January 5, 2001 by Catholic San Francisco

A More than 500 people, led by Jesuit Father Francis MacPeck carrying the Blessed Sacrament, walked in a "Viva Cristo Rey "p rocession to St. Peter's Church at 24th and Alabama Streets in San Francisco J an. 1. The traditional Nicaraguan event was started here over 20 y ears ago under the late Father Jack Issacs. The procession through the surrounding neighborhood concluded with Mass.

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to "^ Parishionerswere welcomed back Mass at Noe Valley's St. Paul Church beginning Christmas Eve 2000 f ollowingrecent comp letion of retrof ittingand design upg rades on the landmark worship sp ace. The work, which took almost one ye ar to accomplish, comp letes an $8.5 million construction project that also built the new St. Paul Elementary School which welcomed students in January 1999. On Feb. 4, Archbishop William J. Levada with p astor, Father Mario Parana, will rededicate the well-known "Sister Act " church during ceremonies at the par ish's 12:15p .m. Mass. St. Paul Church was dedicated by Archbishop Patrick Riordan on May 29, 1911. It was built over 14 y ears at a cost of $260, 000, an amount ful yl amortized by the time it was completed. Donations to the building camp aign may be made to St. Paul Church, 221 Valley St., San Francisco 94131.

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Hats off to the big hearts of students at South San Francisco 's St. Veronica Elementary School who have been busy gathering food for San Bruno 's Catholic Worker House and "Toys for Tots." Helping deliver the four truckload s of edibles were Student Council members Ian Del Castillo , Gina Balestrieri , Len Edora , Mike Tate, Oliva Talavan, and Justin Vigil. Student council moderators are teachers Moll y O'Balle , Cezanne Flowers, and Mark Houbein. Acceptin g the more than 340 toys for San Mateo Fire Department were Capt. Mike McCann , and firefi ghters Steve Blevins and George Piscitello. Firefighter , Greg Boyle , whose children Lauren and Kevin attend St. Veronica's, arranged the toys ' transportation. Princi pal is Joan Coleman. Pastor is Father Wilton Smith. On his return from a recent Reno excursion , Capuchin Provincial Father Ronald Talbott was asked if he won anything. "I only play the buffets ," the Franciscan replied.... The junior high speech club from the Sunset District 's St. Gabriel Elementary went toeto-toe against half-a-dozen other talkin ' teams at an annual student congress. Debaters included Michael DiGrande, Noelle Bidegainberry, Antonette Bondoc, Jacqueline Chan, Stephanie Wong, Rebecca Chow, Barbara Ferles, Winnie Mau, Vanessa Wong, Colin Burton , Matt Terrizzi, Brendan Winans, Serena Lau, Jack Ngyuen , Bill Dineen , Michael Schwartz , Theodore Mak , Andy Chloe. Coaches are 7th grade teachers Richard Moseley and Mara Hill. Happy anniversary to the Turriseburnea Club , a women 's charitable organization that just celebrated its 50th year. The group has had as many as 400 members and currentl y carries more than 125 members on its active rolls , said Father Jim Atkins , club spiritual director and host of its annual Christmas lunch held Dec. 2 at Serra Clergy House, San Mateo. Club prez is Bridget O'Boyle and honored guest was Clare Carey Willard. Fathers Bill Quinn , Bill Worner and John Mihovilovich also attended. Prize winners in the club' s annual drawing were Claire Hines, Donna Jensen , Lorraine Bush , Sean O'Boyle , Marian Heitnsoth ,

Prayers please for Providence Sister Nancy Reynolds who underwent knee surgery on December 13 and is now recuperating at home. Siste r Nancy, assistant director of the Canon Law Department of the Archdiocese , gathered with co-workers including Canon Law director , Father Michael Padazinski who presided , for a Mass of healing in the Chancery chapel on Dec. 12. Sister Nancy called the rite , which included her being anointed by her office mates , _„__„„. ., ,„.„_ "quite powerful. "...Congrats to all who had a hand in the first annual Downtown Luncheon sponsored b y the alumni association of San Francisco 's Archbishop Riordan Hi gh School held Dec. 7 at the Sir Francis Drake Hotel. Planners included alums Jeff Hull, Dale Allen , former Rose Bowl place-kicker , Frank Gina Granata Jordan , and Tony Pantaleoni. Guest speaker was Giants partner , Peter Magowan , who like the cherished team came to the City from New York in 1958. Master of Ceremonies for the lunch , which drew more than 150 Crusaders and friends , including former California Lt. Gov. Leo McCarthy, was 1975 grad Kevin Hull.... Curtain up for Riordan class of '80 alum , Kevin Bogue, an ori ginal member of the Broadway cast of "Ragtime" and today appearing as the Constable in the Broadway revival of "Music Man." Other of Kevin 's credits are Broadway 's not long ago "How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying," starring Matthew Broderick; a Switzerland production of "Cats;" several years with the San Jose/Cleveland Ballet , and many regional theatre roles. Kevin didn't fall far from the tree. His dad is Singing Fireman Jim Bogue who recently celebrated his 70th birthday. Jim told me he 's been making music since his Mission High School day s 57 years ago and still loves it. So do we, Jimmy....The junior class of St. Ignatius College Preparatory accompanied 60 seniors to two performances of "Ragtime" when the Tony Award winning show visited the City a coupla' months ago. Students had Happy 60th wedding anniversary to Margaret and Tom 0'Donnell, been reading the book on which the musiparishioners for more than 50 years at the Parkside District 's cal is based.... Congrats to Notre Dame St. Cecilia 's where Margaret is a former member of the Legion of High School , Belmont sophomores , Mary and Tom continues as a St. Cecilia Knight. The couple , married Meghann McLinden and Angela at the Excelsior District 's Epiphany Parish on Nov. 16, 1940, have six Harrington , who received the Girl Scout children, all St. Cecilia alums and pictured here with Margaret and Silver Award at ceremonies at Our Lady Tom at a recent Mothers' Day get-together. The family gathered of Mt. Carmel Church, Redwood City, to celebrate the six-decade union on Nov. 19. From left with Dad on Nov. 19. Notre Dame senior Gina are Dave , Jim, Tom Jr., Bob, and Dennis 0'Donnell. With Mom Granata's short story "My Family" was is the couple's daughter. Mary Del Carlo. a winner in a Young Adult Writing Contest at her local library ....A clap of the erasers for Father Kenneth Bozzo and Clare Sullivan... .Whatever Mercy High School , San Francisco alum Nancy your idea of the new millennium is - that it is this year Alderman on being named HeadStart Teacher of the or last - it has begun. May it bring us all closer. Happy Year in the 'state of Oregon. Nancy 's folks are Mary Lou New Year!... and John Kaufer of St. Luke Parish, Foster City and her brother is David Kaufer of Good Shepherd , Pacifica. The honored educator lives in Dundee, Oregon, which her dad says is the "hazelnut capital of the world." Happy anniversary to John and Mary Lou who celebrated 52 years of marriage in August....

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Pope begins year with a plea for peace By Cind y Wooden Catholic News Servic e VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Humanity 's hopes for peace in the new millennium will be fulfilled onl y if people respect human life, are willing to dialogue with each other and learn to build a culture of solidarity, Pope John Paul II told the tens of thousands of peop le who spent the last hours of 2000 in a fri gid St. Peter 's Square waiting for his blessing at midni ght. As fireworks burs t in the distance , the pope said that looking back on the joys and sufferings of the past millennium and the past century, "the knowled ge that God guides the events of humanity emerges. He walks with us and never ceases to accomplish marvelous things ." "I hope the new millennium will bring all nations peace, justice , brotherhood and prosperity," the pope said.The pope encouraged the crowd , made up mainl y of young peop le , to keep their eyes fixed on Jesus. "He is the one who with wisdom and with the strength of the Spirit will help us face the challenges of the new millennium ," the pope said. At his Jan . 1 Mass for the World Day of Peace, the pope said , "The third millennium opens for us with a call to responsibl y and courageousl y accept the gift of peace which the Savior, the son of Mary, brought to our land and to all cultures." During the Mass in St. Peter 's Square, Pope John Paul said , "The Lord gives us his peace, a peace which is not the fruit of human compromise , but the surprising effect of his benevolent gaze upon us. This is the peace we invoke today." The Mass included a prayer in Arabic asking "peace for Jerusalem." Christians, Muslims and Jews, who all recognize Abraham as their father in faith , must recognize the values common to their faiths and cultures and , "starting from the Holy Land , witness to the value of solidarity and the promotion of justice," the prayer said. Pope John Paul was shielded from the cold by clear p lastic sheets erected around three sides of the altar p latform and several heaters hidden under the platform. Reciting the Angelus after the Mass, the pope said it would be impossible to celebrate World Peace Day so close to Christmas without pray ing for peace in the Holy Land, "where 2,000 years ago the angels proclaimed: 'Glory to God in the highest and on earth peace to those on whom his favor rests.'" The pope said he asked Cardinal Roger Etchegaray, former president of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace, to celebrate World Peace Day in the Holy Land and to give copies of his peace day message to "the Palestinian and Israeli authorities with the invitation to follow the way of dialogue to reach the longdesired peace." "At the beginning of 2001," he said, the Church invokes Mary 's maternal protection "so that men and women of every language , people and nation learn to appreciate one another and to share their cultural riches in order to build together a new humanity." In his homil y earlier, the pope said that only with a "trusting and tenacious " commitment to dialogue will different peoples learn to build togeth er a new era of solidarity, justice and peace.

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Pope John Paul II kisses a girl Dec. 30 during his last jubilee audience of 2000 in St. Peter ' s Square. More than 8.5 million people attended papal Masses and audiences in 2000, the Vatican said. Rome hosted 24 million pilgrims and in the Jubilee year, almost 7 million more than in 1999.

"At the same time, the urgency of defending life must be vigorously reaffirmed ," he said. "One cannot invoke peace and despise life," Pope John Paul said. Many of the young people who celebrated New Year's Eve in St. Peter 's Square and who were back eight hours later for the pope 's Mass were from the Legionaries of Christ and the order 's lay movement, Regnum Christi. Gabriel Leong, a Regnum Christi member from Auckland, New Zealand, said, "It was cold, but it was great to see the pope coming out at midn ight." Just before the Jan. 1 Mass, he said, "This is the pope 's first Mass for the millennium — it 's a great way to start the New Year." Joseph Gaitley, a Regnum Christi member from Cypress, Calif., said getting from the square to their hotel after midnight and back again for the morning Mass was difficult with the holiday schedule of Rome 's public transportation , "but we were reall y motivated." In events marking the end of 2000 and the beg inning of 2001, the pope also prayed for families , which he said should be marked by "a serene climate which

favors the harmonious human and spiritual development of each member." Reciting the Angelus Dec. 31 as a crowd gathered around the Nativity scene in St. Peter 's Square, the pope said that looking at the statues of the Hol y Family,- he wanted to offer prayers and encouragement for all families , especiall y those in difficult situations. "Some are marked by extreme poverty, others are forced to look in foreign countries for that which unfortunately is lacking in their homelands ," he said. In addition , in many cultures there are "attacks on the very institution of the family," "All of this shows how urgent it is to rediscover the value of the family and to help families in every way to be, as God wanted, the vital environment in which every baby who comes into the world is welcomed from conception with tenderness and gratitude," he said.

