November 12, 2015 - Catholic San Francisco

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November 12, 2015
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‘Amazing’ Hispanic
Day draws 1,000plus to St. Mary’s
Cathedral
Lorena Rojas and Valerie Schmalz
Catholic San Francisco
Hundreds of people, including many children and
teenagers, packed St. Mary’s Cathedral for a day
devoted to issues critical to Latino Catholics: family,
immigration and vocations.
“It was amazing,” said Father Moises Agudo,
pastor of St. Peter and St. Anthony-Immaculate
Conception in the Mission District as well as archdiocesan vicar for Spanish-speaking. He estimated
1,500 people attended the Oct. 31 event. “After this
day I can only say thank you, thank you to all who
made possible this day.”
This was the fifth Dia de la Hispanidad or Hispanic Day but the first all-day event, and it drew people
from all 34 of the Archdiocese of San Francisco’s
parishes with Spanish Masses, Father Agudo said.
see hispanic day, page 9
(Photo by Lorena Rojas/Catholic San Francisco)
Little girls from Our Lady of the Pillar in Half Moon Bay performed a Mexican dance during Hispanic Day. They were among more
than 300 children and teenagers who participated.
Military chaplains of the archdiocese:
Accompanying those who serve in the U.S. military
Valerie Schmalz
Holy Angels pastor Father Alex Legaspi is one
of five brothers, and service in the military is what
each of them did – so joining up as a Marine Corps
chaplain was a natural for him. His uncles fought in
the Philippines in World War II. Three of them were
in the Bataan Death March, one escaped and all
three survived it.
“For me it’s being close to the young people and
making them understand that there is a God who
will always protect them and who always is there
to answer their prayers,” said Father Legaspi, a
Navy commander, who loves “the esprit de corps.”
With an estimated 40 percent of Marines and Navy
military Catholic, the need and the respect for the
priests is great, Father Legaspi said. He noted that
even women Protestant chaplains get called “Padre.”
“I would say Mass in the field for the Marines.
(Photo by Valerie Schmalz/Catholic San Francisco)
Father Alex Legaspi and Msgr. Edward McTaggart at the priests
retirement luncheon Oct. 31 at St. Mary’s Cathedral. Father
Legaspi credits Msgr. McTaggart’s advice for his military
chaplaincy vocation.
I would say, ‘The Lord be with you,’” said Father
Legaspi, who was 11 years a Marine Corps chaplain
and is now in his 12th year as a Navy chaplain, and
the response would be ‘And also with you, sir!’”
A handful of priests in the archdiocese are or
were military chaplains, serving the men and
women in uniform who defend our country in a
“vocation within a vocation.”
In a series of Catholic San Francisco interviews
timed to coincide with Veterans Day Nov. 11, the
priests said military chaplains are uniquely situated
to accompany the young adults who make up most
of the armed forces. “We’re dealing with young people during a critical time in their lives,” said Msgr.
Edward P. McTaggart, a retired U.S. Army colonel
now living at Serra Clergy House in San Mateo.
Msgr. C. Michael Padazinski thought enlisting as
a second lieutenant with the Air Force in 1984 was
a short-term commitment, a summer job to make
money while he was in the seminary. Thirty-two
years later, the tall priest with the silver brush cut
see chaplains, page 13
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Catholic san francisco | November 12, 2015
need to know
Affordable housing
bond ok’d: San Francisco
voters approved a $310 million affordable housing bond,
Proposition A, on Nov. 3. The
bond was aimed largely at helping middle class residents afford
to live in the city. The bond issue
was supported by Archdiocese
of San Francisco Catholic Charities and the San Francisco Interfaith Council, as well as Mayor
Ed Lee, the Board of Supervisors
and numerous others.
Guadalupana Pilgrimage
Dec. 5: The annual pilgrimage
from All Souls Church in South
San Francisco to St. Mary’s
Cathedral in San Francisco will
be Dec. 5. The walk begins at
All Souls at 5 a.m. Mass at St.
Mary’s Cathedral is at 2 p.m.
SCIENCE TALK: Dr. Maria Elena
Monzani, astrophysicist, will
speak and answer questions
Nov. 15 on black holes and the
origins of the universe, Star
of the Sea auditorium, 4420
Geary Blvd. at Eighth Avenue,
San Francisco, 7 p.m., www.
starparish.com. (415) 751-0450.
Admission is free. Suitable for
all ages.
(Photos by Debra Greenblat/Catholic San Francisco)
Above, priests, seminarians and the archbishop processed through the cemetery to
the Priest Plot. Left, top to bottom: Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone celebrated
the Mass and the priests concelebrated; middle, a cross marks one of the many
priestly graves at Holy Cross Cemetery; bottom, priests gathered in prayer at the
Priest Plot.
Priests pray for
deceased brethren at
Holy Cross Cemetery
Feast of St. Frances
Cabrini: All are welcome to a
Mass honoring America’s first
saint, Frances Mother Cabrini
(1850-1917), Nov. 13, noon,
Sts. Peter and Paul Church, 666
Filbert St., San Francisco, with
Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone as celebrant. The Mass will
honor the humanitarian deeds of
sisters from various congregations as well as the memory of
immigrant families and the role
of women in keeping the family
together.
Priests of the Archdiocese of San
Francisco gathered at Holy Cross
Cemetery Nov. 4 to remember in
prayer the deceased clergy of the
Archdiocese of San Francisco.
This new tradition of the priests
and bishops joining together to
celebrate a Mass for the deceased
priests of the archdiocese at the
cemetery is expected to continue
each year in November, the month
Catholics pray particularly for the
faithfully departed.
During the Mass, celebrated by
Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone
and the priests of the archdiocese
at Holy Cross Cemetery’s Mausoleum, the names of the clergy who
died in the past year were read,
said Monica J. Williams, archdioc-
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Dec. 9, 7:30 p.m., St. Mary’s Cathedral, Gough Street at Geary
Boulevard, San Francisco, with
Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone
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a procession to the Priest Plot, an
area in the cemetery reserved for
the interment of priests who have
served the archdiocese throughout
its long history. In the center of
the Priest Plot stands a memorial to the priests–the Last Supper
is carved on one side and on the
other, the words: “You are a priest
forever.” The priests and seminarians gathered around the memorial while Archbishop Cordileone
blessed the graves and the assembly sang “Salve Regina.” Afterward, all gathered for a lunch and
fellowship, sharing stories about
the men who had faithfully served
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Parents with children were among those
attending.
Young people enjoyed posing with the life size cardboard cutout of Pope Francis.
(Photos by Dennis Callahan/Catholic San Francisco)
Workshops gave participants a chance to share ideas.
First-ever Young Adults Conference aimed to build parish communities
Valerie Schmalz
The Young Adult Ministry Conference Oct. 24 at St.
Mary’s Cathedral
attracted singles,
as well as married
couples with and
without children to
learn about topics
including theology
of the body, handling
Angela Pollock
technology in a
healthy way, reducing stress, and communication skills.
“The thing the participants most
appreciated was the chance to come
together with one another and deepen
their faith and sense of community
with others across the archdiocese,”
said Angela Pollock, director of young
adult and campus ministry for the
Archdiocese of San Francisco.
“For the first conference of its kind,
it was incredibly successful,” Pollock
said. Young adults are those 18 to 40.
“We had nearly 100 people there
throughout the day. This demographic
works full time; they have children,
etc.,” said Pollock. “We intentionally
made it flexible and I was very happy
that many people took advantage of
that and came when they were able.
We had a great crew of volunteers who
did an amazing job.”
The event also included a children’s
track where they learned that God
loves them and created them with
special gifts, Pollock said.
The day began with Mass celebrated
by Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone
and concelebrated by San Diego Bishop Robert McElroy. Bishop McElroy
was the keynote speaker.
“There were a variety of speakers
on different topics relevant for young
adults,” said Bertina Cannizzaro, a
parishioner at Our Lady of Mount
Carmel Parish in Mill Valley. All the
topics were presented “in light of
Catholic teaching and faith,” Cannizzaro said.
The Young Adult Ministry was
re-founded two years ago and is moving away from the previous common
model of big events outside the parish
such as Theology on Tap.
