VOL. 56, NO. 14 DIOCESE OF OAKLAND AUGUST 13, 2018 www.catholicvoiceoakland.org Serving the East Bay Catholic Community since 1963 Copyright 2018 Bishop stresses service in ordaining 4 deacons By Michele Jurich The apostles, overwhelmed by serving the The ordination Staff writer needs of the poor, needed more time for ceremony includes At St. Joseph the Worker Church in their priestly obligations. various rituals, Berkeley, Bishop Michael C. Barber, SJ, “They chose helpers, called deacons, one of the more ordained four men to the transitional dea- whose express ministry was to serve the visual is when conate on Aug. 4. poor,” he said. the ordinand lays “Worker” may be the operative word. The deacons, robed in the new vest- prostrate before Bishop Barber wasted little time in put- ments they received during the rites, the altar, a symbol ting Peter Lawongkerd, John Pietruszka, assisted at the altar. Rev. Mr. Lawongkerd of the ordinand’s Javier Ramirez and Mark Ruiz to work. prepared the altar for the consecration; unworthiness and “Before mounting the pulpit tomorrow, the deacons offered the Blood of Christ his dependence to proclaim the Gospel or preach the Word to those receiving Communion, and Rev. upon God and of God or offer your first sermon. Before Mr. Pietruszka bid everyone at the end of the prayers of baptizing a baby or yourself witnessing the Mass, “Go in peace.” the Christian sacrament of matrimony, I’m asking you About 12 hours later, the four freshly community. to join me in serving the poor tomorrow minted deacons — still becoming accus- More photos at morning, a few blocks away from here tomed to hearing the word “Deacon” before facebook.com/ in People’s Park,” the bishop said in his their first names — gathered at 7 a.m. in TheCatholicVoice. homily. Berkeley’s People’s Park, on a strip of “We are returning to the New Testament University of California property that has CHRIS SILVA roots of the diaconate,” the bishop said. (Continued on Page 13.) THE CATHOLIC VOICE Cristo Rey De La Salle students ready to go to work Nearly 70 incoming freshmen from Cristo Rey De La Salle East Bay High School in Oakland gathered alongside corporate executives from the Bay Area business community to participate in “Draft Day” on Aug. 3. Representatives from companies such as Blue Shield of California, Chevron, Deloitte and Kaiser Permanente, along with several other businesses, “drafted” a team of four student associates to work at an entry- level job at the company during the upcoming school year as part of the school’s corporate work-study program. Each student will work five days a month; the students’ salary will help pay the cost of tuition. School begins Aug. 15; they begin the work-study program Sept. 4. For more information, visit https://cristoreydelasalle.org/ corporate-work-study-program/. COURTESY PHOTO Pope revises catechism: Death penalty ‘inadmissible’ On our cover The Diocese of Oakland has four By Cindy Wooden in ‘Evangelium Vitae,’ affirms that ending new transitional deacons, men Catholic News Service the life of a criminal as punishment for a who will become priests in a year. VATICAN CITY — Building on the crime is inadmissible because it attacks They are from left, Javier Ramirez, development of Catholic Church teaching the dignity of the person, a dignity that is Peter Lawongkerd, Oakland Bishop against capital punishment, Pope Francis not lost even after having committed the Michael C. Barber, SJ, Bishop Larry has ordered a revision of the Catechism most serious crimes.” Silva of Honolulu, Mark Ruiz and of the Catholic Church to assert “the “Evangelium Vitae” (“The Gospel of John Pietruszka. More on Page 13. death penalty is inadmissible because it Life”) was St. John Paul’s 1995 encyclical is an attack on the inviolability and dignity on the dignity and sacredness of all human ATD . 15 of the person” and to commit the church life. The encyclical led to an updating of Bishop’s Column . .3 to working toward its abolition worldwide. HARING/CNS PAUL the Catechism of the Catholic Church, Classified. 16 The catechism’s paragraph on capital which he originally promulgated in 1992 Datelines . .17 Pope Francis gestures before speaking punishment, 2267, already had been and which recognized “the right and duty Forum . 18,. 19 about the death penalty at an event updated by St. John Paul II in 1997 to of legitimate public authority to punish News in Brief . 4 marking the 25th anniversary of the strengthen its skepticism about the need to malefactors by means of penalties com- Catechism of the Catholic Church, at the Jubilarian Sisters, Brothers . 9-12 use the death penalty in the modern world mensurate with the gravity of the crime, Vatican in this Oct. 11, 2017, file photo. Obituary . 