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Five men ordained permanent deacons for Archdiocese
Five men were ordained permanent deacons for the Archdiocese of San Francisco in a rite at St. Mary’s Cathedral on June 29.
Pictured with Archbishop George H. Niederauer who had ordained them a short time earlier are, from left, Deacons
Wilfredo E. Sevilla, Richard Grant, Rafeal E. Brown, Michael F. Curran and Rawdan (Simon) S-Kai Tsui.
The new deacons’ assignments are noted on page 7. See additional coverage on pages 8 and 9.
Pope urges Group of Eight to put needs of poor at forefront
CASTEL GANDOLFO, Italy (CNS) – Pope
Benedict XVI urged world leaders from the
Group of Eight to put the needs of the poor and
weak at the forefront of their discussions.
“Speculation and financial turbulence and
their perverse effects on food and energy prices”
have increased the vulnerability of the world’s
poor and disadvantaged, he said after praying
the Angelus July 6 with pilgrims gathered in
the courtyard of the papal summer residence
south of Rome.
The pope’s appeal came the day before leaders of the world’s most industrialized nations
began their annual meeting, held this year July
‘ … put the needs of the weakest and
7-9 in Toyako, Japan.
The G-8 includes Russia, Canada, France,
poorest at the center of deliberations’
Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom and
the United States.
Talks this year were to focus on the rising
– Pope Benedict XVI
costs of food and fuel, the world economy,
development in Africa and global warming,
as well as establishing a framework for fair greenhouse gas
In June, the bishops – including the president of the U.S.
emissions targets.
Conference of Catholic Bishops, Chicago Cardinal Francis E.
The pope said he was adding his voice to the “urgent George – called upon the presidents of the convening countries
appeal” set forth by the presidents of bishops’ conferences to honor their commitments to reduce global poverty and
associated with the G-8.
address climate change.
The pope said he, too, would like to see G-8
leaders focus their deliberations on following
through on the commitments they made at
earlier G-8 meetings.
The pope’s challenge echoed deliberations
of the Point7Now! conferences held in the
Archdiocese of San Francisco, said George
Wesolek, director of the Archdiocese’s Office
of Public Policy and Social Concerns.
“Thank God that the world has the voice of
Pope Benedict to speak for the voiceless poor
to the members of the G-8. Our archdiocesan
Point7Now! Campaign has raised the awareness of many in the Archdiocese to the plight
of the world’s poorest and many people have
responded. When we realize we are the same
family as these poor, that we belong to each
other, then we cannot let their misery go unattended. The pope sends that same message to
the most powerful leaders on our planet.”
The pope asked world leaders to “courageously adopt all measures necessary to beat the scourge of
extreme poverty, hunger, disease (and) illiteracy that still affects
a large part of humanity.”
The pope appealed to participants to “put the needs of the
weakest and poorest at the center of their deliberations.”
INSIDE THIS WEEK’S EDITION
World Youth Day . . . . . 10-11
Letters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Msgr.
Francis
Lacey’s
priesthood
praised
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Priest accused . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Scripture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Datebook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Archdiocese releases Rick DelVecchio reports
official appointments on Guatemala challenges Classified ads . . . . . . . . 22-23
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On The
Anthony Castillo, a 2008
graduate of Our Lady
of Perpetual Help
Elementary School and a
soon-to-be-freshman
at Archbishop Riordan
High School, is this
year’s winner of a $400
scholarship and two
Giants tickets from
Duggan Serra Family
Mortuaries. Dan Duggan,
a 1972 Riordan alum,
presented the honor.
Where You Live
by Tom Burke
Enjoying the pomp and circumstance of the student
body presidency at Georgetown University is Patrick
Reilly Dowd. His was an interesting road to the top spot at
the famed Jesuit school having spent his freshman year at
Notre Dame University as class president finally acceding
to the call of Georgetown’s School of Foreign Service, the
perfect fit for his “passion for international affairs.” Patrick’s
profs at Georgetown have so far included noted Middle
East negotiator, Dennis Ross, and former U.S. Secretary
of State, Madeline Albright. Plans after graduation for
the Georgetown Prep alum are shaping up as “advanced
studies” at Stanford or Oxford. Patrick is also a former
Capitol Hill intern with now U.S. House Speaker Nancy
Pelosi. Patrick’s proud folks are dad, Pat, and mom, Ann,
a former Washington Bureau Chief for Fortune Magazine.
Patrick’s sister, Reilly, is a recent graduate of Convent of
Zodine Spiegel, eighth grade teacher at
St. Thomas More Elementary School, was honored
with the annual Herbst Foundation Award for
Teaching Excellence in ceremonies at the school
May 19. Presenting the award was foundation
representative, Tony Cameron, right. Warren Spiegel,
Zodine’s husband, shared in the excitement.
LIVING TRUSTS WILLS
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PROBATE
the Sacred Heart High School and on her way to NYU. His Lorenzo, have been married 51 years. Thanks to their
brother, Chris, is soon an eighth grader at Cathedral School daughter, Valentina, for the good news. Always looking
for Boys. The Dowds are members of San Francisco’s St. for details, I asked Valentina how many Masses she thinks
Dominic Parish….Happy birthday to Betty – 85 May her mom has accompanied during her career at Sts. Peter
25 – and Ed – 90 May 26 – Gonnella of St. Mark Parish and Paul. “So far, I would guess that the number is into the
in Belmont. Family from near – Daly City,
thousands and continues to grow weekly,”
San Bruno – and far – Ohio, Tennessee
she said with a child’s pride. Also honored
– gathered May 24 to commemorate the
by the Mother’s Club was the late Frances
milestones. “We had a wonderful celebration
Merida who directed the club’s shows…
of both birthdays,” said the couple’s daughKudos and thanks for the example to Bob
ter, Madeleine Licavoli. “We also celebrated
Brugiuni, a 1953 graduate of Our Lady of
Mass together May 25 at St. Mark’s.”…Hats
Perpetual Help Elementary School, who
off to San Francisco’s St. Thomas More
was recently honored for his contributions to
and St. Brigid elementary schools and San
his alma mater over the last year….All hats
Mateo’s St. Gregory Elementary School,
off , however belated, for Franciscan Father
on being named among the best school’s
Anthony Baumann – born Jan. 11, 1919
with religious affiliations by the U.S. Local
and died Jan 11, 2008. The San Francisco
Business Association….Mission San
native – born at 26th St. and Bryant St.
Rafael Rotary Club presented dictionar– attended St. Anthony Elementary School,
ies to third grade students at St. Raphael
entering the Franciscans after eighth grade
Elementary School in May. “With third
and ordained to the priesthood in June 1944.
grade life geared toward writing and spellA seminary professor for 25 years in Santa
Lola Simi
ing, the class was thrilled to have received such a wonderful Barbara, he served most recently as regular celebrant of
gift,” said Julie Keener, who has just retired after 38 years daily Mass for the Dominican Sisters of Mission San Jose
as third grade teacher at the school. “Julie’s dedication to at Immaculate Conception Academy. Father Baumann’s
the school and families has been an inspiration to us all,” the sister is Mission San Jose Dominican Teresa Baumann,
school said. “Though retiring from the classroom she will be now living at St. Elizabeth Convent in Oakland. Thanks to
involved in children’s successes for years to come.” Michael longtime family friend, Mary O’Rourke, for fillin’ us in….
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Msgr. Francis Lacey
Priest’s faith, loyalty, caring, intelligence and wit recalled
priest. He’ll be missed and we’ll pray for him.” Father
Hanson is retired pastor of St. Thomas the Apostle
Msgr. Francis Lacey, retired pastor of St.
Parish in San Francisco’s Richmond District.
Hilary Parish in Tiburon, died July 5 at Nazareth
Among Msgr. Lacey’s larger assignments as
House in San Rafael. He was 81 years old and a
Moderator of the Curia was overseeing Pope
priest for 57 years.
John Paul II’s visit to San Francisco in September
Msgr. Lacey was appointed honorary prelate
1987. Deacon Bill Mitchell, now retired,
with title of monsignor by Pope Paul VI in 1976.
served as a director of communications for the
Father James Tarantino, pastor of St. Hilary
Archdiocese at that time and worked closely with
Parish, followed Msgr. Lacey as pastor of the
Msgr. Lacey on the project. Deacon Mitchell’s
Tiburon congregation in 1997. Msgr. Lacey
work was primarily with the media.
continued in residence at St. Hilary’s until his
“Frank was a very likeable guy and a very
move to San Rafael in March of 2007. “After
easy person to work for and with,” said Deacon
10 years of rooming with him, I should know
Mitchell, who assisted at the funeral Mass.
something about Msgr. Lacey,” Father Tarantino
Planning for the papal visit took two years, Deacon
told Catholic San Francisco with a laugh.
Mitchell recalled. “It was all pretty intense. There
“Msgr. Lacey was very sure and clear in his
were a lot of things happening at the same time
words,” Father Tarantino said. “He had a very
and a lot of arrangements to make. Through it all,
dry and incredible sense of humor which he
Frank kept his cool. He had a great personality. He
maintained even in illness. Msgr. Lacey was a
was just a nice guy, a very nice guy.”
very gentle and smart man. People remember and
Sacred Heart Sister Mary B. Flaherty served as
continue to remark about his well-prepared homichancellor for the Archdiocese of San Francisco from
lies. He had a very well thought out perspective
1984 – 96. Her appointment came from a new code of
Msgr. Frank Lacey, who spearheaded planning for Pope John Paul II’s
on Scripture. He served his many years as a priest
canon law that allowed for non-clergy to hold the post.
1987 Bay Area visit, is greeted by the late pontiff during that trip.
with great largesse for the Archdiocese and the
Msgr. Lacey interviewed Sister Flaherty for the job.
Church. He held many different posts because of
She assisted Msgr. Lacey on the 1987 papal visit.
his many gifts which came forward even in difficult times.” House in San Mateo where he resides. “Frank was a tremendous
“I loved Frank,” Sister Flaherty said from Washington
Father Tarantino is also a former president of Marin man. He had it all – intelligence, wit – and was a very good State where she works at her congregation’s Forest Ridge
Catholic High School where Msgr. Lacey served for 23 years priest. He understood what priesthood is. He knew his success School of the Sacred Heart. “He was the most wonderful
including five years as principal from 1971 – 76. “Msgr. was not his own but what God did through him. He did a great person. He was sharp, astute and loyal and put things in
Lacey was a legend at Marin Catholic,” Father Tarantino amount of good in all his assignments, which covered the whole perspective so perfectly. Frank was a prince of a man dissaid, “and much remembered even into my time there.”
gamut of priestly service. He was a most wonderful friend.”
tinguished by his selflessness and service.”
Father Kirby Hanson followed Msgr. Lacey as pastor of St.
Salt Lake City Bishop John Wester was secretary to
Mercy Sister Marilyn Lacey, the daughter of Msgr. Lacey’s
Archbishop John R. Quinn during Msgr. Lacey’s term as Isabella Parish in San Rafael when Msgr. Lacey became Moderator late brother Raymond and his wife, Ila, proclaimed the first
Moderator of the Curia for the Archdiocese – 1984 - 90. “We had of the Curia for the Archdiocese. “Frank took my place and I took reading at the funeral Mass.
adjoining offices,” Bishop Wester said from Texas where he was his,” said Father Hanson, who had served in a similar adminis“Uncle Frank was a great role model – a prayerful pastor
MSGR. FRANCIS LACEY, page 19
attending meetings. “Frank did a great job. He loved people, was trative role as chancellor. “Frank was a good fellow and a good
extremely loyal and a great friend. He served Archbishop Quinn
wonderfully. He loved being a priest and was an excellent one.
Msgr. Lacey was a great peacemaker, a great reconciler.”
Deacon Jerry Friedman of St. Isabella Parish, where
Msgr. Lacey served as pastor from 1976 –84, was homilist
at Msgr. Lacey’s funeral Mass at St. Mary’s Cathedral July
9. Archbishop George H. Niederauer presided.
“Msgr. Lacey was an inspiring man,” Deacon Friedman
said. Five years ago Msgr. Lacey asked him to preach at his
funeral Mass. “I was touched and overwhelmed by that,” he
said. “I’ve always been in awe of him. I have so much respect
and regard and love for him as a man and a priest.”
Deacon Friedman, ordained in 1979, remembered Msgr.
Lacey for his support of the permanent diaconate. “He supported
me in my formation and saw many possibilities for the diaconate,” Deacon Friedman said. “He was such a great man. His
spirituality was right where it had to be. He was fantastic.”
Father Joseph O’Connell, retired pastor of Our Lady of Mt.
Carmel Parish in Mill Valley is a classmate of Msgr. Lacey. “He
was a wonderful priest and a good friend,” Father O’Connell
said. “He had one of the most facile minds I have ever known
and was very, very bright. He was quite a man.”
Father Patrick Keane, retired pastor of St. Cecilia Parish in
Lagunitas, was ordained with Msgr. Lacey in 1951. “The whole
class was pretty close,” Father Keane said from Serra Clergy
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July 11, 2008
Pope appoints Cardinal Levada
in
brief
VATICAN CITY
(CNS) – Pope Benedict
XVI has appointed
U.S. Cardinal William
J. Levada, head of the
Congregation for the
Doctrine of the Faith and
former Archbishop of San
Francisco, as one of three
delegate presidents for the
world Synod of Bishops
on the Bible this fall.
The pope also named as
Cardinal Levada
delegate presidents for the
Oct. 5-26 assembly Cardinals Oswald Gracias of Mumbai,
India, and Odilo Scherer of Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Though Pope Benedict is president of the synod,
the three cardinals will take turns presiding over the
synod’s daily sessions. The synod will bring together
some 250 bishops to discuss the theme “The Word of
God in the Life and Mission of the Church.”
Liturgy translation rejected
WASHINGTON (CNS) – After mail balloting of bishops
who did not vote at the spring meeting in Orlando, Fla., a 700page translation of one section of the Roman Missal failed
to get approval from the required two-thirds of the members
of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. The USCCB
announced rejection of the translation of the proper prayers
for Sundays and feast days during the liturgical year July 7
and said it would come before the full body of bishops again
at their November general assembly in Baltimore.
No vote totals were made public, but the translation would
have needed 167 “yes” votes to achieve a two-thirds majority
of the 250 active Latin-rite U.S. bishops. The rejected translation, in the works for more than two years, was the second of
12 sections of the Roman Missal translation project that will
come before the bishops through at least 2010. The translation
had come from the International Commission on English in
the Liturgy, known as ICEL, but at the Orlando meeting in
June many bishops expressed frustration that recommendations they had submitted to ICEL to clarify the sentence
structure or revise archaic language had been rejected.
(CNS PHOTO/REBECCA VENEGONI TOWER, ST. LOUIS REVIEW)
Tridentine Mass urged
Archbishop Raymond L. Burke of St. Louis speaks
during a press conference June 27 at the Cardinal
Rigali Center in Shrewsbury after being appointed
by Pope Benedict XVI to head the Vatican’s
highest court. He had been archbishop of St. Louis
since 2004. As prefect of the Supreme Court of the
Apostolic Signature, Archbishop Burke will hear
appeals of decisions issued by lower Church courts.
