Wednesday 22 April 2015

CATHOLICS ASK FOR ARCHBISHOP'S REMOVAL



HOLY FATHER we are committed Catholics inspired by Vatican II. We believe in the traditions of conscience, respect and inclusion upon which our Catholic faith was founded. 

From Archbishops Alemany, Hanna, Mitty and McGucken, to Quinn, Levada and Niederauer, our Archdiocese has been “an immigrant Church” built on a rich tradition of diversity. The Archdiocese has created a remarkable system of churches, schools, hospitals, homes for the elderly and support services for those in need. 

That is why we now respectfully ask you to replace Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone. Archbishop Cordileone has fostered an atmosphere of division and intolerance. 

Upon threat of losing their jobs, he coerces educators and staff in our Catholic high schools to accept a morality code which violates individual consciences as well as California labor laws. 

Teachers, students and parents are overwhelmingly opposed to his divisive proposal. The absolute mean-spiritedness of his required language for the Archdiocesan high school faculty handbook sets a pastoral tone that is closer to persecution than evangelization. 

Students, families and teachers have been deeply wounded by this language, yet the Archbishop refuses to withdraw his demands. Instead of your famous words “Who Am I to Judge,” Archbishop Cordileone repeatedly labels the behavior of our fellow brothers and sisters (and their children) as “gravely evil.”



He has selected and installed a pastor for Star of the Sea parish who marginalizes women’s participation in the church by banning girls from altar service and who has inexplicably distributed to elementary school children an age-inappropriate and potentially abusive, sexually-oriented pamphlet.

This priest was recruited by Archbishop Cordileone in spite of a troubled history of questionable judgement as a pastor outside our diocese. The Archbishop has isolated himself from our community. He disregards advice from his priests and has brushed aside the deep reservations expressed by our Retired Priests regarding his actions. 

He relies instead on a tiny group of advisors recruited from outside of our diocese and estranged from their own religious orders. The Archdiocese of San Francisco is threatened by Archbishop Cordileone’s single-issue agenda and cannot survive, let alone thrive and grow under his supervision. 

The City of Saint Francis deserves an Archbishop true to our values and to your teachings.



