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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 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 Bishop Barber has invited parishes to take up second of St. Edward Church in Newark, celebrated Mass at the 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 Vasa of the responders on Oct. 14. ESY PHO COU RT 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 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. 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 these illuminations themselves.” VOICE T HOLIC Classified 13 ’ paintings, statues and Datelines ...... 14 parts of the altar can be illumi- Forum ...... 15 nated, he said, often to coincide News in Brief 4 with a feast day. Retreats ...... 8, 9 “Mission San Jose has spec- Seniors 12 tacular alignments,” Mendoza The Church 2 said, especially around March 19, Travel 6, 7 the feast of St. Joseph. V Encuentro ...... 5 On the evening of Oct. 4, Vocations 10, 11

(Continued on Page 12.) R INI/ T HE CA PACCIO C. AL B E RT 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 , 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. and their families, St. Joan of Elizabeth Parish, Oakland Arc Parish, San Ramon Oct. 30: Alta-Baja California 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 Christ the Light, Oakland ESY PHO COU RT 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 All Souls Day Mass By Michele Jurich

ESY PHO COU RT 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 — 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 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, 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 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. They will be remembered at convene a special assembly of the Synod Conventual Franciscan Father Giulio cathedral,” de Vos said, “and help folks Mass and their names will be printed in of Bishops for the Pan-Amazonian region, Cesareo has been appointed head of the pray and remember their dead.” the commemorative program. which will take place in in October Vatican Publishing House. The 39-year- The Requiem by Fauré, which To make a donation, mail a check to 2019,” announced Oct. 15. old member of the Order of Friars Minor has been at the cathedral in previous Cathedral Music, The Cathedral of Christ Conventual replaces Salesian Father years, features strings and woodwinds. the Light, 2121 Harrison St., Suite 100, Guilty of embezzlement Giuseppe Costa, who ended two five-year In the Briggs Requiem, de Vos said, Oakland, CA 94612. 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The Residents look through the remains of their destroyed home on Oct. 9 after Jack Del Rio Foundation presented a check for $5,000 to representatives wildfires in Santa Rosa. Deadly Northern California wildfires have killed more from each school. Prior to the presentation, students, principals and parents than 40 people and destroyed almost 6,000 buildings, including a section of the were treated to watch some of the Raiders practice at their Alameda facility. Cardinal Newman High School. After practice, Raider quarterback Derek Carr surprised the young people by coming over, talking and signing autographs. Pupils from St. Cornelius presented Del Rio with a crucifix, flowers and a card to say thank you. CYO maintains an equipment grant fund, which has provided glass backboards for More is accomplished by prayer the St. Cornelius gym. It has been without a scoreboard for about 10 years. The awards will be funded by the foundation’s bocce ball tournament to be held on Nov. 7 at Campo di Bocce in Fremont. Information on the tourna- than this world knows ment is available at jackdelriofoundation.org/events. Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, Letter to Parishes and Schools The fires in Santa Rosa and Napa have Helping our neighbors affected by fires been on everyone’s mind, and not just As the loss of life and property mounts because when we walk outside it smells due to the wildfires north of our diocese, our like we’re at a campfire. How much worse hearts ache for our sisters and brothers in it is for those who have lost their homes, the Santa Rosa diocese. Please join with me and even their lives. in praying for the dead and for those who Many people have are suffering, whether from physical injury or written, phoned and from the loss of their homes and livelihoods. emailed me asking, We also pray for the firefighters, medical “How can we help?” personnel, social workers and others who I contacted Bishop are aiding the victims and their loved ones. Robert Vasa of the I have spoken with Bishop Robert Vasa, Diocese of Santa the bishop of Santa Rosa. He is grateful Rosa (which includes for our prayers, and is providing regular Napa and Sonoma), updates on his website: http://srdiocese. Bishop Barber offering our help. I org/signofhope. He is encouraging every- offered to host him, one to participate in a holy hour of adora- and any of his priests who might have tion to pray for those affected and for the been left homeless. fires to subside. I asked him what he needed most. I ask all parishes to consider a special “Quite frankly, Mike,” he said, “we need collection for the victims of the fires. Please prayers.” select a weekend to accommodate your par- In our effort to provide material assis- ish’s calendar, and send the money per our tance, which is certainly welcome, we usual process for special collections. We will often forget the supernatural power of send immediately to the Santa Rosa diocese. God, to Whom we turn in times of distress Catholic Charities of Santa Rosa (www. such as this. srcharities.org/fire-recovery) is working If you will look at Bishop Vasa’s website with other agencies to provide short-term (http://srdiocese.org/signofhope), you will and long-term support for victims. People ST. BENEDICT presents… see he is very specific, and tells people, who are in shelters will need to find tempo- if you really want to help us, sign up for rary housing while their homes are being an hour of adoration in your parish, and rebuilt. Monetary donations will be the most keep up that weekly commitment until the useful contribution to that work; you can First Sunday of Advent. I agree, and add find information on how to donate at their my voice to his. More is accomplished by website. They are also able to accept a lim- prayer than this world knows. ited number of the following items: diapers, RWe’re READY, Ewe’re FIREDV UP, and we’reIVAL “TAKING OUR FAITH BACK!” We also are collecting donations to baby wipes, face masks, twin size blankets, help the folks in Santa Rosa rebuild. I am toiletries, towels and warm adult coats. reprinting below my Letter to Parishes and Catholic Charities is also in need of Schools, which I sent out last week. bilingual volunteers; you may dial 707- I only change one thing: After all the 528-8712, ext. 160, for more details. voluntary second collections have taken Sometimes people in shelters appreciate place, rather than put the check in the mail, having someone willing to listen and to I intend to take our collective gift personally pray with them. This ministry of presence to Bishop Vasa and communicate to him is truly an act of mercy. our love and support. I am grateful for your compassion and Thank you for your concern and gener- outreach to our sisters and brothers. osity; generosity expressed both spiritually Michael C. Barber, SJ and materially. Bishop of Oakland

