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Celebrating its 40th year, CRS Rice Bowl is Catholic Relief Services’ Lenten program for families and faith communities in the United States who want to put their faith into action.

This apple did not fall from the tree. Karen O’Reilly is and alumna of St. Finn Barr School and has been teaching kindergarten there since 1984. She is also a graduate of San Francisco’s Presentation High School and San Francisco State University.

I agree with Father Illo’s stance regarding training only boys to serve at Mass.

Letters in Catholic San Francisco’s Feb. 6 issue largely support girl altar servers. Who are the saints in our Catholic Church?

Catholic San Francisco posted on Pope Francis saying, “I am convinced at the urgency of offering space to women in the life of the church ...” (Feb. 13, Page 11).

I was happy to read your newspaper article on Irena Sendler (“How one young Catholic saved 2,500 kids,” Christina Capecchi column, Jan. 28).

I would quote Galatians 3:26-29: “For you are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus.

I write concerning Father Illo’s effort to exclude girls as altar servers at his parish. I also write as a father of two daughters and a grandfather of three granddaughters.

Father Illo makes what is undoubtedly a sincere but also a very flawed defense of his decision to ban altar girls.

The recent decisions, and the articulated rationale at Star of the Sea Parish regarding female altar servers, have been upsetting to many.

Who among us would say, in light of the growing gap between female and male college graduates, that women should stop going to college?

Thank you for your moral clause in the San Francisco high school handbooks.

Archbishop Cordileone should be roundly applauded for removing the apparent ambiguity in the guidelines governing the Catholic schools operation under his governance.

I want to voice my support and deep appreciation for Archbishop Cordileone as he seeks to work with our Catholic high schools to make sure that they are providing an accurate and unified teaching of Catholic doctrine.

I’m appalled at the protests on the cathedral steps against Archbishop Cordileone. For the protests to occur during Mass is scandalous.

I am finding it increasingly difficult to be a practicing Catholic. While I find hope and comfort in the Gospel and the sacraments along with the words and deeds of Pope Francis, I fail to see the Gospel lived out in our diocese all too frequently.

As I reread Mark’s account of the Transfiguration, I’m reminded of the multiple times God reveals himself so intimately to select individuals in Scripture.

Each time I see a baby sleeping peacefully, it reminds me of peace of mind at its best.

Society is awash in infidelity! Lies, cheating and broken promises are the stuff of media headlines and these infidelities grab our attention and rouse our ire.

A measles outbreak, the safety of childhood vaccinations, and the role of parental rights in choosing to vaccinate or not to vaccinate is all over the news.