January 11, 2002

When 1was in p rison ... ' Inmates at San Quentin join in a Mass celebrated in the prison last month by Archbishop William Levada.

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by Tom Burke Remembered and honored Dec. 7for his work in furthering the cause of labor and his years as a San Francisco city father was turn of the century Mayor Patrick Henry McCarthy, colleague of noted labor priest, Father Peter Yorke and parishioner of Most Holy Redeemer and St. Agnes parishes. The late politico 's granddaughter is singer Kathy Holly, music teacher at Noe Valley's St Philip Elementary and Pacifica's Good Shepherd Elementary. The evening, with scheduled speakers including Mayor Willie Brown, State

A Giant Size with Free Refill salute to second-graders from St. Gabriel Elementa ry on raising $500 for the needy at Thanksgiving. The proceeds , derived from the Sunset District school's annual "Pink Popcorn sale," benefited the Martin De Porres Hospitality House. Some who participate d in the kernel campai gn are , back from left: Marta Courtright,Thomas Murphy-Piro, Anna Yuschenkoff ,Tommy Hickox, Kelly Graber, Vasili Loufas, Courtney Seronen. Front from left: Bradley Clark , Sarah

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Harrington. Also at St. Gabe 's, a panel of the Names Project AIDS Quilt, including a segment dedicated to those treated at St. Mary's Medical Center and its "compassionate caregivers," was on display at the school recently as part of a World AIDS Day discussion for sixth, seventh and eighth graders . Thanks to Mercy Sister M. Pauline Borghello, principal, and development directo r, Marge Summerville for the good news.

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Senate President John Burton, California Attorney General Bill Lockyer, and music by Kathy, marked the 100th anniversary of the Building and Construction Trades Council of California, a group P.H. led from its start in the late 19th century until 1922....Thanks to Father Len Calegari for his all-in-fun affirmation of how tied we are to our roots.

"I love the Irish Blessing and when I hear it I'm sorry I' m not Irish," the popular Paisan Padre and pastor of" St. Peter, Pacifica said, "but five minutes later I come back to my senses.".. .Also at St. Peter 's, a round of oratory glory for Matt Tucker, an Archbishop Riordan High School junior, for placing 2nd in a recent Young Men's Institute essay contest. Mighty proud are his folks Julie and Steve....Got a kick out of a "what I've learned as I've matured" list sent in by Liz Hannan of Our Lady of Angels, Burlingame, that included "We are responsible for what we do unless we ' re celebrities," and "Don't compare yourself to others, we're all a bit off the mark.".. .Happy to chat and tour the new digs with Stan Cordes, longtime volunteer several years ago on the TV Mass. Stan and his wife, Anne, are lifetime members of Epiphany Parish and will celebrate 50 years since their wedding day at the Excelsior District church in February.

Stan spent 30 years with the SFPD in assignments including Ingleside Station and Park Station but spent most of his three decades at the Hall of Justice, the post where he retired as a Deputy Chief in 1984....Congrats and grats at St. Stephen's to volunteers, Giovanna Hrvatin, who for many years has trained and coordinated the altar servers program, and Guido Salomone, a weekday sacristan. Thanks, too, to Father Joe Walsh, pastor of the Lakeside District parish, for his witty and consoling rejoinder to my recent gripe about getting older.

"Don't despair, Tom," he told me, "none of us are going in the other direction.".. .Have to admit that I'm a bit embarrassed by my new year's resolution that turned out to be "keepin ' the one 's I made last year."... Serra Club of the Golden Gate leads an all hats off to recentiy deceased members including president, Cecil Casey, vice president of vocations, Bob Higgins, George Schmitt, and Jud ge Walter Carpeneti....South San Francisco's All Souls Parish celebrates its annual Godparent/Godchild Mass on Sunday at 10:30 a.m. It's a special time of prayer and togetherness honoring the hallowed roles. Thanks to Sandra Firpo for fillin ' us in.

See Datebook...Just around the corner on Jan. 18 at Serramonte Center is a Community Health Information Fair courtesy of Seton Medical Center. The free get-together, a chance to meet "the dedicated and caring medical professionals" at the Daughters of Charity hospital, includes raffles, face painting, and lessons in child protection from the Daly City Police Department See Datebook....If your child's school

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By Evelyn Zappia For the first time ever, the annual Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, a tradition observed onl y by Christians worldwide for nearly 100 years, will include people of other religious faiths.