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Columbus Day support NEW HAVEN, Conn. — A new survey shows that almost six in 10 , or 57 percent, believe that celebrating Columbus Day is a “good idea,” while only 29 percent oppose the holiday. Almost two-thirds of respondents who said they were Catholic, or 65 percent, expressed a “favorable” or “very favorable” opinion of Columbus and the national holiday that honors him. Overall, the poll found that Americans support Columbus and the observance of HA R ING/ cns PAUL Columbus Day by nearly a 2-to-1 margin. Love story with God The survey results were released Oct. 3 by the Knights of Columbus, which is based People carry offertory gifts as in New Haven. The Marist Poll conducted Pope Francis celebrates the can- the survey, funded in partnership with the onization Mass of new saints in St. Knights of Columbus. Columbus Day is Peter’s Square at the Vatican Oct. a national holiday in many countries in 15. The pope canonized groups of the Americas and elsewhere to officially cns CE R NY/ EU T E S, W. DAVID martyrs from Mexico and , celebrate the anniversary of Christopher People pray as they walk through the forest during an Oct. 7 mass rosary an Italian Capuchin priest and a Columbus’ arrival in the Americas Oct. 12, prayer on the Polish-Czech border near Szklarska Poreba, . Spanish priest. Like the Catholic 1492. The federal holiday in the U.S. this Church’s newest saints, Christians year was Oct. 9. are called to live their faith as a Thousands gather to pray rosary love story with God who wants 10 million views a relationship that is “more than Catholic News Agency The prayer took place on the feast of BALTIMORE — A hurricane-stricken that of devoted subjects with their On Oct. 9, the feast of Our Lady of the Our Lady of the Rosary, which also com- Puerto Rican and a local fan who dropped king,” Pope Francis said. Pope Rosary, thousands of Polish Catholics memorates the anniversary of the Battle off pizza are among the admirers of a Francis proclaimed 35 new saints, gathered along their country’s border to of Lepanto, during which Mary, through video of the choir from Cardinal Shehan including: the “Martyrs of Natal,” pray for peace, as well as for the future the prayer of the rosary, is credited School in Baltimore that has gone viral Brazil, a group of 30 priests, lay- and salvation of Poland and the world. for a key victory against the Ottoman and been clicked on approaching 10 mil- men, women and children who The event, entitled “Rosary at Empire. It also fell a week before the lion times. ABC’s “World News Tonight” were killed in 1645 during a wave the Borders,” was organized by a lay 100th anniversary of the final apparition broadcast a story about the middle school of anti-Catholic persecution; and movement called the Solo Dios Basta of Our Lady of Fatima, who encouraged choir’s video the evening of Oct. 15. the “Child Martyrs of Tlaxcala,” Foundation (God Alone Suffices). It the world to pray the rosary for peace. three children who were among was supported by the Polish Bishop’s Some participants also voiced con- Planned giving ‘key’ Mexico’s first native converts and Conference and was sponsored cerns about the spread of Islam and the LOS ANGELES — Colleges, hospitals were killed for refusing to renounce by several state-owned companies. loss of Christianity and European culture. and universities “are well-established” in the faith. Approximately 90 percent of the country, The event’s website noted that in the area of planned giving, but such pro- home of the Polish Pope St. John Paul almost every major , grams are just as applicable to Catholic II, identifies as Catholic. Mary asks that the rosary be recited. parishes, schools, dioceses and many According to the New York Times, Organizers anticipated at least 1 other institutions, said one of the organiz- Bishop Kicanas retires participants gathered for prayer at 320 million participants, though officials ers of an upcoming national seminar in WASHINGTON — Pope Francis churches near the border of Poland as have said they do not yet have the final Los Angeles. “It is a key part of our future,” has accepted the resignation of Bishop well as in 4,000 designated prayer zones. numbers for the event. said Kimberly Jetton, director of the Office Gerald F. Kicanas of Tucson, Arizona, and of Planned Giving of the Archdiocese of named as his successor Bishop Edward Los Angeles. Jetton made the comments placed to Florida after the devastating impact their employee health insurance. Leaders J. Weisenburger, who has headed the in an announcement that the archdiocese of Hurricane Maria. An informal survey of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops Diocese of Salina, Kansas, since 2012. is partnering with the National Catholic conducted in early October by the Miami praised the action as “a return to common Bishop Kicanas, former vice president and Planned Giving organization based in Archdiocesan Office of Catholic Schools sense, long-standing federal practice and former secretary of the U.S. Conference of Omaha, Nebraska, to hold a seminar indicated that some 50 students from Puerto peaceful coexistence between church and Catholic Bishops, has headed the Diocese Nov. 1-3 in Long Beach for parishes, high Rico — including two from the U.S. state.” The contraceptive mandate was of Tucson since 2003. He is 76. schools, elementary schools and entities Islands — had already been placed in put in place by the Department of Health in the archdiocese and around the country. Catholic elementary and secondary schools and Human Services under the Affordable Forty institutions divest For more information, www.codesweb.com. within the archdiocese and more enroll- Care Act. While providing an exemption for WASHINGTON — Forty Catholic insti- ments are expected in the coming months. religious employers, the new rules maintain tutions, including the Belgian bishops’ con- Sessions affirms liberty the existing federal contraceptive mandate ference and a leading church social wel- WASHINGTON — U.S. Attorney New auxiliary in Orange for most employers. President Donald fare agency in South Africa, have decided General Jeff Sessions’ memo on religious WASHINGTON — Pope Francis has Trump had pledged to lift the mandate bur- to divest from fossil fuel companies. The freedom issued for all federal agencies appointed Father Thanh Thai Nguyen, a den placed on religious employers during a organizations cited the call of Pope Francis and departments to follow “helpfully reaf- priest of the Diocese of St. Augustine, White House signing ceremony May 4 for in his 2015 encyclical, “Laudato Si’, on firms that the law protects the freedom of Florida, to be an auxiliary bishop in an executive order promoting free speech Care for Our Common Home,” to take faith-based organizations to conduct their the Diocese of Orange, California. and religious liberty, but Catholic leaders steps to protect the environment as well operations in accordance with their reli- The appointment was announced in and the heads of a number of Catholic as the importance of making investments gious mission,” said Archbishop William E. Washington Oct. 6 by Msgr. Walter Erbi, entities had criticized the administration that lead to a carbon-neutral economy in Lori of Baltimore. The guidance “helpfully charge d’affaires at the Vatican’s nun- for a lack of action on that pledge in the an effort to address climate change. reaffirms that the law protects the freedom ciature in Washington. Born in Vietnam, months that followed. — Catholic Voice news services of faith-based organizations to conduct Bishop-designate Nguyen, 64, fled the their operations in accordance with their country in 1979 by boat with his family religious mission.” and spent 10 months in a refugee camp in the Philippines before arriving in Hartford, Court upholds wait Connecticut, in 1980. DAVENPORT, Iowa — An Iowa District CLEARANCE! Court judge Oct. 2 upheld the state’s Contraceptive mandate 1 72-hour waiting period for abortions, signed WASHINGTON — The Trump adminis- Now ⁄2 PRICE into law in May by former Iowa Gov. Terry tration Oct. 6 issued interim rules expand- Branstad. 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HOLIC VOICE T HOLIC Diocese rededicated to Mary Staff report vision of the “lady dressed in white” — later called Our At a closing Mass for the 100th anniversary of the Lady of Fatima. A total of six apparitions reportedly took apparitions of Our Lady of Fatima at St. Joseph the place on the 13th of each month through October of that Worker Church, Berkeley, Bishop Michael C. Barber, SJ, year, when after a rainstorm, a miracle of the “dancing rededicated the Diocese of Oakland to the Immaculate sun” was observed by 70,000 people who were in atten- Heart of Mary. dance at the final apparition. Mary can remove the barriers between us and her Many parishes in the Oakland diocese had events and Son, the bishop said. He reminded those in the filled-to- Masses for the 100th year. St. Joseph the Worker Church R INI/ T HE CA PACCIO C. AL B E RT capacity church of Mary’s request to Sister Lucy, one of was named the Diocese of Oakland’s official pilgrimage Hosffman Ospino, associate professor of Hispanic the three children to whom Our Lady appeared: to build site for the Fatima Centennial. Ministry and Religious Education at Boston College, a chapel at Fatima in Mary’s honor and to pray the rosary At the beginning of Mass, Bishop Barber said “Tonight’s whose research focuses on Catholic parishes’ every day. Mass is for the people in need in wake of the fires in the Hispanic ministry. The Marian apparitions began on May 13, 1917, when Diocese of Santa Rosa. Francisco Marto, who was 9 years of age, his 7-year-old “Beseech the Blessed Virgin Mary to ask her Son to sister, Jacinta, and their 10-year-old cousin, Lucia dos intercede for the people of the Santa Rosa Diocese,” he Church’s urgent Santos, who later became a Sister, reported seeing a asked. need to reach out to Hispanic Catholics By Albert C. Pacciorini Staff writer There must be a critical urgency to reaching out to Hispanic Catholics for the future of the US Church, speakers advised a meeting of Oakland diocese priests. The two main speakers both emphasized the cultural and generational differences between the Hispanic community, which will soon dominate the US church’s demographics, and the need to reach out to the community. The speakers were Hosffman Ospino, associate professor of Hispanic Ministry and Religious Education at Boston College, whose research focuses on Catholic parishes’ Hispanic ministry, and Armando Cervantes, director of youth and young adults for the Diocese of Orange. They were among a half-dozen HOLIC VOICE T HOLIC speakers on different topics at the fall study day of the dio- cese’s priests at Santa Maria Parish in Orinda on Oct. 12. All the speakers stressed the importance of being involved in the V Hispanics by Encuentro, a fifth nation- the numbers wide initiative of US bish- ops at making more mis- 7% of US population sionary disciples. Of 70 in the ‘50s million US Catholics, 32

of US population R INI/ T HE CA PACCIO C. AL B E RT ALL: million are Hispanic. 43% today “The Encuentro Almost 600 people filled St. Joseph the Worker Church on Oct. 13 for the closing ceremony of the 100-year is a process,” explained 52% of population in anniversary of the apparitions at Fatima. Rev. Alexander Castillo, Oakland diocese newly named direc- growth since tor of the Department 71% 1960 of Faith Formation and Evangelization in the dio- 64% are US born cese. “It goes both ways. How are younger do we commit Hispanics to 50% than 30 the work of the Church?” Bishop Michael C. Barber, 50 average age of SJ, repeated the mission of white Catholics the Diocese of Oakland: Its of Catholics three priorities are improve 50% between 18 and 38 the Sunday Mass experi- ence, focus on the spiritual 60% of Catholics and corporal works of mercy younger than 18 and encourage people to foreign born become missionary disciples. 83% Hispanic priests in US “Mass attendance is declining,” the bishop said. “We can’t sit back and watch it decline.” Servers assisting at Mass line up for Communion. Bishop Michael C. Barber, SJ, with St. Joseph the Father Castillo explained for the last 18 months, Encuentro Worker pastor Rev. Ken Nobrega behind him, dis- team members and clergy have been working to organize tribute Communion. and train parish teams. Of the 41 diocesan parishes with Spanish-language Masses, 33 are involved in V Encuentro. A diocesanwide meeting will take place Oct. 28, followed by 230 regional meetings and one big national gathering. Why an Hispanic Encuentro and not say, an Asian or multicultural meeting, so everyone could be included, President Ospino asked, because the Hispanic population dwarfs other ethnic groups and has an historical and cultural presence with deep roots. La Salle Catholic College Preparatory In the 1960s, a picture of US Catholics would have shown they were 90 percent white, European-Americans, near Portland, Oregon Ospino said. From 1900 to 2000, these German, Polish, Irish, Italian and other Catholic immigrants went from La Salle Prep, a co-educational Catholic high school in Milwaukie, Oregon, seeks a new President. 10 million to 71 million. They made their own schools and eventually cohesive communities. They became the Located in a suburb of Portland, La Salle is financially stable, debt-free, and has a steady enrollment middle class and achieved the American dream. of approximately 700 students. But decades of turmoil in Latin America resulted in a tsunami of immigration. In the 1960s, there were 7 million The new President will be a visionary and energetic leader who embraces the mission of the school Hispanics here; now there are 32 million. and the Catholic education of young people. Most of these immigrants are Catholic, so they are mostly affecting the Catholic Church. The successful candidate will have financial acumen, business management expertise, “The gift and blessing of Hispanic Catholics is that they communication skills, and leadership qualities that inspire collaboration. The candidate’s are reshaping our Church,” Ospino said. background will include at least 10 years of business and/or non-profit experience, including While the non-Hispanic white population is now 47.5 managing employees, budgeting, fundraising, donor prospecting, and overseeing capital projects. percent of the population, down from 90 percent, he said, the Hispanic population is 43 percent. Because the La Salle Prep President is charged with ensuring that the school, its operations, and “This is the present, and in your diocese these num- mission stay true to Catholic teachings and the Lasallian charism, the ideal candidate is a practicing bers are even bigger,” he said. Roman Catholic committed to Catholic education. “All minority populations are growing,” he conceded. “Fifty years from now, Asians will be 15-20 percent of the A complete job description is at lsprep.org under About Us/Employment Opportunities. Catholic Church in this country,” but Hispanics will dominate. There are 400,000 Hispanics in the East Bay, so I am Applicants should submit a cover letter, resume, at least three references, a personal mission assuming your churches are full? he asked the priests. statement, and a one-page description of leadership and strategic vision by Oct. 31, 2017, “Where is the disconnect?” to [email protected] “How are we reaching out to Hispanic Catholics,” he asked. “That is the purpose of Encuentro.” La Salle Catholic College Preparatory is an Equal Opportunity Employer (Continued on Page 9.) 6 — THE CATHOLIC VOICE October 23, 2017 Pilgrimages Pilgrimages have a magic all their own By Rev. Lawrence D’Anjou I’ve recently had the great pleasure of participating in two pilgrimages sponsored through The Catholic Voice. The first was in October 2015 to Fatima in Portugal, Santiago de Compostela in Spain and to Lourdes and Paris in . The second was in February to the Holy Land. Both of these were sponsored by Unitours and both were tremen- dously blessed experi- ences; not just for me Rev. D’Anjou but (at least from what I hear), for everyone who participated in them. I look forward to another pilgrimage

