The Catholic Voice is on Facebook VOL. 55, NO. 18 DIOCESE OF OAKLAND OCTOBER 23, 2017 www.catholicvoiceoakland.org Serving the East Bay Catholic Community since 1963 Copyright 2017 Disaster strikes close to home: How to help Staff report families connected with Cardinal Newman High School With prayers, hospitality, and bottled water and sup- and St. Rose Elementary School, which suffered damage plies by the truckload, the people of the Diocese of in the fire’s first hours. Oakland responded to the needs of their North Bay neigh- “The overflowing church brought together this por- bors in the wake of wildfires that began Oct. 8 and have tion of the Santa Rosa community and was a source of burned for more than a week. encouragement and support to those who suffer through Oakland’s Bishop Michael these days,” Bishop Vasa wrote. “Pastors, as well as I, Bishop Barber on C. Barber, SJ, has asked for are visiting the major evacuation centers. Some parishes North state fires prayers for the people affected are hosting evacuees but the city or county shelters have — Page 3 by the fire, which has claimed at more concentrated access to the services which those O least 40 lives and burned almost who have left or lost their homes need.” T 220,000 acres. He also provided a list of supplies needed Rev. Jeffrey Keyes, CPPS, parochial vicar of the at the time by Catholic Charities of Santa Rosa. Cathedral of St. Eugene in Santa Rosa and former pastor ESY PHO Bishop Barber has invited parishes to take up second of St. Edward Church in Newark, celebrated Mass at the RT collections for the fire victims, and said that he will person- Sonoma County Fairgrounds for the National Guard and ally deliver the proceeds to Bishop Robert Vasa of the responders on Oct. 14. COU Diocese of Santa Rosa. Bishop Vasa assured his people of his “ongoing and St. Raymond Parish in Dublin organized a food drive Bishop Vasa has been providing daily updates at http:// ardent prayers for your safety and well-being.” in collaboration with the Redwood Empire Food Bank. srdiocese.org/signofhope. Those signs of hope included “While we are far flung and scattered I need you to Helping out: from left, Lorrie Hickel, Greg Hickel, Chuck an Oct. 12 Mass at St. Rose Church in Santa Rosa, for (Continued on Page 12.) Haupt (who organized the drive) and Dave Digirolamo. Missions Father Castillo to lead designed to Faith Formation and shed light Evangelization By Michele Jurich Staff Writer on liturgy Rev. Alexander Q. Castillo began his first meeting with the staff of the Department of Faith Formation By Albert C. Pacciorini and Evangelization by celebrating the Mass for the Staff writer Evangelization of Peoples. Early American Catholic “I wanted to emphasize that’s the churches may have been built mission of the department,” he said. using geometry and sunlight to “It was a bilingual Mass. I wanted highlight liturgical and religious also to emphasize the fact we live in events. a multicultural reality.” Ruben G. Mendoza, an On Oct. 1, Bishop Michael C. archaeologist and chair of the Barber, SJ, named Father Castillo, School of Social, Behavioral a native of Costa Rica who was and Global Studies at California ordained a priest for the Diocese Rev. Castillo State University Monterey Bay, of Oakland in 2011, director of the contends these “illuminations” Department of Faith Formation and Evangelization. were intentional, perhaps part of The department’s work encompasses faith formation an evangelization effort by New for children and youth, young adults and adults, as well World missionaries during the (Continued on Page 12.) Spanish colonial period. They were first noticed at Mission San Juan Bautista in Above, a ray of sunlight through a window above the choir loft focuses 1997. Mendoza and others have light on an altar cherub. Below, a crowd of 200 people filled the mission spent the last 20 years research- On our cover church for the presentation. At a Mass for the 100th anniversary of the appara- ing the illuminations. tions of Our Lady of Fatima at St. Joseph the Worker “This is not coincidence,” Church, Berkeley, Bishop Michael C. Barber, SJ, Mendoza told about 200 people rededicated the Diocese of Oakland to the Immaculate crowded into old Mission San Heart of Mary, as he did directly after his ordination Jose in Fremont on Oct. 4. “How as bishop of Oakland. More on Page 5. they did this is anybody’s guess. “People used to accuse me of ATD . .13 using Photoshop until they saw Bishop’s Column . 3 HOLIC VOICE HOLIC these illuminations themselves.” T Classified. .13 Saints’ paintings, statues and Datelines . 14 HE CA parts of the altar can be illumi- T Forum . 