LONDON (CNS) – Pope Benedict XVI would like
every Catholic parish in the world to celebrate a regular
Tridentine-rite Mass, a Vatican cardinal has said. Cardinal
Dario Castrillon Hoyos also told a June 14 press conference
in London the Vatican was writing to all seminaries to ask
that candidates to the priesthood be trained to celebrate Mass
according to the extraordinary form of the Latin rite, also
known as the Tridentine Mass, restricted from the 1970s until
July 2007 when Pope Benedict lifted some of those limits.
The cardinal was visiting London at the invitation of the
Latin Mass Society, a British group committed to promoting
Mass in the Tridentine rite of the 1962 Roman Missal.
last November. Cardinal Foley was named a member of the
Congregation for Divine Worship and the Sacraments as well
as the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples. The
pope appointed Cardinal DiNardo to the Pontifical Council
for Migrants and Travelers. Cardinal Francisco Robles
Ortega of Monterrey, Mexico, was named to the Pontifical
Commission for Latin America.
Traditionalists respond
VATICAN CITY (CNS) – The traditionalist Society of St.
Pius X said it met the Vatican’s deadline to respond to a memo
outlining preliminary conditions for full reconciliation with the
rest of the Catholic Church. However, a statement released by
the Swiss-based society July 1 implied that the traditionalist
group did not accept all the conditions set out in the letter,
and it appealed to Pope Benedict XVI to lift the 1988 decree
of excommunication against the society’s bishops who were
ordained without papal permission. The Vatican press office
said July 3 that it did not plan to comment on the statement.
Denver settles abuse claims
DENVER (CNS) – The Archdiocese of Denver has
settled 18 claims of sexual abuse by three priests for a total
of $5.5 million, Archbishop Charles J. Chaput announced
July 1. The latest settlement brings to $8.2 million the
amount the archdiocese has paid to settle 42 claims against
two of those priests.
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To review abuse cases
LONDON (CNS) – The Catholic Church in England
and Wales will introduce review panels in September to
examine complaints made by priests who insist they are
innocent of child sex abuse changes but say they have been
sacrificed to save their superiors. The move was recommended after a review of child protection procedures last
year. Bill Kilgallon, chairman of the National Catholic
Safeguarding Commission, which oversees child protection
for the Catholic Church in England and Wales, said it was
felt widely that “another step in the process would improve
the justice of it to all parties.”
North American cardinals to Curia
VATICAN CITY (CNS) – Pope Benedict XVI appointed
U.S. Cardinal John P. Foley, grand master of the Knights
of the Holy Sepulcher, and Cardinal Daniel N. DiNardo
of Galveston-Houston to posts in the Roman Curia. The
Vatican announced their appointments June 12 as part of
appointments for those elevated to the College of Cardinals
Pope Benedict XVI walks near a statue of St. Paul as
he arrives for evening prayer service at the Basilica
of St. Paul Outside the Walls June 28. Joined by other
Christian leaders, the pope opened the year of St. Paul,
calling the apostle a model for contemporary Christians.
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University trustees experience El Salvador immersion
WASHINGTON (CNS) -- Students
at the University of San Francisco often
take part in summer or semester immersion trips, but these trips aren’t vacations.
They’re meant for students to gain an
understanding of the world in a personal
way so that they can be better leaders in
society, said Claudio Chiuchiarelli, chair
of the school’s board of trustees.
The university has 35 immersion
programs and 25 more traditional studyabroad programs in 18 different countries,
he said.
The students are “not just racking up
volunteer hours; it’s students understanding issues that other people in other parts
of the world face,” he told Catholic News
Service in a telephone interview. “It’s
not enough to understand. You’ve got to
act on that understanding. Conversely,
it’s not appropriate to act without first
understanding.”
That is why visiting other cultures is
so important -- for students and those in
charge of the university as well, he said.
So this year, instead of holding their
meeting in a hotel conference room,
the University of San Francisco’s board
of trustees, university president Jesuit
Father Stephen Privett and others associated with the school went on their own
immersion trip to El Salvador for seven
days in June.
The trip, organized through the
university’s Joan and Ralph Lane Center
for Catholic Studies and Social Thought
and the president’s office, included visits
to San Salvador.
The goal was to help the group understand what USF students are doing on
these trips, Chiuchiarelli said.
Members of the
board of trustees
of the University
of San Francisco
pose for a photo
during a trip
to El Salvador
last month. The
trustees made
the trip to gain an
understanding of
the university’s
immersion
programs and
learn about
the realities of
poverty in the
developing world.
“I travel a lot and this may be one of
the most interesting trips I’ve taken in my
life,” he said.
On the surface, El Salvador looks like
any other place in the world, he said. Many
main roads are lined with Pizza Huts and
McDonalds. “Only beyond that do you
see what’s really going on in the country,”
Chiuchiarelli added.
The group of 18 visited the Supreme
Court, the Legislative Assembly and the
Jesuit-run University of Central America,
he said. In 1989 six Jesuit priests who
taught there were murdered along with
their housekeeper and her daughter.
One of the more moving parts of the
trip, he said, was a visit to Hospitalito
de la Divina Providencia, the site of San
Salvador Archbishop Oscar Romero’s
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She and a half dozen family members
live in a small home just outside San
Salvador. “We would consider it living very
modestly,” he said, adding that the family
“couldn’t be more gracious.”
“Guadalupe saw her uncle slashed to
death during the civil war by the military,”
Chiuchiarelli said. The uncle was killed by
members of the military trying to ferret out
opposition guerrilla fighters. Guadalupe’s
uncle wasn’t a guerrilla fighter but he was
killed anyway, he said.
“This lady has complete forgiveness for
the military people who did what they did,”
he said, which left him “awestruck.”
“These are peasants who had seen their
uncle slashed and all sorts of atrocities
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played on the radio,” he said.
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stood exactly where Archbishop Romero
was standing when the assassin’s bullet
ended his life.
Among the other places the group
visited was the home of a woman named
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St. Anne of the Sunset pastor Father Raymund Reyes, left, and Archbishop
George Niederauer process at the Mass commemorating the 100th St. Anne
procession on July 21, 2007. Retired St. Anne pastor, Msgr. John Foudy, is at right.
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Nine Marianists mark jubilees
at Riordan High School Mass
Nine Marianist (Society of Mary) jubilarians
with ties to the San Francisco Bay Area were
honored at a Mass on June 7 at Archbishop
Riordan High School, San Francisco. Marianist
Father George Cerniglia, himself a golden
jubilarian, who serves on the provincial council
in St. Louis, Mo., presided.
The nine jubilarians are:
• Brother Charles Ehrenfeld, celebrating
75 years of profession, was born and raised in
Pittsburgh, Pa. He joined the Society of Mary
at age 13 and professed first vows on Aug.
15, 1933. He earned a bachelor’s degree in
education from the University of Dayton.
Brother Ehrenfeld served 50 of his years as
a Marianist in Hawaii. His other assignments
included teaching science at St. Joseph School
in Alameda where he also served in administration. Retired, he resides at the Cupertino
Marianist Community in Cupertino.
• Father Lawrence Mann, 75 years of profession, was born and raised in Cleveland.
He professed first vows on Aug. 15, 1933,
and was ordained on Aug. 26, 1938, at St.
Meinrad, Ind. He earned a bachelor’s degree
in philosophy from the UD and a master’s
degree from Fordham University.
From 1936 to 1957, Father Mann taught
in Ohio, New York, Honolulu and California,
where he taught at St. Joseph High School,
Alameda, and at Chaminade Preparatory
in Los Angeles. He served as pastor of
Mission San Carlos, Borromeo, in Carmel,
Calif. and at Holy Family Parish, Peal City,
Hawaii. Retired, he resides at the Cupertino
Marianist Community.
• Brother Howard Hughes, celebrating 60
years of profession, was born and raised in
Baltimore. He professed first vows on Aug.
22, 1948. He attended UD, the University of
Fribourg in Switzerland, Alliance Francaise
in Paris; Western Reserve University in
Cleveland; Institut Catholique de Paris; New
York University; and Catholic University of
America in Washington, D.C.
Brother has served as a teacher, organist
and glee club director in Washington, D.C.,
Cleveland, Mineola, N.Y., San Antonio and on
the Curia Generalizia in Rome where he served
as superior of the Marianist community. He
resides at the Cupertino Marianist Community
where he plays the organ and composes music.
• Brother Robert Wade, celebrating 60
years, was born in Denver, grew up in San
Leandro and attended St. Joseph High School
in Alameda. He professed vows on Aug. 29,
1948. He entered the Marianists as a working
Brother and ministered in California most of
his life including grounds and maintenance
work at Archbishop Mitty High School in San
Jose, at the Santa Cruz Marianist community,
and at Archbishop Riordan until retirement.
He was a pioneering member of Queen of the
Apostles Parish in San Jose. He resides at the
Cupertino Marianist community.
• Brother Eugene Frank, celebrating his
golden jubilee, was born in Venice, Calif.,
and raised in Santa Monica. He professed first
vows on June 7, 1958.He earned both a bachelor’s and a master’s degree in physics from
the University of California/ Los Angeles. He
earned his doctorate in physics from the Case
Institute of Technology in Cleveland.
Brother Frank went on to teach physical
sciences, physics and engineering and provide
computer support at several schools including
Junipero Serra High School in Gardena and
Chaminade High School in Los Angeles. He
served for a time as archivist for the former
Marianist Province of the Pacific.
Retired, he resides at the Cupertino
Marianist Community where he serves as archivist for provincial archives in Cupertino and
maintains the community’s blog and website.
• Brother John Haster, celebrating his
golden jubilee, was born and raised in San
Francisco. He professed first vows on Aug. 15,
1958. He earned a bachelor’s degree in history
from Chaminade University of Honolulu and a
master’s degree in educational administration
from Immaculate Heart College.
Brother Haster’s teaching and school
administration career began at Junipero Serra
High School, Gardena, in 1962. He went on to
teach and serve as assistant principal, principal
of summer school, and department chair for
history and academic council at Chaminade
Preparatory. From 1976 to 1985, he was principal of Archbishop Riordan High School.
Beginning in 1988, he served in administration for the Society of Mary’s former Province
of the Pacific. Brother Haster is currently director of the Cupertino Marianist Community.
MARIANISTS, page 22
Annual novena begins July 18
A tradition as much a part of San Francisco as sourdough bread and Dungeness
crab – the annual Novena to the Good St. Anne – begins July 18 at St. Anne of
the Sunset Church, Funston at Judah St. in San Francisco. The novena, now in its
101st year, continues to draw sizable crowds.
“In recent years more than 600 people a day with 1,500 on the day of the procession around the church have attended,” said Father Raymund Reyes, pastor. “We
invite everyone from all the counties and parishes to join on this great occasion that
closes July 26 on the feast of St. Anne – the mother of our Blessed Mother.”
Themes for the nine-days of prayer will be in sync with the Jubilee Year of St.
Paul, which began June 29 and continues through June 2009. Redemptorist Fathers,
the congregation has led the novena for all of its now century-plus-one years, will
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Priest, deacon and seminarian appointments announced
Following are priest, permanent deacon and seminarian
assignments confirmed this week by the Archdiocese of
San Francisco. Unless noted otherwise, appointments were
effective July 1.
Newly Ordained Priests:
Father Juan Lopez, ordained June 7, parochial vicar, St.
Matthew Parish, San Mateo.
Father Ghislain Bazikila, ordained June 21, meeting with
Archbishop Niederauer after July 17.
Newly Ordained Permanent Deacons:
Deacon Rafeal E. Brown (married to Lynn Song), St.
Matthew Parish, San Mateo.
Deacon Michael F. Curran, St. Dominic Parish, San
Francisco.
Deacon Richard B. Grant (married to Claire), St. Matthew
Parish, San Mateo.
Deacon Wilfredo E. Sevilla (married to Gloria), Corpus
Christi Parish, San Francisco
Deacon Rawdan “Simon” Sai-k Tsui (married to
Katherina Law), Holy Family Mission, San Francisco
Newly Incardinated:
Father Charles Puthota, incardinated as a priest of the
Archdiocese of San Francisco, effective June 19, 2008.
New Pastors, New administrators:
Father Joseph A. Bradley, administrator, St. Gregory
Parish, San Mateo, through Dec. 31, 2008.
Father Ulysses L. D’Aquila, pastor, St. Kevin Parish,
San Francisco
Father J. Manuel Estrada, pastor, St. Peter Parish, San
Francisco.
Father Thomas M. Hamilton, pastor, St. Gabriel Parish,
San Francisco, effective Oct. 1.
Father Edward S. Inyanwachi, administrator, St Catherine
of Siena Parish, Burlingame, through Sept. 30.
Father Vincent Kang Gun Lee, pastor, St. Michael Korean
Church, effective Sept. 1.
Father Fabio E. Medina, pastor, St. Anthony of Padua
Parish, Menlo Park
Father Toan X. Nguyen, pastor, St. Anthony of Padua
Parish, Novato, effective Oct. 1.
Father Charles Puthota, pastor, St. Veronica Parish, South
San Francisco.
Father John A. Ryan, pastor, St. Catherine of Siena
Parish, Burlingame, effective Oct. 1.
Father Jose Shaji, administrator, St. Denis Parish, Menlo
Park
Father Mark V. Taheny, administrator, St. Peter Parish,
Pacifica, effective through Sept. 30; then to St. Sebastian
Parish, Greenbrae, pastor, effective Oct. 1.
Father Kenneth M. Westray, pastor, St. Isabella Parish,
Terra Linda, effective Oct. 1
Father Tadeusz Winnicki, SChr, pastor, Church of the
Nativity Parish, San Francisco, effective Aug. 15
Pastor reappointments to six-year terms:
Msgr. Floro B. Arcamo, Star of the Sea Parish, San
Francisco
Father Jerome P. Foley, St. James Parish, San Francisco
Father John J. O’Neill, Sacred Heart Parish, Olema, and
Mary Magdelene Mission, Bolinas
Father Antonio Petilla, Our Lady of Perpetual Help,
Daly City
Father Thomas L. Seagrave, St. John of God Parish, San
Francisco
To be Continued as Pastor:
Msgr. Robert W. McElroy, St.Gregory Parish, San Mateo
Parochial Vicars:
Father Victorio R. Balagapo, St. Anthony of Padua Parish,
San Francisco
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Father Ernesto Espina, C.M., Holy Angels Parish, Colma
Father Craig W. Forner, St. Isabella Parish, Terra Linda
Father Francisco J. Gamez, St. Mary’s Cathedral, San
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Father Joseph A. Gordon, St. Paul Parish, San Francisco
Father Jess G. Labor, St. Gregory Parish, San Mateo
Father T. Noel G. Laput, C.M., Our Lady of Mercy
Parish, Daly City
Father Bartholomew Landry, C.S.P, Old St. Mary’s
Church Parish, San Francisco
Father Mark G. Mazza, Immaculate Heart of Mary
Parish, Belmont
Father Alner U. Nambatac. St. Isabella Parish, Terra
Linda, effective Oct. 1
Father Warlito F. Namo, St. Veronica Parish, South San
Francisco
Father Calixto Alex Pablo, St. Patrick Parish, San
Francisco
Father Nicasio Paloso, Holy Name of Jesus Parish, San
Francisco
Father Elias M. Salomon, St. Cecilia Parish, San Francisco
Father Lawrence Vaddakan, S.D.B., St. Hilary Parish,
Tiburon
Father Marlon Verduzco, St. Peter Parish, San Francisco,
effective Sept. 1
Additional Appointments:
Bishop William J. Justice, vicar general
Father Patrick L. LaBelle, O.P., director, ongoing formation for clergy; continues as director of Vallombrosa Retreat
Center; office maintained at Vallombrosa
Father Faustine Mosha, chaplain, California Pacific
Medical Center, effective June 9, with residence and ministry
continuing: Congregation of Christian Brothers on Ellis
Street, San Francisco
Father C. Michael Padazinski, vicar general, pro tempore
Father Angel N. Quitalig, full-time Canon Law Studies,
Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C.