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WASHINGTON —New U.S. norms on the readmission of seminary applicants who previousl y left a seminary or religious order establish a policy designed to prevent a former seminarian or religious from hiding his formation record. Under the norms, a bishop may not accept such an applicant without first obtaining the relevant information from the appropriate officials of the applicant 's formation experience. Anyone who leaves a seminary or diocesan form ation program is to be notified in writing that if he seeks admission to another program "relevant information will be communicated" to authorities where he is seeking admission. The norms require that the application forms of dioceses and seminaries include questions about whether the applicant ever previously applied to, was accepted or rejected by, or was dismissed from , another formation program. The forms must state that the applicant consents to the sharing of relevant information from previous formation programs with the diocesan bishop or seminary rector where he is applying. If a bishop decides to accept an applicant who was in a previous program, he must give written notice to the seminary or formation program where he is sending the applicant , with copies to the previous bishop or major superior.

Nap les cardinal is cleared of loansharhing charges

VATICAN CITY— An Italian court cleared Naples Cardinal Michele Giordano of charges of funneling more than $500,000 to a usury ring run by his brother and embezzling hundreds of thousands of dollars from archdiocesan bank accounts . The Dec. 22 ruling, following a two-year investigation , "left no margin for any doubt regarding the cardinal's innocence, which could have been proclaimed immediately," said Vatican spokesman Joaquin Navarro-Vails. The cardinal repeatedl y protested his innocence. His lawyers noted that he authorize d magistrates to examine the transaction histories of his bank accounts, including those at the Vatican bank, which would have been otherwise off limits. The cardinal declined to comment on the verdict, saying only that he was as "serene" as he had been from the beginning of the investigation because his conscience was clean

Brooklyn Diocese will fo rgive $118 million in debt

BROOKLYN, N.Y. — The Brooklyn Diocese will forgive more than $118 million in debt owed by Catholic parishes, schools and agencies. The biggest beneficiaries will be 102 parishes, whose combined loans of nearly $107 million have been written off. Other U.S. bishops have responded to papal calls for debt forgiveness in 2000 by canceling or reducing outstanding loans from their dioceses, but Brookl yn 's is by far the largest such program announced in the country during the jubilee year. The entire 200 1 U.S. government appropriation for debt forgiveness in the world's poorest nations was $435 million — less than four times the amount of debt relief given by the Brooklyn Diocese. Bishop Thomas V. Daily recalled that when Pope John Paul II spoke with leaders of the Jubilee 2000 campaign for debt relief in poor countries , "our Holy Father reminded the community to make every effort to restore to human relations the original harmony which God gave to creation."

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Only deep faith can stop spread of sects, pop e tells families

VATICAN CITY — Only a deep faith lived with conviction and shared with others can stop the spread of sects that play on people's emotions and doubts, Pope John Paul II said. "The spread of sects must rouse believers to deepen their faith conviction ," the pope said Dec. 23 in a greeting to a group of Italians who have had a family member join a sect, cult or new religious movement. "The jubilee is coming to an end," he said. "It is important that in this last phase of the jubilee itinerary all believ ers make a more intense commitment to purifying and strengthening their faith in the face of the dangers and perils which threaten it in these times." Among the dangers are "those aberrant forms of relig ious sentiment which exploit the deepest aspirations of the human soul, offering illusory and false promises of satisfaction ," Pope John Paul said. "The onl y valid response to this challenge is a stronger witness of Christian values and a solid renewal of pastoral commitment," he said.

Polish cardinal suspends p lans for $45 million basilica

WARSAW, Poland — Cardinal Jozef Glemp has suspended plans to build a $45 million Divine Prov idence basilica in thanksgiving for the collapse of communism. This marked the third time in two centuries that plans for the church had been shelved. In 1791, King Stanislaw August commissioned the first church construction project to celebrate Poland's "May constitution." The project was disrupted by the country 's 1792 partition by Russia, Prussia and Austria. A government-funded initiative in the 1930s was blocked by World War II. A parliamentary resolution backing the latest project in October 1998 said the basilica would be a "national vote of thanks for the return of independence" and would fulfill "promises made 200 years ago." Father Jan Bodzon , vice chairman of an advisory committee, said Cardinal Glemp had not taken account of "technical and economic factors" for the proposed building when he chose the design. "In my view, $45 million isn 't a small sum, particularly when Polish society is getting poorer and the economic changes are causing great hardships," the priest said.

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LOS ANGELES — Members of St. Frances X. Cabrini and Ascension parishes came out in force to show their determination to regain control of their South Central neighborhood . They were parents in their Sunday 's best. They were teen-agers in jackets and jeans. They were Latinos and African-Americans — nearl y 500 altogether. On the sunny morning of Dec. 16, they filled the St. Frances X. Cabrini hall to tell Sheriff Lee Baca they were tired of being afraid. "We don 't want any more crimes in our community," said Maria Silaya, speaking through an interpreter. Last October, her son Paul was killed during a shooting at a doughnut shop across from the church. Her son isn 't the only victim of violence in the community. Five others were killed last October within two weeks of each other. Two died at the end of November and two more at the start of December. "I have to do everything in my power to prevent any further violence from happening in this community," Sheriff Lee Baca told them. Baca enumerated several anti-crime initiatives, including: 14 more sheriff's deputies assigned to the community, including three designated as "town sheriffs"; a new sheriff's station to be built in the neighborhood; and the start of a gang-reform program which has shown success in East Los Angeles.

Two Florida bishops to serve on Food for the Poor board

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla.— Bishop Norbert M. Dorsey of Orlando and Auxiliary Bishop Thomas G. Wenski of Miami have joined the board of directors of Food for the Poor. The appointments are the latest changes implemented b y the charity, based in south Florida, since its founder and CEO, Ferdinand Mahfood , resigned Sept. 25. Mahfood admitted he had diverted donations — now estimated at more than $400,000 — to two female staff members with whom he was sexually involved and to members of their families. In early December agency officials released copies of their internal investigative audits to church and law enforcement officials. Officials said the audits showed that Mahfood 's financial improprieties were "finite and limited" and that proper financial controls are now in place to safeguard agency funds.

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far deeper than what was apparent during the last election. "What I heard loud and clear was that we couldn 't talk about healing without talking about poverty," the priest said. Father Elizondo, although optimistic about the meeting, said he knew changes "wouldn 't happen overnight." But still, it is a start, he acknowledged, pointing out the significance of the diverse gathering. "Even though we 're divided , we were coming together on issues of the human condition," he said. The diverse group, which included Protestant, Muslim and Jewish representatives, was also not lost on Father Robert Sirico, president of the Acton Institute for the Study of Religion and Liberty in Grand Rapids, Mich.

"With such an array of peop le and diversity of ideas, there could have been a battle," he told CNS, but instead "everybody seemed to want to work together where we could. " Father Sirico said he approached the meeting somewhat cautiously, since he was not sure what to expect , but he said it was immediately obvious that Bush was genuinely supportive and interested in what the religious leaders had to say. "As a pastor, I'd say he has had a reli g ious experience and that experience has transformed him," he said. And according to Bishop Fiorenza, Bush may need to draw on that experie nce, if he wants to facilitate the healing he talks about. "He has a God given task," Bishop Fiorenza said.

WASHINGTON (CNS) — The head of the U.S. Catholic bishops said it was clear from a meeting George W. Bush had with him and other religious leaders that the president-elect wants to heal wounds of division in the country and "work with faith-based organizations to address social ills." Bishop Joseph A. Fiorenza of Galveston-Houston , president of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops , told Catholic News Service in a telephone interview the day after the Dec. 20 meeting in Austin , Texas, that the incoming president "wants to bring people together." The bishop , who was the first religious leader called on to address the meeting, said he believed the Catholic Church , for one, had great experience hel ping the nation 's poor, particularl y through the work of agencies such as Catholic Charities. "Among your many pastoral obligations is Bishop Fiorenza, two other Catholic representatives the need to provide for spiritual care of the military and leaders of other denomiand their dependents."- po Pe John Paul » nations met with Bush for more than an hour to talk about ways the government and faith-based organizations could work together. "This is not a political meeting," Bush said during a news conference before the private meeting, held in a Baptist church in Austin. Hp' "¦-:-#^^H tflHj .i s ', ¦¦ "This is a meeting to '¦•>v^B :./lSMS HHBK^W'^#^w8Sî-"' J > '^HHHHi '/ i \ ¦ -. ',. aal&IHIHmH&SEBm_*_ ' ¦•iSl Ww" I ? ' begin a dialogue about how M| .' v^fejflB iiP ~ ^ '«$^^B HL* ^K& ' to change people 's lives," he said, emphasizing that it would focus on how the government "can encourage, as opposed to discourage, faithbased programs from performing their commonp lace ¦ Sfi-'- "? ¦ '^îfflP Wtk Br miracles of renewal." nfl Wft i9 - .^£& ^Vat ' During the meeting, squeezed in between '^. % : ¦ ¦-' --"' 'J &lirai^'^¦r : HHH1& >BBBHBI' ' ^HKHBHY [18 announcements of key 0/ ¦ VHHHBI; y JR^HBH Mm.. ^m k .iBlp ' H ||H| B :^^HK : Cabinet appointments, Bush ^H EH§ % ^ Xtt$B$ *-'-^ fH HI promised he would establish a White House "Office of HJ Hfc 9 JT^ JHn^Hl Faith-Based Action" as a liaison between government and HI HEP %HHfl HKIW' HSKÎHK* JlLip» ^HHHF JUIP' Jr ^ HH ~ 91 Hm HKfl*HK:^B HIP^HHViillf ^ religious groups. F W Bishop Fiorenza told CNS the Catholic Church's experi<U / :?; BpJ Mr !j[ ¦J 1; j ^ Û. f ^ ¦MI GS M ^. &¦*$¦' ence in working with the »BH Uli' HH nation's poor could be uti¦JK BJEr-, Br~ ".„, v H K KBHVJK mm ^^k lized by the Bush administration and that Church officials looked forward to such collaboration. HE TJ HHBHl He said the president-elect '"^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ iBt E?SB^^^^B seemed "very sincere" in following up with campaign promises of expanding the ability of faith-based organizations to provide their servThe Army needs priests who can serve full-time in the Army or partices to the poor. time in the Army Reserve (usually two days a month , plus two weeks a Meeting participant Father year) . An Army priest performs the same pastora l duties as a civilian Virgilio Elizondo, founder of the Mexican American priest , providing spiritual ca re for soldiers , spouses , childre n, and other Cultural Center in San members of the Army community. Antonio, said Bush was tapping the reli g ious leaders for And, because you train with your fellow soldiers , you experience their ideas, telling them that a feeling that few other ministries can offer: the special feeling that faith-based groups "have a long history of doing things comes from serving God and country. For more information about with a little amount of money." specific opportunities and benefits, call 1-800-USA-ARMY, ext. 539 In a CNS phone interview, or visit www .goarmy.com. Father Elizondo called the session "a breakthroug h" because the upcoming leader of the country "officially wants to encourage religious groups to help them do what BE ALL YOU CAN BE. they do." But beyond discussing the practical work of relig ious groups, Father Elizondo said, Bush kept bringing up how the wounds of the nation run ;

