The following comes from an August 21 story in Catholic San Francisco.
Nearly 1,000 married couples and their families attended the first-ever archdiocesan Marriage & Family Celebration at St. Mary’s Cathedral Aug. 17.
“Your presence is a great sign of hope and vitality in our archdiocese,” Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone told the families who nearly filled the cathedral for a 9:30 a.m. Mass and attended brief talks in Spanish, Vietnamese and English for about an hour afterward.
The event was part of the Archdiocese of San Francisco’s celebration of the Year of Faith and a renewed emphasis on building up marriage and family life in the archdiocese.
“It is true that no family is perfect. All families experience tensions and conflicts to some degree,” Archbishop Cordileone said in his homily. “But if a family seeks to the serve the Lord, then the Lord will care for them as his children.”
God’s endorsement of marriage and family can be seen in the fact that Jesus, the son of God, placed himself under the authority of human parents, his creations, the archbishop said.
“This is the wonder of God’s love-when God’s love is shared in a family, even where there are hurts, where there are bumps in the road, nonetheless, the family remains the greatest gift that God has given us after the very gift of his son Jesus Christ,” the archbishop said. He preached the homily in both English and Spanish….
Archbishop Cordileone encouraged families to pray the rosary and read the Bible together.
“To persevere we need to use signs of God in our lives,” he said, giving examples of a picture of Divine Mercy or the Sacred Heart of Jesus. “When people walk into your house will they immediately know they are in a Catholic household? Are there reminders like a crucifix on the wall or a family Bible on the coffee table?”
“Despite imperfections and hurts, despite difficulties along the way,” Archbishop Cordileone said, “there surely is no greater blessing than to grow up sharing love and life in the context of a family so that one can know truly what it means to have loved ones.”
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Hopefully, This diocese is doing more to teach the faith as handed down by the apostles.
Chinua,
Are they having rallies and processions in support of Illegal Immigration and in support of pro-abortion, pro-sodomite politicians there as they are in the Archdiocese of Lost Angels and the Diocese of Orange?
VIVA CRISTO REY!
God bless, yours in Their Hearts,
Kenneth M. Fisher
From the Cardinal Newman Society: “Several official departments at the University of San Francisco not only encouraged students to take part in the city’s LGBT (Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender) Pride Parade on June 30 but also provided free t-shirts to students and their guests who signed up to march. According to the Pride Parade site, the University of San Francisco LGBTQ Caucus for Faculty/Staff marched behind Planned Parenthood and Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi.”
I guess Archbishop Cordileone didn’t know this, but I’m sure he knows of Pelosi and USF. The question is, why has he done nothing about both of these things (among others)?
Bob, he knew about all these items and others that will never reach print. When he was in Oakland he did very little and it seems that after (almost) a year in San Francisco he has done nothing. Tragically, this seems to happen all over the world. Simply put, very little leadership.
I think it was St. Francis de Sales who said “when the priests and bishops are bad, it is a sign of the just punishment of God”!
VIVA CRISTO REY!
God bless, yours in Their Hearts,
Kenneth M. Fisher
Kenneth, I agree with your comments as SF is the city of St Francis. Also, several weeks ago you told me I had better get with the ‘Modern Church’ and I asked you to define this. You never have and I would appreciate your comments regarding this. Thank you.
A paper lion.
“Imperfections and hurts…..along the way” in Catholic families include child abuse, overbreeding due to a prohibition on birth control, exhaustion and overexertion by stressed out parents, and children growing up with low self esteem, anger, bitterness and loss of faith to such a degree that they leave the Church for good after hearing 18 years of a complete lack of support for Catholic families from the Church. Such problems are not easily solved by reading the Bible or praying the rosary…..if it was that easy, these issues would have been solved centuries ago.
“Good cause”, the birth control pill helps kill women and pollutes the water and deforms fish right here in the good, old USA. Look it up on line under “Estrogen from the Birth Control Pill and deformed fish”. Natural Family Planning should be taught, when medically necessary. It does not harm women or future children or pollute our waterways and deform fish from the estrogen that gets into our sewage system. Why has this not been taught as much by so called Catholic organizations? Also, there is a saying, “If you want justice, teach chastity.” Too many men and women do not think with their brains and lack any discipline. Just saying.
To married couples that is.
Bravo Anne-T – There is no Free Lunch from the pharmacy, and flushing pills in to the water system (where even treatment may not remove them) produces more than funny looking fish.
Your insights are so inspiring that one might be moved to consider you for Canonization (you are already Beautiful) as a sub clause in the next Papal decree in service of promoting Sanity…
Alack and Alas, as a confirmed Marxist I realize the teachings of the Brothers are prohibitive in this matter.
For as Chico once told Groucho in similar circumstances – There Ain’t No Santa Anne-T Klause.