“The new model is to really strengthen the young adults’ sense of community in their own parishes,” said
Pollock. “This is the first big event that
the Young Adult Council and I decided
would help what they are trying to do
in the parishes.” The teams had tables
so those who were new could learn
about the parish-based groups.
The Young Adult Council draws
from parish young adult groups. There
are about 20 young adult groups in
parishes including Our Lady of Mount
Carmel in Mill Valley and St. Raphael
in San Rafael; St. Andrew in South
San Francisco; St. Charles in San
Carlos; St. Gregory in San Mateo; St.
Charles Borromeo, St. Thomas More,
St. Dominic, St. Agnes, St. Ignatius, St.
Peter, Notre Dame des Victoires and
Holy Redeemer in San Francisco; and
the California Catholic Chinese Young
Adult Group. New young adult groups
are forming at Church of the Nativity
in Menlo Park, Our Lady of Mercy in
Daly City, St. Matthew in San Mateo,
and St. Brendan the Navigator in San
Francisco.
The concept of young adult ministry
began in 1997 when the U.S. bishops issued the document “Sons and Daughters of Light,” in which they said
many adults 18-40 had been neglected
by the church.
For more information on the Catholic
young adult groups and the Young Adult
Council, go to CatholicinSF.com.
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Catholic schools ‘teach
whole child, reinforce
Christian values,’
40-year staffer says
Tom Burke
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Judy Storms’ association with St. Anselm School
started way back, a number of
years she’ll only confirm as 40plus. I spoke with the now-fifth
grade aide via email.
Judy was a stay-at-home mom
until her oldest son started at the
Ross parish school.
“Getting involved as a parent
started a new career in education,”
Judy said. She was first a parent
Judy Storms volunteer in the classroom also
heading up St. Anselm’s hot lunch program. Later
she became a second grade aide and in charge of
the school library. During the four decades she has
also assisted in the school’s extended care program
and served as a fourth grade aide before accepting
her current role.
“Working with children is rewarding,” Judy said.
“It is a very special gift to see former students later
in life as well rounded adults. It is heartwarming to
see that some of our former students have chosen
St. Anselm as a school for their children. I am
blessed with having two of my grandsons here.”
Why is Catholic school education a good choice?
“We educate the whole child,” Judy said. “We teach
and reinforce Christian values that will guide them
for the rest of their lives.”
Judy said the highlights of her Catholic school
experience include watching students “grow academically and emotionally” and “seeing eyes light
up when they learn to read or finally understand a
new concept.”
Judy’s advice for those considering a Catholic
school career? “Enjoy what you do. You are a gift to
all our children and always remember you are helping shape young lives.”
‘HAY’ THERE: Notre Dame High School junior,
Gina Andreatta, volunteers at the
National Center for Equine Facilitated Therapy. The organization
assists in treatment of children
and adults with neuromuscular,
cognitive, and sensory processing
disorders. “I have been volunteering at NCEFT for five years, and
I absolutely love it,” Gina said,
noting she “started off doing
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society’s Ozanam Liturgy and Awards Brunch Oct. 24. The award is given for a school’s support of the SVdP ministry. “St. Charles School
epitomizes the balance that Catholic school education proclaims - a balance between information and formation,” SVdP said.
Pictured from left are SVdP president John Denniston; St. Charles principal Maureen Grazioli; student body president Kathryn Forrest;
Bishop William J. Justice; third grade teacher Theresa Wills; sixth grade teacher Melissa Matheson; Sarah Kelsey.
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De Montfort and Jules avenues off Ocean Avenue,
with all donations going to St. Anthony’s.
‘TIS THE SEASON: Mercy Sisters Mary Joanne DeVincenti,
Lois Corporandy and Estelle Small are among the chefs preparing goodies for the Sisters of Mercy Holiday Boutique Nov. 13, 14,
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Sisters of the Immaculate Conception:
‘Forward, go always forward’
Sisters of the
Immaculate Conception
Catholic San Francisco is featuring one
religious congregation from the archdiocese in each installment of this periodic
column marking the Vatican’s Year of
Consecrated Life.
Full name of the
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We, Sisters of the Immaculate
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2015 Year of Consecrated Life
Spain.
We came to California in 1962 to the
Diocese of Fresno and in the early 1980s
we expanded to the Archdiocese of San
Francisco, where we are still present in
St. Brigid School.
Carmen Sallés was a woman of courage who was determined to seek and do
the will of God at all cost. She was also
a pilgrim of hope. Hope for the girls she
dedicated her life to educate their minds
and hearts so they may have a better
life; hope that God will provide because
his grace will never fail. Her motto was
“Forward, go always forward. God will
provide.” She was beatified March 18,
1998, by St. John Paul II, and canonized
Oct. 21, 2012, by Pope Benedict XVI.
Mary under the mystery of the Immaculate Conception as contemplated
by St. Carmen Sallés, is at the center
of our charism which is trinitarian,
Christ-centered and eucharistic. The
mission that flows from our charism is
When and where founded:
1892, Burgos, Spain
First arrived in the
archdiocese: 1982
Original ministry: Education
Current ministries: Education
(Courtesy photo)
Sisters of the Immaculate Conception are pictured at a community meeting. The congregation
arrived in the archdiocese in 1982 and still ministers at St. Brigid School in San Francisco.
carried essentially through education,
having its roots in Christ the teacher,
and in Mary Immaculate, the first fruit
of the redemption.
The missionary commitment is essential to our spirituality and charism.
Although we work in other areas of
evangelization, such as parish education programs, youth groups, houses
of spirituality, orphanages, detention
ministry, dining rooms, and campesino
ministry, our main apostolate remains
the education of children and youth
handed down to us by St. Carmen Sallés. It is the mystery of Mary conceived
without sin that fascinated St. Carmen
and motivated her mission: To educate
the minds and hearts of children after
the model of Mary Immaculate to
prevent evil from entering their lives,
so that when they have met Jesus as the
truth, they may follow him as faithful disciples. To help the children and
youth in their decision making in order
to live honest and useful lives in our
society and finally to become citizens of
heaven, is the purpose of our mission.
In all parts of the world where we are
located, the mission of evangelization
continues to be carried out by the sisters according to the needs and culture
of the people.
Even though we are 500 religious in
number and working in five continents
and 17 different countries, we feel as
belonging to one family in collaboration with the laypeople we share our
charism, spirituality and mission.
Number of sisters: 500
congregation, 5 archdiocese
To Mary we lift our hearts frequently
asking her for help, so she can teach
us to educate as she did. Our educational centers are like a garden where
God placed us, so all the religious and
educators, together with the families,
must cultivate it. St. Carmen used to
tell us “You will encounter Jesus in the
hearts of children.” We attend all social
classes, paying special attention to the
most needy.
The congregation became “Soil of
Blessing” according to the words of St.
Carmen de Jesús Sallés and we know
we are called to receive God’s blessing. The missionary challenge is to
open new ways and horizons to try to
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Society of Divine Word priests bringing
missionary charism to archdiocese
Valerie Schmalz
The new pastor of All Souls Parish is a member of a
missionary order founded by a German saint in 19th
century Holland that first came to the Archdiocese
of San Francisco to minister to Japanese speaking
Catholics.
Today, the Society of the Divine Word is resuming its
role in the archdiocese as one of a number of religious
congregations bringing their charism, or special spirituality, to parish life.
“We are a missionary congregation; we were born to
be missionaries,” said Divine Word Missionary Father
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installation Mass.
installed Nov. 1 by Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone
at a 10:30 a.m. Mass. The parochial vicar, Divine Word
Missionary Father Jerome Bai, was ordained in May.
This is his first parish assignment, Father Tamora
said.
In 2011, Divine Word Missionaries assumed administration of St. Kevin Parish in San Francisco. That
same year Divine Word Missionary Father Peter Zhai
came to the archdiocese and began serving as a parochial vicar at Our Lady of Mount Carmel in Redwood
City. He was appointed Chinese Catholic ministry
director in 2013, and is in residence at St. Anne of the
Sunset. Divine Word Missionary Father John Tran is
pastoral administrator at St. Kevin.
Both Father Bai and Father Zhai are from China,
and have family in mainland China.
Father Tamora, who was provincial of the nearly
70-priest California province prior to assuming his
new role as pastor, said the order first came to the
archdiocese many decades ago to minister to Japanese
Catholics but as the number of both Japanese speak-
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Padazinski, chancellor for the archdiocese.