"The Holy Father is aware of the urgency the recent events of September 11th have presented , and he is meeting the challenge by including the interreligious in the worldwide Week of Prayer," said Father Gerard O'Rourke, director of Ecumenical and Interreli gious Affairs for the archdiocese. "His invitation is assuming the responsibility of healing, by bringing together those who are divided."

While Christians around the world observe Jan. 18-25 as Christian Unity Week, on Jan. 24, Pope John Paul II will be praying in Assisi, Italy with "invited representatives of the religions of the world for an end to hostilities and the advancement of true peace," according to the Vatican.

Archbishop William J. Levada will lead a similar observance in San Francisco on the same day.

The ceremony in Assisi will include testimonials to peace by the representatives of the various world religions, an introduction by Cardinal Francois Xavier Nguyen Van Thuan, president of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace, and a speech by Pope John Paul.

The day will conclude with a common commitment to peace by the world' s religious leaders, and the Hol y Father

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"Now is what the Greeks call Kairos ¦— a moment in time, provided for us by the tragic events of 9/11 , to really do something important. If we miss this moment, we can set things back 100 years," said Father O'Rourke.

Ironicall y, more than 100 years ago, history provided us "a moment of time to do something important" on the now infamous date of Sept. 11, Father O'Rourke said, and "we didn 't capture the moment."

On Sept. 11, 1893, the First World's Parliament of Religions was held in Chicago, with what was considered at the time, the world's 10 great religions. One of the representatives of Christianity at the Parliament was Catholic Archbishop James Gibbons of Baltimore.

"After the Parliament, the Vatican discouraged such events , thus leaving us in the Church as a single voice, and not the voice of unity," said Father O'Rourke.

Archbishop Levada is following the example of the pope by announcing Jan. 24 as an InterreligiousEcumenical Day of Prayer for World Peace in the archdiocese. The archbishop will celebrate Mass at 12:15 p.m. at San Francisco 's National Shrine of St. Francis of Assisi.

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VATICAN CITY — Pope John Paul II ordered the publication of decrees clearing the way for the canonization of Juan Diego, Blessed Padre Pio and Josemaria Escriva de Balaguer, the founder of Opus Dei. The decrees recognize scientificall y unexplainable healings related to intercessory prayers to the three men.

The miracle in the case of Juan Diego, the peasant who saw Our Lady of Guadalupe, involved a 20-year-old man who suffered a crushed skull in a suicide attempt; his mother's prayers for her son 's life were answered over the course of a week in 1990.

Padre Pio, an Italian Capuchin, was invoked in January 2000 by an 8-year-old Italian boy 's parents, doctors and staff members at a hospital Padre Pio founded in San Giovanni Rolondo. The boy recovered after suffering severe organ damage as a result of meningitis.

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Leading West Bank p rotest, Patriarch calls fo rf ree Palestine

BETHLEHEM—While leading a peaceful New Year's Eve procession of more than 2,000 people, Latin Patriarch Michel Sabbah of Jerusalem called for an end to the Israeli "occupation " of Palestinian territories and for free access to Jerusalem.

"Today we affirm that Palestinians and Israelis want peace and do not want more killing or more humiliations or more insecurity," said Patriarch Sabbah , who was joined at the head of the procession by other Christian and Muslim religious leaders .

The Dec. 31 procession culminated at an Israeli checkpoint in Bethlehem , where religious leaders led a short prayer service, Although the majority of protesters were not allowed to pass through the checkpoint , a small delegation of Palestinian and international participants were allowed through to the Old City.

The patriarch said that, if Israel would withdraw its troops from Palestinian territories and open access to Jerusalem, the Palestinian people would give "the Israeli people their security."

Israel has said the borders will remain closed for security reasons — to prevent Palestinian terrorists from carrying out terrorist attacks on Israeli civilians.

Thousands attend funeral of Chinese bishop loyal to Rome

VATICANCITY —Chinese police said only a few hundred people attende d the funeral of the 83-year-old, secretly ordained bishop of Beijing, but eyewitnesses said thousands gathered for the three-hour service.

Bishop Matthias Pei Xiangde died Dec. 24 in a hospital in Hebei province, reported Fides, the news agency of the Vatican's Congregation for the Evangelization of Peop les.

The agency had reported that police had forbidden anyone who did not live in the bishop's native village, Zhangjiapu, to attend the Jan. 2 funeral in the village church.

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The news agency Agence France Presse quoted Chinese police as saying fewer than 300 people attended the service. But Fides said eyewitnesses estimated more than 3,000 people attended the funeral Mass concelebrated by two priests from China 's underground Catholic community and four priests from the government-approved Chinese Catholic Patriotic Association.

