Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone gave a 15-minute homily at San Francisco’s Star of the Sea parish on Sunday, Aug. 29. The occasion was the opening of Stella Maris Academy, a classical Catholic school.
In his homily, Archbishop Cordileone stressed that Catholic education was not for training leaders. It is for forming missionary disciples, saints. “We hold out holiness as the Christian vocation of all students.”
Deep into the homily the archbishop said he saw Stella Maris as the beginning of a historical turning point in the archdiocese of San Francisco – a real renewal of the Church.
“I’m especially very thankful to you, Fr. Illo for your very hard work your tenacity. I know you’ve had to endure a lot – grief, hardship, even suffering.”
Hey Catholics, this school needs our support. YFC, join me with some financial generosity to this new academy in your own backyard.
Sure. Just as soon as he rehires my friend who taught there for decades who he fired just a couple of years from retirement.
Obviously fired for a reason, else there would be a lawsuit. Show some love to the kids YFC, after all, it’s for their benefit.
I don’t think her contract or employment allows her to sue.
How does one contribute to this wonderful new academy? Might Cal Catholic publish the address where donations are to be sent? Can the academy confirm confirm that donations fall under IRS 501(c)(3)?
May God reward Archbishop Cordileone, Father Illo [especially] and the sponsors and teachers for keeping Catholicism truly Catholic while others work against it!
[Remember that “progressive” San Francisco priests tried to stop Fr. Illo’s incardination into the Archdiocese.]
You can go to the parish website and click on give and there is a section for the school.
https://starparish.com/
This was absolutely FABULOUS!! Deo gratias! After all these terrible post-Conciliar years! Loved the Archbishop’s excellent sermon, and the Oath of Fidelity of the Stella Maris Academy teachers!
Praying very much for Archbishop Cordileone, Father Illo, the faculty, staff, students and the families of Stella Maris Academy. Our Lady, Stella Maris, pray for us!
I enjoy this site.I would like to make a suggestion.All site members should use their real names except for religious,teachers,or state/political workers who can be verifyed through this site.Further members should be able to click on the thumbs or down icons and see who was commenting.What do you members think?
Bad ideas. We just wanna say stuff without crazy people finding out who we are on the internet. Do you realize the danger you put yourself in by putting your first and last name in your comment, and with people assuming you live in California? There aren’t many of you in the state, and addresses are available just a click away. Think about it.
John Conca– you are too serious about something quite trivial. Catholic posters who are involved in the Church– and also, possibly, secular society– do not want their real names attached to their opinions on things. And I don’t believe in “rude comments from the peanuts gallery,” with “thumbs up or down” votes on posters’ opinions and ideas. I believe you should write your own posts– and respect others. Today’s world is very hostile to Catholic teachings. It is bad enough to see good people fired from jobs or severely harassed, because they voice their opinions, and criticize things that are truly evil– and refuse to support “politically correct” liberal beliefs.
Rather, what I have observed during my years of commenting here, is that people use their anonymity in order to bash and thrash the leaders of the Church–the popes, the bishops, priests. It’s easier, isn’t it people, to start making “rude comments from the peanut gallery” against people you wouldn’t otherwise speak ill about it polite society, if you’re anonymous. It’s cowardly, really.
As for me, I may be anonymous here, but I use it to support the Church’s Magisterium. And notice the hostility I get here by supporting the Popes, bishops, the Church’s teachings (all of them), the Ordinary Form and the Extraordinary Form, Vatican II, etc. I am anonymous because: just think of the unbearable accolades and acclamations that I would get from high and low, if a simple, normal Catholic like me, were known to be ardently supporting the Church’s teachings against the dissenting mob here. No, the honors would be too much. My natural modesty prohibits me. Sorry folks.
Thanks for the early morning shot of hubris but your comments aren’t the only ones that bring disagreement. The comments I make here are the same I make in private, perhaps even to you directly in some encounter we may have had. Oh, the thought of it!
Jon, write a letter to your Bishop and to the Pope, instead, about your “sore” feelings. And be sure to sign it “+jon.”
All of the comments I write here, are exactly the same as what I honestly express with others, in conversations. I have also expressed my exact same comments in person, to clerics of our Church. Many share my opinions. Honesty is very important, to help improve things, when necessary! No, I think it is very rude to have “comments from the peanut gallery,” making “thumbs up/down” comments on every single post– often, showing little respect to good Catholic posters! Write your own posts instead, and share your own views, yourself! There needs to be greater respect for others, in today’s society! It is often too hostile, lacking Christian neighborliness, goodwill, and respect!