As a missionary order, the priests of the Society of
Divine Word learn at least three languages, Father
Tamora said. He speaks English, Tagalog and Spanish.
Father Tamora is originally from the Philippines. He
served as a priest for 17 years in Argentina, 15 years
in Spain, served as a pastor in southern California
and was provincial of the California province. He took
a sabbatical in Argentina after serving as provincial
before this assignment.
“Now I am back to where I like to work best, in
the pastoral ministry. And I’m liking it,” said Father
Tamora, who began July 1. “I love the church. When
the sun is up, it has an atmosphere of prayer,” he said.
“The acoustics are good.”
The concept of missionary work has changed since
the order was founded by St. Arnold Janssen in Steyl,
Holland, in 1875. A German, St. Arnold wanted to
awaken in Germans a sense of their missionary responsibility. Because the atmosphere in newly unified
Germany under Chancellor Otto von Bismarck was
hostile to Catholicism, St. Arnold started the order in
Holland, Father Tamora said. Today there are about
6,000 Divine Word Missionaries working in more than
70 countries throughout the world, according to divineword.org.
“Mission territory is not just geographical territory.
It is social. Even in the First World countries there
are people who are unchurched and they need to be
evangelized,” Father Tamora said. “Since we are a
global society, our mission is also global. Wherever we
can preach the word of God, wherever people need the
word of God, is mission territory.”
Other religious congregations administering parishes in the archdiocese include Franciscans, Jesuits,
Carmelites, Salesians, Dominicans, Marists, the Society of Precious Blood, the Society of Christ, Paulists
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Students at St. Pius School in
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of books for the Society of St. Vincent de Paul of San Mateo. Above,
a third grader carries some of
the books. Right, the third grade
poses with many of the books.
(Photo courtesy Society of St. Vincent de Paul of San Mateo)
Two students at St. Timothy School with bins of books.
San Mateo Catholic schools collect books
to help Society of St. Vincent de Paul
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St. Pius third grade teacher Colleen Langridge says
her students loved every part of Books 4 Hope, a book
donation drive this fall to benefit the Society of St.
Vincent de Paul of San Mateo.
“We were impressed by how many books our
families brought in,” said the Redwood City Catholic
elementary school teacher. “At the end we had to ask
for more barrels.”
The school filled three huge blue bins. “The books
came from every family,’” and from parishioners as
well, Langridge said.
All Souls Catholic School in South San Francisco
also collected a number of books for the Society of St.
Vincent de Paul, said principal Vince Riener.
At St. Timothy in San Mateo, the front entry way
of the school was lined with big bins full of books
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Hispanic Day: Draws 1,000-plus to St. Mary’s Cathedral
FROM PAGE 1
“We had no idea what to expect
and it was a great success. The
organizing committee worked tirelessly. They made 1,500 sandwiches
to feed the group,” said Ed Hopfner,
director of marriage and family life
for the archdiocese. Hopfner spoke
on marriage and family life. Archdiocesan vocations director Father
David Schunk and leader of the
Hispanic Vocation Committee Father Juan Manuel Lopez, parochial
vicar at St. Anthony in Menlo Park,
spoke on vocations. Parish outreach
and organizing coordinator Lorena
Melgarejo addressed immigration
issues.
Confessions were heard by 10
priests almost all day, and as many
as 50 people were standing in
line much of the day, said Father
Agudo.
There were separate sessions devoted to the teenagers and children.
The day began with morning
prayer led by Auxiliary Bishop William Justice and ended with Mass
celebrated by Archbishop Salvatore
J. Cordileone at the packed cathedral. The archbishop also spoke at
the conference, telling attendees to
focus first on the family and then
on the call to religious life and the
priesthood.
“We are still in the Year of Consecrated Life,” Archbishop Cordileone
said. “I ask you to try as much as
possible to encourage young people
to consider the call of the Lord to
serve him in this so-called extraor-
People from 34 different parishes in the archdiocese attended the day.
dinary vocation to which the Lord
calls ordinary people.”
The archbishop noted the family
is known as the “domestic church”
because everything starts with the
family, and the focus must first be on
the family and then on religious vocations. “Actually, the most important vocation in the world and in the
Church is marriage,” Archbishop
Cordileone said.
Father Agudo stressed how important it is for Latinos to educate
themselves in the faith for themselves and to be Catholic leaders for
the future of the U.S. church.
More than 40 percent of Catholics
in the archdiocese are Latino, according to the archdiocesan statistics. However, Latinos often go unno-
ticed in their parishes, Father Agudo
said. He conceived of the Hispanic
Day, which began five years ago, to
build unity in the archdiocese. Latinos come from many different cultural traditions although they share
the common language of Spanish.
“The Latino community has always been divided and is known for
its various devotions or traditions of
their countries,” said Father Agudo.
“Our Lady of Guadalupe represents
Mexico, Immaculate Conception
represents Nicaragua, El Salvador
de Mundo represents El Salvador, El
Pedro Saucedo, member of the board of the
Pastoral Hispana Arquidiócesana carries the
flag of Panamá and another parishioner of the
archdiocese carries the flag of Mexico in the
procession before Mass at St. Mary’s Cathedral.
Divino Niño represents Colombians
and so on. But, the magnitude of
Hispanics in the archdiocese was not
known.”
With Hispanic Day, “we could
unite the community year after year
and make it grow.”
“One of the great strengths of the
Spanish-speaking community is
family,” said Hopfner. “It is a crucial
issue for the church and for all of
society. In many ways you can be the
leaders, showing the rest of us how
to live marriage and family,” he told
the group.
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Notre Dame Elementary School fifth graders
hosted the school’s annual “Trick or Treat So
All Can Eat” food drive benefitting the Society of
St. Vincent de Paul of San Mateo Homeless Help
Centers of South San Francisco and San Mateo.
Students from kindergarten through eighth
grades competed to see which grade could bring
in the most canned food and non-perishable
goods, as calculated by weight, said sixth-eighthgrade social studies teacher Sara Maennle. The
hallways of the school were filled with cans of
tuna, beans and pasta totaling more than 2,300
pounds.
Student council members from sixth, seventh
and eighth grades spearheaded a drive to raise
funds for breast cancer research. The students
made and sold dozens of pink pins to students
and faculty. They raised $333 for the American
Cancer Society. Additionally, student council members collected several boxes of extra
Halloween candy to send to U.S. armed forces
through Operation Gratitude.
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from alopecia. This is the school’s seventh year of
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65th anniversary of Father Emil J.
Kapaun’s capture in North Korea, the
bishop of Wichita, Kansas, formally
presented a report on the Army
chaplain’s life, virtues and fame of
holiness to the Congregation for
Saints’ Causes.
Bishop Carl A. Kemme of Wichita
and a small delegation from the diocese met Nov. 9 with Cardinal Angelo
Amato, prefect of the congregation,
and other officials to hand over the
1,066 page report known as a “positio.”
During the Korean War, Father Kapaun, a priest of the Wichita diocese,
and other members of the 3rd Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment, were
captured by Chinese troops in North
Korea Nov. 2, 1950. The priest died in
a North Korean prison camp May 23,
1951.
President Barack Obama presented
the Medal of Honor posthumously to
the war-hero priest in a White House
ceremony in 2013, but the men who
were imprisoned with Father Kapaun
and the faithful of the Diocese of
Wichita had been honoring him long
before that.
Archbishop Marcello Bartolucci,
secretary of the congregation, told
Bishop Kemme and his delegation that
if the historians have no questions and
believe the biography and the information about the circumstances of
Father Kapaun’s death are complete,
Father Emil J. Kapaun
the report would go to a commission
of theologians by late 2017.
Father Kapaun is the first sainthood
candidate from the Wichita diocese.
Bishop Kemme said the diocese
already has identified and is working
on the documentation for two healings. One of them could be the miracle
needed for Father Kapaun’s beatification.
A special novena for the beatification of Father Kapaun began Nov. 2,
the 65th anniversary of his capture at
the Battle of Unsan, and was to end on
Veterans Day, Nov. 11.