soon; this one to the Marian apparition OS T site of in Mexico in February 2018. The God who created and sustains all things seems to smile upon pilgrims. He

sees the efforts we make to travel to these ESY PHO COU RT unique and blessed places. He knows the Rev. Lawrence D’Anjou and the pilgrims walking part of the Camino de Santiago in Spain during the Marian shrines travail (the same root word for travel!) that pilgrimage in October 2015. we undertake to get there. And He rewards that effort with something extra-special. A grace that, in my experience, is something just short of heaven. “I know the plans I have for you,” says the Lord, “… plans to give you a future of hope.” Hope. Hope is what the captives who heard these words from the prophet received. As pilgrims whether we are conscious of it or not, we bring our hopes for heaven on our journey. And as we visit these holy places that hope blos- soms and overflows. We experience this together — often with people we have just come to know. This is what I would call the magic of the pilgrimage experience.

(Rev. Lawrence D’Anjou is pastor at St. A wax statue of St. Vincent de Paul can be seen inside the St. Therese of Lisieux is buried in the town of Lisieux in Raymond Church, Dublin.) chapel of the Vincentian Fathers.in Paris. Normandy, in northeastern France.

The Catholic Voice invites you to enjoy an incredible journey! HONOR THE VIRGIN OF GUADALUPE IN MEXICO CITY! February 9-13, 2018 5 Days — $1,899 from San Francisco (Including airfare, taxes, fuel surcharges, hotel, breakfast & dinner per itinerary, air-conditioned motor coach, full-time tour manager) Diocese of Oakland Highlights Spiritual Guide: • Visit the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Mexico City. • Mass celebrated at Tulpetlac Church, the site of the fifth apparition of Mary. • View the Chapel of Tepeyac, where the first apparition occurred in 1531. • Visit the Church of San Francisco, the Metropolitan Cathedral, the National Palace and the Anthropology Museum!

Fr. Lawrence D’Anjou • Journey to Cuautitlan, the birthplace of St. Juan Diego and St. Raymond Parish, Dublin view his original sackcloth. • Tour the Pyramid of the Sun, dominating the ruined city of Teotihuacán, and view the Temple of Quetzalcoatl. CALL FOR INFORMATION AND RESERVATIONS Contact: Unitours, Inc. – Marianna Pisano 1-800-777-7432 (9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. EST) Email: [email protected] or book online at http://bit.ly/CatholicVoiceMexico To receive a mailed brochure contact: Camille Tompkins at The Catholic Voice at [email protected] October 23, 2017 THE CATHOLIC VOICE — 7 Pilgrimages Pilgrimage to Celebrate Divine Mercy Sunday 2018 in Poland My amazing also Prague, Budapest, Medjugorje, O

pilgrimage T By Regina Wilkerson Lanciano, Loreto, Special to The Catholic Voice After 2½-years of planning meetings, San Giovanni and Rome prayer for God’s guidance and advertis-

ing, the time arrived to embark on this ESY PHO COU RT life-changing experience; June 5, 2017. Rev. Aidan McAleenan, Bishop Michael Upon confirmation that we had three C. Barber, SJ, and Very Rev. James ordained clergy joining our pilgrimage for Matthews at the altar of the St. Peter a total of 14, and that Bishop Michael C. Claver church in Cartagena. Barber, SJ, of Oakland, would be joining us on June 7, I knew God had something the world. With the long and treacherous miraculous in store for us; this was to be journey, packed like sardines, the human a truly evangelizing journey. cargo barely survived the journey. By We left SFO and arrived in Cartagena, the time the human cargo ships reached Colombia, seven hours later on June 5. Cartagena, the human beings were in Accompanying us were the Very great distress from malnutrition, sores Rev. James V. Matthews, the Rev. Aidan and general maltreatment; the men of God April 3 – April 19, 2018 - $4,900 McAleenan and Earl Johson, could not stop slavery, but no doubt many per person double occupancy joined later by Bishop Barber. of our ancestors throughout the Diaspora I have no doubt that our prayers of would not have survived were it not for the The cost of the trip is $4,900 per person double occupancy thanksgiving and reconciliation were ministry of St. , St. Peter received by God, our Blessed Mother Claver and others. (subject to change based on the Euro exchange), which includes Mary, St. and the hosts of St. Peter Claver was born in Verdu, roundtrip airfare from all major US cities (including all taxes), angels and saints in Heaven. I know God Spain on June 26, 1580. He entered the hears the cry of the poor and that we will on Aug. 7, 1602, sailed room and two meals daily, and all transportation for site seeing. continue to serve by sharing the Good to Colombia on April 15, 1610. He died We will have a spiritual director and daily Mass. News to all that will hear us. We saw the in Cartagena on Sept. 8, 1654. He was young Colombians hugging the statue of canonized by Pope Leo XIII on Jan. 15, St. Peter Claver with such gratitude to God 1888. His feast day is Sept. 9. For more details call Scott Scaria at 860-289-2606 or cell phone as they entered the church. The cloister where St. Peter Claver 860-841-1192 or write to Poland-Medjugorje Pilgrimage, Next, we arrived in Panama City, lived, watched for the slave ships to come P.O. Box 281059, East Hartford, CT 06128 or visit us on the web Panama, on June 10, after an hour’s into the port, and died, is a special holy flight from Colombia, to the most luxuri- place of silence and reflection; his shrine at www.polandmej.com. The deadline for receipt of a deposit of ous Waldorf-Astoria hotel, where we were is a part of world history where all human- $200 is December 8, 2017. Balance is due by January 12, 2018. again treated like royalty. ity can learn about human dignity, human We were able to tour the Panama rights and social justice. Canal, and observed the cargo ships and We viewed his remains, encased in Nobody can beat our price either in USA or Canada learned how much perishable produce glass, at the high altar in the beautiful for all these places for this price. would be lost without the canal, due to the baroque church of St. Peter Claver. We treacherous trip from the Atlantic Ocean returned home from this wonderful pilgrim- down and around Cape Horn and up the age on June 13. For other pilgrimages in 2018 visit our website. Pacific Ocean. It dawned on me why the work of St. (Regina Wilkerson is a lay pastoral min- Peter Claver, and his fellow ministers was ister and past president of Court 127 Awarded Best Travel Company for two years so vital during the 17th and 18th centuries, of the Ladies Auxiliary of the Knights of in a row by the East Hartford Award Program when the Africans were the human cargo Peter Claver. A longer version of this story of that era, forcefully captured to pioneer appears at catholicvoiceoakland.org)

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HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE: Thessaloniki/Philippi/Veria/Vergina/Kalabaka – We walk in the Footsteps of CALL FOR INFORMATION AND RESERVATIONS St. Paul, in the very places where he preached the Gospel to the Thessalonians. We celebrate Mass where Lydia, the first Christian convert, was baptized. Contact: Unitours, Inc. – Marianna Pisano Athens/Piraeus 4 Days/3 Nights Greek Islands Cruise – Featuring Mykonos, 1-800-777-7432 (9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. EST) Ephesus, Patmos, Crete & Santorini. Athens – We visit the famous Greek Orthodox Monasteries that are listed Email: [email protected] on the UNESCO World Heritage list and catch a glimpse of Mt. Olympus. or book online at http://bit.ly/Greece2018 Visit the famous Temple of Diana, one of the seven wonders of the Ancient World. In Ephesus we recall St. Paul’s Epistle to the Ephesians. To receive a mailed brochure contact: Camille Tompkins We celebrate Mass at the Virgin Mary’s house, where she is said to have lived with St. John, after the death and resurrection of Our Lord. at The Catholic Voice at [email protected] Piraeus/Corinth/Athens – We enjoy spectacular views of the Corinth Canal, and celebrate Mass amid the ruins of Corinth, where St. Paul worked with Aquila and Priscilla. We visit the legendary Acropolis, the Parthenon and so much more! Diocese of Oakland Spiritual Guide:

