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Francesca Baliar Singh stands in the burned remains of her nephew’s house
Jan. 6 in Bamunigam, in India's eastern state of Orissa. Residents fled
Christmas Eve after police warned of an armed mob descending on the
Catholic village. The Catholic archbishop in the region said Hindu
extremists had been threatening to kill Christians unless they converted.
Walk for Life West Coast draws national attention
By Rick DelVecchio
T
he Walk for Life West Coast, the annual march
against abortion that has drawn thousands of
demonstrators to San Francisco every January
since 2005, plays a growing role in America’s debate
over the rights of the unborn, says a nationally
known Protestant pastor who has been an ally of
Catholic pro-life leaders from the outset of the event.
Pastor Clenard Childress, a Baptist minister in
Montclair, N.J., and Northeast regional director of
the Life Education and Resource Network, is sched-
uled to speak at the 4th annual Walk for Life West
Coast on Saturday, Jan. 19.
“In an area that is more or less perceived as the
bastion of all liberal thought, we find here a move-
ment growing that one would deem to be conserva-
tive,” Childress told Catholic San Francisco. “I
would just call it righteous.”
Childress, who is active in the pro-life movement
nationally, said the San Francisco march is his
favorite pro-life action. He said it is diverse, touches
many denominations and is non-partisan. The Rev. Clenard Childress who will
“It’s good for the country,” he said. “I think it’s address participants in the Walk for
good for the people to see what the pro-life move- Life West Coast on Jan. 19 also
ment is. It’s the most maligned movement in addressed the event last year.
America. The perception it has among Americans
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January 11, 2008 SEVENTY-FIVE CENTS
for few, misery for
many,’ challenges
Pope Benedict XVI
By Carol Glatz
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The only way to bring
about just and sustainable development in the world is
to live in moderation and fix the vast inequities in the
distribution of wealth, Pope Benedict XVI said.
“One cannot say that globalization is synonymous
with world order; it’s anything but” that, he said.
“Conflicts for economic supremacy and the hoard-
ing of energy and water resources and raw materials
make it all the more difficult for those who strive on
every level to build a just and supportive world,” Pope
Benedict said.
The pope made the remarks at a Mass in St. Peter’s
Basilica Jan. 6 on the feast of the Epiphany, which
marks the manifestation of Jesus as savior to the
world.
In his homily, the pope said people need hope in
something greater than themselves, which would also
lead them to “prefer the common good of all people
(CNS PHOTO/ANTO AKKARA)
(as opposed) to abundance for the few and misery for
many.”
This great hope only can be in God who showed
his human face with the birth of Christ, he said.
If people have hope in Jesus, then they can perse-
vere in living a moderate lifestyle, he said.
If this true hope is lacking, one seeks happiness in
intoxication, the superfluous, in excess, and one ruins
oneself and the world,” said the pope.
Pope Benedict said living in moderation “is not
only an ascetic rule, but also a way of salvation for
humanity.”
“It is by now obvious that only by adopting a sober
lifestyle, accompanied by a serious commitment to a
fair distribution of wealth, will it be possible to estab-
POPE CHALLENGES, page 10
isn’t what it truly is. These are some of the dearest
people who are very humble, who truly want to
reach out to all mothers in order to save their chil-
dren.”
Childress said the pro-life movement is “often
viewed as a tool of the Republican Party.” He added:
“When you go to San Francisco, you don’t get that.”
The march, which is held on the Saturday closest
to anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court’s 1973 Roe
vs. Wade ruling legalizing abortion, begins at Justin
Herman Plaza at 11 a.m. and ends at Marina Green,
where a mariachi band will perform and vendors will
offer snacks and drinks. Organizers predict 20,000
people will participate.
The first walk in 2005 drew 7,000 pro-life demon-
strators and 3,000 opposing the event’s message. The
2006 and 2007 walks attracted 15,000 and 20,000
respectively, with smaller groups of counter-demon-
strators.
Alveda King, the niece of Dr. Martin Luther
King, Jr., will help lead this year’s walk. In addition
to her and Childress, other speakers will include
abortion survivor Gianna Jessen; Father Frank
Pavone, national director of Priests for Life; and
Jesse Romero, radio personality and Catholic lay
evangelist. According to planners, Eduardo
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us in…. Club UNIDAS at Notre Dame High School in

On The Belmont raised $400 in a bake sale that will help under-
privileged children in Catholic schools buy books and
other supplies. The group promotes unity among Latino
students, the school said, and “provides for all to better
understand Latino culture and provide an atmosphere
that will build, foster, and promote good will.” Members
Where You Live include Carla Barrera, Jessica Garcia, Crystal
Llamas, Alexa Navarro, Rosalinda Ceja, Giselle
Alvarez, Steffanie Guillermo. Adviser is Sandy
by Tom Burke Murtaugh.… St. Peter Parish in Pacifica keeps us
aware of the many injured troops who could use our
attention. While we’re out of the Yuletide, it’s never too
Happy New Year! I can always count on Maury late for a “thinking of you” card to A Recovering
Healy – our executive editor at CSF – for a fun way to American Soldier, c/o Walter Reed Army Hospital,
start the new annum. Many of us continue to explore 6900 Georgia Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20307-
middle age and its effects and symptoms – count me in 5001…. Thank you in the largest size it comes to all
Nancy and Tom McGarvey at 56 – and Maury is no exception. “When I was who made “Giving Trees” and other charitable efforts
younger, I often tried to be in two places at one time,” a success in so many parishes this Christmas season.
Maury told me just before we left for Christmas vaca- With about 100 church locations in the Archdiocese and
tion, “but now that so many good
I’m older, I often hearts at each of
find it difficult to them, the number
be in one place at a of people our
time.”… Also parishioner elves
looking at grow- helped rise above
ing older with a difficult circum-
sense of humor is stances has to
Brian Sullivan of number in the tens
St. Gregory of thousands. In a
Parish in San recent bulletin at
Mateo who told St. Cecilia Parish
me he’s awaiting a special nod, led
Mercy High School, San Francisco hosted its the day when “80 by pastor, Msgr.
Third Annual Benefit Dance Nov. 30. Sponsored by becomes the new M i c h a e l
Mercy’s Associated Student Body, the event raised 30.”… Happy Harriman, was
$3,320 to aid children through The Invisible hildren’s anniversary to given to Jesse
Foundation, which distributes funds in poverty-stricken, Nancy and Tom Tree team mem-
war-torn areas of the world. Sophomore Sabrina Sezar, McGarvey, mar- bers Marian
left, and junior Carolina Cayetano were among the ried 50 years Nov. Schmidt, Mary
400 students enjoying the evening. 16. “They have Ann Naughton,
inspired many by Paula Granucci,
showing their Mary Barrett,
devotion to each Dana Coe, Sally
other as well as to Students at St. Paul Elementary School collected more than B r i e n - H o l p e r,
their family and 100 coats in their annual warm coat drive for the poor with Elaine Shanahan.
friends,” said the the help of the St. Vincent de Paul Society. In on getting I’m sure he and
couple’s daughter, the goods ready were eighth graders, Renee Sweeney, our other pastors
Cathy Livy, left, Paula Dittmann, Alondra Orellana and Meghan Helms. would not mind
whom we thank my including in
for the good the tribute all
news…. Congratulations and keep up the good work whose names we don’t have. Thanks, again!!…. This is
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USF students map sex trafficking in San Francisco

By Rick DelVecchio The “Not for Sale” campaign is becoming a global ings. They also learned that the establishments did not
network of abolitionists, involving faith organizations have massage or business licenses.
University of San Francisco students and the campus and high schools as well as colleges. More than 35 peo- After frustrating follow-up work to determine if
ministry are mapping sex trafficking places in San ple attended the discussion group, half of them under the charges could be brought against the suspected traffick-
Francisco in an effort to help humanitarian organizations age of 30 and repre- ers, they concluded
combat what they term a blight of modern-day slavery in senting nine parishes that not enough is
the city. and two colleges. ‘The (North Bay Trafficking) task force being done to enforce
The students suspect that at least 90 sex emporiums Anne Stricherz, an the criminal laws
operate in San Francisco with women held against their ethics teacher at St. has really been disappointing in that against trafficking.
will. Because of the difficulty in gathering witness testimo- Ignatius College “We found out that
ny and in tracking the life stories of the victims back to Preparatory High they have yielded very few trafficking whoever’s supposed to
their home countries, the students fear that traffickers often School, said her stu- focus on human traf-
escape prosecution. But they believe that the evidence they dents are learning
are collecting will raise public awareness and point aid about the campaign in
cases.’ — USF ethics professor ficking, it really falls
through a loophole,”
organizations to places where victims are being kept class.
against their will. “They can’t under- David Batstone Hebets said.
But Lt. Mary Petrie,
The students described the effort at a Nov. 5 session of stand how poor some who is in charge of the
the Theology on Tap discussion series for young adult of these people are in vice crimes unit at the
Catholics, sponsored by the Archdiocese of San Francisco. their countries,” she said. “That somebody would sell San Francisco Police Department, heatedly denied that her
The meeting was held at a popular bar in the Financial their child is really difficult for them to understand. Then officers would fail to follow up on any allegation of human
District – a neighborhood familiar to the student investiga- they start thinking about massage parlors in a different trafficking. “There’s never been a third-party report that’s
tors. way.” ever been pushed aside,” she said.
“A lot of the places we’re looking at are a few blocks Christina Hebets, a USF junior, said she and fellow The department is part of the North Bay Trafficking
from here,” student student Hackett began Task Force, which also includes law-enforcement and
Mellice Hackett said. investigating sex traf- social service agencies in San Mateo, Marin and Sonoma
The effort is part of ‘There’s never been a third-party report ficking in San counties. The task force investigates complaints and
the “Not For Sale” cam- Francisco last year. responds with legal action or aid to the victims.
paign against human that’s ever been pushed aside.’ Newspaper and She said citizens who want to help law enforcement
trafficking created by Internet ads for mas- should know the legal definition of trafficking. “It has noth-
David Batstone, a USF — Lt. Mary Petrie, sage parlors raised the ing to do with borders,” she said. “It is services or labor that
ethics professor and an students’ suspicions are obtained through force, fraud or coercion.”
advisor to the under-
graduate Erasmus
San Francisco Police Department that some establish- “That is the difficult thing to determine,” Petrie said. “If
ments were marketing the students have probable cause or reasonable suspicion
Community on campus. groups of women. that trafficking victims are anywhere, by all means we take
The name is taken from a book Batstone wrote on traffick- They theorized that the women were not operating inde- all allegations seriously.”
ing and the abolitionists fighting the problem in many pendently but were being used against their will. Batstone, in an interview with Catholic San Francisco,
countries. The students then staked out some of the massage par- stood by the students’ work.
Batstone decided to investigate trafficking after learning lors, which often were located on upper floors and had “The task force has really been disappointing in that
that one of his favorite Indian restaurants in the Bay Area boarded-up windows. Their suspicions were further they have yielded very few trafficking cases,” he said. “That
had been trafficking women from India for kitchen work raised when they noticed that few women left the build- USF STUDENTS, page 10
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in
NEWS
brief
Books on Jesuits honored
WASHINGTON (CNS) —
Two books about the exploits of
(PHOTO CREDIT: CHARLES BARRY)
Jesuits in very different times
and places took the top awards
during the American Catholic
Historical Association’s annual
meeting in Washington. Liam
Matthew Brockey, an assistant
professor of history at Princeton
University in New Jersey,
received the John Gilmary Shea
Prize and $750 for his book,
Father Gerald “Journey to the East: The Jesuit
McKevitt, SJ Mission to China, 1579-1724,”
judged the best work on the history of the Catholic Church
published in the 12-month period that ended June 30.
Jesuit Father Gerald McKevitt, professor of Jesuit stud-
ies at Santa Clara University in California, won the Howard
R. Marraro Prize and $500 for “Brokers of Culture: Italian
Jesuits in the American West, 1848-1919.”
Pope: global stability threatened
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Addressing diplomats from
around the world on Jan. 7, Pope Benedict XVI warned that
numerous armed conflicts and social disorders have left global
stability in a fragile situation. In Iraq the latest attack on
Christian churches reflects a continuing climate of terrorism
and violence in the country and illustrates the need for consti-
tutional reform to safeguard the rights of minorities, the pope
said. On nuclear weapons, he urged the international communi-
ty to undertake a joint effort to prevent terrorists from gaining
access to weapons of mass destruction. The pope also con-
demned “continually perpetrated attacks” against human life, in
areas ranging from the death penalty to biotechnology, and crit-
icized efforts to weaken the traditional family and the institution
of marriage. The world’s problems illustrate that real solutions
must be “solidly anchored in natural law, given by the Creator,”
he said. “This is another reason why God can never be exclud-
ed from the horizon of man or of history. God’s name is a name
of justice; it represents an urgent appeal for peace,” he said.
NAFTA concerns Mexico Church Cuba changes coming?
MEXICO CITY (CNS) — The Mexico City Archdiocese
urged the Mexican federal government to better protect some
of the country’s poorest and most vulnerable residents as con-
Catholic
san Francisco
Newspaper of the Archdiocese of San Francisco
Most Reverend George H. Niederauer, publisher
Maurice E. Healy, associate publisher & executive editor
Editorial Staff:
Dan Morris-Young, editor;
Tom Burke, “On the Street” and Datebook;
Rick DelVecchio, assistant editor; Michael Vick, reporter
cern grows that a flood of duty-free agricultural imports from
highly subsidized U.S. producers could force many small-scale
farmers to abandon rural areas and head to the United States.
Hugo Valdemar, archdiocesan spokesman, expressed
concern about the North American Free Trade Agreement’s
impact on Mexican farmers after the Jan. 1 removal of
duties on four basic products: white corn, beans, sugar cane
and powdered milk. The tariff removals were mandated by
the 14-year-old agreement.Valdemar told reporters Jan. 6
the changes could lead to an “increase in poverty” and
“more immigration to the United States.”
Visit encourages Viet archbishop
HANOI, Vietnam (CNS) — Archbishop Joseph Ngo
Quang Kiet of Hanoi called Prime Minister Nguyen Tan
Dung’s informal visit to him and the former apostolic nun-
ciature a “positive sign” of the government’s concern about
religious issues. The Asian church news agency UCA News
reported Jan. 3 that on the morning of Dec. 30 Dung unex-
pectedly visited Archbishop Kiet at his residence and also
went to the former nunciature nearby.In mid-December,
Archbishop Kiet urged local Catholics to pray for the gov-
ernment to return the former nunciature, which the commu-
nist government confiscated in 1959. Thousands of Catholics
have marched in processions to the compound since Dec. 18.
“I was very surprised that the prime minister unofficially vis-
ited us,” Archbishop Kiet told UCA News. He said that after
Mass he had returned to his residence next to the cathedral, not
knowing about the visit, when Dung arrived at the cathedral
accompanied by his guards and saw Catholics walking to pray in
front of the former nunciature. Archbishop Kiet said he received
Dung in his living room, where they talked for 15 minutes.
HAVANA (CNS) — Statements by top Cuban officials
in 2007 acknowledging the “need for changes” in the coun-
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try were a “promising step that has created expectations,”
said Cardinal Jaime Ortega Alamino of Havana. Cardinal
Ortega said that throughout the country there was “a cloud
of criticism, complaints and hopeful proposals based on the
need for changes, even structural changes, in the way
national life is organized and lived.”
The prelate noted that Cuban authorities “have sought
broad-based opinions about all issues of concern” in socie-
ty and that “this has been a promising step.”In a July speech
Raul Castro, Cuba’s acting leader and the brother of ailing
President Fidel Castro, acknowledged the need for “struc-
tural reforms.” This was the topic of discussion groups
involving more than 5 million Cubans in September and
October. Cuban parliamentary elections are Jan. 20.
Proposes spiritual reparation
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — A leading Vatican official
has proposed a worldwide program of eucharistic adoration
to seek spiritual reparation for the damage caused by the
sexual abuse of children by priests. Cardinal Claudio
Hummes, prefect of the Congregation for Clergy, said the
initiative would involve dioceses, parishes, monasteries,
convents and seminaries in a prayer movement to support
priestly holiness. In a particular way, the initiative will ask
reparation “for the victims of grave situations of moral and
sexual conduct of a very small percentage of clergy,”
Cardinal Hummes said in an interview Jan. 4 with the
Vatican newspaper, L’Osservatore Romano.
In addition to eucharistic adoration the project would
seek to recruit “spiritual mothers” to pray for priests and
for vocations to the priesthood. It aimed to highlight
Mary’s special role as the mother of every priest. Cardinal
Hummes said the congregation hopes local communities
will establish groups of consecrated and lay Catholics
who dedicate themselves to continual eucharistic adora-
tion “in a spirit of genuine and real reparation and purifi-
cation.”
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Bishop Arzube, one of first Hispanic bishops, dies at 89