Supreme Court to hear challenges
to HHS contraceptive mandate
The Supreme Court will hear
legal challenges to the federal contraception mandate brought by the
Little Sisters of the Poor and six
other faith-based organizations.
In addition to the Little Sisters
of the Poor, the plaintiffs include
the Archdiocese of Washington,
the Pittsburgh and Erie dioceses,
Priests for Life, Southern Nazarene University and Texas Baptist
University.
At the center of the controversy
is a federal rule announced by the
Obama administration that requires most employers to provide
employee health care plans that
cover birth control, sterilizations,
and drugs that can cause early
abortions.
Employers that do not comply
with the mandate may face crippling fines as a penalty. In the case
of the Little Sisters – an order that
cares for the elderly poor and dying
– this could mean up $2.5 million
per year in fines, or 40 percent of
the annual amount they beg for.
Under the federal Affordable
Care Act, most employers, including religious ones, are required to
cover employees’ artificial birth
control, sterilization and abortifacients, even if employers are morally opposed to such coverage.
In all the cases to be argued be-
fore the high court in March, appellate courts in various jurisdictions
sided with the Obama administration. The rulings said the religious
entities’ freedom of religion was
not burdened by having to comply
with the mandate as they have
argued, because the federal government has in place an accommodation for a third party to provide the
contested coverage.
But the religious groups object to
that notification, saying they still
would be complicit in supporting
practices they oppose. While their
appeals worked their way to the
high court, the government has
not been able to force the groups to
comply with the mandate or face
daily fines for noncompliance.
“Charitable ministries across
the nation simply want to provide
life-affirming health care for their
employees, without fear of massive government penalties,” said
Baltimore Archbishop William E.
Lori, chairman of the U.S. Bishops’
Ad Hoc Committee for Religious
Liberty.
In a Nov. 6 statement, he called
on Catholics to pray that “this basic freedom” guaranteeing that no
one in this country has to violate
their religious convictions “will
prevail.”
“This freedom is not only common sense, it is what the law requires,” the archbishop said.
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Pope wants to visit Czestochowa,
Auschwitz, Polish president says
VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis wants
to visit the Marian shrine of Our Lady
of Czestochowa and the Auschwitz
concentration camp when he travels
to Poland next year, Polish President
Andrzej Duda said. After meeting Pope
Francis Nov. 9, Duda told journalists
of the pope’s desire to visit the two
historical sites during his apostolic trip
to the country in July for World Youth
Day 2016. The famed icon of the Black
Madonna of Czestochowa, according
to legend, was painted by St. Luke on a
tabletop built by Jesus and brought to
Europe after its discovery by St. Helen,
the mother of Emperor Constantine.
The monastery which houses the icon
was visited by St. John Paul II four
times during his pontificate and by Pope
Benedict XVI in 2006. The Polish president said that the pope also wished to
follow the footsteps of his predecessors
and pray at the Auschwitz Nazi concentration camp where more than 1 million
people, most Jews, were murdered.
Leaked documents won’t stop
financial reforms, pope says
VATICAN CITY – Leaked and published information about Vatican financial problems were already known and
are the reason “measures have already
been taken that have begun to bear
fruit,” Pope Francis said. At his first
public appearance since the release Nov.
5 of two books based on the leaked docu-
ments, Pope Francis assured Catholics
Nov. 8 that the leaks “certainly will not
divert me from the reform work that I
and my collaborators are carrying out
with the support of all of you.”
Gianluigi Nuzzi’s book, “Merchants in
the Temple,” and Emiliano Fittipaldi’s
book, “Avarizia” (“Greed”), cite documents written for or by a commission
Pope Francis established to study the
financial activity of Vatican offices and
make recommendations for reforms and
improvements. Both books focus on the
irregularities uncovered. The Vatican
announced Nov. 2 the arrests of two
members of the former Pontifical Commission for Reference on the Organization of the Economic-Administrative
Structure of the Holy See. The monsignor and the laywoman are suspected
of releasing confidential documents,
which is a crime under Vatican law.
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is a colonel in the Air Force Reserve and continues
to fly to remote air bases,
saying Mass and hearing
confessions in the Arctic and
in other remote locations at
Christmas and over the Holy
Week and Easter holidays.
“Because of the great need,”
said Msgr. Padazinski, who
is chancellor for the archdiocese and judicial vicar of the
canon law tribunal. “It’s gotten more critical as the years
have gone on.”
Msgr. C. Michael
The Archdiocese for the
Padazinski
Military Services serves
the spiritual and sacramental needs of an estimated 1.8 million Catholics worldwide. A “chronic
shortage” of Catholic chaplains is accelerating
as more priests reach mandatory retirement age
of 62. Even though there has been a big uptick
in interest and seminary enrollments in the past
few years, the number of active-duty chaplains
throughout the U.S. military has fallen from more
than 400 to 225 since 9/11, according to the AMS.
Msgr. McTaggart spent 15 years in the National
Guard and 13 in the Army Reserves. “All of my
cousins and classmates went to World War II or
Korea,“ he said. It was the 1960s. The Cold War
was in full swing, “the draft was on and guys were
getting drafted right out of our parishes.”
While Msgr. McTaggart never went overseas,
he saw action – as chaplain of a National Guard
unit deployed for 21 days to handle the student
demonstrations at UC Berkeley in 1969. “You
didn’t know what could happen from one minute
to the next,” said Msgr. McTaggart who celebrated Mass in People’s Park in the middle of the
chaos, and heard a lot of confessions. He retired
at 60 in 1989.
It was Msgr. McTaggart’s encouragement and
advice that helped Father Legaspi sign up as a
chaplain, the pastor of Holy Angels said.
Dominican Father Steven Maekawa, now at St.
Dominic Parish, served in Afghanistan. St. Denis
pastor Father Paul O’Dell served in Iraq.
“I was activated and deployed to Afghanistan
with the Army, assigned to the 25th infantry
division,” said Father Maekawa. “A really great
ministry. The people work was high and the
paperwork was low and that’s about as good as it
gets.”
“One of the great challenges is you are really
there to minister to everybody—everybody needs
Christ in their life,” Father Maekawa said, noting
“of course, there is sadness and loss when people
get killed or hurt. That was a part of my education, seeing the effect of evil on another scale,
another part of the world. It drives home the mes-
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t is the book that somehow surfaces
when you need it most – manna
for the multitasker, solace for the
stressed. It is the book you stock up
on to give to
others, to slip
in Christmas
stockings, to
pay it forward.
It is the book
that spiritual
directors recommend again
and again:
Father Jacques
Philippe’s tiny
Christina
paperback with
Cappecchi
the nondescript cover,
the one that
delivers everything its title promises: “Searching for and Maintaining
Peace: A Small Treatise on Peace of
Heart.”
My friend Roxane introduced me
to the book earlier this year. She had
been sitting with a fellow chaperone
on a bus in Washington, D.C., making
their way to the March for Life, when
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Movie sure to get story wrong
Remember that you heard it here
first: A new movie about the Catholic
Church sex abuse scandal is sure to
get the story wrong. I know the story
behind the story, which is more about
the church and contemporary news
reporting than it is about sex abuse. I
was with The Associated Press when
this broke.
The movie is “Spotlight.” The focus
is on The Boston Globe’s alleged
breaking of sex abuse in the church.
The National Catholic Reporter
reported on predator priests as early
as 1983. The Mercury’s Carl Cannon
won honors for his 1985 story, which
was the first to put a true “spotlight”
on the scandal.
The church scandal is a prime example of Oz reporting in which you
pay no attention to the man behind
the curtain even though you know
something is wrong. I knew something was wrong a few weeks after
AP picked up the Mercury story. An
education group met in San Francisco and one of its papers had to do
with sex abuse in public schools. I
figured it would be as well covered
as the church story. It wasn’t. Later
Education Week did a largely ignored
series on school sex abuse called
“Passing the Trash” about offending teachers being moved from one
school to another. It wasn’t until 2010
that AP got around to doing a series
on sex abuse in schools. Few newspapers ran it.
The media is part of the cover-up.
It’s simply not doing its job.
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she began sharing her struggles as
the mother of teens.