Fr. Neal Clemens Queen of All Saints Parish, Concord 8 — THE CATHOLIC VOICE October 23, 2017 Retreats MSJ Dominicans’ center offers retreats, reflections and enrichment By Michele Jurich welcomes the community to retreats, spiri- One such opportunity for enrichment welcomed the opportunity to talk about Staff writer tual gatherings, concerts and talks. occurred Oct. 14, when more than 50 the “topic of my heart’s love.” She is an When the Dominican Sisters of Mission The mission statement of the center people gathered at the center to hear attorney and founder of the Center for San Jose opened their new home in tells it all. The center “provides welcoming three speakers, and share ideas of their Earth Jurisprudence in Florida. 2016, one could not help but appreciate space for those seeking to deepen their own, on Laudato Si´, two years after the “There is an interdependence through- the Dominican Community and Wellness life-giving relationship with God, them- publication of Pope Francis’ groundbreak- out creation, at every level,” she said. Center, a two-level common space adja- selves, one another and all of creation. ing encyclical. “Pope Francis reiterates, not only from a cent to the Sisters’ St. Joseph Residence. Grounded in the Dominican tradition of They provided more than lip service to scientific perspective, but from spirituality The community center’s design offers searching for truth wherever it is found sustainability. The center, as well as the and relationship.” views of the Fremont hillside; it seem to and in keeping with the mission of the residence, are certified by the US Green Pope Francis wrote Laudato Si´, she be a world away from city life. Dominican Sisters of Mission San Jose, Building Council as Leadership in Energy noted, not just to Catholics but to “all It is to this inviting space that the the center provides opportunities for spiri- and Environmental Design (LEED) Gold- people of good will.” It was published Sisters’ Center for Education & Spirituality tual and educational enrichment.” certified buildings. The Sisters’ building before the December 2015 UN Conference project put their “care for creation” into on Climate Change in Paris. thoughtful action. He addresses not just an ecological “Laudato Si´: A Story of Right issue, but one of spirituality and morality. Relationships” began with prayer. Sister “In every sentence, Pope Francis con- SAN DAMIANO Patricia Siemen, OP, of the Adrian nects the suffering of the poor with the Dominicans of Michigan, was the first suffering of the Earth,” she said. “They RETREAT presenter. Sister Patricia, who is serving are connected.” as prioress of her congregation, said she (Continued on Page 9.) Coming Retreats Mystical Spirituality: How We Evolve into Who We Really Are with David Richo, PhD, 11/4 LGBTQ Day of Dialog with San Damiano staff, 11/5 Journaling as a Spiritual Practice with N. Burchett, 11/7 Grieving with Gratitude with Fr. Padraig Greene, 11/17-19 Healing & Wholeness: Attitude of Gratitude as Thanksgiving with Tom Gorham & Davida Coady, 11/24-26

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MSJ Dominicans’ . . . Center for Education Upcoming retreats (Continued from Page 8.) “Laudato Si´ is filled with concern & Spirituality Adeline Drive, Burlingame. During this for future generations,” she said. Our Dominican Sisters Saturday, Nov. 4 season of Thanksgiving, come and join Children’s Trust, she said, is doing creative of Mission San Jose “Mystical Spirituality: How We Evolve us for a day to reflect on all that we have legal work by suing on behalf of children. www.msjdominicans.org Into Who We Really Are” with David been given. $30 nonrefundable registra- She spoke of Juliana v. U.S., a lawsuit on 43326 Mission Circle, Fremont Richo. 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at San tion. Bring a bag lunch. Retreat team. climate change filed in Oregon. Damiano Retreat, 710 Highland Drive, Information: 650-340-7454 or www.mercy- “They are saying they have a constitu- 510-657-2468 Danville. 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Come study with us! 475-1236. San Rafael. Take this opportunity to ponder All are involved in sustainability in their Featuring Sister Margaret Mayce, OP the fullness and emptiness of this particu- professional lives. The parish team focuses Friday, Nov. 17 lar time in our lives. Register by Nov. 1 for on improving the parish’s environmental March 3, 2018 Stop, Look and Go: A Day of Gratitude. $300; $325 after Nov. 1. Deposit fee: $125. performance; educating and engaging Millennials and Faith, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Mercy Center, 2300 Information: www.santasabinacenter.org. members of the parish; and providing out- 9:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. reach to the Archdiocese of San Francisco. Rev. Charles Martin, In 2016, the team customized a Lenten to where they spend their time. “They will Aquinas Institute, St. Louis calendar for the parish with tips based on not get to us if we wait at the church.” Laudato Si´; arranged an energy assess- April 14, 2018 (ContinuedChurch’s from Page 5.) . . . Finally, “we have to teach stewardship,” ment for the parish; took part in an arch- Spirituality of Creativity, Cervantes said. “We have to change Ospino said. “Hispanics only give 10 per- diocesan green team event; celebrated the way we evangelize.” cent to 11 percent of parish income. We Earth Day with inspiring music at Mass 9:30-11:30 a.m. “It is Hispanics who are having kids,” need to educate that community.” and a zero-waste coffee and doughnuts Rev. Arthur Poulin Ospino said, “64 percent are US born. Who Our model of giving does not exist, he afterward; arranged for an energy audit May 12, 2018 is reaching out to them?” said. Hispanics are used to government that showed how efficiently the parish is “In the last two decades,” Ospino said, support of the church structure. “We have to using its utilities; and evaluated the indoor “14 million — 25 percent — have stopped work with US Hispanic Catholics, walk with air quality. Green tips are published in the Kate Hennessy, Day’s self-identifying as Catholics.” them to develop that culture (of stewardship).” parish bulletin. granddaughter and author of “The “Every parish should For information on retreats or other use World will be Saved by Beauty” establish a youth ministry of the community space, contact Sister for Hispanics,” Ospino said. Rose Marie Hennessy, motherhouse More information: Walk with them, ask administrator, at 510-933-6334 or rose- www.msjdominicans.org questions, listen, share, [email protected]. Cervantes advised. Go out A Ministry of the Archdiocese of San Francisco Upcoming 2018 Retreats January 12-14: Following the Star of Faith with Fr. Brian Mullady  May 11-13: Mother Mary’s Love with Fr. Brian Mullady  July 5 -11: The Revelation of Beauty with Fr. 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Boeselager, Among the clinic’s latest additions is a physician who grand wears a white coat embroidered with his name. And chancellor of beneath that coat is a Roman collar.

HOLIC VOICE T HOLIC the Order of In the clinic, he’s Diaz. Up that path at the cathe- Malta; and dral, where he serves as parochial vicar, he’s Father Diaz. Dr. Francisco One man, one vocation. Javier Diaz “My first vocation was a priestly vocation,” Rev. Diaz, SJ, Francisco Javier Diaz Diaz, SJ, said. “Everything started who also from there.” serves at the It started early. Cathedral “I was 10-years-old when I felt called to become a of Christ priest,” he said. His intent was to leave his native Costa

R INI/ T HE CA PACCIO C. AL B E RT the Light. Rica and become a missionary, like St. . He told his parents. He recalled their reply. “You need The “yes” came in Oregon, where he was welcomed into After his residency, he practiced at Catholic Charities to grow up first before you join religious life.” the Oregon Province of the Society of Jesus. His formation of Washington, DC. In June 2016, he realized the calling “Eventually I came to terms,” he said. “I was not going put his medical experience in the background at first. He that he had at 10: He was ordained a priest in Spokane, to join a monastery at 12.” But he was a Boy Scout, and was allowed to serve as an interpreter at a medical clinic, Washington, by Bishop Thomas Daly. an aptitude for first aid led him to consider how medicine and visit Loyola University in to help students. Father Diaz welcomes the opportunity to serve in the might help him serve. After his fourth year, he was sent to Chicago to pass medical clinic, and the cathedral parish, where he cel- “Maybe medicine will allow me to grow into an aware- the examination to allow him to practice in the United ebrates the Spanish Mass on Wednesday and Sunday, ness of many aspects of human life,” he said. “It would States. He began his medical residency at Texas Tech in and makes himself available for the sacramental needs be helpful for the mission.” El Paso, where being bilingual was an advantage. of the Spanish-speaking parishioners. He described the journey through medical school as To assist in his practice of family medicine, he stud- He sees himself as “priest-physician. I see my work “tough, when you have your heart always driven to Mass ied natural family planning techniques, including NaPro there brings up the works of mercy, the hospitality of the and religious life.” Technology, which is a technique that can help infertile cathedral. It is not separate. It is a part of our Catholic There was “always a longing for that eventuality of couples achieve much-wanted pregnancies. heart.” becoming a priest.” He finished medical school, he said, “ with the support of my classmates.” He finished, too, without “doing things that were contrary to my conscience.” He avoided, for example, opportunities to attend surgery for sterilization. “I did not want to have anything to do with it,” he said. His practice of attending daily Mass took away time that other students might have spent studying. Sometimes he had to travel far from school to attend Mass in his available hours. He began practicing medicine after his graduation. “I studied medicine as a work of mercy,” he said. “I told my parents I don’t want to earn a coin with medicine.” His parents supported his decision. “I started volunteering my services as a doctor in a public clinic,” he said. “When I came there, I said I just wanted to give my time. The state provided my educa- Fr. Matthew Murray and Fr. Oscar Rojas lie prostrate during their tion. My parents paid a little. I would like as a Catholic ordination on May 26, 2017 at the Cathedral of Christ the Light. to give my time. I practiced for three years, mostly with youth at risk.” With an eye toward becoming a missionary in Russia, THERE IS NO GREATER LOVE THAN THIS young Doctor Diaz began learning German. “My first thought was about serving youth that has lost the faith,” TO LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS JN 15:13 he said. “I wrote a letter to the provincial in Germany, requesting permission,” he said. CATHOLIC DIOCESE OF OAKLAND 2017-2018 SEMINARIANS The reply: “You need to start as a Jesuit in your own culture.” But he didn’t quite fit in his own culture. “You are too religious for the secular spirit of our order,” was one rejection. Fr. Matthew Murray and Fr. Oscar Rojas lie prostrate He went to Mexico. “I felt the Lord called me there. I during their ordination. hid my cross a little bit, put my rosary in my pocket. My devotions were hidden,” he said. Dcn. Jose Arturo Bazan Dcn. Jimmy Macalinao Dcn. Mario Rizzo John Pietruszka Javier Ramirez Peter Lawongkerd 4 Theology 4 Theology 4 Theology 4 Pastoral Year Theology 3 He did not give up daily Mass. “I will be a rebel on St. Patrick Seminary, Pope St. John XXIII St. Patrick Seminary, St. Patrick Seminary, Holy Spirit Parish, St. Patrick Seminary, that one,” he said. He worked with youths, going to every Menlo Park Seminary, Boston Menlo Park Menlo Park Fremont Menlo Park corner in Guadalajara” to invite them to parish programs. But Mexico was not the place he was able to enter the order he sought. Undaunted, he decided, “I’ll keep going north until someone says yes.”

