instead of the “I just think we have to speak out ability to read the signs of the times. church is strengthened by “familiar cited “Lumen Gentium” in a talk titled whether our words are heard or not,” “Do we have a structure that is so dialogue between the laity and their “Transparency as a Community of said parishioner Mike Marovich. “We bound by the law that it no longer re- spiritual leaders” on their respec- Believers.” He said administration has should try to make a statement that lates to us at all?” Mann Thomas asked. tive duties to fulfill the mission of the a crucial part to play in fulfilling the embraces all of the opinions of our par- “I think we are getting pretty close.” church. church’s mission but commented that ish and says in a fair way, this is where The distinct but mutually supportive Canon law spells out the obligations it “should take place in such a way that we want our church to go. roles of bishops, priests, deacons and and rights of the faithful, stresses coop- people feel accepted in administrative “I don’t know how that is going to be laity are detailed in the “Dogmatic eration, unity and holiness and states procedures, that they feel appreciated, accepted and I don’t really care,” he Constitution on the Church” (“Lumen that “all the faithful are free to make that they can trust the system, that said. “We need to make a statement. Gentium”) issued by Pope Paul VI in known to the pastors of the church they feel secure and fairly treated, that And we say this is the kind of church 1964. their needs, especially spiritual ones, they are listened to and their legitimate we want.” Bishops, in communion with the and their desires.” The faithful have criticism is accepted.” Marovich, who said he had 16 years pope, are solely responsible for teach- “the right and even at times the duty” “This would go a long way toward of Catholic education, paraphrased ing and governance, serving the to share their opinions with pastors achieving what it really means to bring a “very wise” priest friend who told faithful by “the example of the good and with each other. people together, and ultimately also to him that “what the hierarchy doesn’t shepherd.” The faithful are called to The February summit on the protec- bring mankind closer to God – and that understand is that there is a seismic obedience but “are in their own way tion of minors in the church discussed is, so to speak, the theological mission shift going on in the laity of the church made sharers in the priestly, propheti- steps that could be taken within this of church administration,” Cardinal from an experience of religious author- cal, and kingly functions of Christ,” framework to improve transparency Marx said. ity coming from top down that I have living the Gospel in their secular roles. and accountability. In another talk at the summit, Linda known all my life to the authority of The conciliar document says the German Cardinal Reinhard Marx Ghisoni, undersecretary for the laity your own spiritual experience.” of the Vatican Dicastery for the Laity, Marovich said members of the priest- Family and Life, warned against “ex- hood and hierarchy must function as treme and unproductive slogans.” “servant-leaders.” All levels of the church, non- “They aren’t leading us, they are ordained no less than ordained, are breaking our hearts,” he said. “We subject to error, she said, adding that a need to tell them, this is how we need healthy model of collaboration would you to serve us.” RETREATS

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FOUR CRS STAFFERS, HUMANITARIAN WORKERS Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston. ABOARD ETHIOPIAN JET THAT CRASHED She emphasized that 75 percent of all funds goes WASHINGTON – Four Catholic Relief Service directly to cutting the cycle of poverty while each staff members on their way to a training session diocese retains the remaining 25 percent for its in Nairobi, Kenya, were among the passengers own food pantry and other programs to help the aboard an Ethiopian Airlines flight that crashed poor. moments after takeoff in the east African nation. The accident March 10 claimed the lives of 157 ARCHBISHOP LORI RESTRICTS MINISTRY OF people on board, many of them from humanitar- FORMER HEAD OF WEST VIRGINIA DIOCESE ian agencies. – Archbishop William E. Lori Others on the jetliner included a Georgetown of Baltimore announced March 11 that a pre- University law school student who was serving as liminary investigation into allegations of sexual a campus minister and 19 staff members of U.N. harassment of adults and financial improprieties agencies. Two Kenyan religious, Mariannhill Fa- by Bishop Michael J. Bransfield, formerly of the ther George Kageche Mukua and an unidentified Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston, West Virginia, nun, were also among those killed in the crash. has been completed and will be forwarded to the Pope Francis offered prayers for the passengers Vatican for final judgment. from 35 countries in a telegram March 11. At the same time, the archbishop announced In a statement March 11, Catholic Relief Ser- restrictions on the bishop’s ministry. The Vatican vices shared the news of the tragedy involving its announced Bishop Bransfield’s retirement from staffers, all Ethiopian nationals. the diocese Sept. 13, and Pope Francis appointed The dead include Getnet Alemayehu, Mulusew Archbishop Lori as apostolic administrator, with Alemu, Sintayehu Aymeku and Sara Chalachew. a mandate to investigate the allegations against They worked in various administrative positions the bishop. A news release from the Archdiocese for CRS. (CNS PHOTO/GREGORY A . SHEMITZ) of Baltimore March 11 noted that the preliminary investigation took place over five months. GUATEMALANS HIT BY THREE YEARS OF DROUGHT Archbishop Lori conducted the investigation AMONG THOSE CRS RICE BOWL HELPS Feast of St. Patrick with the assistance of a team of five lay experts. HOUSTON – These past three years of drought St. Patrick, patron of Ireland, is depicted in a stained-glass window The investigative team examined multiple allega- in Central America have destroyed crops of corn at St. John of God Church in Central Islip, N.Y. In most U.S. dio- tions of sexual harassment of adults and financial and beans, leaving families starving and causing ceses, the feast of St. Patrick is celebrated as an optional memo- improprieties, according to the news release. It Guatemala to declare a true state of emergency, rial on the saint’s traditional feast day, March 17. The observance, involved interviews with more than 40 individu- said Catholic Relief Services officials. however, is typically moved to the preceding Saturday when March als, including Bishop Bransfield. These families are among the “poorest of the 17 falls on a Sunday, as it does in 2019. San Francisco’s 168th St. “Pending the assessment of the findings of the poor” who are helped by U.S. parishes partici- Patrick’s Day Parade, billed as the largest celebration of Irish his- Holy See, as apostolic administrator of the Dio- pating in CRS’ Lenten Rice Bowl campaign, said tory and culture on the West Coast, will be held March 16. cese of Wheeling-Charleston, I have directed that Monica Rodriguez, project manager of CRS’ Bishop Bransfield is not authorized to exercise SEGAMIL, a program in Guatemala that trains any priestly or episcopal ministry either within women how to earn funds and provide nutritious the Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston or within the food for their children. SEGAMIL is the Spanish “This project really makes a difference. 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CAROL ZIMMERMANN CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE Sister Teresa Maya, a Sister of Charity of WASHINGTON – By its very nature, Lent has an the Incarnate Word based in San Antonio, overall aspect of penitence to it, but that shouldn’t override the whole season, said Paulist Father likened the church now to the time when Larry Rice, director of the University Catholic Center at the University of Texas at Austin. the apostles were in the upper room His recommendation for this year’s Lent is “to do what the church has always asked us to do: prayer, wondering what to do next. ‘We have to fasting and almsgiving” and that concentrating on those things will bring people closer to God and trust our faith in the resurrection, in the one another. “I think it’s important to make some distinc- grace that God will provide. Hold the loss tions that might rescue Lent for people this year,” he said, noting that it’s not “supposed to be about and the grief and hold one another in it.’ sorrow, sadness or anger, which people are justifi- ably feeling,” in the current church climate. “That because she said it provides a time for people to is not what Lent is about,” he said, stressing that it examine where they are personally but also can should be a personal preparation for Easter. raise the question “Where are we?” as the Catholic The 40 days, especially this year, also shouldn’t Church in the United States. be an effort of “muscular Christianity” or “pulling And no matter where you fit in the church, as a ourselves up by our bootstraps” to do Lenten prac- leader, family member or parishioner, she said the tices, he said. Instead, it offers a time for Catholics question of what’s next feels different; it’s not the to say: “Wow, we have completely hit bottom and same as it was when the church went through the we have to depend on God’s grace to build us up sexual abuse crisis nearly 20 years ago. again.” She likened the church now to the time when the Father Rice said a lot of bishops have called for apostles were in the upper room wondering what a year of reparation for the abuses committed by to do next. people representing the church, an action that has “We have to trust our faith in the resurrection, caused some misunderstanding among Catholics in the grace that God will provide,” she said. “Hold who say: “Why do I have to do it? I didn’t do any- (CNS PHOTO/BOB ROLLER) the loss and the grief and hold one another in it.” thing wrong?” A woman prays during Ash Wednesday Mass in the chapel at This is a “critical moment” to return to the core And they are right, he said, noting that penance the Franciscan Monastery of the Holy Land in Washington Feb. of what Catholics believe, she said. is what people do to show sorrow for what they’ve 14, 2018. After all the U.S. Catholic Church has been through Father DeAngelo similarly stressed the need for done, while “reparation is what you do to show with the abuse crisis, Lent this year could be an important Catholics to keep going and to support one an- sorrow for what someone else has done which time for healing, some church leaders say. other. opens the community to God’s healing grace.” “We need people to return to the church. We This Lent, “we don’t put reparation on hold, we “To live in the spirit of Lent there has to be path need their criticism; we need to hear their frustra- just get to do both” – personal penance and repara- away from personal and systemic sin” that led to tions, their stories” not just survivors of abuse but tion, he said. this crisis, something she said she hasn’t seen yet. all who “are unfortunately part of the collateral Sister Teresa Maya, a Sister of Charity of the Sister Maya said the sacrament of reconcilia- damage of this scandal, people who are just over- Incarnate Word based in San Antonio, said she tion, which is talked about a lot in Lent, centers whelmed by these revelations.” has been moved by the expressions of reparation on listening and the church still needs to make it a “This moment – Ash Wednesday I think specifi- by priests in her archdiocese taking “collective priority to listen to abuse survivors, but Catholics cally this year – can be even more of a reminder responsibility” for abuse and any cover-up in the also need to listen to one another. that in spite of everything, the church, called by church. For the past eight months or more, this abuse cri- Christ, is the greatest hope for our humanity.” The sister, former president of the Leadership sis has been “piling up on all of us,” she told CNS, Although the church has human failings, he said, Conference of Women Religious, an umbrella noting that many Catholics are still shellshocked it also has a divine call for everyone in it to “go group of 1,500 leaders of U.S. women’s religious by it and the question that remains is: “How do we forth” – after facing criticism the church deserves communities, said it is important for the church to move forward?” – and never lose sight of its main mission: “to begin with reparation, but it can’t end with that. That’s where Lent once again comes into play, bring life to the world through Jesus Christ.” Renew introduces small-group series to deal with clergy abuse crisis MARK PATTISON Renew International, which reaction Renew staffers got was, “How can you stay CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE has been offering small- Catholics?” group parish renewal series “We looked around us and we said, ‘We need to WASHINGTON – Renew International, which has since the 1980s, has put do something.’ We know that people are upset, we been offering small-group parish renewal series together a six-week series know people are hurting,” Bober added. “As news since the 1970s, has put together a six-week series for parishioners on dealing broke, we were reading more victims’ stories and for parishioners on dealing with the current clergy with the current clergy we were seeing the power in them, and knowing sexual abuse crisis. sexual abuse crisis. Titled that, it really made us understand the depth of Titled “Healing Our Church,” it offers reflec- “Healing Our Church,” it the hurt that is going on. We wanted to empathize tions, Scripture passages, questions to par- offers reflections, Scripture with the victims and for them to do that, we had to ticipants to ponder and statements from abuse passages, questions to include their stories.” victims. participants to ponder and Bober said, “We had (‘Healing Our Church’) “We brought in a lot more with the victims’ voic- statements from abuse small groups running in the office, as things were es,” said Jennifer Bober, Renew’s manager of mar- (CNS) victims. being written” to test the strength of the material keting and communications, who was in on all of being developed. “We had people within the office, the development meetings for the new series. “That abuse,” said Bishop Alfred A. Schlert of Allentown some friends of people who work here from their was something we felt was missing from the earlier in a Feb. 27 telephone interview with Catholic News parishes.” One of them, G. Madsen, a member of resource. Just the directness of the approach, the Service, but “the people in the pew are hurting, Our Lady of Peace Parish in New Providence, New forthrightness of the approach in this, is different. too.” Jersey, wrote in an endorsement for the back cover It’s a different time, and people’s response is very “Healing the Body of Christ” drew 12,000 par- of “Healing Our Church,” saying that “this six- different.” ticipants when Allentown offered it 16 years ago, week program is a positive first step in healing the The Diocese of Allentown, Pennsylvania, will Bishop Schlert noted. “I don’t know what we’ll wounds suffered by faithful Catholics.” employ “Healing Our Church” during Lent in a get this time. The success is not so much in the Renew had considered introducing it in the fall, big way, with nearly 70 parishes – about 83 percent concrete number but who came, who felt comfort- Bober said, but were dissuaded by Bishop Schlert, of all parishes in the diocese – offering the Renew able to come, and who felt healing in some way,” who wanted it sooner – and his words were used in series. measurements he acknowledged tend to manifest the book’s foreword: “My people need healing now.” Allentown had used Renew twice before, includ- themselves in the long term. “I never saw myself as cutting-edge on any- ing its 2003 series dealing with clergy sex abuse, “All of us are active in church ministry in some thing,” Bishop Schlert told CNS. “But my pastors “Healing the Body of Christ.” form or another,” Renew’s Bober told CNS, and embraced it and said, ‘We’d like to give this a try.’ “We’re trying to do the best we can to meet the when the latest revelations broke last summer That’s where the rubber hits the road, in the local needs of victims of abuse, physical victims of regarding bishops’ roles in the crisis, a common parishes.” CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO | MARCH 14, 2019 CHURCH IN CRISIS 15 Sisters at summit hope standard is set for more women at Vatican meetings

JOSHUA J. MCELWEE union to choose who would represent GLOBAL SISTERS REPORT them. At the synod, she said, the union ROME – The Catholic sisters who was given three slots and “conditions took part in Pope Francis’ summit of how to fill them up.” The three on clergy sexual abuse say they hope women religious who took part did so the presence of a dozen women at the as participants and not full members, gathering sets a standard for a grow- meaning they could not vote on the ing presence of women at Vatican gathering’s final document. meetings of bishops. “We see that there’s a development “We would like to think that this in the right way, so we do hope that is how things will be in the future,” one day, we will get there, that we Maltese Sister Carmen Sammut, one can be equal members with the men of the women invited to attend the religious ... who have voting rights,” Feb. 21-24 summit on child protection, Sammut said. “We don’t know when said at a Feb. 25 briefing. While three this will happen, but we really think women religious participated in the that it will happen.” 2018 Synod of Bishops, 10 attended Hornamann said one bishop who the summit. was part of her small discussion group “We hope that this is an example of at the summit told her, “I thought you what will happen in the future, that had voting rights. I didn’t know that we will have more say, more places in you have no voting rights in synods.” synods and other big meetings at the “We still have a long way to go,” she Vatican,” Sammut said. added. Sammut, who heads both the Mis- According to “Episcopalis Com- sionary Sisters of Our Lady of Africa munio,” the new constitution govern- and the Rome-based umbrella group ing the synod that Francis signed International Union of Superiors in September, the organization that General, spoke at the briefing along- represents men religious around the side five other sisters who took part world has the right to elect members at the summit: Irish Blessed Virgin to synods, but UISG does not. Mary Sister Pat Murray, Nigerian The document states, however, that Holy Child Jesus Sister Veronica “according to the theme and circum- Openibo, German Holy Spirit Sister stances, others who are not honored Maria Hornamann, Mexican Mary with episcopal duties can be called to Reparatrix Sister Aurora Torres, and the synod assembly with a role to be Indian Jesus and Mary Sister Monica determined by the Roman pontiff.” Joseph. Asked about Francis’ unscripted Murray, UISG’s executive direc- Feb. 22 comments during the summit, tor, said the group represents about in which he referred to the “feminine 1,900 religious congregations around genius” and the church being a wom- the world that consist of more than an, Openibo mentioned the pope’s 600,000 women. (CNS PHOTO/JOSHUA J . MCELWEE, GLOBAL SISTERS REPORT) Argentine-Italian background. “We had an important role to play Women religious from around the world are seen at a Rome briefing following their participa- “You have to also acknowledge that [at the summit], representing the tion in the Vatican summit on protection of minors. Pictured at the Feb. 25 event are Maltese he’s taking steps,” she said. “Maybe women religious of the world and Sister Carmen Sammut, head of the International Union of Superiors General; German Holy the words he uses are different from also taking on the responsibility that Spirit Sister Maria Hornamann; Sister Veronica Openibo, congregational leader of the Society of what some of us would like to hear, we have for running so many institu- the Holy Child Jesus; and Indian Sister Monica Joseph, superior general of the Congregation of but let’s hope with him, changes are tions, projects and programs,” Mur- Religious of Jesus and Mary. taking place.” ray said. “I want to applaud the changes, and “We saw also ourselves speaking be added so that the church’s voice, The primary participants of the I say, ‘Bravo,’ “ she said. on behalf of women in general,” she including women, would be there.” 190-person meeting were the presi- Openibo also shared a joke someone said. “We didn’t just see ourselves “I hope our brothers have listened, dents of the world’s Catholic bishops’ made in her small language group speaking for the women religious have seen the difference, and they conferences, the heads of the East- after she gave her own address to the of the world, but also for women in will make the changes,” she said. ern-rite Catholic Churches, and the summit. general.” The 10 sisters who took part in the cardinals and bishops leading Vatican “I was told I was now the third car- Openibo, who in a speech to the Vatican summit are all members of offices. dinal in the group,” she said. summit Feb. 23 addressed what she UISG’s executive board. Two lay- Sammut, who has led UISG since called a culture of “mediocrity, hypoc- women also participated: Gabriella 2013, noted in the briefing that in Reprinted with permission of Global risy and complacency” that led to the Gambino and Linda Ghisoni, both addition to inviting more women Sisters Report, a project of National abuse scandals, said she hopes in the undersecretaries for the Vatican’s religious to the summit than the 2018 Catholic Reporter. Visit www.globalsis- future, more laywomen “might also Dicastery for Laity, Family and Life. synod, the organizers also allowed the tersreport.org. Local sisters react to role of women at Vatican abuse summit CHRISTINA GRAY the victims” of clergy sex abuse. The is real and “just as bad as children she said. “Now we look forward to CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO focus, she said, is still on the priests because it’s an innocence that is now seeing what the bishops will be doing and bishops instead of on the people completely gone. in response to what was heard at the Power is ‘the whole issue’ they hurt. “When something breaks our heart summit.” Salesian Sister Mary Greenman, “I do believe that the whole issue God is able to tumble in,” a Jewish a former instructor at the Gradu- is an issue of power,” she said. “As saying in fact, brings her hope, said Both male and female voices are important ate Theological Union in Berkeley, long as we maintain a sense of power Sister Celeste. “This has hurt the “I believe women speak to the ‘heart said that while she felt “positively over others instead of for others we church so badly.” of the matter,’ said Good Shepherd Sis- guarded” about the fact that the voice will never truly reach a solution in a ter Jean Marie Fernandez, referencing of women religious was heard, she Christ-like way.” Speaking ‘words of truth’ Pope Francis’ comments at the sum- still feels the pope’s summit on child Sister Carla Kovack, a member of the mit about “feminine genius.” Women protection missed the point. The Spirit moves leadership council of the Dominican have different perspectives than men “I don’t think we are even close Social Service Sister Celeste Ar- Sisters of San Rafael, called the summit, and “both voices” are important. to a real compassionate, Christ-like buckle, director of faith formation “a beginning.” She hopes the presence “We are equals in the eyes of God response to this problem,” said Sister for the Archdiocese of San Francisco, and power of women will grow at future and we can mutually work together Mary, who is now an educator in the called the summit the “most signifi- synods, including their ability to vote. and learn from each other,” said Sis- Watsonville area. cant experience of the Holy Spirit “I think that women religious are in ter Jean, who works as a case man- Sister Mary said she feels that what working in the church” since the re- a significant position to speak words ager at a St. Vincent de Paul outreach is lost in the talk about “zero-toler- forms of the Second Vatican Council. of truth that come from deep love for center in San Francisco. “Through ance” and corrective action is “a true She said the issue of the sexual our church shaped by our ongoing, this process we can witness for some- sense of justice and compassion for abuse of sisters, especially novices, direct connection to its lay members,” thing new to emerge.” 16 CHURCH IN CRISIS CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO | MARCH 14, 2019 Church renewal needs shared clergy-lay leadership, say experts

NICHOLAS WOLFRAM SMITH particular priest, but he can disregard their advice CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO without consequence.” Until laity no longer serve at the will of the bish- Changing canon law to allow lay people “au- op, lay participation is not a solution for church thentic and honest participation” could encourage accountability, said Haselberger. renewal in a wounded church, an expert in church Haselberger’s lecture was co-sponsored by Berke- law said in a talk to a Catholic student group at UC ley’s Robbins Collection, which is dedicated to reli- Berkeley’s law school. gious law scholarship, and a student group, Catho- Jennifer Haselberger has a Ph.D. in philoso- lics at Berkeley Law. Its co-chair, Matt Junker, told phy and a licentiate in canon law and served as Catholic San Francisco the students were given a chancellor at the Archdiocese of St. Paul and the opportunity to organize a lecture on canon law, Minneapolis before resigning in protest in 2013 and decided to focus on the sexual abuse crisis and over concerns about how the archdiocese handled possible responses to it. Haselberger’s “in-depth clergy abuse cases. At the Feb. 25 Robbins Collec- experience working for several dioceses in the U.S. tion lecture on canon law at UC Berkeley’s Boalt and internationally and her courage in exposing Hall, Haselberger, one of many commentators moral corruption within the church made her the across the ideological spectrum to emerge in a perfect candidate to give the lecture,” he said. growing public debate over the roots of the clergy Junker, who helped found Catholics at Berkeley abuse crisis, discussed institutional factors and Law to bring “an intelligent Catholic perspective” how the church can respond. to campus, said he also appreciated how Haselberg- In her lecture, Haselberger said canon law (PHOTO BY NICHOLAS WOLFRAM SMITH/CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO) er’s work bridged scholarship and activism. restricts the power to exercise church governance Jennifer Haselberger speaks at UC Berkeley’s Boalt Hall Feb. Junker said Haselberger’s discussion of the to those who have received sacred orders. But she 25. Haselberger, a former chancellor for the Archdiocese of church’s difficulty in addressing clergy abuse, argued that the practice of the church makes that St. Paul and Minneapolis, was invited by the law school’s along with the lack of a detailed plan from the a “legal fiction.” Catholic student organization to discuss responses to the sex Vatican summit on child protection, left people feel- In single-judge annulment decisions, for ex- abuse crisis. ing “overwhelmed.” He praised the directness of ample, the judge must be a cleric. Haselberger Haselberger’s proposed reforms. said small dioceses often lack a full-time priest for financial representative of the parish, and upgrad- “Conversations around the crisis often turn this work and instead use a lay person to author ing finance councils from their consultative status into debates about celibacy, women’s ordination annulment decisions. By adding a priest’s digital to give them real power over spending. and other major theological questions, which are signature, their work becomes valid in the eyes of “This is how parishes and dioceses currently op- interesting and important, but as Dr. Haselberger the law. erate — we just pretend that this does not occur,” suggested, there are much simpler reforms that Haselberger said a similar process can happen in she said. would make a tremendous difference while staying parish finance, where the pastor has sole control Beyond specific legal requirements that are often within the church’s current theological frame- but can often delegate all significant decisions to fulfilled in a merely technical sense, Haselberger work,” Junker said. an administrator. said in the interview the laity are too disadvan- Clergy-laity co-responsibility was a much-dis- “There’s a fiction, that there’s a link between the taged under canon law to have much real impact. cussed topic at Pope Francis’ February summit on power of orders and the power of governance. It’s “Right now, lay people can only cooperate in the protection of minors in the church. Commenta- time to eliminate that,” she said. “The lay people church governance,” she said. “They can’t exercise tors such as Haselberger have become more vocal doing this work have a right to have their contri- power on their own, and their decisions — such with their views, and organizations such as the butions acknowledged and to be compensated for as they are — are always subject to review and Leadership Roundtable are providing research and them.” approval. This prevents lay people from effectively counsel for dioceses. Some bishops have taken incre- In an interview with Catholic San Francisco, having any true impact when matters are conten- mental steps within the existing legal framework, Haselberger said one change that could work at tious. We see this with diocesan review boards. A the parish level is removing the priest as the legal review board may advise the bishop not to assign a SEE RENEWAL, PAGE 23

