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On San Francisco’s Embarcadero, young women lead the 6th annual Walk for Life West Coast Jan. 23.
The event, which drew an estimated 35,000 participants despite rain showers, marks the U.S. Supreme Court’s 1973 decision making abortion legal.

Walk for Life West Coast affirms


dignity of life and support for women
Thousands of people gathered in San from the San Francisco Bay Area, north- promote assisted suicide, Pro-Choice Francisco Embarcadero, walk partici-
Francisco Jan. 23 for the 6th annual Walk ern California and beyond, as well mem- organizations, Planned Parenthood. It is pants gathered and heard from pro-life
for Life West Coast, a pro-life rally and bers of evangelical and other Christian also true, however, that we have disagree- activists.
walk that took place this year beneath grey denominations. ment, misunderstanding and opposition Frank Lee, coordinator of Asian
clouds and intermittent rain. At an early morning, pre-walk Mass from among our own spiritual relatives, Americans Pro-Life, led the rally in a
The cold and damp weather didn’t Jan. 23, at an overflowing St. Mary’s the family of believers within the Catholic prayer, saying: “Every life is precious
seem to hamper attendance or enthusiasm. Cathedral in San Francisco, Archbishop Church, what we may call ‘the household and should be cherished. We have a tough
Organizers of the pro-life event estimated George H. Niederauer said in his hom- of the faith.’ Of particular concern are battle in front of us, but we shall overcome
there were more than 35,000 people pres- ily, “we seek to witness in our time and Catholics in public life who take pro- when we combine our efforts to make it a
ent. The long line of people in the walk place to the unique and priceless value choice positions and vote for pro-choice perfect whole!”
included teenagers and young people, of each human life, at every stage of life. legislation.” Students from San Francisco high
parents with strollers, college students, In the pro-life cause we have recogniz- At the Walk for Life rally held later schools and from Stanford, UC-Berkeley,
seminarians, and Catholic parishioners able opponents: Abortionists, those who the same morning at a plaza on the San WALK FOR LIFE WEST, page 11

Christians must unite in bringing Gospel values to world, pope says


By Cindy Wooden Walls, offering prayers and proclaiming
the readings.
ROME (CNS) – Divided Christians can The Week of Prayer 2010 focused on
and must be united in meeting the modern the common Christian vocation to witness
challenges of secularization, threats to to Christ in the world.
human life, environmental destruction, war When the modern ecumenical move-
and injustice, Pope Benedict XVI said. ment was launched, the pope said, it started
(CNS PHOTO/PAUL HARING)

“It is precisely the desire to proclaim with a conference of missionaries from


Christ to others and bring the world his different denominations who gathered in
message of reconciliation that makes one Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1910 to reflect on
experience the contradiction of Christian ways to promote Christian unity in order to
divisions,” the pope said Jan. 25 as he preach the Gospel more effectively.
closed the Week of Prayer for Christian The obvious question, he said, was:
Unity. “How, in fact, can unbelievers accept the
Leaders of Orthodox, Anglican and proclamation of the Gospel if Christians,
Protestant communities in Rome joined while all referring to the same Christ, are Pope Benedict XVI arrives to celebrate vespers closing the Week of Prayer for
the pope for the annual prayer service in disagreement among themselves?” Christian Unity at the Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls in Rome Jan. 25.
at the Basilica of St. Paul Outside the POPE SAYS UNITE, page 5

INSIDE THIS WEEK’S EDITION


Interfaith memorial service . 3
Archbishop’s Journal. . . . . . . 8
The Memory Project . . . .CSW6
Epic prep sports rivalry .CSW8
A call for heroes . . . . . .CSW11
Haiti earthquake Special Supplement ‘Magic of Ordinary Days’ Datebook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
relief update ‘Catholic Schools Week’ TV movie airs Jan. 30 Services, classified ads . 14-15
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January 29, 2010 ONE DOLLAR VOLUME 12 • No. 4
2 Catholic San Francisco January 29, 2010

On The Our Lady of Loretto fourth grade


basketball team and leadership.
Back from left: Greg `Gus’ Martin,
Rich Brown; and head coach, Tom
Lauchenauer. Middle from left: Griffin
Wright, Peter Brown, Matthew
Where You Live Lauchenauer, Justin Simonetti.
Front from left: Vinny Martin, Mitchell
Timberman, Caden Franceschini,
By Tom Burke Christian Seaman-Pedersen,
Nick Hartshorn, Cole McCue.
Congrats to fourth graders from Novato’s Our Lady
of Loretto Elementary School who took first place in
their group in the annual Flame Tournament, a winter
tourney open to all Catholic schools in the Archdiocese of
San Francisco and sponsored by the San Francisco Fire
Department for more than 40 years. More than 100 teams
took part SF firefighter, Rich Brown, told me – 32 at the Dolorosa in 1961 and I’m a graduate of the class of 1971,” Bechelli, Cathy Spinetta Derenz, Joan Fields James,
fourth grade level alone. Rich and his wife, Bernadette, Brian Dunleavy said….. Kudos, too, for new Eagle Scout Darlene Daquioag Klunk, Barbara Sheppard, Mary
are the proud folks of Peter, a member of the fourth grade Duncan Sinfield, who was inducted in November. Bustin’ Rodigou, Jo Acgaoili Gleason, Anna Pasquini Freslaben,
OLL championship team, Katie, an OLL third grader, and at the seams are his parents, Kathy Cindy Franks Forbes, Colleen O’Brien
Michael, who is in kindergarten there. Thanks to Anne and Fred, and brother, Ryan - all of Quilici, Robin Villa, Randy Crispen,
Martin for getting us the good news. Anne and her husband, Redwood City’s Our Lady of Mt. Michael Delohery, Matt Spano,
Greg, also known as Gus, are proud parents of Vinny, a Carmel Parish - and grandfolks, Eileen Tom Sweeney, Vince Maniaci, Bob
fourth grade championship team member, and Marco, an and Angelo Giannini…. Old friends Bustamante, George Simmons, Jay
eighth grader at OLL…. Now serving in the Boys Scouts gathered in December at the San Mercado, Donna Holmes Enjaian,
top rank of Eagle Scout is Patrick Francis Dunleavy, a Francisco home of George Horsfall, a Kathie Davis Magnussen, Barbara
graduate of Junipero Serra High School and now a fresh- 1974 graduate of St. Ignatius College Gleason Browne, Marianne Ambrose
man at UC Davis. Mighty proud are his parents, Fran and Preparatory. The group had rees- Emerson, Teresa Pudlow Noce, Sharon
Brian, brother, Chris, and granddads, Pat Dunleavy and tablished contact via Facebook. “San McElearney, Janet Capurro, Lisa
Frank Cianciolo, who became an Eagle Scout in 1945. The Francisco was a large city with a small Dell’Osso Depew, Patti Devine Geib,
family parish is South San Francisco’s Mater Dolorosa. town feel back in the 1960s and 70s,” Vince DeLucca, Ellen Johnson Zedge,
“Both Frank and my dad were founding members of Mater said Claire Mibach-Fugate, Mercy, SF Theresa Guthrie Bowen, Hilda Dudum
’74, in a note to this column. “Catholic Herrera, Bob Guiliani, Kathy Conefrey
high school kids all knew one another McEvoy, Kathy McCarthy, Charles
back then. We all plan to get together Hanley, Jim Petrini, Sam Ghanyam,
again and invite more of the old gang.”… Joe Bui, and Dan Costello…This is an
Art came to life recently at Holy Name Eagle Scout Duncan Sinfield empty space without you. E-mail items
of Jesus Parish when cast and crew and electronic pictures – jpegs at no less
members from NBC’s “Trauma” filmed in Golden gate Park than 300 dpi – to burket@sfarchdiocese.org or mail
and took their lunch break in the Sunset District church’s them to Street, One Peter Yorke Way, SF 94109. Thank
Parish Hall. “The priests, Sisters and staff were asked to you. My phone number is (415) 614-5634.
join them and we all enjoyed
the great variety of dishes,”
said Colleen Durkin, par- Eagle Scout Patrick
ish secretary. “The episode Dunleavy, with
they were filming will not his grandfather,
air until spring but the City Frank Cianciolo,
makes a perfect backdrop and Father Brian
for stories of our own first Costello, pastor,
responders.” Congrats to Mater Dolorosa
Old Catholic high school friends gathered at Christmas Coleen and her fellow Holy Church.
included Kevin Carroll, SI ’72; George Horsfall, SI ‘74; Name Elementary School
Claire Mibach-Fugate, Mercy, SF ‘74; Kevin Dinapoli, class of ’72 grads who held
SI ’72; Neil Kelly, SI ’72; Bernadette Kelly, Convent of a two-day reunion over the
the Sacred Heart ’74. Taking the pix was Steve Fugate, summer. Joining Colleen in
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Interfaith remembrance for abortion victims

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The 23rd annual Interfaith Memorial Service for Abortion Victims was held Jan. 22
at Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church in San Francisco. The service included
reflections by Metropolitan Nikitas of the Dardanelles, above, representing
Metropolitan Gerasimos of San Francisco, and Archbishop George H. Niederauer.
Martin and Carole Kilgariff, left, of the Serra Club in San Francisco participated
in the Offering of Roses. In the offering, representatives of more than
40 pro-life groups brought roses in remembrance of the more than 1.5 million

‘We are called to witness to truth’ babies aborted each year since the U.S. Supreme Court’s Roe vs. Wade decision.
Marking the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity as well as the anniversary of
Roe vs. Wade, the service was organized by the Interfaith Committee for Life.
Archbishop Niederauer says
The following is an excerpt from Archbishop George Niederauer’s reflection at an
Interfaith Memorial Service for the victims of abortion Jan 22 at Holy Trinity Greek
Orthodox Church. (See www.catholic-sf.org and www.sfarchdiocese.org for full text.) Join Our
As in the story [Luke 20:9-26] of the tenant farmers and the vineyard, the sins of
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on environment, commission says
VATICAN CITY – Jews and Catholics believe that in
order to be ethically legitimate any action that has an effect
on the earth, on animals and especially on human life must
recognize that God is the creator of all, said members of an
important dialogue. Members of the dialogue commission
sponsored by the Vatican and the Chief Rabbinate of Israel
met at the Vatican Jan. 17-20 to discuss Catholic and Jewish
teaching on creation and on the environment. In a statement
issued at the end of the meeting, the commission said there
is a tension between “secular environmentalist movements
and religious perspectives” on ecology, because Christians quality, life-giving care is available to all,” said a letter signed More than 60 percent of seniors ages 65 and up called
and Jews follow biblical teaching that gives human beings by Cardinal Daniel N. DiNardo of Galveston-Houston and abortion morally wrong, as did 60 percent of those from
a special place and a special responsibility for the rest Bishops William F. Murphy of Rockville Centre, N.Y., and Generation X (ages 30-44) and 51 percent of baby boom-
of creation. They said the Bible “views nature as being John C. Wester of Salt Lake City. The three chair the U.S. ers (ages 45-64). By comparison, 19 percent of all those
endowed with sanctity that flows from the Creator,” but it Conference of Catholic Bishops’ committees on Pro-Life polled – and 20 percent of the millennials – said abortion
also asserts that God made human beings “the summit of Activities, on Domestic Justice and Human Development was “morally acceptable.”
his inherently good creation” and gave them stewardship and on Migration, respectively. In the two-and-a-half-page
over the earth. In order to intervene ethically in the natural letter, the USCCB leaders outlined their “fundamental March for Life participants
order, they said, people must recognize the limits of “the principles” for health care reform, saying it must: “Protect
power of science and its claim to absoluteness,” and act human life and dignity, not threaten them;” “Respect the urged to keep up their efforts
in a way that expresses solidarity with present and future consciences of providers, taxpayers and others, not violate WASHINGTON – Despite overcast skies, the mood at
generations. “Not everything that is technically feasible is them;” “Be truly universal and ... not be denied to those in the Jan. 22 annual March for Life in the nation’s capital was
morally acceptable. It is this consciousness that ensures that need because of their condition, age, where they come from decidedly upbeat as speakers urged persistent efforts in the
every aspect of human advancement promotes the well- or when they arrive here;” and Restrain costs and apply them pro-life arena. Several speakers told the tens of thousands
being of future generations and sanctifies the Divine Name, “equitably across the spectrum of payers.” The bishops said, on the National Mall that they were now in the majority and
just as its absence leads to destructive consequences for “Although political contexts have changed, the moral and would continue to make inroads in society and in govern-
humanity and (the) environment and profanes the Divine policy failure that leaves tens of millions of our sisters and ment policies. Although the rally’s opening prayer asked
Name,” the statement said. The dialogue members said brothers without access to health care still remains.” God to grant participants “the courage to be a voice for the
scientists and governments should seek ethical guidance voiceless,” this group hardly seemed to be lacking bravery.
from religious leaders before taking any action that would Poll: More Americans, especially They showed stamina by simply showing up in vast numbers
– many as repeat marchers – despite calls for sleet and freez-
change nature.
young people, say abortion wrong ing rain, which never materialized. The relatively subdued
Bishops urge Congress NEW HAVEN, Conn. – A poll commissioned by the
Knights of Columbus and released Jan. 21 said that a
crowd cheered enthusiastically when speakers stressed that
abortion should never have been part of health care reform
to set aside partisanship majority of Americans called abortion “morally wrong.” legislation before Congress or when speakers criticized
Americans in all age groups made that judgment in the President Barack Obama’s support for legal abortion. Nellie
for genuine health reform poll, conducted by Marist College. The Knights paid the Gray, president of the March for Life Education & Defense
WASHINGTON – Three leading U.S. bishops called on greatest attention in an announcement of the poll results to Fund – the group that organizes the march – told participants
members of Congress Jan. 26 to “set aside partisan divisions the “millennial” age group, those ages 18-29, because they that their presence at the 37th annual march represented a
and special-interest pressures” to achieve genuine health were intentionally oversampled in the survey. Of the 2,243 “whole new surge” for the pro-life movement to not only
reform. “The health care debate, with all its political and Americans polled, 1,006 of them were millennial. And 58 continue to educate government officials about the immoral-
ideological conflict, seems to have lost its central moral percent of the millennials called abortion morally wrong. ity of abortion but to also show a united front.
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January 29, 2010 Catholic San Francisco 5

Dominicans tap into established Haitian networks to funnel aid


By David Agren tion at parishes. He said the agency sends two cargo
A woman bathes trucks a day across the border from the Dominican
SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (CNS) – her children in Republic.
A Dominican who coordinates overland relief missions a makeshift For efficiency, larger shipments of food and shelter
into Haiti says that an ability to tap established church and shelter in to tent communities are funneled through Port-au-
community networks there has allowed Catholic aid agen- Port-au-Prince, Prince, Price said.

(CNS PHOTO/ELIANA APONTE, REUTERS)


cies from the Dominican Republic to effectively deliver Rescue efforts in Port-au-Prince – which was
Haiti, Jan. 25.
relief to those left homeless and hungry by the Jan. 12 rocked by the magnitude 7 earthquake – have been
earthquake that flattened large parts of Port-au-Prince. The government called off and efforts are now focused on tending to
Rafael Jimenez, social program coordinator for said more than a survivors. The Haitian government unveiled plans for
Jesuit Refugee and Migrant Services, said convoys of at million people tent cities to house the homeless.
least three large trucks carry relief materials, collected were left home- Many of the homeless have started leaving the
from parishes and social groups around the Dominican less by the Jan. capital in search of other opportunities, however.
Republic, every other day to Port-au-Prince, where the 12 earthquake. “There’s a strong outflow of people toward other
food, water and medicine – among other things – are parts of Haiti,” said Jesuit Father Regino Martinez,
quickly distributed. In comparison, Jimenez says that director of the Jesuit immigrant aid group, Border
many of the relief materials sent from far-away countries Solidarity, in the border town of Dajabon, Dominican
to Haiti have been stuck at the airport and docks due to Republic. “Port-au-Prince has nothing to offer
poor infrastructure and a lack of established networks people.”
in Port-au-Prince. The effective overland deliveries highlighted some of the Father Martinez said Haitians were still crossing the
“The people in the communities (needing help) are the small successes in the efforts of Dominicans to help their border, although in slightly smaller numbers, in search of
ones doing the work. They themselves are doing the organiz- western neighbors – with whom relations have, at times, medical attention and to also purchase basic necessities at
ing,” Jimenez told Catholic News Service after returning from not been cordial. It also highlighted the difficulties for the a twice-weekly market.
Port-au-Prince Jan. 24. international community in responding to a tragedy that the The Haitians crossing into the Dominican Republic were,
Even with aid being delivered more freely, “there’s still a Haitian government says has claimed more than 150,000 for the most part, not planning to stay permanently, said
lot of hunger,” he said. lives and left 3 million injured or homeless. Catholic groups operating in the area.
Reports of violence in Port-au-Prince have been common, Tom Price, senior communications manager for the “There’s not a massive displacement of Haitians toward
but Jimenez said the situation has improved for those importing U.S. bishops’ Catholic Relief Services, told Catholic News the Dominican Republic,” said Wilma Duval Orozco,
relief materials from the Dominican Republic due to security Service Jan. 25 the agency uses the overland route from the Caritas director in the Dominican Diocese of San Juan de
being beefed up on the main highway and trucks being sent Dominican Republic for lighter materials, such as plastic la Maguana. “There are some cases (of people coming to
in convoys. sheeting for temporary shelter and boxed meals for distribu- stay) ... but these have been isolated cases so far.”