16. and, particularly, to affirm the importance not excluding, in cases of extreme gravity, Seniors . 15 of protecting all human life. Congregation for the Doctrine of the the death penalty.” The Church. 2 Announcing the change Aug. 2, Faith, said, “The new text, following in the At the same time, the original version Travel . 8 Cardinal Luis Ladaria, prefect of the footsteps of the teaching of John Paul II (Continued on Page 14.) Reservation Deadline: August 22, 2018 Contact: Camille Tompkins FALL FESTIVALS The Catholic Voice Featured in the September 3 issue [email protected] Advertise your parish or school’s feasts and festivals 510-419-1081 2 — THE CATHOLIC VOICE THE CHURCH AUGUST 13, 2018 BISHOP BARBER’S SCHEDULE Aug. 13: California Catholic Conference, Aug. 21: 10 a.m., Funeral Mass for Rev. Education Standing Committee Thomas Ng, St. Leo the Great, Oakland Aug. 14: Office meetings, Chancery, Office meetings, Chancery including College of Consultors Aug. 22: Office meetings, Chancery Aug. 15: 10 a.m., Mass with first class 12:10 p.m., Queenship of Mary Mass, and faculty, Cristo Rey De La Salle High appreciation luncheon for Chancery School, St. Elizabeth Campus, Oakland employees, Cathedral of Christ the Office meetings, Chancery Light, Oakland PACCIORINI/THE CATHOLIC VOICE CATHOLIC PACCIORINI/THE . Aug. 16: Office meetings, Chancery Aug. 23-25: Kenrick-Glennon Seminary, Day of Reflection for Faculty and Aug. 18: 10 a.m., Mass, ALBERT C ALBERT Seminarians, St. Louis, Missouri Catholic Charities of the East Bay Aug. 27-30: Spiritual retreat with the Feast of St. Ignatius of Loyola 4 p.m., Fourth Bishop’s Gourmet BBQ Presbyterate of the Diocese of Oakland, Fundraiser, Alamo Bishop Michael C. Barber, SJ, celebrated Mass July 31, on the Feast of St. Villa Maria del Mar, Santa Cruz Ignatius of Loyola, at the Cathedral of Christ the Light in Oakland. With Aug. 19: 12:30 p.m., Mass, Aug. 30: 9:45 a.m., Mass of the his brother Jesuits and other priests of the Diocese of Oakland with him on Confirmation, St. Margaret Mary, Holy Spirit with students and faculty, the altar. Bishop Barber invited Rev. Luke Dysinger, center, a Benedictine Oakland De La Salle High School, Concord monk, to give the homily. In the 16th century, St. Ignatius, recovering from war wounds, went to the Benedictine abbey of Montserrat. From there he began formulating his Spiritual Exercises. “What St. Ignatius did was take a practice ensconced in the cloisters and bring it out to the whole world,” THE DIOCESE Father Dysinger said. More photos at facebook.com/TheCatholicVoice. Clergy assignments Aug. 1. Bishop Michael C. Barber, SJ, Rev. Thi Van Hoang, parochial vicar at announced that Rev. Bich Nguyen will St. John the Baptist Parish, San Lorenzo, be the judicial vicar for the Diocese of to parochial administrator, Good Shepherd Oakland, effective Sept. 1. Father Nguyen Parish, Pittsburg, effective Aug. 1. Jesuits who served in East Bay will continue as vice rector of the Cathedral Rev. Tuan Anh Joseph Le, parochial of Christ the Light. vicar, St. Joan of Arc Parish, San Ramon, Bishop Barber said, “I am grateful for to parochial vicar, St. John the Baptist ordained in St. Louis, Puerto Rico the long service of Rev. Robert Herbst, Parish, San Lorenzo, effective Sept. 1. Special to The Catholic Voice Academy in San Francisco. OFM, Conv., whose order, the Conventual Rev. Benedict Wonganant, parochial Two members of the Jesuits USA The Most Rev. Terrence T. Prendergast, Franciscan Friars, has asked him to vicar, St. Leander Parish, San Leandro, Central and Southern Province who SJ, archbishop of Ottawa, presided at the accept another assignment, outside of to parochial vicar, St. Edward Parish, have served in the sacred liturgy of ordi- the diocese. For the past 12 years he has Newark, effective Aug. 1. Diocese of Oakland nation at St. Francis faithfully served as judicial vicar, vicar for were among five who Xavier College Church religious, moderator of the Curia, and act- were ordained to the in St. Louis. The ing chancellor of the diocese, and been a priesthood this sum- Most Rev. Roberto member of the Presbyteral Council, the Parish Solidarity Initiative mer in two separate O. González Nieves, College of Consultors, and many other A Parish Solidarity Initiative Orientation ordination liturgies. OFM, Archbishop of leadership teams. With his facility in sign will be from 6-8 p.m .Aug. 17 at the Rev. David C. San Juan, presided language, he has also served as chaplain Cathedral of Christ the Light Parish Hall. Paternostro, SJ, was at the ordination at St. for the deaf Catholic community.” This is a new diocesan initiative to assist ordained on June 9, Rev. Barreto Rev. Paternostro Ignatius Loyola Parish Father Nguyen, a native of Vietnam, parishes in inspiring and guiding their in St. Louis, Missouri in San Juan.