“I wasn’t sure why I brought this,”
the chaperone told Roxane, reaching
for her purse, “but I think I know
now.” And hence, Roxane was gifted
with Father Philippe’s tome. “His way
of approaching spiritual topics is like
having a flashlight to navigate murky
areas of life, when before you were
just groping around in the dark,”
Roxane says.
I made a mental note, but it took
another nudge before I bought a copy.
Katrina Harrington, a 26-year-old
Catholic from South Bend, Indiana,
recently blogged about her third baby,
a 9-pound girl with a powerful set of
lungs. “Ever since she was born bellowing,” Katrina wrote, “my cup runneth over in patience and humility. I
suspect part comes from reading this
book” – and the embedded Amazon
link directed me to a familiar page.
This summer, when Katrina’s
family was moving, she found a copy
of “Searching for and Maintaining
Peace” on a bookshelf. “I have no clue
who bought it, since neither my hus-
band nor I remember purchasing it or
receiving it as a gift,” she told me. But
it made for third-trimester reading
the young mom would soon need.
When her husband, a theology
graduate student, had to go on a
retreat six days after Elise’s birth,
leaving Katrina home with no help,
she felt the book’s impact, crediting it
for providing “an almost miraculous
amount of peace.”
Now it’s guiding her as she resumes
her at-home business, Hatch Prints
– a hand-lettering and art shop that
illuminates the wisdom of the saints
through watercolor – providing for
her family amid her husband’s fulltime studies.
I’ve been savoring the book, which
is as practical as it is profound.
Father Philippe, a 68-year-old French
priest with a white goatee and a ruddy complexion, feels like a modernday doctor of the church. Peace, he
explains, is the spiritual condition
that lets God’s grace work in us. It is
a “necessary corollary of love,” of being available to those around us.
I hadn’t felt that I was lacking
peace, but the book has helped me
recognize how often I hurry and
control, trying to strong-arm my own
agenda into daily life. It has reminded
me to be patient about my progress,
to resist the kind of checklist living
– go, go, go – that can define young
adulthood. “Your guide is the Holy
Spirit,” Father Philippe writes. “By
your struggles and worries, by your
anxiety and haste, you overtake him
with the pretense of moving more
quickly.” The opposite occurs: You
wind up on rougher terrain, and “far
from advancing, you go backward.”
It has refined my thinking and
strengthened my desire to harbor
the peace that invites God in, so he
can work through me, enabling me to
produce the good works he designed
me to do. In a season accelerated by
the holiday scramble and end-of-year
drumbeat, this book feels like a slow
exhale, reminding of another way.
Capecchi is a freelance writer from Inver
Grove Heights, Minnesota, and the editor of SisterStory.org.
The mystery of male-female complementarity
J
ames Parker came out at age
17 and later entered into a
relationship with another man.
He worked as a gay activist for a
while, but his
personal experiences of
intimacy and
human sexuality eventually led him
to grasp that
“same-sex
marriage just
doesn’t exist;
even if you
want to say
that it does.”
He concluded
that trying
to persuade
those with
homosexual
father tadeusz
inclinations
pacholczyk
that they can
have marriage like heterosexual couples
is basically to “hoodwink” them:
“Deep down, there is no mystery
between two men, ultimately.”
This striking insight helps
bring into focus the authentic and
remarkable mystery we encounter
in the joining of husband and wife
in marriage. That abiding mystery
touches on their one flesh union
and reveals an inner fruitfulness, enabling them to contribute
together something greater than
either can do alone, namely, the
engendering of new life in the
marital embrace. Ultimately, that
life-giving mystery flows from
their radical male–female complementarity.
Pope John Paul II commented on
this “mystery of complementarity”
when he noted how “uniting with
each other (in the conjugal act) so
closely as to become ‘one flesh,’
man and woman, rediscover, so to
speak, every time and in a special
way, the mystery of creation.”
The personal and bodily complementarity of man and woman,
along with the “duality of a mysterious mutual attraction,” reminds
making
sense out of
bioethics
us, again in the words of the pope,
how “femininity finds itself, in a
sense, in the presence of masculinity, while masculinity is confirmed
through femininity.”
In recent times, nevertheless,
the importance of the bodily and
spiritual complementarity of man
and woman has come to be diminished and even negated in the
minds of many, largely due to the
diffusion of contraception. This
way of intentionally impeding our
own procreativity has effectively
diminished and even undermined
our ability to perceive the inner
order and interpersonal meaning
of our own sexuality. Pope John
Paul II once described the root
truth about human sexuality as
that “characteristic of man – male
and female – which permits them,
when they become ‘one flesh,’
to submit at the same time their
whole humanity to the blessing of
fertility.”
The routine promotion of
contraceptive sexual relations
across all strata of society has effectively collapsed the mystery of
sexuality into the trivial pursuit
of mutually-agreed-upon pleasurable sensations. It has managed
to reconfigure that sexuality into,
basically, sterile acts of mutual
auto-eroticism. Men and women,
neutered and neutralized by various surgeries, pharmaceuticals,
or other devices, no longer really
need each other in their complementary sexual roles, with homosexual genital activity claiming the
status of just another variant of
the same game. This depleted vision of our sexuality strips out the
beautiful mystery at its core and
diminishes our human dignity.
Human sexuality clearly touches
deep human chords, including
the reality of our solitude. In the
depths of the human heart is found
a desire for completion through
the total spousal gift of oneself
to another, a gift that profoundly
contributes to alleviating our primordial sense of human solitude.
Both Pope John Paul II and Pope
Francis have noted how the deeper
mystery of communion that we
seek through intimacy is connected
to this desire to overcome solitude.
We are ultimately intended for
communion, so our experiences
of human solitude draw us into
relationship, and beckon us to an
encounter with the other.
Yet the union of friendship
that arises between two men, for
example, or between two women,
while clearly important in helping
to overcome solitude, can be predicated only on non-genital forms of
sharing if their friendship is to be
authentic, fruitful and spiritually
life-giving. Genital sexual activity
between members of the same sex
fails to communicate objectively
either the gift of life or the gift of
self. Such activity countermands
authentic intimacy by collapsing
into a form of consensual bodily
exploitation, contradicting the
very design and meaning of the
body in its nature as masculine or
feminine. It represents, in fact, the
lifeless antithesis of nuptial fruitfulness and faithfulness.
The beauty and meaning of
every sexual encounter in marriage, then, is rooted not only in
faithful and exclusive love, but
also in the radical complementarity of spouses manifested in the
abiding mystery of their mutual
procreativity. Pope Francis, speaking at the 2015 Synod of Bishops
and addressing the theme of
“The Vocation and Mission of the
Family in the Church and in the
Contemporary World,” reiterated
this divine design over human
sexuality when he stressed: “This
is God’s dream for his beloved
creation: to see it fulfilled in the
loving union between a man and a
woman, rejoicing in their shared
journey, fruitful in their mutual
gift of self.”
Father Pacholczyk is a priest of the Diocese of Fall River, Massachusetts, and
serves as the Director of Education at
The National Catholic Bioethics Center
in Philadelphia.
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The communion of saints
A
t any given time, most of the
world believes that death isn’t
final. Most people believe that
those who have died still exist in
some state
however that
might be conceived. In some
conceptions,
immortality is
seen as a state
wherein a
person is still
conscious and
relational;
while in other
FATHER ron
concepts, exrolheiser
istence after
death is understood as real
but impersonal.
Christians believe that the dead
are still alive, still themselves and,
very importantly, still in a living,
conscious, and loving relationship
with us and with each other. However simplistic it is wonderfully correct. That’s exactly what Christian
faith and Christian dogma, not to
mention deep intuitive experience,
invite us to.
But how is this to be understood?
How do we connect to our loved ones
after they have died?
The Gospels say that at the instant of Jesus’ death the tombs
were opened, and many bodies of
the saints who had fallen asleep
were raised (Matthew 27, 50-52). The
Gospels tell us that on the morning
of the resurrection women came
to Jesus’ grave to anoint his dead
body with embalming spices, but
rather than finding his dead body,
they meet instead an empty grave
and two angels who challenge them:
Why are you looking for a live person
in a cemetery? He isn’t here. He’s
alive and you can find him in Galilee
(Luke 24, 5).
As Christians, we believe that we
are given eternal life through Jesus’
death. Jesus death, the Gospels tell
us, “opened the tombs” and emptied
graveyards. For this reason, Christians have never had a huge cult
around cemeteries. Why? Because we
believe all those graves are empty.