Summit results in recommendations for diocesan best practices MARK PATTISON be one that “addresses a new culture of a new CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE ‘The conversation has been elevated to collaboration between clergy and laity. It creates a plan for co-responsibility – lay and ordained, na- WASHINGTON – Leadership Roundtable CEO the public space. There is an abuse crisis tionally and in the diocese – to address these twin Kim Smolik sees two crises “plaguing our church”: crises.” abuse by clergy and failures by leadership. and there is a leadership crisis. We are Clericalism and the lack of bishop accountability, In an interview with Catholic News Service, Smo- transparency and co-responsible governance struc- lik frequently referred to these “twin crises.” seeing that conversation engaged. tures are “root causes” behind the crisis that need The Leadership Roundtable was founded in the to be addressed in order to bring about culture wake of the 2002 abuse scandal in the Archdiocese We are seeing it with laypeople and change, the report said. of Boston, which was making near-daily front-page Bishop W. Shawn McKnight of Jefferson City, headlines. we are seeing it among bishops.’ Missouri, a summit participant, has said clerical- It was officially formed in 2005 by lay, religious ism occurs when a member of the clergy – be it and ordained leaders to help the church address KIM SMOLIK bishop, priest,or deacon – uses his position in the the abuse crisis and promote best practices and Leadership Roundtable CEO church for personal gain. accountability in all areas. It has been working Cardinal Joseph W. Tobin of Newark, New since then to help dioceses address leadership and In early February, the Leadership Roundtable Jersey, another summit participant, expressed governance issues. But not every diocese leapt at convened a two-day closed-door summit in Wash- his hope in a February message that the Vatican’s the chance at that time. ington on the issues that have swirled around abuse summit held later that month – bringing to- However, with the issuance of a grand jury clergy sex abuse. A month later, it issued a report gether the heads of bishops’ conferences worldwide report last summer by the Pennsylvania attorney detailing dozens of recommendations for adoption – would result in a “a revolutionary flourishing of general’s office on six dioceses in the state on al- by dioceses, bishops, clergy and laity. a church of synodality” much like that which hap- leged abuse by clergy and other church workers In her preface to the report, Smolik said, “Unit- pened at the Second Vatican Council. over a 70-year period beginning in 1947, and and ed, we must address the root causes, as well as “We were aware of Cardinal Tobin’s statement how bishops responded to the allegations there, promote a new culture of leadership and a new and at the (Leadership Roundtable) summit, we more dioceses have expressed an interest in what response to abuse. The underlying conditions addressed the topic of synodality,” Smolik said. the Leadership Roundtable has to offer. creating these crises were decades in the making; “We support the cardinal’s statement and the co- “In the past six months, we have received re- solving these problems will require a long-term, responsibility that we have been promoting for 15 quests from over 50 dioceses,” Smolik said. Prior to culture change that must begin with immediate years. We believe that co-responsibility is one of that, she added, “we have been working closely in steps, putting survivors first.” the key ways forward to address the twin crises,” the last year with approximately 50 dioceses – this One recommendation calls for committing to “a she added. is a different 50 than what I was referring to before, preferential option for abuse victims and families; In the wake of the Vatican summit, Smolik said, although there is some overlap.” make it a priority to meet with survivors; keep “we believe it’s now up to the bishops’ conferences Depending on how much overlap there is, of survivors, families and affected parishioners at all to hold up both of these crises as equally impor- course, this would represent roughly half of all U.S. levels of decision-making.” tant.” dioceses now looking to make internal improve- Asked by CNS what would constitute a culture ments in their governance. change within the church, Smolik replied it would SEE LEADERSHIP, PAGE 23 CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO | MARCH 14, 2019 FAITH 17

SUNDAY READINGS Second Sunday of Lent

GENESIS 15:5-12, 17-18 should I fear? The Lord is my life’s refuge; of whom glorified body by the power that enables him also to The Lord God took Abram outside and said, should I be afraid? bring all things into subjection to himself. There- “Look up at the sky and count the stars, if you can. The Lord is my light and my salvation. fore, my brothers and sisters, whom I love and long Just so,” he added, “shall your descendants be.” Hear, O Lord, the sound of my call; have pity on for, my joy and crown, in this way stand firm in the Abram put his faith in the Lord, who credited it to me, and answer me. Of you my heart speaks; you Lord. him as an act of righteousness. He then said to him, my glance seeks. “I am the Lord who brought you from Ur of the The Lord is my light and my salvation. LUKE 9:28B-36 Chaldeans to give you this land as a possession.” “O Your presence, O Lord, I seek. Hide not your face Jesus took Peter, John, and James and went Lord God,” he asked, “how am I to know that I shall from me; do not in anger repel your servant. You up the mountain to pray. While he was praying possess it?” He answered him, “Bring me a 3-year- are my helper: cast me not off. his face changed in appearance and his cloth- old heifer, a 3-year-old she-goat, a 3-year-old ram, The Lord is my light and my salvation. ing became dazzling white. And behold, two men a turtledove, and a young pigeon.” Abram brought I believe that I shall see the bounty of the Lord in were conversing with him, Moses and Elijah, who him all these, split them in two, and placed each the land of the living. Wait for the Lord with cour- appeared in glory and spoke of his exodus that he half opposite the other; but the birds he did not cut age; be stouthearted, and wait for the Lord. was going to accomplish in Jerusalem. Peter and up. Birds of prey swooped down on the carcasses, The Lord is my light and my salvation. his companions had been overcome by sleep, but but Abram stayed with them. As the sun was about becoming fully awake, they saw his glory and the to set, a trance fell upon Abram, and a deep, terrify- PHILIPPIANS 3:17—4:1 two men standing with him. As they were about ing darkness enveloped him. When the sun had set Join with others in being imitators of me, broth- to part from him, Peter said to Jesus, “Master, it is and it was dark, there appeared a smoking fire pot ers and sisters, and observe those who thus con- good that we are here; let us make three tents, one and a flaming torch, which passed between those duct themselves according to the model you have in for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah.” But he pieces. It was on that occasion that the Lord made us. For many, as I have often told you and now tell did not know what he was saying. While he was a covenant with Abram, saying: “To your descen- you even in tears, conduct themselves as enemies still speaking, a cloud came and cast a shadow over dants I give this land, from the Wadi of Egypt to the of the cross of Christ. Their end is destruction. them, and they became frightened when they en- Great River, the Euphrates.” Their God is their stomach; their glory is in their tered the cloud. Then from the cloud came a voice “shame.” Their minds are occupied with earthly that said, “This is my chosen Son; listen to him.” PSALM 27:1, 7-8, 8-9, 13-14. things. But our citizenship is in heaven, and from After the voice had spoken, Jesus was found alone. The Lord is my light and my salvation. it we also await a savior, the Lord Jesus Christ. He They fell silent and did not at that time tell anyone The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom will change our lowly body to conform with his what they had seen. LITURGICAL CALENDAR, DAILY MASS READINGS Purification is separation MONDAY, MARCH 18: Monday of the Second Week in Lent. Optional Memorial of St. Cyril of n both the first reading from the book of Genesis stay firm in their love for the cross of Christ. Paul’s Jerusalem, bishop, confessor and doctor. DN and the second reading taken from St. Paul’s exhortations also imply a journey, an exodus, from 9:4b-10. PS 79:8, 9, 11 and 13. JN 6:63c, 68c. Iepistle to the Philippians we hear a narrative about one kind of life to a new and different kind. LK 6:36-38. competing citizenships. In the case of Abram an We often – and rightly – conceive the Christian life opposition is made between as a quest for greater unity and communion. While TUESDAY, MARCH 19: Solemnity of St. Joseph, citizenship in the land of Ur continuing to hold tightly to this conviction, it must husband of the Blessed Virgin Mary. 2 SM 7:4- of the Chaldeans and citizen- be complemented by an equally important convic- 5a, 12-14a, 16. PS 89:2-3, 4-5, 27 and 29. ROM ship in the land that stretches tion that the Christian life is characterized by a deep 4:13, 16-18, 22. Ps 84:5. MT 1:16, 18-21, 24a or from the Wadi of Egypt to act of division, of separation. We cannot be citizens LK 2:41-51a. the Euphrates. In the second of two cities, the city of God and the city of man or reading St. Paul points to the earth. We must choose. To become citizens of the city WEDNESDAY, MARCH 20: Wednesday of the Christian believers’ citizen- of God we must renounce, we must divide, sever our- Second Week of Lent. JER 18:18-20. PS 31:5-6, ship in heaven, a citizenship selves from the other, baser, kind of citizenship. 14, 15-16. JN 8:12. MT 20:17-28. that sets them apart from This act of separating, of severing, is exactly what those who are ruled by the god is meant by the word “sacred,” and, by extension, THURSDAY, MARCH 21: Thursday of the Sec- of their stomachs and thus are “consecration.” The English word “sacred” is derived ond Week of Lent . JER 17:5-10. PS 1:1-2, 3, 4 SCRIPTURE citizens of – as can be inferred from the Latin “sacrare” whose root meaning is to and 6. SEE LK 8:15. LK 16:19-31. – the ‘world.’ fence off, to separate. Thus, to become holy, to become FRIDAY, MARCH 22: Friday of the Second Week REFLECTION In both scenes it is clear that sacred, is to be set apart, separated and dedicated of Lent. GN 37:3-4, 12-13a, 17b-28a. PS 105:16- an exodus, a pilgrimage, has entirely to the distinct citizenship of the city of God. 17, 18-19, 20-21. JN 3:16. MT 21:33-43, 45-46. FATHER MARK been made to pass from one Our journey in the desert during Lent is precisely a DOHERTY kind of citizenship to another. time of purification, of separation, of severing, where SATURDAY, MARCH 23: Saturday of the In the case of Abram, very we recommit ourselves to making the journey away Second Week of Lent. Optional Memorial of St. clearly, there was a geographi- from the earthly city dominated as it is by the god of Turibio de Mogrovejo, bishop. MI 7:14-15, 18-20. cal journey from Ur to the the stomach, and make our way more earnestly and PS 103:1-2, 3-4, 9-10, 11-12. LK 15:18. LK 15:1- new land between the Wadi and the Euphrates. But determinedly toward the city of God so as to become 3, 11-32. there was also a very clear journey of faith. Abram entirely his, completely worshippers of the Lord on listened to the voice of the Lord calling him out of the cross, totally imitators of him. It is by this pro- SUNDAY, MARCH 24: Third Sunday of Lent – the land of Ur. This was the beginning of his faith in gressive separation that we enter more fully into the Year A Readings. EX 17:3-7. PS 95:1-2, 6-7, 8-9. the Lord. His faith grew, such that he came to believe unity of the love of God. ROM 5:1-2, 5-8. CF. JN 4:42, 15. JN 4:5-42 or JN in the Lord’s promise of a large descendance, and 4:5-15, 19b-26, 39a, 40-42. he was willing to offer his only son to the Lord. As FATHER MARK DOHERTY, who serves at St. Peter and St. for Paul, he is constantly exhorting his disciples to Anthony parishes in San Francisco, is studying moral MONDAY, MARCH 25: Solemnity of the Annun- remain firm in their new life of faith; he pleads with theology at the University of Fribourg in Switzerland. ciation of the Lord. IS 7:10-14; 8:10. PS 40:7-8a, them not to return to their former ways, but rather to 8b-9, 10, 11. HEB 10:4-10. JN 1:14ab. LK 1:26- 38.

