Will This Be Sufficient for Integral Masculine Formation?

I really doubt it. Can do in one year what should have taken 20.

San Francisco's @ArchCordileone is the most recent American bishop to introduce a propaedeutic year at the beginning of seminary formation. But what is that, and why does the Vatican want to see it become universal in American seminaries? https://t.co/mhqu8nvkPM

— The Pillar (@PillarCatholic) August 26, 2021

Interview with Archbishop Cordileone

"What this is about is protecting babies and the Blessed Sacrament. What Catholic can be opposed to that?"https://t.co/OxjllRKuWp

— Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone (@ArchCordileone) May 27, 2021

Archbishop Cordileone's Homily for the Mass of the Americas

First Things: No Unity Without the Cross by Salvatore J. Cordileone

After Tepeyac, Mexico became Catholic. Our Lady of Guadalupe unites the Old World and the New, and so a new Christian people is formed from the two—a mestizo people. A new Christian civilization is born from the union brought about by her venerated as both la Morenita and la Inmaculada.
The significance of this unparalleled historical event, especially in the Americas, was not lost on Pope St. John Paul II. In his apostolic exhortation Ecclesia in America, he writes:

The appearance of Mary to the native Juan Diego on the hill of Tepeyac in 1531 had a decisive effect on evangelization. Its influence greatly overflows the boundaries of Mexico, spreading to the whole Continent. America, which historically has been, and still is, a melting-pot of peoples, has recognized in the mestiza face of the Virgin of Tepeyac, “in Blessed Mary of Guadalupe, an impressive example of a perfectly inculturated evangelization.”

How is that Christian civilization doing in Ibero-America? And that Christian civilization, if it ever existed, is not the same as the Anglo-American civilization that existed in the United States and Canada.

The Church is our mother: A mother welcomes, nourishes, consoles, and unites. Where do newcomers in a strange land turn when they feel disoriented, afraid, or unwelcomed? They turn to the Church. For Catholics especially, the Church is home wherever they are in the world.

He comes close to making an overt political statement here that is related to immigration. Immigrants may feel at home in a church, especially if it is one that speaks their language. How long will that last? Fortunately no other political claims are made in this homily.

Dr. Mahrt Reviews the Mass of Americas

At the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception.

NLM

A Multicultural Mass for the American Church

Some sort of fusionist multicultural ecclesial identity that has no foundation in political reality nor does it serve to create a genuine ecclesial community -- it merely preserves the illusion of one.

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Some Familiar Names

CNA: USCCB elects six new committee chairmen

But should those with SSA be admitted to candidacy for Holy Orders?

CWR/CNA: Intense debate over handling of abuse scandal ensues at USCCB meeting
On Tuesday, more than 20 bishops and cardinals offered passionate interventions during an open floor discussion on the sex abuse crisis at the U.S. bishops’ meeting.

Following Wester, Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone of San Francisco then gave a long intervention in which he described what he has been hearing from Catholics in his area.

“We’ve heard how important it is to listen to our people, I’ve held listening sessions in my own Archdiocese” regarding the abuse scandal, he said.

From this listening, Cordileone said he has found that Catholics tend to fall in one of two camps regarding the abuse crisis: the first camp believes that the Church is not talking about the real problem, which is the prevalence homosexuality among the clergy and its correlation with abuse, he said.

The second camp believes that the real problem is an all-male hierarchy, “because women would never have allowed this to happen,” and therefore women must be invited in to all levels of the clergy.

Cordileone, who clarified that he was merely reporting what he found among his people, said that both conclusions are overly simplistic, but neither are without some merit.

“We do sometimes act as a good old boys club,” he said, with problems of “cronyism, favoritism, and cover-up.” He urged the bishops to find solutions to these “legitimate concerns” of Catholics in the second camp.

When considering the first camp, Cordileone cautioned against the “overly simplistic” conclusion that homosexuality causes sexual abuse. That “obviously cannot be true” he said, as some priests with homosexual tendencies faithfully serve the Church, while some heterosexually priests serve the Church poorly.

Still, the concern “has some validity,” he said, pointing to a recently-published study by Father D. Paul Sullins, a Catholic priest and retired Catholic University of America sociology professor. Sullins’ analysis found a rising trend in abuse, and argued that the evidence strongly suggests links between sexual abuse of minors and two factors: a disproportionate number of homosexual clergy, and the manifestation of a “homosexual subculture” in seminaries.

“The worst thing we could do is discredit this study so we can ignore or deny this reality,” Cordileone said. “We have to lean into it…to ignore it would be fleeing from the truth.”