Our loved ones aren’t there and
aren’t to be found there. They’re with
Jesus, in “Galilee.”
“Galilee” in the Gospels is more
than a place on a map; it’s also a
place inside the Spirit, God’s Spirit
and our own. Galilee is the place
where good things happen. It’s the
place where the disciples first meet
Jesus, where they fall in love with
him, where they commit themselves
to him, and where miracles happen.
And that is also a place for each
of our deceased loved ones. In each
of their lives, there was a Galilee, a
place where their persons and souls
were most alive, where their lives
radiated the energy and exuberance
of the divine. When we look at the
life of a loved one who has died we
need to ask: Where was she most
alive? What qualities did she, most
uniquely, embody and bring into a
room? Where did she lift my spirit
and make me want to be a better
person?
Name those things, and you will
have named your loved one’s Galilee and the Galilee of the Gospels;
that place in the heart where Jesus
invites you to meet him.
And that is too where you will meet
your loved ones in the communion of
saints.
Elizabeth Johnson, leaning on Karl
Rahner, adds this thought: “Hoping
against
hope, we affirm that they (our
loved ones who have died) have
fallen not into nothingness but
into the embrace of the living God.
And that is where we can find them
again; when we open our hearts to
the silent calmness of God’s own life
in which we dwell, not by selfishly
calling them back to where we are,
but by descending into the depth
of our own hearts where God also
abides.”
The “Galilee” of our loved ones can
also be found inside our own “Galilee”; a deep place inside the heart,
inside faith, hope, and charity, where
everyone, living or deceased, is met.
Oblate Father Rolheiser is president of the
Oblate School of Theology, San Antonio,
Texas.
Choosing wisely or foolishly at global climate conference
“A
very solid scientific consensus indicates that we
are presently witnessing
a disturbing warming of the climatic system,”
warns Pope
Francis.
In his environmental
encyclical
“Laudato Si’ ”
(“On Care for
Our Common
Home”), the
Holy Father
further warns,
tony magliano
“In recent
decades this
warming has
been accompanied by a constant
rise in the sea level and, it would
appear, by an increase of extreme
weather events. …
“Humanity is called to recognize
the need for changes of lifestyle,
production and consumption, in
order to combat this warming.”
From Nov. 30 to Dec. 11 the Conference of the Parties to the United
Nations Framework Convention on
Climate Change will meet in Paris
to hopefully agree on how to drastically limit global warming.
The National Aeronautics and
Space Administration confirms that
97 percent or more of actively publishing climate scientists agree that
human activities are the main cause
of dangerous climate change – especially global warming.
Despite the overwhelming evidence, many people prefer to believe
corporate fiction instead of scientific
fact.
The Union of Concerned Scientists
states, “No matter how much data
we publish, if companies with enormous resources like ExxonMobil
can dissuade people from accepting
climate science, then the data won’t
matter” (http://bit.ly/1dMSAec).
Even the U.S. military acknowledges the dangers of climate change.
According to Forbes financial
magazine, the Military Advisory
Board of the Center for Naval Analysis in its report “National Security
Cardinal: Climate change affects all,
regardless of wealth or privilege
Gus Hardy
SANTA CLARA – Ghanaian
Cardinal Peter Turkson, the
lead consultant on Pope Francis’
encyclical on the environment,
issued a call to action in the heart
of the world’s technology and
communications industries – Silicon Valley.
The president of the Pontifical
Council for Justice and Peace visited Santa Clara University Nov.
3-4. He specifically wished to come
to the Jesuit university because of
its location. He headlined a twoday conference on climate change
titled “Our Future on a Shared
Planet: Silicon Valley in Conversation With the Environmental
Teachings of Pope Francis.”
“Real change only comes from
dialogue and mobilization from
below,” Cardinal Turkson said
as he opened his keynote speech
before a packed audience of students, faculty and local business
leaders.
“Climate acceleration is undeniable, but amenable to intervention,” he said. “This is why we
are in need of ‘Laudato Si’,’ a full
social encyclical in the tradition
of ‘Rerum Novarum’ to apply the
church’s teachings to this day and
age.”
‘Rerum Novarum,’” the 1891
encyclical on capital and labor by
Pope Leo XIII, is considered the
and the Accelerating Risks of Climate Change” warns that “Climate
change impacts are already accelerating instability in vulnerable
areas of the world and are serving as
catalysts for conflict.”
Lay Franciscan Lonnie Ellis,
The need to think critically
about technological advances is necessary given that
‘we are acting like a technological giant
and an ethical
child.’
Cardinal Peter
Turkson
starting point of modern social
teaching.
Cardinal Turkson pointed to a
prevailing “naive confidence that
technological advances and a free
market will automatically solve all
of our problems,” tying that to the
“tragedy of the commons,” where
our common goods of climate and
atmosphere are shared by all and
abused by a few at the expense of
all.
He said that both he and Pope
Francis wished that technology
could be “guided ethically” with
consideration of the implications
of development.
The need to think critically about
technological advances is necessary, the cardinal warned, given
that “we are acting like a technological giant and an ethical child.”
associate director of the Catholic
Climate Covenant (www.catholicclimatecovenant.org), explained to
me that “Many of those who suffer
the most from climate change have
contributed the least to it.”
He said, “In Sierra Leone where
I worked, the changing climate is
causing flash floods and mudslides.
But yet it takes the greenhouse gas
emissions of 85 Sierra Leoneans to
equal that of one American.
In union with Pope Francis, bishop
conference presidents representing every continent on earth have
written an appeal letter (http://bit.
ly/1PUmI7j) to representatives of
the upcoming U.N. climate conference, urging them to commit to total
decarbonization by 2050, to provide
affordable renewable clean energy
for all, and to adequately aid vulnerable nations suffering the effects of
climate change.
Together with Pope Francis and the
bishops, let’s increase our commitment to protecting creation. Please
sign the Catholic Climate Covenant’s
petition to Todd Stern, U.S. Special
Envoy for Climate Change, by going
to this link http://bit.ly/1PSNwpg.
Many members of Congress who
receive financial support from oil,
coal and gas corporations will likely
try to derail U.S. agreements reached
with other climate conference nations
– as some in Congress attempted to
do with the U.N. Security Council’s
nuclear weapons agreement with
Iran.
Therefore, it is very important that
you email and call (Capitol switchboard: (202) 224-3121) your congressional delegation urging them to
support, and not block, agreements
reached at the upcoming U.N. climate
conference in Paris.
In his June 5, 2013, General Audience Pope Francis said, “We are losing our attitude of wonder, of contemplation, of listening to creation and
thus we no longer manage to interpret in it what Benedict XVI calls ‘the
rhythm of the love-story between God
and man.’”
If we open our hearts, and allow
ourselves to discover the God-given
ability to wonder, contemplate and
listen to creation, we will deeply experience the love-story between God
and humanity.
Magliano is an internationally syndicated
social justice and peace columnist.
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Sunday readings
Thirty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time
‘Amen, I say to you, this generation will not pass away until all these things have taken place. Heaven and earth will
pass away, but my words will not pass away.’
MARK 13:24-32
DANIEL 12:1-3
In those days, I Daniel, heard this word of the
Lord: “At that time there shall arise Michael, the
great prince, guardian of your people; it shall be a
time unsurpassed in distress since nations began
until that time. At that time your people shall
escape, everyone who is found written in the book.
“Many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth
shall awake; some shall live forever, others shall be
an everlasting horror and disgrace. “But the wise
shall shine brightly like the splendor of the firmament, and those who lead the many to justice shall
be like the stars forever.”
PSALM 16:5, 8, 9-10, 11
You are my inheritance, O Lord!
O Lord, my allotted portion and my cup, you it is
who hold fast my lot. I set the Lord ever before me;
with him at my right hand I shall not be disturbed.
Therefore my heart is glad and my soul rejoices,
my body, too, abides in confidence; because you will
not abandon my soul to the netherworld, nor will
you suffer your faithful one to undergo corruption.
You will show me the path to life, fullness of joys
in your presence, the delights at your right hand
forever.