Actually Jon you are just self righteous
@ jon – someone has a mighty high opinion of himself.
There are a great many people in good jobs who hold traditional Christian beliefs, who may bravely complain and speak out against evils now being mandated in the workplace– LGBT-indoctrination, sex-ed, and abortion indoctrination in our schools, and even some Catholic universities, same-sex “marriage,” transgender surgeries for children, and changing their names, gender pronouns, and bathrooms, etc., CRT, BLM, etc. etc. What if a teacher, professor or other employee at a liberal California Catholic institution, school, or university (LMU, USD, USF, etc.) wanted to express their feelings about a wrongful sinful, anti-Catholic event– such as, including abortion and birth control in employment healthcare insurance packages– or worse, such as immoral teachings in classes, or Satanic acts on campus, accepted by the college administrators? What if you fear harrassment, death threats by criminal misfits, or losing your job, by using your real name to voice your views??
We lost a lot of commenters just by taking away the anonymous default, I think. Few people will post under their own name and why would you want that? Are you keeping records on people?
@ nope – there is absolutely no need to post under one’s own name! There are many “User” names to pick from.
@ John – do you want our bishops and priests to retaliate against us? The clergy I’m referring to are the ones whose beliefs are antithetical to mine and many others who comment here.
I see they use the Sadlier “We Believe” series for catechesis, which is pretty shocking because it contains a great deal of questionable materials and ideas—no different from any other Catholic school in S.F. Maybe the Archdiocese forces this curriculum on every school.
Thanks for pointing that out.
I wondered about their choices too, but I wanted to be positive and a good catechist will skip questionable material and insert the truth.
When I was looking for a Catholic school, I wanted Catholicism in every subject but I could never find that. I tried to do that when I homeschooled but it was dependent on me to know the Faith and facts and trivia about the Church.
It was very difficult. There are Catholic history books now. https://shop.catholictextbookproject.com/collections/history-textbooks
I see they are also making science textbooks now.
But just because something is Catholic doesn’t mean it is good.
Classical curriculum does not need to use a textbook however there are state regulations that schools have to follow. They may have limited choices because of that.
I wondered about the English because there are Catholic storybooks rather than the readers they selected. They are old. They show the TLM Mass but at Stella Maris it is a goal to teach that. (Shhhh, don’t tell.)
I am going to look up Sadlier now.
Instead of “looking things up”– why not go talk to Fr. Illo?? Or send him a quick eemail?? I know he will answer, and explain everything to you. The Sadlier series is common, but “updated” for the post-Conciliar era– which has many problems. Fr. Illo can tell you everything, exactly.
Dave N. OK. How stupid was I not to check. Real stupid.
They use the Catechesis of the Good Shepherd in K-2 (which is a WOW for me. I know there are training programs now.)
Spirit of Truth curriculum from Sophia Institute grades 3-8.
It also says they use Word of Life by Ignatius Press/ St. Augustine Institute, which seems to be for Kindergarten.
Oh, great. Problem solved.
Sadly, it looks like there are a number of posters here who “thumbs down” all the favorable comments regarding the fine work of Abp. Cordileone, Fr. Illo, and this fine new Classical Catholic school, Stella Maris Academy, which we are so blessed to have, in the Archdiocese. This is a tremendous blessing. Why the antipathy?
Christifidelis, that is a problem that you don’t know why someone gets thumbed down. I think some people get thumbed down because of their name or things they have said in the past. But I do not know. I don’t use them unless I really like someone’s post or if a post is abusive I might thumbs down it. But I think I have used them maybe10 times since they began.
Some folks on this site invite the thumbs down for their supercilious and holier than thou comments. Welcome to the interwebz folks. If you take these thumb downs seriously, you should re-think why you are commenting in the first place.
thatdirtylittle (etc.) What a terrible attitude! Faithful Catholics are sadly rare in today’s world. But they certainly are not as you mistakenly believe, ” holier than thou,” “supercilious,” etc. You really should respect very sincere, devout Catholics, and their fine work for Our Lord! The world is so lucky to have a few of them left! The world today, is tragically being destroyed by Satan! Everyone should give praise, appreciation, and support to wonderful clerics like Abp. Cordileone and Fr. Illo! No one needs your terrible attitude!
+Ouch+ That really really hurt. +Ouch+
How could you say such a thing? You don’t even know me. And, there you are accusing me of being like Satan!