Father John J. Sakowski, summer session: Canon Law
Studies, Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C.,
effective June 2 to Aug. 21.
Father John T. Schwartz, chaplain, St. Anne’s Home, with
availability for supply to parishes of the Archdiocese
Sabbaticals:
Father Roberto A. Andrey, July-December, East Asian
Pastoral Institute, Philippines
Msgr. Robert W. McElroy, July-December, independent
studies
Father Daniel Nascimento, July-December, ICTE, Rome
Father Vito J. Perrone, July-December
Retirements:
Brother Douglas Draper, S.J., retired as dean, St. Ignatius
College Preparatory, effective June 30; now serving as Minister
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Father Vincent D. Ring, retiring, residence at St. Robert Parish, San Bruno
Father Albert P. Vucinovich; retiring, will
live independently
Residency Changes:
Father Methodius Kiwale, A.L.C.P., St.
Stephen Parish, San Francisco
Msgr. Maurice McCormick, St. Cecilia
Parish, San Francisco, effective April 29, 2008
Father Feliciano Mofan, St. Isabella Parish, Terra Linda
Father Paschal Salisbury, O.P., St. Dominic Parish, San
Francisco, effective Aug 1
Assigned Outside the Archdiocese:
Father James L. Garcia, Holy Trinity Abbey, Huntsville,
Utah
Board Appointments:
Father Leonard J. Calegari, representing retired priests, Priest
Retirement Board, 4-year term (replacing Father Kevin Gaffey)
Father Donald S. D’Angelo, Age Group 5-6, Priest Personnel
Board, 3-year term (replacing Father Joseph Walsh)
Msgr. Maurice M. McCormick, representing retired
priests, Priest Retirement Board, 4-year term (replacing
Father Tom Madden)
Father Raymund Reyes, representing active priests, Priest
Retirement Board, 4-year term (replacing Bishop Justice
who was named chair on Bishop John Wester’s appointment
to the Diocese of Salt Lake City)
Additional Changes in the Archdiocese:
Father Frank C. Buckley, S.J., St. Agnes Parish, San Francisco;
in residence for a counseling internship; ordained June 7, 2008.
Father Matthew Elshoff, OFM Cap., provincial minister,
Province of Our Lady of Angels, St. Francis of Assisi Friary,
Burlingame; 3-year term, effective June 18
Father Jeffrey A. Hubbard, faculty, St. Patrick’s Seminary
and University, Menlo Park, from Diocese of Ogdensburg
Father Jose Antonio Rubio, faculty, St. Patrick’s Seminary
and University, Menlo Park; from Diocese of San Jose
Father John Thompson, S.M., studies, Institute for
Catholic Educational Leadership, University of San
Francisco; residence at Marianist Religious Community,
Archbishop Riordan High School, San Francisco
Pastoral Year for Seminarians:
Sept. 1, 2008 to June 30, 2009
John Chung, St. Hilary Parish, after a visit home to Korea
Jerome Murphy, St. Cecilia Parish, San Francisco, after the summer at Mater Dolorosa and at St. Mary of the Lake in Illinois
Dat Nguyen, St. Charles Parish, San Carlos, after the
summer at Creighton University
Hansel Tomaneng, St. Robert Church, San Bruno (to
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David Schunk, Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church,
Redwood City, following MACC Spanish Studies
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Catholic San Francisco
July 11, 2008
By Dan Morris-Young
Underscoring the call to be “gentle, humble, strong and
wise” in their ministries, Archbishop George H. Niederauer
exhorted the five men being ordained permanent deacons for
the Archdiocese of San Francisco on June 29 to internalize that
“what you do as deacons – your personal manner, and the way
you do it – will both show forth Christ, the good shepherd.”
“Before you can proclaim the Good News to anyone, you
must become good news for them,” the Archbishop said during his homily at St. Mary’s Cathedral, adding: “Being good
news and proclaiming the good news are two sides of the
same coin. You can have both or neither, but not just one.”
The five men ordained were Rafeal E. Brown, Michael
F. Curran, Richard B. Grant, Wilfredo E. Sevilla and Simon
Sai-K Tsui.
During the ordination rite the Archbishop addressed
and confirmed each of the deacons’ wives willingness to
join their husbands in service – Lynn Song, wife of Deacon
Brown; Katherina Law, wife of Deacon Tsui; Gloria Sevilla,
and Claire Carter Grant. Deacon Curran is a widower.
“For you deacons it will be from your living of the sacrament of marriage that so much of your spiritual experience
and strength will come, for cooperating with the graces of
this new sacrament of holy orders,” the Archbishop said in
his homily. “Your wives in particular have shared this journey of vocation with you, and will continue to do so now.”
The Archbishop said it was fitting the ordination took place
on the feast day of Sts. Peter and Paul, the day the universal
Church began a “Year of St. Paul.” “The sense of vocation
pervades the lives of these two great Apostles,” he said.
One of the Mass readings was proclaimed in Chinese,
the native language of Deacon Tsui.
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The five comprise the seventh group of permanent
deacons to be ordained for the Archdiocese since the
Church reinstituted the ministry in 1967. They bring to 85
the number of permanent deacons actively serving in the
Archdiocese, said Deacon Leon Kortenkamp, archdiocesan
director of Diaconate Ministry and Life.
“It has been a pleasure getting to know these men and
their wives while they were in the diaconate formation
program,” said Deacon Kortenkamp. “I extend my heartfelt
congratulations to them on the joyous occasion of their
ordination. Their gifted dedication to ministry as deacons
and as married couples is a profound example and a deep
blessing for the people of the Archdiocese.”
There are currently 14 aspirants in a formation class
scheduled for ordination in 2012, according to Deacon Ed
Cunningham, archdiocesan director of Deacon Formation.
“If it is true that a sacrament is a visible sign in the life
of the Church by which Christ becomes present in our lives
and acts in our lives,” said Deacon Cunningham, “then by his
ordination a deacon is charged to bring Christ into his neighborhood, his parish, his workplace – wherever his life takes
him. His vocation is to serve others in Christ’s name.”
Permanent deacons are canonically authorized to witness marriages, baptize, preside at funerals, preach and assist at the altar.
Earlier this week the Archdiocese announced the parish assignments for the new deacons: Deacon Brown, St.
Matthew Parish, San Mateo; Deacon Curran, St. Dominic
Parish, San Francisco; Deacon Grant, St. Matthew Parish, San
Mateo; Deacon Sevilla, Corpus Christi Parish, San Francisco;
and Deacon Tsui, Holy Family Mission, San Francisco.
(Ed note: The full text of Archbishop Niederauer’s homily
as well as a slide show of the June 29 ordination Mass can be
accessed on the archdiocesan website: www.sfarchdiocese.org.)
(PHOTO BY GREG TARCZYNSKI)
New permanent deacons exhorted to ‘become good news’
Ordained deacons for the Archdiocese of San Francisco
on June 29 were, from left: Deacons Rafeal Brown, Simon
Tsui, Michael Curran, Richard Grant and Wilfredo Sevilla.
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World Youth Day events
to be televised on EWTN
‘Sipping with Seton’ event exceeds goal
Seton Foundation’s “Sipping with Seton” raised more than $32,000 on June
20 at the Daly City Hall rotunda. Proceeds purchased 10 state-of-the art baby
bassinettes for the Seton Medical Center Women and Newborn Department
and support the St. Elizabeth Ann Seton New Life Center. Above, Honorable
Adrienne Tissier, left, president of the Board of Supervisors, San Mateo County,
and Lorraine P. Auerbach, Seton Medical Center interim president and CEO,
admire one of bassinettes. More than 165 guests enjoyed wines from 16 wineries, live jazz, hors d’oeuvres, and bidding on prizes donated by 40 individuals
and businesses. The Seton Foundation website is www.setonfoundation.org.
Middle East peace commitment noted
The American Friends Service
Committee will hold a reception, dinner
and silent auction Aug. 27 to honor the
agency’s 60-year commitment to Middle
East peace. Founded in 1917, AFSC is a
Quaker organization that includes people
of various faiths who are committed to
social justice, peace and humanitarian
service. The event will be held at 6 p.m.
at St. Mary’s Cathedral in San Francisco.
For more information, visit www.afsc.org
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Live and encore coverage of World Youth
Day 2008 will carried on the Eternal Word
Television Network with the July 14 opening
Mass at Barangaroo on Darling Harbor in
Sydney, Australia. Cardinal George Pell, the
archbishop of Sydney, will preside at the 11
p.m. (Pacific Coast Time), with encore telecasts July 15 at 9 a.m., 6 p.m. and 9 p.m.
Other televised events will include
the arrival by boat and welcome of Pope
Benedict XVI at Barangaroo, following a
“Papal Boat-a-cade” on Sydney Harbor,
one of the world’s most spectacular natural
harbors. The telecast will air July 16 at 9:30
p.m., with encores July 17 at 7 a.m., 1 p.m.
and 6:30 p.m.
The Stations of the Cross, a live reenactment of Jesus’ passion and death, at major
city landmarks, will air July 17 at 9:30
p.m., with encores July 18 at 11:30 a.m.
and 6 p.m.
An evening vigil with Pope Benedict at
Randwick Racecourse will air July 18 at
1:30 a.m., with an encore telecast at 11 a.m.
The vigil will include music, testimonies, a
homily from Pope Benedict, prayer and a
time of eucharistic adoration.
Also at the Randwick Racecourse, the
pope will celebrate the WYD closing Mass
on July 19 at 4 p.m., with encore presentations July 19 at 9 p.m. and July 20 at 9 a.m.,
5 p.m. and 10 p.m. Up to half a million
people are expected to attend the Mass.
Originated by Pope John Paul II, WYD
is the largest youth event in the world. It
brings together young people from around
the globe to celebrate and deepen their faith.
The WYD08 theme proclaimed by Pope
Benedict is: “You will receive power when
the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you
will be my witnesses” based on Acts 1:8.
All times mentioned are Pacific
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Pope Benedict XVI asked Catholics around
the world to pray for the young people who
will gather with him in Sydney, Australia, for
the celebration of World Youth Day.
To help encourage the prayers of all,
the Vatican announced July 5 the pope had
authorized an indulgence for anyone who,
“with a contrite spirit,” raises a “prayer to
God, the Holy Spirit, so that young people
are drawn to charity and given the strength
to proclaim the Gospel with their life,” a
Vatican decree said.
Pope Benedict spoke about his July 12-21
trip to Australia when he met visitors at his
summer villa south of Rome for the July 6
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World Youth Day
pilgrims take part
in SFO Mass
Local website will keep
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log onto www.sfyam.org
A contingent of nearly 150 young adult Catholics from
northern California, Nevada and Canada departed San
Francisco International Airport on Tuesday evening for
World Youth Day in Sydney Australia after participating in
a special farewell Mass at the airport.
Concelebrants were San Francisco Auxiliary Bishop
Ignatius Wang and Archbishop Terrence Prendergast, archbishop of Ottawa, Canada.
More than 70 participants from the Ottawa Archdiocese
and three dozen from the neighboring Diocese of Pembroke
joined with more than 40 young adults from California and
Nevada for the Mass. The groups departed later on the same
flight to New Zealand en route to WYD in Sydney.
Nine additional local pilgrims will join the northern
California/Nevada group in Sydney, bringing that number to
51, according to Mary Jansen, director of the archdiocesan
Office of Young Adult Ministry and Campus Ministry.
The United States will send an estimated 15,000 young
people to World Youth Day, the largest delegation representing any country outside Australia. The pilgrims will
be joined by 50 U.S. bishops, including San Francisco
Archbishop George Niederauer and Cardinal Francis George,
president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. World
Youth Day’s featured guest will be Pope Benedict XVI.
Jansen planned to update her office’s website regularly during the July 15-20 WYD event; that site is www.sfyam.org.
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July 11, 2008
An assassin
shot the
Santiago
parish
pastor,
Father
Stan
Rother,
in his
office in
1981 at
the height
of the
civil war.
Entrance to the Catholic church in Santiago Atitlàn. The sign marks the
10th anniversary of the assassination of Auxiliary Bishop Juan Gerardi Conedera.
Graves
recall the
14 who
died in
a 1990
massacre
in
Santiago.
The army
opened fire
on a crowd
gathered
to
protest the
treatment
of local
people by
soldiers
stationed
in the
town.
Dignity In Guatemala
American missionaries and Guatemalan associates fight for human
dignity amid a system that crushes it. Second of two parts.
Story and photos by Rick DelVecchio
SAN LUCAS TOLIMÁN, GUATEMALA
This is a country where it is considered OK to kill a bishop and intimidate, or eliminate, anyone
who stands up for human rights. Working for justice in Guatemala, how do you handle that?
I asked that question of Father Greg Schaffer, a former
Minnesotan and one of Guatemala’s best-known American
missionary priests. I also got at the question in meetings
with Bob Hentzen, who has a growing lay Catholic mission
in Guatemala through his Christian Foundation for Children
and Aging.
I touched on the subject indirectly in a quick exchange,
through a translator, with a Mayan man, Andres Chigal,
who survived his country’s 20-year civil war and now
works with his brother, Torribio, on community development and justice projects in connection with Hentzen’s
Guatemala group.
Finally, toward the end of my eight-day trip to Guatemala
in May as a guest of a mission awareness trip sponsored by
Hentzen’s organization, I came to know a young Maya, Luis
Cocon, and learned how the new generation of Guatemalans
Bob Hentzen
responds to the question.
The answers were consistent, and surprisingly encouraging. What all four men said came
down to this: the response to the historic indifference to human dignity that threatens to suffocate hope in Guatemala is a relational Christianity that links Guatemalans who have the will
to change their situation with friends who give moral, financial and technical support to their
efforts.