TUESDAY, MARCH 26: Tuesday of the Third Week of Lent. DN 3:25, 34-43. PS 25:4-5ab, 6 POPE FRANCIS and 7bc, 8-9. JL 2:12-13. MT 18:21-35. GIVE UP GOSSIPING FOR LENT sins of others rather than seeing our own with WEDNESDAY, MARCH 27: Wednesday of the ROME – Lent is a good time to concentrate that kind of clarity,” the pope said at the Angelus. Third Week of Lent. DT 4:1, 5-9. PS 147:12-13, on fighting the urge to gossip about others and Speaking the Sunday before Lent was to begin, 15-16, 19-20. SEE JN 6:63c, 68c. MT 5:17-19. instead trying to correct one’s own faults and Pope Francis said it would be great if everyone defects, Pope Francis said. tried during Lent to reflect on Jesus’ words to see THURSDAY, MARCH 28: Thursday of the Third Reciting the Angelus prayer at noon March 3 the faults only of others and on the temptation of Week of Lent. JER 7:23-28. PS 95:1-2, 6-7, 8-9. with pilgrims in St. Peter’s Square and visiting gossip. JL 2:12-13. LK 11:14-23. the parish of St. Crispin in Labaro, a suburb on Catholics should ask themselves, “Am I a the northern edge of Rome, later that afternoon, hypocrite who smiles and then turns around to FRIDAY, MARCH 29: Friday of the Third Week Pope Francis focused on the line from the day’s criticize and destroy with my tongue?” He said. of Lent. HOS 14:2-10. PS 81:6c-8a, 8bc-9, 10- Gospel: “Why do you notice the splinter in your “If, by the end of Lent, we are able to correct this 11ab, 14 and 17. MT 4:17. MK 12:28-34. brother’s eye, but do not perceive the wooden a bit and not go around always criticizing others beam in your own?” behind their backs, I assure you (the celebration SATURDAY, MARCH 30: Saturday of the Third “We all know it usually is easier or more com- of) Jesus’ resurrection will be more beautiful.” Week of Lent. HOS 6:1-6. PS 51:3-4, 18-19, 20- fortable to notice and condemn the defects and CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE 21ab. PS 95:8. LK 18:9-14. 18 OPINION CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO | MARCH 14, 2019 Pope Francis’ summit: A cardinal’s comment Ash Wednesday, March 6, 2019 presents a “Quinquennial Report” describing the The “17 years” the Times refers to are coterminous state of the diocese (or eparchy, vicariate, prefecture). with the 17 years since the Dallas Charter was ad- hank you, Pope Francis! Amid the calls for ac- These reports could require information about the opted. This charter put into place “concrete actions” tion by victims and the media, lamenting that implementation of the bishops’ conference’s protocol/ in every diocese, parish and institution in the U.S. For Tthe recent Vatican meeting of the presidents of charter, which would be the basis for a meeting of the example, accused priests are suspended while allega- the bishops’ conferences from around the world did bishop(s) with the CDF during the ad limina visit, to tions are investigated; if the allegations are found cred- not adopt concrete steps, we review the adequacy of the conference’s charter/pro- ible, the offending priests are permanently removed should not forget the impor- tocol and the steps the bishops have taken to ensure from ministry (the charter’s “zero tolerance” policy); tance of this initiative taken compliance with it in their dioceses. Such meetings allegations are promptly reported to law enforcement; by Pope Francis. When these during the ad limina visits would ensure an account- lay review boards with professional expertise have conference presidents report ability on the part of both the bishops’ conferences and been established in every diocese; seminarian screen- back to their brother bishops the local churches, in a forum that would also guaran- ing and human formation for chaste celibate living has in their respective countries, tee that the best practices of the conferences that have been intensified; background checks and mandatory they will be sure that the pope been dealing with this issue could be broadly shared. training for all church workers and volunteers have expects them to adopt the The issue of requiring a similar accountability for been put into place; there are programs of education concrete measures required to religious orders would also have to be determined. for priests and for parents; and finally, an annual deal with the issue of clerical Much comment in the media about the pope’s sum- audit of diocesan compliance with the policies and abuse of minors in their own mit has bought into a kind of amnesia about the con- programs required by the charter is conducted by the CARDINAL cultural context. crete steps already taken in countries like ours. This lay national review board. But the Times gives these WILLIAM J. The media generally have is quite unfortunate. These charters and protocols are important “concrete steps” not so much as a nod. LEVADA given little attention to the fact an essential tool for the church to adopt in every part The Times cites the “acceleration of revelations,” that Pope Francis’ initiative in of the world, since they contain precisely the concrete and gives as its principal example the Pennsylvania calling the conference presi- plan of action to address the problem of sexual abuse grand jury report detailing “abuse by hundreds of dents together on this question has not occurred in a in their own cultural situation. priests over many years.” But this is misleading. vacuum. In 2011, when I was prefect of the Congrega- Regrettably, in my view, much of the public media This grand jury report details the offenses of some tion for the Doctrine of the Faith (CDF), with the ap- (not to mention some victims’ advocates) have ignored priests that can only be described as diabolical. It proval and encouragement of Pope Benedict, we sent the concrete steps already in place in many countries was compiled from the diocesan records, court doc- a circular letter to all 112 bishops’ conferences asking – especially in North America and Western Europe – uments, victims’ testimonies, many of which were PUBLICAthem to send us a copy of the protocol adopted by theTIONS that have proven effective in dealing with the crisis of already in the public domain. So the word “rev- conference on clerical sex abuse of minors (if such the sexual abuse of minors by clergy and others in the elations” is not a good choice, as if these crimes existed), or to develop such a protocol according to church and her institutions. Does the ignoring of these are somehow “breaking news.” When it comes to the guidelines we provided. My term as prefect of the concrete steps already in place result from a kind of sexual abuse, whether by priests or by CEOs as the CDF ended in 2012. But I am reliably told that all but “amnesia,” or is it rather a willful bias on the part of #MeToo movement illustrates, it takes many years six of the 112 bishops’ conferences have complied – and media and other commentators? for some victims to come forward. In the case of those six are conferences in war-torn countries with For me a good example of media bias was The New abuse by priests, the Pennsylvania Report covers minimal resources. York Times editorial two days after Pope Francis and the whole of the 20th century in six dioceses. The This work is obviously still ongoing. One concrete the bishop conference presidents concluded their abuse peaked in the 1970s and 1980s, as the profes- step that I recommend to the Holy Father, following up extraordinary meeting on Sunday, Feb. 24. “Activists sionally done report of the John Jay College of on the recent Vatican meeting, would be to require a in the West are fed up with pledges of change in the Criminal Justice demonstrated. All the indicators I review of these protocols (or “Charter” as adopted by 17 years since The Boston Globe revealed systematic have seen report a dramatic decrease in the allega- the U.S. Bishops in Dallas in 2002) as part of the future abuse in the Boston diocese,” said the Times. “The tions of clergy sexual abuse in the last two decades. ad limina visits of the world’s bishops to the Holy See. revelations have accelerated in recent years” citing This concurs with the judgment of Peter Steinfels These visits are scheduled to occur every five years. “the grand jury report from Pennsylvania of abuse by In preparation for the visit, every diocesan bishop hundreds of priests over many years.” SEE CARDINAL LEVADA, PAGE 20 CELEBRATING ST . PATRICK’S DAY

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Passing a bill to legalize they are denied the solace that had the victim is prepubescent diverts Awoman came to him in consid- abortion in my opinion – New York’s been the promise of their faith. attention from the vast majority of erable distress. Her husband had Reproductive Health Act – is the worst Nursing homes are fertile grounds abuse perpetrated on non-children recently died of a heart attack. His (“The moral depravity of Andrew for evangelization in three categories: and its separate root causes. death had Cuomo and friends,” George Weigel, First, there are Catholics who want to Emphasizing concern for the minor- been sud- Feb. 14). They are helpless babies who continue sharing in the faith; second, ity of abuse cases that concern female den and at a are not given the gifts of life and love. there are “fallen away” Catholics who and male children is necessary and most inapt My grandfather once told me that might be looking for an opportunity laudable. However, might the authors’ time. They’d politics is dirty and politicians are to reach out for their eternal salva- omissions and misrepresentations been happily crooked, but not all. Where are those tion; third, there are people of other create an alternative “smokescreen” married for who can change the world with their faiths who may be touched by the at- that obscures the urgency of U.S. 30 years and, conversion of heart, whatever religion traction of seeing how these Catholics Cardinal Raymond Burke’s and Ger- during all they belong to? love each other. man Cardinal Walter Brandmuller’s those years, Hope and mercy in the risen Jesus Adolf Schimpf efforts as stated in their open letter had never Christ. Hanover Township, New Jersey of Feb. 19 to investigate as reported had a major Rose M. Jardin “homosexuality in the priesthood FATHER RON crisis in their San Bruno Omissions and misrepresentations and other evidence of a more general ROLHEISER relation- Re: “Blaming homosexuality for questioning of traditional Catholic ship. On Where is the outcry? abuse of minors is distraction, vic- morality” as a theme of the abuse the day her We were very grateful that George tims say,” Feb. 28: crisis in the church? husband died, they had gotten into Weigel has had the courage to speak out The article appears to direct the Michael Bergez an argument about something very against what should outrage all Catho- reader to regard the subject matter of Salinas insignificant and it had escalated to lics: New York’s Reproductive Health the recent Abuse Summit as pedo- where they began to hurl some mean Act that will allow for late and after philia and not so much as homosexu- Lenten gratitude and cutting words at each other. birth abortions. We have been waiting ality. First, the authors’ consistent A special thank you to our Arch- At a point, agitated and angry, her for our church leaders to “pound their references to the Vatican summit as bishop Cordileone for this Lent’s husband stomped out of the room, fists on the pulpit” with outrage over concerning “child protection” mis- “The Light is on for You.” Wonderful told her he was going shopping, then what this bill allows. Yet, there has characterizes the meeting, which was idea and so greatly needed. died of a heart attack before he got to been silence in many parishes of the devoted to the “protection of minors,” Mary Beaudry the car. Understandably, the woman Bay Area. Where is the outcry of our a much larger category of victims. South San Francisco was devastated, by the sudden death religious leaders to speak against this of her spouse but also by that last bill? Why is no one educating church- exchange. “All these years,” she la- goers about the horror that this new mented, “we had this loving relation- law inflicts upon innocent babies. The ship and then we have this useless silence of our church leaders has been argument over nothing and it ends most disturbing. It should be on the up being our last conversation!” front page of every Catholic newspaper The therapist led off with some- across our nation. We are waiting for thing meant partially in humor. our priests and bishops to rise up in He said: “How horrible of him to outrage and speak against the horror do that to you! To die just then!” that this bill would bring to children. 