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MICHELE JU R ICH/ T HE CA wants for them in their director, Diocese of Oakland lives,” said Rev. Wayne Bishop Michael C. Barber, SJ, and Rev. Mark Amaral, who directs the formation 510-267-8345 or Campbell, vocations program for the permanent deacons, with the 18 men in the third of five years [email protected] director of the Diocese of formation. of Oakland. Rev. Campbell That process is sary, is not the most important part of the assisted by a group Father Campbell has vocation.” formed that meets monthly. Eight men, in The priesthood and religious life are not 18 advance to candidacy their 20s and early 30s, are participating, a default position. but there’s room for more. The group cur- “Sometimes, people whose lives aren’t rently includes college students, college going the right way say, ‘I might as well graduates and a military veteran. become a priest’ or ‘I might as well go into to permanent diaconate The men met in September at Our Lady the convent.’ The seminary or the convent By Michele Jurich of Lourdes Parish in Oakland, with Father is not the place to run away from yourself.” Staff writer Candidates (spouse) Campbell and Rev. Brandon Macadaeg, It can be, instead, the place to discover Through the Rite of Candidacy to for the Permanent parochial administrator at St. Lawrence “am I capable of loving the way God loves the Permanent Diaconate, 18 men from O’Toole/St. Cyril and St. Paschal Baylon and Jesus loves,” he said. parishes across the Diocese of Oakland Diaconate parishes in Oakland. Father Macadaeg Father Campbell recently returned from moved a step closer to ordination. The Paul Abenoja (Cristina) was ordained in 2013. a meeting of vocation directors in New men, who range in age from 35 to 55, Jorge Aragon (Maria Renne) As vocations director, Father Campbell’s Orleans, where it was said that Jesus is are entering the third year of a five-year Larry Aseo (Lily) role is to journey with those discerning the the vocations director in each diocese. “Our formation. Juan Bermudez (Ivette) priesthood and religious life. Also in his job is to accompany,” he said. Vocations, he In his homily during the Oct. 1 Mass Tom Bobich (Kitte) care are the diocese’s 17 seminarians, said, begin in the home and in parishes. at St. Stephen Church in Walnut Creek, Alberto Cruz (Claudia) who are in formation at seminaries from One of his parishioners at St. Monica in Bishop Michael C. Barber, SJ, defined the Leland DeFrates (Silvia) Menlo Park to Boston. Moraga, where he served as pastor for nine role of the deacon: “Not primarily liturgical, Alex Ebarle (Linda) Father Campbell welcomes inquiries years, is Rev. Mr. Mario Rizzo, who was not primarily even sacramental.” Robert Falco (Laura) from women who are discerning a vocation ordained in August to the transitional dia- “The greatest need I see is to help in Benjamin Lai (Denise) to religious life, and will put them in contact conate for the Diocese of Oakland. Another ministry to the sick and the incarcerated,” Peter Nixon (Gina Cattalini) with women religious. former parishioner is in formation with the the bishop said. Sumner Peery (Veronica) “My vision of the Church, emphasized Dominicans of the Western Province. As an example, Bishop Barber told Arsenio Reyes (Teresita) by Pope Francis, is that we are to bring the Father Campbell invites men who are them of Deacon Ruben Gomez’s ministry. Frederick Seril (Mariza) mercy of God to the battleground, the field interested in joining the monthly discern- For more than 20 years, he has ministered Rene Solorzano (Elsy) hospital, he calls it,” Father Campbell said. ment group or participating in a retreat every weekend at the Federal Correctional “You really want men and women who Feb. 16-18 at St. Patrick’s Seminary & Dominic Tarantino (Rebeca) Institution in Dublin. Deacon Gomez pre- have a heart that’s capable of expansion,” University to contact him at 510-267-8345 Paul Turek (Emma) pares the women incarcerated there for he said. “The academic part, while neces- or [email protected]. David Weiss (Darcel) baptism and confirmation. “Make sure you have a ministry to the poor, the sick and the incarcerated,” 22 years ago; including the formation Bishop Barber advised the candidates. process, he and his wife Sylvia have been Each candidate was seated, with his involved in the diaconate for almost 30 You are invited! family, on the church’s center aisle. When years. “It’s really been a blessing to us,” his name was called after the homily, each Deacon Gall said. answered and walked to the altar, where “A blessing for my whole family,” a they stood 18 across. smiling Jorge Aragon said after the Mass, The bishop accepted their candidacy surrounded by his wife, young children and to the permanent diaconate. extended family. Among them: a building inspector, Aragon’s call to serve God “started an immigration official and an accoun- when I was in youth group at Holy Angels tant. Two parishes — St. in in Daly City,” he said. 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believed in, Christ.” Father Castillo . . . He recalled Pope John Paul II’s admo- Senior Homecare (Continued from Page 1.) nition that if the church is not a missionary ® as marriage and family life, life and justice, church, it is not the church of Christ. Latino ministry and SPRED, the ministry “The church is not here for itself,” he By Angels to people with developmental disabilities. said, “it’s here for the sanctification of the We Care Every Day, In Every Way® “I couldn’t think of anything more world.” Experienced senior care for total peace of mind. important to say to them than the words The end of the year brings many of consecration,” he said, “From there, all opportunities that cannot be missed, such Bathing Assistance • Dressing Assistance • Grooming • Errands we do is for that.” as the Dec. 2 pilgrimage of Our Lady of Friendly Companionship • Flexible Hourly Care • Respite Care for Families Father Castillo also serves as the bish- Guadalupe that brings thousands through Shopping • Live-in Care • Medication Reminders • Light Housekeeping op’s secretary and episcopal master of cer- the streets of Oakland. emonies, director of the Office of Worship, “They feel the presence of God and academic dean for the Spanish- because the pilgrimage brings that to language division of the St. Francis de them,” he said. Sales School for Pastoral Ministry. He will In appointing Father Castillo to the new www.VisitingAngels.com continue in all of those roles. position, Bishop Barber said in a state- Of his newest role, Father Castillo said, ment: “Father Castillo’s deep commitment “I am the one who needs to learn how the to our faith and to the people of God in our department works.” Diocese is inspiring. I know he will lead our “First, we need to pay attention to those work in faith formation and evangelization still in the church but they are not involved with integrity and fidelity.” in the church,” he said. An example might “I am deeply humbled by Bishop’s be parents who take their child to faith Barber decision to entrust me with this formation, but are not involved themselves. mission,” Father Castillo said in a state- “Pope Francis has been emphasizing ment. “I embrace this new responsibility the first movement of evangelization can- with much hope, and trust in our Good not be doctrine anymore,” Father Castillo Lord and our bishop more than myself. said. “People don’t respond to doctrine. I repeat the prayer of one of my favorite Each Visiting Angels office They don’t respond to experts. They saints as I face this new challenge: ‘Fiat, is independently owned and operated. respond to witnesses. adimpleatur, laudetur et in aeternum super- “So the first movement of evangeliza- exaltetur iustissima atque amabilissima tion needs to be showing them the fruits voluntas Dei super omnia. Amen. Amen.’ Fremont San Ramon Livermore of the Gospels in our own lives, showing (Above all, may the most just and 510-284-0000 925-552-6500 925-443-1000 them what the Lord has done for me,” he most lovable will of God be done, be said. He said empowering parents to do fulfilled, be the same would be a priority. praised, and Next, Father Castillo said, “is to exalted for- embrace the missionary face of the ever. Amen. church, those who have never heard, or Amen!)”

Missions . . . (Continued from Page 1.) sunlight from a window above the choir loft shot a beam of light directly onto a cherub carved on the altar. In March, the sunlight directly hits a statue of St. Joseph atop the altar. Because of the movement of the earth, To learn more the sun will strike differ- www.solsticechronicles.org ent parts of the interior at different times of the year. These churches were built with a level of precision and attention to liturgy, he said, though as some of them have been renovated, they’ve lost their illumination. Not just the California missions, but other South American and Philippine churches demonstrate this phenomenon. “More than 110,000 churches were built in Mexico alone in a 100-year period,” Mendoza said. Experienced Trusts & Estates Attorney Accessible Home Lift Company (510) 521-9526 or (800) 606-1115 Jeffrey Hall MBA, CPA, Esq. Call us for: • Revocable Trusts * Free in-home consultations and stair lift demonstrations • Wills and Probates * Fully licensed and bonded CA contractor’s lic. # 822635 • Trust Administration * 10-plus years experience For a free 30 minute consultation * Expert service and maintenance for the life of your lift 925-230-9002 * Custom curved and outdoor applications www.HallLawGroup.com * Rentals October 23, 2017 THE CATHOLIC VOICE — 13 Blue Mass honors ‘guardians of safety and justice’ By Michele Jurich Staff writer An American flag, suspended between the ladders of two Oakland Fire trucks flew high over Harrison Street in front of the Cathedral of Christ the Light on a sunny Oct. 6 morning for the Blue Mass, which honors and asks God’s blessing on police, firefighters and all first- responders. Oakland motorcycle officers rode onto the Cathedral Plaza. A bagpiper stood at the side at the altar, the music mournful. The Honor Guard of the Pittsburg Police Department presented the flags of the and California. “You move toward the source of danger,” Bishop