LOS ANGELES (CNS) — A funeral “Bishop Juan saw that faith and poli- school and college in Ecuador. He
Mass was held Dec. 31 for retired Los tics could not be like oil and water. They received a civil engineering degree from
Angeles Auxiliary Bishop Juan A. must come together,” said Bishop Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy,
Arzube, who died Dec. 25. He was 89. Zavala. “He knew that if a people’s N.Y., and worked in Ecuador as an engi-
Bishop Arzube was one of the first physical well-being was negatively neer.
Hispanic bishops ordained in the United affected by what was happening in their He moved to Los Angeles in 1944
States in nearly 100 years when he was local neighborhoods, so was their spiri- and went to work in motion pictures and
made a Los Angeles auxiliary in 1971. tual well-being. Preaching the Gospel radio, dubbing voices in Spanish for
His involvement with various Church meant taking action and getting Warner Bros. and Disney studios. The
and community issues prompted new involved. Shepherding meant taking the Internet Movie Database lists a small
outreach to Hispanics in the Los Angeles lead.” acting role he had in the 1946 classic,
Archdiocese. Upon Bishop Arzube’s retirement in “The Razor’s Edge.”
During his 53 years as a priest, Bishop 1993, speakers at a tribute dinner A longtime acquaintance from their
Arzube served primarily at parishes in described his trailblazing advocacy on shared community activism recalled
downtown Los Angeles and other behalf of Hispanic Catholics. hearing Bishop Arzube once demon-
Mexican-American communities. He was At that event, Cardinal Mahony said strate his knack for imitating the voice
active in assorted efforts to assist immi- Bishop Arzube’s work for Hispanics in of actor Peter Lorre, whose roles he had
grants; supervised the erection of a shrine those early days was not greatly sup- dubbed into Spanish years earlier.
at Our Lady of Guadalupe, a mission ported around the state. Not long after moving to Los
church where he served; and supported “His visionary efforts and the direc- Angeles, he entered St. John’s Seminary
the creation of the Episcopal Commission tion he brought to the Church were vital, in Camarillo, relatively late in life for
of the Alta Baja Bishops, for bishops timely and needed for the good of the those days, and was ordained in 1954 at
from U.S. and Mexican border states. Church,” Cardinal Mahony said at the the age of 36.
Cardinal Roger M. Mahony presided time. “I am a late vocation,” he said in a
at Bishop Arzube’s funeral at Holy Cross A native of Guayaquil, Ecuador, born 1971 article in The Tidings, newspaper
Cemetery. Auxiliary Bishop Gabino June 1, 1918, Bishop Arzube lived for a of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles. “I
Zavala gave the homily. while in England before finishing high believe persons being called by God Bishop Juan A. Arzube in an undated
should go when they are called. The late file photo from Catholic News Service.
vocation appreciates the difference
between pleasure and happiness.” Bishop Arzube’s family background
Padre Pio’s body to be exhumed Within the U.S. bishops’ conference,
Bishop Arzube served on committees
also included a saint. A cousin,
Christian Brother Miguel Febres
SAN GIOVANNI ROTONDO, Italy (CNS) — The body of St. Padre Pio will be dealing with Spanish-speaking people, Cordero, was canonized by Pope John
exhumed, studied and displayed for public veneration from mid-April to late September, the Catholic Campaign for Human Paul II in 1984.
said the archbishop who oversees the shrine where the saint is buried. Development, domestic and internation- Information about Bishop Arzube’s
Archbishop Domenico D’Ambrosio, papal delegate for the shrine in San Giovanni al policy, the Church in Latin America death was not released by the archdio-
Rotondo, announced Jan. 6 that he and the Capuchin friars of Padre Pio’s community had and the National Advisory Council. cese until Jan. 2.
decided it was important to verify the condition of the saint’s body and find a way to ensure
its preservation.
“It is my personal conviction and that of the confreres of St. Pio that we have an obliga-
tion to give the generations that will come after us the possibility of venerating and preserv-
ing in the best possible way the mortal remains of St. Pio,” Archbishop D’Ambrosio said.
In addition to marking the 40th anniversary of Padre Pio’s death Sept. 23, 1968, the pub-
lic veneration of his remains will coincide with the 90th anniversary of the day on which he
was believed to have received the stigmata, bloody wounds recalling the crucifixion wounds
of Jesus. According to the Capuchins, Padre Pio received the stigmata Sept. 20, 1918.
Immediately after Archbishop D’Ambrosio announced the exhumation of Padre Pio’s
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6 Catholic San Francisco January 11, 2008
The St. Thomas More Society’s Stacy Stecher, right,
and Hugh Donohoe, with essay contest winner, Lisa
Dimech, and Terry Kreutzmann, eighth grade
teacher at St. Veronica School.
500 8th graders create
new ‘commandments’
By Tom Burke
Winners and participants in the annual essay contest
of The St. Thomas More Society of the Archdiocese of
San Francisco were recognized at a luncheon Dec. 6.
Five hundred eighth grade students from 25 Catholic
schools submitted entries on the topic, “Ten Commandments
for Seventh Graders to Insure Success in Eighth Grade.”
“All of the essays were well written and of excellent
spiritual quality,” said Hugh Donohoe, outgoing president
of the St. Thomas More Society. “This year we asked stu-
dents to use examples and lessons from the life and writ-
ings of St. Thomas More in preparing their essays.”
Lisa Dimech of St. Veronica Elementary School in South
San Francisco won the first prize of $500. Receiving awards
of $300 and $200 were second and third place finishers Jack
Cannice of Immaculate Heart of Mary Elementary School in
Belmont and Megan Kinkade of St. Patrick Elementary
School in Larkspur, respectively. The students’ schools
received corresponding matching awards, Donohoe said.
The St. Thomas More Society is an organization of
Catholic attorneys and others of the legal profession seeking
to serve in the model of lawyer and martyr St. Thomas More.
The essays of 35 students from 15 schools were
named as finalists in the competition:
Good Shepherd: Angelo Petrilli and Chiara Lewis;
St. Veronica: Lisa Dimech and Brett Bolentini; St.
Patrick: Megan Kinkade, Madeleine Burke, Amanda
Seki and Michaela Ravasio; St. Stephen School: Abby
Chen; Our Lady of Loretto: Kayla Marshall, Steven
DeMartini and Mara Loberg;
St. Anne: Antonio Chacon, Veronica Chan, Luyi
Cheng and Danielle Ocampo; St. Raphael: Charles
Pickford; IHM, Belmont: Jack Cannice and Catelyn
Poss; St. Thomas More: Andrew Bennetts, Aidan
Judge and Ryan Hughes; St. Robert: Steven Bendick;
St. Matthew: Claire McCarthy, Catherine Mullings,
Stephen Woodworth, Sam Peterson and Molly Downs;
St. Dunstan: David Antonio Demartini, Sarina Ho,
Charmaine Garzon and Nadine Tanjuakio; DeMarillac
Academy: Troy Dizon; Holy Angels: Ron Joves; St.
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Winning essay
‘Take them by the hand’
Following is the winning entry in the annual St.
Thomas More Society’s essay contest for eighth graders.
This year’s topic was “Ten Commandments for Seventh
Graders to Insure Success in Eighth Grade.” Lisa
Dimech is an eighth grader at St. Veronica School.
By Lisa Dimech
St. Thomas More lived more than 400 years ago and
yet many of the ideas he stood for are still very impor-
tant today. St. Thomas lived his life as a good Christian,
and even until the end of his life he stood by his beliefs
and values. St. Thomas preached, “The ordinary acts we
practice every day at home are of more importance to the
soul than their simplicity might suggest.” This quote
teaches us all how important it is to help others and to be
good children, students and friends. God has given us
wonderful people to use as role models and as
Christians. We must carry on God’s work and be role
models for others, just like St. Thomas did for us.
As an eighth grader and a senior student in our
school, I take my job as a leader very seriously. I feel it
is important to set an example for the students in our
school. There are certain commandments I try to live by;
and as an eighth grader I always try to model these
behaviors for others including you, the seventh graders
who will be in my place next year. The ten rules I live by
are simple and easy to follow because all you need to do
is always remember the first commandment which is the
Golden Rule: “Treat others as you would want to be
treated.” Although I have Ten Commandments, this
commandment is the most important. Many of the other
commandments that I try to model each day are the ones
I want to share with you because you are St Veronica’s
future leaders.
My second commandment is to always look for the
positive in every situation.
Change is hard, and so it is easy to start complaining
when something is different. It is important that we look
at the glass half full and not half empty. For example,
when the Catholic school in our neighborhood had to
close and new students joined our classes, some people
in our school were a little hesitant to have others join us.
For me, it was an opportunity to meet new people and
show them what a great community they were joining.
A third commandment is to always try to include and
not exclude others. St. Thomas said, “A friendship like
love is warm.” As a role model, I think it is important to
set an example and to not just talk to the same people
every day. I think cliques form because of power strug-
gles. If no one ever tries to step outside the clique, then
they will continue to exist. As a role model at our school,
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never change groups once I start playing a game with
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students joined our class because we tried to mix up our
groups a little in order to help them feel welcome.
The fourth and fifth commandments always travel
together. They are to always try to walk in another per-
son’s shoes and to work to understand how the other per-
son feels. I think these are important because they really
make us stop and think about others. For example, when
I first heard about the school closing, I did not think it
was a big deal; but then when I put myself in their shoes
and thought about our whole eighth grade class being
split up, it made me feel sad. I think by understanding
their feelings it put me in a better place to welcome them
to our school.
The sixth and seventh are the shortest, but the hardest
to live by. These commandments say to open your eyes
and speak up. It is important to see what is going on
around you. It is easy to pretend that you do not see
someone being picked on; however, it is usually hard to
open your mouth and say somthing to fix the situation.
As a role model, I try to open my eyes to things that are
going on around me. Sometimes it is hard to stand up to
bullies, but if you do it a few times it gets easier and in
the end everyone, except the bully, feels. better.
The next commandments are things that we should all
be doing every day. First of all, we have to love our-
selves because if we do not love ourselves, it is hard to
help others. Secondly, we have to reach out to others not
only in our school, but in our community. St. Thomas
More is an inspiration because he lived his entire life
performing work devoted to God and his community. So
many people need help, and we can do so much if we
just look around and try to come up with creative ideas.
A few years ago I made fleece blankets for children in
our Neighborhood Outreach Center. Many students in
our school helped with this project. In the end, there
were kids with a warm blanket and everyone who helped
felt good.
The last commandment is to be a leader and a fol-
lower. As St. Thomas said, “Go and take them by the
hand and guide them.” This is a very important com-
mandment because at times we must lead and be a role
model for others. At other times, we should follow the
footsteps of our leaders. St. Thomas was both a leader
and a follower and he set an example for us. I am very
lucky to have parents, siblings, teachers, nuns and
priests to use as role models. There are many people in
my life that I look up to and I hope that as an eighth
grader I am setting an example for you, the future lead-
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Sacred Heart Cathedral
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Christian Brother
Columban Derby,
right, is presented
Sacred Heart
Cathedral
Preparatory’s
certificate of
recognition by
SHCP President
John Scudder
last year.
Former Sacred Heart Cathedral
Preparatory graduate, teacher and principal
Christian Brother Columban Derby passed
away Jan. 6 at Mont La Salle in Napa, where
he was living in the Christian Brothers’
retirement community. He was 93.
Brother Columban graduated from
Sacred Heart High School in 1932, served as
school principal from 1944-1953, and was a
Brother of the Christian Schools for more
than 75 years. Almost a year ago, at SHCP’s
annual Gold Club Luncheon for alumni,
Brother Columban was recognized for this
milestone and for his influence on the SHCP
community. Members of the Gold Club
(SHCP graduates of 50-plus years) were
thrilled to see Brother. He was the principal
for many of the Sacred Heart graduates in
attendance, and a true inspiration for the
entire community.
A native San Franciscan, Brother
Columban (Alfred Robert Derby) was born
to Robert Tobias Derby and Edith Marie
Page on Aug. 19, 1914. He attended Paul
Revere and Mission Dolores grammar
schools, but his time as a student at Sacred
Heart High School was the catalyst for his
decision to dedicate his life to service.
Inspired by the Christian Brothers, he took
his vows and became a Brother upon high
school graduation in 1932.
Brother Columban furthered his educa-
tion at St. Mary’s College of California in
Moraga. In 1939 he made final vows. A year
later he received his bachelor’s degree.
Following in the footsteps of the Christian
Brothers’ Founder, St. John Baptist de La
Salle, Brother Columban chose to be an edu-
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extensive classroom work, he took on the
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various construction projects, which includ-
ed designing a new Brothers’ house, build-
ing a gym and renovating the school.
SHCP Principal Ken Hogarty reflected,
“When I came back to Sacred Heart as a
teacher in 1971, Brother Columban had
already established himself as deserving a
place on the school’s ‘Mount Rushmore.’ As
a young teacher, I learned a great deal from
my interaction with him and from seeing him
model how a Lasallian teacher interacts with
students. He truly acted as a big brother to all
his students. As an administrator the last few
years, I have an even greater appreciation for
the legend that is Brother Columban. To real-
ize that he was an effective principal — first
at St. Peter’s and then at Sacred Heart —
starting in his twenties is awe inspiring to me.
He was obviously a born leader and, clearly,
Brother Columban’s vision and leadership
helped guide this community in a direction
that today, I trust, honors his memory.”
Brother Columban also graced the com-
munity with his music. Having studied under
the guidance of Benjamin S. Moore, Brother
served as an organist for Catholic high
school graduation ceremonies and later
became the official organist for the
Archdiocese of San Francisco and Cathedral
Parish.
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Oldest priest of Archdiocese dies
By Tom Burke about how to run this parish.’” The priest
stayed true to his word, Father Knapp said.
Father Joseph P. O’Reilly, retired pastor of “He was a wonderful and outstanding man.
St. Stephen Parish in San Francisco, died Jan. Everywhere he went people loved him. We
7 at Seton Medical Center in Daly City. Father became very good friends.”
O’Reilly had most recently resided at Alma Salt Lake City Bishop John Wester served
Via Residence in San Francisco. Ordained as pastor of St. Stephen Parish from 1993 – 97.
June 3, 1939, he was 95. “I extend my sincere and heartfelt
A San Francisco native, condolences to Father Joe’s fami-
Father O’Reilly attended St. ly, and to his many, many friends
Ignatius College Preparatory and who will miss him dearly,”
St. Mary’s College in Moraga Bishop Wester told Catholic San
earning an undergraduate degree Francisco. “I remember Father
in economics before entering St. Joe as a true pastor who cared
Patrick’s Seminary and deeply for God’s people. I have
University in Menlo Park in many fond memories of my time
1934. with him at St. Stephen’s and I
He served at parishes includ- learned a lot from him in the ways
ing San Francisco’s Mission of gentleness and sincere concern
Dolores and St. Philip the Father Joseph P. for others. Father Joe knew all his
Apostle; Our Lady of the Pillar in O’Reilly parishioners by name, and could
Half Moon Bay; and St. Margaret Mary in go on at great length about the people he loved
Oakland before beginning his more than 25 and their stories. May God take him quickly to
years as a pastor at St. Anthony in Menlo Park, himself in that heavenly banquet where he will
and St. Agnes and St. Stephen in San enjoy a rich reward for his splendid priestly
Francisco. service in the Archdiocese of San Francisco.”
He additionally served as assistant director Archbishop George Niederauer will be
of Catholic Cemeteries for the Archdiocese of principal celebrant of a funeral Mass for Father
San Francisco for 14 years. Father O’Reilly O’Reilly at St. Stephen Church today, Jan. 11.
retired in 1987 continuing in residence at St. Father Joseph Walsh, pastor of St. Stephen,
Stephen’s until his move to Alma Via in 2004 will be homilist. Additional concelebrants
Father William Knapp, who retired as St. include Father Knapp. Interment will be at
Stephen pastor in 1992, now lives at St. Holy Cross Cemetery in Colma. Survivors
Isabella Parish in San Rafael. “I followed include a niece, Kateri Cavin, and a grand-
Father O’Reilly at St. Stephen’s,” Father niece, Kate Cardinali. Remembrances may be
Knapp said. “When I arrived he told me, ‘It’s sent to Kate Cardinali, 54 Catalpa Ave., Mill
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USF student sketches Catholic churches