The archbishop recommended further studies into the correlation between homosexuality and sexual abuse, one that avoids “quick and easy answers” and would attempt to find the root causes of this correlation.

Cordileone’s was the first intervention met with applause from many bishops.

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The Revamped Benedict XVI Institute

In San Francisco archdiocese, new website promotes Catholic arts

new website

San Francisco Bay Catholic Men's Conference

More info and registration.

Featuring Doug Barry of RADIX.

Scandalous

It includes some prominent Catholic bishops in the USCCB as well. "Christians" oppose helping Christians first

The USCCB is being and will be chastised. When unworthy men are in the episcopate, that is a chastisement.

CWR: NYTimes: Trump creating Christian theocracy; Bishops: Trump against Christian faith

Even the Latin archbishop of San Francisco is compromised.


Know-Nothing Catholics on Muslim Immigration by William Kilpatrick

Fr. Illo's Silver Jubilee

NLM: San Francisco Pastor Celebrates Jubilee in Presence of Archbishop Cordileone - more photos

CWR Interview with Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone

CWR: Abp. Cordileone on how lay people can strengthen their local Church
The archbishop of San Francisco discusses the centrality of stewardship in education, vocations, and the Church’s charitable endeavors.
By Jim Graves

Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone, 59, has served as archbishop of San Francisco since 2012. The archdiocese is home to 90 parishes, 248 diocesan priests, and 450,000 Catholics. It has a rich tradition dating back to California’s Gold Rush days, and is notable for its cool climate, windy bay, progressive politics, and diverse immigrant groups. ...

Archbishop Cordileone: When I arrived, I tried not to bring too many well-defined, set priorities, other than the timeless Church priorities such as catechesis, liturgy, and evangelization. That said, three things come to mind, two of which were decided upon before I arrived.

The first was to develop a ministry to young adults, of which there are many in the archdiocese. We created an office of young adult ministry which is separate from youth ministry.

The second area of concern was marriage, as we’d seen a steep decline in couples marrying within the Church. We wanted to find ways of being more encouraging, welcoming, and accessible to couples, so we established a separate office of marriage and family life under a single director.

Has anyone at the chancery or the young adult ministry office swallowed the red pill?

And a third priority I’ve been promoting since I came is developing a spirituality of stewardship. When people hear the word stewardship, they think of fundraising or responsible administration of resources. But it’s much more than this; I preach on it when I do parish visits.

Difficult to talk about stewardship when those who have the main responsibility to be "stewards" of the parish are men who have been excluded. What has the local Church done to promote patriarchy?

Someone Needs to Clean USF Up

Archbishop Cordileone?

Apostate Priest to Evangelize at San Francisco's St. Ignatius Church

Archbishop Cordileone's Address at Sacra Liturgia

Liturgical leadership in a secular society: A bishop’s perspective

Crux: Photos: Sacra Liturgia conference
In their quest to reform the liturgy, some Catholics hope to remake the culture

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The CWR Blog: Catholic co-op sprouting mini-farms in Northern California
St. Patrick’s Seminary and Catholic parishes are participating in NanoFarms USA’s pilot project.

Good luck, Latin Church of San Diego

From San Francisco priests' council debates 'P.R. disaster' parish (via Cal Catholic Daily):

Toward the end of the meeting, then-Auxiliary Bishop Robert McElroy suggested that San Francisco Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone issue a directive stating disagreement with Illo's exclusion of altar girls, the minutes report.

McElroy, whose appointment as bishop of San Diego was announced March 3, "distinguished between personnel issue and the policy issue," the minutes say, explaining that personnel issues belong to the archbishop.

However, the minutes continue, McElroy said "excluding girls from being altar servers is 'invidious discrimination' and to do this in this day and age in our culture has no justification."

McElroy "mentioned the Pope recently spoke on this very theme and said 'to live by exclusion is a corrupting method of living'" and "further stated that if this was just a case of a pastor acting rashly, he could be talked to."

Another useless Irish prelate.

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To Exercise Charity in the Face of Opposition...

Clueless protesters in San Francisco prove Archbishop Cordileone's point by Carl Olson (via Insight Scoop)

God bless the archbishop.

Crisis: Usual Suspects Protest Archbishop Cordileone’s School Reforms by Gerri Downing Laird

What's wrong with the world? I am.

A Tough Road Ahead

From yesterday: The serpents: More protests against Archbishop Cordileone’s school initiative tomorrow

I see less and less reason for living or working in San Francisco.