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North Coast Catholic • August 2015 NORTH COAST CATHOLIC The newspaper of the Diocese of Santa Rosa • www.srdiocese.org • AUGUST 2015 Global Mayors Gather at Noticias en español, p. 19 Vatican Pushing Climate Deal by NCC Staff Vatican City (Associated Press)—Sixty mayors from around the world gathered with religious leaders at the Pontifical Academy of Science on July 21 ahead of a November global climate change conference in Paris. At the end, each participant signed a final declaration that emerged from the meeting. It said “human-induced climate change is a scientific reality and its effective control is a moral imperative for humanity.” Amongst Americans in attendance were San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee, New York Mayor Cardinal Newman Bill de Blasio, and California Governor Jerry Brown. Breaks Ground on In a blistering speech, Brown denounced cli- mate change naysayers. Meanwhile, de Blasio Science Building announced an effort for his city to reduce by NCC Staff greenhouse emissions 40 percent by 2030. (see Climate Deal, p. 8) Santa Rosa—On June 29, the Feast of Ss. Peter and Paul, Cardinal Newman High School President Laura M. Held announced plans and broke ground for build a new science building on the campus. Construction will begin by the end of October or early November, and it will stand roughly Assisted Suicide Bill Dead for the Year between the lunch tables and the school gymnasium. The Tidings, NCC staff, and other sources According to a news release, the “new, state of the art sci- ence complex on campus [will] house three new classrooms Sacramento—After being passed by California’s state Then on July 7, the measure’s sponsors pulled the bill. and labs. Occupancy is scheduled for January 2016, in time Senate, SB 128, the bill that would legalize physician- It will not be considered again this year. to begin the second school semester. New class offerings assisted suicide, was suddenly pulled by its proponents The Sacramento Bee reported that, “Proponents were are made possible with the opening of this $2.1 million from a required hearing by the Assembly Health Commit- not able to sway a majority of members on the Assembly facility, including “Principles of Engineering and Anatomy tee hearing on June 23. Health Committee, some of whom pointed to personal for Sports Medicine.” “The postponement of the Assembly Health Commit- experiences that counseled them against backing the bill. Before the ground breaking ceremony, President Held tee hearing on SB 128 is only a brief respite,” Californians “‘You’ve got to look at what I’ve done before the Legis- told attendees, “Today we have an extraordinary oppor- Against Assisted Suicide warned in a statement. “We know lature ... working to help save and protect peoples’ lives, tunity for Cardinal Newman to create an even greater that the death promoters are committed to use every avenue giving that option—a second chance at life,’ Assemblyman (see Science Building, p. 7) they can, the media, the courts, the legislature. We know Freddie Rodriguez, D-Pomona, who worked as an emer- they will still bring the bill back to Assembly Health. They gency medical technician, said Monday. ‘Letting folks have will be back.” (see Assisted Suicide, p. 6) Planned Parenthood Longtime Newman Charged With Illegally Groundskeeper Retires Selling Aborted Baby by NCC Staff An era that began on September 16, 1988, has Body Parts ended, 31 years later. CNA/EWTN News On June 30, Avid Valentin, longtime grounds- keeper at Cardinal Newman High School put on Washington, DC (CNA/EWTN News).- Abortion giant his red “CN” shirt as an employee for the last time. Planned Parenthood is facing harsh criticism after the He is now officially retired. release of footage allegedly showing its top doctor describ- Said Principal Graham Rutherford, “Avid Val- ing how the organization offers body parts from aborted entin tended to Cardinal Newman as if we were babies for money. his garden, each student and staff member a living “A lot of people want intact hearts these days, they’re part of his work. Working with him to increase looking for specific nodes,” Dr. Deborah Nucatola, Planned the Catholic identity and park like appearance of Parenthood Federation of America’s senior medical direc- the school has been one best parts of my time at tor, appears to say in a recently released undercover video. Avid Valentin Cardinal Newman.” She said “people wanted lungs” and “always as many It has been an impressive journey for the Puerto Rican native with an eighth grade intact livers as possible.” education. The video was released July 14 by the Center for Medical The son of an Italian immigrant father and a Puerto Rican mother, he first moved Progress (CMP), a non-profit group focused on medical to America when he was seven, living