Rebuilding Haiti church infrastructure to take years, says U.S. bishop


WASHINGTON (CNS) – Replacing and repairing the In a Jan. 22 letter to his fellow U.S. bishops, Archbishop America was taken up the weekend of Jan. 23-24 in many
infrastructure of the church in Haiti will take years, according Gomez listed some of the damage done to the church in the diocese but other dioceses will hold the collection over the next
to Archbishop Jose H. Gomez of San Antonio, head of the U.S. impoverished Caribbean nation, including total destruction few weekends in most U.S. dioceses. “It goes without saying
bishops’ Subcommittee for the Church in Latin America. of the cathedrals in Port-au-Prince and Jacmel as well as that after the immediate humanitarian response begins to take
Citing significant losses in both personnel and buildings, the destruction of “at least five” other major churches, many hold, equipping the local church in Haiti will be a significant
Archbishop Gomez said, “The beleaguered church in Haiti smaller church buildings, two major seminaries, many convents and long-term project,” said Archbishop Gomez.
will remain a primary focus of our work in the months and and schools, and a Catholic radio station. In a Jan. 21 letter to Archbishop Louis Kebreau of Cap-
years to come” within the committee. Moreover, the archbishop said, “the reported tragic loss Haitien, president of the Haitian bishops, his U.S. counterpart,
Special collections for Haitian earthquake relief were taken of so many priests, sisters, seminarians and laity is irreplace- Cardinal Francis E. George of Chicago, expressed “profound
up in most U.S. dioceses the two weekends after the Jan. 12 able.” sorrow and deepest condolences for the terrible tragedy that
quake that claimed an estimated 200,000 lives. The bishops’ annual Collection for the Church in Latin has struck your beloved country.”

Pope says unite . . . (and) trust in the transforming action of the Spirit.”
“While we are on the path toward full communion, we are
miseries of our time, such as hunger, poverty, illiteracy and
the unequal distribution of goods.”
n Continued from cover called to offer a common witness in the face of the increas- Pope Benedict said working for Christian unity is not a
ingly complex challenges of our time, such as secularization specialty to which a few individuals or a few churches are
Unity is “a particularly important condition for greater and indifference, relativism and hedonism, delicate ethical called, but rather it is part of fulfilling Christ’s will for all
credibility and effectiveness,” the pope said. themes regarding the beginning and end of life, the limits those who follow him.
Unfortunately, Christians still are divided on important of science and technology and dialogue with other religious
issues of dogma, doctrine and church discipline, which must be traditions,” he said.
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8 Catholic San Francisco January 29, 2010

Archbishop’s Journal
Imperfect workers in an urgent and just cause
This morning you get to listen in on an Archbishop’s In Matthew’s Gospel, in the tenth chapter, Jesus tells Robert Bolt’s play
temptation – well, really a preacher’s temptation. The his disciples that they will face persecution when they about Saint Thomas
voice of the tempter sounds like this in my ear: “These two proclaim his kingdom and his way. He adds these words: More, “A Man for All
readings are not really good for today. This is the special “One’s enemies will be those of his own household.” It Seasons.” There’s a
Mass in the Cathedral before our annual Walk for Life. seems very likely that at least one example he had in mind fascinating difference
Yes, it’s true, the Church did choose these two readings involved him and his own relatives. between the play itself
for Saturday of the Second Week of the Year, but you Why bother with all this? Because this story of Jesus, and the film that was
can substitute some others – that’s allowed. Just look at his ministry and his family is in some ways our story too, made later. At the end
the second reading: two verses from Mark’s Gospel (Mk as we seek to witness in our time and place to the unique of the film, Thomas
3:20-21) telling us that a crowd surrounded Jesus and that and priceless value of each human life, at every stage of More is executed, we Archbishop
some of his relatives came to drag him home because they life. In the Pro-life cause we have recognizable opponents: are told what later
thought he was clearly out of his mind. You can do better Abortionists, those who promote assisted suicide, Pro- happened to several George H.
than that! Pick something else.” Choice organizations, Planned Parenthood. It is also true, other characters, and Niederauer
That’s the voice of the tempter. And, it is tempting, however, that we have disagreement, misunderstanding then the credits roll.
but “no.” Remember what St. Paul wrote to Timothy: “All and opposition from among our own spiritual relatives, It was fairly easy to
Scripture is inspired by God and is useful for teaching, for the family of believers within the Catholic Church, what leave the movie identifying with the hero-saint.
refutation, for correction, and for training in righteousness, we may call “the household of the faith.” Of particular In the original play, but not in the film, there was a
so that one who belongs to God may be competent for concern are Catholics in public life who take Pro-Choice character known as “the common man.” The same actor
every good work.” positions and vote for Pro-Choice legislation. played Thomas More’s servant, then a boatman, later
Our problem with this reading may not be that it is so Like those relatives of the Lord, some of our brothers a prison guard in the Tower of London, and finally the
brief, but that it is so uncomfortable, painful and embar- and sisters in the faith urge us not to witness to the value executioner. At the end of the play, after the saint was
rassing. The relatives of Jesus were wrong about him; he of human life, not to call for its protection. For example, beheaded, that actor stepped to the front of the stage
was not insane or possessed by a demon. Indeed, they they will advise us not to plan a Walk for Life. It’s accept- and addressed us in the audience directly. He said: “I’m
used the same language about him that the Scribes and able if we will read a book about the issues, or perhaps breathing. Are you breathing too? It’s nice, isn’t it? It isn’t
Pharisees, his enemies, were using. As a matter of fact, gather in small groups for prayer, but above all we must difficult to keep alive, friends. Just don’t make trouble – or
in the very next verses after these in the third chapter of not make a fuss. if you must make trouble, make the sort of trouble that’s
St. Mark’s Gospel, the Pharisees accuse Jesus of being We are told that we are engaged in “a losing battle.” expected. Well, I don’t need to tell you that. If we should
possessed by a demon. We don’t believe that, but it can look that way at times. bump into one another, recognize me.” Curtain. No chance
On the contrary, it is our faith that Jesus Christ was sent Actually, time is on our side, and so are the sonograms. of identifying with the saint in that moment.
by the Father, led by the Holy Spirit, and was carrying out his And lately, so are the polls. In our Walk for Life one could say that we do make
mission to preach, proclaim and establish the kingdom. We are imperfect workers in an urgent and just cause. trouble, or make waves, or whatever you want to call it.
So the relatives were wrong, but it is still important to Not everything that all of us say and do is always wise, And in a way it’s not the kind of trouble that is expected
understand them. Why did they say and do what they did? just because the cause is so right. Remember the story – or tolerated – or easily shrugged off or ignored. Witness
First of all, the relatives of Jesus were looking at a hectic of the disciples James and John, the Sons of Thunder as and prophecy trouble people. Indeed, they are meant to.
scene: people were jammed into the little house, shouting Jesus called them. In the ninth chapter of Luke’s Gospel We pray at this Eucharist that we shall witness to the truth
and making demands of the Teacher. It was not possible the people in a Samaritan village would not welcome in charity, as Pope Benedict’s encyclical challenges us to
even to eat, Mark tells us. Nothing was normal or usual. Jesus, so the brothers James and John asked Jesus, “Lord, do. It is not enough merely to keep breathing – with our
Besides, Jesus had given up a good trade, carpentry, do you want us to call down fire from heaven to consume breath and our life we must witness to the Word made
to become an itinerant preacher. Also, his family could tell them?” Luke says, “Jesus turned and rebuked them, and flesh, the Lord of all Life, Our Savior Jesus Christ. We
that he was headed on a collision course with the Scribes they journeyed to another village.” Self-righteousness and walk today to celebrate life, to save lives, to do more than
and Pharisees, the people with power and influence, and condemnation of others are dangerous temptations for us just keep on breathing, so that generations of children will
that he would lose his struggle with them. He did eventu- disciples. It is not for us to decide that we are holier or draw the breath of life.
ally lose it, as the world sees things. His relations watched better or more pleasing to God than others are. Embracing Archbishop George H. Niederauer delivered
Jesus leave his home, his village and his neighbors, and the truth does not exempt us from embracing humility. We
start out with what one commentator has called his “odd zealously struggle against falsehood and violence, but the the homily above at the Walk for Life
little society” of very diverse followers. That’s what they judgment of persons belongs to God. West Coast Mass, Jan. 23, at
saw and that’s what they thought. I taught English in college, and in one course we read St. Mary’s Cathedral in San Francisco.

Journal, “Free Will, Conscience, and Moral remarks highlight the overall exigency that

Catholic Choice.” I was sorry to see that there was


no example given on the Church’s position
regarding capital punishment. While I do
Catholic San Francisco broaden its scope of
editorial articles and have a plan for focusing
on Catholic social justice teaching by well-
know that the Catholic position on this matter qualified authors on a variety of topics. Some

san Francisco is perfectly clear, it is used very infrequently


especially in conjunction with the abortion
issue. This has the appearance of not want-
examples where education is needed: the death
penalty, world-wide water crisis, human traf-
ficking, nuclear disarmament... the list goes
Northern California’s Weekly Catholic Newspaper ing to “offend” political conservatives, most on and on. Catholic positions on these topics
of whom oppose abortion yet support capital are magnificent and Catholic San Francisco
punishment, the use of torture as a could be a leader in education!
Praise for valuable our current high speed world, we are all
polluted with lazy and careless thought.
means towards an end, and supporting Sister Dolores Barling, SNJM
‘teaching moment’
The Archbishop’s Journal (CSF, Jan
His injunction that “the education of con-
science is a life-long task” is directed to
unjust and unnecessary wars such as in
Iraq. This ideological dichotomy must L Daly City

15), entitled “Free Will, Conscience and all and each of us. As Catholics we have a
be addressed simultaneously at the Deep values,
Moral Character,” used Speaker Nancy
Pelosi’s statements regarding free will and
responsibility not only to know the teach-
ings of our Church but to think and pray on
highest levels of the Church, includ-
ing the U.S. Catholic Conference of
Bishops and the Vatican. The respect
E eloquent words
Thank you so much for the guest
abortion as a valuable “teaching moment.” them; to understand and assimilate them; editorial by Bishop John Wester (CSF
Speaker Pelosi’s “difference of opin-
ion” with well established Catholic teach-
and to act in accordance with them. This is
an ongoing part of our life-long journey.
and dignity of human life must be all
encompassing and not be given to a
piecemeal approach where politicians
T Jan. 8) entitled “The Truth about
Immigrants and Health Care.” It is so
ing reflects perfectly the relativistic and Nick Scales can pick and choose what might be good to see our deep values put into such
materialistic, political thought that pervades
Washington, D.C. Pelosi and others say that
San Francisco expedient for their own constituencies.
Robert Spadoni
T eloquent words. Healing and welcoming
the stranger were key parts of Jesus’
the vast majority of people support the pro- Clarity, beauty of ministry, and must be ours as well.
posed health care reform legislation, when
current polls show exactly the opposite. She thought cited
Regarding “Free will, Conscience Column clarifies
Pacific Grove
E Barbara Erbacher
Pacifica
says that the exercise of free will obviates
the need to listen to Church doctrine. and Moral Choice, What Catholics
Believe” – published in the Jan 15 issue
Church teaching R Father Rolheiser
The Archbishop’s message however, Thank you Archbishop
is not directed solely at Speaker Pelosi. In of Catholic San Francisco, please convey
Niederauer for your excellent column fans reach out
my heartfelt thanks to San Francisco

Letters welcome
Archbishop George Niederauer for such
clarity and beauty of thought.
(Archbishop’s Journal, Jan 15) on
free will and formation of conscience. S My wife and I read Catholic San
Francisco and we have been getting a
lot out of reading the column by Father
I applaud your participation in clari-
Catholic San Francisco I will see to it that our Catechists and Ron Rolheiser, “Spirituality for Life.” We
fying Catholic teaching on key issues that
Faith Formation coordinators have this thought he might like to hear from readers
welcomes letters from its readers. face citizens who are also Catholic.
article in their hands as well as our parishio- who have appreciated and benefitted from his
Please send your letters to: ners and the visitors that come to St. Joseph Rosemary Anton
Phoenix, AZ writings. Is there a way to reach him? If so,
Church in downtown San Antonio. would you kindly provide an e-mail address
Catholic San Francisco
Father Mario Marzocchi, S.S.S.
One Peter Yorke Way
San Antonio, TX
Education is needed for Father Rolheiser?
Glenn and Ann Cohen
San Francisco, CA 94109 I couldn’t agree more with Father
Fax: (415) 614-5641 San Carlos
E-mail: healym@sfarchdiocese.org All encompassing William Brown, pastor of Our Lady of Mercy
Parish, Daly City (CSF Letters, Jan. 22) Editor’s note: Father Ron Rolheiser
or visit our website at concern: human life about the need to educate Catholics on our O.M.I. can be contacted at his website
www.catholic-sf.org, Contact Us I am responding to the Archbishop’s responsibility to protect the environment. His www.ronrolheiser.com.
January 29, 2010 Catholic San Francisco CSW1

Amid economic stress, philanthropy plays a


K-8
students growing role in financing Catholic education
living By Rick DelVecchio
the faith, Philanthropy is playing a growing role in financing Catholic
Praise for “unsung heroes”,
Page CSW4
K-12 schools as donors step up in a harsh economic environment
to preserve the Catholic education model for a new generation
and a call to action
of children. The average school “gap” – that is the difference
“This kind of large-scale philanthropy to kids in grade school between the average tuition and the cost to educate
and high school is part of a new movement,” said Karen Ristau, the children is $800 per year per child, says Annette
president of the National Catholic Educational Association, in an Brown, the Archdiocese of San Francisco’s assistant
interview with Catholic San Francisco. “It’s gone on for awhile, schools superintendent. In these times, where families
Mercy but it’s taken off around the country.” are struggling with job loss, home loss and increases
She said a variety of projects are emerging around the country
High’s to support grade schools and high schools, including donor pools
in the cost of living, donors who contribute their
resources are the lifelines that keep our schools open,
Memory such as the Big Shoulder Fund in Chicago and the Crossroads she says. Read Brown’s column on Page CS11.
Foundation in Pittsburgh.
Project Ristau said these are examples of “great programs where
philanthropists have come together, and they really raise Holy Cross Sister Catherine Kamphaus, the Seattle
Page CSW6 substantial money. The money does two things: It pays for tuition, diocese’s schools superintendent, said the contributions will
and once the kids are in these programs, they’re never dropped. allow the diocese to boost tuition aid at a time when more
Some have mentorships, some help the bricks and mortar part help is greatly needed.
of the school.” “We’re not losing students as much as we’re losing money,
The main goal of the Crossroads Foundation is to prepare because more people are applying for assistance,” Sister
students for college. Students who qualify are assigned mentors. Kamphaus said.
A similar project is the Archdiocese of Seattle’s Fulcrum Ristau said the growing interest in both foundation and
Foundation, formed in 2002. It provides financial support for all individual support is “just a sign of such goodness from people
SHCP vs. SI: Catholic schools in the Archdiocese of Seattle through annual who truly believe in Catholic education. Truly, because of the
epic fund-raising and a significantly increased endowment. kind of money they are giving, they really want to help the
In Utah’s statewide Diocese of Salt Lake City, the newly next generation of kids.”
rivalry, created Sponsor a Scholarship project invites donors to contribute She attributed much of the generosity to older donors who
directly to the diocesan schools. Envelopes for the collection were realize that Catholic schools can’t be taken for granted.
Page CSW8 distributed to all parishes in December. Donors had the option In the Archdiocese of San Francisco, funds from arch-
of designating the school of their choice. Any contributions not diocesan, school-based and private endowments and annual
directed to individual schools were be pooled to support the most donations support thousands of students from financially
economically needy schools in the diocese. PHILANTHROPY, page CSW10
CSW2 Catholic San Francisco January 29, 2010

Catholic schools: At a glance: Catholic Schools


“Dividends for Life” Week 2010, Jan. 31-Feb. 6
By Maureen Huntington a Catholic school? What impact has this made • What is Catholic Schools Week? in Catholic elementary and secondary
Superintendent, in your life and in the growth of your faith? Catholic Schools Week is an annual schools across the United States.
The dividends of a Catholic school edu- national celebration of the important role
Archdiocese of San Francisco that Catholic elementary and second- • What is the purpose of the Catholic
Department of Catholic Schools cation are varied and vast. For each of us
the opportunity to see in action our Catholic ary schools across the country play in Schools Week celebration?
The theme for Catholic Schools Week, faith as it was lived out in the lives of our providing a values-added education for The purpose of Catholic Schools Week
2010, was selected prior to the recent eco- teachers, pastors and principals, was inspir- America’s young people. Catholic schools is to build community awareness of, and
nomic crisis in our country. Individuals, ing and formative. As adults we remember are proud of their educational network involvement in, Catholic schools through-
families, businesses, and and live the elements of that emphasizes intellectual, spiritual, out the country. During this week, many
corporations are hoping to our Catholic faith and in moral, physical, and social values in their dioceses and schools encourage parents
recapture some of their lost turn pass them along to our students. to take full advantage of the benefits of
dividends and regain some children, students, family local Catholic schools by enrolling their
measure of financial and and friends. The dividends • What is the theme of Catholic children in those schools. CSW also is an
economic security. However, continue to multiply with Schools Week? occasion for schools to interest citizens in
when considering a Catholic each generation and within The theme is: “Catholic Schools – volunteering their time and talents to the
school education for yourself our own lives. The benefits Dividends for Life: Faith, Knowledge, local Catholic schools.
or your child, what dividends of a Catholic school educa- Discipline, Morals.”
come to mind? tion continue to enrich us • Who sponsors Catholic Schools
Do you think about the each day. • What does Catholic Schools Week Week?
academic rigor in the cur- During this week, I ask celebrate? Catholic Schools Week is a joint proj-
riculum and in the teach- that you take some time Catholic Schools Week celebrates ect of the National Catholic Educational
ing? Do you remember the to reflect on the many education that goes beyond preparation Association and the U.S. Conference of
devotion to Christ and the dividends and blessings you for a secular life ─ it is education that Catholic Bishops. Individual dioceses
Church you witnessed in the have received because of prepares students for a Christian life. and local Catholic elementary and sec-
Sisters, priests, brothers, and your Catholic school educa- CSW also celebrates the high stan- ondary schools develop and promote
lay teachers? What about all of the financial tion. Remember the many teachers, principals, dards of excellence and the quality of their own Catholic Schools Week activi-
and material sacrifices you and your parents pastors and classmates who formed and nur- the education available to all students ties each year.
made so that you or your children could attend tured your faith in our Lord, Jesus Christ.

