1. It is necessary to change another date: Our next Mass. in Los Angeles, which was originally announced to be on 10 February, has been postponed to 24 February, while Mass for San Diego remains as originally reported, 9 February.
  2. Many of us live with the echo of significant anniversaries. Even so is my approaching 50th year anniversary of ordination to the priesthood at the Basilica of St. John Lateran in Rome on the feast of St. Frances, March 9, 1963. Not even in my dreams did I think I would live to 50th years of priesthood and even, thanks to God, in relatively good health. I would like to invite you all to a special votive Mass of St. Frances on Saturday, March 9, in San Diego. Then, as it was in 1963, I had my first Mass the next day, Sunday, March 10, in the chapel of the Pontifical Nepomucenum College in Rome, where I did my 4 years of theology. Now, after the 50 years have passed, I will celebrate this Mass here in the church of the Pope John Paul II Polish Center in Yorba Linda. The San Francisco community will celebrate this anniversary during our Mass on Sunday, March 17. I would love to have all of you  come to celebrate this anniversary with me by thanking the Lord God for all the good that he has accomplished during these 50 years, and also asking for his protection in the future.
  3. During the last Mass in San Francisco, on the Feast of the Three Kings, I said in a sermon that this holiday reminds us of the fact that Christ came to save also the people of other nations and not just Jews. Immediately after Mass received several objections, which may be summarized as follows: when salvation is possible in other religions, why should I  try to be Catholic?

Some 30 years before the  Second Vatican Council an American Jesuit, Fr. Leonard Feeney taught that anyone who is not a member of the Church can not be saved. He followed the maxim “extra Eclesiam nulla salus”  (outside the church there is no salvation)! For this teaching, which is not the teaching of the church,  he was excommunicated by Pope Pius XII. It was not until shortly before his death, that he  admitted he was wrong and he died reconciled with the Church. Lumen Gentium 16 states: Those also can attain to everlasting salvation who through no fault of their own do not know the gospel of Christ or His Church, yet sincerely seek God and, moved by grace, strive by their deeds to know His will as it is known to them through the dictates of conscience….Salvation will not be denied to those who, without blame on their part, have not yet arrived at a clear knowledge of God, but try to live a good life because of his grace…”