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Helping victims of sexual abuse The Times and others who continue to Steinfels’ detailed analysis of the birth control or prohibiting homosexu- is an ongoing responsibility. Making cite the Pennsylvania grand jury report grand jury’s second charge is an al sex.” When we think of the impact of sure that bishops are held accountable as if it were the gold standard should important corrective to the media bias the sexual revolution of the 1960s on so- for their own personal behavior and for read the meticulously researched in favor of this grand jury report. He ciety as a whole, I think it is fair to say overseeing the processes set in place by critique of it by Peter Steinfels, in an says, “My conclusion is that this second that it is not only the church that was the charter is on the current agenda of article published in the Jan. 14 issue of charge is in fact grossly misleading, caught unprepared for these develop- the conference. And helping to heal the Commonweal magazine. “In fact,” says irresponsible, inaccurate, and unjust. It ments and challenges to living out our wounds in the body of Christ, caused Steinfels, who served as The New York is contradicted by material found in the human sexuality in accord with God’s by these sins and crimes of sexual Times’ senior religion reporter from report itself – by testimony submitted plan. Relying on his grace and help, we abuse, must continue to be part of our 1988 to 1997, “the report makes not one to the grand jury but ignored – and, I can be confident that we are on track spiritual course of action for the future. but two distinct charges. The first one believe, by evidence that the grand jury to meet these challenges in our own concerns predator priests, their many never pursued.” country, and to work with our broth- CARDINAL WILLIAM J. LEVADA is Prefect Emeri- victims, and their unspeakable acts.” He The Steinfels article is must reading ers and sisters in the many cultures in tus of the Congregation for the Doctrine calls this first charge or finding “dread- for a fair analysis of the Pennsylva- which the church has taken root over of the Faith and Archbishop Emeritus of fully true.” The second charge made nia grand jury report. But the Times these two millennia of Christianity, San Francisco. ROLHEISER: Unfinished relationships FROM PAGE 19 too late to speak the words of apprecia- just referring to the fact that none of us through the redemption of what has tion, affirmation, and gratitude that we ever fully realizes her dream, he’s also gone wrong, not least with what has me for all these years, and how our should have spoken to them while they referring to the fact that of us ever fully gone wrong because of our own inad- little moment of anger at the end was were alive. As Christians, we have the measures up. equacies and weakness. a meaningless epi-second that means great consolation of knowing that death At the end of the day, all of us lose G.K. Chesterton said that Christian- nothing in terms our love.” isn’t final, that it’s never too late. loved ones in ways similar to how that ity is special because in its belief in the The therapist then said: “You’re a And we desperately need that par- woman lost her husband, with unfin- communion of saints, “even the dead woman of faith, you believe in the com- ticular consolation … and that second ished business, with bad timing. There get a vote.” They get more than a vote. munion of saints; well, your husband chance. No matter who we are, we’re are always things that should have been They still get to hear what we’re saying is alive still and present to you now, so always inadequate in our relationships. said and weren’t things that shouldn’t to them. why don’t you just say all those things We can’t always be present to our loved have been said and were. So, if you’ve lost a loved one in a situ- to him right now. It’s not too late to ones as we should, we sometimes say But that’s where our Christian faith ation where there was still something express that all to him!” things in anger and bitterness that comes in. We aren’t the only ones who unresolved, where there was still a He’s right. It’s never too late! It’s never leave deep scars, we betray trust in all come up short. At the moment of Jesus’ tension that needed easing, where you too late to tell our deceased loved ones kinds of ways, and we mostly lack the death, virtually all of his disciples had should have been more attentive, or how we really feel about them. It’s never maturity and self-confidence to express deserted. The timing here was also very where you feel badly because you never too late to apologize for the ways we the affirmation we should be conveying bad. Good Friday was bad long before it adequately expressed the affirmation TERMS AND CONDITIONS / TOUR CONTRACT celerates to a minimum PHASE TWO penalty level or the current might have hurt them. 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The single-room supplementsingle-room will be supplementpenalties mentionedwill be assessed above. if All a roommateairfares are issubject not toGRI, government CRS,first, 100%SRES, of e-Proairfare will be forfeited by passenger in addition to Fr. Patrickassessed if aBaikauskas, roommate is not available OP when the group is finalized.available when theapproval group andis finalized. change without notice. the penalties mentioned above. All airfares are subject to gov- Greece & Turkey Globalernment Luxury approval Specialist and change without notice. (including a 4-day Aegean Cruise) MEALS: Ten full hot breakfasts and ten dinners throughout MEALS:the ba- Nine fullTRAVEL hot breakfasts PROTECTION: and seven Travel dinners Protection throughout is NOT included in the sic tour (continental breakfasts in hotels only where full breakfaststhe basic tour (continentaltour price. 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(est. - $499);Tour Operators2: tips to guidesoperate and the drivers,land tours meal offered servers under www.VioletCGuerra.comthis programsurface transportation: Pentecost Tours, Inc., and the participat- SicilyAlso not included: airline baggage fees, passport and visa fees,and laun- luggage handlersonly as ($138.75); agents of and the 3: railroads, optional travelcar rental insurance. contractors, steamshiping Tour Operators operate the land tours offered under this of St. Paul Sicily lines, hotels, bus operators, sightseeing contractors and others dry, wines, liquors, meals not included in the itinerary, sightseeingAn amount or to cover these items will be added to your original in- program only as agents of the railroads, car rental contractors, services& SSouthern othero uthant thosee specifically Italyt mentionedy and items ofvoice. a per- Also not included:that provide airline the baggage actual land fees, arrangements passport and and visa are not liablesteamship forMay lines, 2 hotels,6-June bus operators, 6sightseeing & September contractors 18-29 October 8-19, 2019 sonal nature. NOTE: Due to limited storage space on motorfees, coach- laundry, wines,any act,liquors, omission, meals delay, not included injury, loss, in the damage itinerary, or nonperformanceand others that provide the actual land arrangements and are es, Pentecost Tours entitles each passenger to one checkedsightseeing bag or servicesoccurring other in connectionthan those withspecifically these landmentioned arrangements. Turkishnot liable for any act, omission, delay, injury, loss, damage or 2012 HOLY LAND PILGRIMAGES and one carry-on bag that meets airline “size/weight” allowances.and items of a personaland other nature. IATA carriers, NOTE: steamshipDue to limited lines andstorage other transportationnonperformance occurring in connection with these land ar- Baggage fees, overweight baggage charges, and fees for additionalspace on motor companiescoaches, Pentecost whose services Tours entitlesare featured each inpassen- these tours are notrangements. to Delta and other IATA carriers, steamship lines and bags fall under the responsibility of the passenger. Be aware,ger while to oneJoin checkedbe held bag Franciscan responsibleand one carry-on for any bag act, that omission meets or airline event during the timeother transportation companies whoseJoin services are featured Franciscan in you may agree to pay fees for additional luggage, there may“size/weight” not be allowances.passengers Baggage are not on fees, board overweight their conveyance. baggage The passage con-these tours are not to be held responsible for any act, omission May 26-June 6 & September 18-29 room on the motor coach. charges, and feestract for additionalin use by thesebags fallcompanies under the when responsibility issued shall constituteor the event during the time passengers are not on board their con- of the passenger.sole Be contractaware, while between you maythe companies agree to pay and fees the for purchaser of theseveyance. The passage contract in use by these companies when ASSISTANCE: Pilgrims who require personal assistance mustadditional be ac- luggage,tours there and/or may passage. not be room on the motor coach. Fr. Mario DiCicco companied by a paying passenger who will provide that assistance.Fr. Mario DiCicco issued shall constitute the sole contract between the companies ASSISTANCE: PilgrimsMISCELLANEOUS who require personalFEES: All assistance changes must bebe ac- in writing and mayand the purchaser of these tours and/or passage. DEPOSIT AND CANCELLATION: A deposit of $600 per personcompanied is by a payingincur passengera per-person who willcharge provide for thateach assistance. revision. Deposits received Join Franciscan required to secure reservations, which sum will be applied to the within 92 days of departure may incur a late registration fee. MISCELLANEOUS FEES: All changes must be in writing and may price of the tour, with the balance to be paid in full no laterDEPOSIT than AND CANCELLATION: A deposit of $500 per person incur a per-person charge for each revision. Deposits received 7/8/2019. Payment of remaining balance received after 7/8/2019 LAND ARRANGEMENTS: The tour operator reserves the rightwithin to 92 days of departure may incur a late registration fee. is required to securechange reservations, the itinerary which because sum ofwill emergencies be applied toor extenuating cir- will incur a $50 penalty. Reservations made within 92 days ofthe depar- price of the tour, with the balance to be paid in full no lat- ture may be subject to a late charge. 2019 Pilgrimagescumstances beyond our control. & Trips LAND ARRANGEMENTS: The tour operator reserves the right to Fr. Mario DiCicco er than 6/17/2019. Payment of remaining balance received after change the itinerary because of emergencies or extenuating cir- 6/17/2019 will incurERRORS: a $50 Thepenalty. Pentecost Reservations Tours staff made does within its best 92 to provide cumstancesyou beyond our control. In the event of cancellation, refund will be made(In updays toconjunction of departure may be subject with to a lateSantours, charge. Inc.) 5/31/2019 [PENALTY PHASE ONE] with a $150 administrative with accurate billing, brochures, etc. However, in the event of com- fee plus any airline cancellation penalties. puter error, verbal or written human errors, we reserve the rightERRORS: to The Pentecost Tours staff does its best to provide you In the eventinvoice, of cancellation, re-invoice, refund or forward will be corrected made up materials. to with accurate billing, brochures, etc. However, in the event of 5/20/2019 [PENALTY PHASE ONE] with a $100 adminis- From 5/31/2019 to 7/8/2019 [PENALTY PHASE TWO] the computer error, verbal or written human errors, we reserve the trative fee plus any airline cancellationCALIFORNIA REGISTERED penalties. SELLER OF TRAVEL right to invoice, re-invoice, or forward corrected materials. cancellation penalty is $600 plus any airline cancellation pen- REGISTRATION NUMBER: CST-2037190-40 alties. From 5/20/2019 to 6/17/2019(REGISTRATION [PENALTY AS A SELLER PHASE OF TWO]TRAVEL DOES NOT CALIFORNIA REGISTERED SELLER OF TRAVEL the cancellation penaltyCONSTITUTE is $500 plus APPROVAL any airline BY THE cancel-STATE OF CALIFORNIA) REGISTRATION NUMBER: CST-2037190-40 $3,999 .00 Early reg. price per person  May 27 - June 13: Cruise to the Baltic Countries(REGISTRATION AS A SELLER OF TRAVEL DOES NOT If cancellation is received after 7/8/2019 [PENALTY PHASElation penalties. 