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WASHINGTON (CNS) — The Great Jubilee of the Year 2000 dominated religious news over the past year, and at its center was the aging but still remarkably active Pope John Paul II. The pope, who turned 80 in May, made a memorable jubilee-year pilgrimage to the Holy Land in March. Images of him praying at the Western Wall in Jerusalem and placing a message there with a trembling hand moved CatholicJewish relations to a new level worldwide. In Rome he hosted almost innumerable special jubilee days — for families, the elderly, teachers, health workers, priests, bishops, religious, journalists and many others. But two such days stood out especially: World Youth Day in August, for which an estimated 2 million people gathered in Rome for Mass with the pope, and the Day of Forgiveness in March, when the pope led a reconciliation service asking forgiveness of those harmed in the name of the church. 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Jubilee Year 2000 for the Archdiocese of San New presidents named at USF, Notre Dame Jesuit Father Stephen Privett , was named presiFrancisco was ushered in by Archbishop William dent of the University of San Francisco, succeeding J. Levada on Christmas Eve, Dec. 24, 1999, with Jesuit Father John P. Schlegel. Father Privett, who has the unsealing of doors at St. Mary 's Cathedral , extensive experience in cultura l diversity and comsymbolizing the Jubilee theme, "Open wide the munity-based learning, was provost and vice presidoors to Christ." dent for academic affairs at his community 's Santa By any measure, 2000 was an event-filled year Clara University at the time of his appointment. for the people of the Archdiocese. The normal pace John B. (Jack) Oblak, a senior administrator at and pattern of parish life became even faster and Ithaca College in upstate New York, was named more complex as clergy, religious and parishioners president of the College of Notre Dame in Belmont , involved themselves in Jubilee Year activities. succeeding Margaret Huber. Oblak was vice presiThe following pages present photographs and dent for student affairs and campus life at Ithaca. captions of some of the news and events of the Trip to El Salvador inspires pilgrims Jubilee Year captured in Catholic San Francisco A 15-member delegation from the Archdiocese during the past year. of San Francisco went to El Salvador in March to Project Rachel offers post-abortion healing Roberto Vilata of Mission Dolores receives a certificatefrom mark the 20th anniversary of the assassination of Project Rachel, a ministry of healing and recArchbishop Levada on Lay Ministry Recognition Day. With Archbishop Oscar Romero. onciliation, is expanding its efforts to reach out to them is]oni Gallagher of the School of PastoralLeadership. . The p ilgrims said they were inspired by love for women who have undergone abortions. — The program, which has been operating in the San "choreograp hy " of the Mass but on how well they live Archbishop Romero shown by the Salvadoran people. Posters of Archbishop Romero with quotations fro m his Francisco Archdiocese for 10 years, offers the services the Eucharist. The key to liturgy is "not so much getting the rubrics homilies were everywhere, and 40,000 people attended a of lay volunteers and priest counselors. Volunteers have begun to form support groups facilitated by a profes- right as it is help ing us to get life less wrong — to build up memorial Mass for him. sional therapist, and they are encouraging pastors to use the body of Christ," Msgr. Irwin, a faculty member at the a new manual, "Post-Abortion Ministry," prepared by Catholic University of America and adviser to the U.S. bishops, said. Catholics should ask themselves: "Do we the U.S. bishops ' national organizations. Project Rachel has spread to more than 100 dioceses reflect the Eucharist in our lives or do we betray it," he said. since it began in 1984 in Milwaukee. In San Francisco Married couples celebrate their commitment One hundred fifty couples married 25 years or more it operates out of the Archdiocese 's Respect Life Program. Project Rachel efforts were expanded here renewed their marriage vows in a Jubilee Year celebration and across the country as part of the observance of the at St. Mary 's Cathedral, Feb. 12. "Your presence is a powJubilee Year, Mary Ann Schwab, coordinator of the erful sign in today 's w o r l d . . . that following the unselfish love of Christ — even to the cross — is the necessary sign archdiocesan program, said. of hope fulfilled in love," Archbishop William J. Levada told the couples. Mission Dolores battles invasion of beetles Mission Dolores , the two-century old mother church of San Francisco , began to battle an invasion of powderpost beetles. The pests have bored into the "irreplaceable artwork " of the church , Father Maurice McCormick, rector of the parish , said, and they threaten the structure itself. The mission church , which stands alongside the much larger basilica church , was built in 1791. The beetles have invaded the wood carvings behind the main altar, which date to Cardinal EdwardI. Cassidy and Rabbi Norman 1796, and side altars installed in 1810. Solomon came to San Franciscof or the first Debt relief is focus At the inauguralArchdiocesan Pastoral Council symposium of the Flannery-Hyatt Institute The Church's role in promoting debt meeting,f rom lef t: Mary Ann Bouey, Ed Texeira, on Interfaith Understanding at USF. relief for impoverished nations was the Sam Washington, Sam Lukach, Doris Munsterman. focus of the annual John R. Quinn Colloquium on Cath olic Teaching March 11. The pilgrims, led by George Welosek, director of the Youths have their day at religious education institute Bishop Diarmuid Martin , head of the Vatican 's justice archdiocesan Office of Public Policy and Social For the first time, the annual archdiocesan Religious and peace office, called on developed nation s to ease the Concerns, expressed concern about continuing injustices Education Institute included a "Youth Track" for young burden of debt on developing countries. Honduran there and in nei ghboring Guatemala. "We soon became people who are active in their parishes. One hundred Archbishop Oscar Andres Rodriguez said that the aware that Guatemala (200,000 persons killed over 30 youths participated in the daylong session with the weight of international debt has impoverished his peotheme, "Eucharist: The Heroic Act of Love." ple. Since the 1970s, he said , his country has paid $250 "The retreat-like setting gave the 100 students in million in interest on a $90 million loan for electrical attendance the opportunity to build community, pray facilities and still owes $80 million. While disagreeing on details, participants agreed that together, and focus on their relationship with God Grace Casetta, former coordinator of youth ministry for in addition to debt relief , developing countries must end economic inequities by instituting land and tax reforms. the archdiocese, said. In the keynote talk for the institute Feb. 5, Msgr. Respect Life Commission earns honors The Jubilee Celebration of. 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Charities hel ps develop homes for homeless the young people from the archdiocese The Shelter Plus Care program of Catholic spiritually fed me," said co-organizer Charities and a unit of the Mercy Sisters are working Grace Casetta. with 20 other agencies to create homes for the homeTuition assistance campai gn exceeds less on Treasure Island. goal Shelter Plus Care is hel ping find tenants for 65 The campai gn to build a tuition units. The "Plus Care " part of the name refers to the assistance endowment of more than fact that the program provides life skills training as $30 million has far surpassed its goal well as housing. One new resident describes her of raising $10 million in the parish home as the best she has had , while another, homephase. Nearly 8,000 families and indiless for six years, said, "It is amazing for me to get viduals pledged $16 million through this place." their parishes. The extra $6 million will Mercy Development coordinated construction of be returned to the parishes that sur86 units at the former Navy base. A total of 222 subpassed their targets. Pop eJohn Paul II with Archbishop Levada and Father Ken sidized units will share the island with 800 market Overall , the Catholic Education Westray, to the p op e's lef t, and Deacon Steven Lop es. rate units. Endowment Campaign— initiated by years) and El Salvador (80,000 killed over a 12-year period) are countries of martyrs," Bishop Walsh takes over Santa Rosa Diocese Archbishop Levada and led b y Lou and Jesuit Father Joseph Eagan wrote.. Bishop Daniel F. Suzanne Giraudo— has raised more Dominicans mark 150 years service here Walsh, a native of San than $18 million for the endowment: Members of the Dominican order celebrated 150 Francisco and former $10 million from the parishes , and $8 years of service in the Archdiocese of San Francisco auxiliary bishop here, million from major donors. with a Mass in St. Mary 's Cathedral April 15. The Mass was installed as head When the endowment is fully fundcommemorated the arrival of Dominican Bishop of the troubled Santa ed, it will provide an average annual Josep h Alemany, along with a Dominican priest and Rosa Diocese May 22. tuition grant of $1 ,000 to more than sister here in December, 1850. The diocese has been 1 ,500 children attending Catholic Dominican Friars established San Francisco 's St. shaken by both sexual schools in the archdiocese. In the curDominic 's Parish in 1872; Dominican Sisters estaband financial scandals rent school year, applications for assistance "far outstri pped availlished a convent at St. Rose Mission Parish in the City. that led to the resignaable resources ," said Dominican Sister Glenn Anne McPhee, superIn 1888 the Sisters established a motherhouse in San tion of Bishop G. intendent of schools. She said the endowment will make much more Rafael and a year later started Holy Rosary College Patrick Ziemann. money available in the future . which grew to be Dominican University of California Two priests are Anti-poverty groups win $251,500 in grants St. Mary's Cathedral Choir sang f o r Archbishop Levada kneels in pray er af ter unsealing of San Rafael. ordained — one for Eight community groups in the San Francisco Archdiocese received Pop eJohn Paul J I in St. Peter 's Square the Jubilee Year 2000 door at St. Mary's Cathedral. Vatican official , Jewish scholar want to expand diaarchdiocese , one a total of $25 1,500 from the Catholic Campaign for Human logue Franciscan Development. The local grants, announced in September, were part of A top Vatican official and an internationall y-known Jewish scholar called for expandArchbishop Levada ordained Brian Costello a priest of the Archdiocese of San Francisco $10.1 million the CCHD gave to self-hel p community anti-poverty efforts across the nation . ing Catholic-Jewish dialogue to include discussions of theolog ical differences and and Arthur Gambosa a priest for the Conventual Franciscan Friars in a liturgy at St. Mary 's The local grants went to the Interfaith Coalition for Immi grant Rights , $35,000; the human rights. Cathedra] June 10. Father Costello, a native of Bay Area Organizing Committee , $25 ,000; Oakland , graduated from Our Lady of Mercy The two , Cardinal Marin Family Action , $25,000; Peninsula Edward I. Cassidy and Elementary School. He earned a bachelor 's degree Interfaith Action , $25 ,000; Senior Action Rabbi Norman Solomon , a from San Francisco State University in 1975 and Network , $25,000; Uprising Community fellow at the Oxford Centre went on to teach at five Catholic high schools before Federal Credit Union , $61,500; Caminos for Hebre w and Jewish going to St. Patrick Seminary, Menlo Park , three Pathway Learning Center, $35,000. years ago to complete his studies for the priesthood. Studies in England , spoke 30,000 students return to Catholic schools Medal of Honor winner jailed at the inaugural sympoNearly 30,000 students began the 2000-2001 sium of the Flannery-Hyatt Charlie Liteky, 69, the w inner of a Medal of Honor school year in Catholic schools in the San Institute on Interfaith in Vietnam and member of St. John of God Parish in Francisco Archdiocese. Total enrollment in the Understanding at the San Francisco, was sentenced to a year in prison for 65 elementary and 14 high schools rose over the University of San his role in a demonstration at Fort Benning, Ga. previous year. Francisco April 4. The former Army chaplain j oined thousands of St. Augustine Parish in South San "For quite some time others in a protest at the brancisco continues now," Cardinal Cassidy base in November. plann ing for a new said, "I have been asking Protesters say that the elementary school , our Jewish partners to conArmy 's School of the and a new middle sider seriously the possibilAmericas, based at Fort school is being Benning, is linked to ity of moving ahead into a lanned at St. p serious theological diahuman rights abuses in Boniface Parish in the logue. To my delight , I Latin America. Liteky Tenderloin. The FatherJohn Jimenez leads have been hearing more served a six-month senschool will be small archdiocesan pilgrims in pray er in Rome. and more Jewish voices tence for a similar and geared to providmaking the same request." protest 10 years ago. ing special help to Rabbi Solomon told 400 in attendance that the dialogue should move beyond an iniElderly parishioners children from poor tial stage of establishing trust to deal with "cutting edge" theological issues. "We are no get home help families. longer infants struggling to establish our identities ," he said. The Spiri t of OLA New Madonna Cardinal Cassidy, head of the Vatican commission on Jewish relations, visited the Hol y project sent members Center: Home for Land with Pope John Paul II just two weeks before coming to San Francisco to speak. of Our Lady of Angels Parish to work at the homes of elderly parishpoor elderly women ioners for the third year. The five dozen volunteers — members of The new Madonna Senior Center and Residence opened the Men 's Club, Young Adults and the Youth Ministry — painted in August with 51 furnished rooms for elderly women. The and caulked, trimmed shrubs and fixed toilets, and whatever else center provides affordable housing for women who often they could do to hel p people who could not do the work themselves. must try to get by on $700 a month in Supplemental St. Peter Church rises from ashes Security Income in a city where cheap rooms cost Three and a half years after it was nearly destroyed by fire, St. Peter $600 a month. Church in San Francisco 's Mission District came back to life June 30. The St. Anthony Foundation 's new building conAuxiliary Bishop John C. Wester rededicated the 114-year old church tinues the tradition of the first Madonna Residence with the pastor, Father Daniel J. Magtiire and a standing room crowd. started by Franciscan Father Alfred Boeddeker, When he came to the parish three months after the January, 1997, fire, founder of the foundation , in 1956. The center is Father Maguire said, "I found myself not alone in leading the parish more than a low-rent apartment building. St. but joining parish leaders in building ourselves up." Anthony 's staff strives, as Father Boeddeker did , to World Youth Day is a memorable experience make Madonna Center a real home for the women The young people who traveled to World Youth Day in Rome who live there . returned to the San Francisco Archdiocese with two unforgettable "At St. Anthony 's, we foster an atmosphere of memories: seeing Pope John Paul II and meeting youths from Year Mass the Jubilee dignity and respect ," says John Bartolome , social Scenesf r o n t around the world who share their faith . Bell Park. services director. ; at Pacif ic "Seeing the pope and hearing what he had to say, and being Catholic Charities reforms, apologizes The new head of Catholic Charities has apologized for the fiscal abuses of the together with all the young people sharing our faith was encouraging for me," said agency 's former leadership. "You have good reason to be angry and sick at the Chryslal Fontanilla of St. Finn Barr Parish. "We showed love and were bonded spiritually," said Hersie Rosales of St. Patrick Parish, San Francisco. great damage done," interim executive director Brian Cahill said in a letter to donors , volunteers , pastors , government officials and others. Cahill went on to " The trip was " a prayerful experience, , Auxiliary Bishop John C. Wester spiritual director John Valdez receives the Pro Ecclesia et Pontifice Medal f r o mArchbishop Levada. Members say that the agency has been dramatically reformed. of the 31-member group said. "Experiencing the enthusiasm, prayerfulness and insi ghts of