When relationships grow wide and deep, as they do in Father Schaffer and Hentzen’s
long-standing missions to indigenous Guatemalans, the result is an alternate reality to the surrounding conditions of despair. A visitor may find that this reality can be not only hopeful but
celebratory, not hedged by fear but bold in its modeling of the Gospel of Matthew in the midst
of those who murder Gospel leaders and their followers.
The Gospel comes alive when a mother and father gather their three kids for a family portrait in their new concrete home built with missionary support, when a teenage boy recites a
poem that moves his American sponsor to tears, when a single mom travels 10 hours with her
son so they can meet the American woman who is sending him $30 a month, and when Father
Schaffer walks the aisle shaking hands during the sign of the peace at Mass as toddlers jump
out of the pews and run to his feet to be touched by him.
In a talk at his San Lucas Tolimàn mission church to Hentzen’s mostly American group,
Father Schaffer dramatized the impact of relational Christianity on the people of the rural community he has served for 45 years. They are people so beaten down by poverty that in their
weaker moments they will say they are nothing but animals. And they mean it, he said. But
relationship allows them see their humanity reflected back at them. Their self-esteem gains a
foothold, and with it comes the will to do more with life than survive.
”The greatest gift you bring is your presence,” said the 74-year-old missionary, a priest of
the Diocese of New Ulm, Minn. “It’s their society, they’ve got to change. All we can do is back
them up, give them the infrastructure they need
and they ask for so they can make those changes.
But the first step is building self-esteem. Sure,
it’s a big step to bring about structural change.
It’s a huge step, but you can do it.”
Father Schaffer made the work sound all but
obligatory.
”You’ve been shown to be sons and daughters
of God,” he said. “Like it or not, you’re it. That’s
the reality of life. We have to work with the
creator in the continuation of creation. So that’s
a big job, yeah. I don’t recall Jesus ever easing
up when he asked the big jobs of anybody.
“Keep the vision out there. If you want to be
great, you’ve got to serve.”
Father Schaffer said he handles the repression and poverty of Guatemala by accepting
the reality of it and taking responsibility for
changing the situation in small ways, such as
opening schools, sponsoring American surgeons
who perform major operations for local people
twice a year, and giving young men job training
so they do not lose hope in the face of shrinking
opportunities for unskilled workers.
The work has helped to improve education
levels and infant survival and made a start on
the tougher problem of employment. In one recent project to attack gang affiliations, men were
given a hammer and a rock and told to make gravel. Almost all graduated and moved on to the
next level of their education.
”Just baby steps,” Father Schaffer said. “No big ones.”
Father Schaffer lived through the war years and admits
suffering a year of intense anger over the death-squad
murder in 1981 of his fellow American missionary, Father
Stan Rother, the pastor in the Catholic parish in neighboring Santiago Atitlàn. He persevered as many other priests,
Sisters and catechists were killed in the country, as Catholic
parish leaders in Quiche had to flee for their lives and as the
truth-telling Auxiliary Bishop Juan Gerardi Conedera was
bludgeoned to death in Guatemala City in 1998.
Although the war is over, the pattern continues. The
bishop of San Marcos, Alvaro Ramazzini Imeri, a humanrights advocate, is under death threat in connection with a
dispute between international mining interests and landless
workers.
Father Greg Schaffer
The underlying problem has been noted time and again by
observers inside and outside the country: life in Guatemala is extremely cheap and perpetrators
rarely pay a price, especially when the victim is a woman or a Maya.
Felicia Bartow of UC Hastings College of the Law’s Center for Gender and Refugee Studies
blamed an “utter failure of investigatory processes.…There’s just no impunity for those who
commit violent crime.”
The culture of impunity mixes with the trauma of the civil war and the country’s role as
a cocaine pipeline to create what Bartow called a “toxic brew.” The fallout includes a justice
vacuum that spawns elevated rates of violence against human rights workers and women and
a deadly vigilantism in the areas most bloodied during the war and most victimized by common murder today. Three suspected criminals were brutally lynched, burned and dragged in
the western highlands during the May mission trip to the region. Local Catholic leaders and
firefighters tried in vain to stop the incident, which was broadcast on radio.
In addition, poor nutrition, lack of kitchen smoke ventilation and untreated drinking water
shorten life and spread lung disease and parasites. Having too many children contributes to
uterine cancer. A 2005 University of Pennsylvania survey found that depression afflicts the
people of Santiago, a town that lost more than 400 people during the war, where half the
women cook their tortillas over open kitchen fires and where health and security concerns are
widespread.
Guatemala has the worst schools on the continent.
”It’s rough,” Hentzen said. “Brazil is the worst in terms
of distribution of wealth. Guatemala is second. Guatemala
is really hurting in terms of the quality of education. Now,
we’re heading into real starvation, especially in the east,
unless we get some real concrete interventions.”
Hentzen told his pilgrims from abroad that Guatemala
is in a state of “economic hypothermia.”
”The economic hypothermia I’ve referred to is caused
by basic human failures,” he said in an interview. “For some
reason – I don’t like to hit it too hard with those perpetrators because they’re victims, too – in the countries where
we are working, a certain small group has seized power of
the economies. Therefore, a great majority of the people
Luis Cocon
is trying to survive.”
Hentzen did not dwell on the causes, instead focusing on what his organization is doing
to bring resources to Guatemala.
”We’re using the global scene to counteract this problem,” he said. “There are resources
in certain parts of the world and there are many people of good will who are searching for
more meaning in their lives. This enables them to take some kind of action.”
The civil war took the lives of 200,000 Maya. Many died in massacres, of which 16
were documented in Father Schaffer and Hentzen’s home
department of Sololà and more than 400 combined in
neighboring Chimaltenango and Quiche. Many men were
killed, or disappeared, when they were pulled from their
homes in army sweeps of suspected guerrillas.
Luis Cocon’s father, Julian, stayed one step ahead of
the army by moving from house to house, sleeping in the
woods and signing up to work on plantations where the
owners would provide protection. He made his way to
Los Angeles and now drives an ice cream truck.
”The army is really not a fear anymore,” Cocon, a
translator for Hentzen’s CFCA, said in an e-mail. “Now
the fear is common, everyday violence. How do we
handle the lack of security and lack of civil and economic
justice? I think movements like CFCA are a good start
if we want to have any kind of justice. CFCA is at war,
Torribio Chigal
a peaceful war. CFCA fights by preaching the Word. It
The indigenous men of
Guatemala are no longer
fighting the army but must
cope with the worst schools
on the continent, limited
job opportunities, a feeble
justice system and a rise
in violent crime Here,
laborers burn reeds on
the shore of Lake Atitlàn.
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Sunrise from the rooftop of the Christian Foundation for Children and Aging
fights by giving the poor the opportunity to have an education, to have dignity and overall
to have hope.
“The few in power will continue growing with their
power. We need to educate our people and provide real
opportunities for all of us. This is the only way we can
pretend to change all the injustice in Guatemala.”
Under international and internal pressure, the government has begun to respond to the crisis. Last December it
signed an agreement with the United Nations to create an
independent International Commission Against Impunity.
In April, Guatemala’s Congress passed a law cracking
down on the targeting of women for rape and murder.
Andres Chigal is about to open a women’s center near
San Lucas, in association with Hentzen’s group and Father
Schaffer. He said it will be a place where women can learn
job skills and the illiterate can learn to read. He said it is
a response to the historic injustice toward women and the
Andres Chigal
lack of funding for the country’s schools.
”Our country has hunger, our country has thirst,” Chigal said. “But all this hunger and
thirst is for social justice.”
Groups inside and
outside Guatemala
are working
to address the
alarming rise in
violence against
women. The
problem has its
roots in the fallout
from the civil war
and historic
discrimination
against poor
indigenous women.
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July 11, 2008
Not political tool
World Youth Day rocks
World Youth Day, the largest youth event in the world, will be held in Sydney,
Australia from July 15 to 20. Organized by the Catholic Church, World Youth
Day (WYD) brings together young people from around the world to celebrate
and learn about their faith. More than 150,000 international pilgrims, including
15,000 from the United States, will attend WYD 2008 events.
World Youth Day is an invitation from Pope Benedict XVI to young people
everywhere to make a pilgrimage in faith – to meet and experience the love of
God. This year the WYD theme is drawn from the Acts of the Apostles: “You
will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you will be
my witnesses.” (Acts 1:8)
While thousands will travel to Sydney for WYD 2008, young people also can
make a virtual pilgrimage and be part of the extraordinary experience. By visiting
the website www.mycatholicvoice.com/WYD2008 young people can be a part
of the spiritual pilgrimage and everyone can enjoy the experience. From daily
comments from participants from U.S. participants, to MP3 playlists by WYD
artists, this site is an excellent resource and faith-filled experience.
MEH
It seems clear by now that the decision of
certain of our bishops since the last presidential
election to withhold the Holy Eucharist from
any Catholic whose political opinions vary
from their own has created an unjust and
unequal situation within our Church.
I find it completely objectionable and
unconscionable to use Communion as a political tool to force devout Catholics to vote for a
particular candidate, and do not see any theological or moral justification for it, either as a
“guideline” or as an official policy mandate.
There is no doubt many Catholics are
leaving the Church over this issue, losses that
we certainly do not need at this time of crisis.
Or, they are simply ignoring it and using their
own consciences as their guides.
I would hope that more care will be
taken in the editorial section of your paper
to avoid blatantly uncritical promotion of the
Republican candidate in the run-up
to this presidential election as happened before. If we can still claim to
be a republic and a democracy after
all the noxious machinations of our
current administration are added up,
we ought to be extremely grateful and
vote with our minds free of the burden
of threats of excommunication.
Rosemary K. Ring
Kentfield
Death penalty
Guest editorial
Young adults and faith
By Therese J. Borchard
A follow-up survey by the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life has found
that while more than half of Americans say that religion is very important in
their lives, most Americans have a non-dogmatic approach to faith.
At the same time, a majority of adults affiliated with a religion want it to
preserve its traditional beliefs and practices (rather than adopt new beliefs and
practices based on modern culture).
More than 35,000 Americans responded to “The U.S. Religious Landscape
Survey,” which documents a nation of believers. Some 92 percent of Americans
believe in God, 74 percent believe in life after death and 63 percent say their
respective Scriptures are the word of God.
However, most Americans don’t feel that their religion is the only way to
eternal life, and many don’t know – and don’t care – about the fundamental
teachings of their own faiths.
For example, 57 percent of people attending an evangelical church said
they believe many religions can lead to eternal life, which is in conflict with
traditional evangelical teaching.
More than three-fourths of Catholics (79 percent) believe many religions can
lead to eternal life, and just like Protestants, Jews and Muslims, they believe
in multiple interpretations of Catholic teachings.
The new findings are consistent with the information that Jesuit John
Coleman presented in his lecture, “The Religion of Young Americans,” for the
Newman Center at the University of California, Davis.
“Religious illiteracy is high, and young Americans, while they say religion
is important to them, have a difficult time articulating what their religion is,”
said Father Coleman. In his presentation, Father Coleman cited research from
both Robert Wuthnow’s study, “After the Baby Boomers: How Twenty- and
Thirty-Somethings are Shaping the Future of American Religion,” and Dean
Hoge’s “Young Adult Catholics: Religion in a Culture of Choice.”
“After the Baby Boomers” says that in the period between the early 1970s
when the baby boomers were 21 to 40 and right now when Generation Y (or
the millennial generation) is in that same age range, there has been the biggest
increase in the number of people who call themselves “nonreligious.”
Hoge ended his book with a strong plea for a “preferential option for young
adult Catholics.” What does that mean?
For Father Coleman, that preferential option for young adult Catholics needs to
be translated into diocesan and parish budgets, ministerial personnel and imaginative
programs like the successful “Theology on Tap” at parishes across the country.
These programs should serve as support systems for young adults as they
make core decisions about marriage, childrearing and careers.
“Resources and energies should be directed toward helping young adult
Catholics feel wanted, welcomed and actively involved,” said Father Coleman.
The “U.S. Religious Landscape Survey” doesn’t contain all bad news. We
can see that Catholics – and even young adult Catholics – are still very faithful, needing to believe in God and appreciate the traditions surrounding their
religion even if they don’t understand them.
Therese J. Borchard writes a column for Catholic News Service. Information
on young adult ministry and World Youth Day is available at the website of
the archdiocesan Young Adult Ministry office: www.sfyam.org.
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No uncertain terms
It’s high time our priests start expounding on faith and morals, in no uncertain
terms, from the pulpit and without being
so politically correct. Who are they afraid
of offending? The active homosexual? The
radical feminist? The liberal? Their bishop?
How about being afraid of offending God by
not talking about these issues?
We are living in a culture of death and
they need to talk about it. I’m tired of listening to homilies that are usually just bland
explanations of the Gospels, or hearing cute,
feel-good talks with a little humor thrown in
to make sure we’re all still awake.
We need in-your-face thunder Father
Corapi style (Eternal Word Television
Network) to let us know what’s what.
We need to be uplifted, guided, warned
– even threatened with dire consequences. And, above all, we need to
hear the truth. Not the spirit of the
world’s truth (the devil’s) but God’s
truth. Our priests need to be faithful
and fearless shepherds because their
flocks are going seriously astray.
It isn’t any wonder so many
Catholics no longer attend Mass.
Most of them haven’t a clue about
their faith and one day our priests will
have to answer for their negligence.
If they truly love God they have
to stop all the verbal engineering
and proclaim the truth on faith and
morals, no matter how unpopular or
distasteful it may be to their congregations. We’re running out of time.
Vivienne Beasley
San Carlos
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In a June 13 letter opposing
the death penalty, Carolyn Daniel
rejects the idea a society may use
capital punishment so that individuals need not seek vengeance. Citing
the Sermon on the Mount, she argues
that such “killing, committed in our
names and with our tax dollars, makes
us all accessories to murder.”
She is getting it exactly wrong.
Jesus was not addressing government
policy when he spoke those words.
He was not telling governments to
“love” wrongdoers or to pray for
those who violate their laws. He was
talking to the individual. For if Jesus
was speaking to governments, then
society would also lack the authority
to imprison, or for that matter to fine,
a wrongdoer, as either would demonstrate a lack of love and forgiveness.
The Bible in context makes
her error apparent. The Old Testament law
included many provisions for capital punishment. When given the chance to repudiate
the Old Testament, Jesus said quite clearly
that he had not come to abolish the law but to
fulfill it. In the New Testament, the Apostle
Paul makes clear God instituted government
to establish justice. He warns the wrongdoer
to “be afraid, for he does not bear the sword
in vain. For he is the servant of God, an
avenger who carries out God’s wrath on the
wrongdoer” (Rom 13:4).
Equating those who seek to do justice
with an actual murderer is insulting to those
who commit their lives to protect us. Moreover,
it demonstrates the moral confusion that is
rapidly overtaking society. Like the waging of
a just war, or killing in self defense, there are
times when capital punishment is necessary
and appropriate, however unpleasant. To argue
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that Christianity commands governments to
substitute forgiveness for justice is to ignore
what the Bible really says.
Al Serrato
Millbrae
‘Coverage stinks’
In a front page message in
Catholic San Francisco, Archbishop
George Niederauer sought to “guide
Catholics in their response” to samesex marriage “and the media coverage given to it.” My response is that
the media coverage stinks.