More than 2 million enrolled: A snapshot of U.S. Catholic education


CATHOLIC SCHOOLS Total number of schools: 7,248 Schools with waiting lists for admission: RELIGIOUS EDUCATION
Total Catholic school enrollment: 2,192,531 Elementary schools: 6,028; Secondary (29.2%) 2,114 Non-parochial school
Elementary school enrollment: 1,568,016 schools: 1,220; Co-educational: 93.6%; Single Catholic elementary students: 3,145,424
Secondary school enrollment: 624,515 sex male: 2.6%; Single sex female: 3.8% Full-time professional staff: 157,615 Non-parochial school
Laity: 96.0%; Religious/clergy: 4.0%; Catholic secondary students: 689,552
Minority students: 643,173 29.3% New schools in 2008/9: 31 Student/teacher ratio: 14:1 Number of parishes: 18,890
Non-Catholic: 325,835 14.9% New schools in last 5 years: 184 Directors of Religious Education: 13,000*
Average Tuition *Estimate. No studies have been con-
Elementary: $3,159; Secondary: $8,182 ducted.

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Parent helps motivate school


community for Haiti relief
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is organizing a relief drive for Haitian earthquake
On her visits to Haiti, Lecourciere was
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and place to make a dropoff. She can be reached Hall for Boys and a daughter, Kyla, at Convent
at (415) 516-1799. More information is available of the Sacred Heart Elementary School.
on the Web at www.sironacaresblog.com/. In a blog post last week, Lecourciere wrote:
Makras got good news last week when she “Almost everyone who donates thanks us for giv-
learned from House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s ing them an opportunity to do something. In this www.shcp.edu
office that a Coast Guard cutter would ship all economic climate everyone is feeling pinched,
the donations she gathers, at no cost. and this offer of tangible support for others is
Makras’ involvement with Haiti began before very satisfying to people. It’s interesting to note
the disasters: a friend, Michelle Lacourciere, that many, many donations are brand-new items.
started Sirona, an organization that provides People are buying things for people in Haiti
agriculture assistance to Haiti. because that is how they wish to give.” SUPPORT CATHOLIC SCHOOLS

Give Your Child a Catholic School Education

Maureen Huntington
OPEN HOUSE / TOUR DATES Superintendent of Catholic Schools
(415) 614-5660
SCHOOL OF EPIPHANY:
Tours by appointment.
Open House – Jan. 10, 2:30pm
1 Mission Dolores School 4 Saint Finn Barr School
3371 16th St. 419 Hearst Ave. MISSION DOLORES:
San Francisco, 94114 San Francisco, 94112 Open House – Jan. 31, 10 am Mass;
www.missiondolores.org www.stfinnbarr.org Open House 11am - 2pm.
Principal: Ms. Andreina Gualco Principal: Mr. Tom Dooher Tours by appointment.
School Phone: 415.861.7673 School Phone: 415.333.1800
Grades: K through 8 Grades: K through 8 ST. ANTHONY–IC:
School Fax: 415.861.7620 School Fax: 415.452.0177 Open House – Jan. 31 after 11am Mass
E-Mail: mdschool@missiondolores.org E-Mail: t.dooher@stfinnbarr.org Tours by appointment.
Pastor: Fr. Arturo Albano Pastor: Fr. Jose Corral
Church Phone: 415.621.8203 Church Phone: 415.333.3627 ST. FINN BARR:
3321 16th St., San Francisco, 94114 415 Edna St., San Francisco, 94112 Open House – Jan. 31, 10am Mass;
11am - 1pm Tour.
Tours by appointment
2 Saint Anthony-IC School 5 Saint James School
299 Precita Ave. 321 Fair Oaks St. ST. JAMES:
San Francisco, 94110 San Francisco, 94110 Tours by appointment.
www.saicsf.org www.saintjamessf.org Open House – Feb. 4, 5 - 7pm.
Principal: Principal:
Mr. Dennis Ruggiero Sister Mary Susanna Vasquez, O.P. ST. CHARLES BORROMEO:
School Phone: 415.648.2008 School Phone: 415.647.8972 Open House – Jan. 31, 9:30 am Mass;
Grades: K through 8 Grades: K through 8 Open House: 10:30am - 1pm.
School Fax: 415.648.1825 School Fax: 415.647.0166 Tours by appointment.
E-Mail: druggiero@saicsf.org E-Mail: office@sjssf.net
Administrator: Fr. Garcia Pastor: Fr. Jerome P. Foley ST. ELIZABETH:
Church Phone: 415.647.2704 Church Phone: 415.824.4232 Open House – To be announced
3215 Cesar Chavez St., 1068 Guerrero St.,
San Francisco, 94110 San Francisco, 94110
7 Saint Charles Borromeo School
3250 18th Street
3 Saint Elizabeth School 6 School of the Epiphany San Francisco, 94110
450 Somerset St. 600 Italy Ave. www.sfstcharlesschool.org
San Francisco, 94134 San Francisco, 94112 Principal:
www.stelizabethsf.org ww.sfepiphany.org/home.html Mr. Daniel Dean
Principal: Mrs. Gene Dabdoub Principal: Mrs. Diane Elkins School Phone: 415.861.7652
School Phone: 415.468.3247 School Phone: 415.337.4030 Grades: K through 8
Grades: K through 8 Grades: K through 8 School Fax: 415.861.0221
School Fax: 415.468.1804 School Fax: 415.337.8583 E-Mail: ddean@sfstcharlesschool.org
E-Mail: saintelizabethschool@usa.net E-Mail: office@sfepiphany.org Pastor: Fr. Moises Agudo
Pastor: Fr. Charito Suan Pastor: Fr. Eugene D. Tungol Church Phone: 415.824.1700
Church Phone: 415.468.0820 Church Phone: 415.333.7630 713 South Van Ness Ave.,
449 Holyoke St., San Francisco, 94134 827 Vienna St., San Francisco, 94112 San Francisco, 94110
CSW4 Catholic San Francisco January 29, 2010

K-8 students living the Gospel faith


St. Raphael
Youth from St. Raphael
Parish in San Rafael
recently prepared 200 bag
lunches for the homeless.
The goodwill meal was
shared through the Marin
County St. Vincent de Paul
Society. Beth Kabage,
Notre Dame
youth minister at the par- Notre Dame Elementary School (Belmont) second grad-
ish, said the youngsters ers Angela Martin, Emma Marren, and Athena Gese.
spoke about the experi- Four barrels of food for families in need were gifts from
ence of helping the needy the Thanksgiving Mass at the Dame in November. The
with such basic needs as food was shared through Second Harvest Food Bank. A
food and the compassion toy drive before Christmas helped youngsters at the St.
that should accompany Anthony of Padua Dining Room program in Menlo Park.
the good work. Students also adopted families through Samaritan House.

Immaculate
Heart of Mary
Students at Immaculate
Heart of Mary Elementary
School in Belmont
planned and led a peer
retreat in December.
The leadership team for
St. James the event included, from
left, Mallory Hansen,
Student Council and eighth graders spearheaded Christmas outreach Amy Smerdel, Alex
projects at San Francisco’s St. James Elementary School. Socks for Adamis, Josef Seemayer,
St. Anthony Foundation and toiletries for St. Anne’s Home were col- Marisa Pereira, Hannah
lected through the month of December. In addition, students worked Nourie, Zoe DiMauro,
in “Faith Families” and wrote letters to military personnel in Iraq and Liam Young, Frank
Afghanistan. Ministers of the good work included, from left, Vanessa Lemos, Megan Satyadi
Dominguez, Darren Garza, Aliyah Durden and Santino Salaices. and Khiana Ghazouli.

Our Lady of Mt. Carmel


First grade students at Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Elementary School in Redwood City
gathered with St. Vincent de Paul Society members and volunteers. In addition, Mt.
Carmel students have been active on the social justice front. “Since school began we
have completed four outreach projects,” school spokeswoman Michelle Conci said.
– Notice of Non Discriminatory Policy as to Students – The goodwill efforts have included gift and food drives to benefit Catholic Worker House
All Souls School, So. San Francisco; Archbishop Riordan High School, San Francisco; Convent of the Sacred Heart and the St. Vincent de Paul Society. A “penny war” initiated by seventh grade students
Elementary School, San Francisco; Convent of the Sacred Heart High School, San Francisco; Corpus Christi School, raised almost $900 for landmine clearing in the Middle East. OLMC begins its 125th year
San Francisco; De Marillac Academy, San Francisco; Ecole Notre Dame des Victoires, San Francisco; Good Shepherd with a Mass of Thanksgiving Jan. 31. Archbishop George H. Niederauer will preside.
School, Pacifica; Holy Angels School, Colma; Holy Name School, San Francisco; Immaculate Conception Academy,
San Francisco; Immaculate Heart of Mary School, Belmont; Junipero Serra High School, San Mateo; Marin Catholic

Catholic Schools Dividends for Life


High School, Kentfield; Megan Furth Catholic Academy, San Francisco; Mercy High School, San Francisco; Mercy High
School, Burlingame; Mission Dolores School, San Francisco; Nativity School, Menlo Park; Notre Dame Elementary,
Belmont; Notre Dame High School, Belmont; Our Lady of Angels School, Burlingame; Our Lady of Loretto School,
Novato; Our Lady of Mercy School, Daly City; Our Lady of Mount Carmel School, Redwood City; Our Lady of Perpetual
Help School, Daly City; Our Lady of the Visitacion School, San Francisco; Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory, San
Francisco; Sacred Heart Preparatory, Atherton; Saint Anne School, San Francisco; Saint Anselm School, San Anselmo;
Saint Anthony-IC School, San Francisco; Saint Brendan School, San Francisco; Saint Brigid School, San Francisco;
Saint Catherine of Siena School, Burlingame; Saint Cecilia School, San Francisco; Saint Charles Borromeo School,
San Francisco; Saint Charles School, San Carlos; Saint Dunstan School, Millbrae; Saint Elizabeth School, San
Francisco; Saint Finn Barr School, San Francisco; Saint Gabriel School, San Francisco; Saint Gregory School, San
Mateo; Saint Hilary School, Tiburon; Saint Ignatius College Preparatory, San Francisco; Saint Isabella School, San
Rafael; Saint James School, San Francisco; Saint John School, San Francisco; Saint Joseph School, Atherton; Saint
Mary Chinese Day School, San Francisco; Saint Matthew School, San Mateo; Saint Monica School, San Francisco;
Saint Patrick School, Larkspur; Saint Paul School, San Francisco; Saint Peter School, San Francisco; Saint Phillip
School, San Francisco; Saint Pius School, Redwood City; Saint Raphael School, San Rafael; Saint Raymond School,
Menlo Park; Saint Rita School, Fairfax; Saint Robert School, San Bruno; Saint Stephen School, San Francisco; Saint
Thomas More School, San Francisco; Saint Thomas the Apostle School, San Francisco; Saint Timothy School, San
Mateo; Saint Veronica School, So. San Francisco; Saint Vincent de Paul School, San Francisco; Saints Peter & Paul
School, San Francisco; San Domenico Middle, San Anselmo; San Domenico Primary, San Anselmo; San Domenico
High School, San Anselmo; School of the Epiphany, San Francisco; Star of the Sea School, San Francisco; Stuart
Hall for Boys, San Francisco; Stuart Hall High School, San Francisco; Woodside Priory High School, Portola Valley;
Woodside Priory Middle School, Portola Valley; admits students of any race, color, national and ethnic origin to all
the rights, privileges, programs, and activities generally accorded or made available to students at the school. It does
not discriminate on the basis of race, color or national origin in administration of its educational policies, admis-
sions policies, scholarship and loan programs, and athletic and other school-administrated programs.
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The Memory Project


Mercy girls make lifelong gifts for children in orphanage
Art students at Mercy High School, Burlingame, have joined acrylic portraits are finished, the Memory Project organization
the Memory Project, a nationwide initiative in which advanced delivers them to the children.
high school art students create original portraits for children In total, the students have made portraits for six children liv-
living in orphanages around the world. ing at an orphanage in Phuket, Thailand. In February, a Memory
Given that children who have been abandoned, orphaned, Project representative will deliver the portraits to each child.
abused, or neglected often have few personal keepsakes, the “In the beginning the issue was, ‘How do I paint them?”, said
purpose of the portrait is to provide them with a special memory Honors Art 3 teacher Nazira Kury-Arnold. “It became a techni-
of their youth, to honor their heritage and identity and to help cal exploration of the painting process. As they came to look at
them build a positive self-image. each photograph, and seeing the image of the child staring back
The project also provides an opportunity for young at them every day, they became more invested. That encouraged
Americans to open their hearts to children who have endured them to do their very best.”
many hardships, and to promote the value of sharing kindness Kury Arnold said a lot of students wanted to deliver the
with others. portraits in person.
The Memory Project has been featured on national television “It’s one of those projects that’s going to stay with them the
several times, most notably when Katie Couric concluded her rest of their lives,” she said. “There’ll forever be connected to
very first broadcast of the CBS Evening News with a story about just this one person.” Mercy High, Burlingame, art students display portraits
the project’s success at an orphanage in Nicaragua. The Memory Project is a program of the nonprofit organiza- they made for orphaned children. Top row, from left:
Students at Mercy High are participating as part of a course tion My Class Cares based in Madison, Wis. Since the project Jessica Egan, Serena Azzghayer, art teacher Nazira
titled Honors Art 3. To do this, the students receive pictures of began in 2004, more than 20,000 portraits have been produced Kury-Arnold, Lillian Tang. Seated: Alexandra Santos
children who are waiting for portraits, and then work in their by high school art students around the country. The project’s
and Stephanie Rjaile. Not pictured is Jennifer Re.
art classrooms to create the portraits. Once the photo-realistic, website is www.thememoryproject.org.

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1328 Cabrillo Avenue, Burlingame 1300 Bayswater Avenue, Burlingame
(650) 343-9200 • Fax (650) 343-5620 (650) 344-7176 • Fax (650) 344-7426
E-mail: angelsk8@olaschoolk8.org E-mail: office@stcatherineofsiena.net
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New Riordan scholarship for sons of law enforcement officers


Archbishop Riordan High School has announced a The law enforcement connection in the family continues.
new scholarship for sons of law enforcement officers. Mike’s brother, Tim, has been in the SFPD for 31 years and
Applicants for the $5,000 per year award may be entering Sally’s brother, Tom Griffin, who died in 2009, retired as a
Riordan freshmen or students already enrolled at the all- sergeant after 21 years.
boys San Francisco school. As many as five scholarships The Riordan connection is also deep. Mike’s brothers,
per year will be awarded. Steve and Tim are graduates, as are Sally’s brothers Mark
The scholarships are funded by the Mayer Family and Jim Griffin and her late brother Tom.
Foundation, established by Riordan alumnus, Mike “We are grateful to Michael and Sally Mayer for provid-
Mayer, who graduated in 1971, and his wife, Sally, a ing this generous scholarship to the sons of Law Enforcement
1971 graduate of Mercy High School, San Francisco. Officers of San Francisco and the Bay Area,” Marianist Father
“We met at the Riordan freshman welcome dance in Tom French, Archbishop Riordan president, told Catholic San
1967,” Mike said. Francisco. “This scholarship will enable a young man to receive
“I had a great experience at Riordan,” Mike said. “We a Catholic education in the Marianist tradition. Archbishop
are instituting the scholarship to make a high-quality col- Riordan High School is proud to say we have over 300 alumni
lege prep education more affordable to families in law who are in law enforcement in the San Francisco Bay Area.”
enforcement.” Dave and Pat Mayer with son and Scholarship applications for the 2010-11 school year
Mike a Stanford graduate with a graduate degree in daughter-in-law, Sally and Mike Mayer. are being accepted from prospective Riordan freshmen and
business from UC Berkeley, heads Mayer Investment currently enrolled Riordan students who are sons of law
Management. His dad, Dave, who served in the San a Sergeant/Inspector in 1983, and mom, Pat, are longtime enforcement officers. For information, call Dion Sabalvaro,
Francisco Police Department for 30 years and retired as members of Our Lady of Angels Parish in Burlingame. admissions director, at (415) 586-1256.