St. Peter Church, San Francisco, reop ened more than three y ears af ter it was damaged by a January, 1997 f ire. Artist Jane Armstrongworked on the restoration.

Not only did former chief executive officer Frank Hudson resign but all of the other top officials are gone, Cahill said , and financial controls have been strengthened. In addition , Catholic Charities will continue to operate Guerrero House for homeless young people. The program had been slated for closing at the time the fiscal abuses were reported. St. Anthony Dining Room turns 50 With more than 28 million meals served , St. Anthony Dining Room celebrated its 50th birthday Oct. 4 with a meal of roast pork, mashed potatoes and chocolate cake. Franciscan Father Alfred Boedekker served free, hot meals to 400 on Oct. 4, 1950 the dining room 's first day in operation. Today it serves 2, 100 meals a day. The dining room has developed into a foundation with 12 programs including a free clinic , housing for the elderly, a farm and a variety of social services. Corpus Christi helps save clinic Members of Corpus Christi Parish joined Archbishop Levada ordains Franciscan with their neighbors to Father Arthur Gamboa. help save a medical clinic serving women and children in the Excelsior community. In July, 80 families from the parish held a mock funeral to protest the proposed closing of the clinic; in October , they held a victory celebration.

of the Filipino community of the Archdiocese celebrate at Encuentro 2000 in Los Angeles.

Tubilee Year 2000 Archbishop Levada designated the ballpark as a Jubilee Year destination and called it "our cathedral for the day." In his homily on the Eucharist , Cardinal Jan Pieter Schotte said the bread and wine are not "simply symbolic reminders of Christ." The Eucharist is "the fullest possible presence of Christ," Cardinal Schotte, secretary of the Synod of Bishops, said. Slain nun 's letters reveal spirituality, concern Social Service Sister Celeste Arbuckle help s send The 20th anniversary of the off a local group to World Youth Day . With her are murders of four churchwomen in Deacon Steven Lop es and Auxiliary Bishop John Wester. El Salvador had a special meaning for Deirdre Keogh of Menlo The clinic reopened Oct. 9 after a two-week interrupPark. Her aunt , Maryknoll Sister tion in service. "This has been an experience of the Maura Clarke, was one of the More than 300 p eople held a candlelight vigil in Union Square power of the people," Salesian Father Tom Juarez, women . Dec. 2 to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the murders of Carpus Christi pastor, said. This year Deirdre began reading three women relig ious and a lay missionary in El Salvador. Catholic parishes spearhead organizing effort Catholic parishes are play ing a key role in the Bay letters Sister Maura had written to and heard Archbishop William J. Levada say that the Area Organization Committee 's efforts to promote her family shortly before her death in 1980. "We didn t council is "the principal way in which the laity particibut we do now," Deirdre says. The understand her then, affordable housing, better education , higher wages and pates in decisions at the diocesan level." spiritual person who said her goal letters show a deeply recogniti on of cultural and racial diversity. Auxiliary He said that the council's primary task should be to Bishop John C. Wester, in a talk at an Oct. 12 convo- was "to cooperate with the Holy Spirit." She wrote of "visioning and planning the future direction of the archher while she the poverty and death surrounding cation , praised the committee 's efforts, he also diocese, and he called on the members to consult broadannounced that the BAOC had received a $25,000 worked to help refugees in Nicaragua and the El ly with a diverse cross section of Catholics. Salvador. grant from the Catholic Campaign for Human Members of the APC indicated interest in Development. At the meeting five Catholic a variety of issues: discipleshi p, youth minparishes joined the committee. istry, vocations , immigration , the aging and Jubilee Year pilgrims visit Rome prisoners. Archbishop William Levada and Auxiliary Traveling road of death in El Salvador Bishop John Wester Jed a Jubilee Year pilgrimWomen reli gious from the San Francisco age to Rome in October. More than 70 pilgrims Archdiocese went to El Salvador to comvisited shrines and participated in liturgies , memorate the murders of three nuns and a lay including a Jubilee Mass for Bishops in St. women missionary — Jean Donovan , Peter 's Basilica. Mary knoll Sisters Maura Clarke and Ita Ford A hi ghlight of the trip came when Julia and Ursuline Sister Dorothy Kazel — there Araujo, 78, and her sister Irene Arruda, 74,. on Dec. 2, 1980. The pil grims traveled the received a blessing from Pope John Paul II at a road to the spot where soldiers raped and papal reception. The sisters almost missed a murdered the women and then buried them in papal audience because of illness. When they a shallow grave. finall y arrived, Archbishop Levada gave them Notre Dame Sister Nancy O'Shea said the two tickets to the reception. bus trip on the road of death was emotional . St. Mary 's Choir sings at papal Mass "The whole bus was quiet We were in tears St. Mary 's Cathedral Choir sang before half the time," she said. 150,000 people at a papal Mass in St. Peter 's RENEW 2000 concludes, looks to future Square on Mission Sunday. Choir members At a Mass in St. Mary 's Cathedral Dec. 2, Paulist Father Brett Hoover autographs his book, Losing Your were excited not only by the chance to perform hundreds of coordinators and leaders of Small Relig ion, Finding Your Faith, at the Fall Festf o r young adults. but also by the fact that they were only 30 feet Faith Communities created by RENEW2000 —~ from the altar in the huge square. marked the end of the three-year program while looking Her last letter was written Dec. 1, 1980. The next day More than 30,000 participate in Jubilee Mass to future growth. More than 30,00 people braved the rain and wind to soldiers raped and murdered Sister Maura , Jean Archbishop William J. Levada praised the program Donovan and Sisters Ita Ford and Dorothy Kazel. worship at the San Francisco Archdiocese 's Jubilee and told the congregation that the Mass did not mark Archbishop Levada named member of Vatican conMass 2000 in Pacific Bell Park Oct. 28. Archbishop "the conclusion of its continuous blessings and benefits. William J. Levada praised the worshipers and told them gregation It has given us great grace. . . stirred up and opened the Pope John Paul II named Archbishop William J. that in spite of the bad weather, "Today we gather in viswonderful work of the Holy Spirit." Levada a member of the Vatican Congregation for the ible unity in a festive way." Presentation Sister Antonio Heaphy, director of Doctrine of the Faith. The archbishop has also been The Mass was preceded by more than two hours of RENEW, said that most of the 20,000 participants in the named co-chair of the Anglican-Roman Catholic choral presentations, dances, scholarly reflections and a program were eager to continue the process. Many who Consultation in the United States. procession featuring parishes and Catholic organizations. The Congregation for the Doctrine of the participated in the Mass expressed the same desire. Faith promotes awareness of Catholic teaching and protects against doctrinal errors . Archbishop Levada, who served on its staff in Rome from 1976 to 1982, said he was honored by the appointment and hopes "to make a useful contribution." The Catholic-Ang lican Consultation searches for areas of unity and promotes ecumenism. Archbishop Levada said he hopes to "seek ways to assist our two communions work toward the goal of full, visible unity." Archdiocesan Pastoral Council meets for first time Three dozen members of the new Archdiocesan A delegationf r o m the Archdiocese of San Francisco went Pastoral Council " participated to El Salvador in March to mark the 20th anniversary Jesuit Father Stephen A. Privett is applauded by Archbishop Levada in their first meeting Nov. 30 of the assassination of Archbishop Oscar Romero. at his installationas p residentof the University of San Francisco.

SCRIPTURE & LITURGY The Christ of God is for all This Sunday, the liturg ical (if not the emotional) highpoint of the Christmas Season, seems intent on pushing us out the doors of the church building, "Here 's your hat and coat, and what 's your hurry!" Of course, we have gotten used to this way of seeing our Christian life. While Vatican II reminded us of our baptismal di gnity as members of God's People (Lumen Gentium) and proclaimed the assembled community as the princi pal active celebrant of liturgy (Sacrosanctum Concilium) empowered to do so by the living Word of God (Dei Verbum), the Council emphasized that our primary place of operation is the modem world which we are to turn into kingdom-life or point it out where it is present (Gaudium et Spes). Pope Paul VI was no less insistent on this presence of the Church to the modem world when he wrote, "The sole purpose of Church is evangelization." Again the dismissal rite, the fourth and shortest part of any liturgy, tells us to go and get busy about our Catholic, Christian employment. The Scripture, chosen for this Sunday 's liturgy of the Word, not surprisingly has this same thrust: The Christ of God is for all, and the Church which claims him as Lord, is likewise for all , Catholic in the richest and finest sense of that word. God's People need to be reminded of their role; they can easily concentrate on their chosen status as opposed to those they consider unchosen and so offer an approach to "outsiders" that is if not hostile, at least unhospitable. One of the high water marks of the Old Testament is our first reading from the third part of the book attributed to Isaiah: the "splendor " and "light " of Jerusalem are to magnetize all peoples into joyous communion "Nations shall walk by your light , and kings by your shining radiance. Raise your eyes and look about; they all gather and come to you: your sons came from afar, and. your daughters in the arms of their nurses." Certainly we want this vision implemented by our parish community as we sing our response to this reading, " Lord, every nation on earth will adore you." Ephesians is no less eloquent when it celebrates the power of God's love to overcome the centrifugal force of