By Michael Vick
1
A fter the death of his father in 2002, then
high school student Francis Putulin set
off on a mission. His goal was to draw every
Catholic Church in San Francisco.
“I needed to keep my mind busy during
the summer that I started this project,”
Putulin, 21, said of the months following his
father’s death from liver failure. “In a way,
this project is dedicated to his memory.”
Putulin said he had personally visited
close to 40 of the 50 churches in his set of
drawings. He viewed most of the churches
from the outside only because many were not
open when he was available to visit. For the
other churches, Putulin used pictures from
the San Francisco public library, along with
books on the history of the Archdiocese.
Putulin also used visits to churches during
high school as an opportunity to brush up on
their architecture. He would sneak away from
the gymnasium where the basketball team, the
Crusaders of Archbishop Riordan High School,
played and explore whatever church was con-
nected with the opposing team. Francis Putulin holds
Putulin’s drawings include several his sketch book of
churches that are no longer open, including
St. Joseph in San Francisco where his par-
San Francisco 2 3
ents were married and he, his siblings and Catholic churches.
his cousins were all baptized.
“I always loved that church because it stood tall amidst the often times rough
surrounding neighborhood of SOMA [South of Market Area],” said Putulin.
“Every time I pass by the church on the way to my grandmother’s house, it still
rips me apart to see it gradually deteriorate.”
Putulin said the plight of St. Joseph Parish made him particularly sympathet-
ic to the cause of other parishioners whose churches were closed. For this reason,
he included all the Catholic churches in San Francisco, not just the ones still
open.
“I felt that an important part of my past would no longer be open for me to go
to every day,” said Putulin of St. Joseph. “I chose to include the churches that are
no longer open as a way of paying tribute to the impact they have had on people.”
Putulin’s interest in architecture, particularly churches, began at an early age.
He would build churches out of wooden blocks, and had a keen interest in visit-
ing churches whenever he could.
He said his parents took him to many churches during his childhood, includ-
ing 13 of the 21 California missions. Putulin even recalled his mother double-
parking in front of churches in San Francisco so he could run in and grab a
church bulletin.
Putulin’s mother, Aurora Aquiler-Putulin, said his extensive knowledge of the 4
churches in San Francisco, down to the exact address and even the names of the
pastors both past and current, comes as a surprise to people.
“One comment I always hear from people is that he has a photographic mem-
ory,” said Aquiler-Putulin in an e-mail interview. “He can remember the details
and always puts them in his drawings.”
She said her son has always had a deep faith. When he was young, he even
suggested the family convert their backyard into a church.
Both Putulin and his mother credit his late father Nazario with inspiring his archi-
tectural ambitions. Born in Meycauayan, a city just north of Manila in the Philippines,
the elder Putulin studied architecture at the University of Santo Tomas in Manila.
After coming to the United States in 1982, Nazario Putulin found it difficult
to secure employment in an architecture firm. At the time, most major firms in
California were in Southern California. He decided to pursue computer pro-
gramming, and worked in the ITS department for the City and County of San
Francisco. His son took up the architectural mantle.
“I felt very proud and honored that he was following the same path that his
dad traveled,” said Aquiler-Putulin.
Now a senior at the University of San Francisco, Putulin is a part of the
school’s fledgling architecture program, just four years old.
Professor Seth Wachtel is the program’s director and one of Putulin’s profes-
sors. “Francis has grown steadily in his architecture skills and personal confi- 5 6
dence,” said Wachtel in an e-mail. “He is very committed to his major and puts
in more time on his design projects than many of his peers.”
Wachtel praised Putulin for his effort to draw the Catholic churches of San
Francisco.
“Well conceived ‘side-projects’ are excellent additions to a strong architecture
education,” said Wachtel. “As a vibrantly active and dense city, San Francisco is
an especially rich environment for such architecturally focused activity.”
Putulin said now that he has completed the drawings of San Francisco’s
Catholic churches, he plans to continue with the churches in San Mateo and
Marin counties. Eventually, he hopes also to include the churches in the Oakland
and San Jose dioceses.
He also plans to draw all 21 of the California missions, and said they are the
reason he fell in love with churches in the first place.
His immediate goals are more practical. He hopes to graduate and move on
to graduate school, though he does not yet know where he wants to attend.
Putulin said he plans to offer the church drawings at no cost to any parish that
wants one, although as yet very few people even know about the drawings.
“The only people who knew I was doing the project were my family, friends of
the family, and a few of my own friends from school,” he said. “Now I guess every-
one will know.”
Ed. note: To see the additional sketches of San Francisco Catholic churches by
Francis Putulin, visit the Catholic San Francisco website: www.catholic-sf.org.
 January 11, 2008 Catholic San Francisco 9

of San Francisco – all of them

7 8

10

1) ST. KEVIN CHURCH on Cortland Avenue; 2) NOTRE DAME

DES VICTOIRES CHURCH on Bush Street; 3) ST. PETER 11
CHURCH on Florida Street; 4) ST. EMYDIUS CHURCH on
Ashton Avenue; 5) OUR LADY OF GUADALUPE MISSION on
Broadway Street; 6) ST. PATRICK CHURCH on Mission
Street; 7) NATIONAL SHRINE OF ST. FRANCIS OF ASSISI on
Vallejo Street; 8) ST. ELIZABETH CHURCH on Holyoke Street;
9) ST. STEPHEN CHURCH on Eucalyptus Drive; 10) ST.
BONIFACE CHURCH on Golden Gate Avenue; 11) CATHEDRAL
OF ST. MARY OF THE ASSUMPTION on Gough Street.
10 Catholic San Francisco January 11, 2008

Pope challenges . . . A woman

(CNS PHOTO/ALESSIA GIULIANI, CATHOLIC PRESS PHOTO)

Those looking to celebrate Martin
Luther King Day have two new
options this year. On Friday, Jan. 11,
three Bay Area choirs will perform in
a tribute to the slain civil rights leader
at St. Mary’s Cathedral, 1111 Gough St.,
beginning at 7:30 p.m. On Sunday,
Jan. 20, St. Paul of the Shipwreck
Catholic Parish, 1122 Jamestown Ave.,
San Francisco, will welcome revivalist
preacher Father Maurice Nutt of
Memphis, Tenn. The Redemptorist
priest will speak during the
10:30 a.m. Gospel Mass.
■ Continued from cover
lish a just and sustainable model of devel-
opment,” he said.
The pope recalled the New Testament
account of the Magi, saying the Wise Men
demonstrated great courage by embarking
on a long journey following a star, kneeling
before a humble baby and offering him pre-
cious gifts.
The Magi were guided by a star shining
in the East, the pope said, and it is the mis-
sion of the Church today to be a guiding
beacon, a “spiritual light ever-present in the
word of the Gospel, which today is also
able to guide every person to Jesus.”
With that light, every authentic believer
in Christ “can and must be of help to those
he or she finds by his or her side and who
perhaps are having trouble finding the road
that leads to Christ,” he said.
The pope said everyone needs to
become courageous enough to seek out
God and make sure that courage is
“anchored to steadfast hope.”
The pope noted that the day also marked
World Day of Missionary Childhood and
praised the efforts of so many Christian
receives
Communion from
Pope Benedict
XVI
during a Mass in
St. Peter's
Basilica at the
Vatican on the
feast of the
Epiphany, Jan. 6.
children who help the Church by spreading of other children, driven by the love that the
the Gospel and reaching out to those less Son of God, become a child, brought to the
fortunate. earth. I say thanks to these little ones and I
“For more than 160 years, through the pray that they will always be missionaries.
initiative of the French bishop Charles de “I also thank those who assist them, who
Forbin Janson, the childhood of Jesus has accompany them along the road of generos-
become the icon for the commitment of ity, of fraternity, of joyous faith that gener-
Christian children who help the Church in ates hope.”
her task of evangelization by prayer, sacri- The pope also extended a Christmas
fice and gestures of solidarity,” the pope greeting to Eastern Christians who follow
said, adding: the Julian calendar and were preparing to
“Thousands of children meet the needs celebrate the birth of Christ Jan. 7.

USF students . . .
■ Continued from page 3
flies in the face of evidence we’re gathering by students.”
Luis Enrique Bazan, associate director of the USF uni-
versity ministry, guided the students’ investigation and also
expressed frustration that law enforcement did not respond
to the findings.
“They’re just not prepared to take evidence from stu-
dents,” he said, adding that the students are shifting their
emphasis from police work to social research.
He said human rights organizations and outraged citi-
zens, like the USF students, must take on much of the
responsibility for exposing the problem through education
and outreach to the victims.
Trafficking flourishes, he told the discussion group,
because it is a low-risk, high-profit business. The victims
are poor, voiceless and disposable.
“Many people ask me what is the difference between
old slavery and modern-day slavery,” he said. “Before, it
used to be an investment – it used to be like buying a house.
Today, there is no legality about it and also it’s not an
investment. You can buy a kid for very little money.”
One sex slave can earn $1,500 a day, he said. If the earn-
er becomes a problem, he or she is simply replaced.
The victims often are held in debt bondage, which is a
means of controlling them as much as possible, Bazan said.
“Unless an organization comes along and rescues her, she
will not have an opportunity to get out of that,” he said.
Transgender youth are particularly at risk because they
come from cultures where they are ostracized, he said.
“There’s a big group of transgender people who come to
San Francisco because they imagine these are the best con-
ditions they could find,” he said. “The majority have been
trafficked.”
In the next phase of their campaign, the students plan to
investigate the experiences of transgender youth.
The students plan to start monthly meetings for anti-
trafficking activists in San Francisco. They also hope to
enlist men who patronize sex establishments in helping to
rescue trafficking victims.
“We’re targeting the johns,” Bazan said. “The majority
of people are saved because johns discover their favorite
girl is in that place against their will.”
One campaign tactic: printing messages on the back of
bar coasters. The messages will warn that women who
appear to be prostitutes could be slaves.

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✝ VOCATIONS ✝
CARA reports uptick in college seminarian enrollment
By Mark Pattison she said, and dioceses are encouraging
Seminary Age Distribution of prospective priest candidates to complete
their bachelor’s degree at their current col-
WASHINGTON (CNS) — There is an Theology Students
uptick in the number of Catholic seminari- Enrollment 50+ less than
lege, followed by “pre-theology” seminary
ans in undergraduate college programs, study to take the philosophy courses that
6% 25
according to Mary L. Gautier, a senior While the number of theology will serve as the basis for study in a gradu-
40-49 16%
research associate at the Center for Applied students and students in college ate-level seminary, or theologate.
13%
Research in the Apostolate, based at seminaries has fluctuated in
Pre-theology work often takes two years
Georgetown University in Washington. 35-39 to complete, Gautier said. Most graduate
the past few decades, college 25-29
For the 2006-07 school year, there was a 14% seminary programs run four years, and some
enrollment is up. 30-34 31%
total of 1,365 college seminarians, up from have added a fifth year for a pastoral year of

(CNS GRAPHIC/EMILY THOMPSON) (SEPT. 25, 2007)