Michael C. Barber, SJ, told the first-responders, many in VOICE T HOLIC uniform, in his homily. “We civilians instinctively run away from the source of danger.” As the first-responders move toward the source of danger — whether a shooting, a fire or a car crash — “angels are there to minister to you and protect you,” the bishop said. Two of the motorcycle officers in attendance —

Oakland Officers Tim Dolan and Mike Huppert had MICHELE JU R ICH/ T HE CA missed last year’s Blue Mass. In the rain on their way to Albany Police Officer John Torres, right, was accompanied at the Blue Mass by his wife Brenda, and their the Blue Mass. They had an accident on Interstate 580 at eldest child, Sophia. They met Bishop Michael C. Barber, SJ, after Mass. Seminary Avenue. On this October day, they were among the more than a dozen Oakland officers who parked their Also present at Mass were priests who serve as chap- in Pittsburg. motorcycles in a line on the Cathedral Plaza. lains to first responders, including Very Rev. Jay Matthews, Sgt. Barry Donelan, president of the Oakland Police At the Mass, Mike Foley, a veteran Alameda County rector of the Cathedral of Christ the Light; Rev. Jayson Officers Association, sees the Mass as a blessing “for Sheriff’s deputy who died in February after being hit by a Landeza of St. Benedict Parish in Oakland; Rev. Larry us, every day, we’re out there working in a challenging bus at Santa Rita Jail, was remembered. Remembered, Young of St. Patrick Parish in Rodeo; and Rev. Helmut environment.” A woman who came to the motorcycle too, were all those who had reached “end of watch.” Richter, retired pastor of Church of the Good Shepherd officers’ pew to thank them, he said. “It means a lot to us.”

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More Gerald Coleman (Conscience and Consciousness: Catholic High School’s ninth annual Funding Hopes and information: Joi Boatwright, 510-205-4062, Joan Issues in Moral Theology), James Briggs (Life to Dreams dinner and auction, a benefit for the school’s Trust Phillips, 510-638 -3861, Church office. 510-568- the Full: Discerning What’s Next in My Life, Ministry, for Student Support. The Trust for Student Support plays 1080. Proceeds benefit St. Louis Bertrand Parish. or Career), David Richo (Coming Home to Who a vital and important role by providing tuition assistance You Are), Nicole Pagano (What Will You Do with your Life on Earth? Dante’s Guide to Freedom) and for about 40 percent of the student body. Diaz, senior vice Diaz Saturday, Nov. 4 St. Peter Martyr School Annual Craft Boutique. more. For more information/registration visit www. president and chief information officer for Cisco’s Global 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. at 425 W. Fourth St., Pittsburg. satgtu.org/course-offerings/ or call 510-652-1651. Information Technology organization and services headquartered in the Handcrafted products, homemade chicken min- heart of Silicon Valley will be joined by Oakland diocese Superintendent of estrone soup, bread and salad will be sold for Oct. 26 to Nov. 16 Schools Kathleen Radecke ’85, emcee for the event. lunch, and there will be a raffle. Proceeds to benefit Bible Study at San Damiano Retreat. Meets SPM school. Information: Terry at 925-432-7292. Thursdays at 7 p.m. at 710 Highland Drive, Danville. The gala will begin at 6 p.m. Nov. 16 at the Fremont Marriott Silicon Valley, Scripture Study: Getting Ready for Advent and Christmas with Rev. Charles Talley, OFM. Repeats 46100 Landing Pkwy., Fremont. Information/tickets: www.moreaucatholic. Nov. 6 to 8 Fridays at 10 a.m. (Oct. 27- Nov. 17). Cost is $5 org/FHD-2017 or contact Diana (Straggas) DeFrance ’76 at 510-881-4330 “Taking our Faith back,” a Revival at St. per session. Information/registration: go to www. or [email protected]. Benedict Catholic Church. 6:30 p.m. at 2245 sandamiano.org or 925-837-9141, ext. 315. 82nd Ave., Oakland. The energetic and inspirational meeting will be led by Rev. Anthony M. Bozeman, Saturday, Oct. 28 SSJ, of New Orleans, Louisiana. Parish office: 510- Current Challenges in Light of our Faith. 9:30 632-1847 and saintbenedictoakland.com. a.m. to 12:15 p.m. in the St. Leander’s Parish Office Our Lady of Guadalupe pilgrimage Dec. 2 Building at 475 W. Estudillo Ave. across from the San Leandro BART station. Pax Christi Northern Thousands are expected to u TAIZÉ California is hosting an assembly to address the take part in the Diocese of (An ecumenical, candlelit service of prayer in Christian response to the hot-button issues of Oakland’s annual pilgrim- simple chant, Scripture readings, silent worship immigration, racism, nuclear war, non-violence and age to honor Our Lady of and veneration of the cross.) the death penalty. Registration begins at 9 a.m. Guadalupe on Dec. 2. Pilgrims Free-will offering. Continental breakfast. For more information, contact Dennise at dcburgess1@juno. will depart from St. Louis Friday, Oct. 27 Bertrand Church, 1410 100th 8 p.m. at St. Joseph Basilica, 1109 Chestnut St., com or Pat at 510-471-5963. Alameda. Every fourth Friday, (every third Friday 15th Annual Gospel Jazz Mass. 5:30 p.m. at the Ave., Oakland, at 9 a.m. The in November and December). Information: www.

Cathedral of St. Mary of the Assumption, Geary procession, with floats, musi- o

t facebook.com/TaizeOnTheIsland. and Gough Streets, San Francisco. The Gospel cians and costumes, will cover Jazz Mass features a combined Gospel Choir from 7.5 miles on International local Black Catholic churches, accompanied by a Friday, Nov. 17