'Magi " travel ancient route to a desolate Bethlehem BETHLEHEM, West Bank (CNS) — Children smiled and their eyes watched with wonder as four Magi, dressed in finery

Solemnity of the Epiphany Isaiah 60:1-6; Psalm 72; Ephesians 3:2-3a, 5-6; Matthew 2:1-12

Father David M. Pettingill traditional enemies and make of them one gathered community missioned to include even more opposites: "It (God's plan, "mystery ") was not made known to people in other generations as it has now been revealed to his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit " that the Gentiles are coheirs , members of the same body, and copartners in the promise in Christ Jesus through the gospel." Remember the first Christians were Jewish. Remember too that now that we Gentiles are included , who 's next? When we come to our hearing of Matthew, we must make an effort to hear the text on its own terms. Too often our manger scenes, which harmonize the infancy narratives of Matthew and Luke, do us a disservice: we fail to hear what each author would have us hear. " Throughout Matthew we have Jesus presented to us as the new Moses. The most obvious example, the Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 5-7) has Jesus, like Moses, go up a mountain and proclaim the New Law for God 's renewed People: "You have heard that it was said (Moses said)..., but I say to you..." In this our Sunday gospel text, Matthew

and bearing gifts in intricately carved wooden boxes, rode slowry on the backs of their lumbering camels to a makeshift creche. These modern-day representations of the Magi — from Sudan, Zimbabwe, the Philipp ines and the United States — had walked with some 20 other people along the ancient caravan route the biblical Magi most likely would have taken on their jour-

presents Jesus as the new Moses divinel y rescued from the plots of his enemies and destined to deliver God's People: Moses as a baby was rescued from Pharaoh 's order that all male children were to be killed; Moses as an adult on the way to the Promised Land was rescued from the wicked king Balak of the Moabites , who sought to employ a famous magus (singular of "magi") to curse the Israelites and who was thwarted because the emp loyee pronounced a blessing instead, "A star shall come forth from Jacob, and a scepter shall arise from Israel" (Numbers 24:17); now Matthew has Jesus similarly threatened by Herod and divinely delivered because these magi are likewise disposed to Jesus. What Matthew so beautifully describes in God 's deliverance of the deliverer of God's People and what happens in miniature to the infant Jesus will happen to us when the adult Jesus dies and is raised. We are part of a divine enterprise destined to impact the entire world, one that is inclusive and all-embracing, one that shall not be defeated. What 's our hurry to leave Sunday 's assembly? Only this, we have a mandate, and let Matthew have the last word, "Make disciples of all nations." (28:19) Questions for Renew Communities of faith How do we keep evangelization at the top of our priority list? If we wish to invite others into our communities , what behaviors do we need to change?

Father David M. Pettingill is assistant to .the moderator of the curia and parochial vicar at St. Emydius Parish, San Francisco.

ney 2,000 years ago as they came to pay homage to the infant Jesus. After eight years in the planning stages, 12 members of the Magi team departed on their journey Oct. 1 from Iraq, traveling through Syria and Jordan until they reached the Holy Land Dec. 18. They were joined throughout the trip by the other participants. Planned as part of the millennial celebrations, the journey was meant to be a

festive occasion celebrating the birth of the Prince of Peace. Instead, the group arrived in Bethlehem 's Manger Square Dec. 25 in a region torn of violence that has left hundreds dead. The brainchild of Robin and Nancy Wainwright of California, the project was sponsored by the Holy Land Trust and was helped logistically by the Middle East Council of Churches.

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hCATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO I Abortion and Sup reme Court In 1973, the U.S. Supreme Court decisions Roe v. Wade and Doe v. Bolton ushered in legalized abortion on request nationwide. By denying I . protection to unborn children throughout pregnancy, these rulings dealt a devastating blow to the most fundamental human right — the right to life. In its 1992 Casey decision the Court could not muster a majority for the view that Roe and Doe were rightly decided. Yet the controlling opinion insisted that even if these decisions were wrong, they must stand because Americans have now fashioned their way of life on the availability of abortion. No more damning indictment of the coarsening effects of Roe on our national character can be imagined. This ruling has helped to create an abortion culture: in which many Americans turn to the destruction of innocent life as an answer to personal , social and economic problems; which encourages many young men to feel no sense of responsibility to take care of the children they helped to create and no loyalty to their child's mother; in which men who do feel responsibility for their children are left helpless to protect them; whose casualties include not only the unborn but the countless thousands of women who have suffered physically, emotionally and spiritually from the deadly effects of abortion; in which fathers, grandparents, siblings, indeed entire families suffer and are forever changed by the loss of a child. The principles of Roe and Doe have also been used to call into question the right to life of newborn children with disabilities and adults with serious illnesses. In 1997 the Court denied a constitutional "right " to assisted suicide, perhaps realizing that its legal reasoning on abortion must be reined in if it was not to exert a further corrosive effect on the protection of life after birth . However, any hope that the Court might reverse course on abortion itself was shattered [last] year. In Stenberg v. Carhart, a majority of five justices ruled that even the killing of a child mostly born alive is protected by what the Court called "the woman 's right to choose." This decision has brought our legal system to the brink of endorsing infanticide. Already the National Abortion and Reproductive Rights Action League has used this decision 's expansion of the logic of Roe to attack congressional efforts to reaffirm that a child completely bom alive is a legal person. Such a policy, said this group, is "in direct conflict with Roe," which "clearly states that women have the right to choose prior to fetal viability." The euphemism of "the right to choose," routinely used to avoid mentioning abortion, is now being used to justif y killing outside the womb. Ultimately this issue is not about "when life begins," or even exclusively about abortion. Modem medicine has brought us face-to-face with the continuum of human life from conception onwards, and the inescapable reality of human life in the womb. Yet our legal system, and thus our national culture, is being pressed to declare that human fife has no inherent worth, that the value of human life can be assigned by the powerful and that the protection of the vulnerable is subject to the arbitrary choice of others. The lives of all who are marginalized by our society are endangered by such a trend. As religious leaders, we know that human life is our first gift from a loving Father and the condition for all other earthly goods. We know that no human government can legitimately deny the right to life or restrict it to certain classes of human beings. Therefore the Court 's abortion decisions deserve only to be condemned, repudiated and ultimately reversed. As United States citizens, we deplore the fact that our nation is at risk of forgetting the promise made to generations yet unborn by our Declaration of Independence: that our nation would respect life as first among the inalienable rights bestowed on us by our Creator. To uphold that promise, the nation 's founders pledged their lives,, their fortunes and their sacred honor. We must do no less. We recommit ourselves to the long and difficult task of reversing the Supreme Court 's abortion decisions — Stenberg v. Carhart as well as Roe v. Wade itself, which laid the foundation for a right to take innocent life. We invite people of good will to explore with us all avenues for legal reform, including a constitutional amendment. Building a culture of life in our society will also require efforts reaching beyond legal reform. We rededicate our Church to education, public policy advocacy, pastoral care, and fervent prayer for the cause of human life, as articulated in our Pastoral Plan for Pro-Life Activities. In so doing, we hope to help bring an end to the abortion culture in our society. In the words of Pope John Paul H, we hope and pray "that our time, marked by all too many signs of death, may at last witness the establishment of a new culture of life, the fruit of the culture of truth and of love" (The Gospel of Life, 77). The statement above, "Abortion and the Supreme Court: Advancing the Culture of Death " was issued Nov. 15, 2000 by the National I Conference of Catholic Bishops.

What catechism says about death pena lty

I have a question for Cheryl Amalu , who wrote about supporting pro-life candidates: How can you think that political candidates are pro-life if they support the death penalty? Cap ital punishment is against Catholic teaching. The catechism says that "if bloodless means are sufficient to defend human lives against an aggressor and to protect public order and the safety of persons , public authority should limit itself to -such means..." and quotes St. Thomas Aquinas: "To desire vengeance in order to do evil to someone who should be punished is illicit. " The dignity of human life is denied by both capital punishment and abortion. Cathy Baird San Carlos I

Death penalty stance nurts pro-life movement

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In the past three years, the death penalty has become an issue in the Catholic Church. By the pope 's much publicized and successful plea for the commutation of a Missouri inmate's death sentence, other papal remarks , and much recent innuendo from some Catholic clergy, it appears that capital punishment for convicted capital criminals is now a serious and "grave" matter in official Church circles. It has not always been so. (Your publication has in recent month s contained views and op inions on this issue.) This recent, misguided emphasis on the death penalty is unfortunate. The Church could and ought to cal l for due process in countries where that does not exist. It could also call for the ri ghts of the accused and convicted to visits by clergy for spiritual guidance .and comfort during their imprisonment. But , to elevate this issue to the prominence that . the Churc h recentl y has (because of the present pontiff's personal distaste for capital punishment), causes much harm to the pro-life movement. How, one may justifiabl y ask , does this occur? The pro-life movement (read anti-abortion , anti-euthanasia and antimercy killing) is harmed when the innocent lives , that the pro-li fe activists attempt to save and protect , are equated with the lives of criminals convicted of heinous deeds. Many uncommitted people, who would lend an ear to the prolife message and consider it with an open mind , are turned off when anti-death penalty sentiment is pi ggy backed on to opposition to abortion , euthanasia and mercy killings. The pro-life message is trivialized and loses credibility in many

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people s minds when this equating of criminals and preborn children is done. This pope has not yet attempted to make this personal distaste of his into official Church teaching. There is nothing in Scri pture , Church tradition and history in which he can find support for his calls to abolish capital punishment the world over. This is yet another modern instance where the Church has engaged in inflicting needless wounds to its moral credibility. To cite a specific opportunity for the U.S. Church , the Catholic bishops in and adjacent to the state of Mary land , instead of publicl y calling on the governor of Maryland to commute death sentences (December 13, 2000), could activel y campaign for more protection of innocent lives and conscience clauses in hosp itals , in that extremel y pro-abortion state with its activist legislature and large "Catholic" population. Larry H. Burdoin San Francisco

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As a member of St. Benedict 's Parish for the Deaf I was impressed by Evelyn Zappia 's article on our little joint. She talked to the ri ght people, got the story right , said nice things without being obsequious and left herself out of the article. First rate job. You 've got a real liv e reporter there Gerry Cannon San Francisco

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In his December 22 letter , Peter Albert asks this question of columnist George Weigel: "How should a Catholic vote if a pro-life candidate opposes Catholic teachings on capital punishment , humility over nationalism , charity toward the poor , and international cooperation to bring World Peace? By the same token , I ask Mr. Albert how a Catholic should vote if a pro-abortion candidate defended Catholic teachings on cap ital punishment , etc.etc? By dealing with fact instead of hypothesis , Mr. Albert should consider that a vote for a pro-life candidate lessens the growing acceptance of, and indifference to, the evil repercussions of abortion — more death by legalized euthanasia and assisted suicide. For a Catholic, the vote choice must be defense of life as opposed to the Culture of Death. Mr. Albert also seems to have a problem with the proper use of word .Catholic. He states that the dictionary definition of Catholic is, "liberal or eclectic ". I suggest he find a dictionary that differentiates between Catholic with a big C and catholic with a small c; the former meaning a member of the Catholic Churc h, and the latter meaning, of broad or liberal scope. By mistakenly suggesting that being Catholic necessitates being liberal enough to encourage rather than deplore dissent from Church doctrine, Mr. Albert not only discourages conformity to the teachings of the true Church founded by Christ, but promotes dialogue with dissidents who proclaim loyalty to the Church while simultaneously thumbing their collective noses at the Magisterium in their demands to use artificial birth control , to divorce and remarry, and to ordain women. Obviously, faithful Catholics are obligated to discour- , age rather than encourage these modernist viewpoints of dissident catholic antiCatholics. Jane L. Sears Burlingame