Ba Da Bing (yeah – the whole post was a set up (except for the Beautiful Part) , like a dish of Vanilla IC I just couldn’t resist. Ahem.
good cause what Jesus ask us to do before we do anything else? He asked us to pray. I’m sure this good Archbishop must feel the heat there and all the stress. Plus Jesus is the real healing and answer to everything but first we must have a loving relationship with Him and how is that accomplished? Through prayer. When our hearts have a conversion…then you will see better changes…
As long as mankind has sin in them…we will never be in complete peace…but never lose hope…always trust in God almighty! If you don’t know how….pray etc
Thanks for the compliment, though, although you do not know me, and the Lord has much to teach me yet.
Michael McDermott, deformed fish are not just coming from pills being flushed down the toilet, but more so from urine being flushed down the toilet by those who use the Pill. As far as my saintliness, by the the grace of God I am trying to follow Christ to the end, but the Lord is still working on me yet. There might not be a Santa Claus, Michael, but there definitely is a St. Nicholas and others like him, and his intercession is quite powerful if one co operates with God’s grace.
My post today at 3:29 p.m. should have been posted here. My mistake!
Bob – One does wonder, and while I am sure that there is a Lot going on behind the curtain, what does peep out at the rest of us can be quite confusing – if not grossly contradictory.
I read the ArchBishop’s Apology for the DUI arrest, and have to wonder if there is more of a back story than released.
Was it Just a matter of a Good Host wanting to keep his prominent guest’s glass full as a matter of hospitality?
Recent Court Proceedings have revealed a Sophisticated DUI Scheme by Divorce Attorneys and crooked cops – to have a Flirtatious Female Stooge encourage the target to drink too much, and then call the cops when he gets on the road.
Doubtful a feeme-fatal could have gotten to the Arch-Bishop, but we all know that He Too (like so many others) is a Target for the Gaystapo…
And their BAMN BAMN (Bash Marriage, By Any Means Necessary) Pogroms.
McDermott, there was no “top secret plot” to get Archbishop Cordileone arrested in his home town — he was just having a nice evening with good friends and his mom, had a few glasses of wine, and got caught in a checkpoint that was set up to catch COLLEGE STUDENTS in that area who drink and drive.
This could happen to any of us!
Sure, it was embarrassing, but at least he didn’t have an accident and hurt anyone.
Furthermore, he was man enough to admit his mistake and even told his priests in San Francisco not to make the same mistake, but rather to always have a designated driver when they are out to dinner. It’s part of the priestly culture to drink, but I admire Archbishop Cordileone VERY MUCH for not trying to blame anyone else, and for taking his incident and making it into something good — namely, a warning to his brother priests up north that they should drive responsibly.
Other Bishops have gotten in trouble for drunk driving, also, as have priests.
It’s not a plot — it’s simply drinking & driving.
No it could only happen to those who drink and drive, not to any of us.
At last – Anonymous Sense… Bravo.
“… no “top secret plot” to get Archbishop Cordileone arrested..”
I prefer you not use Quotation Marks unless I actually wrote it. ‘Thanks’.
BTW – Do you Deny that the Arch-Bishop IS a Target by ‘certain Radical Homosex Activists’ – like those who spray painted swastikas & slurs against the Pope on the SF Church where my parents were married?
“This could happen to any of us!”
I wasn’t there so I could only Ask, particularly Who’s Wine and Who Refilled the Glasses, which I submit is worth knowing without ‘Blame’…
– Although “Dram Shop Laws” may say different.
As the legendary Hibernian Mixologist and Toastmaster Dr. Michael (mickey) Finn, of the Barbary Coast & Shanghai Maritime Employment Service once observed:
“A Man’s Got to know his limits, particularly with Roofies”
Doubly so in Frisco, which like any sleazy depraved debauched tawdry urban sewer of aggressive STD spread populated by malignantly narcissistic nihilistic hedonists, presents some small hazards for naïve out of towners.
The last pungent memory of Frisco many a newly foreign bound ‘adventurer’ had was the mix of sawdust, tobacco spit and bootmarks last observed; while lying face down on the floorboards of the same saloon they had previously imbibed the aforementioned toast.
Bon Voyage Rube
Michael McDermott, the crime and the drinking that precipitated it didn’t happen in a bar in “Frisco”, it happenned in a private home in “Diego”. “Doubly so in Frisco, which like any sleazy depraved debauched tawdry urban sewer of aggressive STD spread populated by malignantly narcissistic nihilistic hedonists, presents some small hazards for naïve out of towners,” notwithstanding. Please try to keep up.
Do We really have to put up with Gaystapo Trolls regularly trashing the Church & its Teachings – on a Catholic Website?
The Homosex Troll pushing ‘bad causes’ who trashed this thread should be banned for promoting Genocidal Misandry if naught else.
One can only wish the Troll’s parents had avoided “Over-Breeding” and practiced a little Self Control, in the form of abstinence:
“…overbreeding due to a prohibition on birth control”
Wait wait wait Michael McDermott: Because Michael doesn’t go along with your conspiracy theory that the Archbishop was somehow duped by homosexual friends to drink too much at a small dinner party, that Michael is a “Gaystapo troll regularly trashing the Church & its teachings”? How do you figure?