Boulevard, go past Lake F ile pho 8 to 9 p.m. third Fridays at the Dominican Sisters sparkling array of the Bay Area’s finest Gospel of Mission San Jose Chapel, 43326 Mission Jazz musicians. Merritt, and arrive at the Cathedral of Christ the Light about 1 p.m. Bishop Michael C. Barber, SJ, will preside at the Mass. For more information, con- Circle, Fremont. Information: contact Teresa Nov. 3 to 4 tact Hector Medina, head of Latino Ministries, at 510-496-7224 or hmedina@ Schmidt, 510-933-6366. Gala and Boutique. At St. Bonaventure Church, oakdiocese.org. Photo is from the 2016 pilgrimage. large hall, 5562 Clayton Road, Concord. Nov. 3, Sunday, Nov. 19 6 to 9 p.m.: Friday night “Jingle Bells Boutique,” 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. at Christ the King Church, 199 wine, auction and more; Nov. 4, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.: Brandon Road, Pleasant Hill. Practice at 6:15 p.m. Classy Crafters Boutique and Country Kitchen. Oct. 24, 31, Nov. 7 Monday to Saturday, in Ministry Center next door to church. Ecumenical Proceeds benefit church food pantry. Free admis- Men of St. Joseph meeting. 7 to 8 a.m. Tuesdays services held the third Sunday of the month at sion. 925-672-5800. in Ourspace room, at St. Mary of the Immaculate First Friday different sites. Conception Church, 2039 Mt. Diablo Blvd., Walnut 9:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday to Saturday, 9:30 Creek. Information: michaelgallagher1025@ a.m. to midnight every First Friday at Our Lady of Saturday, Nov. 4 outlook.com. Good Counsel Chapel, 2500 Bermuda Ave., San u Public Olive Harvest. 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at Leandro. 510-614-2765. SUPPORT 43326 Mission Circle (entrance off Mission Tierra Place) in Fremont. Help us harvest the olives used Oct. 25, Nov. 1, 8 GROUPS to produce our exceptional Dominican Sisters Olive Perpetual Help Devotion Baclaran format. Mondays 7 to 8:30 p.m. in the chapel at St. Oil. Please wear your “grubbies” and warm clothes Wednesdays, 8:15 a.m. after last morning Mass, Church, 860 Oak Grove Ave., Concord. 925-682-5447. Thursday, Nov. 16 and bring your work gloves and a small stepladder Our Lady Queen of the World Church, 3155 Catholic Divorced Widowed Separated of if possible. Coffee, hot chocolate, and free BBQ will Winterbrook Drive, Bay Point. 925-550-0679. Contra Costa Support Group. 7 p.m. third be provided for harvesters. Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays at St. Mary Church, 2039 Mt. Diablo Dress A Girl Around the World. 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Oct. 24, Nov. 14 Thursdays, Fridays Blvd., Walnut Creek. Contact Joan S. at 925- at St. Raymond’s Kids Club, (behind the main hall), Fil/Am ministry. 7:30 p.m. second and fourth 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., in the convent chapel; and 2 to 939-1007. Shannon Ave., Dublin. We need all kinds of help, Tuesdays, St. Clement Parish Center, 750 Calhoun 9 p.m. in the church on Wednesdays at St. sewing, ironing, cutting; bring your sewing machine St., Hayward. Simon Medrano, 510-303-2965. Parish, 26950 Patrick Ave., Hayward, 510-782-2171. Through Nov. 29 or serger, iron, ironing board, scissors, along with Grief support group at St. Columba Parish, 6401 your helping hands and we will put you to work! If Mondays Mondays, Wednesdays San Pablo Ave., Oakland. Six-week peer ministry you can’t make the Sew-Fest but would like to sew, Rosary in Spanish. 7:30 p.m., St. Joseph Parish 12:45 to 6:30 p.m., St. Elizabeth Seton Church, grief support group began Oct. 17 in collaboration please contact us for kits that you can sew from Center, 2100 Pear St., Pinole. 510-741-4900. 4001 Stoneridge Drive, Pleasanton. with Deacon Chuck McNeil from the Archdiocese home. Suzanne Beck, 925-352-8447 or suzbeck@ of San Francisco. Contact the parish office at 510- yahoo.com. Wednesdays Tuesdays 654-7600 for more information. Knights of Columbus Council 16028 Car Wash Meditation of the next Sunday Gospel and 8 a.m. to 6:45 p.m. benediction in Mary’s Chapel at fundraiser at St. Leander Church. 9 a.m. to 5 Coronilla in Spanish. 7:30 p.m. at St. Joseph St. Jarlath Church, 2620 Pleasant St., Oakland. p.m. in the parking lot next to Ryan O’Connell Third Wednesdays Parish Center, 2100 Pear St., Pinole. 510-741- Military Peer Support Group. 7 to 8 p.m. in the Hall, 575 W Estudillo, San Leandro. $10 car wash, 4900. rectory at St. Augustine Church, 3999 Bernal Ave., vacuum, and wipe interior. Contact: GK John Diaz, Wednesdays Pleasanton. Veterans share life challenges and 510-907-0015. 6 to 7 p.m.: Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament; First Wednesdays Confessions: 6 to 6:45 p.m. at St. Joseph the opportunities. Contact: Dom Pietro at 925-462- Spirituality of the Harvest. 1 to 3 p.m. at Catholic Men’s Night. 7 p.m. at St. Mary of the Worker Church, 1640 Addison St., Berkeley. 4665 or [email protected]. Dominican Sisters Chapel, 43326 Mission Circle, Parish, 2039 Mt. Diablo 510-843-2244; www.stjosephtheworkerchurch.org. Fremont. An afternoon for spiritual growth pre- Blvd., Walnut Creek. Adoration, Confession and sented by Sister Rose Marie Hennessy, OP. $10 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. at St. David of Wales Church, Thursdays rosary for men. Food and drink follow. Contact: 5641 Esmond Ave., Richmond. 510-237-1531. Widows/widowers grief support group. 5 p.m. donation. Registration required by Oct. 31 at http:// [email protected]. bit.ly/2017HarvestSpirituality or call 510-933-6334. at Immaculate Heart of Mary Parish, 500 Fairview Thursdays, Fridays, Ave., Brentwood. Information: Sandy Heinisch, 925- Thursdays 513-3412 or [email protected]. Thursday, Nov. 9 Holy Hour for Vocations. 7 p.m. at Corpus Christi Saturdays Coping with the Holidays Grief Workshop. Parents Who Have Lost a Child Grief Support Parish, 37891 Second St., Fremont. 510-790-3207. 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. Thursdays and Fridays, 9 a.m. to 3 Group. At Immaculate Heart of Mary Parish, 500 7:30 p.m. at St. Elizabeth Seton Church, 4001 p.m. Saturdays at St. Mary Church, 2039 Mt. Diablo Fairview Ave., Brentwood. Information: Sandy Stoneridge Drive, Pleasanton. Speaker: Rev. Blvd., Walnut Creek. 925-891-8900. Padraig Greene. Every conversation about family First Thursdays Heinisch, 925-513-3412 or sandynca@sbcglobal. gatherings, every holiday song, TV commercial, Holy Hour-First Thursday (or Thursday before first 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Thursdays, 9 a.m. to midnight net. greeting card…each is a crippling reminder of the Friday.) 7 p.m. at St. Margaret Mary Church, 1219 Fridays, midnight Fridays to 8 a.m. Saturdays, pain you bear after the death of a loved one, job Excelsior Ave., Oakland. Every Thursday before the Immaculate Heart of Mary Church, 500 Fairview u CFCS GRIEF MINISTRY layoff, divorce or other loss. We are here for you. First Friday is a day of special prayer for the new Ave., Brentwood. 925-634-4154. We understand. We have been there, too. All are vocations to the priesthood and religious life and SUPPORT GROUPS welcome regardless of religious affiliation. No pre- for our priests, religious, deacons and seminarians. Thursdays, First Saturdays Presented by the Catholic Funeral & Cemetery registration required. 510-482-0596. 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Thursdays, 6 p.m. to 7 a.m. Sunday Services Grief Ministries, Diocese of Oakland. (first Saturdays), St. Isidore Church, 440 La Sessions are open to all, regardless of religious Monday, Nov. 13 Saturdays Gonda Way, Danville. 925-837-2122. affiliation. Mass of Remembrance. 7:30 p.m. at St. Elizabeth Ecumenical Prayer Service. 8:45 to 9 a.m. at San Seton Church, 4001 Stoneridge Drive, Pleasanton. Damiano Retreat Center Chapel, 710 Highland Fridays u Grief Workshop Presider: Rev. Paul D. Minnihan. Please bring Drive, Danville. Free. Information: www.sanda- Noon to 5 p.m. at St. Church, a small picture or memento of your loved one miano.org or 925-837-9141. 606 Mellus St., Martinez. 925-324-3589. Schedule to share and then take home at the end of the 1 to 8 p.m. at St. Monica Church, 1001 Camino evening. All are welcome, regardless of religious Pablo, Moraga, 925-376-6900. Saturday, Oct. 28 affiliation. u EUCHARISTIC 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. at Church of the Good Shepherd, Coping with Grief Through the Holidays. 11 a.m. 3200 Harbor St., Pittsburg. 925-439-6404. fourth Saturdays at Holy Angels/Cooper Chapel; Sunday, Nov. 19 ADORATION 1580 Fruitvale Ave., Oakland. Bring a photo of your Pasta Dinner at San Damiano. Doors open at First Fridays loved one to share. 510-533-4114 for information. 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. at 710 Highland Dr., Danville. Perpetual 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at St. Philip Neri Church, 3100 Cost is $15 for adults, $10 for kids 12 and under. St. Divine Mercy Adoration Van Buren St., Alameda 510-373-5200. Thursday, Nov. 9 Please bring a non-perishable item for our holiday Chapel, 11152 San Pablo Ave., El Cerrito. 510- Coping with Grief Through the Holidays. 2 food drive. Information/registration: go to www. 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. at St. Raymond Church, 11555 230-4325; [email protected]. Shannon Ave., Dublin. p.m. second Thursdays at St. Joseph Catholic sandamiano.org or call 925-837-9141, ext. 315. Cemetery, 2540 Church Lane, San Pablo. Bring Holy Spirit Parish, 37588 Fremont Blvd., Fremont. 12:30 to 4:45 p.m. at St. Felicitas Church, 1662 Church of the Good Shepherd Annual Craft and 510-797-1660. a photo of your loved one to share. 510-234-2012 Multicultural Fashion Show. 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Manor Blvd., San Leandro. 510-351-5244. for information. St. Michael Parish, 458 Maple St. at Fourth 3200 Harbor St. Pittsburg. Please join us for crafts, After the 8 a.m. Mass with Vespers at 5:30 p.m. fol- Coping with Grief Through the Holidays. 7 St., Livermore. To schedule: Adoration@ lowed by Benediction, St. Joseph Basilica, 1109 vendors, Mexican food and multicultural fashion p.m. second Thursdays at Holy Angels/Sorensen StMichaelLivermore.com. Chestnut St., Alameda. 510-522-0181. show. Proceeds will go to the needy before the Chapel; 1140 B St., Hayward. Bring a photo of your holidays. 925-432-6404. Daily First Saturdays loved one to share. 510-581-1234 for information. 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. at St. Agnes Parish, 3966 Immediately following 8:30 a.m. Mass until u SPIRITUALITY Chestnut Ave., Concord. 3:30 p.m. at St. John Vianney Church, Mullen Next Voice: November 6. Submis­ ­ 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Most Holy Rosary Church, Commons Library, 1650 Ygnacio Valley Road, sions by October 25 to Carrie McClish, 1313 A St., Antioch. 925-757-4020. Oct. 23, 30, Nov. 6 Walnut Creek. 925-939-7911. 2121 Harri­son St., Suite 100, Oakland, Weekly meditation groups in the John Main, CA 94612; [email protected] OSB, tradition. 5:30 and 7:30 p.m. Mondays in Monday to Thursday Every last Saturday the Keeley Center, St. Charles Borromeo Church, 2:30 to 3:30 p.m., St. Felicitas Church Chapel Immediately after 7 p.m. Spanish Mass; ends with (text/photos); phone 510-419-1074; or 1315 Lomitas Ave., Livermore. Claire La Scola, (inside St. Joseph Center/Office), 1662 Manor benediction at 9 p.m., St. Joseph Church, 837 by fax at 510-893-4734. 925-447-9800 or [email protected]. Blvd., San Leandro. 510-351-5244. Tennent Ave., Pinole. 510-741-4900. October 23, 2017 forum THE CATHOLIC VOICE — 15