1,297 the year before, and up from 1,248 —
the lowest number reported in CARA’s 40
years of surveying — in 2004-05. The last
time the number of college seminarians was
this high was in 2002-03, when 1,376 stu-
dents were enrolled.
Still, the numbers have been trending
downward over the past four decades. The
2006-07 number of 1,365 college seminari-
ans is barely 10 percent of the number
reported by CARA’s first survey in 1967-
68: 13,401.
The numbers are in the CARA report
“Catholic Ministry Formation Enrollments:
Statistical Overview for 2006-2007,” which
was released in September.
In the 40 years CARA has been report-
ing seminary enrollment numbers, college
seminary enrollment figures have gone up
Discernment retreat set for men
Feb. 1-3 at St. Patrick Seminary
A discernment retreat for men 21 and
older wanting to know more about the real-
ities, challenges and fulfillment of being a
priest will be held Feb. 1-3 at St. Patrick’s
Seminary and University in Menlo Park,
according to the archdiocesan Vocations
Office.
To begin at 4 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 1, and
end at 1 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 3, the no-cost
retreat will include presentations on practi-
cal steps to evaluate one’s vocation in life,
on the values of the Roman Catholic priest-
hood, and on seminary life.
Participants will also have opportunities
4,187
4,033
3,689 3,573
3,122
2,978
1,760
1,488
1980 1985 1990 1995
Source: 2007 CARA report
10 times. “We’ve seen upticks before,”
Gautier said in a telephone interview with
Catholic News Service.
“The numbers do fluctuate from year to
year,” she said. Even though the numbers
to visit with priests and seminarians and to
hear the stories of how they came to embrace
a religious vocation. Periods for prayer and
celebration of Mass will take place.
Potential attendees should secure the
sponsorship of a parish priest or approval
from a diocesan vocations director. Director
of Vocations for the Archdiocese of San
Francisco is Father Tom Daly; phone: (415)
614-5683; e-mail: dalyt@sfarchdiocese.org.
For retreat information, call (415) 325-
5621 or e-mail info@stpatrickseminary.org.
The website for the archdiocesan
Vocations Office is sfvocation.com.
20%
3,483
3,308 3,306 3,274
1,647
1,248 1,297 1,365
2000 2004 2005
are slightly up two years in a row, “I would
hesitate to call this a trend,” she said. “We’ll
know better after this year.”
Two factors have blunted college semi-
nary enrollment figures, according to
Gautier.
“There are a lot fewer college seminar-
ies now” than there were a generation ago,
Have you ever thought of
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What happens on a
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There are presentations about:
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● Vocational journeys of priests
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Attendance does not imply further
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service in a parish or other ministry setting.
Overall numbers for graduate seminar-
ies are down, from 3,306 in 2005-06 to
2,374 in 2006-07. Enrollment at diocesan
theologates was up slightly for the second
year in a row, while enrollment at religious-
order theologates was down for the second
year in a row.
The number of pre-theology students for
2006-07 was 623. They represented 19 per-
cent of all theology students.
Gautier told CNS she had received sev-
2006
eral phone calls since the 2007-08 school
©2007 CNS
year began from college seminary staff
“anecdotally” reporting “record” numbers.
“I don’t know what ‘record’ means,”
Gautier said. “It could be six (students)
instead of two.”
Those seminaries, she added, are “ask-
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to tell them, ‘I don’t know yet. I’ll get back
to you next spring.’”
To register, you must be:
● A single male
● Twenty-one years or older
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12 Catholic San Francisco January 11, 2008

✝
VOCATIONS ✝
Woman peddles 650 miles to begin monastery life
By Joe Towalski
ST. PAUL, Minn. (CNS) – Last August Stephanie Hart
was on the road to discerning whether she has a calling to
the religious life — both literally and figuratively.
That road took her about 650 miles across four states, as
the 27-year-old massage therapist biked from her home in
Miles City, Mont., to St. Joseph, Minn., where she joined
the Sisters of St. Benedict for a yearlong postulancy to dis-
cern whether she has a permanent call to religious life.
As of Jan. 4, she was still pursuing that quest according to an

(PHOTO BY ANDRA VAN KEMPEN-MIDDLESTAEDT)

entry in her Internet blog (bikingtothemonastery.blogspot.com)
which has traced her travels of the heart and highways since
beginning her biking pilgrimage.
In her first blog notes since Oct. 29, Hart on Jan. 4
described a joyful Christmas holiday in Montana with her
family and confessed that it “was harder to leave them than it
usually is. It was also harder to come back to the monastery
than I thought it would be, but am I ever glad I did.”
Beginning her recent note to blog readers with “Still
here in the new year,” Hart wrote, “It’s been a while, eh?
Sometimes I haven’t been sure what to write about; some-
times I felt like there was so much to write about I didn’t
know where to begin; sometimes there were things to
process, but this wasn’t the best forum. Sometimes life was
just plain busy.”
Sister of St. Benedict postulant Stephanie Hart is hugged by 95-year-old Sister Suzanne Helmin during a moving
The entry also described the Sisters of St. Benedicts’ con-
cluding sesquicentennial year event that took place Dec. 31 moment of the community’s Dec. 31 ceremony marking the end of a year-long observation of its 150th year.
during which the senior member of the community, Sister
Suzanne Helmin, 95, handed Hart one of the special outdoor
weeks, pedal stroke by pedal stroke, to begin to acclimate.” if Hart is a good fit. If things progress, Hart would become a
banners which had flown during the 150th-anniversary year-
In her first blog entry, posted July 30, Hart said her fam- novice next year and profess first vows in two years.
long celebration. Sister Helmin has been professed 77 years.
ily has been supportive of her decision to move to the Dan Morris-Young contributed to this story.
Sister Suzanne “turned around and handed her flag to
monastery, but her father, Dean, wasn’t enthusiastic about
me, the youngest and newest member, in a tear-jerkingly
his daughter biking solo in the dog days of August along
rich symbol of unity and movement for the community.
long stretches of open highway.
What a way to close these 150 years!” wrote Hart. He suggested that Stephanie’s mother, Ellen, an avid
While there are occasional “big to-dos” like the found-
biker, join her. Then younger sister Cindy wanted to partic-
ing-year commemoration, “mostly we live ordinary, day-
ipate, too. The three trained for months.
to-day lives here in the monastery,” wrote Hart. “It’s the
While they were on the road, Dean Hart rode behind in
daily stuff that I hope to share more about on this corner of
a camper and served as main cook and support crew.
the Web in the coming weeks and months—and more reg- Hart said she got to know the Sisters at the monastery
ularly than I have of late!” pretty well during her time at the College of St. Benedict
Hart blogged that she had “recently shared some of my
from which she graduated in 2002. She attended the Liturgy
story with two fabulous sections of a class on ‘Women’s
of the Hours in the evenings and sang in the monastic choir.
Theological Perspectives’ at the college associated with the
What attracted her to the Sisters’ way of life? “I think it’s
monastery. Those students just about blew me away with
the primacy of the prayer life — that the prayer feeds their
the great questions they asked, which helped flesh out the
work and then their work feeds the prayer,” Hart said. “They
real daily life that happens inside the monastery. There’s
aim for that balance. These are women with very full lives.”
still a shroud of mystery and holiness around places like
Sister Mary Catherine Holicky, monastery vocation direc-
this, but it’s really just home for 293 women who live
tor, posted an entry on Hart’s blog Aug. 12: “Stephanie, not
remarkably ordinary lives.” only are you being accompanied by your family on this trip to
She said classmates asked things like: Can you go on
the monastery but many of your sisters at St. Benedict’s are
vacation? What about your school loans and other debt? Do
mindfully and prayerfully
you have a car? What does the schedule of a normal day
present to you as well. Our
look like for you? Do you have your own bedroom? hearts are cheering (you) on
”If you have particular things you’re curious about, just let
me know,” Hart offered to readers.
and we are indeed over-
whelmed with gratitude for
Is Christ Calling You
Hart’s biking trip from Miles City to the monastery took
you. It will be good to wel-
two weeks, departing Aug. 11 and arriving Aug. 25. In an
come you home.”
to the Sisters of Nazareth?
interview with The Catholic Spirit , newspaper of the During her year of postu- Discover the Sisters of Nazareth! We are a prayerful, dynamic congregation of Sisters who
Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis prior to leaving,
lancy, Hart will continue to
Hart said she enjoyed traveling the open road. discern whether she is called follow Christ’s call to care for the elderly and young people throughout the world.
“I guess what I’m hoping for myself during this time is
to be a member of the The Sisters of Nazareth center their lives on the Gospel message, “Come to Me all you who are
mostly to just be — to allow whatever thoughts to come that
Benedictine community, burdened and I will give you rest.” – Matthew 11:v28
need to come,” she told the newspaper. “I have about two
and its members will discern
In California, the Sisters of Nazareth have headquarters in
Los Angeles and also have communities in San Diego,
In living your life, have only one desire, Fresno and San Rafael.
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Monthly Vocation Discernment meetings are also held.
What is God’s desire Contact Sr. Fintan for more information.
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✝ VOCATIONS
U.S. seminary in Rome experiences enrollment boost
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The Pontifical North
American College in Rome experienced an increase in its
enrollment of seminarians as it welcomed a freshmen class
of 52 students earlier this school year. Now the total num-
ber of students enrolled in the U.S. seminary is 185, includ-
ing two men from the Archdiocese of San Francisco –
David Schunk, a third-year theology student, and Joseph
Previtali, who will return to the college for a final year of
study after completing his current pastoral field work at St.
Anne of the Sunset Parish in San Francisco.
The enrollment is the most in the past 40 years, said
✝
Msgr. James F. Checchio, the college’s rector.
While the upturn reflects U.S. national trends, the rector said
enrollment also has been boosted because more dioceses are
sending their men to Rome for preparation for the priesthood.
“There are 14 new dioceses that have men here that did
not last year,” including many dioceses from the Midwest
and the South, he told Catholic News Service.
The college also has “a pretty good number,” 74 priests,
who are pursuing graduate degrees in Rome and living at
its Casa Santa Maria, he said. “A few years ago (that num-
David Schunk Joseph Previtali ber) had been down to 57,” he said.

L.A. seminary to honor Cardinal Levada and Cardinal Manning

The Archdiocese of Los Angeles’ St. John’s Seminary
in Camarillo plans to create endowed chairs to honor “two
great friends of the seminary known for their faithful priest-
ly service,” Msgr. Craig Cox, rector, told The Tidings,
newspaper of the Los Angeles Archdiocese.
The Cardinal Timothy Manning Chair in Priestly
Spirituality and the Cardinal William J. Levada Chair in
Systematic Theology will each secure a $1.8 million
endowment. Interest income from each endowed chair will
support the salary and benefits needed for a St. John’s
Seminary faculty member teaching in the seminary’s theol-
ogy and priestly formation programs.
“Cardinal Manning was one of the seminary’s strongest
supporters in our almost 70 years of educating priests,” said
Msgr. Cox. “As a priest, auxiliary bishop and archbishop of
the Archdiocese of Los Angeles, he provided decades of
leadership and was much beloved in the Southern
California Catholic community.”
During his service in Los Angeles Cardinal Manning
ordained 349 priests and confirmed an estimated 650,000
people.
The Cardinal Levada Chair in Systematic Theology will
focus on the study of “the deepest mysteries of our faith as
proclaimed in the Creed at Mass,” Msgr. Cox said. While
serving as a faculty member of St. John’s, then-Father
You haven’t chosen me. I have chosen you.”
“Tu no me has elegido. Yo te he elegido a ti.”
William Levada taught the courses in systematic theology.
“Together with his current service as prefect of the
Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, a chair in system-
atic theology is a wonderfully appropriate way to honor
Cardinal Levada as well as to emphasize the intimate connec-
tion between theology and pastoral ministry,” said Msgr. Cox.
Cardinal Levada is a native of Long Beach, a graduate
of St. John’s Seminary College, and a former priest and
auxiliary bishop of Los Angeles.
John 15:16

Serving the Archdiocese of San Francisco Since 1854

For information, please contact:
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E-mail: gloya@pbvmsf.org
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God, our Father, In Your love and providence, You call each of us to a more
415.422.5001 holy and abundant life. We pray for our young people in the Archdiocese of
San Francisco. Open their hearts and minds to know the vocation You have
planned for them from all eternity. If they are being invited to follow You as a
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challenging call and the strength to follow wherever You lead them. May
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Please Pray Daily

Sisters of the Holy Family
• Community Life
• Prayer & Spirituality
• Compassionate Service
• Shared Vision
advocate for the poor and
• Diverse Ministries
Do you feel God may be calling you to diocesan priesthood?
“¿Te sientes atraído a servir como sacerdote diocesano?”
If you have any questions, please contact
Fr. Thomas Daly
To seek out and
Office of Vocations

Sr. Kathy Littrell, Vocation Director

needy, especially families,
for the Kingdom of God. 415-614-5683
Sisters of the Holy Family
P.O. Box 3248, Fremont, CA 94539 • 510-624-4511
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14 Catholic San Francisco January 11, 2008

✝ VOCATIONS ✝
‘Beatitudes’ for encouraging
Church vocations in the family
Blessed are the children of parents who . . . ✝ Encourage their children to consider priesthood and
religious life as well as marriage.
✝ Witness love for their spouse, their children, their
neighbor and the world. — Brother John Samaha, SM

✝ Talk freely about the presence of God in the joys and

sorrows of their lives.

✝ Remind their children that they are loved by God and

have been given gifts to serve others.

✝ Lead their family in prayer.

✝ Speak positively about Sisters, Brothers, priests and

deacons.
✝ Participate in the lay ministries and activities of their
parish and community.

✝ Invite a deacon, priest, Brother or Sister to their home.