And, on the day before a first Friday too. What would Abp Cordileone and Fr Ilio say about your comments! What would Jesus say!
thatdirtylittle… (etc.) How about a nice, new, positive “moniker” for yourself? And how about some praise and support for our Archbishop? Just wait ’till he opens the next, great Classical Catholic school, at the next parish, with dedicated, sincere Catholic teachers and principal, all taking the Oath of Fidelity at Mass, and receiving a special blessing by the Archbishop. There is hope to raise up and re-establish Christ’s holy teachings and Catholic way of life that He gave us– and died for– and crush the evil jaws of Satan, attacking and destroying today’s world. And no– I never said you were “like Satan.”
Please, Christifidelis, one would have no moral ground to admonish another commentator here to “praise and support” the Archbishop, or any bishop for that matter, if one doesn’t respect, support, and uphold the Pope himself.
jon, The Archbishop and his priest, Fr. Illo, and their new staff at Stella Maris Classical Academy, are doing a great thing! They clearly deserve all our praise and support.
For your information Chrisitfidelis, the Holy Father deserves all of our praise and support in the first place for guarding the unity of the Church against those who’d rend it asunder. And Archbishop Codileone himself denounced the unfair attacks on the Pope. Clearly Cordileone praises and supports the Pope. It will do you well to express your praise and support for the Pope too.
jon, I wholeheartedly support our Archbishop. He is correct that we should all refrain from publicly denouncing the Pope– particularly, the young, selfish, violent, uncivilized, radical types of so-called “Catholics” who have expressed their hostile views to the good Archbishop. I am not in their age-group, and do not approve of radical, violent, uncivilized “hippie” behavior.
Christifidelis was given an opportunity by me to express his/her support, loyalty, and love for the man chosen by the Holy Spirit to lead the Church, namely the Pope, and tellingly Christifidelis balked. Pitiful. People, one does not have the moral standing to be telling people here or anywhere to support this or that bishop if that same person doesn’t even give his/her support and loyalty to the Pope, to whom Catholics owe in the first place their obedience and support.
It is always very important to let the good Archbishop know our ideas and feelings about important issues, with good manners, using good English skills.
jon: “
the PopeChrist, to whom Catholics owe in the first place their obedience and support.”Wrong, “editor”–to Christ we owe in the first place our very life, hope, breath, love, and faith–in other words, everything. To the pope, whoever he may be, Catholics owe obedience, respect, loyalty, support, as he is the vicar of the same Christ to whom is owed all. I hope that clears it up for you.
jon,
If Pope Francis tells you to pray to Pachamama, will you do it?
You saw what happened in the Vatican Gardens, right?
“Editor’s” question is impertinent and disrespectful to the Pope. Additionally, “editor” should know that I do not entertain impossible hypothetical questions.
jon’s Editor, The Pope did not instigate what happened in the Vatican Garden ceremony. He prayed an Our Father. Stop putting it on him.
Oh come on, it’s not too difficult to come up with a moniker, you did, unless your name is “nope”. It was hard to respond to the right person when so many were called ‘anonymous”, using a moniker makes that problem go away.
I have been on this website a long time and there were always contentious commenters but these new people don’t even make a pretense of being Christian.
It makes me SICK, this website’s continued support for nasty bullies like “jon,” who pretend to be “Catholic.” Their unreasonably long, selfish, barbaric, egotistical, violent diatribes, unjustly attacking good, sincere, devout Catholics– for no good reason– are always printed by you, with no editing.
OK. This is like it used to be. It is not the part I missed. I missed the part where people actually gave Scripture quotes or Papal or Vatican document references to help others understand their errors.
jon makes very few errors. He does get too personal but he is not pretending to be Catholic.
John 13:35
“me”, here is a pertinent document of the Church concerning the obligation of the faithful in relation to the Pope. This is from the First Vatican Council. Obedience and support is owed to the Roman Pontiff, as a matter of course, and in the first place:
“Wherefore we teach and declare that, by divine ordinance, the Roman Church possesses a pre-eminence of ordinary power over every other Church, and that this jurisdictional power of the Roman Pontiff is both episcopal and immediate. Both clergy and faithful, of whatever rite and dignity, both singly and collectively, are bound to submit to this power by the duty of hierarchical subordination and true obedience, and this not only in matters concerning faith and morals, but also in those which regard the discipline and government of the Church throughout the world.” (Dogmatic Constitution on the Church of Christ, 3, 2)
And “me”, I am indeed not pretending to be Catholic. I am Catholic.
If you dont like a poster’s comments, just move on and don’t read them. And, don’t comment on them either. There are a bunch of posters I cant stand but would not advocate for suppression or “editing”,