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PO Box 280, Batesville, IN 47006 +$ 169.00* Estimated port taxes (800) 713-9800 $138.75 in tips are collected upfront SeptemberThere will be no refund 7 for - cancellations21: Holy within(800) Land45 713-9800 days and Turkey Pilgrimage +$ 158.50 Actual tips Cancellation must be in writing and the effective date will be the FAX (812) 934-5714 FAX (812) 934-5714 dateand that paid Pentecost out on Tours,your behalf. Inc. receives it. In the event 15 passen-of departure.(Fr. Mario has 42 years of experience $4,885.50* Estimated San Francisco TOTAL gers do not book the tour within 130 days of departure, theCancellation agent must be in writing and the [email protected] date will be the [email protected] Base pricereserves $4,429 the + $499* right toper cancel person the after tour. 6-9-19 NOTE: Any change request/ www.pentecosttours.com alterations to the group flight itinerary, requests for airlinedate devia- that Pentecostin Tours, leading Inc. receives pilgrims it. 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CAROL GLATZ Bishop Sergio Pagano, prefect of the archives, said The normal Vatican practice is to catalog and open CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE the years of work were necessary to pull together all the archival material from an entire pontificate at and catalog material previously held in a variety of the same time. In 2006 Pope Benedict XVI authorized VATICAN CITY – Declaring that the Catholic Vatican offices; this includes documents from the the archives to make available to researchers all the Church is unafraid of history, Pope Vatican Secretariat of State, the Congregation for the documentation from the pre-World War II pontificate Francis announced that documents Doctrine of the Faith, records from Vatican nun- of Pope Pius XI up until 1939. in the Vatican Secret Archives ciatures around the world and thousands of notes In 1965 St. Paul VI ordered the scholars to search relating to the wartime pontificate regarding Pope Pius’ charitable activity in Italy and the archives for evidence to rebut claims about his of Pope Pius XII will be open to abroad. predecessor’s allegedly negligent conduct during the scholars in 2020. Pope Pius, who guided the universal church during war. The claims were made by Rolf Hochhuth, a Ger- Researchers, particularly those World War II, already has been a subject of intense man and author of a 1963 play called “The Deputy,” interested in Catholic-Jewish rela- study and discussion, “even criticized – one could say in which Pope Pius was depicted as a coward who did tions, have pressed the Vatican to with some bias or exaggeration,” Pope Francis said. not stand up to Adolf Hitler. Pope Pius XII open the archives and allow a full While a small portion of some material produced The scholars, working from 1965 to 1981, gathered study of Pope Pius’ actions during during the pontificate of Pope Pius has been made documents that were published in 12 volumes under the war, including what he did or failed to do for Jews available, all documents in the archives from his elec- the title “Acts and Documents of the Holy See Relat- during the Holocaust. tion in 1939 to his death in 1958 will be made available ing to the Second World War.” “The church is not afraid of history, on the con- to researchers starting March 2, 2020. The volumes were digitized with the help of the trary, she loves it and would like to love it more and Pope Francis said he made the decision in consul- Pave the Way Foundation, whose president, Gary better, just as she loves God. Therefore, with the tation with trusted advisers and was confident that Krupp, seeks to redress what he says are serious mis- same confidence as my predecessors, I open and en- “serious and objective historical research will know understandings about Pope Pius’ role during the war. trust to researchers” this wealth of documents, Pope how to evaluate in the right light, with suitable criti- Krupp says the documents show that the pope did Francis said. cism, moments of praise of that pope and, without much to help Jews, acting often quietly behind the The pope met March 4 with supervisors, staff mem- doubt, also moments of serious difficulties, tor- scenes to avoid reprisals by the Nazis against Jews. bers and assistants working at the Vatican Secret mented decisions, of human and Christian prudence, Archives during an audience to mark the 80th anni- which to some could look like reticence.” versary of Pope Pius XII’s election March 2, 1939. Instead those moments of prudence were attempts Staff at the Vatican Secret Archives, which holds – at times tormented attempts – to keep, “during pe- the bulk of the documents related to the wartime riods of the greatest darkness and cruelty, the small pope, have been working for the past 13 years to get flame lit of humanitarian initiatives, of hidden but Ralph Della Santina the material organized, cataloged and accessible to active diplomacy, of the hopes of the possible positive St. Patrick Church – Larkspur researchers. opening of hearts,” he said. 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AT NATIONAL PEOPLE’S CONGRESS, FOUR BRITISH DOCTORS ASK COURT TO CHINA RECOMMITS TO MOLDING RELIGIONS REVIEW SURVEY ON ASSISTED SUICIDE SYDNEY – Chinese Premier Li Keqiang has MANCHESTER, England – Four British doctors reiterated the Communist Party’s commitment to are attempting to take their professional body to the make religion more culturally Chinese, underscor- High Court over an assisted suicide survey they be- ing what many see are problems with the secret lieve is illegal. The doctors, two of whom are Catho- agreement on the appointment of bishops, signed lic, say they believe the Royal College of Physicians in September between the Vatican and Beijing. has acted “unfairly and unlawfully” by setting a “We must fully implement the (Communist) supermajority of 60 percent of votes to retain the Party’s fundamental policy on religious affairs and college’s existing opposition to assisted suicide. uphold the Sinicization of religion in China,” Li, The college has said it will adopt a policy of neu- the ruling Communist Party’s No. 2 leader, said trality if the 60 percent threshold is not met. But the while delivering his annual “work report” March 5. four doctors said in a statement – sent by email to His message was delivered at China’s National Catholic News Service March 6 – that the threshold People’s Congress in Beijing, part of the annual would be impossible to meet because there were “two sessions” that started March 3 and were (CNS PHOTO/SERGIO PEREZ, REUTERS) three questions in the survey instead of two. expected to run for up to 10 days. The congress is The last survey on assisted suicide that was widely seen as the effective rubber stamp parlia- conducted by the college – carried out in 2014 using ment in the one-party state. Ucanews.com reported Spain’s ‘devils’ festival two questions – found that 58 percent of members that Chinese bishops who attended the concurrent People dress as “devils” during the “Endiablada” festival in Almo- opposed the practice. The four doctors applied for Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, nacid del Marquesado, Spain, Feb. 2, 2018. When facing tempta- a judicial review March 4 on the grounds of “irra- the self-described government advisory body, gave tion, Christians should follow Jesus’ example by not engaging tionality” and a “breach of legitimate expectation” their backing to the Vatican-China agreement. in fruitless talk with the father of lies, Pope Francis told pilgrims in the way the poll had been conducted. One of the gathered in St. Peter’s Square for his Sunday Angelus address four, Dr. David Randall, a London-based renal medi- CHRISTIANS AND JEWS MUST JOIN TO FIGHT HATRED, March 10. cine specialist, said, “The public has a right to know PROMOTE WOMEN, POPE SAYS what doctors think about this important issue.” VATICAN CITY – Engaging in any form of anti- Semitism is a direct contradiction with the Chris- DIOCESE CONCLUDES INQUIRY OF tian faith, Pope Francis said. said, “History teaches us where even the slightest FRENCH PRIEST’S MARTYRDOM Meeting members of the American Jewish perceptible forms of anti-Semitism can lead: the VATICAN CITY – The Archdiocese of Rouen con- Committee March 8, the pope shared his “great human tragedy of the Shoah, in which two-thirds cluded its sainthood inquiry into the life and death of a concern” over “the spread, in many places, of a of European Jewry were annihilated.” French priest who was killed while celebrating Mass. climate of wickedness and fury, in which an exces- Cultivating good relations, showing respect Archbishop of Rouen presided sive and depraved hatred is taking root,” including for others and being vigilant against any sign of over the final session of the diocesan inquiry into the “the outbreak of anti-Semitic attacks in various hatred and prejudice is “a call from God,” the pope life and martyrdom of Father Jacques Hamel, Vatican countries. said. Christians and Jews, he said, must transmit News reported March 9. It is necessary to be vigilant about such a to their children “the foundations of love and re- Father Hamel was killed July 26, 2016, when two men phenomenon,” he said, because, as the Vatican spect. And we must look at the world with the eyes stormed a church in Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray near Commission for Religious Relations with the Jews of a mother, with the gaze of peace.” Rouen while he celebrated Mass. After taking several hostages, the attackers slit Father Hamel’s throat and seriously injured another parishioner. Following a standoff, police killed the attackers, ending the hostage situation. The inquiry gathered the testimony of 66 witnesses, including five people who witnessed Father Hamel’s CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO murder. The documentation from the diocesan inquiry will be sent to the Vatican Congregation for Saints’ Causes, which reviews the gathered information. 