Mississippi fifth-grader is voice of main character in Disney film


By Fabvienen Taylor It’s a new twist on the fairy tale “The Frog Prince.” It fea- “I wanted to sit by her and cheer her on,” said Morgan. “I
tures an African-American princess and is set in New Orleans loved the movie and I told her she did a great job.”
JACKSON, Miss. (CNS) – At the end of the first nine weeks in the 1920s. That afternoon Elizabeth’s classmates peppered her with
of classes when report cards went out from St. Richard Catholic Elizabeth, 10, told the Mississippi Catholic, newspaper of questions about everything from how the Disney studio looked
School, Elizabeth Dampier’s mother, Jeanna, went in for the the Jackson Diocese, that her parents told her not to “go around in New Orleans to whether she was ever at times nervous to
usual parent-teacher conference. bragging about being in this movie.” how it felt walking the red carpet and meeting people like Oprah
“She wanted to meet us and say hello,” said Krista Garrard, “I said, ‘Yes ma’am.’ Later my mother told me I could start Winfrey at the premiere in Los Angeles.
Elizabeth’s fifth-grade teacher. opening up about it,” said Elizabeth, who voices Tiana, the Elizabeth also did “a show and tell” for her class with posters,
“During the conference I told her I loved to hear Elizabeth film’s heroine, as a young child. The older Tiana is voiced by T-shirts and other memorabilia from the movie.
talk in class and read out loud. I told her Elizabeth had a very Anika Noni Rose. Arthur and Jeanna Dampier, 1988 graduates of St. Joseph
soothing, very good voice,” said Garrard, who hears more than Elizabeth started auditioning for the part about three years School in Jackson, first noticed their daughter’s talent perform-
100 voices a day at school. ago. ing in school and church events at New Hope Church, where
That was when Garrard discovered she was not the only one Garrard described Elizabeth’s family as “very private. the family are members.
impressed with Elizabeth’s voice. As a matter of fact, the girl’s Elizabeth is a very humble child, a very good student, eager to From there they contacted a local agent, who scheduled some
mother told her Elizabeth “was in this movie, “’The Princess please. She does not brag about herself at all.” acting classes and set up auditions. Elizabeth also took lessons in
and the Frog.’” On Dec. 11, Elizabeth, her classmates, teacher and some voice, piano and dance and appeared in commercials.
That was in October and most of Elizabeth’s fellow students of her friends from another Catholic school attended a special But learning and earning good grades is high on Elizabeth’s
didn’t know she was going to be in Disney’s new animated preview of the film at a local theater. parents’ list of priorities.
movie, the teacher said. Morgan Sellers, 11, sat next to Elizabeth at the movie. “We always make sure she stays focused first on her rela-
In the first weekend of its Dec. 11 release, it earned $25 mil- Morgan was one of the first people Elizabeth told about being tionship with God, her relationship with her family and then her
lion, making it the No. 1 movie in the country. in the film. schoolwork,” said Jeanna Dampier.

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Inside the West’s epic prep sports rivalry: SHCP vs. SI


By John Wildermuth
When 4,500 screaming basketball fans instantly cut the
cheers and the chatter as someone starts the traditional prayer

(PHOTO BY ZACKERY QUIGLEY, SHCP FRESHMAN)


of the Christian Brothers: “Let us remember … we are in
the holy presence of God,” it’s clear that this is a different

(PHOTO BY PAUL TOTAH, SAINT IGNATIUS)


type of a rivalry.
Since 1893, San Francisco’s two oldest Catholic high
schools, St. Ignatius College Prep and Sacred Heart
Cathedral Prep, have squared off in what’s billed as the
oldest high school athletic competition west of the Rocky
Mountains.
Sure, it was rugby that was played on that long ago St.
Patrick’s Day and the games were hit and miss affairs until
the 1920s, but for generations of San Franciscans, those
games and the rivalry behind them have been an important
and well-remembered part of the city’s athletic tradition.
“It’s something you grew up with in San Francisco,” said
John Scudder, president of Sacred Heart Cathedral and a
1973 graduate of the school. Archrivals Sacred Heart Cathedral Prep, left, and Saint Ignatius on the football field last fall. Since the end of
Since the end of World War II, that rivalry has been World War II, the sports rivalry between the two schools has been recognized with the Bruce-Mahoney Trophy.
recognized with the Bruce-Mahoney Trophy, named for Bill Each year, the perpetual trophy moves to the school whose boys won two of the three games in football,
Bruce of St. Ignatius and Jerry Mahoney of Sacred Heart, basketball and baseball. The April 16 baseball game at AT&T Park will decide
both killed in the war. Each year, the perpetual trophy moves whether the trophy stays at Sacred Heart or returns to St. Ignatius.
to the school whose boys won two of the three games in
football, basketball and baseball.
communications at St. Ignatius, said in his 2005 history Things have changed over the years. Today’s San
of the school. At a Bruce-Mahoney game, “you will find Francisco has far fewer teenagers than it did 40 years ago
“The deep respect the two schools emotions tuned to a fever-pitch, voices hoarse from shouting and not nearly as many Catholics, so both schools have had
and athletes primed to play at their peak.” to reach outside San Francisco’s city limits for students.
have for each other is a great gift” Jesuit Father Robert Walsh, president of St. Ignatius and The biggest change, though, has come since the 1980s
a 1968 graduate, is no stranger to the tradition. But when he when Sacred Heart merged with all-girls Cathedral High
– Jesuit Father Robert Walsh, walked into the noisy, jam-packed Memorial Gymnasium School to become Sacred Heart Cathedral, and St. Ignatius
at the University of San Francisco earlier this month for started to admit young women.
president of St. Ignatius the Bruce-Mahoney basketball game, all he could say was
“Wow.”
Having girls at the schools hasn’t been a bad thing for
the rivalry, Walsh said, since some of the crowds during the
“As a student, I was very aware of the rivalry,” said all-male days had more the feeling of Christians versus lions
There’s nothing sleek or modern about the trophy, a hefty Walsh, whose father and uncles also went to St. Ignatius. than a meeting of Catholic gentlemen.
wood and medal product of an earlier time that stands better “I don’t know of any other Jesuit school that has anything “There’s still a fever pitch of excitement and the rivalry is
than three-feet-tall. It takes four people to lift and move it, like this rivalry.” probably more animated,” he said. “But there’s also a better
but there was no shortage of eager volunteers at Sacred Heart When Walsh and Scudder were high school students, sense of respect for the other team.”
last year after the school took the trophy home for the first San Francisco was still a heavily Catholic city where many That respect, and the shared Catholic educational mission,
time in a decade. people identified themselves by the parish where they lived. can be seen in the student-led public prayers that begin each
“Few traditions capture the joy of high school as much The boys at the then all-male schools were almost all from game. It’s important to remember that the schools have many
as this rivalry between SI and SH,” Paul Totah, director of the city, growing up in the same neighborhoods and going more similarities than differences, Scudder said.
to the same Catholic grammar schools. “We’re both rooted in the same Catholic faith, but with
“A game like the one at USF was like the ones when I numerous differences in tradition and background,” he
ST. J/HN C!4(/L)#SC(//, was a student about 35 years ago, Scudder said. “There were added. “But there has always been lots of cross-pollination,”
where community matters a lot of bragging rights associated with those games.” with graduates from one school ending up on the faculty
At USF, the stands were filled not only with teenagers of the other.
sporting the green of Sacred Heart or the red and blue of St. “The deep respect the two schools have for each other is a
Ignatius, but also with parents, friends, alumni and plenty great gift,” Walsh said. “We have a great rivalry and a healthy
of future students. rivalry and we need to care for it in the best of reasons.”
“The parents of the students who attend our schools Not to mention that the rivalry is a lot of fun for students
grew up with the rivalry,” Scudder said. “The kids have and supporters of the two schools.
been going to these (Bruce-Mahoney) games since they Sacred Heart’s basketball team eked out a tight 47-44 win
were in the third or fourth grade, with their parents or older in that second round of the Bruce-Mahoney competition at
brothers and sisters.” USF. Since St. Ignatius won the fall football game, the April
16 baseball game at AT&T Park will decide whether the
trophy stays at Sacred Heart or returns to St. Ignatius.
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Philanthropy . . . A patron helped a highly


■ Continued from page CSW1 motivated D’Genaro Pulido
complete his education at

(PHOTO BY RICK DELVECCHIO/CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO)


eligible families. But there is not enough to reach all qualify- St. Charles Borromeo parochial
ing families. school in San Francisco’s
In addition, the recession created a new group of financially Mission District and St. Ignatius
struggling families among the middle class, who in the past had Preparatory School. “I explained
the means to pay for private school tuition. to him that I’m going to be the
“The need-based population is underserved,” Assistant first generation to go to college,
Superintendent Annette Brown said. “In addition, there’s a and I’ll be the first generation
middle class that cannot qualify for need-based aid because that actually becomes a
they make too much money, but they can’t afford the schools,
especially if they have more than one child.” professional,” said Pulido, an
Brown added: “Families find it increasingly difficult to afford architecture student at the
a Catholic education.” University of San Francisco.
K-12 enrollment in Catholic schools throughout the arch- Here, Pulido, right, studies for his
diocese was 25,186 in September, down 1,836 from five years construction materials class with
earlier. K-8 enrollment fell by 361 from September 2008, a drop fellow student Bezaleel Balan.
of more than 2 percent.
Brown said higher philanthropic giving could turn the trend
around. He said his parents wanted a better education for him patron of St. Peter School in the Mission District after reading
“Half of our high schools are at capacity, and half would and switched him to the parochial school in their Mission school newsletters that his housekeeper, whose son attended
benefit greatly by increasing enrollment to levels in past years,” District neighborhood, St. Charles Borromeo. He thrived at St. St. Peter, had brought to his house.
she said. “Of our 62 elementary schools, 40 schools have Charles and in sixth grade participated in a summer program He visited the school and inspected it with a skeptical eye.
enrollment less than five years ago. Increased enrollment would at St. Ignatius Preparatory School, where he met the donor “He stayed until 6:15,” St. Peter Principal Vicki Butler said.
benefit the school not only financially but in ability to offer who would help him on his way to college and a career as an “He saw the children, the curriculum. He saw the finances.
more programs.” architect. When he finished he said, ‘I will do everything in my power
One aspect of supporting Catholic education that appeals The donor liked D’Genaro’s motivation and awarded him to help your school. My concern is that your kids get this
to donors is that well-targeted aid can have a measurable, life- scholarships that paid for most of his high-school education. wonderful, supportive Catholic education and they’re too poor
changing impact. D’Genaro Pulido, now a junior at the University The same donor helped his older sister and is helping his to pay for their high school.”’
of San Francisco, is a case in point. younger brother. The donor eventually created a scholarship fund for St. Peter
D’Genaro and his family came to San Francisco from Peru “I guess what he saw in me was the effort and motivation graduates to attend Catholic high schools. The fund supports
when he was 4. He attended a public school from kindergarten I had,” D’Genaro said. “I explained to him that I’m going to more than 50 students a year.
through second grade, but the experience was underwhelming. be the first generation to go to college, and I’ll be the first “Out of that group, we’ve had students who have gone on
“I came back with one sheet of homework,” he recalled. “I generation that actually becomes a professional.” to become, doctors, lawyers, teachers,” said St. Peter Assistant
did it in 10 minutes. My mom would keep me up to 12 a night D’Genaro’s sponsor chooses to remain anonymous, as is Principal Sister Marian Rose Power, RSM. “It’s enabled them
doing math problems.” the case with a wealthy man from the East Bay who became a to move out of the inner city and into professions.”

Catholic university starts program to supply needed religion teachers


By Chaz Muth “The Next Generation: A Study of Catholic High School “Candidates are selected based upon evidence that they
Religion Teachers,” which involved 1,089 teachers at 195 live their Catholic faith and will likely be good faith men-
WASHINGTON (CNS) – Creighton University has ini- Catholic high schools selected at random from across the tors,” he said. “However, without formal training in the
tiated a new program to help meet the need U.S. Catholic nation, found that Catholic high school religion teachers are content of Catholic religion and the methods of teaching
schools say they have for qualified religion teachers. less qualified than other public and private school teachers religion, these teachers fall short of the ideal, and must try
This year the Jesuit university in Omaha, Neb., initiated in terms of academic preparation, pedagogical training and to pick up content and methods on the fly.”
what is believed to be the first program whose sole purpose teaching experience. Students who have entered into either of the two new
is to train students to teach religion in Catholic elementary The study also found that today 40 percent of full-time programs offered at Creighton University – which began in
and secondary schools. The university now offers a two- religion teachers had a master’s degree in theology/religious the 2009 fall semester – will gain advanced knowledge in
year master’s degree in theology with a teaching certificate studies/religious education, compared to 57 percent in 1985. theology as well as practical knowledge in teaching Catholic
and a combined five-year bachelor’s and master’s degree in The difference probably corresponds with the decline in religion, said Jesuit Father Richard Hauser, a theology pro-
theology with a teaching certificate. vowed religious teaching theology, said Creighton’s Timothy fessor at the university.
A recent national survey about religion teacher prepa- Cook, the education professor who conducted the study. They also will be able to practice their teaching during
ration conducted by Creighton found that a majority of “This shortage of religion teachers often results in the program through guided field placements in Omaha-area
Catholic high school administrators said there are not enough school principals asking teachers of other subjects to teach Catholic schools, Father Hauser said.
qualified religion teacher candidates to meet the need their religion,” Cook said in a telephone interview with Catholic The education component of the program provides a full
schools currently have for such teachers. News Service. Nebraska state certification for graduates who remain in the
state and covers methods of teaching religion for those plan-
ning to teach in other parts of the country, he said.
The fundamental purpose of Catholic elementary and
secondary schools is to teach the Catholic faith to young
people, Cook said.
“Committed and well-prepared religion teachers are key play-
ers in carrying out this Gospel mandate to apprentice disciples of
Jesus,” he said. “It is time to address the growing need for new
highly qualified religion teachers in our Catholic schools.”
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Support Catholic education: a call for heroes


By Annette Brown generate scholarships that assist the neediest
of the families attending afford the tuition and What Our Children

Believe
Throughout the life of our Catholic fees. These heroes gather volunteers to help in
schools, people have given of themselves the physical renovations of the buildings and
to provide education for our children. Our grounds. These heroes solicit donations from
Catholic school children come from all walks building materials companies and contractors of
of life; from the very affluent, to the abject expertise, labor, materials, equipment, furniture,
is Just as Important as What They Know
poor. There are families that can afford to fixtures and technology.
“buy the school,” and some that cannot even These heroes understand that it is difficult
afford to purchase their lunch. The students to extract ones-self from poverty, but nearly
attending schools in the Archdiocese of San impossible without an education. These heroes
Francisco represents the socio-economic Annette Brown understand that without focused attention, “this
spectrum of the society we live in. child” might be lost in the public schools sys-
tems and become another dropout. These heroes understand that in
Related story, Page CS1 the Catholic school system, it is not possible for children to skate
through unnoticed; that in spite of the similarity of our children’s
Helping these students achieve the dreams of achieving attire, it is the individual child that is cherished and nourished,
their education, there are the quiet, unsung heroes. You won’t spiritually, educationally and sometimes even nutritionally.
find these people on the payrolls of any of our schools or par- These heroes provide from thousands to millions of dollars
ishes. Their children may be long grown. Their connection to to our school system each year. Without this outside support,
the school is not one of responsibility to any particular student, our schools would not be able to exist.
but is a connection to the improvement of society in general. Our schools expenses are not fully funded with tuition
These are the heroes who donate their time and treasure and payments. The average school “gap” – that is the difference
talent with the intent to break the cycle of poverty that many between the average tuition and the cost to educate the children
of our families are still circling. These are the people who is $800 per year per child. This difference is made up with fund- Catholic Schools. Dividends For Life.
come to the school, pay the tuition of children that they cannot raising activities as well as cash from these unsung heroes. ©2009 NCEA/USCCB • www.catholicschoolsweek.org

claim as their tax-deductible dependents. They buy the student In these current times, where families are struggling with
uniforms and school supplies, refreshing these purchases every job loss, home loss and increases in the cost of living, these heroes that help the poor in the best way that’s been shown to date
year through their academic lives. They faithfully give of their unsung heroes are the lifelines that keep our schools open. to break the cycle of poverty – educate a child.
own resources, and when those are exhausted, ask their friends You, too, can be an unsung hero. If you have a student in our Persons or organizations wishing to contribute to the
and foundations to contribute of their resources for this great schools, and are financially well-off, considering paying “the gap” Catholic School Scholarship Fund or the Schools’ Endowment,
cause of educating the next generation. in addition to your tuition. It will be a tax deduction for you, and a can contact the Catholic Schools Department’s Planning and
These heroes request funds from foundations and charitable boon to your local school. If you are a parishioner, consider spon- Finance Office, or a specific school’s pastor or principal.
organizations, telling the story, trying to persuade other people to soring a student by paying all or part of the tuition to a particular Annette Brown is Assistant Superintendent of Planning
share enthusiasm for the specific beliefs and ideals of the school; student or anonymous student. If you have the wherewithal to start
evangelizing the mission of the schools that they represent. These a campaign, consider meeting with your principal and pastor and and Finance for the archdiocesan Department
heroes gather funds that are used to offset the gap of the cost of start a scholarship fund to be used for the education of current of Catholic Schools. She can be contacted at
running the school that exceeds the tuition collected. These heroes students or for general school expenses. Become one of the unsung (415) 614-5662 or browna@sfarchdiocese.org.