HEBREWS 10:11-14, 18
Brothers and sisters: Every priest stands daily
at his ministry, offering frequently those same
sacrifices that can never take away sins. But this
one offered one sacrifice for sins, and took his seat
forever at the right hand of God; now he waits until
his enemies are made his footstool. For by one offering he has made perfect forever those who are
being consecrated. Where there is forgiveness of
these, there is no longer offering for sin.
His people, living and dead,
will be victorious
Y
ears ago a popular bumper sticker read:
“Stop the world! I want to get off!” It reflected the frustration, anger, and helplessness at the insanity in the world. Aren’t we too
at times exasperated by
the world and national
events?
After the world wars,
we lived under the threat
of a nuclear holocaust.
The Israeli-Palestinian
conflict involving only
about 13 million people
has brought sadness to
the world’s over 7,000 million people for decades.
The menace from fundamentalist militants and
dictators has spawned
violence, terror, and
wars, displacing milfather charles
lions of people from their
puthota
homelands. What crimes
are being committed in
the name of God! The
immigrant crisis in Europe is unprecedented.
The failed states like Syria, Libya, Iraq and
Afghanistan have generated unimaginable
heartbreak and tragedy. Not to mention other
disasters like hunger, poverty, disease, injustice, gun violence, greed, and environmental
degradation. What is happening to this world,
our common home?
The grim list of the global ills might well be
part of the apocalyptic events described in the
word of God this Sunday. Poised on the penultimate Sunday of the liturgical year, as we face
the feast of Christ the King next Sunday, the
church invites us to reflect on the end things
with abiding faith and robust hope.
The world’s current tribulations may seem
that we are doomed forever, but God is ready to
flash a rainbow of new life and beauty as he did
for Noah after the deluge. God will not abandon
us. He will recreate the world that has been
brought to ruin by our horrible choices. There
will be peace and harmony. Justice and integrity
will reign. Evil will not triumph. There will be
goodness and gladness again in the world that
God loves so much that he gave his only son.
Written during persecution in Babylonian
exile, the Book of Daniel speaks of “a time un-
scripture
reflection
Today’s tasks and responsibilities
matter. Albert Camus says: ‘I shall tell
you a secret, my friend. Do not wait for
the last judgment. It takes place every
day.’
surpassed in distress,” but God’s “people shall
escape.” God’s prince Michael will protect them.
Amidst such turmoil, there appears the flowering of the belief in immortality and resurrection, a rare Old Testament expression: “Many
of those who sleep in the dust … shall awake.”
Even the dead will not perish. There is afterlife.
God will triumph. His people, living and dead,
will be victorious. The hope of resurrection
strikes a chord in us this month of November as
we honor the faithful departed and accompany
them in love and prayer.
The cataclysmic events described by Jesus in
the Gospel will lead to his second coming. At
his coming, there will be not only judgment but
also peace and justice. The apocalyptic discourse
hints at the persecution the Christian community suffered at the time Mark was writing
the Gospel. They could be anchored in Jesus
because his “words will not pass away.” In the
passage following today’s reading, Jesus asks us
to be watchful servants waiting for the master.
While we are filled with hope and reassurance as
we face the slings and arrows of life, Jesus wants
us to do our housekeeping. Today’s tasks and
responsibilities matter. Albert Camus says: “I
shall tell you a secret, my friend. Do not wait for
the last judgment. It takes place every day.”
The hope we seek is brilliantly brought out
in the letter to the Hebrews. Jesus’ once-for-all
sacrifice of himself has redemptive power on
cosmic, cataclysmic, apocalyptic events, events
we might experience in some measure in our
own lives and times. Jesus’ death and resurrection has brought us new life, and ultimately, our
immortality. No worries! Let’s walk with Jesus
and talk with him. By becoming his disciples
and apostles, we can make sense of our human
existence and cosmic destiny.
Father Puthota is pastor of St. Veronica Parish, South
San Francisco.
MARK 13:24-32
Jesus said to his disciples: “In those days after
that tribulation the sun will be darkened, and
the moon will not give its light, and the stars will
be falling from the sky, and the powers in the
heavens will be shaken.” And then they will see
‘the Son of Man coming in the clouds’ with great
power and glory, and then he will send out the
angels and gather his elect from the four winds,
from the end of the earth to the end of the sky.
“Learn a lesson from the fig tree. When its branch
becomes tender and sprouts leaves, you know that
summer is near. In the same way, when you see
these things happening, know that he is near, at
the gates. Amen, I say to you, this generation will
not pass away until all these things have taken
place. Heaven and earth will pass away, but my
words will not pass away. “But of that day or hour,
no one knows, neither the angels in heaven, nor
the Son, but only the Father.”
Liturgical calendar, daily Mass readings
Monday, November 16: Monday of the Thirtythird Week in Ordinary Time. Optional Memorials of
St. Margaret of Scotland; St. Gertrude, virgin. 1 Mc
1:10-15, 41-43, 54-57, 62-63. PS 119:53, 61, 134,
150, 155, 158. Jn 8:12. Lk 18:35-43.
Tuesday, November 17: Memorial of St. Elizabeth of Hungary, religious. 2 Mc 6:18-31. PS 3:2-3,
4-5, 6-7. 1 Jn 4:10b. Lk 19:1-10.
Wednesday, November 18: Wednesday of the
Thirty-third Week in Ordinary Time. Optional Memorials of the Dedication of the Churches of Peter and
Paul, apostles; St. Rose Philippine Duchesne, virgin.
2 Mc 7:1, 20-31. PS 17:1bcd, 5-6, 8b and 15. See Jn
15:16. Lk 19:11-28.
Thursday, November 19: Thursday of the Thirtythird Week in Ordinary Time. 1 Mc 2:15-29. PS 50:1b2, 5-6, 14-15. Ps 95:8. Lk 19:41-44.
Friday, November 20: Friday of the Thirty-third
Week in Ordinary Time. 1 Mc 4:36-37, 52-59. 1 Chr
29:10bcd, 11abc, 11d-12a, 12bcd. Jn 10:27. Lk
19:45-48.
Saturday, November 21: Memorial of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary. 1 Mc 6:1-13.
PS 9:2-3, 4 and 6, 16 and 19. See 2 Tm 1:10. Lk
20:27-40.
Pope Francis
Generosity a question of
the heart, not the wallet
Before the Sunday, Nov. 8, Angelus in
Vatican City the pope commented on the
day’s Gospel reading, on the model of an
ideal Christian.
The reading describes the scene in the
Temple of Jerusalem, precisely in the place
where people threw coins as offerings.
“There are many rich people who pay a lot
of money, and there is a poor woman – a
widow – contributing just two mites, two
small coins. … The rich gave with great
show what for them was superfluous, while
the widow, with discretion and humility,
gave – Jesus says – “all she had to live”; for
this – Jesus says – she gave “the most of all.”
The pope concluded: “Faced with the
needs of others, we are called to deprive
ourselves of essential things, not only the
superfluous.”
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Manager of Payroll
The Archdiocese of San Francisco is seeking a qualified Payroll Manager to facilitate
timely and accurate Payroll processing for 4000+ employees. This full time exempt
position reports directly to the CFO.
PURPOSE OF THE POSITION
To manage and direct the activities of the payroll function including the oversight, preparation and
processing of payroll for the San Francisco Archdiocese. To support and assist Parish and Schools
by guiding and identifying payroll and financial best practices. Manages a team of two.
POSITION CONTENT
Major Job Responsibilities -- Payroll
Major Job Responsibilities -- Payroll
• Direct all payroll activities and coordinate the processing of payroll for the San Francisco Archdiocese
which encompass 4,000+ full and part time employees.
• Ensure compliance with all company policies, government regulations and reporting requirements.
• Supervise and coach payroll colleagues and the allocation of work and optimizing payroll processing.
• Implement and ensure continued use of internal controls, policies and procedures.
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• Align with Human Resources to complete coordination of pay, benefits and deductions.
• Provide pro-active customer service to employees and Payroll administrators
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• Respond to payroll related requests for information from employees and outside locations.
Other Job Responsibilities
• Facilitate periodic payroll training sessions with Parishes/Schools.
• Cross train payroll team on each of the different payroll companies for Semimonthly payroll processing
• Plan and strategize with CFO and HR on improving Payroll/HR systems and processes.