One of the priests from the government-approved community gave the homily, Fides said, "praising Bishop Pei's efforts on behal f of reconciliation " between Catholics who refuse to acknowledge the government's jurisdiction over matters of faith and Catholics who accept government involvement to some degree.

March f or Life 2002 mil target 'code words for abortion

WASHINGTON — Organizers of the Jan . 22 March for Life in Washington are hoping that the 29th annual event will help unmask the "code words" that are used to make abortion "politically correct."

Nellie Gray, who has organized the march since 1974, said abortion supporters try to "obscure the fact that abortion kills human beings." Pro-abortion "code words" listed in promotional literature for the march include "choice," "women's rights," "privacy" and "reproductive health."

Prior to the march, the annual National Prayer Vigil for Life will be held Jan. 21 at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception. The vigil is sponsored by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops' Secretariat for Pro-Life Activities, the basilica and The Catholic University of America.

The march is scheduled to begin at noon with a rally at the Washington Monument, followed by a march to the Capitol and Supreme Court building. The march is held annual ly on Jan. 22 to mark the date of the 1973 U.S. Supreme Court decisions in Roe vs. Wade and Doe vs. Bolton which legalized abortion.

Vatican gets $650,000 f rom fast pa rticipants fo r victims of war

VATICANCITY—People who participated in the Dec. 14 day of fasting and prayer for peace sent more than $650,000 to the Vaticanfor projects to aid the victims of war and terrorism.

When Pope John Paul II asked people to fast and pray, he also suggested they transform their sacrifice into a contribution for the victims of terrorism and war.

The pope spoke of the needs of the thousands of innocent victims of the Sept. 11 attacks in New York and Washington as well as mentioning situations of war in which "innumerable peop le have been forced to leave their homes to confront the unknown and sometimes to meet a cruel death. " Cor Unum, the Vatican office that promotes charitable giving and funds projects in the pope's name, will distribute the offerings, Vatican spokesman Joaquin NavarroValls said Dec. 24. Navarro-Vails said the distribution of the funds would focus first on "children , the elderly, the ill, the homeless and those most exposed to the dangers of cold and hunger in these winter months."

Sister Lucia denies rumors tying Fatima message to Sep t 11

VATICAN CITY — Carmelite Sister Lucia dos Santos, the only surviving Fatima visionary, denied she has had new visions related to the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks and denied that the Vatican had published only part of the socalled "third secret of Fatima."

Archbishop Tarcisio Bertone , secretary of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, issued a signed report on a meeting he had with the 94-year-old Portuguese nun in November . Sister Lucia also signed the report.

In his report , Archbishop Bertone said that after Sept. 11 newspapers and magazines in Ital y, the United States and elsewhere had published false reports regarding new apparitions, a purported letter from Sister Lucia warning the pope his life was in danger, and claims that the Holy See had not published the complete text of the third part of the "secret" of Fatima.

During his two-hour meeting with the Carmelite nun in Coimbra , Portugal , Archbishop Bertone said Sister Lucia told him she had read everything the Vatican published about the third secret in June 2000 "and confirmed all that was written."

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Pope pleads for suffering children, peace in Holy Land Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope John Paul II marked the Christmas season with appeals for world peace and a plea on behalf of children who suffer the effects not only of violence but of poverty and hunger.

At his Jan. 1 Mass marking the feast of Maiy, Mother of God, and World Peace Day, the pope called for an end to hostilities in the Holy Land. "The voice of blood' cries to God from that land ," he said. "The blood of brothers spilled by brothers who recognize the patriarch Abraham; sons, like every man, of the same heavenl y Father."

A week earlier, in his Christmas blessing in St. Peter 's Square, the pope pleaded for the world to save its children and deliver them from of hunger, suffering and conflict.

Like the newborn Jesus more than 2,000 years ago, today 's children can remind people of the need to overcome divisions, the pope said.

In his New Year's homily, the pope said that while world events make it difficult to look toward the future with hope, those who believe in God must use every opportunity to promote peace in the certainty that evil will not prevail.

Pope John Pau l said that, believing in die same God, Christians, Jews and Muslims are called b y God to renounce violence. "No one, for any reason , can kill in the name of God , who is one and merciful ," he said.

"God is life and the source of life," the pope said. "To believe in him means witnessing to him with mercy and forg iveness, refusing to exploit his holy name."