Serra students support African entrepreneur as they learn about microfinancing


When Dorcas Ackon struggled to start a clothing business Dorcas’ loan was for $275 to buy new dresses. Of that, Serra
in Ghana, little did she know that a portion of her business loan Serra students raised $50. The decision to loan was optional. The rest
would be funded byJunipero Serra High School students. students of the loan was funded by other field partners.
Working with the social justice website Kiva, students in helped Dorcas has paid back about 50 percent of the loan, which is
Joel Ferrando’s honors sophomore English class helped the Dorcas due in full in April. The money will be returned to the students
West African entrepreneur in the process of learning about Ackon when the loan is repaid.
microfinancing. finance Ferrando hopes to start a Kiva Club at Serra, where students
“It’s amazing that you can help people from third-world her could keep their money in the Kiva pool.
countries from your own home through the Internet,” said student clothing Students were asked to write a persuasive essay about people
Akash Desai. “It was real for us because we learned about the business featured on the Kiva website. Brandon Council wrote about a pil-
individual rather than giving to a charity.” low and mattress salesman from Uganda. Greg Suhr wrote about
The World Bank estimates that there are now more than 7,000 a taxi driver in Africa battling the negative effects of drug lords.
microfinance institutions serving 16 million people in developing Dorcas was chosen for the project because she lives in Ghana,
countries. Kiva, the world’s first person-to-person microlending the country where students wanted to make a difference.
website, has the mission of alleviating poverty in the developing “The situation is real to the students and they see that they “The process of researching the way Kiva works, navigating
world by linking lenders and borrowers. can make a difference,” Ferrando said. “The draw is the personal the site and choosing a person to support engaged my students
People in developing countries often manage money in connection – the chance to help a person you see in photos and in critical thought,” Ferrando said. “I hope that they might come
unconventional ways – investing in gold and domestic animals, get to know through his or her bio. I do not think microfinancing to internalize such giving in the way so many of our alums have
paying cash collectors to keep it safe and even burying cash in will end poverty, but it is one weapon of an arsenal that needs internalized service to others as a result of their community
their backyards, according to Kiva’s website. to grow.” service experiences here at Serra.”

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Campaign aims to increase Latino numbers in Catholic schools


SOUTH BEND, Ind. (CNS) – A new campaign to Catholic education the opportunity to renew itself and

(CNS PHOTO/JAMES BACA, DENVER CATHOLIC REGISTER)


enroll 1 million Hispanic students in Catholic schools face the vexing challenges of the 21st century. We are
by 2020 and the study that prompted it is “a challenge being presented with a fundamental choice that we
to the church to get the word out and spread the good ignore at our peril,” said Father Deck.
news in the Hispanic community,” said the chairman Two programs at Notre Dame will support the cam-
of the U.S. bishops’ education committee. paign: the university’s Latino Institute for Studies and
“As in the past, Catholic schools are a gift to the the Alliance for Catholic Education, known as ACE,
Catholic immigrants to America. We rejoice in and which places college graduates as volunteer teachers
celebrate that fact,” Auxiliary Bishop Thomas J. Curry in Catholic schools.
of Los Angeles, head of the Committee on Catholic University officials said Notre Dame hopes to forge
Education, said in a Dec. 15 statement. partnerships with dioceses to implement recommenda-
The Catholic School Advantage campaign comes tions to boost enrollment in Catholic schools.
out of a 65-page report by a task force commissioned by According to the announcement on the campaign,
the University of Notre Dame. The report is titled “To the Archdiocese of Chicago has agreed to join the
Nurture the Soul of a Nation: Latino Families, Catholic campaign and discussions are under way with five
Schools and Educational Opportunity.” other dioceses that serve large Hispanic populations.
The day of its release also was the feast of Our Lady The campaign will be led by Father Corpora, a former
of Guadalupe, the patroness of the Americas, to whom pastor with nearly 20 years experience in parishes and
Hispanics have a special devotion. Evangelina Romero and Samantha Cabral, fourth-graders at St. Rose of schools serving Latino communities.
“The message of Our Lady of Guadalupe, that Lima School in Denver, work on a project at school Dec. 12. A new study The task force spent the past year conducting research
culture is enlivened by faith, challenges us to open for shows Hispanic students in Catholic elementary schools are 42 percent and developing recommendations for schools, dioceses,
Latino children the rich opportunity of a Catholic school church leaders, the philanthropic community, civic orga-
more likely to graduate from high school and more than two-and-a-half
education,” said Bishop Jaime Soto of Sacramento, nizations, policymakers and institutions of higher educa-
Calif., chairman of U.S. bishops’ Committee on times more likely to graduate from college than their peers in public school. tion. The research ultimately provides as a road map for
Cultural Diversity in the Church. getting more Latino students in Catholic schools.
Like Bishop Curry, Bishop Soto and Jesuit Father Allan of the University of Texas at Brownsville. “Catholic schools must Financial obstacles are just one barrier, the report said. Other
Figueroa Deck, executive director of the bishops’ Secretariat remain a steady and strong conduit for the many new generations barriers include a lack of information about Catholic schools and
of Cultural Diversity in the Church, issued statements Dec. 15. of Latinos at their doorstep,” she said in a statement. a lack of a cultural or leadership connection between the Latino
Father Deck, also is a member of the task force, said the Catholic To improve education outcomes for more Latino children, the community and schools that lack Latino teachers, principals and
school initiative posed an important challenge to Catholic educa- task force seeks to double that 3 percent in Catholic schools to 6 board members.
tion in the United States. percent – from 290,000 to 1 million – in the next decade. The task force recommended several steps to reduce barriers
A key finding of the report showed that while more than 75 The task force was established one year ago by Holy Cross starting with stepped-up recruitment efforts through, for example,
percent of Latinos in the United States are Catholic, only 3 per- Father John I. Jenkins, president of Notre Dame. It is co-chaired school functions that reach out to Latino families. It also recom-
cent of Latino children currently attend Catholic schools while by Holy Cross Father Joseph Corpora, director of university-school mends renewed efforts to make schools more affordable through
public schools across the country have seen a rapid growth in partnerships for Notre Dame’s Alliance for Catholic Education. scholarships or voucher initiatives.
the number of Hispanics. The task force includes more than 50 national leaders repre- It also urged universities, schools and dioceses to prepare
The report also said public schools have not served Latino senting the Latino community, the Catholic Church, academia, principals to transform their schools to better serve Latino chil-
students well, saying they are behind their peers on most mea- government, business, philanthropy, and elementary and second- dren and create culturally responsive school environments.
sures of educational achievement. According to the report, Latino ary education. The report concluded by noting that addressing what keeps
students fare much better at Catholic schools where they are 42 For some members of the task force, the connection to Latino students from attending Catholic schools will “eliminate
percent more likely to graduate from high school and two and a Catholic education is deeply personal. Former Undersecretary the achievement gap for millions of children and families, while
half times more likely to graduate from college than peers who of Education Sara Martinez Tucker said her years at Catholic addressing the enrollment gap that plagues urban Catholic
attend public schools. school “changed the trajectory” of her life and she wants “all schools. Latino families will benefit from improved educational
“Much is at stake. No less than the future generation of leaders Hispanic children to have that chance.” opportunities and the Catholic school system will be revital-
for our country,” said task force co-chair Juliet Garcia, president “The Latino presence, more than any other factor, offers ized,” it said.

Ecological reforms, new practices save energy, cash at Oregon school


By Ed Langlois continuing a drive for ecological advances that began with con- meant to save the school some money. Though the scheme now
struction of a new classroom building in 2005. Pope John Paul has an altruistic character, it’s still good for the bank account.
PORTLAND, Ore. (CNS) – An Oregon Catholic school is II Hall, which includes a library and science lab, was the first Among other measures, blue recycling bins are now set next
turning its century-old campus into a lean, green sustainability K-8 Catholic school building in the nation to win certification to copy machines and alongside every waste can. That keeps
machine. from the U.S. Green Building Council. trash volume down. The number of plastic bags used at Holy
At Holy Redeemer on Portland’s north side, students joined Across campus in the lunchroom, an effort to reduce waste Redeemer has plummeted since classroom garbage is emptied
volunteers and teachers in a project to dig up 2,500 square feet caught students’ attention starting last year. After training and a once per week (or when needed) instead of daily.
of old playground pavement. That exhausting effort will allow set of incentives – free dress passes and some sweet treats – the Students and teachers are urged to turn off lights whenever pos-
rainwater to soak into the ground and nourish newly planted native youngsters took only a week to cut noontime trash from seven sible and every other light fixture in hallways has been shut off.
vegetation, as opposed to washing blacktop-borne pollutants into cans per day to one. Now it’s a habit. Baggenstos and volunteers disconnected half the downspouts
streams and the nearby Columbia River. Another newly uncovered The difference is avid recycling, composting and the use of from the church and school last year, keeping the flow out of the
area will be a 7,500-square-foot community garden. washable plates and silverware. aquifer and cutting storm water bills by 38 percent.
Pavement-busting is just one of dozens of efforts at ecologi- The new lunch policies have slashed Holy Redeemer’s total New controls on the heating system monitor hours of opera-
cal reform at the 100-year-old school, which serves a racially solid waste output – and the bill for hauling – by about a third. tion and temperature more closely, resulting in an expected 10
diverse neighborhood. “It’s harder, but it’s good,” said eighth-grader Palmer Smith. percent savings on heating oil.
“We’re doing what we can to bring the school into the 21st Anna Raineri, Holy Redeemer’s principal, began sending Big environmental jobs at Holy Redeemer are getting done
century,” said John Baggenstos, facilities manager at Holy out the multi-page parent newsletter on e-mail two years ago. with the help of grants. The pavement tear-up was paid for by
Redeemer for the past two years. “Of course, there isn’t much Hard copies dropped from 275 to 40. That saved great stacks a Portland watershed program, which also will fund a system
money. You’re either rich or creative, I guess.” of paper. to divert rainwater from the gym roof to the garden, which will
Baggenstos and a committee of teachers and parents are Baggenstos said that at first, the efficiency measures were provide produce to needy neighbors.

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A RCHDIOCESE OF S AN F RANCISCO
C ATHOLIC E LEMENTARY S CHOOLS D IRECTORY
SAN FRANCISCO COUNTY
1 Corpus Christi Elementary School
75 Francis St. 94112 26
28 Broadway

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(415) 587-7014 Fax: (415) 587-1575

Octavia
11 9 22
Web Site: www.corpuschristisf.org 14 6
Grades: K-8, Extended Care Pine

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2 Epiphany Elementary School 8
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600 Italy Ave. 94112 23

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(415) 337-4030 Fax: (415) 337-8583 Ellis

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Grades: K-8, Extended Care

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3 Holy Name of Jesus Elementary School

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37th Ave.
1560 40th Ave. 94122 16

Guererro
(415) 731-4077 Fax: (415) 731-3328 12
5
Web Site: www.holynamesf.com 3
Grades: K-8, Extended Care 27 24th
20 25

19th Ave.
13 4

Church St.
4 St. Anthony-Immaculate Conception Elementary School
299 Precita Ave. 94110 15 18 24 29th
21

Phelan St.
(415) 648-2008 Fax: (415) 648-1825 31
Web Site: www.saicsf.org 19
Grades: K-8, Extended Care Holloway

5 Mission Dolores Elementary School 30


3371-16th St. 94114

on
(415) 861-7673 Fax: (415) 861-7620
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Web Site: www.missiondolores.org 1
2 7
Grades: K-8, Extended Care
6 Notre Dame des Victoires Elementary School 16 Saint Charles Borromeo Elementary School 25 Saint Peter Elementary School
659 Pine St. 94108 3250 18th St. 94110 1266 Florida St. 94110
(415) 421-0069 Fax: (415) 421-1440 (415) 861-7652 Fax: (415) 861-0221 (415) 647-8662 Fax: (415) 647-4618
Web Site: www.ndvsf.org Web Site: www.sfstcharlesschool.org Web Site: www.sanpedro.org
Grades: K-8, Extended Care Grades: K-8, Extended Care Grades: K-8
7 Our Lady of the Visitacion Elementary School 17 Saint Elizabeth Elementary School 26 Saints Peter and Paul Elementary School
785 Sunnydale Ave. 94134 450 Somerset St. 94134 660 Filbert St. 94133
(415) 239-7840 Fax: (415) 239-2559 (415) 468-3247 / 48 Fax: (415) 468-1804 (415) 421-5219 Fax: (415) 421-1831
Web Site: www.olvisitacion.com Web Site: www.stelizabethsf.org Web Site: www.stspeterpaul.san-francisco.ca.us
Grades: K-8, Extended Care Grades: K-8, Extended Care Grades: K-8, Extended Care
8 Megan Furth Academy 18 Saint Finn Barr Elementary School 27 Saint Philip Elementary School
2445 Pine St. 94115 419 Hearst Ave. 94112 665 Elizabeth St. 94114
(415) 346-9500 Fax: (415) 346-8001 (415) 333-1800 Fax: (415) 452-0177 (415) 824-8467 Fax: (415) 282-5746
Web Site: www.meganfurthacademy.org Web Site: www.stfinnbarr.org Web Site: www.saintphilipschool.com
Grades: K-8, Extended Care Grades: K-8, Extended Care Grades: K-8, Extended Care
9 Convent of the Sacred Heart Elementary School 19 Saint Gabriel Elementary School 28 Saint Vincent de Paul Elementary School
2222 Broadway St. 94115 2550 41st. Ave. 94116 2350 Green St. 94123
(415) 563-2900 Fax: (415) 563-0438 (415) 566-0314 Fax: (415) 566-3223 (415) 346-5505 Fax: (415) 346-0970
Web Site: www.sacredsf.org Web Site: www.stgabrielsf.com Web Site: www.svdpsf.org
Grades: K-8, Girls, Extended Care Grades: K-8, Extended Care Grades: K-8, Extended Care
10 DeMarillac Academy 20 Saint James Elementary School 29 Saint Thomas the Apostle Elementary School
175 Golden Gate Ave. 94102 321 Fair Oaks St. 94110 3801 Balboa St. 94121
(415) 552-5220 Fax: (415) 621-5632 (415) 647-8972 Fax: (415) 647-0166 (415) 221-2711 Fax: (415) 221-8611
Web Site: www.demarillac.org Web Site: www.saintjamessf.org Web Site: www.stthomasapostle.pvt.k12.ca.us
Grades: K-8, Extended Care Grades: K-8, Extended Care
11 Stuart Hall For Boys Elementary School
2222 Broadway St. 94115 21 Saint John Elementary School 30 Saint Thomas More Elementary School
(415) 563-2900 Fax: (415) 292-3165 925 Chenery St. 94131 50 Thomas More Way 94132
Web Site: www.sacredsf.org (415) 584-8383 Fax: (415) 584-8359 (415) 337-0100 Fax: (415) 333-2564
Grades: K-8, boys, Extended Care Web Site: www.stjohnseagles.com Web Site: www.StThomasMoreSchool.org
Grades: K-8, Extended Care Grades: K-8, Extended Care
12 Saint Anne Elementary School
1320 – 14th Ave. 94122 22 Saint Mary Chinese Day School 31 Saint Stephen Elementary School
(415) 664-7977 Fax: (415) 661-6904 910 Broadway St. 94133 401 Eucalyptus Dr. 94132
Web Site: www.stanne.com (415) 929-4690 Fax: (415) 929-4699 (415) 664-8331 Fax: (415) 242-5608
Grades: PreK-8, Extended Care Web Site: www.stmaryschinese.org Web Site: www.st-stephenschoolsf.org
Grades: K-8, Extended Care Grades: K-8, Extended Care
13 Saint Brendan Elementary School
940 Laguna Honda Blvd. 94127 23 Saint Monica Elementary School 32 Star of the Sea Elementary School
(415) 731-2665 Fax: (415) 731-7207 5950 Geary Blvd. 94121 360 9th Ave. 94118
Web Site: www.stbrendansf.com (415) 751-9564 Fax: (415) 751-0781 (415) 221-8558 Fax: (415) 221-7118
Grades: K-8, Extended Care Web Site: www.stmonicasf.org Web Site: www.starofthesea.com
Grades: K-8, Extended Care Grades: Pre-school, K-8, Extended Care
14 Saint Brigid Elementary School
2250 Franklin St. 94109 24 Saint Paul Elementary School
(415) 673-4523 Fax: (415) 674-4187 1690 Church St. 94131 Grades: K-8
Web Site: www.saintbrigidsf.org (415) 648-2055 Fax: (415) 648-1920
Grades: PreK-8, Extended Care Web Site: www.stpaulsf.net
Grades: PreK-8, Extended Care
15 Saint Cecilia Elementary School
660 Vincente St. 94116
(415) 731-8400 Fax: (415) 731-5686
Web Site: www.stceciliaschool.org
Grades: K-8, Extended Care
January 29, 2010 Catholic San Francisco CSW15

A RCHDIOCESE OF S AN F RANCISCO
C ATHOLIC E LEMENTARY S CHOOLS D IRECTORY
MARIN COUNTY
1 Saint Rita Elementary School 4 Saint Anselm Elementary School
102 Marinda Dr., Fairfax 94930 40 Belle Ave., San Anselmo 94960
(415) 456-1003 Fax: (415) 456-7946 (415) 454-8667 Fax: (415) 454-4730
Web Site: www.strita.edu Web Site: www.stanselmschool.com 5
Grades: K-8, Extended Care Grades: K-8, Extended Care
7
2 Saint Patrick Elementary School 5 Our Lady of Loretto Elementary School 3
1
120 King St., Larkspur 94939 1181 Virginia Ave., Novato 94945
(415) 924-0501 Fax: (415) 924-3544 (415) 892-8621 Fax: (415) 892-9631 4
Web Site: www.stpatricksmarin.com Web Site: www.ollnovato.org
2
Grades: K-8, Extended Care Grades: K-8, Extended Care
6
3 San Domenico School 6 Saint Raphael Elementary School
1500 Butterfield Rd., San Anselmo 94960 1100 Fifth Ave., San Rafael 94901 8
(415) 258-1910 [Primary] (415) 258-1908 [Middle] (415) 454-4455 Fax: (415) 454-5927
Fax: (415) 258-1901 Web Site: www.straphaelschool.com
Web Site: www.sandomenico.org Grades: PreK-8, Extended Care
Grades: PreK-8
7 Saint Isabella Elementary School 8 Saint Hilary Elementary School
1 Trinity Way, PO Box 6188, San Rafael 94903 765 Hilary Dr., Tiburon 94920
(415) 479-3727 Fax: (415) 479-9961 (415) 435-2224 Fax: (415) 435-5895
Web Site: www.stisabellaschool.org Web Site: www.sainthilary-school.org
Grades: K-8, Extended Care Grades: K-8, Extended Care