15 nated, he said, often to coincide INI/ R News in Brief . 4 with a feast day. Retreats . 8, 9 “Mission San Jose has spec- Seniors . .12 tacular alignments,” Mendoza The Church. 2 C. PACCIO C. said, especially around March 19, RT Travel . .6, 7 E the feast of St. Joseph. B V Encuentro . 5 On the evening of Oct. 4, Vocations . .10, 11 (Continued on Page 12.) AL ALL: See the WHOLE Catholic Voice online in our digital edition. View entire pages, news and advertising, at catholicvoiceoakland.org and click on Digital Edition. 2 — THE CATHOLIC VOICE THE CHURCH OCTOBER 23, 2017 BISHOP BARBer’s schedule Oct. 24-26: Newman Institute Lecture, Nov. 3: Meet with new priests, San Newman Center; Lincoln, Nebraska Damiano Retreat Center, Danville Oct. 28: 9 a.m., diocesan Encuentro, V Nov. 4: 11 a.m., Memorial Mass for Encuentro Pastoral Hispana, St. deacons and their families, St. Joan of Elizabeth Parish, Oakland Arc Parish, San Ramon Oct. 30: Alta-Baja California bishops Nov. 6-8: Catholic-Muslim Dialogue meeting, San Diego seminar, University of California, Berkeley O Nov. 2: 11 a.m., Catholic Telemedia T Network, Menlo Park Nov. 8: 11 a.m., Holy Family Sisters’ building dedication, Fremont 7 p.m., Requiem Mass, Cathedral of ESY PHO Christ the Light, Oakland RT COU Support for Malta Clinic More than 250 people attended the annual fundraising dinner for the Order of Malta free medical clinic Oct. 4 at the St. Francis Yacht Club in San Francisco. More than $250,000 was raised mostly via auctions, enough to fund the clinic for 25 weeks, or half the year. The clinic is currently open 3½ days a week. To help this free medical clinic, which has offered health care on more than 25,000 uninsured patient visits, go to www.orderofmaltaclinic.com. New music, choir at O T ESY PHO All Souls Day Mass RT By Michele Jurich COU Staff writer All Souls Day The Solemn Mass on All Souls Day, at Seminarians visit parishes 7 p.m. Nov. 2, will mark a number of firsts Solemn Mass for the Cathedral of Christ the Light. When: Nov. 2, 7 p.m. Seminarians from the Oakland diocese made several parish visits recently, A 21st-century composition — David including Our Lady Queen of the World Parish in Bay Point. Pictured above, Where: Cathedral of Christ the Light Briggs’ Requiem — will have its West from left, top row, Anhvu Nguyen, Candelario Jimenez (seminarian candi- 2121 Harrison St., Oakland Coast premiere in the 21st-century date), Rev. Peter Duc Dung Ngo (pastor of OLQW), Mario Rizzo, Huong Dinh, Oakland cathedral, under the direction of Bishop Michael C. Barber, SJ, Mac Lingo; bottom row, Mark Ruiz, Javier Ramirez, John Pietruszka, Garrett Rudy de Vos, director of music. celebrant McGowan, Peter Lawongkerd, Jimmy Jimenez and Rev. Alexander Castillo. “My aim here,” de Vos said, “was we Music: Requiem, by David Briggs have something that’s not been built before. Let’s see if we can bring something pleasing to the ear, but new.” posers.” THE VATICAN The Cathedral Choir of Men and Boys While “continuing to foster the church’s hospital guilty of abuse of office for using will make its debut that evening. The boys rich history,” de Vos said, “we are utilizing Amazon synod donations belonging to the hospital’s are students at Oakland’s Pacific Boychoir the talents of living artists. Addressing the challenges of evange- foundation to refurbish a Vatican-owned Academy. This Mass will be their first “You look for the best art of the living lization in one of the world’s most remote apartment used by Cardinal Tarcisio appearance as part of this choir that will composers,” he said. areas and the connection between faith Bertone, former Vatican secretary of state. sing at major cathedral events throughout Briggs, the artist in residence at the and environmental concern, Pope Francis Originally charged with embezzlement, the year. Cathedral of St. John the Divine in New announced a special gathering of the Giuseppe Profiti was sentenced to one Briggs’ Requiem, said de Vos, calls York, had a previous engagement and will Synod of Bishops to focus on the Amazon year in jail and fined 5,000 ($5,900) euros for “an interesting combination of instru- be unable to be part of the West Coast region. “Accepting the wish of several epis- on the reduced charge, but the sentence ments.” The cathedral orchestra will fea- premiere. copal conferences of Latin America as well was suspended. ture the organ, oboe, flute, trumpet, harp, To help cover the costs of presenting as the voice of pastors and faithful from timpani and glockenspiel. the work, donations may be made to honor other parts of the world, I have decided to Friar named publisher “I think it will be very effective in our the dead.