• Prepare Semimonthly payroll support for accounting entries.
• Generate all payroll communications to all locations including; Chancery, High Schools,
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• Manage relationship with ADP and ensure vendor is performing at a high level of service
JOB SKILLS
• Must have comprehensive and working knowledge of payroll systems, principles, practices, regulations and procedures.
• Minimum 5 years hands on payroll experience preferably with multiple payroll locations.
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• Strong knowledge of accounting procedures and practices. Proven ability to interact effectively with all levels
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• Must be committed to provide a high level of customer service to staff and Parishes and schools. Ability to meet
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• The Manager of Payroll builds rapport and works directly with Chancery personnel, Parish and School administrators,
Parish managers, bookkeepers and Pastors to establish collaborative relationships.
• Works with Human Resources to assure complete coordination of pay, benefits and deductions.
• Works directly with the Chancery employees on payroll inquires, and assistance when needed.
ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS, CERTIFICATIONS
• Bachelors in Accounting, Finance or Business Administration, or equivalent work experience required.
• Certified Payroll Professional (CPP) preferred.
• Knowledge of various federal and California payroll taxes required.
compensation: Compensation is competitive as a Religious Non-profit
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Filipino Ministry Gala draws
more than 500 supporters
The Filipino Ministry Gala
coordinated by the Filipino Ministry Consultative Board took
place Oct. 18 with more than
500 supporters gathered in the
banquet halls beneath St. Mary’s
Cathedral. Archbishop Salvatore
Cordileone was a special guest.
“A deep sense of family permeates every level of Filipino
culture and this is very evident
by the way you make your local
parishes your home,” the archbishop said in remarks.
Father David Pettingill, retired pastor, St. Gabriel Parish,
San Francisco gave a keynote
address on families, the evening’s theme.
(photo by Allen Isidro)
Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone with Edgar Estonina and
Estelle Oloresisimo at Filipino Ministry Gala Oct. 18.
Obituary
Father John
Conley, 71
“We adopted the theme from
the ‘World Meeting of Families’
held in Philadelphia in September and also the theme of the
bishops’ synod in Rome,” said
Estelle Oloresisimo, newly installed secretary of the sponsoring group.
Other officers include Edgar
Estonina, chairman; Deacon
Ven Garcia, vice chairman;
Loy Banez, parliamentarian;
Estrelle Chan, treasurer; Peter
Chan; Freda Motak and Richie
Almendrala.
Entertainment was by the
Singing Priests of the Archdiocese of San Francisco and
Filipino Ministry Dancers.
Retired Father John Conley
died Nov. 4. He
was 71 years
old. Born in Detroit, Michigan
and ordained
later in life,
he had been
a priest for 22
years.
A former fedFather John
eral prosecuConley
tor, he came to
San Francisco in the early 1980s
entering the seminary in his
40s. He was ordained April 17,
1993 at St. Mary’s Cathedral by
Archbishop John R. Quinn.
He served at parishes including San Francisco’s St. Brendan, St. Mary’s Cathedral, and
St. Philip, San Mateo’s St. Bartholomew and Burlingame’s St.
Catherine of Siena. He retired
in 2003.
A funeral Mass will be celebrated Nov. 13, 10 a.m., Most
Holy Redeemer Church, 100
Diamond St., San Francisco
with burial in Michigan.
Remembrances may be made
to the Priests’ Retirement Fund,
One Peter Yorke Way, San Francisco 94019.
Riordan students
at Rosary Rally
Students from Archbishop Riordan High School
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Nations Plaza in San Francisco and posed with
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rosary and Benediction. Many of this year’s
volunteers were from the school’s international
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California Catholic Conference:
Question results from Guttmacher ‘think tank’
A report from the California Catholic Conference
In the continuing debate over abortion, Planned
Parenthood has a unique associate that often provides credibility for the organization when its own
statements have low credibility.
The Guttmacher Institute is generally viewed by
politicians and the media as a neutral source of research data about pregnancy issues.
In reality Guttmacher is closely aligned with
Planned Parenthood and regularly serves as a de
facto source of credibility for the organization. Its
role has grown increasingly important in recent
years as Planned Parenthood has been hit with
numerous exposés that damage its reputation.
Rarely mentioned is the fact that Guttmacher began
as a unit of Planned Parenthood in 1968 and was
named for a past president. Guttmacher became an independent research organization in 1977, but remains
closely aligned with Planned Parenthood’s interests.
Because of damage to Planned Parenthood’s
reputation, public and media acceptance of Guttmacher as a neutral research organization fills a role
that complements its messaging.
Guttmacher is particularly useful to Planned
Parenthood in many state legislative battles over
abortion as well as in Congress.
In recent years Planned Parenthood has suffered
continuing credibility damage in the abortion debate, especially this year when video clips showed
that it routinely sells body parts of aborted babies.
(Planned Parenthood has announced that it will no
longer accept reimbursement for those parts but it
still will provide them.)
Cardinal Seán O’Malley, Archbishop of Boston and chair of the U.S. Conference of Catholic
Bishops’ Committee on Pro-Life Activities summarized it well when he wrote to the Congress about
of Planned Parenthood’s fetal body part sales.
family columbarium
“Planned Parenthood’s willingness to traffic in
fetal tissue from abortions, and to alter abortion
methods not for any reason related to women’s
health but to obtain more ‘intact’ organs, is the latest demonstration of a callousness toward women
and their unborn children that is shocking to many
Americans,” Cardinal O’Malley wrote.
The revelation weakened Planned Parenthood’s
voice in many venues. As its voice has become less
effective, Guttmacher data helps bolster Planned
Parenthood’s messages with its defenders.
Today Guttmacher is widely quoted by news
media as a neutral research organization, almost
entirely without reference to its strong anti-life tilt.
In that role it serves as a vital science arm of the
pro-abortion and birth control community.
A recent TIME magazine routinely referred to
Guttmacher simply as “a non-profit research organization.”
Sometimes Guttmacher’s data receives less attention, which often seems to occur when its data does
not support Planned Parenthood’s political claims!
For example, in the current public debate Planned Parenthood receives widespread
attention for its assertion that if its centers are defunded and close, many women will have to travel
excessively long distances for its services.
Virtually ignored—and no longer promoted by
Guttmacher–is its 2013 study that found 73 per cent
of women travel less than 25 miles for an abortion,
and 81 per cent travel less than 50 miles. How Guttmacher can tilt a discussion is seen
in its assertions before abortion was legalized in
Mexico in 2007. Guttmacher reported that 725,000 to
1 million illegal abortions were occurring annually
in Mexico, a statistic used to help legalize abortion.
After abortion became legal Guttmacher quietly
revised its numbers drastically downward, saying
that legal abortions in Mexico totaled 122,455.
Then a study by researchers not involved in the
issue concluded that Mexico’s abortion total was
only 12,000.
The drastic discrepancies in Guttmacher’s data
were never challenged or explained.
Some Guttmacher reports in the U.S. are not
widely cited today, presumably because they put
abortion in an unfavorable light.
Its 1995 study explored the reasons women have
abortions, and has never been repeated and is
rarely mentioned.
The reason could be that its initial study showed
that most abortions occur for lifestyle reasons
rather than health concerns. The study found that
three-quarters of women who had an abortion said
their reason was that it would interfere with work,
school or similar activities. Only 1 per cent said they aborted because of a
defect in the child or because they had been raped.
Alan F. Guttmacher (1898-1974) was an obstetrician/gynecologist. He was the president of the
Planned Parenthood Federation of America in the
1960s and 1970s.
Guttmacher was started as a division of Planned
Parenthood in 1968. It became independent in 1977
and has been a stand-alone entity since then, yet
remains on a close track with Planned Parenthood.
Guttmacher today has a staff of more than 80 employees, plus a reservoir of academic researchers
who do much of its pro-abortion research. Guttmacher reports a budget of $17,000,000, including
$800,000 from the federal government in 2014.
Guttmacher reports 13 individual donors of more
than $10,000 each, including the “The Richard A.
Busemeyer Atheist Foundation,” which also is a
major contributor to Compassion & Choices, the
physician-assisted suicide lobbying group.
See more at www.cacatholic.org.

November 12, 2015 - Catholic San Francisco

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