SAN MATEO COUNTY


3 Notre Dame Elementary School 13 Nativity Elementary School
1200 Notre Dame Ave., Belmont 94002 1250 Laurel St., Menlo Park 94025
(650) 591-2209 Fax: (650) 591-4798 (650) 325-7304 Fax: (650) 325-3841
Web Site: www.nde.org Web Site: www.nativityschool.com
Grades: 1-8, Extended Care Grades: K-8, Extended Care

4 Our Lady of Angels Elementary School 14 Good Shepherd Elementary School


1328 Cabrillo Ave., Burlingame 94010 909 Oceana Blvd., Pacifica 94044
(650) 343-9200 Fax: (650) 343-5620 (650) 359-4544 Fax: (650) 359-4558
9 5 Web Site: www.olaparish.org Web Site: www.goodshepherd-school.org
Grades: PreK-8, Extended Care Grades: K-8, Extended Care
8
5 Our Lady of Perpetual Help Elementary School 15 Woodside Priory School
80 Wellington Ave., Daly City 94014 302 Portola Rd., Portola Valley 94028
2 1 (650) 755-4438 Fax: (650) 755-7366 (650) 851-8221 Fax: (650) 851-2839
14 Web Site: www.olphdc.org Web Site: www.woodsidepriory.com
22 Grades: K-8 Grades: 6-8
12
6 Immaculate Heart of Mary Elementary School 16 Our Lady of Mount Carmel Elementary School
4 1000 Alameda de las Pulgas, Belmont 94002 301 Grant St., Redwood City 94062
(650) 593-4265 Fax: (650) 593-4342 (650) 366-6127 Fax: (650) 366-0902
7 Web Site: www.ihmschoolbelmont.com Web Site: www.mountcarmel.org
Grades: K-8, Extended Care Grades: K-8, Extended Care
20 21
19 7 Saint Catherine of Siena Elementary School 17 Saint Pius Elementary School
1300 Bayswater Ave., Burlingame 94010 1100 Woodside Rd., Redwood City 94061
3 (650) 344-7176 Fax: (650) 344-7426 (650) 368-8327 Fax: (650) 368-7031
6
Web Site: www.stcos.com Web Site: www.saintpiusschool.org
18 Grades: K-8, Extended Care Grades: K-8, Extended Care
16
8 Holy Angels Elementary School 18 Saint Charles Elementary School
17 10 20 Reiner St., Colma 94014 850 Tamarack Ave., San Carlos 94070
13
11 (650) 755-0220 Fax: (650) 755-0258 (650) 593-1629 Fax: (650) 593-9723
Web Site: www.holyangelscolma.com Web Site: www.scharlesschoolsc.org
Grades: K-8, Extended Care Grades: K-8, Extended Care

9 Our Lady of Mercy Elementary School 19 Saint Gregory Elementary School


15
7 Elmwood Dr., Daly City 94015 2701 Hacienda St., San Mateo 94403
(650) 756-3395 Fax: (650) 756-5872 (650) 573-0111 Fax: (650) 573-6548
Web Site: www.olmcath.org Web Site: www.stgregs-sanmateo.org
Grades: K-8, Extended Care Grades: K-8, Extended Care

1 All Souls Elementary School 10 Saint Joseph Elementary School 20 Saint Matthew Elementary School
479 Miller Ave., So. San Francisco 94080 50 Emilie Ave., Atherton 94027 910 South El Camino Real, San Mateo 94402
(650) 583-3562 Fax: (650) 952-1167 (650) 322-9931 (MAIN #) Fax: (650) 322-7656 (650) 343-1373 Fax: (650) 343-2046
Web Site: www.ssfallsoulsschool.org Web Site: www.shschools.org Web Site: www.stmatthewcath.org
Grades: K-8, Extended Care Grades: PreK-8, Extended Care Grades: K-8, Extended Care

2 Saint Veronica Elementary School 11 Saint Raymond Elementary School 21 Saint Timothy Elementary School
434 Alida Way, So. San Francisco 94080 1211 Arbor Rd., Menlo Park 94025 1515 Dolan Ave., San Mateo 94401
(650) 589-3909 Fax: (650) 589-2826 (650) 322-2312 Fax: (650) 322-2910 (650) 342-6567 Fax: (650) 342-5913
Web Site: www.stveronicacatholicschool.org Web Site: www.straymond.org Web Site: www.sttimothyschool.org
Grades: K-8 Grades: K-8, Extended Care Grades: K-8, Extended Care

12 Saint Dunstan Elementary School 22 Saint Robert Elementary School


1150 Magnolia Ave., Millbrae 94030 345 Oak Ave., San Bruno 94066
(650) 697-8119 Fax: (650) 697-9295 (650) 583-5065 Fax: (650) 583-1418
Web Site: www.st-dunstan.org Web Site: www.saintroberts.org
Grades: K-8, Extended Care Grades: K-8, Extended Care
CSW16 Catholic San Francisco January 29, 2010

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The Catholic Difference


Papal environmentalism: pro-life and pro-marriage
In his Jan. 11 address to the diplomatic corps accredited inalienable right-to-life: “…this concern…for the environment of the name would take
to the Holy See, Pope Benedict XVI continued to carve should be situated within the larger framework of the great up the cause of life and
out an interesting Catholic position on ecology. The Pope challenges now facing mankind… . [Thus] how can we sepa- the cause of marriage,
insists that care for creation is a moral obligation that falls rate, or even set at odds, the protection of the environment and for the truths that under-
on both individuals and governments. His very invocation of the protection of human life, including the life of the unborn? gird the Catholic pro-life
“creation,” however, challenges the secular shibboleths that It is in man’s respect for himself that his sense of responsibil- position and the Catholic
underwrite a lot of contemporary environmental activism. ity is shown. As Saint Thomas Aquinas has taught us, man defense of marriage-right-
Here is the money paragraph in the papal address to represents all that is most noble in the universe…” ly-understood are moral
the diplomats assembled in the Sala Regia of the Apostolic Two paragraphs after that, Benedict tied care for the truths that can be known George Weigel
Palace: environment to the defense of marriage rightly understood— by reason—they’re not
“Twenty years ago, the fall of the Berlin Wall and the another issue that does not, I suspect, loom large on the some “sectarian” Catholic
collapse of the materialistic and atheistic regimes which had agenda of Greenpeace: theological chicanery, the
for several decades dominated a part of this continent, it was “…we must remember that the problem of the environ- Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives and the Vice
easy to assess the great harm which an economic system lack- ment is complex; one might compare it to a multifaceted President of the United States notwithstanding.
ing any reference to the truth about man had done not only prism. Creatures differ from one another and can be pro- It will be interesting to see if the new papal environ-
to the dignity and freedom of individuals and peoples, but tected, or endangered, in different ways, as we know from mentalism coaxes a few brave souls from the ecology camp
to nature itself, by polluting soil, water, and air. The denial daily experience. One such attack comes from laws or pro- into common cause with those less politically correct move-
of God distorts the freedom of the human person, yet it also posals which, in the name of fighting discrimination, strike ments in defense of life and marriage. I’m skeptical, not
devastates creation. It follows that the protection of creation at the biological basis of the difference between the sexes. least because of decades of moral confusion during which
is not principally a response to an aesthetic need, but much I am thinking, for example, of certain countries in Europe, radical environmentalists have shown far more concern for
more to a moral need, in as much as nature expresses a plan of or North and South America…”— that is, countries (or, in endangered species of insects than for endangered pre-born
love and truth which is prior to us and comes from God.” our case, states) that have given legal sanction to so-called children. As for the gay insurgency, it takes no prisoners and
Now, the overlap between orthodox Christians and radi- “same-sex marriage.” is unlikely to see its cause as counter-environmental. Still,
cal environmentalists may not be what the mathematicians call So: according to Benedict XVI, a consistent Catholic the papal challenge has been laid down, and as they say in
a “null set;” but I rather doubt that those who qualify on both environmentalism must include the defense of life from Rome, “We think in centuries here.”
counts would fill, say, the new Cowboys Stadium. Dubieties conception until natural death and the defense of marriage
on this front harden when, two paragraphs later, the Pope as the stable union of a man and a woman. Indeed, I expect George Weigel is Distinguished Senior Fellow of the
explicitly linked an aroused environmental conscience to the the Pope would argue that any environmentalism worthy Ethics and Public Policy Center in Washington, D.C.

Potpourri
Earthly gods with feet of clay
They are lauded with a fervor that allows not the slight- suddenly fall off the throne. The humiliation suffered is the sermons banal, the
est breath of criticism about their character or performance; stinging; yet those who pay the price when the idol’s façade singing lousy. In some
no suggestion of doubt about their lofty promises to give all crumbles are the persons who followed a shooting star only instances, perhaps that’s
that is good and justifiable. to see it extinguish itself. When the earthly tries to replace true, but the miracle of
They are the public figures whose devotees have the Divine, the very essence of mankind’s soul is shredded His Real Presence in
stripped them of all human failings as one would strip off into fragile threads linking one tenuously to someone as the Eucharist is in every
old paint in order to gloss on new. These demigods have uncertain and unreliable as a fluff of soufflé. The easy col- Mass all over the world.
been enthroned on the garland altars of charm, rhetoric and lapse is inevitable and comes with the enormous price of Unlike the demigods
dazzling smiles; some of the requirements needed to raise disillusionment. who look good and
mere mortals to “divine” rank. Often as not they end up as One thinks of the Adolphs and Saddams of the world sound great, the real God
Jane L. Sears
TIME’s Person of the Year and/or in lurid headlines in the whose reigns as demigods ended in death and disaster. By is at once unfathomable,
National Enquirer. contrast, the One who was thrust into the world as a humble but real. As Eastern theologian Vladimir Lossky wrote: “God
Earthly gods are different than false gods and more servant; who chose to have the heck beaten out of him and is comprehensible only in His incomprehensibility.”
recognizable. False gods are man-made deities that replace who died a horrible death after begging His Father to forgive To discern and receive the Divine Mystery, St. Paul
the Divine. Yet, more insidious are the earthly gods that do the brutes who tore at him like packs of vicious dogs, is the cautions us to “receive not the spirit of the world, but the
not insert themselves above the one true God, but distract One who is and ever will be, everlasting. Spirit which is of God; that we may know the things that
from him by capturing the human heart with a temporary Most worshippers of Jesus Christ are blessed with are freely given to us of God” – the real God, whose nail
neon flash that tries to, and cannot, replace the inextinguish- a spiritual discernment too often lacking in our society pocked feet are not of clay, but of flesh and blood.
able Divine. today. Unfortunately, there are also those who, without
With the adulation, also comes the risk that the earthly giving a thought to the miracle that happens on the altar Jane L. Sears is a freelance writer and a member of
god will be undone by his or her own capriciousness to during each liturgy, complain that the Mass is too long, Our Lady of Angels Parish in Burlingame.

Twenty Something
Heeding Heidi: the empty gains of plastic surgery
Heidi Montag has given new meaning to the concept of I’m told Sports Illustrated’s spreads are considered to become weaker and
one-stop shopping. The 23-year-old reality TV star – one the classier end of swimsuit modeling, if such a thing as weaker, which appears
of those who are famous for being famous – underwent class is possible when you’re in a string bikini. Especially to be the true impact
10 plastic-surgery procedures in one day, as pin pointed in troublesome is the magazine’s use of body paint in lieu of Heidi Montag’s sur-
People magazine and now scrutinized online. of swimsuits, the paint being code for nudity. geries. Although she
A few of the 10 procedures are predictable, while oth- Indeed, a heap of distractions arrive in this short praised the results in her
ers involve regions you would never imagine a young adult month, wedged between Miss America and the Academy People interview, she
would need refined: neck liposuction, chin reduction and Awards and complicated by Valentine’s Day. At every repeatedly described
pinning her ears back. (“For the first time,” Montag gushes turn we measure ourselves – on scales, in mirrors, across herself as “fragile” – a
to People, “I can wear updos, instead of hiding [my ears] cubicles, between Facebook profiles. We swing from telling statement of her Christina
behind my hair.”) famine to feast, from relief to remorse. We balance physical and emotional Capecchi
The twisted psychology of her extreme makeover is as tangled expectations with reality checks, roses with well being.
easy to trace as the marks drawn on her pre-op body. “I’m thorns. “I see an upgraded
competing against the Britney Spears of the world,” she It is the perfect time to enter into Lent, to look inward version of me,” she says. “It’s a new person, and I feel
explains, lauding “the Heidi 2010 reinvention” and promis- and upward. This month’s readings guide our journey, like almost all of the things I didn’t want to be and who
ing new versions in coming years. reminding us that others “are occupied with earthly things, I turned into kind of got chiseled away.”
She’s found inspiration on the pages of Us Weekly and but our citizenship is in heaven.” The problem is Heidi is working in the wrong direc-
In Touch, stashing away her favorite images, including shots St. Paul writes that Jesus “will change our lowly body tion. She’s seeking inner peace from outer transformation.
of Angelina Jolie. (“She has those really high eyebrows, and to conform with his glorified body.” That union is how we That canvas, of course, makes for quicker change. But the
I love them.”) She’ll find new ammunition in her quest “to embody true beauty – not in the removal of pimples or heavy lifting of Christianity, of Lent, and of life, begins
feel perfect” this month, when the Sports Illustrated annual the loss of weight. The pursuit of perfection is not only inside. That’s where we do the real work and where we
swimsuit edition hits newsstands. an impossible mission, it’s an undesirable one because find the real joy.
Their sandy sirens taunt average women, whose swim- our humanity is our lifeline to the savior. “Therefore,” St.
suits and sundresses are tucked in top shelves, whose love Paul concludes, “stand firm in the Lord.” Christina Capecchi is a freelance writer
handles are safely distanced from New Year’s resolutions His charge is not easy when so many cultural forces from Inver Grove Heights, Minn.
and warm weather. attempt to sway and bend us. But to continually bend is Email her at christina@readchristina.com.
10 Catholic San Francisco January 29, 2010
A READING FROM THE BOOK A READING FROM THE GOSPEL
OF THE PROPHET JEREMIAH
JER 1:4-5, 17-19
Fourth Sunday ACCORDING TO LUKE
LK 4:21-30
The word of the Lord came to me,
saying: Before I formed you in the womb
in Jesus began speaking in the synagogue,
saying: “Today this Scripture passage is
I knew you, before you were born I Ordinary Time fulfilled in your hearing.” And all spoke
dedicated you, a prophet to the nations I highly of him and were amazed at the
appointed you. But do you gird your loins; Jeremiah 1:4-5, 17-19; gracious words that came from his mouth.
stand up and tell them all that I command They also asked, “Isn’t this the son of
you. Be not crushed on their account, as Psalm 71:1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 15-17; Joseph?”
though I would leave you crushed before I Corinthians 13:4-13; Luke 4:21-30 He said to them, “Surely you will
them; for it is I this day who have made quote me this proverb, ‘Physician, cure
you a fortified city, a pillar of iron, a wall yourself,’ and say, ‘Do here in your native
of brass, against the whole land: against place the things that we heard were done
Judah’s kings and princes, against its my trust, O God, from my youth. its own interests, it is not quick-tempered, in Capernaum.’” And he said, “Amen, I
priests and people. They will fight against On you I depend from birth; it does not brood over injury, it does not say to you, no prophet is accepted in his
you but not prevail over you, for I am with from my mother’s womb you are my rejoice over wrongdoing but rejoices with own native place. Indeed, I tell you, there
you to deliver you, says the Lord. strength. the truth. It bears all things, believes all were many widows in Israel in the days
R. I will sing of your salvation. things, hopes all things, endures all things. of Elijah when the sky was closed for
RESPONSORIAL PSALM My mouth shall declare your justice, Love never fails. three and a half years and a severe famine
PS 71:1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 15-17 day by day your salvation. If there are prophecies, they will be spread over the entire land. It was to none
R. I will sing of your salvation. O God, you have taught me from my brought to nothing; if tongues, they will of these that Elijah was sent, but only to a
In you, O Lord, I take refuge; youth, cease; if knowledge, it will be brought to widow in Zarephath in the land of Sidon.
let me never be put to shame. and till the present I proclaim your nothing. For we know partially and we Again, there were many lepers in Israel
In your justice rescue me, and deliver wondrous deeds. prophesy partially, but when the perfect during the time of Elisha the prophet; yet
me; R. I will sing of your salvation. comes, the partial will pass away. When not one of them was cleansed, but only
incline your ear to me, and save me. I was a child, I used to talk as a child, Naaman the Syrian.”
R. I will sing of your salvation. A READING FROM think as a child, reason as a child; when I When the people in the synagogue
Be my rock of refuge, THE FIRST LETTER OF PAUL became a man, I put aside childish things. heard this, they were all filled with fury.
a stronghold to give me safety, TO THE CORINTHIANS At present we see indistinctly, as in a They rose up, drove him out of the town,
for you are my rock and my fortress. 1 COR 13:4-13 mirror, but then face to face. At present and led him to the brow of the hill on
O my God, rescue me from the hand of Brothers and sisters: I know partially; then I shall know fully, which their town had been built, to hurl
the wicked. Love is patient, love is kind. It is as I am fully known. So faith, hope, love him down headlong. But Jesus passed
R. I will sing of your salvation. not jealous, it is not pompous, it is not remain, these three; but the greatest of through the midst of them and went
For you are my hope, O Lord; inflated, it is not rude, it does not seek these is love. away.