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CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO | MARCH 14, 2019 FROM THE FRONT 23 RENEWAL: Co-responsibility crucial for future church, say experts FROM PAGE 16 crisis of the church can only be resolved through the property of a parish and the appointment of its a new paradigm centered upon the redemptive clergy.” notably Pittsburgh’s David Zubik with his decision mission of Christ” and shared by all regardless of “By the 20th century you had popes with a to form a 12-person lay Church Healing Commission status. monopoly of power over the universal church and to monitor a five-point administrative renewal plan, A.A.J. DeVille, an associate professor of theology bishops, and bishops with a monopoly of power announced Ash Wednesday in a pastoral letter. and the director of humanities at the University of over dioceses, priests and people,” he said. “Neither But the debate is far from new. St. Francis, in Fort Wayne, Indiana, and author of is ‘traditional’ nor theologically justified.” The Second Vatican Council fathers and subse- the forthcoming book “Everything Hidden Shall DeVille, who is the editor of Logos: A Journal of quent popes proclaimed the laity to be co-respon- Be Revealed: Ridding the Church of Abuses of Sex Eastern Christian Studies, said the Roman Catholic sible in the work of the church to proclaim the and Power,” said current church structures are a Church can look to the Eastern Catholic and Ortho- Gospel. In 2012, Pope Benedict XVI said “co-respon- drastic departure from tradition. dox churches for examples of how the hierarchy is sibility demands a change in mindset especially DeVille, in an interview with Catholic San Fran- accountable to its people. concerning the role of lay people in the church. cisco, said two factors combined to create the cur- “There are perfectly solid, venerable, and much They should not be regarded as ‘collaborators’ of rent system of governance. The first was an 1801 more traditional structures of local and regional the clergy, but, rather, as people who are really ‘co- agreement between the French emperor Napoleon accountability than what we have today, which is responsible’ for the church’s being and acting.” and Pope Pius VII, which granted the pope abso- very modern and manifestly defective – to put it Dominican Father Michael Sweeney, in a lengthy lute authority to select and remove bishops in the mildly,” he said. Failure to respect the role of the article in the current issue of Commonweal maga- church. DeVille said this was “a totally novel idea laity in the church will continue to have dire effects zine, traced the current paradigm of laity to the completely foreign” to Christian tradition before it. on a church that annually hemorrhages members, time of Charlemagne and the monastic movement Another development unique to the United DeVille said. of the early medieval church. He said the lay imagi- States, he said, was the immigrant history of the “If you are not being taken seriously by bishops nation that developed focused on personal piety church. Urban parishes were often built for, and and clergy when you are raising the most serious and was disenfranchised in church affairs. controlled by, distinct ethnic communities. 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OBITUARY Christ’s image inspires SISTER HERMINE MARY REGAN, DC Sister Hermine Mary Regan, a Daughter of Charity for 85 years, died Feb. 16 at the sisters’ at Italian shrine Laboure Residence in Los Altos Hills. She was 108 TOM BURKE years old. CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO Sister Hermine attended Marquette University and Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone, while in Alverno College in Milwau- Rome to visit with local priests studying and kee, , and received serving there, celebrated Mass on Jan. 20, feast of Sister Hermine her RN from St. Vincent’s Omnis Terra (for the whole world), at the Shrine of Mary Regan, DC School of Nursing in Los the Holy Face of Manoppello. The archbishop was Angeles, in 1933. Later that invited to the shrine by rector, Capuchin Father year, she began her postulancy with the Carmine Cucinelli. The Holy Face of Manoppello is Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul said to be a cloth laid on Jesus’ face after his death. Community at Guardian Angel Settlement “The Holy Face of Manoppello has been cared for in St. Louis, Missouri. She made vows on by the Capuchin Franciscan Friars in Manoppello Jan. 25, 1939. at least since the 1600s,” Ray Frost, retired sacristan In 1965, Sister Hermine took on the task of St. Ignatius Church who has visited the shrine on to relocate Mary’s Help Hospital from San multiple occasions with his wife Liany, told Catholic Francisco to Daly City and “relied on Divine San Francisco. Pope Benedict XVI made a pilgrim- Providence to get the job done,” the sisters age to the shrine and named it a basilica in 2006. said. She gathered a group of significant “I wasn’t able to go to Manoppello to be there (PHOTO BY ANTONIO BINI) men from San Francisco and asked each to when the archbishop was there,” Frost said. “I have Archbishop Salvatore J. commit to raising $100,000, which they did. been intrigued by this special image of the face of Cordileone, Cardinal Gerhard Sister Hermine soon served as board presi- Jesus since 2002 when I read a book review in an Muller, left, and Archbishop dent. Mary’s Help Hospital was renamed Se- Italian journal which spoke about it. For me it is a Bruno Forte, with the mon- ton Medical Center in 1983. Sister Hermine great privilege to have seen the Holy Face.” strance of the Holy Face at also helped plan and supervise the building Frost said “the veil almost seems like a screen on the Shrine of the Holy Face of of Laboure Residence where she lived her which a multitude of faces of Jesus are projected. Manoppello following Mass later years and died There is a special presence of Jesus in the veil. It is and procession commemo- “She is remembered as a kind and compas- a living image in some sense. There’s nothing like it rating the feast of Omnis sionate nurse, as well as a loyal and loving in the world.” Terra (“for the whole world”) friend,” the sisters said. At the time of her It can be said that Manoppello is on the way from Jan. 20. Left, The Holy Face death, Sister Hermine held the distinction of Rome to San Giovanni Rotondo where Capuchin St. is pictured on display at the being the oldest Daughter of Charity in the Padre Pio spent most of his life and is buried. St. shrine in Manoppello, Italy, United States, and the third oldest world- Padre Pio called the Holy Face of Manoppello “the (CNS PHOTO/PAUL HARING) Jan. 11. wide. greatest treasure we have.” A funeral Mass will be celebrated March In September 2014 Father Cucinelli came to emony above the tabernacle at St. Francis of Assisi 19 at Labouré Chapel with interment at Gate the U.S. and the Bay Area to promote knowledge Church in East Palo Alto. of Heaven Cemetery in Los Altos. and devotion to the Holy Face. On Nov. 11, 2017, a “The Holy Face continues to be there for the peo- Remembrances may be made to Daugh- replica of the Holy Face of Manoppello, blessed by ple,” Father Larry Goode, St. Francis pastor, said. ters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul, 26000 Father Carmine, was enthroned in a special cer- “It is really a part of the prayer life of the parish.” Altamont Road, Los Altos Hills 94022. CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO | MARCH 14, 2019 25 CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO rummage sale CLASSIFIEDS RUMMAGE SALE TO ADVERTISE IN CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO Friday and Saturday, March 29th and 30th 9:00 am-3:00 pm CALL (415) 614-5642 | VISIT www .catholic-sf .org Little Sisters of the Poor help wanted St. Anne’s Home, 300 Lake Street, San Francisco Wide diversity of merchandise, furniture, art collection, fine & costume jewelry, DIGITAL MEDIA SPECIALIST, books, vintage & fine clothing, household furnishings, crafts, shoes, food! CHANCERY for Archdiocese of San Francisco t

The Archdiocese is seeking to fill a brand new position of Digital Media Specialist in the Department of Communication to support digital communications. A successful candidate will be instrumental in defining the scope of activities for the position, which will encompass help wanted (but not be limited to): • Video: Shooting, production, equipment purchase, and editing for IMMACULATE HEART OF MARY SCHOOL social media, Facebook Livestream, Cathedral Livestream, and tutorial Date: January 3, 2019 videos School Name: Immaculate Heart of Mary School • Graphics: Photoshop Adobe CC (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign), School Address: 1000 Alameda de las Pulgas, Belmont, CA 94002 primarily for web Website: www.ihmschoolbelmont.org • Audio: Recording/processing/podcast creation School Background • Leveraging digital assets across multiple platforms IHM is a PK-8 coeducational school that serves approximately 230 students. The IHM school community • Tracking social media/website analytics believes in the four-fold purpose of Catholic education: to teach Catholic doctrine and to proclaim Gospel • Reputation management values, to build a community, to worship, and to foster service. The school partners with families in its effort to develop the total person spiritually, intellectually, physically and morally. • General support for the department Job Description Qualifications General Duties and Responsibilities – The highest priority for a Catholic school principal is building Excellent skills in written and spoken English; demonstrated capability a learning community that fully integrates the Catholic faith and academic excellence. The principal in the areas listed above; bachelor’s degree; familiarity with the provides leadership in the development and direction of an instructional program designed to achieve teachings and practices of Roman Catholicism. Preference is given to Archdiocesan and parish objectives. The principal is responsible for the complete operation of the school, candidates who meet all necessary requirements and also speak and including all its approved functions and services. Clearly, the principal will work with and under authority write Spanish well. Must be well-organized, deadline-focused, and able of the current pastor, Fr. Mark G. Mazza. The principal must commit to working the school into the parish to contribute cooperatively and confidently in a team environment. life and community. This is a full-time position (37.5 hrs/week) with excellent benefits and free on-site parking at the chancery, across the street from the Requirements/Qualifications Cathedral of Saint Mary of the Assumption at Gough & Geary Streets in A qualified candidate must: San Francisco. Please visit our website for additional information about 1. Be a practicing Roman Catholic in good standing with the Church, fully embracing the Catechism of this position, sfarchdiocese.org/employment-opportunities. the Catholic Church. A strong Catholic leader is required. 2. Hold a valid California Standard Teaching Credential or its equivalent from another State. To apply, please send cover letter, resume, and 3. Have a minimum of five years of experience in teaching and/or in administration with Catholic school completed Employment Application to experience. Ms. Christine Escobar, Human Resources Manager, 4. Have attained one or both of the following: Masters degree in an educational field and/or a Archdiocese of San Francisco, One Peter Yorke Way, California administrative credential.* San Francisco, CA 94109 or [email protected]. 5. Be certified as a catechist at the basic level.** 6. Have a deep commitment to the Catholic life of the school, making sure that all is done to assist Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified candidates with criminal histories considered. parents in handing on the integral Catholic faith to their children. 7. Have demonstrated expertise in the area of curriculum and technology in the classroom. 8. Be adept at inspiring teachers and galvanizing them around the pursuit of educational excellence. PART-TIME ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT 9. Have strong interpersonal skills and be adept at building and maintaining relationships. The principal AT CATHOLIC NONPROFIT is to model the qualities of a Catholic lady or gentleman. *Principals who are not in possession of both educational qualifications, must complete the The US-CHINA CATHOLIC requirement within a three year period of time from the date of hire ASSOCIATION (USCCA) is a small ** Principals who are not in possession of basic certification in religion, must have completed the nonprofit that maintains ties between the process before they start their position. Catholic communities in China and the U.S. Programs include conferences, study tours in Application Process China, speaking events, a newsletter, member services, and To be considered for the principal position, candidates must: mission appeals in parishes across the country. 