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Bach Converts Jap an A famous scientist of secular persuasion once proposed that, if humanity wanted to put its best foot forward in ttying to communicate with extraterrestrial life, we ought to broadcast all of Bach to the far corners of the universe. A bit closer to home, the man whom Swedish Lutheran Archbishop Nathan Soederblom once called the "fifth evangelist" is having a remarkable impact on the new evangelization in a surprising place. Johann Sebastian Bach has begun to convert members of the traditional ly anti-Christian Japanese elite to Christ. Classical music fans sensed that something intriguing was afoot when a series of exceptionally high-quality CDs by an ensemble called the "Bach Collegium Japan" began to appear in the stores a few years ago. Under the direction of its founder, Maasaki Suzuki, the Bach Collegium is recording every one of the master's cantatas. But why on earth would a Japanese choir be doing Bach's religious works? Writing in First Things , Uwe Siemon-Netto explores the religious sociology of the intense Japanese demand for Bach. Maasaki Suzuki thinks it's due to his country 's demonstrable spiritual crisis. Its traditional religions, Shinto and Buddhism, have lost their credibility. Palm readers and pornography are flourishing, and suicides are on the rise. Sixty percent of the country tells pollsters that they feel "afraid" every day. "What people need in this situation is hope in the Christian sense of the word," says Maasaki Suzuki, "but hope is an alien idea" in Japan. The Japanese language

doesn 't have a word for hope in the biblical sense; there is Christophobia entered one word for desire and another for the unattainable, but Japanese consciousness no equivalent of "hope," the theological virtue. According just when Japan was to Maestro Suzuki, non-Christians crowd his podium after being integrated as a Bach Collegium performances to talk about any number of nation-state. For ceng taboo subjects in Japanese society, such as death. "And turies, to be "Japanese" then," says Suzuki, "they inevitably ask me to explain to S them what 'hope'means to Christians." Christian, and Japan has *> Suzuki , a Christian convert and-member of the proven stubbornly resistReformed Church , evangelizes his Collegium members, ant to evangelization. At the end of World War II, there were teaching them Scripture during rehearsals. He can't say 400,000 Japanese Catholics, in a total population of 85 milprecisely how many of his musicians or how many in lion. In the mid-1990s, there were still 400,000 Catholics, their growing audience have become Christians. But he although the national population had grown to 127 million. is convinced that tens of thousands of Japanese have There are now cracks in that demographic glass been baptized because of Bach. ceiling, and the diamond-edged glass cutter is the music - The Bach Collegium Japan was formed a decade of J.S. Bach. As Uwe Siemon-Netto reminds us, it was ago. Since then, Suzuki estimates, between 100 and 200 250 years ago that Bach, almost completely blind, abanBach choirs have sprung up all over Japan. On Good doned work on "The Art of the Fugue" and dictated his Friday, thousands of Japanese buy tickets priced in the last chorale to a son-in-law; its German title, translated, hundreds of dollars to hear the Bach Collegium perform is "Before thy throne I come herewith." Then he died. the "St. Matthew Passion." Suzuki says that his audi- His incomparable work continues to enrich human culences follow the German text of the oratorio intensely ture, and as this devoutly pious Lutheran would have and asks, "Where else in the world do you find non- wished, his music is bring ing men and women to Christ. Christians so engrossed in biblical texts?" What St. Francis Xavier began, J.S. Bach may, perThe initial attraction may be the music; Bach's haps, help complete. No one knows whether the fascina"Matthew Passion" is arguably the greatest piece of tion of Japanese elites with Bach will lead to mass conmusic ever composed. But they take the texts home. versions. But a new conversation about Christianity has Who knows what follows? been started in Japan . Its future course will be one of the As the Japanese martyrs demonstrate, a fierce fascinating stories of the new millennium.

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Power shortage? The wind woke me at 5 a.m. I could hear trees creaking, branches hitting the roof, pine cones scooting across the deck. Three hours later, I got out of bed and flipped on the li ght. Nothing. "Power's out," I called to the boys. "I know," said Lucas, emerging from his room. "It's cold." "Put on a sweatshirt." Instead, he dragged the comforter off his bed and huddled under it in front of the living room window. "Do we have to go to school?" "Let's find out." We turned on the radio. The outage was widespread: 200,000 homes without power all over the Puget Sound area. The announcers read off a long list of school closures. At last they came to our district. Canceled. "Yay!" cheered the boys. "No school!" The winter windstorm was just the latest of our power woes. Thanks to a power shortage on the west coast , our

rates were going up 33 percent. Government officials urged citizens to conserve energy by turning down the thermostat and washing dishes after 8 p.m. Power companies warned of possible blackouts or brownouts. "Maybe we should go out to breakfast," suggested Steve, who was missing his morning cup of tea. But could we find a restaurant that had electricity ? We decided to wait it out. I thought about the detailed to-do list I'd assembled the night before. Oh, well. It would have to wait. I couldn't even check my e-mail. I put on my coat and went outside. Snow flurries fell silently. Evergreen branches dotted the yard and littered the street. Gabe peeked out the front door. "What are we going to do with all these branches?" "Let's build a brush pile for the birds," I suggested. "They'll like that." We collected the branches and stacked them in a open spot on the side yard. I took a couple small ones inside to freshen the Advent wreath.

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of tea. I checked my e=5=.================ mail. The boys came out from under their quilt. Life was back to normal. Fortunately, electricity isn 't the only invisible power we depend on. The unseen power of God' s love is what really holds our lives together. And there 's no shortage of God's power. It 's not disturbed by overuse or by the wild storms of our lives. Best of all, the rates aren 't going up. The price is the same as always: it 's free. All it takes to hook up is faith. TRY THIS AT HOME: Next time your power goes out, talk with your children about God' s power.

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"Every child is bom with a loaf of bread under his When I finally got around to cleaning out the children's closets, I came across some boxes of baby arm," goes a very old Greek saying. In other words, the clothes. Since we are not using them at present, I offered God who gives life also is the One who prov ides for it, them to a friend who is expecting, and she came over to with the help of human love and labor, of course. When my husband and I were newly married, I was sort through the stuff. As my friend looked over all the little garments , terrified of having children . We lived in a small one-bedmany fond memories washed over me. "My sister-in-law room apartment far from famil y and friends, and we did made that," I blurted out when she held up a small cali- not have any health insurance. Sixteen years later, I can co dress. "Oh isn 't that darling?" I oozed over a pink look at the blessings that have accrued with each addigown with a matching bonnet. "My stepmother bought tion to the family and see the times the Lord was faithful , even though I was fearful th at when my first daughter was bom." Once when my husband was unemployed and I was with connected be could The quantity of items that various relatives and friends surprised me. And by the a young mother with a baby and a toddler on my hands, time my friend reached the bottom of the last box, I I was beside myself with worry over a stack of overdue beheld, like a child finishing a dot-to-dot exercise, a dis- bills. Then one day "pennies from heaven" arrived unexcernible picture â&#x20AC;&#x201D; an image of God' s providence in the pectedly in the mail from a great aunt. "Your Uncle Ray has died peacefully at the age of life of my family.

94," she wrote matterof-factly. "He wanted you to have this, so here is an early 'Merry Christmas.'" I knew then that we were going to make it , and I knelt there on Vivian W. DudrO my kitchen floor and s^z ^^^s^^ss^^^^s^ whispered , "Thank you." According to my husband , having kids and losing jobs are among the best things that can happen to a coup le because these experiences can open our eyes to the fact that we are neither self-sufficient nor alone. In the hearts and hands that reach out to help, we catch a glimpse of the God who cares for us.

School of Pastoral Leadership For times, registration materials, costs, exact locations and additional information, call Joni Gallagher at (415) 242-9087 or spl@att.net Pieregistration is necessary for many programs. Visit the Web site at www.splsf.org. Holy Hour each Fri. 1 - 2 p.m., National Shrine of St. Francis of Assisi , Vallejo at Columbus, SF.

Retreats/Days of Recollection VALLOMBROSA CENTER 250 Oak Grove Ave., Menlo Park. For fees, times and details about these and other offerings call (650) 325-5614. Presentation Sister Rosina Conrotto, Program Director. Jan. 14: Parables 2001: Stories Jesus Told, a monthly revisiting of the scripture stories with well known retreat leaders, scholars and people of faith beginning with Msgr. Warren Holleran, prolessor, St. Patrick Seminary. What about these tales? Are they true? Did they really happen? What implications do they have for the Christian in the 21st century? Feb. 11: Holy Names Sister Molly Neville; March 11: Father Thomas Madden, Ph.D. , Vallombrosa director; April 8: San Francisco Auxiliary Bishop John C. Wester. Jan. 21: Take and Eat, a mini-retreat for lectors and eucharistic ministers, an afternoon to reflect and be nourished for ministry in the Church. Facilitators: Sister Toni Longo, Father Thomas Madden. Jan. 27: Christian Prayer: Christian Meditation: A Journey From Belief to Relationship with Carol Fowler. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; JESUIT RETREAT HOUSE/EL RETIRO â&#x20AC;&#x201D; 300 Manresa Way, Los Altos. For fees, times and details about these and other offerings call (650) 948-4491. Jan. 12 -14: The Parables of Jesus: Mirror of God's Love, a silent retreat for women and men with Jesuit Fathers Bernie Bush, Joseph Fice, Jerry McCourt , William Rewak , Robert St. Clair Jan. 19-21 : Finding God in All Things, a silent retreat for men with Jesuit Father Joseph Fice. Silver Penny Farm offers retreat facilities near the wine country, 5215 Old Lakeville Rd., Petaluma, 94954. All quarters have bedroom and sitting room with fireplace. Call Father Ray Smith for a brochure at (707) 762-1498. MERCY CENTER 2300 Adeline Dr., Burlingame. For fees, times and other offerings, call (650) 340-7474 3rd Sun: Salon, a monthly gathering of people in the second half of life to explore opportunities and challenges facing them using arts, literature and conversation. Facilitated by Sandi Peters.

Take Prayer 3rd Tues at 8:30 p.m., St. Dominic Church , 2390 Bush St., SF. Call Delia Molloy at (415) 563-4280 1st Thure. at 5:30 p.m. at Old St. Mary's Cathedra l, 660 Calfornia at Grant , SF. Call (415) 288-3809 3rd Thurs. at 7:30 p.m. at Vallombrosa Center, 250 Oak Grove Ave., Menlo Park with Sister Toni Longo 1st Fri. at 8 p.m. at Mercy Center, 2300 Adeline Dr., Burlingame with Mercy Sister Suzanne Toolan. Call (650) 340-7452 3rd Fri. at 8 p.m. at Woodside Priory Chapel, 302 Portola Rd., Portola Valley. Call Dean Miller at (650) 328-2880 1st Sat. at 8:30 p.m. at SF Presidio Main Posl Chapel, 130 Fisher Loop. Call Delia Molloy. al (415) 563-4280.

Young Adults Jan. 26: Called and Gifted Workshop at University of San Francisco's McLaren Hall, 7 - 9 p.m. How does one find the purpose for which he or she was created or best use their gifts? Contact Dominican Sister Christine Wilcox at (415) 5653629 or christineop@sfyam.org. Wed.: Help children learn at St. Dominic Elementary School, Pine and Steiner St., SF. 7:15 - 8:15 a.m. in school library. Call Kathleen Reilly at (415) 387-5692. Various dates: Read with youth ages 5 - 14 as part of the Tenderloin Reading Program, 5:30 - 6:30 p.m. at 570 Ellis St. between Hyde and Leavenworth, SF. Contact Marie Borges at (415) 401-0925 or marieborges@yahoo.com.