Letters Letters to the editor provide a forum for readers to engage in an open exchange of opinions and concerns in a climate of respect and civil discourse. The opinions DACA first step expressed are those of the writers, and not necessarily of the Catholic Voice or Want to write? Contributions to Reader’s Forum One social justice issue the US the Diocese of Oakland. While a full spectrum of opinions will sometimes include those which dissent from Church teaching or contradict the natural moral law, it should be limit­ ­ed to 250 words. Catholic bishops have actively supported Let­ters must be signed and must is the DACA or Dreamer program. Bishop is hoped that this forum will help our readers to understand better others’ think- ing on critical issues facing the Church. in­clude the writer’s­ address­ and Michael C. Barber, SJ, in the Sept. 18 phone number for verification Voice was strong in his opposition to the purposes. All letters are subject administration’s move to end the program. choose whom we will honor and support. tors on both sides of the aisle. to editing. Writers are generally This is consistent with his other stances Christ said “everyone.” He is very Since that time hearts have been on the immigration issue. We are followers clear and unequivocal in his preaching hardened, lines have been drawn and limited to four letters in any of Christ first, above any allegiance to a throughout the Gospels. Congress has campaign chests have been filled, so now 12-month period. government or any of its unjust laws. Christ been dragging its heels on passing a it is very difficult to pass a comprehensive Mail your letter to: The Catholic Voice, teaches us that every human being has an comprehensive immigration bill for the bill. The least that we can do at this time 2121 Harrison St., Suite 100, Oakland, intrinsic value as a child of God that must be last 15 years. During the George W. Bush is to let our legislators know that the pro- CA 94612. Fax: 510-893-4734. acknowledged and honored. This includes administration they were very close to visions of the DACA must be made into the refugee, the immigrant, the poor, the enacting a fair program that would have law. It is a necessary first step. Our e-mail address is: vulnerable and the outcast. As Christians, provided a permanent solution and a path Dennis Wasco [email protected] we are not given the option to pick and to citizenship. It was supported by legisla- Clayton vantage points Why is the Mass so important? Why is it the “source and summit” of the Christian life? I could say many more things in answer to these questions, but suffice it to say for the moment that it is the most beautiful encounter between friends and that it is an The power of ritual anticipation of the play that will be our permanent preoccupation in heaven. By Rev. Ron Rolheiser, OMI I don’t always find it easy to pray. Often I’m over-tired, dis- tracted, caught-up in tasks, pressured by work, short on time, — Bishop , auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles lacking the appetite for prayer, or more strongly drawn to do something else. But I do pray daily; despite the fact that I often don’t want to and despite the fact that many times prayer can be boring and uninteresting. I pray daily because I’m committed to a number of rituals What is happening at Mass for prayer, the office of the Church, lauds and By Most Rev. Robert Barron vespers, the Eucharist and daily meditation. As many Catholics know, the Second Vatican And these rituals serve me well. They Council famously referred to the liturgy as the “source hold me, keep me steady and keep me pray- and summit of the Christian life.” And following the ing regularly even when, many times, I don’t prompts of the great figures of feel like praying. That’s the power of ritual. the liturgical movement in the If I only prayed when I felt like it, I wouldn’t first half of the 20th Century, the pray very regularly. Rolheiser Council Fathers called for a fuller, Ritual practice keeps us doing what we more conscious and more active should be doing (praying, working, being at table with our fami- participation in the liturgy on the lies, being polite) even when our feelings aren’t always onside. part of Catholics. We need to do certain things not because we always feel like That the Vatican II dream of a doing them, but because it’s right to do them. revived liturgical awareness and And this is true for many areas of our lives, not just for prayer. practice has, at least in the West, Take, for example, the social rituals of propriety and good man- Bishop Barron largely remained unrealized goes ners that we lean on each day. Our heart isn’t always in the without saying. In the years after the council, Mass greetings or the expressions of love, appreciation and gratitude attendance in Europe, North America and Australia that we give to each other each day. We greet each other, we has plummeted. The numbers of Catholics who regu- say goodbye to each other, we express love for each other, and larly attend Mass in those parts of the world hover we express gratitude to each other through a number of social between 10 percent and 25 percent. Therefore, it is formulae, ritual words: Good morning! Good to see you! Have not surprising that an extraordinary number of those a great day! Have a great evening! Sleep well! Nice meeting who self-identify as Catholics in the West have very you! Nice to work with you! I love you! Thank you! little idea what the Mass actually is. My 31 years of We say these things to each other daily, even though we have priestly ministry convince me that, even for a great to admit that there are times, many times, when these expres- number of those who attend Mass, the liturgy is a kind sions appear to be purely formal and seem not at all honest to of religiously-themed jamboree. how we are feeling at that time. Yet we say them and they are So what is the Mass? What happens during this true in that they express what lies in our hearts at a deeper paradigmatic prayer? Why is it the beginning and level than our more momentary and ephemeral feelings of culmination of what it means to be a Christian? In the distraction, irritation, disappointment, or anger. Moreover these course of this brief article, I will share just a couple words hold us in civility, in good manners, in graciousness, in

of basic insights. VOICE T HOLIC neighborliness, in respect, and in love despite the fluctuations in First, the Mass is a privileged encounter with the our energy, mood, and feelings. Our energy, mood and feelings, living Christ. Christianity is not a philosophy, ideology at any given moment, are not a true indication of what’s in our or religious program; it is a friendship with the Son of hearts, as all of us know and frequently need to apologize for. God, risen from the dead. There is simply no more Who of us has not at some time been upset and bitter towards intense union with Jesus than the Mass. someone who we love deeply? The deep truth is that we love

Consider for a moment the two major divisions of T HE CA CH R IS SILVA/ that person, but that’s not what we’re feeling at the moment. the Mass: the liturgy of the Word and the liturgy of If we only expressed affection, love and gratitude at those Bishop Michael C. Barber, SJ, uses a censer dur- the Eucharist. When we meet with another person in times when our feelings were completely onside, we wouldn’t ing Mass. a formal setting, we typically do two things. We get express these very often. Thank God for the ordinary, social together and talk, and then we eat. students that they were engaging in the most use- rituals which hold us in love, affection, graciousness, civility and Think of the first part of Mass as an exchange, a less study of all. Invariably they laughed — revealing good manners at those times when our feelings are out of sorts conversation, between the Son of God and members the utilitarian prejudice of our culture — but I always with our truer selves. These rituals, like a sturdy container, hold of his mystical body. In the prayers and interven- reminded them that this meant the highest and most us safe until the good feelings return. tions of the priest, and especially in the words of the noble kind of study. Today, in too many areas of life, we no longer understand Scriptures, Jesus speaks to his people, and in the The Mass, as an act of union with the highest good, ritual. That leaves us trying to live our lives by our feelings; not songs, responses and psalms, the people talk back. is therefore the supreme instance of play. It is the most that feelings are bad, but rather that they come upon us as There is, if you will, a lovely call and response useless and hence sublimest activity in which one wild, unbidden guests. Iris Murdoch asserts that our world can between the Lord and those who have been grafted could possibly engage. Recently, I had the privilege of change in 15 seconds because we can fall in love in 16 seconds. onto him through baptism. In the course of this spirited attending the Mass for the installation of new members But we can also fall out of love in 15 seconds! Feelings work that conversation, the union between head and members of the Knights and Ladies of the Holy Sepulcher. For way! And so we cannot sustain love, marriage, family, friendship, is intensified, strengthened, confirmed. the solemn liturgy, the Knights wore dashing capes collegial relationships and neighborliness by feelings. We need Having talked, we then sit down to eat, not an emblazoned with the Jerusalem cross and jaunty black help. Rituals can help sustain our relationships beyond feelings. ordinary meal, but the banquet of the Lord’s body and berets, while the ladies donned elegant black gowns, Dietrich Bonhoeffer used to give this instruction to a couple blood, hosted by Jesus himself. The communion that gloves and lace mantillas. when he was officiating at their wedding. He would tell them: commenced with the call and response during the first Two bishops, in full Mass vestments and tall mitres, “Today you are in love and you believe that your love can part of Mass is now brought to a point of unsurpassed welcomed the new members into the order by dub- sustain your marriage. But it can’t. However your marriage can intensity (at least this side of heaven), as the faithful bing them on both shoulders with impressively large sustain your love.” Marriage is a not just a sacrament, it’s also come to eat the body and drink the lifeblood of Jesus. swords. As I watched the proceedings, I couldn’t help a ritual container. A second rubric under which to consider the Mass but think of G.K. Chesterton’s remark that children Ritual not only can help sustain a marriage, it can also help is that of play. We tend quite naturally to think of play often dress up when they engage in their “serious sustain our prayer lives, our civility, our manners, our gracious- as something less than serious, something frivolous play.” Capes, hats, ceremonial gloves, vestments and ness, our humor, our gratitude, and our balance in life. Be wary and far less important than work. But nothing could be swords for dubbing are all perfectly useless, which is of anyone who in the name of psychology, love, or spirituality tells further from the truth. Work is always subordinated to precisely their point. So all of the colorful accouter- you that ritual is empty and you must rely on your energy, mood, an end beyond itself; it is for the sake of a higher good. ments and stately actions of the Mass are part of the and feelings as your guiding compass. They won’t carry you far. So I work on my car that I might drive it; I work at sublime play. Berrigan once wrote: “Don’t travel with anyone who my place of employment that I might make money; Why is the Mass so important? Why is it the expects you to be interesting all the time. On a long journey I work around the house so that it might be a more “source and summit” of the Christian life? I could there are bound to be some boring stretches.” pleasant place to live, etc. But play has no ulterior say many more things in answer to these questions, echoes this when talking about prayer. He tells us that, during motive, no end to which it is subordinated. Hence, I but suffice it to say for the moment that it is the most our generative years, one of the biggest problems we will face play baseball or watch golf or attend a symphony or beautiful encounter between friends and that it is an daily in our prayer is simple boredom. engage in philosophical speculation or get lost in a anticipation of the play that will be our permanent And so we can be sure our feelings won’t sustain us, but sprawling novel simply because it is good so to do. preoccupation in heaven. ritual practices can. These activities are referred to in the classical tradition as “liberal,” precisely because they are free (Bishop Robert Barron is an auxiliary bishop of the (Oblate Father Ron Rolheiser, theologian, teacher and (liber) from utility. When I was teaching philosophy Archdiocese of Los Angeles and the founder of Word author, is President of the Oblate School of Theology in San years ago in the seminary, I would gleefully tell my on Fire Catholic Ministries.) Antonio, Texas.) REMEMBER THE FAITHFUL Remembering those who we have laid to rest in our catholic cemeteries during the month of September.

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