I thank you for your comments on my posts. It is terribly difficult to live in a place where the bishop is such a bad fit for the community.  Suffice it to say that former bishops Niederauer, Levada, Quinn, none of whom are "liberal" by any stretch of the imagination made a real effort, successfully, to be pastoral and approachable.  Before our current fellow arrived, he had already stated for the media that he was going to "clean up" the situation and he came here having poured millions of dollars into defeating Prop. 8. He does have "covens" - my husband and I were mistakenly sent an invitation to a private cocktail party at his residence for Catholic CEOs & wives...God forbid that a CEO could be a woman...I am a retired Catholic School teacher and my husband is a Catholic Worker...no CEOs here...when we called to inquire, we were told that they assumed we were rich because of our contributions to the Archbishop's Appeal. We aren't. We just rejoice in our parish and leave it at that.