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ble to some religious communities Third Orders made up of lay women and men interested in assisting the Maryknoll mission. Call Marie Wre n at (415) 386-6600.

Vocations Jan. 19-21: Have you ever thought about the priesthood? Single, Catholic men, aged 21 - 50 , who are interested in exploring the priestly vocation are invited to a weekend retreat at St. Patrick Seminary, 320 Middlefield Rd., Menlo Park. Candidates must be sponsored by a priest and have a degree from a four-year college or expect to complete one by June 2002. If you are interested in attending, call Sulpician Father James Oberle at (650) 325-5621. Jan. 19-21: Presentation Sisters on the Move, a vocation retreat at Presentation Center, 19480 Bear Creek Rd., Los Gatos. Single women ages 1 9 - 4 5 are invited to learn more about religious life at this three-day gathering beginning with dinner on Fri. at 6 p.m. and ending Sun. at 1 p.m. Contact Presentation Sister Monica Miller at mmiller@pbvmsf.org or (415) 751-0406.

Prayer/Devotions 2nd Fri.: Holy Hour for Priests at St. Finn Barr Church, 10:30 a.m. Includes talk by priest from Opus Dei with silent prayer and Reconciliation if desired. Followed by simple lunch in rectory. Call (415) 333-3627. Take a Pilgrimage to the Holy Land without leaving the Archdiocese by visiting an ongoing exposition at St. John of God Parish , 5th Ave. and Irving, SF. Open M-F 1:30-5 p.m. and until 1 p.m. on Sundays. Their Web site address is www.sjog.org . Mass for people living with AIDS at St. Boniface Church , 133 Golden Gate Ave., SF at 5:30 p.m. Takes place on last Sun. of month. Call (415) 863-7515.

Blessed Sacrament Exposition Church of the Nativity, 210 Oak Grove Ave., Menlo Park , 24 hours everyday, (650) 322-3013. St. Sebastian Church, corner of Bon Air Rd. and Sir Francis Drake Blvd., Greenbrae, M - F 7:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. in Adoration Chapel, (415) 4610704. St. Agnes Church, 1025 Masonic (near Page) SF, Fri., 9 a.m. to 10 a.m., (415) 487-8560. Our Lady of Angels Church, 1721 Hillside Dr., Burlingame, M- F after 8 a.m. Mass until 7 p.m. St. Isabella Church, One Trinity Way, San Rafael, Fri., 9:30 a.m. - 5 p.m. Our Lady of Loretto Church, 1806 Novato Blvd., Novato, Fri. 9:30 a.m. - 6 p.m., 1st Fri. 9:30 a.m. to 9 a.m. Sat. St. Bruno Church, 555 W. San Bruno Ave., San Bruno, 24 hours everyday. Call (650) 588-0572. Our Lady of Guadalupe Chapel. St. Francis of Assisi Shrine, 610 Vallejo St. at Columbus, SF, Fri. following 12:15 p.m. Mass until 4:15 p.m. 2nd Sat. at St. Matthew Church, One Notre Dame Way, San Mateo with Nocturnal Adoration Society of San Mateo County. Call Lynn King at (650) 349-0498 or Jim McGill at (650) 574-3918 for times. Corpus Christi Monastery, 215 Oak Grove Ave., Menlo Park, daily from 7 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Call (650) 3221801. St. Bartholomew Church, 300 Alameda de las Pulgas, San Mateo, 1st Fri. from after 8 a.m. Mass until just before next day's 8 a.m. Mass.; St. Dominic Church, Bush and Steiner St., 8:30-9:30 a.m. and 6-7 p.m. each Mon. and Wed. (415) 5677824. Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Church, 3 Oakdale Ave., Mill Valley, Mon., 8:15 a.m. through Wed. at 7:30 a.m.; St. John of God Church, 1290 5th Ave. at Irving, SF. Mondays after 12:10 p.m. Mass, (415) 566-5610; St. Kevin Church, 704 Cortland Ave., SF, 1st Fri. following 9 a.m. Mass until 5:15 p.m. Benediction. Call (415) 648-5751. St. Finn Barr Church, 415 Edna St., SF, M-F 8:45 a.m.-6 p.m.; Thurs. until 9 p.m.; 1st Fri. untii 7:30 p.m. Mass. Call (415) 333-3627; St. Hilary Church, 761 Hilary Dr., Tiburon, M - F 7:45 a.m. - 9 p.m.; Sat. 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. Call (415) 435-1122; St. Mary's Cathedral, Gough and Geary St., SF, 1st Fri. after 8 a.m. Mass until Sat. at 8 p.m.; Holy Name of Jesus Church, 39th Ave. and Lawton St., SF, Wed. 9:30 a.m. - 7:30 p.m.

Social Justice/Respect Life

Family Life

Inquire about the annual Respect Life Essay Contest. Students in grades one through 12 are invited to enter. Winners will be recognized at a special Mass on May 13 at St. Monica Church, San Francisco with Bishop John C. Wester presiding. Call (415) 565-3672. Jan. 19: Annual Interfaith Sanctity of Human Life Prayer Service at Mission Dolores Basilica, 16th St. at Dolores St., SF at 7:30 p.m. Sponsored by the Interfaith Committee for Life. Date is during Week of Prayer for Christian Unity. Call (415) 5653672. Jubilee 2000 USA, as part of a worldwide effort to relieve the crushing debt owed by struggling countries to stronger lands, announces a Bay Area speakers bureau. Knowledgeable speakers are available without charge to address parish groups and organizations on this Jubilee Year topic. Call William or Jean Lesher at (510) 5246645 or welesher@aol.com. 3rd Sat.: Maryknoll Affiliates meet from 11 a.m. - 1 p.m. at the Maryknoll House, 2555 Webster (between Pacific and B'way), SF to share faith and plan an action agenda. This is a group compara-

Retrouvaille, a program for troubled marriages. The weekend and follow up sessions help couples heal and renew their families. Presenters are three couples and a Catholic priest. Call Peg or Ed Gleason at (415) 221-4269 or edgl6ason @ webtv.net. Worldwide Marriage Encounter, a dynamic marriage enrichment experience designed to deepen the joy a couple shares. Call (888) 5683018. The Adoption Network of Catholic Charities offers free information meetings on the 2nd Tues. of every month at 36 37th Ave., San Mateo at 7 p.m. for singles or couples who want to learn about children waiting for adoptive families. Call (415) 406-2387.

Catholic Adult Singles Assoc, of Marin meets for support and activities. Call Bob at (415) 8970639. Are you or someone you know separated , divorced, widowed? For information about addi-

tional ministries available to divorced and separated persons in the Archdiocese , call (415) 2735521. New Wings at St. Thomas More Church meets on 3rd Thursdays. Call Claudia Devaux at (415) 334-9088 or e-mail stmchurch@hotmail.com. Call Ron Landucci at (650) 583-6016 about upcoming social activities.

Consolation Ministry Our Lady of Angels, 1721 Hillside Dr., Burlingame, 1st Mon. 7:30 - 9 p.m.; 1st Thurs., 9:30 - 11 a.m. Call Sarah DiMare at (650) 6977582; Our Lady of Mt. Carmel, James St. between Fulton and Grand, Redwood City, Thurs. 6 - 7:30 p.m. Call (650) 366-3802; St. Andrew, 1571 Southgate Ave., Daly City, 3rd Mon. 7:30-9 p.m. Call Eleanor and Nick Fesunoff at (650) 8789743; Good Shepherd, 901 Oceana Blvd., Pacifica. Call Sister Carol Fleitz at (650) 3552593; St. Hilary, 761 Hilary Dr., Tiburon, 1st and 3rd Wed., 3 - 4:30 p.m. Call Sister Colette at (415) 435-7659; St. Gabriel, 2559 40th Ave., SF, 1st and 3rd Tues., 7 - 9 p.m. Call Barbara Elordi at (415) 564-7882; St. Mary Cathedral, Gough and Geary St., SF, 2nd and 4th Wed., 2:30 - 4 p.m. Call Sister Esther at (415) 567-2020, ext. 218; St. Finn Barr, 415 Edna St., SF in English and Spanish, one Sat. per month. Call Carmen Solis at (415) 584-0823; St. Cecilia, 2555 17th Ave., SF, 2nd and 4th Tues., 2 - 4 p.m. Call (415) 664-8481. Ministry for parents who have lost a child is available from Our Lady of Angels Parish , Burlingame. Call Ina Potter at (650) 347-6971 or Barbara Arena at (650) 344-3579. Our Lady of Loretto, 1806 Novato Blvd., Novato, structured 8-week group meeting evenings or late afternoon. Call Sister Jeanette at (415) 897-2171; St. Isabella , One Trinity Way, San Rafael , structured 6-week group meeting evenings. Call Pat Sack at (415) 472-5732

Lectures/ Classes/Radio-TV Feb. 3: Annual Religious Education Institute, 9 a.m. - 5 p.m., at St. Ignatius College Preparatory, 2001 37th Ave at Sunset , SF. An especially rewarding day for Religious Education directors and teachers, youth ministers , RCIA directors/team members , and any adult seeking additional faith formation. Opportunities include a look inside the Byzantine Catholic Church, a lesson on how parents can help prepare their children for the sacraments , embodying pacifism in everyday life. Sponsored by Office of Religious Education/Youth Ministry in conjunction with the Department of Catholic Schools and the Offices of Ethnic Ministries, Evangelization/ RENEW, and Worship. $18 through Jan. 16, $20 after. Group rate $16. Box lunch available for $5.50. Call (415) 565-3650. Join Joe Stinson for "Good Grief" airing Sundays at 9 a.m. on Catholic Family Radio, KDIA 1640 AM. Call (650) 866-3525. Catholic Healthcare West offers free classes and instruction on all areas of health at their San Francisco and Daly City facilities. Visit their web site at www.chwbay.org for details. Tours and seminars on the art and the church of St. Anne of the Sunset . Call Rosemary French at (415) 681-9441 or Victoria Giambruno at (415) 731-7856. Mon - Fri. at 7 p.m.: Catholic Hour featuring recitation of the Rosary and motivating talks and music. Tune your radio to 1400 AM. Now produced by the Communications Office of the Archdiocese of San Francisco. CrtrtW

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Jan. 13: SF District 1, Young Ladies Institute annual day of recollection at 9:30 a.m. at Holy Name of Jesus Church, Flanagan Center, 39th Ave. al Lawton, SF. Father Paul Warren , moderator. Reg. Fee $7. Call Helga Zinck at (650) 871-8389.

Feb. 2 and most 1st Fri.: Join the Marin Catholic Breakfast Club for prayer, dialogue and a meal beginning with 7 a.m. Mass at St. Sebastian Church, Sir Francis Drake Blvd. And Bon Air Rd., Greenbrae. Members $5/non-members $8. Call (415) 461-0704. 3rd Fri.: Open house and pot luck dinner and bingo at Catholic Kolping Society, 440 Taraval St., SF. No-host bar 6 p.m.; dinner 7 p.m.; bingo 8 p.m. Call Bill Taylor at (415) 731-1177. Knights of Columbus of the Archdiocese meet regularly and invite new membership. For information about Council 615, call Tony Blaiotta at (415) 661-0726; Dante Council, call Vito Corcia at (415) 564-4449; Mission Council, call Paul Jobe at (415) 333-6197; Golden Gate Council, call Mike Stilman at (415) 752-3641. 3rd Sat.: Handicapables gather for Mass and lunch at St. Mary Cathedral , Gough and Geary St., SF, at noon. Volunteer drivers always needed. Call (415) 584-5823.