in New York City. His father—who taught ethics. It is the first in the center’s “Human Capital” series, him his most cherished lesson: “The truth is so easy to remember, son”—died not a nearly three-year-long investigative study of Planned (see Newman Groundskeeper, p. 7) (see Planned Parenthood Charged, p. 8) The Church’s Richest Treasure Pope Says to In his 2007 post-synodal apostolic exhortation about of its orderly sequence of signs communicate and Holy Communion, Sacramentum Caritatis (“The Sacra- inspire more than any contrived and inappropriate Educate Girls About ment of Charity”), Pope emeritus Benedict XVI wrote additions. something to which I want to draw your attention: “Attentiveness and fidelity to the specific structure of the rite express both a recognition of the nature of Their Vocation “Emphasizing the importance of the ars celebrandi Eucharist as a gift and, on the part of the minister, [the art of celebrating] also leads to an appreciation a docile openness to receiving this ineffable gift” CNA/EWTN News of the value of the liturgical norms. The ars celebrandi (No. 40). should foster a sense of the sacred Vatican City (CNA/EWTN News)—In a special audience, and the use of outward signs which I include paragraph number 40 of Pope Francis said girls must be educated women for their help to cultivate this sense, such as, the document in its entirety because vocation and responsibilities in a world of ideologies that for example, the harmony of the rite, it has something to say to each of us. work against God and treat women as inferior. the liturgical vestments, the furnish- To me as bishop celebrant, it is a chal- “Today it is very important that womanhood be properly ings, and the sacred space. lenge to renew and amend as necessary appreciated … we are in a world where we see the spread “The eucharistic celebration is my attentiveness and fidelity to the of ideologies contrary to nature and God’s design for the enhanced when priests and liturgi- various rites that I have the privilege family and marriage,” Pope Francis said June 26. cal leaders are committed to making of celebrating. “It is therefore necessary to educate girls not only to the known the current liturgical texts For the priests and deacons perhaps beauty and grandeur of their vocation as women, in a fair and norms, making available the the invitation to attentiveness to words and differentiated relationship between man and woman, great riches found in the General From the Bishop and music, gestures and silence, move- but also to take on important responsibilities in the Church Instruction of the Roman Missal, ment and colors is an opportunity for and in society.” and the Order of Readings for Mass. reflection and growth. He continued, saying that “education is the indispensable “Perhaps we take it for granted Bishop Robert F. Vasa is For the lay faithful, Pope emeritus means for enabling girls to grow into active and responsible that our ecclesial communities the sixth bishop of the Benedict encourages a deeper knowl- women, proud and happy in the faith in Christ they live in Diocese of Santa Rosa. already know and appreciate these edge of the liturgical texts and norms. their everyday life. In this way they will participate in the resources, but this is not always the He prudently notes, “Perhaps we construction of a world imbued with the Gospel.” case. These texts contain riches which have preserved take it for granted that our ecclesial communities already In his remarks at Vatican City’s Clementine Hall, the Pope and expressed the faith and experience of the People know and appreciate these resources, but this is not said Catholic Girl Scout organizations can play a major role of God over its 2,000 year history. always the case.” in improving the situation of women in countries where they “Equally important for a correct ars celebrandi Thus there is a responsibility on the part of the bishop are treated as inferiors, exploited or mistreated. is an attentiveness to the various kinds of language and the priests to help the People of God know and Pope Francis addressed delegates from the International that the liturgy employs: words and music, gestures appreciate the “great riches found,” for example, “in the Catholic Conference of Guiding. The organization sup- and silence, movement, the liturgical colors of the General Instruction of the Roman Missal.” ports Catholic girl scouts and girl guides in 49 countries. vestments. By its very nature the liturgy operates on The Most Holy Eucharist is the richest treasure of the The Conference gathered in Rome on the fiftieth anni- different levels of communication which enable it to Church, and the liturgical norms are intended to help versary of its founding to reflect on the theme “Living as a engage the whole human person.
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