A s a life-long fan of the San Francisco


Giants, I’m always looking for that next
great player, the hard-throwing or heavy-
ways. Jesus comes into our community
gathering and feeds us, heals us, forgives us,
makes us whole. He cures our blindness and
hitting sure thing who’ll lead the team to opens our eyes to the beauty all around us in
World Series victory. I follow the yearly
draft and keep close track of their farm Scripture reflection the world He has so generously given us.
Yet it’s outside of Church that our lives
system, hoping that the future Willie Mays are often made sacred by God’s presence
or Juan Marichal is waiting right around the
corner. Having watched baseball for many
DEACON MICHAEL MURPHY in the most wonderful and unexpected of
ways. God is love, and in Paul’s beautifully
years, I like to think I can recognize talent poetic description of a life lived in love that
when I see it. he gives us in our second reading, we come
So when the Giants acquired a young to discover and recognize God in the most
pitcher a few years ago and said he was the unlikely of places. Parents patiently sooth-
guy destined to take them to the next level, ing their crying children in the middle of
I was fired up. After seeing him, however, I
was convinced the Giants had made a huge
mistake. He was scrawny, had a convoluted
Have you seen God today? the night bring God into our world. Friends
kindly reaching out to offer comfort and
support during times of pain and sadness
wind-up, and looked to me to be about 13 bring God into our lives. People celebrating
years old. I was not impressed. Of course, ceived notions. It happens in sports, it hap- entered and is working in our world, often in triumphs together, hoping and believing in
now that Tim Lincecum has won the past pens in politics, and it happens to our Lord the most unexpected fashion. Waiting for the their futures together, enduring and bearing
two Cy Young Awards, it’s obvious why I’m in this week’s Gospel. God of lightning bolts and flaming chariots, whatever life sends them together, bring God
a deacon and not a Major League baseball After first being amazed at Jesus’ teach- flashy miracles and heavenly signs, we over- into our hearts and souls.
scout. Greatness had been right in front ings, his neighbors in Nazareth begin to grow look the quiet God of peace and mercy who We might not understand it, we might
of me, a special player who comes along skeptical, wondering how this carpenter’s is all around us, touching and changing our not realize it, we might not even believe it,
once in a generation, and I’d utterly failed son can speak with such authority. Upon lives in subtle ways that we often never even but God is with us, God is among us, God is
to see it. hearing things they don’t want to hear, the notice. Our challenge this week is to open right in the middle of us. I may have missed
Obviously, this sort of thing occurs all crowd becomes angry, even violent, driving our eyes and embrace the God we discover it with Tim Lincecum, but I’m not going to
the time. Einstein’s teachers believed he was Jesus from the village. God is in their midst, right in front of us. miss it when it comes to Our Lord. Incredibly,
slow, Lincoln lost his first election, and thirty their every hope and dream about to be real- In liturgy, of course, we encounter and often in the most delightfully unexpected
years ago I thought the 49ers were really ized, yet their emotions and prejudices blind our Lord in as true a fashion as anyone ways, the Scripture passage that was fulfilled
off base when they drafted that skinny Joe them to this incredible, life-changing truth. who might have met Him walking on the in the hearing of the people of Nazareth is
Montana fellow (I know, I know…) Rather Two thousand years later, however, we dusty roads of Galilee. In the Word, in the fulfilled in our hearing as well. God is here.
than opening our eyes to the reality right should sympathize, because the same thing Assembly, in the Celebrant, and most espe-
in front of us, our vision and judgment can happens today, all of the time. It can be just cially in the Eucharist, Christ makes Himself Deacon Michael Murphy serves at
often be clouded by our biases and precon- as challenging for us to realize that God has known in incredibly profound and personal St. Charles Parish in San Carlos.

Spirituality for Life


Of elders, character, Christ’s Passion and blessing
At a workshop several years ago, a woman shared this inconvenience this was causing them. Eventually her father And the gift does not
story: She was the mother of four children and, while died. Several years after the funeral her eldest son, now in always look or feel like
they were all still young, at home, in school, her father, college, said to her: “You know, mum, all those years that a beautifully wrapped
already a widower, suffered a stroke that left him severely we had to arrange our lives so much around Grandpa and Christmas present.
debilitated. He has unable to take care of himself and needed his illness – that was really a precious time. That was a great The gift can, initially,
assistance. gift to our family!” seem like a burden, an
Being the dutiful daughter, she had him move in with How can the life of someone like that, someone whose unwanted imposition,
her own family, at great inconvenience to her husband and life and existence can weigh on us like a burden, be a an awkward inconve-
children. So many of their family routines had to be adjusted blessing? How are we gifted by having people like that in nience, an unfortunate
and re-arranged to accommodate her dad’s presence. Their our lives? duty. But those feelings Father
life changed radically. The answer is part of a deep human and spiritual mystery, themselves eventually
At a point, her father’s condition deteriorated to the point a part of the secret of love itself. We give life to each other contribute to the depth Ron Rolheiser
where she had to take him to a hospice where he could not just in what we actively do for each other, but also, and of the gift.
receive full-time care. But, even then, she still needed to visit sometimes especially, in what we passively absorb and are We see this mysteri-
him daily, often having to take one or more of her children unable to do. Helplessness brings a special presence into a ous aspect of love illustrated in the Gospels when they
with her. This went on for seven years. Daily, she and one room. We give life through our activity and we also give life describe how Jesus gave his life and his death for us. Each
or other of her children would have to go and spend some through our passivity. We bring a blessing to the sick when of the Gospels has two very distinct parts: The early parts
time with her father. we visit them, but we also leave their presence blessed by of the Gospels describe Jesus’ activity and how he gave
During those years, many times, in large and small having visited them. There is love in giving, just as there is his life for us by what he did for us. The latter part of the
ways, she apologized to her husband and children for the love in receiving. SPIRITUALITY FOR LIFE, page 11
January 29, 2010 Catholic San Francisco 11
From Left: Santa Rosa Bishop Daniel Walsh, Oakland Walk for Life West . . .
Bishop Salvatore Cordileone, Sacramento Bishop Jaime
Soto, San Bernardino Auxiliary Bishop Rutilio del Riego,
n Continued from cover
retired San Francisco Auxiliary Bishop Ignatius Wang, St. Mary’s of Moraga, St. Thomas Aquinas College, and
Auxiliary Bishop Dominic Luong, Diocese of Orange; Wyoming Catholic College marched alongside eight
San Francisco Auxiliary Bishop William J. Justice. Catholic bishops.
One hundred and twenty Catholic seminarians carried
banners and Tom Martin, who worked for former San
Francisco Mayor Willie Brown before entering the seminary,
said: “It’s a great opportunity for the people of God to see
(PHOTO BY JIM & MAUREEN MCKENZIE/DAWIN SAYO) that the seminarians are joining with them not only in pray-
ing for life, but also taking a stand.”
Speakers included Abby Johnson, who worked for
Planned Parenthood for eight years before walking away from
her job as a clinic director in October after assisting in an
abortion. Johnson said: “If you are here, you are an activist.
We can no longer just say the words but must put our words
into action.” Johnson joined 40 Days for Life, a national
prayer and fasting campaign outside abortion clinics. The
Walk presented the St. Gianna Molla Award to David Bereit,
national campaign director of 40 Days for Life.
Lila Rose of Live Action said “The fact that we have
allowed abortion in this great nation, the killing of the most
defenseless and weak among us has resulted in the greatest
human rights abuse I believe our nation has ever seen. It is up
to us to stand, raise our voices, and protect the smallest.”
“If ever there was a time to ‘seize the moment’ in the
interest of unborn babies, it is now,” Evangelical preacher,

(PHOTO BY BOB MULLEN)


author and theologian, Pastor Jim Garlow of San Diego,
told the rally.
The Reverend Clenard Childress, founder of
BlackGenocide.org, said “There is an obvious shifting
in our culture and it stems from advances in the pro-life
movement.”
Walk for Life co-founder Dolores Meehan said “The
tenacity of pro-lifers, showing up in their tens of thousands,

(PHOTO BY JIM & MAUREEN MCKENZIE/DAWIN SAYO)


Early morning downpours did not deter more than 2,200 despite a downpour, is a testimony to their commitment!”
Walk for Life West Coast participants from a pre-walk Mass Following the rally, participants walked two miles from
at St. Mary’s Cathedral. Archbishop George H. Niederauer the Embarcadero to the Marina Green behind a large banner,
was principal celebrant joined by more than 40 priest which said “Abortion hurts women.”
and bishop concelebrants from the Archdiocese of San Walk for Life West Coast was started by a group of San
Francisco, Diocese of Oakland and other Bay Area sees. Franciscans in 2005 to affirm the right to life from conception
to natural death and particularly to change hearts hurt by the
violence of abortion.
(PHOTO BY JIM & MAUREEN MCKENZIE/DAWIN SAYO)

(PHOTO BY JOSÉ LUIS AGUIRRE/CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO)


Georgette Forney, of Silent No More,
speaks at rally.
(PHOTO BY JOSÉ LUIS AGUIRRE/CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO)

Umbrellas were standard gear for participants and Archbishop Niederauer at the Walk for Life West Coast
rally and walk in San Francisco Jan. 23, which drew many young people and families.
(PHOTO BY JOSÉ LUIS AGUIRRE/CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO)

(PHOTO BY JOSÉ LUIS AGUIRRE/CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO)


(PHOTO BY JIM & MAUREEN MCKENZIE/DAWIN SAYO)

Young boy holds up


pro-life message during walk.

Spirituality for Life . . . meaning is there in the continued existence of a person liv-
ing with full-blown dementia? What does someone who is
at the bottom of a riverbed, she may do nothing but stay
still and hold her ground, but the river has to take her into
■ Continued from page 10 mentally handicapped bring to the community? Why prolong account and alter its flow because of her. An older man by
the life of someone who is in the final stages of a terminal sheer presence plays his part as a character in the drama of
Gospels describe Jesus’ passivity and how he gave his death illness? And: Why keep a debilitated Grandpa in the house the family and neighborhood. He has to be considered, and
for us by what he passively absorbed for us. Appropriately when he disrupts our normal family life? patterns adjusted simply because he is there. His character
this latter part is called The Passion (from the Latin, passio, The answer: Because a person in this condition, at some brings particular qualities to every scene, adds to their intri-
meaning, passiveness.) deep level, is giving us a precious gift, namely, depth and cacy and depth by representing the past and the dead. When
Today, we struggle to understand this, both intellectually character. all the elderly are removed to retirement communities, the
and existentially. Sadly, today, we tend to define life and Whenever a culture debates about the merits of euthanasia river flows more smoothly back home. No disruptive rocks.
meaning almost solely on the basis of health, productivity, it is an infallible sign that we no longer understand this. Less character too.
usefulness, and what we can actively contribute to others. I like James Hillman’s take on this: Productivity is too
What can we bring to the table? narrow a measure of usefulness, disability too cramping Oblate Father Ron Rolheiser, theologian, teacher,
And so we ask ourselves: What do the elderly who can a notion of helplessness. An old woman may be helpful and award-winning author, is president of the
no longer live on their own contribute to our lives? What simply as a figure valued for her character. Like a stone Oblate School of Theology in San Antonio, TX.
12 Catholic San Francisco January 29, 2010

TV Music Books RADIO Film stage


Hallmark’s “The Magic of Ordinary Days” airs Jan. 30, KPIX-Channel 5
Reviewed by Harry Forbes insist on another mail-order bride, one who can? has the anachronistic foresight to recognize
Nope. He tells her he can cook, and will be the iniquity of the World War II Japanese
NEW YORK (CNS) – A young woman, patient till she learns, even thoughtfully checking internment, and indeed befriends two giggling
pregnant out of wedlock, comes to a remote out a basic cookbook from the local library. workers on her husband’s farm who, like her-
Colorado farm to enter into an arranged mar- As for human companionship, Ray’s sister self, had their college educations interrupted
riage with a simple farmer in “The Magic of Martha (Mare Winningham) is just as sweet by circumstance.
Ordinary Days,” a Hallmark Hall of Fame and warm as can be. Likewise, her daughter Before the film ends, Livy will have saved
encore presentation airing Saturday, Jan. 30, and husband. one of her Nipponese friends from disgrace,
8-10 p.m., on KPIX-Channel 5 and other CBS Ray graciously pretends to like her bad driven through a dangerous snowstorm, and cap-
stations. cooking, digs a pool for her in the back yard tured a German POW, that last feat accomplished
Handsomely shot and nicely acted, the story when he learns she enjoys swimming, installs simultaneously with her water breaking!
– based on a novel by Ann Howard Creel – is a phone when her sense of isolation becomes Russell makes a lovely heroine, even as her
the kind of uplifting tale of which there should too profound, and, in short, does everything character is blind to all we viewers can plainly
be more on television. humanly possible to please her. see, and Winningham is convincing as the
The time is 1944, and Olivia “Livy” Dunne But does she appreciate all the fairytale warmhearted sister-in-law. But it’s Ulrich in
(Keri Russell), made pregnant by a soldier elements of her newfound existence? No, she the impossible role as the incredibly patient and
who’s off fighting in the war, has been forced pines for the louse who made her pregnant, sensitive husband who grounds this story with
into marriage by her autocratic father and stern secretly sending him letters, and disparages her his unwavering conviction.
local priest, seen briefly in flashback. Livy husband’s love of the land for her more sophis- The crystalline photography and unspoiled
disembarks from the train with apprehension, ticated worldview. rural landscapes are quite gorgeous, and Brent
but we can see almost immediately that she Creel made her heroine an ideal modern Shields’ direction quietly unobtrusive.
needn’t worry. Her betrothed, Ray Singleton woman. She was an archeology graduate stu- Predictable and improbable as the tale is,
(Skeet Ulrich), is a sweet, unassuming guy When they’re alone together, does he force dent, no less, when she suffered her fall from “The Magic of Ordinary Days” holds your
who welcomes Livy and her unborn baby with himself on her, asserting his marital rights? grace. It is she who has the enlightened view interest throughout.
gentle, if taciturn, acceptance. His farmhouse is Not a bit. He simply shows her to her lovely to remind the politically incorrect Ray that less
so charmingly picturesque, even Martha Stewart private room. than 100 years before, his farm would have More reviews are available
might approve. When Livy reveals she can’t cook, does Ray belonged to the Indians. And it is she who online at www.usccb.org/movies.

Meditations bring to life often-forgotten Catholic traditions


“SIGNS OF LIFE: 40 CATHOLIC The meditations, as Hahn explains in the to name a few, he writes about the biblical tradi- pleas for guardian angels to help find a parking
CUSTOMS AND THEIR BIBLICAL introduction of the book, are not the complex, tion of guardian angels. Sometimes in vogue – spot or to survive a traffic jam in one piece.
ROOTS” by Scott Hahn. Doubleday overly theological definitions one might expect and sometimes passé – dependingg on ppopp “The angels follow after
(New York, 2009). 276 pp., $23. from a professor of theology. Instead, they are culture’s take at the moment God’s pattern of governance:
his reflections “borrowed from this saint and about these mysterious enti- They ssometimes give us what we
Reviewed by Regina Lordan that pope.” These meditations make alive and ties, guardian angels guide, want so that we’ll learn to ask
make relevant the oftentimes forgotten tradi- protect and assist Catholics for what
w we need,” he writes.
Scott Hahn’s book is both an enjoyable tions of Catholicism. throughout church history. Hahn also discusses how
H
and educational read for Catholics interested For example, Hahn discusses why Catholics Hahn writes that guardian fasting
fasti and mortification
in a brush up on Catholic traditions and their dip their hands in holy water when entering and angels are always among are not outmoded forms of
relevance in today’s world. Hahn, author and when leaving church. Many know the act is a Catholics – as each is assigned Catholic expression because
Cath
professor of theology and Scripture at the blessing, but Hahn reminds readers that the a guardian angel – and they “as long as we follow Christ
Franciscan University of Steubenville, Ohio, act is a baptismal renewal and a refreshment fill the pews at church to peak we will have to deny our
handpicked 40 Catholic traditions to explore from evil. attendance. bodies the things they want.”
bo
and provided a simple, well-written meditation Amid his many meditations about the church “The angels are there (att That covers fasting to pre-
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for each tradition. calendar, Lent and Easter, Advent and Christmas Mass), as is evident even inn marital sex to drinking too
m
the words of the Mass: ‘And nd much and smoking.
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so with the choirs of angels we Simply put, Hahn
sing: ‘Holy, holy, holy ...’ Thehe makes sense out the
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Do Opposites
Mass itself cries out for us to be mystical, symbolically rich
my
aware of our angels,” he writes ites Catholic faith. His book is an
traditions of the Cath
in the book. easy but informative read, and perfect for the
Interestingly, Hahn doesn’t discount simple curious Catholic willing to learn.