Serra crab feed Feb. 23 Discernment retreat for

The Serra Club of San Francisco will hold its women January 18-20
annual All You Can Eat Crab Feed Feb. 23 at St. The Sisters of Mercy, Burlingame, have scheduled a
Anne of the Sunset’s Moriarity Hall, Funston Weekend Discernment Retreat Jan. 18-20 for women inter-
Avenue and Judah Street in San Francisco, begin- ested in learning more about life as a member of a religious
ning with a no-host social at 6:30 community.
p.m. and dinner at 7:30 p.m. To be held at Mercy Center, 2300 Adeline Dr., Burlingame,
Proceeds help continue the retreat will include prayer, reflection, quiet time and allow
the Serra Club’s mission to participants to “meet” Mercy Sister Foundress Catherine
encourage vocations in the McAuley via a presentation by Mercy Sister Patricia Galli.
Church. Tickets are $40. For additional information, contact Mercy Sister Cindy
Call Diana Heafey at (415) Kaye, at (650) 340-7434 or kayenun@yahoo.com.
731-6379 or e-mail A similar retreat is also scheduled at Mercy Center
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April 4-6. Bay Area have joined to offer information on discern-
ment of religious vocations, faith sharing, ministry,
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Psalm 29:1-2, 3-4, 3, 9-10;
Acts 10:34-38; Matthew 3:13-17
A READING FROM
THE PROPHET ISAIAH
IS 42:1-4, 6-7
Thus says the Lord: Here is my servant
whom I uphold, my chosen one with whom I
am pleased, upon whom I have put my spirit;
he shall bring forth justice to the nations, not
crying out, not shouting, not making his voice
heard in the street. a bruised reed he shall not
break, and a smoldering wick he shall not
quench, until he establishes justice on the
earth; the coastlands will wait for his teaching.
I, the Lord, have called you for the victory of
justice, I have grasped you by the hand; I formed
you, and set you as a covenant of the people, a
light for the nations, to open the eyes of the blind,
to bring out prisoners from confinement, and
from the dungeon, those who live in darkness.
RESPONSORIAL PSALM
PS 29:1-2, 3-4, 3, 9-10
R. The Lord will bless his people with peace.
Give to the Lord, you sons of God,
give to the Lord glory and praise,
Give to the Lord the glory due his name;
adore the Lord in holy attire.
R. The Lord will bless his people with peace.
The voice of the Lord is over the waters,
the Lord, over vast waters.
The voice of the Lord is mighty;
the voice of the Lord is majestic.
R. The Lord will bless his people with peace.
The God of glory thunders,
and in his temple all say, “Glory!”
The Lord is enthroned above the flood;
the Lord is enthroned as king forever.
Archbishop’s homily: Feast of Epiphany
Christianity ‘not a story of our search for God, but of God’s search for us’
Following is the text of the homily
delivered Jan. 6, the Feast of the
Epiphany, at St. Mary’s Cathedral by
Archbishop George H. Niederauer.
Epiphany is a feast of light, the cele-
bration of the “shining forth” of the new-
born Jesus as Light and Savior of the
world. Light is a feature of the entire story
of Christmas for us Christians: the angel
appearing to the shepherds; Simeon in the
Temple in Jerusalem, calling Jesus a light
to the nations; our own use of lights and
candles to decorate our churches, our
homes and our streets; the emphasis on
light in late December and early January,
during the darkest days of the year. Now,
today, we have this story of the light of a
star that leads wise men to the newborn
king.
This light is the theme of Isaiah the
prophet in our first reading: “Jerusalem,”
he cries out, “your light has come: in the
midst of darkness and thick clouds cover-
ing the earth, the glory of the Lord shines
upon you.” For the people of Israel, then in
exile in a foreign land, Isaiah was promis-
ing redemption, renewal and a new life,
restored to their own land. And the prom-
ise goes beyond the Jewish people, to all
peoples. Isaiah tells the Israelites,
“Nations shall walk by your light!”
That theme of inclusiveness, of many
peoples being blessed in the birth of the
Messiah, is very important in Matthew’s
Gospel. This Gospel was written for early
Jewish converts to the Christian faith, and
Matthew again and again connects the
Hebrew Scriptures with this new revela-
tion of God’s saving plan in Jesus Christ.
In his beautiful story of the magi or wise
men from the east Matthew does not say
that they are kings and he does not tell us
they are three in number, though that is a
BAPTISM
OF THE
LORD
Isaiah 42:1-4, 6-7;
R. The Lord will bless his people with peace.
A READING FROM THE
ACTS OF THE APOSTLES
ACTS 10:34-38
Peter proceeded to speak to those gath-
ered in the house of Cornelius, saying: “In
truth, I see that God shows no partiality.
Rather, in every nation whoever fears him
and acts uprightly is acceptable to him.
You know the word that he sent to the
Israelites as he proclaimed peace through
Jesus Christ, who is Lord of all, what has
happened all over Judea, beginning in
Galilee after the baptism that John preached,
how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with
the Holy Spirit and power. He went about
doing good and healing all those oppressed
by the devil, for God was with him.”
A READING FROM THE GOSPEL
ACCORDING TO MATTHEW
MT 3:13-17
Jesus came from Galilee to John at the
Jordan to be baptized by him. John tried to
prevent him, saying, “I need to be baptized
by you, and yet you are coming to me?”
Jesus said to him in reply, “Allow it now,
for thus it is fitting for us to fulfill all right-
eousness.” Then he allowed him.
After Jesus was baptized, he came up from
the water and behold, the heavens were opened
for him, and he saw the Spirit of God descend-
ing like a dove and coming upon him. And a
voice came from the heavens, saying, “This is
my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased.”
good guess because they bring Jesus three
gifts. In this story, these seekers take a
long journey, following the bright light of
the star. They meet a vicious, dangerous
king, Herod. They persevere and find the
holy child of great destiny. They worship
him, give him their gifts, and (warned by
God’s message) they go home by a differ-
ent route.
What important truth of our faith is
Matthew—is the Church—teaching us
with this story, this feast? St. Paul, in our
second reading, gives the answer: Paul
writes to his converts at Ephesus, telling
them that his ministry is the preaching of
the Gospel, the good news. What is that
good news? Paul says it is the revelation of
God’s secret plan, which had been
unknown for many ages, but is now
revealed: the plan that in Christ Jesus,
Jews and gentiles alike—all peoples of all
times and all places—will be members of
the same body or people of the Lord. We
will all be sharers of the same promise of
salvation, rescued from sin and death,
promised life now in God, and life eternal.
On this Feast of Epiphany we see and cel-
ebrate this shining forth of God’s promise
and plan in the newborn Jesus, and the
sharing of all peoples, symbolized in the
journey of these wise men from the east.
For us Catholic Christians, though, sal-
vation is not some sort of spectator sport,
like bowl games. We are meant to be par-
ticipants. Salvation was interactive long
before television or computers. This shin-
ing plan of God for our salvation in Jesus
Christ confronts you and me with choices.
We could even call this story of the
wise men from the east “A Tale of Two
Kings.” In their story this morning these
seekers with their gifts meet two kings:
Herod and Jesus. Herod is powerful, rich
January 11, 2008
Scripture reflection
FATHER ANDREW GREELEY
Baptism of Jesus encourages
a realistic look at his humanity
The baptism of Jesus was a problem
for his followers. John’s disciples could
always lord it over the disciples of Jesus:
“Our master baptized your master, nah,
nah, nah!” It also creates a problem for
those hyper-orthodox Catholics today
who so emphasize the divinity in Jesus
that there is little room for his humanity.
They are also boxed in by the phrase that
Jesus grew in wisdom, age and grace.
Any suggestion that God might grow
scares them.
An authentic Christology, however,
which sees Jesus like the rest of us in all
things save sin, sees no problem in his
listening to the Baptist and going through
a ceremony of renewal and rededication
before he began his public life. Did Jesus
learn anything from the Baptist? If, like
all humans, he grew in understanding
and maturity, the only appropriate
answer is that of course he did.
And so now a story for those who
object to the humanity of Jesus: Once
upon a time a family moved into a new
house. It was a very nice house with a lot
more room than in their old house.
However, it was also strange. When it
came time to go to bed, the three children
and dangerous. A type familiar in our
world today! Referring to the rumor of a
newborn king, Matthew tells us at one
point: “At this news King Herod became
greatly disturbed, and with him all
Jerusalem.” Believe me, when Herod the
Great became greatly disturbed, if you
were anywhere in the vicinity, you would
have become greatly disturbed too! The
Jewish historian Josephus tells us that
Herod, on his deathbed, gave orders that
all the most important citizens of
Jerusalem be slain after he himself died,
so that there would be lots of weeping in
the city. Herod put so many of his own
children to death that the people had a say-
ing: it was safer to be Herod’s pig than
Herod’s son.
Now contrast King Herod with Jesus
the King: a small helpless child is king,
with the power to change and save the
world. Jesus is not rich or powerful or dan-
gerous in the sense of worldly rulers. He’s
not at all a familiar king. Still, 2000 years
later, the dates on our calendars don’t have
anything to do with Herod, but they have
to do with the birth of Jesus Christ. Most
people would not know anything about
Herod, except for his connection with this
obscure, unimportant baby in a hut in the
small town of Bethlehem, soon to be an
exiled, homeless immigrant in Egypt.
You and I must choose between these
two kings, Herod the Great and Jesus
Christ. “Well, that’s easy!” you may say. Is
it? Is it really so easy to choose powerless-
ness, to choose not always being in con-
trol, not always trying to know it all, to
choose to surrender to God’s will in our
lives, to choose a spiritual journey that
takes us through uncertainties, and
demands that we trust in God all the days
of our lives? In a sense, God “journeyed
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were very sleepy. They didn’t like their
rooms because they were unfamiliar and
they didn’t like the house because it was
not their old house and they didn’t like
anything because they were so tired.
Well, finally they fell asleep and had
terrible nightmares. Then they woke up
and were frightened and angry. Their
parents didn’t come to the room to tuck
them in again. This made them more
frightened and angry. So they stormed
down stairs and discovered that both
their parents had fallen asleep in the
front room, their mother on the couch
and their father on an easy chair. The
kids were shocked and dismayed. What
good were parents who grew so tired
when they moved to a new house that
they forgot their kids and just fell asleep.
Their parents were not perfect. So they
woke their mommy up and shouted at
her. Why did you go to sleep on us
mommy? Because I’m human she said
and I get tired. Even Jesus got tired.
Yeah, said the kids, but he wasn’t our
mommy!
Father Andrew Greeley is an author,
journalist, sociologist and teacher.
far” to us: to become weak and human, yet
to remain God’s eternal Son. Our Christian
religion is not a story of our search for
God, but of God’s search for us.
God has reached out toward us. He
calls us to reach back to him, over and
over again in our lives. In this Eucharist
this morning Jesus comes to us in the
bread and wine as we receive his Body and
Blood, the Bread from heaven. In these
words of Scripture God’s Word speaks to
us and call us to make that Word our own.
God our Father gives us the light of his
grace in the teaching and example of
Jesus, his Son, but we choose which light
we will walk in. We choose between the
two kings: we can choose Herod, and we
do so each time we react with suspicion,
distrust, selfishness, hardened refusal to
forgive, knee-jerk judgments born of prej-
udices against individuals or groups, or
anything or anyone new or strange or dif-
ferent. So many ways to choose Herod.
However, we can learn from the magi in
today’s Gospel story. They were changed
by their journey. They were literally
“enlightened;” “they went back to their
country by another route,” Matthew tells us.
Our “country” of the spirit, of the heart, is
now the kingdom of Jesus, the Light of our
world. We can choose King Jesus over
King Herod. Now we can walk by the light
of his words and the strength of the food on
his altar each day. Again and again we can,
like those wise men, return to our “country”
and to our king, Jesus, “by another route,”
the route of faith in his teaching and his
ways, of hope in his light and strength, of
love for him and for all whom he loves and
forgives. In this new year, let us wake up,
see the light, choose our king, and follow
him, wherever he leads, confident that he is
bringing us home.
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Barring church door
was not Jesus’ message
Earlier this week, on the morning (Jan. 8) of his swearing-in cere-
mony for a second term as mayor of San Francisco, Gavin Newsom
attended the 9 a.m. morning Mass at Mission San Francisco de Asis,
named after St. Francis of Assisi – the patron of the City.
More commonly known as Mission Dolores, it was here on the
Feast of Saints Peter and Paul, June 29, 1776, that two Franciscan
priests celebrated the first Mass at what would become the first church
in the Archdiocese of San Francisco.
In an earlier age, news that a San Francisco mayor, who often hap-
pened to be Catholic, had attended Mass on any given day would not
be unusual. In a very good and healthy way, the history of the Catholic
Church in northern California and the history of the City of San
Francisco are closely intertwined.
We now are in a very different age, and there has been grumbling
from people with diverse points of view about Mayor Newsom’s deci-
sion to attend Mass with his family as a start of the first day of his sec-
ond term. Some people were not pleased that the Mayor (a baptized
Catholic) accorded any respect to the Catholic Church at all. On the
other hand, some fervent Catholics expressed concern prior to the
Mass and demanded that Newsom be refused Holy Communion. Still
other critics suggested that the Mayor, in some way, was using religion
for political purposes.
However, the Mass at Mission Dolores was not a public event at
which the Mayor held center stage. God did. If there were political
considerations in the Mayor’s decision to start the first day of his sec-
ond term by worshiping at Mass with his family, they are not appar-
ent. The weekday celebration of the Holy Eucharist at Mission
Dolores with the Mayor and his family in attendance was holy and rev-
erent, and for his own reasons, the Mayor did not present himself to
receive Holy Communion.
Certainly, Mayor Newsom has taken some public positions in the
past that are counter to Church teaching. But this does not mean we
should bar the church door whenever he appears. As Catholics and fol-
lowers of Jesus Christ, we must continue to be welcoming to all who
want to worship God with us.
We think Catholics in the Archdiocese of San Francisco view the
Mayor’s coming to Mass as a good thing. Catholics appreciate the
concern Mayor Newsom has shown for the poor and marginalized, and
they pray for the Mayor as he fulfills the responsibilities of his office.
At the same time, we pray that his understanding of Catholic teaching
be enhanced.
On a broader scale — which surpasses consideration of any single
person — we recognize that all of us are in need of redemption. We
know that Jesus himself said he came to save sinners; we recall his
parable about the shepherd leaving his flock to find the lost lamb; and
we hear in Holy Scripture again and again Christ’s teaching on the
need to forgive.
Of course, much lies outside of this short observation. Being a wel-
coming Church does not mean that in our beliefs we move with the
wind or the moment. In fulfilling our mission to proclaim the Good
News of Jesus Christ, we must welcome all faithful to the truth that
has been revealed by God.
Walk for Life, Jan. 19
The fourth annual “Walk for Life West
Coast” will be held Jan. 19 in San
Francisco. A rally with impressive speakers
will begin at 11 a.m. at Justin Herman
Plaza, and a peaceful walk to the Marina
Green starts at noon. This event has become
an important part of a movement that rec-
ognizes the harm that abortion brings to
women, men and families. Prior to the
event, Archbishop George H. Niederauer,
along with bishops of surrounding dioceses,
will celebrate Mass at 8 a.m. at St. Mary’s
Cathedral. We urge all Catholics to support
the Walk for Life West Coast.
Pro-life includes respect
As a long-time, active parishioner of
St. Matthew’s Parish in San Mateo, a grad-
uate of the school, and as a school parent
for the past 14 years, I feel compelled to
comment on the dismissal of Mr. Ross Foti
from our parish. First of all, I want to be
clear that our priests and our parish are now
and have always been committed, both in
words and in deeds, to the sanctity of life at
every stage. The main contention that
Father Anthony McGuire, pastor, has with
Mr. Foti has nothing to do with Mr. Foti’s
pro-life position. Our parish has a long his-
tory of speaking out against abortion,
euthanasia and capital punishment. The
preachers emphasize the value of human
life at every stage of its development. For
example, in the prayers of petition, the
faithful pray for pregnant women to come
to full delivery. There is an active pro-life
committee in the parish which con-
stantly brings issues to the attention
of the faithful, and the parish has
hired a bus for the last several years
to facilitate participation in the March
for Life.
L ment on the Nov. 13 citizen’s arrest
The issue is that Mr. Foti has
brought gruesome pictures of bleed-
ing fetuses next to church property in
such a way that school parents have
to pass in front of them on their way
E Rooted in faith
to school each day. Many young chil-
dren have been frightened by them.
Father McGuire recommended to Mr.
Foti that these pictures may be suit-
able in front of the Planned
T voiced 10 years ago by one member
Parenthood Building, but they were
causing resentment and revulsion
among many parents.
For a while, Mr. Foti covered
T council attended a couple of meet-
them, but not for long. As a result,
Father McGuire organized a meeting
with Mr. Foti and 15 parents who
tried to explain to him that these pic-
tures were traumatizing their chil-
E so moved by the experience of a
dren, but Mr. Foti disagreed. Taking
matters in their own hands, the par-
ents then began covering the pictures.
The tension escalated to the point that
R munity, we joined them.
the noise was disturbing morning
Masses. At this point, Father
McGuire told Mr. Foti that, unless he
covered the truck and desisted from
attending the School Mass, he was no
S plaint, but also in action. Rooted not
longer welcome in the church and that if he
came the police would be called. He came,
and the police were called.
The reason for the dismissal was stub-
bornness and unwillingness to dialogue,
and, as a result, disturbing the community
life of St. Matthew Parish.
Carla Peccolo Woodworth
President,
St. Matthew Pastoral Council
Dialogue eschewed
I am writing in response to the recent
events at St. Matthew Catholic Church and
School involving Mr. Ross Foti. We as a
community do not disagree with the pro-
life message Mr. Foti expresses but we do
have issues with the means he has used to
spread this message. Over the course of this
school year Mr. Foti has been a major dis-
ruption to school operations, he has contin-
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ually aggravated, if not harassed, many
parental attempts at conflict resolution and
has shown zero interest in peaceful dia-
logue.
The core of this issue lies with our
children who have been repeatedly bom-
barded with his grotesque propaganda
which has led to much emotional distress.
Father Anthony McGuire arrived at St.
Matthew’s roughly three years ago and has
been a tremendous asset to our parish and
school family, especially our children. They
love this man. Father McGuire has the com-
plete support from the St. Matthew’s School
Consultative Board as well as school admin-
istration, faculty, student body and parental
community. We stand united. I thank you for
your time and consideration in this matter
and hope the Archdiocese of San Francisco
will stand firmly behind our pastor.
Joseph Kmak
Chairman, St. Matthew’s Catholic
School Consultative Board
(Ed. note: A background state-
of Ross Foti at St. Matthew Parish,
San Mateo, is carried on the parish
website: stmatthew-parish.org.)
Robert Johnson’s Dec. 7 con-
cern about the IAF (Industrial Areas
Foundation) “roots” of PICO was
of our parish council, when my
church was deciding to join
Peninsula Interfaith Action (PIA).
I and two other members of the
ings of the nascent “local organizing
committee” to investigate these
“subversives.” All three of us were
handful of ordinary parishioners
who were willing to step outside of
their normal comfort zones to pro-
duce positive changes in their com-
The result has been a growth in
our own faith, which is now rooted
not just in prayer, and not in com-
just in self-interest, but also in com-
munity-interest. The only “roots”
that we should be concerned with
are our own!
When Jesuit Father John Bauman
founded the Pacific Institute of
Community Organization in 1972 in
Oakland, he most certainly was drawing
upon the effective organizing principles
developed by Saul Alinsky in Chicago for
the IAF. But there the relationship ends.
The PICO organizing model is faith
based, providing an effective technology
for us to move the moral underpinnings of
our faith out of the pews to be realized
within our greater community.
It is also grassroots. Issues are deter-
mined by the individual parish members
talking to fellow parishioners. Prudential
solutions are forged by our own creativity
and by the political processes of our dem-
ocratic society with the moral compass of
our faith guiding the solution, not by
PICO or any of its affiliated organiza-
tions, and not simply by the secular meas-
ures of power and money which chart the
course in the absence of inclusive com-
munity involvement. PICO is also inter-
faith. Many of the 1000 congregations
belonging to the PICO Network are
Roman Catholic parishes, but many more
are Protestant, Jewish and Unitarian com-
munities, each rooted in their individual
faith traditions, but all working together
for the common good and learning to love
each other as Christ loves them.
If you feel that “the way” might not
be manifested by a pious, fearful people
navigating among their exclusive environ-
ments of church, home and school/work
within the perceived security of their
SUVs and ignoring everything in
between, then check out www.piconet-
work.org. See what others have done,
imagine what your community could do,
and take action.
Philip C. Cosby
Belmont
 January 11, 2008 Catholic San Francisco 17