"Justice and forgiveness, these are the two pillars of peace," Pope John Paul told the congregation in St. Peter's Pope John Paul II blesses the altar during the New Year's Day Mass at St. Peter's Basilica.

Basilica, referring to the theme of the World Peace Day message. Justice and forgiveness are not contradictory, but complementary, and are essential for creating lasting peace, the pope said.

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A prayer in Hebrew asked that families and nations , "althoug h tried by useless carnage and outraged by serious violence, would be helped to understand that the capacity to forgive is at the basis of every project for a fraternal society which is more just and marked by solidarity."

On Christmas, Pope John Paul said the Christ child in the manger reflects the face of "every little child who is born, of whatever race or nation: the little Palestinian and the little Israeli; the little American and the little Afghan; the child of the Hutu and the child of the Tutsi. " But too many children today are condemned from birth to suffer the effects of "cruel conflicts" around the globe, he said.

"Let us save the children in order to save the hope of

allegedl y failing health was ignored by most media until the pope himself spoke Dec. 31.

"I ask God for the strength to continue for as long as he wants in faithful service to the church of Rome and the whole world ," he prayed at a thanksgiving service marking the end of 2001.

The papal prayer came immediate ly after he had told the congregation that 200 1 had broug ht the number of Rome parish visits he had made up to 300. There are 34 parishes in the diocese still to go.

But , while mentioning the parish visits and planned

2002 tri ps to Bul garia and Toronto, many media also referred to the Dec. 30 Libero newspaper report that Pope John Paul would preside over the canonization of Blessed Padre Pio, the Italian Capuchin , before the end of February because he was not sure how much longer he would live.

Vatican spokesman Joaquin Navarro-Valls assured journalists that "the pope 's health condition is stable."

Navarro-Valls also said the canonization of Padre Pio before spring is out of the question. Before a date is set, the pope must convoke a meeting of cardinals in Rome. The date for that meeting had not been chosen as 2001 ended.

humanity, " the pope said to the applause of some 50,000 people gathere d in the square. • Throug hout the pope 's Christmas activities , which included midni ght Mass in St. Peter 's Basilica and an annual meeting with Vatican officials, the theme of hope alternated with deep concern over what he called the "dark clouds of violence and war" at the start of the new millennium.

On Dec. 22, speaking with members of the Roman Curia, the pope said he would celebrate Christmas with a heavy heart this year, in the wake of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, the war in Afghanistan and the worsening violence in the Holy Land.

The 81-year-old pontiff moved slowl y but spoke clearly during midnight Mass, a nearly two-hour liturgy that was enlivened when 12 children from every continent brought up flowers at the offertory. The pope, grinning broadly, embraced them one by one and gave each a kiss on the head.

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came to the central outside balcony of the basilica to give his blessing "urbi et orbi" ("to the city and to the world").

Again , he mentioned the conflicts in various parts of the globe, and in particular said that "day after day, 1 bear in my heart the tragic problems of the Holy Land."

In his Christmas blessing, the pope said he also was anxious this Christmas for "all those who are d ying of cold and hunger " in the world.

"Every day there reached me the desperate cry of those who, in so many parts of the world , call for a fairer distribution of resources and for gainful employment for all," he said.

He called for cooperation and tolerance between cultures and religion, saying: "May God's holy name never be used as a justification for hatred. Let it never be used as an excuse for intolerance and violence."

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"Traumatic events on the national or world scene appear to have a powerful but short-lived impact on the spirituality of the U.S. populace ," said George Gallup Jr., chairman of the George H. Gallup International Institute.

"Lasting changes of heart," he added , "most likely come about in response to close-al-home personal and famil y traumas , not because of these types of national tragedies. " Gallup and Frank Newport , editor in chief of the Gallup Poll , compared poll findings on reli gion before and after Sept. 11 in an analysis posted on the Internet Dec. 21 at www.gallup.com.

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WASHINGTON (CNS) —The first draft of a new National Directory for Catechesis , the basic statement of what should be done in religious education in the United States, was sent to all U.S. bishops Jan . 4.

The directory adapts and applies to the U.S. situation the church's General Directory for Catechesis, which Pope John Paul U approved in 1997. It also draws extensively from the "Catechism of the Catholic Church" issued by Pope John Paul in 1992.

When completed , the National Directory for Catechesis will replace the National Catechetical Directory approved by the bishops in 1977 and published in 1979 under the title "Sharing the Light of Faith."