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Gough and Geary Blvd. in San Francisco. Call the Zydeco Magic. Call Alice at (415) 585-4524 or
(415) 567-2020 the parish office at (415) 333-3627.
First Friday 24-Hour Adoration: Friday 8 a.m. to Jan. 31, 6 p.m.: Sacred Heart Cathedral
Saturday 8 a.m. in Our Lady’s Chapel, and Msgr. Bowe Preparatory celebrates its 10th annual cioppino din-
Room. Weekday Mass Schedule: 6:45 a.m., 8 a.m., ner. Evening includes no-host bar, appetizers, dinner,
12:10 p.m.; with additional first Friday Mass at 7:30 dessert, and live music and dancing. Tickets are $50
p.m.. Adoration begins in Our Lady’s Chapel after the 8 per person. Visit www.shcp.edu for more information
a.m. Mass through evening Mass at 7:30 p.m. Adoration or to purchase tickets.
then moves downstairs to the Msgr. Bowe Room (facing Feb. 5: Monthly meeting of Catholic Marin
Cleary Court) until 6:30 a.m. For information, contact Breakfast Club at St. Sylvester Church, Bon Air at Sir
Mary Ann Eiler at (415) 567-2020, ext. 224. Francis Drake Blvd. in Kentfield. Mass at 7 a.m. with
breakfast and talk after. Speaker is Episcopal priest,
Year for Priests Events Chris Martin, who will speak on Vatican’s allowing
married priests from Episcopal rite to become priests
Feb. 4, March 24, 7 p.m.: St. Patrick’s Seminary and of Roman Rite Catholic Church. E-mail sugaremy@
University Year for Priests Speaker Series in Olier Hall aol.com for ticket price and other details.
at the seminary, 320 Middlefield Rd. in Menlo Park.
Feb. 6, 9:30 a.m.: Day of Recollection sponsored
Feb. 4: “Priest as Teacher” with Sulpician Father by Young Ladies Institute #7 at St. Cecilia Church,
Gladstone Stevens. Father Stevens, vice-rector and lower hall, 17th Ave. at Vicente in San Francisco.
academic dean at St. Patrick’s, holds a post-graduate Father Dan Carter, pastor, Our Lady of Lourdes
degree in Systematic Theology from Marquette University Church n San Francisco, will facilitate. Tickets are
and is a priest of the Archdiocese of Louisville. $10 per person. Bring your own lunch. Beverages
March 24: “Spirituality of the Priesthood” with and dessert provided. Call Kathleen Manning at
Sulpician Father Jim McKearney, president and rec- Students from Mercy High schools from around the nation, including Mercy High School, (415) 664-0828.
tor of St. Patrick’s, and a priest of the Archdiocese of Feb. 6, 6 p.m.: Sacred Heart Cathedral Hall of
Hartford, Connecticut. Tickets are $10 per session.
San Francisco, overall champions of the event, and Mercy High School, Burlingame,
Fame Dinner in school’s Student Life Center. Tickets
Seating is limited. Register on-line at www.stpat- competed in the annual Mercy Madness Basketball Tournament in Omaha, Nebraska are $45 per person. Contact Franco Finn at (415)
ricksseminary.org under Speaker Series. Register by during the Christmas break. Mercy, San Francisco’s Mariah Masoli and 775-6626 ext. 682. Evening honors athletes from
mail with payment to: Speaker Series, St. Patrick’s Sacred Heart, St. Vincent, Cathedral, and Sacred
Seminary and University, 320 Middlefield Road Kimmie Fung were named to an All Tournament Team. Heart Cathedral high schools. Inductees include
Menlo Park 94025. Barbara Reinhard Bruno ’53, John Conefrey ’78,
registration form are at Stocktondiocese.org and the film and the Dominican Rosary prayer. 7:30 - 8:30 Richard DeMartini ’76, the late Kelly B. Gallagher ’95,
Taize/Chanted Prayer Shepherd the Word link. pm at Dominican Sisters of Mission San Jose, coach Bill Krueger, Richard Muratore ’57, Raymond
Saturdays: San Mateo Pro-Life prays the rosary Motherhouse Chapel, 43326 Mission Blvd. (off Ortiz, Jr. ’86, Toni Russell ’01.
Feb. 1, 7 p.m.: A contemplative rosary sung to the Mission Tierra), Fremont. Call Sister Beth Quire, at
musical setting for the prayer by Bob Hurd. Pray the at Planned Parenthood, 2211 Palm Ave. in San March 5, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.; March 6, 9 a.m. – 2
Mateo at 8 a.m. and invites others to join them at (510) 449-7554 or visit our website at www.msjdo-
Joyful Mysteries with song, Scripture, and icons on minicans.org for more information. p.m.: Annual Rummage Sale at Church of the
the Eve of the Presentation of the Lord. Music led by the site. The prayer continues as a peaceful vigil until Visitacion Parish Hall, 701 Sunnydale Ave. at Rutland
music ministers of St. Catherine of Siena Church, 1310 1 p.m. The group is also open to new membership. First Tuesdays, 7:30 p.m.: Lectio Divina– Pray in San Francisco. Choose among clothes, furniture,
Bayswater at El Camino Real in Burlingame. Contact Meetings are held the second Thursday of the month with Sacred Scripture and share your Faith with oth- books, jewelry and w New Items Booth. Call (415)
Sister Anne Marie McKenna, BVM, at (650) 766-0364. except August and December at St. Gregory Parish’s ers. 7:30 - 8:30 pm at Dominican Sisters of Mission 494-5517 for more information. Muni buses 8, 9, 56,
Worner Center, 138 28th Ave. in San Mateo at 7:30 San Jose, Motherhouse Chapel, 43326 Mission as well as the T line will get you there.
Feb. 6, 10 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.: Healing – Mind, Body p.m. For more information, call Jessica at (650) 572- Blvd. (off Mission Tierra), Fremont. Call Sister Beth
and Soul, a walk and retreat with Dominican Fathers 1468 or visit www.sanmateoprolife.com Quire, at (510) 449-7554 or visit our website at www.
Martin Walsh, Dominic Briese, and Xavier Lavagetto at msjdominicans.org for more information. Consolation Ministry
St. Dominic Church, 2390 Bush St. at Steiner in San Saturdays, 9 a.m. – 10 a.m.: Rosary for Life 815
Eddy St. – Planned Parenthood – in San Francisco. Fourth Tuesdays, 7:30 p.m.: Adoration of the Grief support groups meet at the following
Francisco. A day for Grace and wholeness for yourself, parishes:
an ill friend or dear one unable to attend. Please register Blessed Sacrament –Silent prayer before the Blessed
at www.stjude-shrine.org or call (415) 931-5919. Reunions Sacrament. 7:30 - 8:30 pm at Dominican Sisters
of Mission San Jose, Motherhouse Chapel, 43326
San Mateo County: Good Shepherd, Pacifica;
call Sister Carol Fleitz at (650) 355-2593. Our Lady
1st Friday at 8 p.m.: Mercy Center, 2300 Adeline Feb. 20, 2010, 6 p.m.: Annual dinner of combined Mission Blvd. (off Mission Tierra), Fremont. Call Sister of Mercy, Daly City; call parish at (650) 755-2727.
Dr., Burlingame with Mercy Sister Suzanne Toolan. alumni of Mission Dolores and Notre Dame elementary Beth Quire, at (510) 449-7554 or visit our website at Our Lady of Mt. Carmel, Redwood City; call parish
Call (650) 340-7452; young adults are invited each schools. This year’s theme is A Night at the Races, a www.msjdominicans.org for more information. at (650) 366-3802. St. Bartholomew, San Mateo;
first Friday of the month to attend a social at 6 p.m. fun evening of horse racing, good food, and old friends. Barbara Syme (650) 343-6156. St. Peter, Pacifica;
prior to Taize prayer at 8 p.m. The social provides The Tridentine Mass is celebrated Sundays at 12:15
Cheer on your favorite horse as you watch the race p.m. at Holy Rosary Chapel at St. Vincent School for call parish at (650) 359-6313. St. Pius, Redwood City;
light refreshments and networking with other young from “Dolores Downs” (Mission Dolores Auditorium). call parish at (650) 361-0655. St. Robert, San Bruno;
adults. Convenient parking is available. For informa- Boys. For more information, call St. Isabella Parish at
$40 event ticket includes a delicious dinner prepared (415) 479-1560. First Fridays: Latin High Mass of the call Sr. Patricia O’Sullivan at (650) 589-0104.
tion contact mercyyoungadults@sbcglobal.net. by “A Black Tie Affair” caterers. Reservations must Sacred Heart of Jesus at 6 p.m. at St. Francis of Assisi Marin County: St. Anselm, San Anselmo; call
Tuesdays at 6 p.m.: Notre Dame Des Victoires be received no later than Feb. 10. Call Katie at (415) Church, 1425 Bay Road at Glen Way, East Palo Alto.
282-6588 or e-mail nuttydames@aol.com. Brenda MacLean at (415) 454-7650. St. Anthony,
Church, 566 Bush at Stockton, San Francisco with Mass is followed by the Litany of the Sacred Heart and Novato; call parish (415) 883-2177. St. Hilary,
Rob Grant. Call (415) 397-0113. Class of ’60 from Notre Dame High School Exposition of the Most Blessed Sacrament until mid- Tiburon; call Helen Kelly at (415) 388-9651. Our
3rd Friday, 8 p.m.: Dominican Sisters of Mission in Belmont is planning its 50th reunion. Contact night. Confessions are heard before Mass. Low Mass Lady of Loretto, Novato; call Sr. Jeanette at (415)
San Jose, Motherhouse Chapel, 43326 Mission Blvd Bettina Igoa McCall at Mcbett@comcast.net or in Latin is offered every Friday evening at 6 p.m. For 897-2171.
in Fremont. Contact Maria Shao at (408) 839-2068 or (510) 851-2344. further information, call (650) 322-2152. First Sundays
San Francisco County: St. Dominic; call Deacon
maria49830@aol.com or Dominican Sister Beth Quire St. Paul High School, San Francisco, class of at 6:30 p.m. at Mater Dolorosa Parish, 307 Willow at
Chuck McNeil at (415) 567-7824. St. Gabriel; call
at (510) 449-7554 or beth@msjdominicans.org ’80 planning a reunion sometime in June 2010 to Miller in South San Francisco. For more information,
Monica Williams at (650) 756-2060. St. Mary’s
coincide with graduation day of May 31 1980. E-mail call Ando Perlas at (650) 892-5728.
Cathedral; call Sister Esther McEgan at (415) 567-
Arts and Entertainment Maria Rinaldi Vincent at vncntmtvincent@aol.com or 2020 ext. 218. Alma Via; contact Mercy Feeney at
Feb. 7: Lolek, a play depicting the early years of
call (650) 349-1642. Serra Clubs (650) 756-4500.
“Venerable Pope John Paul II” in war torn Poland at Our Jan. 30, 9 a.m.: Mass at St. Cecilia church, Vicente Young Widow/Widower Group: St. Gregory, San
Lady of Peace Family Learning Center, 2800 Mission Holy Cross Cemetery St. and 17th Ave. in San Francisco followed by coffee Mateo; call Barbara Elordi at (415) 614-5506.
College Blvd., Santa Clara. Authentic Polish dinner at 1500 Old Mission Rd. in Colma, (650) 756-2060 after Mass. All are welcome. Contact Paul Crudo at Ministry to Grieving Parents: Our Lady of Angels,
6:30 p.m. and play at 7:30 p.m. Featured on EWTN, (415) 566-8224 or e-mail pecrudodds@aol.com. Burlingame; call Ina Potter at (650) 347-6971 or
Feb. 6, 11 a.m.: First Saturday Mass in All Souls
the play offers profound insights into the pontiff’s heart Feb. 20: Annual “All you can eat” crab feed. 6:30 p.m. Barbara Arena at (650) 344-3579.
Mausoleum.
and soul ending with his ordination to the priesthood. social hour; 7:30 dinner at Moriarty Hall of St. Anne
Tickets at $20 for adults, $15 for students or $50 of the Sunset church at Judah and 14th Ave. in San
per family are available at Paypal at www.ccwf.org. Special Liturgies Francisco (enter on Funston).Tickets are $45 per per-
Datebook is a free listing for parishes,
For information, e-mail info@ccwf.org or call Michele Jan. 31, 10:30 a.m.: Church of the Nativity, 240 son. Reserve by Feb.15. Make checks payable to Serra schools and non-profit groups. Please
at (650) 814-1995 or Suzanne at (408) 530-9848. Club of S.F. and mail to Diana Heafey, 489 Dellbrook,
Fell St. in San Francisco will celebrate Sueti Vlaho include event name, time, date, place,
Festa honoring St. Blaise, patron of Dubrovnik, San Francisco, 94131, or contact Joan Higgins (415)
Trainings/Lectures/Respect Life Croatia. Father Ted Winnicki will preside. Luch with 333-2422 or e-mail jhigg2390@aol.com. address and an information phone number.
lively entertainment follows. Tickets to the lunch are Listing must reach Catholic San Francisco
Jan. 30, 11:30 a.m.: Annual networking meeting
of Kappa Gamma Pi at Perry’s Restaurant on the
$20 per person. Food & Fun at least two weeks before the Friday
Embarcadero. Call Betty at (510) 821-1042. Feb. 27, noon: Anniversary Mass at St. Mary’s Jan. 30, 8 a.m. – 4 p.m.; Jan. 31, 8 a.m. – 2 p.m.: publication date desired. Mail your
Cathedral, Gough St. and Geary Blvd, for couples Rummage and food sale at St. Augustine Church,
March 6: The Diocese of Stockton announces its notice to: Datebook, Catholic San
celebrating their 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, and up wedding 3700 Callan Blvd. in South San Francisco. Available
annual Ministry Day at St. Mary’s High School in
anniversaries. San Francisco Auxiliary Bishop William items include gently-used and new clothing, shoes, Francisco, One Peter Yorke Way, S.F.
Stockton. The event includes more than 60 work-
Justice will preside. Visit www.sffamilylife.com. jewelry plus baked goods and a barbecue.
shops in English and Spanish. Stockton Bishop 94109, or fax it to (415) 614-5633,
Stephen Blaire will preside at the day’s Mass and Third Tuesdays, 7:30 p.m.: Manifest Mysteries Jan. 30, 8 p.m. – midnight: Annual Mardis Gras/
also deliver the keynote address. Check out new Rosary Prayer – Examine how the mysteries of e-mail burket@sfarchdiocese.org, or
Zydeco Dance at St. Finn Barr Parish Goode Hall,
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High School, San Francisco, CA. In-home care in San Francisco, Marin County, peninsula
Vocations This President is responsible to the Archbishop of San Francisco through the Archdiocesan Nursing care for children in San Francisco schools
Superintendent of Catholic Schools, and to the Board of Trustees of Archbishop Riordan High

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Archbishop Riordan High School, an Archdiocesan Catholic High School in the Marianist
tradition, prepares young men of the Bay Area for leadership through its inclusive college want to make a difference, send us your resume:
Archdiocese of preparatory curriculum, its emphasis on formation in faith, and its dedication to community
service and justice. In a diverse family environment, Archbishop Riordan fosters development
Jeannie McCullough Stiles, RN
San Francisco in faith, character, academics, athletics and the arts. ARHS – is WASC Accredited: ARSH has
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Fr. Tom Daly
MANAGEMENT
• Maintain the Catholicity and Marianist Charism of ARHS (See http://www.riordanhs.org/about/marianists.php )
Voice: 415-435-1262
• Maintain cordial relationships with Archdiocesan officials, the Board of

(415) 614-5683 Trustees and the Society of Mary (Marianists)


• Assist the Board of Trustees in strategic planning, its organization, its
implementation, and its integration into the various programs at ARHS
• Assist in the development of a Master Plan for school improvements and growth
• Maintain communications with Pastors, Principals of Catholic, Private and Public feeder schools ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
PLEASE DEVELOPMENT
PRINCIPALS SOUGHT
RECYCLE • Supervises the work of the Development Office to insure smooth function and that it
reflects the mission of the school.
THIS PAPER! • Serves as chief spokesperson for Archbishop Riordan High School. The Department of Catholic Schools in the
• Communicates with various publics through properly prepared materials and literature.
• Approves all programs and campaigns of the Development Office. Archdiocese of San Francisco is seeking
• Monitors long-range planning and development goals.
Lake • Insures the creation and implementation of a comprehensive development elementary principals for the 2010-2011
Tahoe plan for the school.
• Along with the Director of Finance establishes and guides the development
school year. Candidates must be practicing
Rental of the annual budget. Roman Catholic in good standing with the
SPECIAL RELATIONSHIPS
• Fostering the Marianist “Curriculum of the Heart” within the school community Church, possess a valid teaching credential, a
• Chairs the Administrative Council
LAKE • Coordinating the Teaching As Ministry program within the school community
by preparing teachers and staff in concepts of the Marianist charism
• Promotes the formation of Lay Marianist leadership at ARHS
Master’s degree in educational leadership, an
administrative credential (preferred), and five
TAHOE MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
• A practicing Catholic in good standing with the church
• A master’s degree
years of successful teaching experience at the
elementary level.
RENTAL • Five years of successful school administration at the secondary level
including mission driven school advancement and Board development
For additional details about this Position and its responsibilities see the full description at: Please send resume and a letter
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of interest by March 19th, 2010 to:
For more detailed information about ARHS, see the school’s web site: http://www.riordanhs.org/
in South Lake Tahoe.
Tentative Application Deadline: Resumes and cover letters must be submitted by March 1st, 2010.
Bret E. Allen
Interviews for finalists are tentatively planned for early March. Associate Superintendent for
Sleeps 8, near Heavenly
Mail or Email Resume and Cover Letter to:
Valley and Casinos.
Patrick Schmidt, Associate Director of Human Resources
Educational & Professional Leadership
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