A retired news reporter, I recall
few stories that were covered so
narrowly during my 40 years in journalism.
Every time I see “marriage equality” mentioned, I wonder why the debate does not
include polygamy or other non-traditional
forms of marriage. Don’t misunderstand;
I am not for polygamy. I am, however, for
investigative reporting, by which I mean
simply asking questions a reader might want
asked. The current debate is a cautionary
tale about reporters as society’s gatekeepers. They certainly closed the gate on this
subject. There are plenty of Internet sites that
note this failing. So perhaps there is hope.
In addition, news reports often mention
laws that once banned marriages between races,
suggesting current marriage laws discriminate
in the same manner. However, the case most
cited, Perez 1948, did not seek to define a law,
but to get rid of one. I find it ironic that news
reports never mention that Perez was a case
involving freedom of religion. The couple
wanted to get married in the Catholic Church
and only the state stood in their way.
If nothing else, the news coverage of
this issue proves once again we have gone
from a society in which the state takes action
when it has a compelling interest to one in
which the state moves when it is compelled
to show interest.
James O. Clifford, Sr.
Redwood City
Bow to courts?
John Kavanagh (Letters, June 13)
asserts the primacy of the judicial branch
of the government in determining what is
and is not constitutional, whatever may be
the wishes of the legislative branch or the
people who choose them. He cites the happy
results of some earlier decisions and scolds
those of us who disagree with certain of the
courts’ decisions for our ignorance of rudi-
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Twenty Something
‘Abssidy’ makes the heart grow fonder
America’s love affair with Jacob and Emily is going
strong.
For the ninth consecutive year, they were the top pair
on the Social Security Administration’s new list of most
popular baby names.
Unlike the drawn-out, hyped-up announcement of
America’s most popular singer and dancer, this popularity
contest was reported quietly, with no fanfare.
And yet, cobbled together, baby names provide a mirror
of our nation. More so than the style of song or dance we
prefer, the names we choose for our children sculpt their
identities and reflect our dreams.
A number of shifts occurred from 2006 to 2007: Isabella
inched from No. 4 to No. 2; Addison ascended from No.
28 to No. 11, and Claire climbed from No. 86 to No. 66.
Meanwhile, Britney (as in, Spears) plummeted from No.
474 to No. 564.
This seems to be an era for unusual names. Nevaeh, for
example, which is heaven spelled backwards, rose to No.
31. (I’m not quite sure, theologically, why a parent would
opt for the backwards of heaven.)
A labor and delivery nurse told me of one mom who,
undecided about her daughter’s name, wrote ABCDE on the
birth certificate, awaiting inspiration. The inspiration that finally
trudged forward: keep the name, pronouncing it “Abssidy.”
Saint names are far less common today, though a few
are staging comebacks. Xavier rose to No. 68, Dominic held
strong at No. 85, and Lucia hit No. 311, having ranked at
No. 523 just five years ago.
In Catholic tradition, choosing a new name signifies
a new life in Christ. Saul’s conversion to Christianity was
marked by his assumption of the name Paul.
When we are confirmed, we acquire a saint name as a
source of inspiration and guidance.
Women and men choose new names when they enter
religious life. So do cardinals when they are elected pope.
Pope Benedict XVI explained his name change at his
first general audience. “Filled with sentiments of awe and
thanksgiving, I wish to speak of why I chose the name
Benedict,” he said. “I remember Pope Benedict XV, that
courageous prophet of peace, who guided the Church
through turbulent times of war. In his footsteps, I place
my ministry in the service of reconciliation and harmony
between peoples.”
A name is an intimate sound, and it stands in refreshing
contrast to the generic numbers we live by: Social Security
number, student ID, credit card number, IP address, birth
date, license plate.
We’re reduced to a host of labels in life: profession, education, class, relationship, marital status. These, too, stifle. “If
we are pigeonholed and labeled, we are unnamed,” wrote the
late Madeleine L’Engle in her book “Walking on Water.”
A name, in contrast, moves with you, becomes you and
reaches to your spirit. “Our names are part of our wholeness,”
L’Engle wrote. “To name
is to love. To be named
is to be loved.”
Jesus calls us each
by name. Whether you
are ranked No. 5, No. 50
or No. 500 by the Social
Security Administration,
when Jesus utters your
Christina
name, you are The One
Capecchi
and Only. Singled out,
beloved, hairs counted,
finger prints memorized.
Our job is to live up to that name.
Christina, No. 175, means “follower of Christ.” I can
still picture the wooden plaque that hung in my childhood
bedroom. It wasn’t quite as glamorous as the meaning of my
best friend’s name, as stated on her bedroom plaque; Sarah
means “princess.” But I knew it was an important calling.
Just as Jesus asked his disciples, “Who do you say I
am?” he also asks us, “Who do I say you are?”
Are you proud of the answer? Are you living up to
the name?
Christina Capecchi is a freelance writer
from Inver Grove Heights, Minn..
E-mail her at [email protected].
The Catholic Difference
Shall we swap out national anthems?
Although I have lived in the Washington, D.C., area
since 1984, I am an orthodox Baltimorean by birth, nurture, education, baseball loyalties, and a settled disdain for
offering tartar sauce with crab cakes. So I should be the
last person to think the unthinkable about my native city’s
principal contribution to American public culture (after, of
course, the Colts’ sudden-death victory over the New York
Giants in the 1958 NFL championship game).
Nonetheless, I shall risk the charges of heresy and treason
by proposing the following thought experiment: as America
celebrates Independence Day, let’s ponder a switch in national
anthems, substituting “America the Beautiful” for the poem
Francis Scott Key wrote during the British bombardment of
Fort McHenry in Baltimore harbor during the War of 1812.
Older readers and Americana buffs will remember that
“The Star-Spangled Banner” won the title of national anthem
in a close Congressional vote, nipping “God Bless America” at
the wire in 1931. Since then, the anthem – which ranges over
an octave and a half and is thus unsingable by anyone beside
children, virtuoso sopranos, and castrati – has been vocally
mangled by patriotic Americans from, er, sea to shining sea.
The severe difficulty of singing “The Star-Spangled
Banner” properly is the strongest argument in favor of
replacing it. (That the tune to which Key’s poem was set, “To
Anachreon in Heaven,” was originally a London drinking
song is not a disqualification for right-thinking Catholics,
although it might vex some of the evangelical brethren.)
Veterans of the Baltimore Catholic schools of the 1950s
once knew three stanzas of Key’s lyrics. I venture to guess that
less than 1/10 of 1 percent of my fellow countrymen know anything beyond the first stanza today – if even the full first stanza
is widely known. It would be a shame if it weren’t, though. For
the “Star-Spangled Banner”’s best claim to canonization is that
the stanza we all (try to) sing ends with a question, which is
an appropriate way to end the national anthem of a democracy.
Why? Because democracy is always something of an experiment. “Oh say, does that star-spangled banner yet wave, o’er the
land of the free and the home of the brave?” – the question poses
itself today, just as it did under the rockets’ red glare in 1814,
and just as it will pose itself in every future generation.
“America the Beautiful” would, arguably, be a better
national anthem, not because it’s less bellicose – it isn’t, with
its paean to “heroes proved in liberating strife, who more
than self their country loved and mercy more than life” – but
because it’s eminently more singable. Moreover, Katherine
Lee Bates’s lyrics acknowledge that the wonder of America
is a gift of God’s grace, while reminding us that to be a nation
“under God” means being a nation under judgment.
Thus the fine second stanza – the one you get to after
extolling “purple mountain majesties” (please note: not “purple
mountain’s majesty”) – teaches us the always useful lesson that
faith, reason, freedom and the rule of law go together in a national experiment that also has the character of a pilgrimage:
O beautiful for pilgrim feet
Whose stern impassioned stress
A thoroughfare for freedom beat
Across the wilderness!
America, America,
God mend thine every
flaw;
Confirm thy soul in
self-control, thy liberty
in law!
George Weigel
Bates’s unapologetic
linking of the American
democratic experiment
with divine providence, divine guidance, and divine judgment probably renders “America the Beautiful” unacceptable to today’s secularist thought-police and their allies
in the federal courts; one can easily imagine the ACLU
contesting “America the Beautiful”-as-national-anthem on
the grounds that singing about God shedding his grace on
the United States violates the First Amendment (just as one
can imagine certain parties deploring the notion that God’s
grace is “his” grace).
So swapping Keys for Bates is an idea whose time may
not yet have come – and the shades of Baltimoreans past can
rest easy. Still, both anthems, with their stress on sacrifice
for the common good, give us something to think about in
light of the Glorious Fourth.
George Weigel is Distinguished Senior Fellow of the
Ethics and Public Policy Center in Washington, D.C.
Spirituality for Life
Some guidelines for service
To try to serve others is to be caught up in many tensions, some that beset from without and others that beset
from within. How can we remain energized, effective and
true? Here are some guidelines for the long haul:
Be beyond ideology; be both post-liberal and post-conservative. Have an unlisted ideological number! Refuse to
be pre-defined by any ideology of the left or the right. Like
Jesus, transcend boundaries, constantly surprise, refuse to
be classified. Don’t be liberal and don’t be conservative. Be
a person of faith and compassion and let that take you down
whatever roads it takes you.
Strive to incarnate both the kenotic and the triumphant
Christ. Don’t be afraid to be nothing and don’t be afraid to
be everything. Christ emptied himself and refused to claim
any status or to stand out in terms of public titles, distinctive
dress, or in any triumphant display of power. But he is too
the Christ who rose triumphant from the tomb and who needs
to be proclaimed publicly – with color, pride and display.
He is both the Christ of silent, anonymous witness and the
Christ of chanting, public processions. Honor both.
Be for the marginalized, without being marginalized
yourself. Walk a fine tightrope. Take your stand with the
marginalized, even as you are known for your sanity and
capacity to relate warmly and deeply to every kind of
person and group. Be known for your radical stance for
the poor even as you are recognized for the wide scope of
your embrace.
Lead without being elitist. Be led by the artist, but listen
to the street. Be a leader, an aesthete, an artist, a creative
person trying to lead others forward, even as you shun elitism
and ensure every kind of person is comfortable around you.
Be a leader, but with empathy, without disdaining others’
culture, sentiment or piety.
Be iconoclastic and pious at the same time. Don’t be
afraid to smash idols and don’t be afraid to bow in reverence.
The problem is that the pious aren’t liberal and the liberals
aren’t pious. Be both, one doesn’t work without the other.
Great hearts hold near contradictory principles, lesser ones
do not. Help smash the false gods that need to be smashed,
even as you are unafraid to kneel often in reverence.
Be equally committed to social justice and
to intimacy with Jesus.
Learn to be comfortable
leading both a peace
march and devotional
prayer. Do not choose
between justice and Jesus,
between committing
Father
yourselves to the poor and
fostering private intimacy
Ron Rolheiser
with Jesus. Don’t choose
between interiority and
action. Dorothy Day didn’t. There’s a lesson there.
Be thoroughly in the world, even as you are rooted
elsewhere. Live in tortured complexity. Love the world, love
its pagan beauty, let it take your breath away, even as you
root your heart in something deeper so that the realities of
faith also take your breath away. Carry the tension between
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Catholic San Francisco
July 11, 2008
‘…this time … a more generous response to God’s kindness’
‘“I felt a call to go back to where I came from…’
‘My sermons are gone, my books are at the seminary….’
Father Jim Garcia – moving from pastor to monastic
Photos and story by Rick DelVecchio
Father James Garcia, 63, will arrive at the Abbey
of the Holy Trinity in Huntsville, Utah, on Aug. 1,
fulfilling a long-held desire to deepen his relationship
with God and to discern if he is called to monasticism
for the rest of his life.
“Two suitcases, that’s all I have,” the pastor of
Menlo Park’s St. Anthony of Padua Parish since 2002
told Catholic San Francisco. “Everything else is gone
because I am planning to stay there for the long haul.
My sermons are gone, my books are at the seminary,
my furniture is here for my successor and I’ve got
myself down to two suitcases – Costco specials.”
Father Garcia said the change is possible because
he has fulfilled his obligations to his family and the
Archdiocese. He began his religious life at 14 when
he entered the Redemptorist minor seminary in Oakland.
He became an archdiocesan priest when he was 45 in
order to help his widowed mother. Ruth Garcia died in
2004 at 85, spending her last days with her only son in
the rectory in Menlo Park.
With his commitment to the Archdiocese to serve a
six-year term as the pastor of St. Anthony ending this year,
Father Garcia saw a chance to return to the prayer-centered vocation that first attracted him to the Redemptorist
congregation. For now he will be on unpaid leave from
the Archdiocese as a volunteer at the Trappist Cistercian
monastery.
Father Garcia is grateful to Archbishop George
Niederauer for allowing him to spend this time away at
Holy Trinity Abbey. How long will he stay? That depends
on a couple of factors, one of which is health. He’s presently receiving treatment for prostate cancer. The prognosis is good, he said.
“I felt a call to go back to where I came from, this time
with a little stronger desire to make a more generous and
more intense response to God’s kindness, to do it in the
Cistercian life with the monks – to live there as a volunteer
for however much time I have left to live,” he said. “And
when my health no longer permits, as an incardinated
priest in the Archdiocese I can return and be of service
in the parishes.”
Father Garcia will join the 19 monks living at the abbey
in the mountains of northeast Utah. The monks range in
age from 60 to 91.
Called to realize ever-greater conformity with Christ,
they observe a modification of the 1,500-year-old Rule
of St. Benedict. The monks center their lives on the
seven prayers of the Divine Office. They rise at 3 a.m.
for Vespers and retire at 7:30 p.m. after Vigils. Between
prayers some of the monks have work assignments, including taking care of the abbey’s beekeeping operation and
700-acre farm, gardening, shoveling snow and working
in the bookstore.
‘…I’ve got myself down to two suitcases….’
Candidates must be between 21 and 40, single and free
of financial and family obligations, to be considered for
the community. They undergo a six-month postulancy to
test their resolve and then advance to a two-year novitiate,
wearing the white Cistercian cloak and scapular. If the
vote of the elder monks is favorable, the novice moves
on to a three-year temporary profession and finally to
permanent status.
“For newcomers the transition from life in today’s
fast-paced and stressful American society to the sloweddown, quiet way of life at Holy Trinity Abbey can be
disorienting,” according to the description on the abbey’s
website. “Some call it liberating. Although we are
not completely cut off from society, we deliberately
withdraw from many features of city life, even good
ones, for the sake of our religious practices. Monks
do not pretend to live in the Middle Ages, free of
modern technology and totally self-sufficient, but
monks do filter and restrict their contacts with
contemporary society.”
Father Garcia was admitted as a volunteer based
on an essay he wrote to the vocations director,
focusing on his desire to return to the faith life he
experienced as a young man. His status is short-term
but could be extended after a trial period if both
parties agree, said the abbot, Father David Altman.