Like the earlier directory, the new one will serve as a guide for all those who have catechetical responsibilities in U.S. dioceses and parishes, especially those responsible for organizing and supervising diocesan and parish catechetical programs.

Archbishop Alfred C. Hughes of New Orleans, chairman of . the five-bishop Editorial Oversight Board, which was formed in 2000 to oversee the writing of the directory, said in a cover letter that the national consultation on the draft text is to be carried out from January to April.

"As you read this draft" he said , "please keep in mind that a national directory is to provide the guidelines and princi ples that shape catechetical ministry in this country. But that is not all: A national directory is itself a teaching tool that establishes the sure foundation and the necessary formation needed for those who catechize."

Daniel S. Mulhall, assistant secretary for catechesis and inculturation in the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops ' Department of Education and a staff coordinator of the directory project, said 15,000 copies of the draft have been printed in English and 2,000 in Spanish. The text, which runs more than 100,000 words, has been printed on newsprint in a 96-page tabloid.

Mulhall said more than 150 dioceses and eparchies — dioceses of Eastern Catholic churches — have named consultation coordinators who will organize local meetings of diocesan and parish catechetical officials and others to discuss and critique the draft.

They have been asked to convene their consultant groups in one to three meetings , about five to six hours per meeting, for indepth small-group and p lenary sessions on the directory.

All participants in the diocesan consultations are to receive copies of the draft at least three weeks ahead of time so they can read the entire document and write their own individual comments, which will also be collected and submitted to the national office along with the results of the group meetings. The deadline for submitting responses to the national office is April 35.

Included at the end of each section of the draft text is a boxed set of evaluation questions, asking the Teader to judge the section on overall quality, tone, readability and balance between theoretical content and practical directives. Open-ended questions ask readers to suggest additions or deletions in each section or make other comments on it.

"Some dioceses have asked for as many as 700 copies, some as few as five ," Mulhal l said. He said their approaches vary widely, with some dioceses planning a series of regional gatherings and others having a single

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necessary formation needed for those who catechize. "

Unity week . . . ¦ Continued from page 3 Presentations and a panel discussion with the audience on the topic of interreligious dialogue and communication as a means of achieving world peace are planned .

The day will conclude with an Interreli gious-Ecumenical Prayer Service at 7 p.m. at St. Mary 's Cathedral including leaders and representatives of the world's faiths from throughout the Bay Area.

Catholic parishes and other Christian communities worldwide will observe Jan. 1825, by praying for Christian unify and focusing on the importance of it. The scriptural theme is "With You is the Fountain of Life. " Each parish will have its own special prayers and outreach, Father O'Rourke said.

A suggested text and outline was provided to all participating Christian communities worldwide, prepared by a group of European ecumenists in conjunction with the Vatican's Council for Promoting Christian Unity.

The eight-days oi prayer for Christian Unity was established by Rev. Paul James Wattson, a priest of the Episcopal Church, who later converted to Catholicism, according to Father O'Rourke.

Father Wattson is honored by religious leaders in the Bay Area yearly. This year the ecumenical observance will be held at the University of San Francisco on Jan. 28 at 8 p.m. in the Pacific Rim Room, Greek Orthodox Bishop Kallistos, from Oxford University in England will be the guest speaker.

Christian Unity Week was first observed in 1908. Referred to then as the "Church Unity Octave," it began on the Feast of the Chair of Fr. Gerard O'Rourke Peter (at that time Jan. 19), and ending on the Feast of the Conversion of St. Paul (January 25)

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He estimated that about a third to half of the dioceses conducting consultations are planning to hold sessions in Spanish as well as English.

In addition, he said, about 25 Catholic colleges, universities and national organizations have asked to participate in the consultation.

Archbishop Hughes ' committee is to review the responses in June. A final draft could be brought to the bishops for debate and vote as early as their meeting next November. Once the bishops approve it, it must be sent to the Holy See for final review and approval.

Most Holy Redeemer's 100th The parish community of San Francisco 's Most Holy Redeemer Church will celebrate the 100th anniversary of the dedication of the church at 100 Diamond St. The Jan. 13 celebration will begin with a Mass of Thanksgiving at 10 a.m., follow ed by a reception in Ellard Hall honoring all parishioners and friends.

Bishop John C. Wester will celebrate the Mass; The parish was established in 1900 and the present church building has served several generations of the Eureka Valley nei ghborhood since its dedication b y Archbishop Patrick W. Riordan on Jan . 12, 1902.