Reunions if you are a member of Class of 1950, St. James Boys Grammar School, 22nd and Fair Oaks , SF, and interested in a reunion , please contact , Mike Miller, at (650) 344-1074 or okmiller@pacbell.net. Did you attend SF's St. Paul of the Shipwreck Elementary School? We need to hear from you. Please call the school at (415) 467-1798 between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. Mon. - Fri. or e-mail Shipoff@stpaulshipwreck.com with your name, address, phone numbers and year graduated. A special event is planned for spring 2001. Centennial of St. Anne's Home, SF. Looking for old photos or written recollections of the Little Sisters of the Poor, St. Anne's Home or residents of the home. Contact John McGuckin at (415) 765-2945.

Performance Admission free unless otherwise noted. Jan. 21: New Millennium Concert/Ceili at the United Irish Cultural Center, 45th and Sloat Blvd., SF 4 p.m. - midnight. All who enjoy Irish music and dance will enjoy this celebration of the 50th anniversary of Ireland's premiere cultural movement. It includes singing, dancing, storytelling. Tickets $10 at the door. Call Patrick McManus at (415) 242-1646 or www.ccewest.org/events.htm Sundays in Jan.: Concerts at St. Mary Cathedral featuring various artists at 3:30 p.m. followed by sung Vespers at 4 p.m. Gough and Geary Blvd., SF. Call (415) 567-2020 ext. 213. Jan. 7: Hear Epiphany Lessons and Carols by the cathedral Boys and Girls Choir and Golden Gate Boys Choir and Bellringers. Sundays in Jan.: Concerts at National Shrine of St. Francis of Assisi featuring various artists at 4 p.m. following sung vespers at 3 p.m., Columbus and Vallejo, SF. Call (415) 983-0405.

Volunteer Opportunities SF's Laguna Honda Hospital is in need of extraordinary ministers including Eucharistic ministers and readers as well as volunteers to visit with residents and help in the office and with events. Call Sister Miriam Walsh at (415) 664-1580, ext. 2422. Raphael House, a homeless shelter for families in San Francisco's Tenderloin District , is in need of volunteers to help with various tasks. Hours are 5:45 p.m. - 9 p.m. Call Carol at (415) 345-7265. California Handicapables, which provides a monthly Mass and luncheon to handicapped persons, needs volunteers including drivers, servers, donors, and recruiters of those who might benefit from the experience. Call Jane Cunningham at (415) 585-9085.

Datebook is a free listing for parishes, schools and non-profit groups. Please include event name, time, date, place , address and an information phone number. Listing must reach Catholic San Francisco at least two weeks before the Friday publication date desired. Mail your notice to: Datebook, Catholic San Francisco, 441 Church St., S.F. 94114, or f a x it to (415) 565-3633.

Father Tom Daly, CY0 associate director and Marin Catholic High School chaplain , is interviewed by host Tom Burke in the first Catholic Mosaic of the new millennium. Airtimes will be Sunday, Jan. 7 at 6 am and Sunday, Jan. 14 at 2:30 am. Mosaic is an interfaith production of KPIX and the Office of Communications of the Archdiocese of San Francisco. Actual airtimes may change. Check with KPIX programming department by calling 362-5550 Set your VCR' s.

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Sober Questions on a New Year's Eve Rarely do faith , hope , and love come to us pure. Instead , like life itself, they come with mess and doubt , raising huge questions. Living is not a simple business not by a long shot — especially if one tries, at least occasionally, to take the road less traveled. To try to believe in something beyond sight and understand ing, to try to place one 's trust in something beyond what one can secure, and to try to love in a way th at doesn 't just turn others into satellites of one 's own orbit , generally raises more questions than it answers. Whoever said that life was simple wasn 't doing us a favor. Not to be haunted by doubt , temptation , and ambiguity is to close oneself off to deep thought and feeling. To think and to feel is to be open to many things — darkness as well as light, hatred as well as love, despair as well as hope. Faith, by definition, is not certitude . That 's good to remember. Ambiguity is perhaps the one constant within human experience. That 's a philosophical way of saying that it's not simple out there, that our heads and hearts are full of too many things and that much of life is about sorting things out. And sorting things out is seldom easy. Many voices inside and outside of us compete with each other and beckon us with their own truth — instinctual truth , higher tru th, head truth, heart truth , Christian truth , secular truth , scientific truth , economic truth. Isn't there a timeless ring to Pontius Pilate's question : What is truth? Which voice speaks the truth when so many voices vie with each other and call us in so many directions? God's voice is in fact clear, though it doesn t stand alone. Deep inside us, as we know, the most noble call of all is to be a saint, to believe that meaning and happiness lie in generosity, self-forgetfulness , gratitude , graciousness , and worship. Yet, other voices inside us make other, no less real, demands. They call us to experience every sensation of the sinner, beckon us to the good life, and point to the pleasures of building a name and a nest. Which of these voices speaks the truth? Does truth lie in self-renunciation? Does it lie in being rich and famous? The voices contradict each other and yet each

Irish nun killed, 13 injured in attack at St. Lucia cathedral WASHINGTON (CNS) ~ Attackers killed an Irish nun and set worshippers and the presiding priest ablaze at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Castries, St. Lucia. The Dec. 31 attack came at Communion during a 6 a.m. Mass. Jan. 1. The slain nun was Sister Theresa Egan , 72, a member of the Sisters of St. Josep h of Cluny. One of the attackers struck her in the head with a piece of wood as she was distributing Communion, reported the Associated Press. The attackers set fire to Father Charles Gaillard, wounded a eucharistic minister and burned the altar. The priest, who suffered third-degree burns and a collapsed lung, was flown to the island of Martinique for treatment. He was in critical condition , Msgr. Patrick Anthony, information officer for the Archdiocese of Castries , said in a telephone interview Jan. 2. Eucharistic minister Victor Reyes was also injured , he said. "The gasoline was thrown in his face. ... So he also was very badly burned and his situation is also critical," Msgr. Anthony said. Police said at least 12 other people were hospitalized following the attack. Five of them were in critical condition The attackers poured gasoline on worshippers and set them ablaze with torches placed on top of wooden staffs they were carrying. Police said worshippers seized one of the suspects , 20year-old Kim John , and held him until police came, and the next day the other suspect, 34-year-old Francis Phillip, was captured in the suburb of Pave. The men claimed they had a vision of spirits who "told them that they commissioned them to go out and destroy the Catholic Church because it's the biggest church, (he most powerful , and it's the center of all this abomination that's taking place," Msgr. Anthony said.

holds its own promise of life , rest, meaning, realism , salvation . Small wonder that living can sometimes be a tiring enterprise. Life has many questions. There are many voices. As we struggle to love and find meaning, what is real? Is the distance between us expanding or is it shrinking? Are we falling more into love, or is it despair? Do we say the same word s too often , or not enough? In our frayed emotions are we tasting hell, or are we experiencing birth pangs? Do our frustrations unleash what 's worst in us or do they cauterize our worst sins and teach us a humility that can 't otherwise be learned? Does love demand more distance from each other, or does it need more niouth-to-mouth resuscitation? Do we touch too much or too little? Does passion turn love into idolatry, or does it alone reveal its divine fire? Is the pain of non-requited love the pain of hell , or is it the pain of purgatory, which feels like hell though it is the passage to heaven? Is sex our greatest weakness , or is the last hold that God still has on us? Which of our struggles are good and which are bad? Questions — faith 's questions , hope 's questions , love's questions — posing still other questions: Can Christ be taken literally? Can dying produce new life? Can purgatory turn into heaven? Will the last really someday be first? Will the meek really inherit the earth? Can what doesn 't seem real at times really be the most real thing of all? Can spirit really triumph over instinct, heart over groin? Can dead bodies really be raised from their graves? Do we really have 70 x 7 chances? Will

there really always be new sunshine after a night of emptiness? Can we really come back from all of our sins, mistakes, and losses? Can our wounds really turn Father into sure proofs of the n • ^ n -r» R ° RolheiSCT resurrection, silencing our doubts as they did the doubting Thomas? When all the emotion , anger, jealousy, hatred , murder, war, and bitterness settle down , will love really shine through? Does God really take note each time a sparrow falls from the sky or a hair from your head — or each time there is an injustice on this planet? Can hope really find the infinitel y small gap through which the future can break into our lives in a new and marvelous way? Can that other world that we so dimly grasp in faith, hope , and love really take on lasting flesh and triumph as the ultimate reality? In the end, this last question is the only real question. How we answer it will, for good or for bad, fundamentally shape who we are as human beings. Oblate Father Ron Rolheiser, a theologia n, teacher and award-winning author, sei-ves in Rome as general councilor for Canada for the Oblates of Mary Immaculate .

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By John Thavis Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) — To judge by the headlines , you 'd think 2000 was an off year for Catholic-Jewish relations. The beatification of Pope Pius IX sparked Jewish indi gnation. Ditto for "Dominus Iesus ," which forcefull y declared Christ as the only savior. More controversy came with a scholarl y report asking the Vatican to open its archives on Pope Pius XII and the Holocaust period. And to top it off , the Vatican Christmas tree was delivered by an Austrian who once praised the Nazis. Yet away from media spotli ght , dialogue between Catholics and Jews was showing strong signs of life as the year drew to a close. Many initiatives were simmering, all accentuating the positive. In a wing of a church on Rome 's Tiber Island , Jewish and Catholic experts gathered in mid-December to discuss a figure who paved the way for dialogue: Pope John XXIII, who was beatified with Pius IX in September. Some of the older partici pants recalled how Pope John , passing the Rome synagogue one evening, ordered his car stopped so he could wave to the Jews coming out after Sabbath services. This was the pontiff who in 1959 removed the reference to "perfidious Jews" from the liturgical text of Christ's Passion. When the offensive phrase was pronounced shortly afterward in the Good Friday service in St. Peter 's Basilica , Pope John calmly stopped the reader and made him do it over — the new way. No wonder Pope John today draws rave reviews, especially compared with some of his predecessors. Yosef Neville Lamdan, the new Israeli ambassador to the Vatican who helped organize the Tiber Island conference, said Pope John forged a path of dialogue that is sometimes shrouded by the polemics over Popes.Pius IX and Piu s XII. "I don 't want to make comparisons. I don 't think it is for the government of Israel or Jews at large to comment on whomever the Church chooses to beatify. But we look with special esteem, love and appreciation at John XXIII ,

"This meeting will be the first in this 'shift ' in our dialogue. The point is that Jews and Christians do not share only a little , they share a lot ," Bishop Walter K asper , secretary of the John Thavis Vatican 's Commission for Reli gious Relations with the Jews , told Catholic News Service. Bishop Kasper arrived at his Vatican position in the second half of 1999, but alread y he's seen enough to know that the most successful of Catholic^__ Jewish contacts are sometimes the least publicized. As for the ongoing polemics, he thinks they 're often overblown. "I think it doesn 't hel p to go on with these controversies in public. We must come together and speak person-to-person , debating the problems with a scholarl y approach ," he said. "When you see the face of the other person , it makes the tone of the encounter different. It 's not onl y about producing headlines in newspapers , he said. Sister Lucy Thorson , a Canadian member of the Congregation of Notre Dame de Sion and director of the International Service of Jewish-Christian Documentation in Rome, said the media could do a better job of highlighting the positive areas in the church's dialogue with Jews. "There is the tendency to focus on crisis situations. Yet if we are going to go forward , the emphasis should be on hel ping people worldwide be aware of these grassroots initiatives ," she said. She made the comments during a break at the study day on Pope John XXIII — a conference that received zero coverage in the world' s major media.

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