Signed, Jason Alonzo,Restaurant Proprietor Bill Barulich,CEO, BiRite Foodservice Distributors Jeanne Barulich,Retired Catholic School Teacher, Board Member, Jeanne and William Barulich Family Foundation Caroline Boitano, Board Member, San Domenico School James Boitano, Professor Emeritus, Dominican University Michael P. Bradley, Partner, Murphy Pearson Bradley Feeney Tom Brady Sr., Principal, Thomas Brady and Associates Inc. Carol Brandi, Member of the Board of Directors, Immaculate Conception Academy Thomas J. Brandi,Attorney, SF Catholic School Alumnus, Volunteer John Paul Bruno,Technology company executive, SF Catholic School Alumnus Jim Buick, SF Catholic School Alumnus, CYO Coach, Retired SF Social Services Director Maureen Buick,Catholic School Alumna, Retired UCSF Director Brian Cahill,Retired Executive Director, Catholic Charities CYO Greg Calegari, Principal, Calegari and Morris Certified Public Accountants Julia Campbell, Principal, Gensler, Parent, SHCP and SS Peter & Paul School students Kate Charlton,R.N., B.S.N., P.B.T., Instructor at San Francisco City College, CYO Coach, Parishioner Francis Charlton, M.D., Physician, Alumnus, SF Catholic Schools, Former Chief of Staff, St. Mary’s Medical Center, CYO Coach Louis Cobos, High School Football Coach, Parishioner, Alumnus, SF Catholic Schools Terrence Coleman, Principal, Pillsbury Levinson, Former President, St. Thomas More Society Dennis Corradi, Developer Erika Corradi,Retired Gail Corridan, SF Business Owner, Alumna, SF Catholic Schools, Parent, three graduates of SF Catholic Schools, Star of the Sea Parishioner Robert Corridan, SF Business Owner, Alumnus, SF Catholic Schools, Parent, three graduates of SF Catholic Schools, Star of the Sea Parishioner Gretta D’Acquisto, Alumna , SF Catholic Schools, Parent, three graduates of SF Catholic Schools, Star of the Sea Parishioner Rodney D’Acquisto, Alumnus, SF Catholic Schools, Parent, three graduates of SF Catholic Schools, Star of the Sea Parishioner Kevin L. Domecus, Attorney, Catholic School Alumnus, CYO Volunteer Alicia Donahue Silvia, Partner, Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP, SF Catholic Schools Graduate and Parent Eileen Donohoe,Elementary School Teacher, Parishioner, SF Catholic School Alumna John Kevin Donovan, J.D., Ph.D., Parishioner, Attorney, Doctor of Theology Catherine Driscoll Cannata,Retired College Counselor, Sacred Heart Atherton, Past Board Member, Little Children’s Aid Auxiliary, Past Member, Archdiocese Board of Education Mike & Stephanie L. Dunne John A. Espiritu, Founding Partner of Highland, Ferndale Partners LLC and Laurel Village Realtors, Real Estate Developer, Parishioner, Lector, Emeritus Board Member, St. Mary’s Medical Center Foundation, Current Member of the Boards of The Olympic Club and Mission Dolores Academy MariaR. Espiritu, Parishioner, Volunteer Teacher, St. Ignatius Parish Children’s Faith Formation Charles Geschke, Former Chairman, USF Board of Trustees Louis Giraudo,Alumnus, Parishioner David H. & PatriciaC. Grubb Alice Heard,Catholic Elementary School Teacher Pia Hinkle, Publisher, The FruitGuys, Parent, ARHS and Convent of the Sacred Heart High School Students Marilyn Homitz, Former Department Chair, Mercy HS and Cathedral HS James Horan, Vice President of Reinsurance, SF Catholic School Alumnus, CYO Volunteer Patricia Horan, Parent, Marin Catholic High School, Alumna, SF Catholic Schools John M. Jack, President, The Olympic Club Anne Kearney, Retired Teacher, SFUSD, Parishioner, Volunteer Brian Kearney, Retired, SF District Attorney’s Office, Parishioner Michael A. Kelly, President, Walkup Melodia Kelly & Schoenberger, Catholic School Alumnus, CYO Volunteer, Donor Patricia L. Kelly, Parent and Alumna, SF Catholic Schools Katherine King, Former SF Director of Development, Catholic Charities CYO, Alumna, Convent of the Sacred Heart and University of San Francisco, Parent, Star of the Sea and SHCP graduate Stephen E. Leveroni, Insurance Executive, Parishioner Maryon Davies Lewis Stephen Lovette, Retired Vice President, Saint Ignatius College Preparatory Marie K. Lundwall,Alumna, SF Catholic Schools Judith A. Lynch, R.N., Community Senior Services Leader Eileen Malley, Attorney, SF Catholic School Alumna Phil Marineau,Retired CEO, Levi Strauss and Company Sue Marineau, Emerita Trustee, University of San Francisco Janice & Michael Marovich NiallMcCarthy,Attorney, SF Catholic School Alumnus, Parish Volunteer YvonneMcCarthy,Teacher, SF Catholic School Alumna, Parish Volunteer PauletteMcDevitt,Catholic School Educator William G.McDevitt,Attorney and Counselor EdMcGovern,Alumnus, SF Catholic Schools, Past President, Catholic Elementary and High School Parent Organizations, Former Trustee, SF Catholic High School Mairi S.McKeever,Attorney, Parent, Alumna, St. Brendan & St. Rose Academy ValMcKeever, Past President of the Board of Regents, SHCP DoloresMcKeever Donahue, President, The O’Shea Foundation, SF Catholic Schools Alumna and Parent JosephMcMonigle, Partner, Long & Levitt LLP NancyMcMonigle,Teacher, Parish Volunteer ReedMinuth, Financial Advisor, Former Parish Council Member, Lector, Eucharistic Minister, ConfirmationTeacher Maura Morey JamesMurphy, Partner, Murphy Pearson Bradley and Feeney, Attorneys RickMurphy,Attorney, Alumnus, SF Catholic Schools and Catholic High School Coach Theresa L. Nevin, M.S.R.N., Nurse, Parishioner, Community Volunteer James P. Nevin Sr.,Attorney, Parishioner, Lector, Eucharistic Minister Kathy Nibbi, SF Catholic School Alumna Larry Nibbi,CEO, Nibbi Bros. Construction, Alumnus, ARHS, Former Chair Board of Trustee, ARHS, Donor Dorothy O’Callahan, Former member, Archdiocesan Board of Education, Parent, San Mateo Catholic School graduates William T. “Bill” O’Callahan, Past President, Junipero Serra HS Fathers’ Club, Society of St. Vincent de Paul Volunteer, Recipient of the Ozanam Medal John O’Connor,Alumnus, SF Catholic Schools, Non-Profit Administrator Kevin R. Paul, Investment Advisor, Alumnus, SF Catholic Schools Diane & Frank Pitre Diane Powers, Certified Public Accountant William Powers,Alumnus, SF Catholic Schools, Past President, Board of Regents of SF Catholic High School, Former Member, Archdiocese Investment Committee Clint Reilly, Chairman & President, Clinton Reilly Holdings, Former Chair of Board, Catholic Charities CYO Janet Reilly, Parishioner, Non-Profit Co-Founder Maureen Revel, SF Catholic Schools Alumna, Retired Teacher from Star of the Sea School Rene Revel, Retired Battalion Chief, SFFD Frank Rollo, Retired Geotechnical Engineer, SF Catholic School Alumnus George Rush, Head Football Coach Emeritus, City College of San Francisco Jane Rush, Parishioner Dan Ryan, Private Company CFO, Volunteer consultant to SF Catholic organizations, Alumnus, SF Catholic Schools, CYO Volunteer Coach James Ryan,CPA, Former Partner, Ernst & Young LLP, Past President, Board of Regents, SHCP, Parishoner Jeannett Ryan,R.N., Parishioner Monica Schoenberger, SF Catholic School Alumna, Parishioner, Volunteer Richard Schoenberger, Shareholder, Walkup Melodia Kelly & Schoenberger, Donor, Volunteer Bruce Scollin,Parishioner, SF Businessman Kathy Scollin, Parishioner, Non-Profit Fundraising Counsel for Catholic Organizations Megin Scully, Physician, Parishioner, Eucharistic Minister Ed Silvia,Retired, UPS, SF Parishioner, SF Catholic Schools Graduate & Parent Robert Simon, Parishioner, St. Patrick’s, Marin Catholic HS Alumnus Gerald R. Sobeck, LCDR US Navy, Ret., Alumnus, SF Catholic Schools, Senior Quality Engineer, Sonic Manufacturing Susie Sobeck, Parishioner, Retired, Headway Technology William G. “Bill” Stewart,Real Estate Professional Brian G. Swift, Former Board of Directors Member, Catholic Charities CYO of the Archdiocese of San Francisco Suzanne B. Swift, Former Board of Directors Member, Catholic Charities CYO of the Archdiocese of San Francisco Jude “Tad” Tassone, Alumnus, SF Catholic Schools Joe Toboni,Chair, The Toboni Group, Past Member, Archdiocesan School Board Mary Toboni, SF Real Estate Professional, Parishioner Gene Valla, Parent, Donor, Volunteer, DeMarillac Academy, ICA, SI, SHCP, Former Member, Archdiocese Finance Council Suzanne Valla,M.F.T., Volunteer Counselor, St. Anthony’s, Good Shepherd School and Catholic Charities A Respectful Appe a l to P ope Fra ncis from the Catholic Community of Sa n Fra ncisco Holy Father, Please Provide Us With a Leader True to Our Values and Your Namesake. Please Replace Archbishop Cordileone. **Affiliations listed above are for ID purposes only and do not imply an endorsement of this ad by any organization.