Folks, let’s cut the good archbishop some slack. We are all expecting miracles to happen. Let us not forget that Abp Cordileone presides over Sodom and Gomorrah, not an easy gig. Frisco is the most corrupt city in the western hemisphere; it is Amsterdam on steroids. It is a moral cesspool run by moral degenerates. I pity the handful of faithful Christians that surely must reside there. They are the ones that need a shepherd who will not play ball with the political power structure, as so many of his predecessors have.
I agree with Anton…
What this dear bishop needs is prayer from his flock! Pray that satan be bound and the Holy Spirit is free to work in the hearts of his parishoners. Pray for perseverence and courage for him in the face of terrible forces that have grown tentacles deep into the hearts of many who live there. Ask Our Blessed Mother to pray for his health and peace of mind…just pray!
Agreed.
Yes Dana. If a parent has rebellious kids, that parent is uneasy and perseveres in love for them, imagine how hard to keep that home in line. Now imagine dealing with the likes of a diocese such as San Francisco or any in California? We expect too much from one person leading a lot of disordered people, especially liberal mentality. It will take prayers and miracles for this Archbishop to remain and continue with backbone doing what he is suppose to do. He is new in his role. He is human. This is where the real test will be for him. It will take certain graces and gifts from our Lord and we need to pray them for this Archbishop and others in our church leadership as well.
I am trying so hard to persevere in keeping positive about how they run our church but I can’t help but not notice the cracks and their flaws. It’s hard not to when some lack the character that is needed to help them keep their focus on Christ and His mission. Since I have no power over that, I will keep them in my prayers and place them in God’s hands. Lord have mercy.
Abeca, there is is good article on obedience. The Joy of Discipline by Fr. Nnamdi Moneme on Catholic Exchange. You may find it strengthening. God bless you. Hope you are feeling alright.
Thanks YFC & Abeca…our prayers will help I know. On this we can all agree! I’m like a mama bear with her cubs when it comes to protecting our beautiful Church so what may sound like sarcasm or dislike is only my heart defending what I know is true and beautiful. Jesus promised He will be with us til the end, but it’s just an instinctive desire to nurture or protect what is vulnerable to attack…mother’s instinct I think. This loving bishop has so much to offer his diocese and in turn, the world, as San Francisco has so much influence on current events. I”ll pray for him especially tonight at Adoration, as I pray for all of you. It’s good when we can be encouragers of one another…what better witness to the world of the truth of Christianity than that we love one another. (I know, it’s really a supernatural faith that we’re called to…no one said it was easy!)
Dana he is a loving archbishop. He is also humble…I have been blessed to have met him and he even gave my husband and I blessings before too.
I believe that some on this site expect too much of the good Archbishop. It will take him a couple or more years just to get the “feel” of his diocese. Even to locals, San Francisco is a very complicated populace. There is very little black and white in the thinking processes. There is a wide diversity of thinking, from very conservative to ultra liberal, and both of those depend on your definition of each. It is a town where less than 20% of the people go to church on Sunday or believe that there is a God. That God is often not the “catholic” God. Many of the conservative churches support same sex marriage. I would venture that 90%+ support abortion under some circumstances. One cannot get elected in that town without the support of the LGBT associations. (Pelosi received over 85% of the vote in her district). Give him some time to pick his fights. Most will be behind the scenes because of his personality. Those that are out in the open will be the ones he can win. We can’t push him to take positions that he could easily lose, because then he will not be able to come back for others. He will have lost all credibility in a community that simply suffers his presence.
That is true Bob one…the expectations are high but are they realistic as well, is something we should give charity into. Like I said before, we will have to pray for this Archbishop and others especially if its not in our control. Only our good Lord will give us His perfect solutions. I pray that those of good will in that diocese will unite and support and encourage this Archbishop towards what our Lord wills….it will take the lay faithful in that area as well to empower one another.
And as Bishop of Oakland, Cordileone did what, exactly? Except admit in the Diocesean paper that Catholic Charities East Bay was already complying with the HHS mandate and providing contraception coverage for its employees.
Unfortunately, he never did get the “feel” of Oakland.
Dave,
Your comment is 100% correct and I have been saying the same thing for a long time. He has been in San Francisco for almost a year, and with the exception of several trips, has done nothing. Same as Oakland.
Bob One, when the Archbishop encourages everyone on his Diocese Staff (including all Parish staffs) to study and abide by the teaching of the Church contained in the “Catechism of the Catholic Church, Second Edition”, and all Catholics living within his Diocese – – you will find that there is NO “diversity of thinking” regarding Church teaching.
There is TRUTH, and there are lies. There is RIGHT and there is wrong.
QUOTE: ” These, then, are the four elements which comprise the storehouse of memory which the Church hands down: the profession of faith, the celebration of the sacraments, the path of the ten commandments, and prayer.
The Church’s catechesis has traditionally been structured around these four elements;
this includes the Catechism of the Catholic Church, which is a fundamental aid for that unitary act with which the Church communicates the entire content of her faith: all that she herself is, and all that she believes. “ UNQUOTE – Pope Francis (Encyclical Letter LUMEN FIDEI, 2013)
However, we must not expect perfection of all others, since we are all sinners in one way or another. Just look at the Apostles chosen directly by Our Lord.