Father Garcia has donated his library to St. Patrick
Seminary, keeping only his eight Breviaries – four
each in Spanish and English. They are the prayer
books priests use to recite the Liturgy of Hours, which is
synonymous with the Divine Office monks have prayed
formally since the 6th century and long before that in
forms borrowed from Judaism.
At St. Anthony he is a part of a group that prays Vigils
in Spanish every day at 6 a.m. and Vespers five times a
week in the evening.
“It’s one of the greatest joys of my life to be in
the church with the people praying the Liturgy of the
Hours,” he said. “It’s what I hope to do the rest of my
life – praying the Liturgy of the Hours with the monks,
yeah, seven times a day.”
Father Garcia’s
Latino ministry legacy
Father Garcia presides over a thriving parish
with many Mexican and Mexican-American
parishioners. The parish baptized 575 people
last year – “probably the largest number
of baptisms in the Archdiocese,” he said.
Father Garcia points to a town on a map of Michoacan
state, Mexico. The town and others in the area have
a close connection to St. Anthony of Padua Parish,
which is known for its outreach to Mexican and
Central American day workers and the families they
support. “The guys coming up from the south know
they can always come to St. Anthony and there
will be food available and clothing available.”
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CCCYO experiencing increase in mortgage crisis calls
In the wake of the subprime mortgage
crisis, Catholic Charities CYO is experiencing a dramatic uptick in calls relating
to home foreclosures, said Jorge Rivera
of the agency’s Homelessness Prevention
Programs.
The CCCYO program works to prevent
homelessness by helping Bay Area residents who are behind in their rent or who
have trouble coming up with money for a
security deposit. Rivera said the agency
is ill equipped to deal with the much
larger problem of mortgage debt, which
means calls coming to the agency about
the matter must be referred to government
agencies and other charities.
“The first call I got was a big surprise,”
Rivera said. “I didn’t know what to do,
so I asked my supervisor.”
Now these types of calls are so common that he and fellow CCCYO workers
have referral numbers taped to their
desks.
Rivera said he averages one or two
calls a day from struggling homeowners. He even receives calls from out-ofstate, as far away as Tennessee and New
York.
Typically the callers are unable to
make mortgage payments because of
illnesses or injuries resulting in a loss
of income, layoffs, or even because they
were the victims of crime, Rivera said.
He also said some appeared to have been
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mentary civics and our unwillingness to bow
to the better-informed lawyers, by whom we
sometimes seem to be surrounded.
I would remind him that it was the
Supreme Court which held that slaves were
chattel and could be bought, sold and owned;
it took a proclamation by the executive and
a willingness to go to war to bring an end
to slavery, not a decision by minimally- or
even maximally-qualified attorneys. I would
remind him also that our Constitution is the
work product not of appointed judges with
lifetime tenure but of the elected representatives of the people.
The justices of the Supreme Court and
judges in general make decisions based on
their individual sets of belief and how those
beliefs color their view of the law. They have
in recent years created a whole panoply of
“rights” with only the most tenuous connection to the Constitution. If these people,
learned in the law, are to be the final and
unquestioned arbiters of what is and is not
constitutional, why is it that constitutional
matters are almost never settled by unanimous decisions ?
Malcolm Post
San Francisco
Judicial restraint
I would like to briefly respond to Mr.
John Kavanagh’s June 13 letter wherein he
correctly cites Marbury vs. Madison for the
principle of judicial review. He neglects,
however, to mention the equally important
principle of judicial restraint, which obliges
judges to respect the will of the people,
so long as there is a rational basis for the
people’s decision.
Without this principal of restraint, the
power of the judicial branch would be unlimited and the right of the people to govern
themselves would cease to exist.
The citizens of California did vote to
continue the institution of marriage as the
union of one man and one woman, as it has
been accepted in all cultures and societies
throughout history and as it was recognized when the California constitution was
adopted. Surely the people have the right to
continue their most basic and oldest social
institution.
To deprive citizens of this right requires
more than Marbury vs. Madison; it requires an
arrogant contempt for the will of the people.
(PHOTO BY MICHAEL VICK/CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO)
By Michael Vick
Catholic Charities
CYO’s Jorge Rivera
at his desk in the
Homelessness
Prevention Programs
office. In the background is a clipping
with contact numbers
for those caught in the
mortgage crisis.
targeted with subprime loans.
“These are actually very sad stories,”
Rivera said. “It’s a big risk that they could
[become homeless]. We hope that these
people have family and friends.”
In some cases, people caught in the
housing crisis have escaped to the rental
market, where Rivera can help. Others
must rely on government agencies, other
charities or the goodwill of family and
friends.
Rivera said callers come from all
walks of life. Some are married with
children, while others are alone. Many
are in the middle class; some only earn
minimum wage.
Rivera said the local and federal governments should step in to help prevent
predatory lending. He said research
should be done to determine how many
people are involved in the crisis, and an
effort should be made to negotiate better deals with lenders to help stave off
foreclosures.
Rivera wishes his organization could
do more than refer many callers to other
agencies. “For a lot of people, the concept
of Catholic Charities appeals to them,” he
said. “They wouldn’t be calling if they
didn’t have a need.”
Mr. Kavanagh acknowledges there
are valid arguments to be made against the
court’s decision but he does not make them. I
wish he had. Here’s one: traditional marriage
is not an irrational institution. It is based on
nature and reason, and voters should have
the right to decide for themselves that they
wish to keep it.
The people have a compelling interest
in maintaining those institutions which have
withstood the test of time and which have
served well over the centuries. They should
not be deprived of the right to do so by four
un-elected philosopher kings.
John R. Gallagher
Ross
breed of arrogant priests lording it over
their oppressed congregations. Their poor
sheep suffer in silence because the rigidly
ruling despot in a clerical collar is a priest!
And priests are special. On the other end of
the spectrum are the jolly “anything goes”
Father Bozos in sweats and turned around
baseball caps whose popularity comes from
the attitude of whatever the laity wants, the
laity gets.
In this respect, it’s secularism rather
than clericalism that is the “death of the
priesthood.” Having replaced the uniformity
of clericalism on many fronts, a free-wheeling secularism not bound by rules has
caused a revolution in the Church. This
has given free reign to dissenters wishing
to trash the moral standards of the Church
by reinventing it to suit their own radical
agendas demanding acceptance of “choice,”
divorce and remarriage, and homosexual
“rights.”
Perhaps Father Coleman should consider that the real reason for the alleged
“elitism” of some priests and the emergence
of pedophile priests with what he calls a “we
vs. they” mindset, is because on the balance
scales of too little clericalism and way too
much secularism.
Thura Straus
Burlingame
Startling
Secularism trumps
In his article blaming clericalism on
sexually abusive priests (May 16), Father
Gerald Coleman writes that clericalism
breeds a feeling of entitlement that gives
narcissistic priests “freedom to abuse, and
absolution for doing so.” Thus, according to
Father Coleman’s thinking, the pedophiles
who scandalized the Church are priests
who have been victimized by the priesthood itself.
Certainly, there is some clericalism
in the Church as evidenced by a certain
Archdiocese of San Francisco
releases statement on priest
On July 9, the Archdiocese of San Francisco sent the following statement to parish pastors and clergy:
A priest of the Archdiocese of San Francisco, Reverend José
Chavarin [59], has been recently accused of committing sexual abuse
against several minors in the San Diego area in the 1980s.
On Friday, June 20, 2008, upon learning of these allegations
involving minors, the Diocese of San Diego immediately notified the civil authorities and the Archdiocese of San Francisco.
When confronted with the charges by the Archbishop of San
Francisco, Father Chavarin denied any misconduct. He was placed
on Administrative Leave and directed to remain in the Archdiocese
of San Francisco.
On Monday, June 23, 2008, the Archdiocese received a voicemail
message that he had gone to Mexico [his native country] and would soon
return. Presently, we do not know the whereabouts of Father Chavarin, but believe
he is in Mexico. The Diocese of San Diego has alerted the police in San Diego to
the situation.
In accordance with provisions of the U.S. Bishops Charter for the Protection
of Children and Youth, the Archdiocese has established the position of Victim
Assistance Coordinator, who may be reached at (415) 614-5506.
It’s startling that Catholics would speak
in defense of “gay marriage.” We have a
wealth of teachings about the fundamental
nature of men and women – the Theology
of the Body to name just one – that clearly
points out the intrinsic requirement for
marriage to be between one man and one
woman.
When speaking to a secular world,
we need to remind others that no one is
solely an individual. Every action affects
others, particularly public actions such as
marriage. To say that a same-sex marriage of
a couple down the street does not affect the
integrity of my own marriage is like saying
we don’t need laws about burglary, because
my own house hasn’t been broken into. Laws
determine the norm. They instruct (“burglary
is bad”) as well as coerce, whether or not we
are immediately affected.
A fundamental role of marriage is to
provide a stable environment to bear and raise
children. Any lawyer who deals with divorce
knows child custody is the issue in divorce
that overrides all others – because the nature
of marriage is to provide a safe place for children. Marriage is not just about people who
love each other, and never has been.
If children could vote, do you doubt they
would vote to have a mother and a father?
This is not about the quality of the
people; it is about the nature of men and
women. Which of us, on serious reflection,
would choose to have been raised by two of
our mothers, or two of our fathers?
Children don’t vote. They are dependent
on the good will and discernment of the members of adult society to protect them. Same-sex
marriage is not a right of individuals, because
what we do as individuals affects others, and
what we do in marriage affects children, and
therefore all of society.
Ed Hopfner
Berkeley
Flatbush celebration
The Centennial Committee of Holy
Innocents Parish in Flatbush, Brooklyn,
N.Y., would appreciate placing a notice that
it would like to contact all former parishioners and school alumni as we prepare for our
100th anniversary as a parish.
For information, call Michelle Granillo
at the rectory: (718) 469-9500; or e-mail
Trudy Zadrozny at [email protected].
Trudy Zadrozny
Brooklyn, N.Y.
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July 11, 2008
Twenty-Second
Sunday in
Ordinary Time
Scripture reflection
Jeremiah 20:7-9;
Psalm 63:2, 3-4, 5-6, 8-9;
Romans 12:1-2; Matthew 16:21-27
A READING FROM
THE BOOK OF ISAIAH
IS 55:10-11
Thus says the Lord: Just as from the
heavens the rain and snow come down and
do not return there till they have watered
the earth, making it fertile and fruitful,
giving seed to the one who sows and
bread to the one who eats, so shall my
word be that goes forth from my mouth;
my word shall not return to me void, but
shall do my will, achieving the end for
which I sent it.
RESPONSORIAL PSALM
PS 65:10, 11, 12-13, 14
R. The seed that falls on good ground will
yield a fruitful harvest.
You have visited the land and watered
it;
greatly have you enriched it.
God’s watercourses are filled;
you have prepared the grain.
R. The seed that falls on good ground will
yield a fruitful harvest.
Thus have you prepared the land:
drenching its furrows,
breaking up its clods,
Softening it with showers,
blessing its yield.
R. The seed that falls on good ground will
yield a fruitful harvest.
You have crowned the year with your
bounty,
and your paths overflow with a rich
harvest;
The untilled meadows overflow with
it,
and rejoicing clothes the hills.
R. The seed that falls on good ground will
yield a fruitful harvest.
The fields are garmented with flocks
and the valleys blanketed with grain.
They shout and sing for joy.
R. The seed that falls on good ground will
yield a fruitful harvest.
A READING FROM THE LETTER OF
ST. PAUL TO THE ROMANS
ROM 8:18-23
Brothers and sisters: I consider that the
sufferings of this present time are as nothing compared with the glory to be revealed
for us. For creation awaits with eager
expectation the revelation of the children
of God; for creation was made subject to
futility, not of its own accord but because
of the one who subjected it, in hope that
creation itself would be set free from slavery to corruption and share in the glorious
freedom of the children of God. We know
that all creation is groaning in labor pains
even until now; and not only that, but we
ourselves, who have the first fruits of the
Spirit, e also groan within ourselves as
we wait for adoption, the redemption of
our bodies.
A READING FROM THE GOSPEL
ACCORDING TO MATTHEW
MT 13:1-9
On that day, Jesus went out of the house
and sat down by the sea. Such large crowds
gathered around him that he got into a boat
and sat down, and the whole crowd stood
along the shore. And he spoke to them at
length in parables, saying: “A sower went
out to sow. And as he sowed, some seed
fell on the path, and birds came and ate it
up. Some fell on rocky ground, where it
had little soil. It sprang up at once because
the soil was not deep, and when the sun
rose it was scorched, and it withered for
lack of roots. Some seed fell among thorns,
and the thorns grew up and choked it. But
some seed fell on rich soil and produced
fruit, a hundred or sixty or thirtyfold.
Whoever has ears ought to hear.”
DEACON BILL TURRENTINE
Bringing forth new life –
mystery, suffering and joy
(A focus on this Sunday’s second reading
from the eighth chapter of Romans.)
I’ve never tried it personally, but pregnancy is obviously a big commitment. It is a
transitional time, a time of wonder and joy but
also of discomfort and awkwardness. Regular
clothes no longer fit and the body no longer
gets up easily from a chair. Changing contours
attract notice and occasionally even insensitive comments. Pregnancy focuses attention
on the coming event, which is awaited with
hope – and trepidation. If men were the ones
to give birth, as the old saying goes, the
human race would soon perish. Birth requires
the hope and love and strength of a mother.
There is a spiritual sense, however, in
which all people – even men – can share in
the travails associated with bringing forth
new life. St. Paul says that “all of creation is
groaning in labor pains even until now.…”
What St. Paul is telling us is that we live
in a transitional time. It is a time where the
ultimate good we hope for through the death
and resurrection of Christ is still hidden. As
this new life in Christ develops deep within
us, it fills us with wonder and joy.
It also makes demands on us that can be
awkward or even painful. We must dress
differently because of the requirements of
Christian modesty. We must hoist ourselves
out of our easy chairs and give our time and
talent to serve those who are in need. We
must conduct the whole of our lives in a way
fitting for those called to be the salt of earth
(purifying earthly things) and the light of the
world (reflecting God’s truth, goodness and
beauty in spiritual matters).
What we get in return for these sacrificial efforts often involves rude comments
or rejection. As some wise wag said, “No
good deed goes unpunished.” In some parts
of the world, even today, living the basics of
a Christian life can lead to discrimination,
imprisonment or martyrdom.
This earthly period of mystery and challenge is oriented to a final culmination, a day of
judgment and an eternity of joy. When a mother
gives birth to her baby, and holds her beautiful
little child safely in her arms, the difficulties of
pregnancy are swallowed up by enduring joy.
And so it will be for faithful Christians.
“The sufferings of the present time,” St. Paul
asserts, “are as nothing compared with the
glory to be revealed for us.” This glory is
cosmic. It will be reflected in all of creation
and it will include the perfection of our bodies and our souls. Our poor, weak, vulnerable
bodies will share in the resurrected life of
Jesus and radiate a strength and beauty far
beyond what we could achieve with the most
dedicated personal trainer on earth.