1. Complete the official application from the Department of Catholic Schools (DCS) 2. Establish a personnel file with the DCS (applicants with existing DCS personnel files are required to The USCCA seeks a PART-TIME ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT to help with program oversight and create a new file) coordination. The position can be adapted to the 3. Attend an introductory/prescreening interview with the Department of Catholic School’s Human background and experience of the right candidate. It could Resources Manager grow to be full-time position in the 2020 budget. Application materials may be downloaded from the official DCS website Flexible hours and arrangements, including much the by clicking on the following link: www.sfarchdiocese.org/employment possibility of half to three-quarters time working remotely. The requested material plus a letter of interest should be submitted to: For more information and contact details see: Christine Escobar, Human Resources Manager https://tinyurl.com/USCCAadmin Department of Catholic Schools, One Peter Yorke Way, San Francisco, CA 94109-6602 Completing the application process does not guarantee an interview for a principal If interested get in touch by MARCH 20. position,nor does it assure hiring as a principal in the Archdiocese of San Francisco. 26 FROM THE FRONT CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO | MARCH 14, 2019 POPE: Answering God’s call demands courage to take a risk FROM PAGE 1 from day to day, thinking that nothing is worth fight- ‘Every vocation is a ing for, slowly losing our desire to set out on new and That kind of risk-taking can be seen when Jesus exciting paths.” was at Sea of Galilee and called his first disciples, who summons not to stand on But embracing God’s invitation to be part of some- were fishermen going about their daily lives, dedicated thing greater demands the courage to risk making a to their demanding work, the pope said in his message. the shore, nets in hand, but decision, just as the first disciples did when they “im- “As with every call, the Gospel speaks of an en- mediately left their nets and followed him,” he said. counter. Jesus walks by, sees those fishermen, and to follow Jesus on the path “Responding to the Lord’s call involves putting walks up to them,” the pope said. “The same thing ourselves on the line and facing a great challenge. It happened when we met the person we wanted to Pope Francis he has marked out for us.’ means being ready to leave behind whatever would marry or when we first felt the attraction of a life of keep us tied to our little boat and prevent us from consecration: we were surprised by an encounter, beautiful and radiant, so that she can bear witness to making a definitive choice.” and at that moment we glimpsed the promise of a joy God’s love in the world.” People are called to be bold and decisive in seeking capable of bringing fulfilment to our lives.” “The Lord’s call is not an intrusion of God in our God’s plan for their lives, looking out onto the vast Jesus drew near the four fishermen and broke freedom; it is not a ‘cage’ or a burden to be borne,” “ocean” of vocations, he said. through the “paralysis of routine,” making them the the pope said. In order to help people better discern their voca- promise, “I will make you fishers of men,” he said. On the contrary, it is God extending a loving tion, the pope asked the church to provide young Pope Francis acknowledged in his message that to- invitation to be part of a great undertaking, opening people with special opportunities for listening and tally consecrating one’s life to service in the church “before our eyes the horizon of a greater sea and an discernment, a renewed commitment to youth min- could be difficult in the current climate. But, he said, abundant catch.” istry and the promotion of vocations through prayer, “the church is our mother because she brings us to “God in fact desires that our lives not become reflecting on God’s word, eucharistic adoration and new life and leads us to Christ. So we must love her, banal and predictable, imprisoned by daily routine, spiritual accompaniment. even when we see her face marred by human frailty or unresponsive before decisions that could give it Pope Francis urged everyone, especially young and sin, and we must help to make her ever more meaning,” he said. “The Lord does not want us to live people, to not be “deaf to the Lord’s call.” Art can inspire people to build sustainable future, says Vatican official LIAM MCINTYRE guarding creation and addressing the challenges of talk to our hearts so as to allow us to change,” said CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE poverty, hunger, inequality, injustice, environmental Father Zampini. degradation and other global problems. Guided by the theme of “Listening to the cry of VATICAN CITY – In a world of different religions, That religion, art and culture can and must play a the earth and of the poor,” the conference opened by cultures and languages, art has the capacity to bring role in building a sustainable future is an idea that listening to a group of children from a Rome kinder- people together and inspire them to take action in had been missing from most international forums, garten and to young people in foster care.One of the addressing critical challenges, said a Vatican official. but their input was needed to inspire people to take messages of the conference was “Leave no one be- That is why the official, Father Augusto Zampini, action, Father Zampini, director of development and hind,” and organizers sought to make sure the voice made sure art and culture played a pivotal role in faith at the dicastery, told Catholic News Service. of marginalized future generations was included by the international conference he helped organize “How many conferences have you heard (about) inviting the Simon Bolivar Orchestra of Venezuela to at the Vatican on what religions could do to help that are happening on development? Thousands. an evening concert of multicultural music and dance the world reach the U.N. Sustainable Development What is the effect, the consequences, the change that March 7. The orchestra members were part of the Goals. they have produced?” he asked. youth music-education program, El Sistema, that pro- Sponsored by the Dicastery for Promoting Integral “We don’t want to organize a conference just to vides free classical music education to impoverished Human Development and the Pontifical Council for talk about development. We want to organize a children with the hopes of lifting them out of poverty. Interreligious Dialogue, the conference March 7-9 conference that can make a difference” and one way Organizers said they hoped that the mix of artists brought together representatives from the world’s to make a difference is to utilize art and culture – not throughout the conference would remind people the major religions. as a sideline diversion for entertainment – but as a world does not belong to any one religion or culture, They discussed how spirituality, religious values valuable part of the conversation, he said March 5. but is a symphony of voices and viewpoints and the and sacred texts all point the way toward safe- Different cultures and the arts are needed “to only way forward is to move together.

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FRIDAY, MARCH 15 MONDAY, MARCH 25 will offer Mass for the souls of all the SATURDAY, MARCH 16 faithful departed interred in our Catholic GRIEF SUPPORT: Monthly Grief ‘GOD AND COUNTRY’: Father Bill cemeteries, Holy Cross Cemetery, 11 Support Program, 10:30am-noon, St. Nicholas, administrator, St. Vincent de a.m., All Saints Mausoleum Chapel, 1500 Mary’s Cathedral, Gough Street at CHRISTIAN BROTHERS Paul Parish, biblical prophets, their role, Mission Road, Colma. Monica Williams, Geary Boulevard, San Francisco, Msgr. MASS: The De their message. St. Raphael Church, (650) 756-2060 www.holycrosscemeter- Bowe room. Sessions provide informa- La Salle Chris- 1104 Fifth Ave., San Rafael, 7:30-9 p.m., ies.com. Everyone is welcome to attend. tion on the grief process, and tips on tian Brothers $8./1 friend free, soup supper 6:30 p.m. coping with the loss of a loved one. No celebrate the charge. Deacon Christoph Sandoval 150th anniver- SUNDAY, APRIL 7 leads the talks. 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If not sold THURSDAY, APRIL 25 out in advance, tickets will be available MONDAY, MARCH 18 CLERICUS BASKETBALL GAME: at the door. Jolie Velazquez, (415) 567- The now annual Clericus Classic Bas- 2020, ext. 228, [email protected]. ‘EVENING WITH C.S. LEWIS’: British ketball Game will be played March 22, actor David Payne in what has been GREGORIAN CHANT: Mary Ann 6:30 p.m. Sacred Heart Cathedral Pre- called “an enthralling one-man show.” Carr-Wilson, Gregorian chant fosters a paratory, 1055 Ellis St., San Francisco. SUNDAY, MARCH 31 The run is co-sponsored by the C. S. sense of peace and joy connecting the Once again, priests of the archdiocese Lewis Society of California. April 25, person to God, St. Patrick Healy Hall, and St. Patrick’s seminarians will lace 26, 27, 8 p.m.; April 27, 4 p.m.; April 114 King St. at Magnolia, Larkspur. up their sneakers, take to the hard- YLI LUNCH: Young Ladies Institute Do- 28, 2 p.m., 6 p.m. Marines’ Memorial 7:30-9 p.m., $8/1 friend free. wood, and dribble their way to glory. lores #7 fundraiser with delicious lunch, Theatre, 609 Sutter St., San Francisco. The game is in the SHCP gym; parking raffle, silent auction, 1-4 p.m., Lower C.S. Lewis Society members’ tickets is available in the Cathedral parking Church Hall St. Cecilia Parish, 17th are $39.50 with Code NARNIA. www. TUESDAY, MARCH 19 lot, a block from the school. Tickets Avenue at Vicente, San Francisco, $25. marinesmemorialtheatre.com/tickets. are $10 adults, $5 students. They will RSVP to Jeannie King, (415) 412-2222, be available at the door, and by calling by March 23. 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HOLY CROSS, Faustino M. Lagade, Jr. R. Sean White Aka “John” James Allan Wiggins COLMA Joseph Charles Lautze Ronald E. Wong Carol A. Abbate Corazon J. Leano Joseph Yun Adoracion A. Agbayani Gail K. Mahoney Honoré F. Zabala Ernesto Enrique Aguilar Michael C. Manalo Daad Zumot Margaret Angela Aquilina Renato D. Manzarate Renato V. Aquino Maria S. Martinez Mary Barbara Balestreri Gena Marie Martini HOLY CROSS, Helen Bateman Edith C. Mayer Gael Ann Beresford Sr. Alice Montgomery, RSM MENLO PARK Donald Borg Roberto Mota Rafael Barriga George Joseph Bria Thomas F. Murphy Allan Bollhoffer Raymond J. Brooks, Jr. Crystal U. Nnodim Betty M. Bowers Ora D. Broudy Sr. Michaeline O’Connor PBV Barbara Collins Gray Allen Brown Modesta Paiz Nadine Kathleen O’Neill Maria Elena Brusco Michael Edward “Coach” Kilty Margaret Ann Byrne Parodi Taniela Simione Latu Evelina “Pacy” Cabonot Teodora Awa Patrolla Richard C. Smith Jr. John L. Candau Ralph F. Peppars Charles Tuzar Pedro Canjura Jose A. Alvarado Perez Raul A. Velasquez Mark Carlson Mario A. Pineda John Joseph Cataldo, Jr. Eugene L. Ratto Shelby R. Cefalu Jovan Jame Reed, Sr MT. OLIVET, Cynthia A. Chung Betty Ann Robinson SAN RAFAEL Guillermo Cordova Connie Marie Gutowski Carlos Hector Castillo Julio Rosales Corona Rodrigues Daniel C. Dufficy Norma I. Costello Lucio Romo Rodriguez Louise Granados Jovita Sonza Cruz Armando Rosales Maureen Hartmann Rene De La Roca Marylou Canciller Salazar Albert L. Nuccion Barbara C. Devoto Daniel Rivera Sanchez Annie Elizabeth Williams Jose Maria Vega Downing Shannon Jean Garcia Sancho Catalina T. Espinosa Carolyn A. Murphy Silver Ismael Estrada Patricia Stevens Mary Fogarty Ronald B. Sutton OUR LADY Kathleen P. Freschet Rosa Maria Tello OF THE PILLAR Pacita M. Gonzaga Ninfa C. Tirazona Rose Gough Cynthia Diane Guerrero Rosario Tirazona Lucille L. Ramacciotti Gerald Brian Ingemansson Concepcion Torres Florencio Jimenez Clara Daquilanea Tronco Nellie Keate Josefina Ordonio Valdez Mary Dolores Kelly Joseph John Vella ST. MARY Charlotte M. Kurtela Rita R. Victorio MAGDALENE Mary B. Labrador Roberto Victorio Clark T. Brown

HOLY CROSS CATHOLIC CEMETERY, COLMA FIRST SATURDAY MASS Saturday April 6, 2019 All Saints Mausoleum Chapel – 11:00 am Rev. Vito J. Perrone, Celebrant – Contemplatives of St. Joseph

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