Spirituality for Life

Moral progress and moral regression
“We didn’t stop burning witches because we stopped
reading Scripture; we stopped burning witches because we
kept on reading Scripture.”
Gil Bailie, “Violence Unveiled,” wrote those words
and they teach a lesson we would be wise to learn as we
debate whether morality is progressing or declining today
within secular culture.
What Bailie’s axiom suggests is that history should be
written carefully. The past wasn’t all golden and the present
isn’t all bad, just as the past wasn’t all bad and the present
isn’t all good. Our age, like every other, has brought moral
advancements in some areas and moral decline in others.
Conservatives too easily idealize the past and demonize
the present. In their view, secular culture is generally seen to be
morally decadent, soft, hedonistic, shortsighted and superficial,
a fall from a better time, from a golden moral age wherein peo-
ple believed in God more strongly, were more generous, more
community-minded, more committed to church and more
responsible sexually. Conservatives tend to look at certain
moral indicators within our culture (abortion, euthanasia, fam-
ily breakdown, declining church attendance, sexual irresponsi- culture, so blind in some
bility) and see the whole culture as “a culture of death.” areas, is progressing
Liberals too easily do the opposite. They tend to see sec- morally in other areas. It
ular culture as an “enlightenment,” a huge moral advance over has stopped burning
many former moral blind-spots — racism, superstition, sexism, witches. In what way?
narrow fundamentalism, unhealthy fear and intolerance in the Christianity and the
name of God. Secular culture is seen as possessing the moral cross can be compared
high ground and this achievement is itself seen as the result of to a time-released
secular culture shedding the narrowness and restraints of reli- moral-capsule dissolv-
gion. For many liberals, we have stopped burning witches pre- ing slowly in history. We Father
cisely because we have stopped reading Scripture, or at least can trace some of the Ron Rolheiser
because we have stopped listening to organized religion. more salient moments in
What Bailie’s comment does is expose both views as this process. It took us,
too selective in their reading of history. the Christian world, 1800 to accept, unequivocally, that slav-
Conservatives are right in pointing out secular culture’s ery is wrong, but eventually we learned it. We kept reading
too-easy acceptance of abortion, family breakdown, euthana- Scripture long enough. It took us 2000 years, and the last
sia, faith without church, pornography and sex outside of pope, John Paul II, to accept that capital punishment is
marriage as major moral blind-spots, a regression that does wrong, but eventually too we learned that. We kept reading
make for a certain “culture of death.” But, as Bailie’s com- Scripture long enough. And it has taken us 2000 years and
ment also makes clear, that’s not the whole story. The same ROLHEISER, page 19

Deeper Waters
Following Christ means practicing empathy
Lately I’ve been reading about the life of Edith Stein,
also known as St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross. As a
result, I’ve become fascinated with the topic of her 1916
doctoral dissertation, empathy.
Empathy is the ability to taste a little of another per-
son’s experience despite the fact you can never really get
“inside the skin” of another human being completely. For
example, an empathetic surgeon shows with words and
facial expression real care about the patient as a person.
I wonder what would happen if Catholics in this coun-
try were to put aside the politics of right and left, practic-
ing empathy instead?
Let us consider the fictional case of Rachael, a young
adult, and Connie, a 60-something woman, who work in
the same office. Both are Catholic. One day their conversa-
tion turns to the latest announcement that a nearby parish is
going to offer an additional Sunday Mass in Latin.
When the topic arises, Rachael is bursting with excite-
ment while at the same time Connie feels a pit in her stomach.
This is the critical moment, when each one realizes the
other feels differently about the same topic. At this point,
they have a choice. Each may react defensively, fighting for
her views, neither listening to the other.
However, if they treat each other with kindness and
open hearts, truly listening to each other, there is a chance
for empathetic understanding.
If Connie shows interest in Rachael’s excitement, she
may discover that Rachael grew up in a very noisy, techno-
logical and “virtual” world. When Rachael attended a Mass leaders feared becom-
in Latin with a friend, she had a firsthand spiritual adven- ing “impure” by eating
ture into the world of reverential silence, classical music with sinners, Christ
and the transcendent nature of God. freely dipped his food
Likewise, if Rachael listens attentively to Connie, she may in the same dish. He
begin to understand Connie’s discomfort with the Latin Mass. showed empathy for
When Connie was a little girl, all Masses were in Latin. Her women in ways that
parish priest often preached about the pains of hell and said only bruised the social
Catholics go to heaven. Her favorite aunt, a Lutheran, died at taboos of his time,
this time. For Connie, old-style priest vestments, the scent of freely talking with Julie McCarty
incense and the sound of Latin chant dredge up her childhood women who were not
terror that her aunt might be burning in unending flames of fire. his kin and allowing
Empathy does not mean that either Connie or Rachael impure women to touch him. On the road to Emmaus, the
will necessarily change how they feel about the Latin Mass. risen Christ spent time listening attentively to the disciples’
However, if they have empathy, they will have more respect feelings before talking with them about the Scriptures.
and understanding for each other. This will help them work If we call ourselves followers of Christ, then we must
together in the office and pray side by side in church. also practice having an open heart and open mind toward
Practicing empathy is not for the morally weak. It others, no matter who they are. It is not enough to “love
takes inner strength to set aside one’s self-centeredness to each other” in the abstract if we are not willing to listen
really listen to another compassionately. empathetically. It is not enough to “defend the truth” if in
Neither is empathy only for women, as we can see by the process we practice war and hatred.
the fact St. Paul taught the same basic principle in the Without empathy, there can be no true peace in our
Letter to the Romans: “Rejoice with those who rejoice, churches or peace on earth.
weep with those who weep.” Julie McCarty is a syndicated columnist and author
I believe Jesus Christ, true God and true Man, is the
most empathetic person who ever lived. His empathy was of “The Pearl of Great Price: Gospel Wisdom
one of standing beside people and sharing their pain, not for Christian Marriage” (Liturgical Press).
lording over them (see Matt. 20:25-28). While religious Her website is www.juliemccarty.com .

The Catholic Difference

Civility not same as pusillanimity
Thoughtful Americans across the spectrum of political
opinion are rightly concerned about the degree to which our
national politics has degenerated into the manipulation of
consumer desires and passions, often by the seductions of
the electronic media. That those manipulations can have a
nasty edge to them is just as obvious, and just as deplorable.
Christian faith should bring the leavens of reason and civil-
ity to public life, for Christian faith teaches us that the
“other,” including the politically “other,” is a human person
possessed of reason and deserving of respect.
All the more reason, then, to regret that the recent
“Catholic Call to Observe Civility in Public Debate,” issued
at a press conference in Washington on Nov. 6, should mis-
construe civility in such a way as to set civility against the
charity we owe the “other” in the form of truth-telling.
The money paragraph in the “Catholic Call to
Civility” reads as follows:
“As lay Catholics we should not exhort the Church to
condemn our political opponents by publicly denying them
Holy Communion based on public dissent from Church teach-
ings. An individual’s fitness to receive Communion is his or
her personal responsibility. And it is a bishop’s responsibility
to set for his diocese the guidelines for administering
Communion.”
Here, I fear, is a host of confusions presenting itself as
a call for civility.
Was it uncivil to remind the public that Senator John
Kerry, during his 2004 campaign, misrepresented the
Catholic pro-life argument as somehow sectarian, when in
fact the Church’s defense of the dignity of human life from
conception until natural death is based on first principles of
justice that can be known by anyone willing to work through
an argument? Is it uncivil to point out that Catholic politicians
of both major parties continue to misrepresent the character
and source of Catholic pro-life conviction? I don’t think so.
Is it uncivil to ask our bishops, with the respect due the
fullness of holy orders, to exercise the singular responsibility
they bear for safeguarding the integrity of the Church’s sacra-
ments – even if doing so means bringing upon themselves the
opprobrium of a hostile secular press? I don’t think so.
Is it uncivil to point out to fellow Catholics that they
are putting their souls in peril when they willfully ignore
the first principles of justice, or when they ignore the
Church’s two millenium-long teaching on worthiness to
receive holy Communion? Or is such truth-telling an exer-
cise in fraternal charity – indeed, a fraternal responsibility?
Is it uncivil for Catholics to remind each other there is a
hierarchy of issues in the application of Catholic social doc-
trine to American public life, and that the life issues, precisely
because they engage first principles of justice, must be given
priority in evaluating a candidate’s fitness for public office? Is
it uncivil – or is it a necessary act of charity in the form of truth-
telling – for Catholic constituents to remind Catholic legisla-
tors they cannot be given a moral or political pass on the life
issues because they agree
with the U.S. Conference
of Catholic Bishops on the
minimum wage, or health
care, or immigration law
reform?
The first thing we owe
our fellow-citizens is the
truth as we understand it, George Weigel
for truth-telling in vigorous
public exchange is democ-
racy’s lifeblood. America is a proposition country, and one
important index of the health of our republic is the degree to
which the proposition – that all human beings are created equal
and deserve the equal protection of the laws – is received by our
people and given public effect by our legislators. That is why
the life issues are today’s premier civil rights issues. When fel-
low Catholics who are legislators fail to understand this, it is not
uncivil to call them to reconsider, privately if possible, publicly
if necessary. It is a necessary act of fraternal charity.
By all means, let us be civil in making arguments. But
civility must not be confused with pusillanimity nor set
against the imperative of speaking truth to power: calmly,
clearly and persistently.
George Weigel is a senior fellow of the Ethics and
Public Policy Center in Washington, D.C.
18 Catholic San Francisco January 11, 2008

obituary

Deacon John Hutzler funeral Mass celebrated Christmas eve

By Tom Burke
A funeral Mass for Deacon John Hutzler
was celebrated Dec. 24 at St. Gabriel
Church in San Francisco. Deacon Hutzler
died Dec. 18. Ordained to the diaconate in
1990, he was 69 years old. Deacon Hutzler
served at several parishes in the
Archdiocese including St. Gabriel, St.
Emydius and most recently St. John of God.
Deacon Leon Kortenkamp, diaconate
director for the Archdiocese of San Francisco
and a classmate of Deacon Hutzler’s, assisted
at the altar for the funeral Mass.
“John was a very dedicated deacon and
close to many parishioners in the parishes
where he served,” Deacon Kortenkamp told
Catholic San Francisco. “He took sacred
liturgy very seriously. He was also very
dedicated to the community of deacons and
their wives and eager to support and partic-
ipate in diaconate community activities. We
will deeply miss his presence at our gather-
ings and ask all who knew and loved him to
join us in special prayers this Christmas
season for Deacon John and his family.”
“John recently traveled to the Holy Land
and found it to be a truly faith-filled experi-
ence,” said Deacon Rusty Duffey of St.
Robert Parish in San Bruno who was also
ordained in 1990.
While Deacon Hutzler was glad for all
of his ministerial appointments, it was
where he would finally serve that his heart
rested, Deacon Duffey said. “During our
conversations, John would often express
that he was most grateful to liturgy by Father Seagrave.
the community of St. John Salt Lake City Bishop John
of God,” Deacon Duffey Wester, whom Deacon
said. “He truly appreciated Hutzler often assisted at
his ministry with them and confirmations and other
was thankful for their rites when he was an auxil-
prayers and support.’ iary bishop of the
Father Tom Seagrave, Archdiocese of San
pastor of St. John of God, Francisco, and Reno Bishop
was principal celebrant at Randolph Calvo, a former
the funeral Mass. St. priest of the Archdiocese of
Gabriel pastor, Father John Deacon John Hutzler San Francisco who also
Ryan, concelebrated. The St. John of God knew Deacon Hutzler in ministry, sent similar
choir led song. notes and said they were praying for the late
Archbishop George Niederauer and deacon, his family and the deacon community.
Auxiliary Bishop Ignatius Wang, who were Remembrances may be sent to Deacon
unable to attend the Mass due to previous com- Hutzler’s brother, Thomas Hutzler, 5242
mitments, sent condolences announced at the Ridgevale Way, Pleasanton, 94566.