Our relations with each other will be healed
of all misunderstanding and animosity and be
filled instead with the love of God. Above all
else, we will have the divinizing vision of God.
“We shall be like him,” St. John says, “for we
shall see him as he is.” (1 John 3.2).
All the difficulties we have endured during our earthly way of the cross will be swallowed up by eternal joy as we share in the
“glorious freedom of the children of God.”
Deacon Bill Turrentine serves
at St. Rita Parish, Farifax.
Guest Commentary
Bishop Robinson, celibacy and sexual abuse
Under the sponsorship of Voice of the Faithful, Geoffrey
Robinson, retired axiliary bishop of Sydney, Australia,
recently made a tour of the United States to promote his book,
“Confronting Power and Sex in the Catholic Church” (Garratt
Publishing, 2007).
In the book’s introduction, Bishop Robinson states that
“sexual abuse of minors by a significant number of priests and
religious, together with the attempts of many Church authorities
to conceal the abuse, constitute one of the ugliest stories ever
to emerge from the Catholic Church. It would be difficult to
overestimate the pervasive and lasting harm it has done to the
Church.”
Bishop Robinson is in a unique position to make this assertion, having served for six years as co-chair of the Archdiocese of
Sydney’s National Committee coordinating the Church’s clergy
sex abuse. He served as auxiliary bishop from 1984-2004.
I have no quarrel with Bishop Robinson’s assessment of
the seriousness of the clergy sexual abuse crisis, or the way it
was often mishandled. I do have substantial difficulties with his
overarching blame of celibacy as the driving force.
He does state that “celibacy is not the sole cause of sexual
abuse by priests and religious.” He admits that even if “celibacy
were abolished tomorrow,” the problem would not disappear.
In a June 7 interview with the Los Angeles Times, however,
he criticized John Paul II and Benedict XVI for their unwillingness to reexamine obligatory celibacy for priests. He is quoted
as saying, “Let’s start from abuse and follow where it leads. If
we find that obligatory celibacy has contributed to abuse, we
must put that on the table.”
Bishop Robinson believes three factors caused priests and
religious to sexually abuse children: an unhealthy psychological
state; unhealthy ideas about power and sex; and the unhealthy
environment or community in which a priest or religious lives.
While naming sexual abuse fundamentally “an abuse of
power,” Bishop Robinson sees celibacy and its lifestyle as the
primary culprits that create an abusive environment. This environment creates the conditions for the abuse of children and adults,
especially women. He believes this problem cannot be honestly
addressed until the question of obligatory celibacy is faced.
The centerpiece of his theological argument is that God calls
men to a priestly vocation but does not at the same time call them
to celibacy. These men want to be priests. So, they tolerate celibacy, some better than others, to obtain their goal of ordination.
The resulting sexual frustration leads to abusive behaviors. He
writes that these priests are “living in an unwanted, unassimilated
and, therefore, unhealthy celibate state. Many of those who have
left the priesthood or religious life in the last 40 years have been
in this category, but so many of those remain.”
Obligatory celibacy, according to Bishop Robinson, contributes to depression, misogyny and homophobia. This unhealthy
environment contributes to the sexual abuse of children by
priests and religious. Since priests and bishops are celibate,
they underestimated the “fierce” protection of children by their
parents and extent parents. He concludes, “How many abused
children is celibacy worth?”
I find the arguments flawed as they lead to the misguided
judgment that all things being equal, priests abused children
because of their celibacy. Consequently, if priests could marry,
the sexual abuse of children would cease. There are too many
who would like to place child sexual abuse at the feet of the
Church and thereby ignore basic facts.
Most child abuse takes place within the family. Read such
professional studies as “A Sourcebook On Child Sexual Abuse,
License to Rape, The Dark Side of Families,” and “Child Sexual
Abuse” to see proof of this statement. In our efforts to face the
horror of the sexual abuse of children, we must provide major
focus of attention to the family, not to celibacy.
Sexual abuse of a child by a family member results
in serious, long-term
psychological trauma,
especially in the case of
parental incest. In the
sexual abuse of minors,
approximately 30 percent are relatives of the
child, most often fathers,
uncles or cousins. About
Father Gerlad
60 percent are other
acquaintances such as
Coleman, S.S.
friends of the family,
babysitters or neighbors.
Strangers are offenders in roughly 10 percent of cases.
Studies overwhelmingly demonstrate that most sexual abuse
of children is “intrafamilial” and constitutes incest. Some studies
show that 20 million Americans have been sexually victimized
by parental incest as children.
In the past few decades in the United States, child sexual
abuse has gained public attention and has become one of the
most high-profile crimes. Child sexual abuse damages children,
sometimes beyond full recovery. In an alarming number of cases,
it leads to suicide.
Why do I find Bishop Robinson’s treatment of sexual abuse
so annoying and misleading? His treatment of the subject is
superficial and is more the result of other fundamental disagreements he has with the Church.
How easy it is to blame obligatory celibacy for the sexual
abuse of children. Priests and religious who sexually abused
children did so because of the sexual disorder of pedophilia or
ephebophilia. They abused because of a sexual disorder, not
because they were celibate.
Sulpician Father Gerald Coleman is vice president for
ethics for the Daughters of Charity Health System.
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Rolheiser . . .
obituary
Sister Mary Aloysius McGloin dies at age 99
continued to tutor students and teach
Presentation Sister Mary Aloysius
Christian doctrine classes at St. Anne’s.
McGloin (baptismal name Mary) died June
Sister Aloysius loved the study of his25 at the Presentation Motherhouse in San
tory and was a stamp collector.
Francisco. A native of San Francisco, Sister
In 2000, Sister Aloysius moved to the
Aloysius was 99 years old and a Sister of
Presentation Motherhouse Care Center and
the Presentation for 70 years.
has been engaged in the ministry of prayer.
Before entering the convent, Sister Aloysius
Sister Aloysius leaves her sister, Sister
earned a degree at Teachers College – now San
Eleanor McGloin, PBVM, a nephew
Francisco State – in 1930 and taught physical
Paul McGloin, his wife Lupita, and his
education in public schools for eight years.
son, Francis; a niece, Monica McGloin
Sister Aloysius taught in schools of the
Castaneda. A funeral Mass was celebrated
Archdiocese of San Francisco including
June 30 at the motherhouse with interment
St. Agnes, 1939-1940; Sts. Peter and Paul,
at Holy Cross Cemetery in Colma.
1949-1950 and St. Anne’s, 1948-1949;
Memorial contributions to the Sisters of
1971-1976; 1985-2000. She also taught at
Sister Mary Aloysius
the
Presentation can be sent to Sisters of
schools in Berkeley, Gilroy, Montebello,
McGloin, PBVM
the Presentation, Development Office, 281
Los Angeles, and Pecos, N.M.
After retiring from full-time teaching, Sister Aloysius Masonic Ave., San Francisco 94118.
Msgr. Francis Lacey . . .
■ Continued from page 3
who was also a private pilot, an avid skier, a world traveler and a good photographer,” Sister Lacey told Catholic San
Francisco. “I loved his dry wit and quick sense of humor. On
the day he died, the Church on earth lost a faithful priest, but
the saints in heaven gained a great storyteller!”
Msgr. Lacey was the first Moderator of the Curia for the
Archdiocese of San Francisco, “an assignment in which he assisted
the Archbishop as head administrator,” according to a memo from
Auxiliary Bishop William Justice, announcing the priest’s death.
“He undertook his new responsibilities with distinction.”
Bishop Justice said the papal visit in 1987 rested largely
in Msgr. Lacey’s hands and “involved the coordination of
dozens of archdiocesan committees and innumerable calls
and visits with representatives of other dioceses.”
In June 1989, acknowledging Msgr. Lacey’s important contribution to the trip, Pope John Paul II conferred upon Msgr. Lacey
the title of Protonotary Apostolic, a high prelate of honor.
Msgr. Lacey is survived by family including Ila Lacey,
the wife of his late brother Raymond, and nieces and nephews including Mercy Sister Marilyn Lacey, Michael Lacey,
Robert Lacey, Donald Lacey, and Raymond Lacey, Jr.
Remembrances may be sent to Sister Marilyn Lacey,
RSM, c/o Ila Lacey, 1200 Eureka Ct., Los Altos 94024.
Interment was at Holy Cross Cemetery in Colma.
The Catholic Cemeteries
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having a hopeless love for the world and a hopeless love for
things beyond it. Love the world as you would a lover with
some quirks of character and weaknesses that cause you
pain. Pray a lot. Cry occasionally. Sneak off to a church as
needed and walk in the sun regularly. The Church has secrets
worth knowing, and the world is also beautiful.
Ponder, in the biblical sense, by carrying the tension
inside the community. Eat the tension around you. Mary
pondered, not by thinking deep intellectual thoughts but
by holding, carrying and transforming tension so as not to
give it back in kind. Like Jesus, she helped take sin and tension away by absorbing it, like a water filter that keeps the
impurities inside of itself and gives back only pure water.
Be a tension-absorber inside all communities wherein you
live. Absorb the bitterness, the anger, the hardness, the group
hysteria, the lack of reconciliation. Then drink wine with a
friend to rid yourself of your own toxins.
Help incarnate a deeper maturity. Go into dark places,
but don’t sin. Stand up for the God-given freedom we enjoy,
even as you model and show others how that freedom can be
carried in a way that never abuses it. Like Jesus, who went
into the singles-bars of his time (except he didn’t sin), walk
in great freedom, go into dark places, but go there not to
assert human autonomy but to take God’s light there.
Make love to the song! Forget about yourself and how
others react to you. A bad singer on stage makes love to
himself; a more mature singer makes love to his audience;
a really mature singer makes love to the song. Service is
the same. Forget about yourself, your image, your need to
prove yourself. Eventually forget about your audience, too,
so that you and your song are not about yourself or about
your people, but about God.
Oblate Father Ron Rolheiser can be contacted
through his website: www.ronrolheiser.com.
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Music TV
Books RADIO Film stage
‘WALLE – E’ –
an instant classic
NEW YORK (CNS) – The combination of Pixar
Animation Studios and Disney continues its winning streak
with this latest feature, “WALL-E,” an imaginative and
touching tale set 800 years in the future.
WALL-E is a soulful-eyed little robot (voice of Ben
Burtt), the last remaining on an abandoned garbage-strewn
earth. (WALL-E is an acronym for Waste Allocation Load
Lifter Earth-Class.)
Little WALL-E has a monotonous existence trudging
to and fro over the ugly rubble, compacting the dross and
storing the valuables in compartmentalized bins, making
only the occasional mistake, as when he blithely tosses a
diamond ring but keeps the case.
His most prized possession is an old “Hello, Dolly!” videotape. He watches Michael Crawford sing “It Only Takes
a Moment” to his lady love over and over, taking particular
note of how lovers hold hands.
His only companion is a feisty cockroach with enough
personality to continue the “Ratatouille” trend of humanizing vermin.
When a spaceship noisily descends and deposits a sleek,
egg-shaped “probe-droid,” EVE (Extraterrestrial Vegetation
Evaluator) (Elissa Knight), it’s love at first sight for WALLE, who manages to captivate the mystified robot with his
“Put on Your Sunday Clothes” strutting from “Dolly,” and
then shows her the love song footage. (We wouldn’t be
surprised if Fox Home Entertainment sees a spike in sales
for that 1969 film, so poignantly is the music and footage
used.)
He also shows her such novelties as an eggbeater, bubble
wrap, a Rubik’s cube and a cigarette lighter, with its living
flame – a revelation for her and a heart-stopping moment
for us.
He offers her a little plant he’s found as a token, which
(CNS PHOTO/DISNEY)
By Harry Forbes
Scene from the animated movie “WALL-E.” The USCCB classification is A-I – general patronage.
(as a vegetation searcher) she promptly stashes in her torso,
causing her mechanism to shut down completely. WALL-E
tenderly but unsuccessfully tries to revive her, and in short
order, the space ship returns to repair her. WALL-E stows
away.
The Axiom space ship – something of a floating Noah’s
Ark – is ostensibly manned by an ineffectual Captain (Jeff
Garlin) and populated by earth’s obese, passively sedentary
refugees, like pampered John (John Ratzenberger) and Mary
(Kathy Najimy). The ship’s main computer is voiced by
Sigourney Weaver.
A reconstituted EVE tries to send WALL-E back to
earth for his own good, but he’s determined to stay with
her. Meanwhile, the little plant has given the Captain a sign
that earth might be habitable again, but he finds the ship’s
auto-computer has other plans.
WALL-E and EVE – not to mention another cute neatnik
robot named M-O (Microbe Obliterator) – and the newly
invigorated humans must unite and take control.
Using Pixar’s breathtaking animation techniques, director and co-writer Andrew Stanton (with Jim Reardon) has
concocted a canny mix of sharp humor, honest sentiment
and romance, perhaps the most heartfelt since the classic
Disney days.
Though the earth landscape is somber and even a little
scary in its ruined desolation, youngsters will focus on
WALL-E. These anthropomorphized creatures – especially
the expressive WALL-E – convey feelings far more human
than, say, those in “Cars.”
For adults, there’s an underlying indictment of our consumer-oriented society and a timely environmental warning. If a
picture is worth a thousand words, the ugly wasteland that was
once our planet should leave an indelible impression. For kids,
the film underscores the virtues of courage and self-sacrifice.
This is an instant classic.
The USCCB Office for Film & Broadcasting classification is A-I – general patronage. The Motion Picture
Association of America rating is G – general audiences.
All ages admitted.
Forbes directs the Office for Film & Broadcasting
of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops.
More reviews are available online
at www.usccb.org/movies.
Seminary rector to do TV encore
On the “For Heaven’s Sake” TV
program airing Sunday, July 20,
at 5:30 a.m. on KRON-Channel 4,
Sulpician Father Gerald Brown, rector
and president of St. Patrick Seminary
and University in Menlo Park, talks
about the contemporary Catholic
Church, current trends in seminary
formation and continuing education
for clergy.
On this program, originally broadcast in April, Father Brown talks
of plans to expand and update St.
Patrick’s Seminary and University,
which was dedicated in 1898.
Seminarians from the Archdiocese
of San Francisco and numerous other
dioceses attend the seminary, which
also supports the permanent diaconate formation program and continuing
education for clergy.
www.usccb.org/movies
Father Gerald Brown, SS
July 11, 2008
Summer to-dos
July 15 – Aug. 8, noon – 4 p.m., Tuesday through
Saturday: “Then and Now: Annual Art and Art Therapy
Exhibition” at Notre Dame de Namur University’s Weigand
Gallery, on the college campus at 1500 Ralston Rd. in
Belmont. Showcases artists work and “how the field of art
therapy has evolved within the mental health profession.”
Call (650) 508-3556 or visit www.ndnu.edu.
July 12, Aug. 15, 8 p.m.: Refresh your soul … with a
moment of peace and quiet … away from the busyness
of life … listen to beautiful music … join others in prayer
and song around the cross … offer your restlessness
and worries to Jesus, the One who understands … let
the longing in our world and yours meet in Jesus the
One who heals. Location: Dominican Sisters of Mission
San Jose, Motherhouse Chapel, 43326 Mission Blvd.