12 comments:

  1. This seems a strong heartfelt request from what seems an impressive list of educated articulate influential people. They don't seem impressed with the performance of the person who is effectively the CEO of an organisation to which they belong.
    I wonder how many other organisations would survive with such widespread dissatisfaction with their managing director?
    MournemanMichael

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  2. The Abp doesn't represent their "values". He upholds the values of Christ.

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    1. The values of Christ or the values of the institutional Church? The two are not the same, and you need to learn to distinquish between them.

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    2. What a revelation!
      I'm obliged to assume that YOUR hotline and interpretation of Christ's values is objectively much superior, authentic and compelling than that list of eminent peoples'.
      Perhaps you could help us all understand with a summary of your theological and intellectual knowledge of the facts.
      I'd be particularly interested to understand your perceptions of the complete disparity between this archbishops apparant disdain and unwillingness to accept the equality of women in religious observances, and the Gospels references to Christ's very positive interactions with women.
      And please don't quote me Paulinas misogony!
      MournemanMichael

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    3. The values of Christ or the values of the Church? The two are not the same, and the 'Church' (as you put it) sometimes bears witness to itself rather than
      Christ.

      'Teaching as doctrines the precepts of men' - this is how Jesus described
      certain Jews during his earthly ministry. I fear he would find the same arrogant, self-serving spirit in the 'Church' today.

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  3. I heard about this blog today. Having read through it I wonder if you are actually in the comedy business? Imagine Al Capone hosting a blog about responsible alcohol use, sales and payment of tax. I will not mention human rights! Are you really serious about your criticisms and attacks or are you trying to be comical?

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    1. Well, you took it seriously enough to take the time and trouble to post a comment.

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    2. I really don't understand what this comment is about.
      Perhaps you could explain?
      MMM

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  4. You are a fool indeed if you think this will make the slightest difference to anything.

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    1. You miss the point. Whether or not it will (or even could) make a difference is immaterial. The point is that such blatant and high-handed injustice should not go unremarked. And this blog provides an opportunity for that.

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    2. And again, as I queried in the comment above, What do you mean by this?
      MMM

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