Legend dies . . .
■ Continued from page 7
tions for lifelong commitment to youth:
Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory’s certifi-
cate of service and Board of Supervisors of
the City and County of San Francisco recog-
nition for his work and commitment.
The San Francisco honor stated: “You
have provided a safe, nurturing and stimulat-
ing environment to many young people,
which has had a significant effect on their
lives. You reflect the best of San Francisco
values.”
“Brother Columban Derby touched the
lives of thousands of young people during his
many years of service to Sacred Heart
Cathedral Preparatory and the other Lasallian
school communities at which he served,” said
SHCP President John Scudder. A fixture at
countless reunions, Masses and celebrations
through the years, Brother Columban
enjoyed interacting with the many students
once under his tutelage.
“He remained a close friend and loyal
alumnus after his retirement, and found great
joy being around his former students at vari-
ous events; hearing of their lives and how
much they valued their time with him at
Sacred Heart. Brother dedicated his life to
young people and enjoyed a remarkable
career as an educator, administrator, leader
and friend. He’s truly a legend,” Scudder
added.
Brother Columban is survived by several
cousins: Antoinette and Richard Dixon, San
Francisco; Claire and Lee Jones, New
Canaan, Conn.; Edwin Borello, Novato;
Gabrielle Clausen, San Francisco; and Erick
and Ellen Engman, Daly City.
Funeral services are scheduled for tomor-
row, Jan. 12, in the Mont La Salle Chapel,
4401 Redwood Rd., Napa. Viewing will
begin at 9 a.m.; funeral liturgy will be at 10
a.m.; interment will be at the Brothers’ ceme-
tery at Mont La Salle. In lieu of flowers,
donations to the Lasallian Education Fund,
De La Salle Institute, 4401 Redwood Rd.,
Napa 94558, have been requested.
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Walk for Life to be broadcast nationally by Catholic network

Eternal World Television Network coverage of the
fourth annual Walk for Life West Coast along San
Francisco’s northern waterfront will focus on the pre-
event Rally for Life at Justin Herman Plaza, where thou-
sands of participants are expected to assemble.
Live broadcasting is scheduled to begin Jan. 19 at
10:30 a.m. and encore later that day at 10 p.m., on Jan. 22
at 2 p.m. and on Jan. 24 at 2 p.m.
Scheduled rally speakers include Alveda King, niece
of assassinated civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King,
Jr.; Eduardo Verastegui, the star of the movie “Bella,” and
Father Frank Pavone, national director of Priests for Life.
EWTN also will telecast the annual “March for Life”
gathering in Washington, D.C., starting with a Solemn
Vigil Mass for Life at the Basilica of the National Shrine
of the Immaculate Conception, Jan. 21 at 4 p.m.
Live coverage at the Basilica continues on Jan. 22
with a Mass for Life at 4:30 a.m. for March participants.
Later, EWTN cameras will follow as the March for Life
proceeds along Constitution Avenue to a Rally for Life at
the Washington Monument, Jan. 22 at 8 a.m. (4 hours).
The march and rally telecast will encore Jan. 22 at 7 p.m.,
Jan. 23 at 6 a.m. and Jan. 26 at 10 a.m.
Other upcoming ETWN programming includes
“Walsingham: England’s Nazareth,” a documentary on
the Shrine of Our Lady of Walsingham in Norfolk, a
place of pilgrimage since medieval times that is now
England’s Roman Catholic National Shrine of Our Lady,
Jan. 20 at 7 p.m., Jan. 23 at 11 a.m. and Jan. 25 at 1 a.m.
EWTN also will provide live coverage from Rome of
the celebration of vespers on the Feast of the Conversion
of St. Paul, Jan. 25 at 8:30 a.m., with an encore Jan. 25 at
2 p.m. Pope Benedict XVI will preside over the vesper
service which will take place in the Basilica of St. Paul-
Outside-the-Walls.
EWTN is carried on Comcast Digital Channel 229;
Astound Channel 80; San Bruno Cable Channel 143;
DISH Satellite Channel 261; and Direct TV Channel 370.
Comcast airs EWTN on Channel 70 in Half Moon Bay
and on Channel 74 in southern San Mateo County. Visit
www.ewtn.com for more program information and cover-
age updates.

Walk for Life West . . .

■ Continued from cover
Verástegui, the star of the movie “Bella,” has also been
invited.
The West Coast walk precedes the 35th national March
for Life, which will be held in Washington, D.C., on
Tuesday, Jan 22. That event will include a rally on the
National Mall, a march to the Supreme Court and meetings
with members of Congress.
In a Jan. 1 post on the Priests for Life blog, Father
Pavone noted that 2008 is an election year and called for
“massive efforts to register pro-life voters, to distribute the
clear teaching of the Church (and of common sense) about Eduardo Verastegui Jesse Romero Gianna Jessen Father Frank Pavone
the absolute priority of the right to life as the issue in any
and every election, and a massive get-out-the-vote drive November iniative on family notification of a minor’s local pro-life events marking the 35th anniversary of Roe
when voting time starts.” pending abortion. The proposed initiative, called Sarah’s vs. Wade.
Childress said the presidential race is not something he Law, or the Child and Teen Safety Stop Predators Act of The 21st annual interfaith memorial service for abortion
intends to dwell on in his remarks at the West Coast walk. 2008, would require a doctor to notify a parent, or, in case victims will be held at St. Mary’s Cathedral on Friday, Jan.
“I focus more on the conscious of America,” he said. of parental abuse, another adult family member of an une- 18, at 7:30 p.m. Father Pavone will speak along with Elder
“When that is pricked, we will see a change.” mancipated minor 48 hours before performing an abortion Walter Hoye II of Progressive Missionary Baptist Church
This year’s walk comes at a time when California pro- on her. in Berkeley. Representatives of 40 or more pro-life groups
life advocates are gathering signatures for a possible The Walk for Life West Coast culminates a series of will place roses on a table at the bottom of the altar to
remember unborn children who have been aborted.
The theme of the memorial service is “The Infant In My
rights and killed people in the name of God and of puri- Womb Leaped for Joy,” a reference to the Gospel story of
Rolheiser . . . ty of doctrine. Conversely, today, our secularized liberal the pregnant Elizabeth’s experience of the Holy Spirit in
■ Continued from page 17 culture, for all its heightened moral sensitivity within the the presence of Mary.
areas of race, gender, justice, tolerance and the integrity From 8 p.m. that Friday evening to 7 the next morning,
we are still, slowly, learning and accepting more and more of of creation, has its own glaring moral blind-spots in the an all-night adoration will be held at Sts. Peter and Paul
the implications of the Gospel in terms of social justice, areas of abortion, end of life issues, Church, family val- Church in North Beach.
equality for all and respect for the integrity of creation. ues and sexuality. The Walk for Life West Coast website is www.walkfor-
The good news is that we are, slowly, getting it. It is We need, all of us, to keep reading Scripture. lifewc.com.
no accident that, for instance, Holland, the most secular-
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Music TV Books RADIO Film Stage

School Department’s Lyford moves to Catholic radio station
By Tom Burke
Christopher Lyford has been appointed
director of community relations by
Immaculate Heart Radio network, new
owners of KOIT, now KSFB, 1260 AM, in
San Francisco. Until recently, Lyford had
been assistant superintendent for faith for-
mation and religious instruction with the
Department of Catholic Schools for the
Archdiocese of San Francisco.
“Essentially, I’ll be the radio station’s
local contact person,” Lyford told Catholic
San Francisco. “I’ll be making presentations
on the story and vision of the new station at
parishes, schools, clubs, young adult groups
and other prospective listener groups.”
He will also assist, he said, in setting up
local programming including a proposed
Bishop’s Hour that would feature the network is still looking for someone to
Archbishop George H. Niederauer of San handle community relations in the dioceses
Francisco, Bishop Allen Vigneron of of San Jose and Monterey where the sta-
Oakland, Bishop Daniel Walsh of Santa tion’s signal is also strong.
Rosa and Bishop Richard Garcia of Lyford said reentering Catholic radio
Monterey. was a major reason he accepted the new
“Immaculate Heart Radio is extremely job. “It has always been my dream to be
pleased to announce that Chris Lyford has part of a Catholic radio station in San
joined us as director of community relations Francisco,” Lyford said.
assigned to both the Archdiocese of San Lyford and his wife, Vickie, live in
Francisco and the Diocese of Santa Rosa,” Vallejo with their children Selah, 17, Luke,
said Lori Brown, the network’s vice presi- 13, James, 12, and Shaina, 8.
dent of organizational development. KSFB 1260 took over from KOIT AM
Brown noted Lyford’s “dedication to the Dec. 10. The station, Immaculate Heart
faith” and earlier experience in radio. Radio’s 20th outlet, is on the air 24 hours a
“In fact, Chris was involved in helping day and currently features a daily Mass and
Doug Sherman, our president, start the very rosary as well as programming from Eternal
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Song from ‘50s still paying off for Dominican who co-wrote it
By Peter Finney Jr. The band’s four other members — Ronnie Massa, alto sax; Lou,” the Sparks’ publisher filed suit, and Father Mangiaracina
Don Bailey, bass; Joe Lovecchio, tenor sax; and Don Connell, was given co-authorship with Pitney. Royalties from the song
HAMMOND, La. (CNS) — So what’s a nice, mild-man- drums — were still in high school. went to the priest’s mother until her death in 1988; now they
nered, 72-year-old Dominican priest doing collecting thou- For the two years the young man attended Loyola are forwarded to the Dominicans’ Southern province.
sands of dollars in royalty checks for a rock ‘n’ roll classic that University, he sustained the idea of a vocation to the priest- “Last year it was $35,000,” Father Mangiaracina said,
he co-wrote in the 1950s — a song eventually made famous by hood. But he also couldn’t get enough of rhythm and blues. smiling. “About three or four years ago, I got a check for
Ricky Nelson? “I would hear Fats Domino sing $90,000. When I was studying for the priesthood, I thought
(CNS PHOTO/COURTESY OF JUAN QUINTON)

Father Cayet Mangiaracina, who co- ‘Blueberry Hill’ and I tried to imitate about all the glory I could be sharing. But then, by the grace
wrote “Hello, Mary Lou, Goodbye Heart,” him,” Father Mangiaracina said. “We of God, God hit me in the head and said, ‘You’d better
simply shakes his head and chuckles played one night at Annunciation Parish rethink this.’”
about the song that keeps on giving. for a Friday night dance, and we had just
“The embarrassing thing about the finished a song when a bunch of white
song, which I wrote as ‘Merry, Merry teenagers came up to the band and said,
Lou,’ is that it sounds like I got jilted,” said ‘Gee, whiz, it’s a white band.’ That was
Father Mangiaracina, a New Orleans the greatest compliment I ever had.”
native who is parochial vicar of Holy In 1954 he sat down at his family’s
Ghost Church in Hammond. upright piano and banged out a tune he
“The words were like, ‘Why do you do
the things you always do? ... I sit here
titled “Merry, Merry Lou.” It became a Thinking about a will?
local hit for the Sparks.
sighing, just thinking all about you.’ In the A few years later when he had left
‘50s, songs didn’t make that much sense. Dominican Father Cayet New Orleans to study for the Dominican Request a free Wills Kit from CRS.
Rhythm was the big thing,” he told the Mangiaracina priesthood, the Sparks won a battle-of- Learn what you need to know
Clarion Herald, newspaper of the New Orleans Archdiocese. the-bands contest in New Orleans and earned a recording ses- before you see an attorney.
In 1953, Father Mangiaracina was 18, fresh out of Jesuit sion in New York City with Decca Records.
High School and considering a religious vocation when he One of the two original songs the band selected was
auditioned as a piano player for the Sparks, a rock ‘n’ roll group “Merry, Merry Lou.” Bill Haley and the Comets and Sam 1-800-235-2772 ext. 7318
whose five members played for $1 an hour at youth dances. Cooke liked the song so much they recorded their own ver-
He could only play chords, “but when we started to play sions. Then in the 1960s, Ricky Nelson released “Hello, Mary $"5)0-*$
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Mangiaracina recalled. Because the song was a dead ringer for “Merry, Merry