Fremont. For further information, please contact Maria
Shao, (408) 839-2068 or [email protected].
July 18 through 26: San Francisco’s Shrine of
Saint Jude’s annual Novena in honor of St. Anne and
St. Joachim at St. Dominic Church, Bush Street at
Steiner. Masses: Monday through Friday at 7:45 a.m.
and 5:15 p.m.; Saturday at 7:45 a.m. and Sunday at
9:15 and 11:15 a.m. Novena preacher is Dominican
Father Bernhard Blankenhorn. Confessions and the
rosary start 15 minutes before Mass. Blessing with
the relic of St. Jude will take place after each Mass.
For more information, call (415) 931-5919.
July 26, 8 p.m.: July Fest Zydeco Dance at St. Finn
Barr Parish Goode Hall, 415 Edna St. at Hearst in
San Francisco. Free dance lesson 7 – 8 p.m. Tickets
are $15 in advance, $20 at the door. Call (415) 3333627 or (415) 585-4524.
July 26, 7:30 p.m.: “La Boheme” performed by
Pocket Opera of Notre Dame at Notre Dame de
Namur University Theater, 1500 Ralston Ave. in
Belmont. Tickets are $20/$10 seniors. Call (650)
508-3729 or e-mail [email protected].
Aug. 3, 10, 17, 10:45 a.m.: Jesuit Father Tom Reese,
a former editor of his order’s America magazine, speaks
on politics, liturgy and justice at Fromm Hall behind St.
Ignatius Church on the campus of University of San
Francisco. Aug. 3: “Catholics and Faithful Citizenship,”
Aug. 10: “Symbolic Gestures and the Liturgy,” Aug. 17:
“Justice and the Eucharist.” Contact Greg Fox at gfox@
bfesf.com or Don Faloon at (415) 422-2195.
Aug. 3, 1-6 p.m.: Biergartenfest 2008 at German
Tourist Club, 3115 Butters Dr., Oakland. Fans of
German food, beer, music and dance and everyone
interested in a great mid-summer festival with live music
and German folk dance performances are invited. All
ages welcome. Tickets are $10/under 14 free. Call (510)
531-2930. The Internationals Band, the official band of
the annual “Oktoberfest by the Bay” at Fort Mason will
perform. See http://www.theinternationals.com/. For
more information, contact [email protected].
Aug. 16, noon to 5: Annual picnic for separated
and divorced Catholics and their families at San
Bruno City Park, Site #9, Crystal Springs and Oak
Avenues, San Bruno. Bring your family and a favorite
picnic dish or snack to share. Tickets are $5/person, or
$10/ family. Grilled hot dogs, sausages, condiments,
plates, napkins and utensils will be provided. Share
food, socializing, fun and games, and lots of fresh
air and sunshine. Those wishing to carpool from San
Francisco will meet at the parking lot at St. Stephen’s
near Stonestown at 11:30 a.m. Call to verify.For directions and/or to affirm carpooling, contact Vonnie at
(650) 873-4236 or Gail at (650) 591-8452.
Aug. 23, 2 p.m.: A concert benefiting St. Patrick’s
Seminary and University featuring Catholic music
artist John Angotti at St. Mary’s Cathedral, Gough
St. and Geary Blvd. in San Francisco. Angotti is an
award-winning composer and recording artist recently
featured at the United States papal visit and is also
performing at World Youth Day in Sydney, Australia.
Also appearing will be choirs from St. Francis High
School in Mountain View and Church of the Nativity in
Menlo Park under the direction of Margaret Durando
and Gabriel Lucas. General admission tickets are $75;
$25 for students. For more information, visit www.
stpatricksseminary.org or call (650) 325-5621.
Sept. 5 and subsequent First Fridays of the Month:
Catholic Marin Breakfast Club meets at St. Sebastian
Church, Sir Francis Drake Blvd. and Bon Air Rd. in
Greenbrae for Mass at 7 a.m. with breakfast and talk
following. San Francisco Auxiliary Bishop William J,
Justice is guest speaker Sept. 5. Archbishop George
H. Niederauer will speak Dec. 5. Presentation Oct. 3 will
address upcoming elections and Nov. 7 gathering offers
opportunity to learn more about the Knights and Dames
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1st Friday at 7:30 p.m.: Church of the Nativity,
210 Oak Grove Ave., Menlo Park at 7:30 p.m. Call
Deacon Dominic Peloso at (650) 322-3013.
Tuesdays at 6 p.m.: Notre Dame Des Victoires
Church, 566 Bush at Stockton, San Francisco with
Rob Grant. Call (415) 397-0113.
2nd Friday at 8 p.m.: Our Lady of the Pillar, 400
Church St. in Half Moon Bay. Call Cheryl Fuller at
(650) 726-2249.
3rd Friday, 8 p.m.: Woodside Priory Chapel, 302
Portola Rd., Portola Valley. Contact Benedictine Father
Martin at (650) 851-6133 for directions or information.
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Sunday, 6 a.m., WB Channel 20/Cable 13 and
KTSF Channel 26/Cable 8: TV Mass with Msgr.
Harry Schlitt presiding.
Saturday, 4 p.m.: Religious programming in
Cantonese over KVTO 1400 AM, co-sponsored by
the Chinese Ministry and Chinese Young Adults of
the Archdiocese.
1st Sunday, 5 a.m., CBS Channel 5: “Mosaic,”
featuring conversations on current Catholic issues.
3rd Sunday, 5:30 a.m., KRON Channel 4: “For
Heaven’s Sake,” featuring conversations about
Catholic spirituality.
KSFB Catholic Radio 1260 AM offers daily Mass,
rosary and talk on the faith – visit www.ihradio.org.
Single, Divorced, Separated
In tribute for his work in establishing “Catholic Charities CYO as a model for us and
dioceses across the country,” Social Services Celeste Arbuckle, director of Religious
Education and Youth Ministry for the Archdiocese of San Francisco, says “Thank
you” to Brian Cahill, executive director of CCCYO. Cahill, who was appointed director
of CYO in 2000, oversaw the merging of that agency and Catholic Charities in 2003. His
retirement at the end of the year closes a more than 40-year career in social service.
of Malta. Members’ breakfast $7/visitors $10. Call (415)
461-0704 weekdays or e-mail [email protected].
Sept. 7, Mass at 11 a.m. with picnic from noon-4
p.m.: CYO Family Day at St. Ignatius College Prep,
37th Ave. at Sunset Blvd. in San Francisco. It’s an
afternoon of CYO fun with family and friends featuring
a picnic, all-day swimming with licensed lifeguards
on duty and a festival to celebrate the kickoff of CYO
Athletics’ Fall Season. Enjoy games and activities
plus hot dogs with all the trimmings. Tickets are $10
per person for events and $5 per person for picnic
lunch. Call (415) 972-1233 or visit www.cccyo.org.
Sept. 12, 6:30 p.m.: Concert by Jesse Manibusan
at St. Raphael Church, 1104 Fifth Ave. in San Rafael.
Suggested donation of $5 for individuals or $30 for
parish youth groups. Reception afterward. Contact
Chris Lorentz at (415) 454-8141, ext. 28 or clorentz@
saintraphael.com.
Sept. 19, 6 p.m.: The Four Pillars gala at St. Mary’s
Cathedral will honor Archbishop George H. Niederauer
with proceeds benefiting St. Patrick’s Seminary and
University in Menlo Park in its mission of “the initial and
ongoing formation of priests” for service in a “contemporary and multicultural-world.” The evening will feature
entertainment by Diana Stork of Festival of Harps as well
as an exclusive wine auction. The event takes its name
from the four pillars of formation: human, spiritual, intellectual and pastoral. Tickets are $150. Call the seminary
at (650) 325-5621 or visit www.stpatricksseminary.org.
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350 Oak Grove Ave. in Menlo Park - Call (650)
325-5614 or visit www.vallombrosa.org.
Aug. 1-3: Angels, Creation and the Power of
Prayer; Creativity among the angels is extraordinary.
The power of prayer is almost unbelievable. The adventure of entering into these worlds is full of surprise and
delight. Facilitated by Franciscan Sister Jose Hobday.
Aug. 29-31: A Retreat for Families and Friends
of Alcoholics Alcoholism is a family disease and it
takes a deep toll on those who love alcoholics, work
with alcoholics, are related to alcoholics and who
have been on an emotional roller coaster with them.
Whether the alcoholic is one of our parents, or our
spouse, or one of our children, we need support and
refreshment and recovery. This weekend will look
at the tools and treasures of Al-Anon. There will be
conversations, prayer, quiet and some time to rest
and to share experience, strengths and hope. Retreat
director Jesuit Father Tom Weston has been an active
member of the recovery community since 1976.
St. Mary’s Cathedral
Gough and Geary St. in San Francisco – (415)
567-2020. Ample parking is available free of
charge in the Cathedral lot for most events.
July 15, 7:15 p.m., Cathedral Event Center, Hall C:
“St. Bonaventure: Preaching and Teaching the Word of
God.” Free; all are welcome. Talk is followed by a reception with light refreshments. Presented by Stephen C.
Cordova of the St. Anthony of Padua Institute. For more
information, contact [email protected].
July 23, 10:30 a.m. to noon, Cathedral Event
Center, Msgr. Bowe Room: A free Grief Support
Workshop. Presenter: Barbara Elordi, MFT, director
of the Archdiocesan Grief Care ministry. For further
details, call Sister Esther at (415) 567-2020, ext. 218.
Aug. 12, 7:15 p.m., Cathedral Event Center, Hall
C: “St. Clare: The Hidden Evangelizer.” Free; all are
welcome to this lecture which focuses on this lifelong
friend and spiritual sister to St. Francis, principal patron
of the Archdiocese of San Francisco. Talk is followed by a
reception with light refreshments. Presented by Stephen
C. Cordova of the St. Anthony of Padua Institute. For more
information, contact [email protected].
Taize/Chanted Prayer
1st Friday at 8 p.m.: Mercy Center, 2300 Adeline
Dr., Burlingame with Mercy Sister Suzanne Toolan.
Call (650) 340-7452; Young Adults are invited each
first Friday of the month to attend a social at 6 p.m.
prior to Taize prayer at 8 p.m. The social provides
light refreshments and networking with other young
adults. Convenient parking is available. For information contact, [email protected].
Information about Bay Area single, divorced
and separated programs are available from Jesuit
Father Al Grosskopf at (415) 422-6698.
Ongoing support groups for the separated and
divorced take place at St. Bartholomew Parish, 300
Columbia Dr. at Alameda de las Pulgas, in San Mateo, first
and third Tuesdays of the month at 7 p.m. in the Spiritual
Center and first and third Wednesdays of the month at
St. Stephen Parish hall, Eucalyptus and 23rd Ave. in San
Francisco next to Stonestown Mall at 7:30 p.m. Call Gail
at (650) 591-8452 or Joanne at (650) 347-0701.
Catholic Adult Singles Association of Marin
meets for support and activities. Call Bob at (415)
897-0639 for information.
Consolation Ministry
Grief support groups meet at the following
parishes.
San Mateo County: St. Catherine of Sienna,
Burlingame; call Debbie Simmons at (650) 5581015. St. Dunstan, Millbrae; call Barbara Cappel at
(650) 692-7543. Good Shepherd, Pacifica; call Sister
Carol Fleitz at (650) 355-2593. Our Lady of Mercy,
Daly City; call Barbara Cantwell at (650) 755-0478.
Our Lady of Mt. Carmel, Redwood City; call parish
at (650) 366-3802. St. Robert, San Bruno; call Sister
Patricia at (650) 589-2800.
Marin County: St. Anselm, San Anselmo; call Brenda
MacLean at (415) 454-7650. St. Isabella, San Rafael;
call Pat Sack at (415) 472-5732. Our Lady of Loretto,
Novato; call Sister Jeanette at (415) 897-2171.
San Francisco: St. Dominic; call Deacon Chuck
McNeil at (415) 567-7824; St. Finn Barr (bilingual);
call Carmen Solis at (415) 584-0823. St. Gabriel; call
Elaine Khalaf at (415) 564-7882.
Young Widow/Widower Group: St. Gregory, San
Mateo; call Barbara Elordi at (415) 614-5506.
Ministry to Parents: Our Lady of Angels,
Burlingame; call Ina Potter at (650) 347-6971 or
Barbara Arena at (650) 344-3579.
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The first heat of the 3rd grade girls 75-meter run launches at the 43rd annual CYO
track and field event May 31 at St. Ignatius College Preparatory School. The day was
full of friendly competition and featured field events, 100 and 400-meter runs and
concluded with team relay races. Most CYO schools were represented, with more
than 135 energetic participants taking part in the festivities, CYO officials reported.
Courtney Johnson Clendinen directs CYO Athletics. St. Ignatius will also be the site
of CYO Family Day festival on Sept. 7 which kicks off the fall athletic season and features “hot dogs with all the trimmings.” For information, visit www.cccyo.org.
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•Brother Richard Olsen, celebrating
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Cleveland. He professed first vows in 1958.
He earned a bachelor’s degree in education
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His service has taken him to Rockaway
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• Father John Russi, celebrating his golden
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• Brother Thomas Oles, celebrating his
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St. Isabella School has 260 students, with an average of 29 students per
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workers, and a school janitor
(school experience required).
Interested candidates may fax
their resumes to (650) 697-9295.
EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY
Parish Secretary/Receptionist at
St. Gabriel Parish
2559 40th Avenue
San Francisco, California 94116
(415)731-6161
4 days per week position...Monday-Thursday
Computer Skills Required
Resume should be sent to the attention of
Fr. John Ryan at above address
and received by July 10.
ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT NEEDED
Job Description Synopsis:
• Telephone receptionist; answer questions; direct calls; process voice mail;
alert staff to phone messages;
• Pick up & process daily mail;
• Office supplies maintenance;
• Association filing;
• Photocopying for mailing;
• Processing for mailing (assembly & posting);
• Processing of events payment (to accountant);
• Member Telephone Support: changes of address, questions before events,
general questions (finding out who knows the answer if receptionist doesn’t know);
• Daily housekeeping duties for office tidiness (esp. lobby and foyer areas)
• Office equipment: maintenance and supplies;
• Special area of committee responsibility;
• Admin Asst to Administrator and asst to, Chancellor, Exec Asst, Accountant,
& Treasurer as needed;
• Pick-up/delivery from time to time (letters, papers), as needed.
Applicant Needs
• Computer skills (typing, use of WORD, EXCEL, PUBLISHER, scanner, etc.);
• Good telephone manner: pleasant, patient, helpful; respectful; well-spoken english;
• Ability to work congenially in a small office setting (3-6 other persons);
• Philosophic compatibility with the non-profit mission of the religious and
charitable organization;
• Consistent punctuality
and attendance;
[email protected]
• Three (3) references and resume;
Put in subject line: Admin Asst applicant
• Immediate availability
Applicant Replies To:
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July 11, 2008
Catholic San Francisco
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