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Walk for Life West Coast
and related events
WWW.WALKFORLIFEWC.COM.
Jan. 18, 7:30 p.m.: Annual Interfaith Memorial
Service for Victims of Abortion, St. Mary’s
Cathedral, Gough and Geary St. in San Francisco.
Father Frank Pavone, national director of Priests for
Life is guest speaker. Refreshments follow. For infor-
mation, contact Vick Evans at (415) 614-5533 or
evansv@sfarchdiocese.org.
Jan. 19: The fourth annual Walk for Life West
Coast starts with Mass at 8 a.m. at St. Mary’s
Cathedral, Gough and Geary St. in San Francisco
with Archbishop George Niederauer presiding.
Speeches will begin at Justin Herman Plaza at
11a.m. Speakers include Alveda King, niece of Rev.
Martin Luther King, Jr.; Gianna Jessen, an abortion
survivor; Father Frank Pavone, national director of
Priests for Life; Jesse Ramero, radio host and evan-
gelist; and Eduardo Verastegui, star of “Bella,” the
film. At noon, the 2.5-mile walk from the Ferry
Building to Marina Green, begins. For more infor-
mation, go to www.walkforlifewc.com.
Eucharistic Adoration for Life: On Jan. 18-19,
from 8 p.m. on Jan. 18 to 7 a.m. on Jan. 19, Sts.
Peter and Paul Parish will have all-night eucharistic
adoration in preparation for the Walk for Life. People
are especially needed for midnight - 5 a.m. hours.
Secure entrance and well-lighted parking lot. 660
Filbert St. in San Francisco. Call Gibbons at (415)
421-0809 or e-mail gibbons@stspeterpaul.san-fran-
cisco.ca.us for more information.
St. Mary’s Cathedral
The following event will take place at the
cathedral of the Archdiocese located at Gough
and Geary St. in San Francisco.
Thursdays, Jan. 24 – April 17, 7:30 p.m.:
“Shedding Light on the Study of God: A Guided
Reading of St. Thomas Aquinas.” The free series
explores The Treatise on the Divine Nature, Part 1 of
St. Thomas’ Summa Theologiæ. Each session will
reflect independently on one of the Twelve Questions
of the reading. Participants are welcome to attend as
many or few evenings as they wish. The series will
be led by Stephen C. Córdova, who teaches philos-
ophy at the University of San Francisco and
Dominican University. Contact Stephen at cordo-
va@usfca.edu for details. No meeting March 20.
Taize/Chanted Prayer
1st Friday at 8 p.m.: Mercy Center, 2300 Adeline
Dr., Burlingame with Mercy Sister Suzanne Toolan.
Call (650) 340-7452; Young Adults are invited each
first Friday of the month to attend a social at 6 p.m.
prior to Taize prayer at 8 p.m. The social provides
light refreshments and networking with other young
adults. Convenient parking available. For informa-
tion contact, mercyyoungadults@sbcglobal.net.
1st Friday at 7:30 p.m.: Church of the Nativity,
210 Oak Grove Ave., Menlo Park at 7:30 p.m. Call
Deacon Dominic Peloso at (650) 322-3013.
Tuesdays at 6 p.m.: Notre Dame Des Victoires
Church, 566 Bush at Stockton, San Francisco with
Rob Grant. Call (415) 397-0113.
2nd Friday at 8 p.m.: Our Lady of the Pillar, 400
Church St. in Half Moon Bay. Call Cheryl Fuller at
(650) 726-2249.
1st Tuesday at 7 p.m.: National Shrine of St. Francis
of Assisi, 610 Vallejo St. at Columbus, San Francisco.
Call (415) 983-0405 or visit www.shrineSF.org.
Sundays: Gregorian Chant at the National Shrine
of Saint Francis, 610 Vallejo St., San Francisco, 12:15
p.m. Mass. For more information, call (415) 983-0405.
TV/Radio
Sunday, 6 a.m., WB Channel 20/Cable 13 and
KTSF Channel 26/Cable 8: TV Mass with Msgr.
Harry Schlitt presiding.
Saturday, 4 p.m.: Religious programming in
Cantonese over KVTO 1400 AM, co-sponsored by
Datebook
Students from the newly inaugurated Pro Life Club at St. Ignatius College Preparatory
School will be participating in the Walk for Life West Coast Jan. 19. The group has
focused its efforts on ending abortion, euthanasia and the death penalty, the school
said. Among those taking part will be sophomore Tim O’Reilly and the Pro-Life Club’s
two co-presidents, freshman Kristin Stiles and sophomore Emily Glaessner. For more
information about the Walk for Life West Coast visit www.walkforlifewc.com.
the Chinese Ministry and Chinese Young Adults of
the Archdiocese.
1st Sunday, 5 a.m., CBS Channel 5: “Mosaic,”
featuring conversations on current Catholic issues.
3rd Sunday, 5:30 a.m., KRON Channel 4: “For
Heaven’s Sake,” featuring conversations about
Catholic spirituality.
St. Agnes Spiritual Life Center
1611 Oak St. at St. Agnes Parish, San
Francisco – (415) 487-8560 or e-mail rose-
mary@saintagnessf.com.
Jan. 16 and 23, 7 p.m.: The A.S.K. (Ask, Seek,
Knock) Seminar: The Christian “Secret”. Are you com-
fortable asking God for specific things on a daily basis?
Do you think God cares about you personally and
would love to hear your requests? Or do you mainly ask
for things when times are a bit rough? Have you set
your goals for 2008? Would you like some help in that
process? Join Joe Murphy in an interactive seminar
which promises to change the way one views prayer.
Jan. 30, 7 p.m.: Join Jesuit Father Russ Roide as
he considers the following: Can I learn that being a
pilgrim is ok? Is having it all together an obstacle to a
healthy spirituality? Find God in the mess of our lives!
Food & Fun
Jan. 16: The fun continues at Immaculate
Conception Chapel where a spaghetti and meatball
lunch is served for $8 per person each third
Wednesday of the month. The feast begins at noon.
The family style lunches consist of salad, bread,
pasta and homemade meatballs. Beverages are
available for purchase. The meal is served in the
church hall, beneath the chapel. Call (415) 824-1762.
Jan. 19: A Night In Monte Carlo social and
fundraiser at St. Agnes Community Center, 1530
Page St., San Francisco. Doors open at 5 p.m. Enjoy
casino games, food, music and prizes. Tickets are
$40 in advance or $50 at the door. Admission
includes hors d’oeuvres, $25 in chips and one raffle
ticket. For more information or to purchase tickets in
advance, contact Rosemary Robinson (415) 487-
8560 or rosemary@saintagnessf.com).
Jan. 19, 5 – 9 p.m.: Wine and Cheese Spartanfest
benefiting Immaculate Conception Academy, 24th
and Guerrero St. in San Francisco with Silent
Auction/Photo Exhibit. The evening is filled with wine
tasting, food and a chance to win the grand prize of
a 6 night/7 day stay in a private condo in Kauai,
Hawaii with a $1000 gift certificate for airfare. Raffle
tickets are $20 each or 3 for $50. Tickets at $25 per
person include a complimentary ICA wine glass. Call
(415) 824-2052 or e-mail sgiverts@icacademy.org.
Jan. 19, 6:30 p.m.: Crab Feed and Dinner Dance
sponsored by Epiphany Parents Association in
Epiphany School Cafeteria. Tickets at $40
adults/$15 children 3-13 years of age include crab
dinner plus salad, bread and pasta. Call (415) 337-
4030, ext. 240.
Jan. 26, 5:30 p.m.: Crab dinner benefiting St.
Elizabeth Parish, Cantwell Hall, Wayland and
Goettingen St. in San Francisco. Includes choice of
crab or roast chicken dinner plus appetizers, salad,
dessert and coffee as well as open bar. Tickets are
$49 adults/$42 seniors. Call (415) 587-7858.
Jan. 26, 6 – 11 p.m.: Celebrate Mardi Gras at St.
Margaret Mary Parish Hall, Oakland. Live Music by
the Blues Box Bayou Band, Gourmet New Orleans-
Style Buffet, and auctions. All proceeds go to com-
plete renovation of the 75-year-old tower of St.
Margaret Mary Church. For ticket information, con-
tact Lily Mullen (925) 827-1946 or lilypad@sysma-
trix.net. Ticket deadline is Jan. 16.
Jan. 26: Crab Bowl benefiting St. Thomas More
Elementary School. Tickets are $40 and include an
“all you can eat crab extravaganza” with wine and
dessert. Sponsored by St. Thomas More Alumni
Association. Contact Linda at Lp1114@aol.com or
call (415) 218-0401.
Jan. 26: “Mardi Gras,” the San Francisco County
Council of Catholic Women’s Annual Fundraiser at
the Olympic Club with silent auction and no-host
cocktails starting at 11:30 a.m., followed by lunch-
eon at 12:30 p.m. and fashions by Simi’s of West
Portal. Tickets are $55 with tables of 10 available.
For more information, call Cathy Mibach at (415)
753-0234, and for reservations, checks can be sent
to Diana Heafey at 389 Dellbrook Ave., San
Francisco, 94131 or call (415) 731-6379.
Jan. 29, 7 – 8:30 p.m.: “Taking Your Career Pulse,”
Catholic networking at St. Dominic Church in modular
classroom, 2390 Bush St. at Steiner in San Francisco.
Reservations requested. Admission is free. Call (415)
664-0164 or e-mail daura@ccwear.com.
Reunions
Jan. 19: Notre Dame des Victoires Elementary School,
class of 1982, NDV Church Hall; $45 includes drinks, din-
ner and more. Contact Mary Vlahos at Marygv68@com-
cast.net if you would like to help or have questions.
Martin Luther King
Commemorations
Jan. 11, 7:30 p.m.: A celebration of the life and
legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. at St. Mary’s
Cathedral, Gough and Geary St. in San Francisco,
featuring the Touch of Class Youth Choir and Dance
and Ensemble and the Combined Adult Gospel Choir
of the Bay Area. Admission is free. For more informa-
tion, call Doug Benbow at (415) 567-2020, ext. 220.
Jan. 20: St. Paul of the Shipwreck Parish, San
Francisco, will welcome revivalist preacher Father
Maurice Nutt from Holy Names of Jesus and Mary
Catholic Church in Memphis, Tenn., as guest cele-
brant and homilist as part of the 23rd Annual Dr.
Martin Luther King Solidarity Gospel Mass at 10:30
a.m. St. Paul of the Shipwreck is located at 1122
Jamestown Ave.; phone (415) 468-3434). All are
invited. Refreshments will be served following Mass.
Single, Divorced, Separated
Information about Bay Area single, divorced
and separated programs are available from
Jesuit Father Al Grosskopf at (415) 422-6698.
Jan. 15, 6:30 p.m.: Quiz Dates - A Catholic sin-
gles party at Elephant and Castle Bar, 424 Clay St.
in San Francisco financial district. Tickets are $25 in
advance/$35 at door, space permitting. Open to all
Catholic singles. Visit www.quizdates.com for details
and to register.
Separated and divorced support groups: 1st
and 3rd Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. at St. Stephen
Parish Center, San Francisco; call Gail at (650) 591-
8452 or Vonnie at (650) 873-4236. 1st and 3rd
Thursday at St. Peter Parish Religious Education
Building, 700 Oddstad Blvd., Pacifica. Call Diana
Patrito or Joe Brunato at (650) 359-6313.
2nd and 4th Wednesday in Spanish at St.
Anthony Church, 3500 Middlefield Rd., Menlo Park
at 7:30 p.m. Call Toni Martinez at (650) 776-3795.
Catholic Adult Singles Association of Marin
meets for support and activities. Call Bob at (415)
897-0639 for information.
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schools and non-profit groups. Please
include event name, time, date, place,
address and an information phone number.
Listing must reach Catholic San Francisco
at least two weeks before the Friday
publication date desired. Mail your
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94109, or fax it to (415) 614-5633,
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I adore You and thank Virgin never known to fail.
You for being always Most beautiful flower of Mt.
available to me. I am Carmel Blessed Mother
sorry for my short- of the Son of God, assist
me in my need. Help me
comings and ask Your and show me you are my
help in being a witness
mother. Oh Holy Mary,
to You. Only You know Mother of God, Queen of
what I need. Please Heaven and earth. I
humbly beseech you from
assist me in my need. the bottom of my heart to
One Our Father, One help me in this need. Oh
Hail Mary. Publication Mary, conceived without sin.
may be made as soon Pray for us (3X).
as your favor is granted. Holy Mary, I place this
cause in your hands (3X).
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Oh, Holy St. Jude, Apostle and
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miracles, near Kinsman of Jesus Most beautiful flower of Mt. of Jesus be adored, Most beautiful flower of Mt. Most beautiful flower of Mt.
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assistance. Help me in my present Mother of God, Queen of
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and urgent petition. In return I Heaven and earth. I Heaven and earth. I Heaven and earth. I
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promise to make you be invoked.
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received to me the way to reach my ideal.
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that is done to me. I, in this short
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everything and confirm once
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more that I never want to be
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assistance. Help me in my present Jude helper of the Jude helper of the
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help me in this need. Oh Marys and Glorias. St. Jude pray for day for 9 days. day for 9 days.
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and my loved ones in your Pray for us (3X). This Novena has never been known
perpetual glory. Amen. You Holy Mary, I place this to fail. This Novena must be said 9
Never known to fail. Never known to fail.
may publish this as soon as consecutive days. Thanks.
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your favor is granted. M.A.B.
cause in your hands (3X).
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California CNA license and CPR certification required.
SUPERINTENDENT OF CATHOLIC SCHOOLS
Please send your resume to Sisters of Mercy, Human Resources, The Archdiocese of Seattle, located in the beautiful Pacific
2300 Adeline Drive, Burlingame, CA 94010 or Northwest, is seeking a faith-filled, experienced Catholic to
e-mail cmoore@mercyburl.org or fax (650) 373-4509 serve as its Superintendent of Catholic Schools beginning
July 1, 2008. Currently, there are sixty Catholic elemen-
tary schools and nine Catholic high schools located in the
SCHOOL PRINCIPAL
Notre Dame High School, embracing the charism of the
Archdiocese of Seattle. Two new high schools are planned.
The Catholic schools of the Archdiocese are equivalent to
the ninth largest school district in the State of Washington.
Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur, is a Diocesan Catholic college
preparatory school for young women. The current enrollment The Superintendent of Catholic Schools oversees the articu-
is 353 young women. A competent and caring Catholic lation, promotion, and implementation of a vision of Catholic
community consisting of 40 administers, teachers and staff Schools that flows from the mission of the local and
works with the principal in faith community affairs, academic Universal church, and ensures the long term health and
affairs and student affairs. A dedicated Board of Trustees vitality of Catholic Schools in the Archdiocese of Seattle. The
works with the principal in the areas of mission effectiveness, Superintendent is responsible for implementation of the
development affairs and business affairs. This 9th through Blue Ribbon Catholic Schools Study and Strategic Planning
in the deaneries where Catholic Schools are located.
12th grade school is located in the Diocese of Monterey on the
central coast of California just 20 minutes east of Monterey. Notre The successful candidate for this position will possess the
Dame High School has been a pillar of the community since 1964. following qualifications: a graduate degree in Education,
The successful candidate must be a Catholic in good standing
with the Church; have Catholic high school administrative expe-
Administration or related field; possession of or ability to
obtain Washington State Superintendent’s credentials; at
least 5 to 7 years school administrative experience in
rience; and hold a California administrator’s credential or its
equivalent from another state. The starting date is July 1, 2008.
Catholic Schools, preferably at two levels (elementary, sec-
ondary, and/or university level); demonstrated manage-
ment and leadership experience including budgeting and
The letter of application should include a resume, transcripts staff supervision; ability to identify, articulate, affirm, and
and three references. Application materials are to be sent to: transmit Catholic traditions and faith; commitment to
excellence in Catholic School education; excellent oral,
Kim Pryzbylski, Ph.D., Superintendent of Schools written, and interpersonal communication skills; demon-
Diocese of Monterey strated success working in a multicultural environment;
485 Church Street, Monterey, CA 93940 and must be an active member of a parish/faith commu-
Email: kpryzbylski@dioceseofmonterey.org nity in good standing with the Catholic Church.
Fax: 831-373-0173 Competitive salary and excellent benefits.
If interested in this position, please go to our
Deadline for applications to be received is website www.seattlearch.org/jobs/Chanceryjobs
Friday, February, 15, 2008. for an application form or call 206-382-2070.
24 Catholic San Francisco January 11, 2008
Christmas 2007
Schools share generosity, cheer and song
ST. PATRICK SCHOOL, LARKSPUR
First grade students at St. Patrick Elementary School in Larkspur collected a
pick-up truck full of toys that were distributed through the Larkspur Fire Department.
ST. GABRIEL SCHOOL
A favorite holiday activity for St. Gabriel School students and their families
is caroling through the Sunset District. The serenade began at Firehouse 18
on 32nd Avenue and ended at Taraval Police Station on 24th Avenue.
Homemade Christmas cards were presented to the men and women of the
firehouse and police station to thank them for their dedication to the community.
ALL SOULS SCHOOL
All Souls Elementary School sponsored its annual Toys for Tots drive
to benefit needy children of the nearby community. Pictured with
the toys are student council members Andrea Peña, left,
Jason Rattaro, Nicholas Qaqish and Amber Campbell.
NOTRE DAME SCHOOL
Students at Notre Dame Elementary School, Belmont, bless and dispatch the more
than 200 toys they collected for distribution by the St. Vincent de Paul Society.
HOLY NAME SCHOOL
Tony Eiras conducts a holiday concert at Holy Name of Jesus Elementary School, Dec.
13. The school’s 331 students also donated 492 coats to the St. Anthony Foundation’s
One Warm Coat program, gave more than 100 gifts to Toys for Tots, and adopted 24
people from the parish Giving Tree. A Christ Child Layette Drive also brought infant
clothes and supplies for distribution by the Archdiocese’s Council of Catholic Women.
IMMACULATE HEART OF MARY SCHOOL
Fourth grade students from Immaculate Heart of Mary School, Belmont,
sang at the annual Christmas Tree Lighting welcoming
theholiday season held at Carlmont Shopping Center.
Conducting was school music teacher, Orla Hayes.