The parish mission statement- proclaims that this Christian community in the Roman Catholic tradition "draws people from isolation to community, from searching to awakening, from indifference to concern , from selfishness to meaningful service, from fear in the midst of adversity to faith and hope in God." Furthermore, the statement declares that the parish "offers a spiritual home to all senior citizens and youth ; single people and families; those who are strai ght, gay and lesbian; the healthy and the sick, particularly persons with HIV disease."

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Before his appointment to St. Luke's in Dan James , whose wife Doreen is 1970, Father Stadler had served for 15 Catholic, calls himself "one of a handful years on the faculty of Junipero Serra of non-Catholics" who attend Mass at St. High School. Until 1955, he served as a Luke 's. "We were made to feel pretty parochial vicar at San Francisco 's St. comfortable by Father Stadler," Mr. James Paul' s, St. Anne of the Sunset , St. said. "He was ahead of his time." Mr. Patrick's and St. Patrick' s in Oakland. He James said his lasting memory of the late retired in 1997. priest will be that "he didn 't worry so Fr. Robert G. Stadler Father William Knapp, retired pastor St. much about doing the correct thing as Stephen Parish and classmate of Father Stadler called him a doing the right thing." "very scholarly and brilliant man" with "a very advanced conMore than 250 people attended a memorial Mass for cept of Church and liturgy" who "took to Vatican fi very well." Father Stadler at St. Luke's on Jan. 5. St. Luke pastor,

Jesuit Father Paul F. Belcher dies in accident Jesuit Father Paul F. Belcher died as a result of a gate falling on him in the parking lot of St. Agnes Church, San Francisco, on December 20, 2001 . He was 71 years old, a Jesuit for 51 years and a priest for 38 years.

The native San Franciscan attended St. Ignatius High School later moving to Waseca, Minnesota , where he graduated from Sacred Heart High School. He entered the Society of Jesus in August 1950 and was ordained to the priesthood in St. Ignatius Church, San Francisco, by Archbishop Joseph McGucken on June 7, 1963. Father Belcher also studied in Austria and did graduate work in sociology at New York University.

After his studies, Father Belcher 's first assignment was to the University of San Francisco, where he taught sociology and served as chair of the department. During these years he served on the Jesuits ' Province Ministries Commission and was instrumental in establishing a direction and priorities for the province, including con-

tinuing theological education for priests and brothers, renewal of parishes and apostolic opportunities for senior Jesuits.

In 1979 he was named the rector of Brophy College Preparatory, Phoenix, a post he held until 1981. From 1988-1993 , he served as Provincial Superior of the California Province of the Society of Jesus. From 1994, until his assignment last summer to his home parish , St. Agnes, Father Belcher was associate pastor of St. Ignatius Loyola Parish in Sacramento.

Two sisters survive Father Belcher, Betty Peterson of Grass Valley, Ca and Mary Schleimer of Fremont.

A funeral Mass was celebrated in St. Agnes Church on Dec. 28. Interment was at the Jesuit section of the Mission Cemetery in Santa Clara.

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By Kamille Nixon Contemporary congregations of women religious might seem political to some peop le. They issue corporate stances decrying the death penally, urging peace in the aftermath of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks , and supporting sanctuary for immigrants.

A nun founded "one of the strongest and most respected lobbying groups in Sacramento," as described by San Rafael Dominican Vocations"Director Sister Carta Kovack.

A recent television news progra m referred to modern sisters as "different from the nuns you grew up with" — contrasting the nuns of the past who taught schoolchildren and cared for the sick and contemporary sisters who lobby members of Congress.

It 's a false distinction , according to spokespersons of several congregations of women religious. From their beginnings , nuns have advocated for the voiceless , Sister Kovack says. It just looks a little different now.

Centuries ago, nuns founded schools and ran hospitals.

This requ ired advocac y and organizational efforts on a grand scale, says Sisters of the Holy Family Historian , Sister Michaela O'Conner.

The political activity of women reli gious is a "recurring pattern " according to Sister Kovack. "It 's very old and it comes from the Gospels. The pattern continues but it may look different. " "We educated an immigrant church and provided health care and social services when the government didn 't do that," says Sister Kovack.

Got a vocation? Check it out Super Bowl Sunday Congregations of women reli gious are providing several opportunities — including open houses on Super Bowl Sunday — to help women decide whether they have vocations to consecrated religious life.

Discernment groups facilitated by vocation directors and sisters in the Bay Area are held each month. These groups provide reflection on women 's lives and , since each community is a little different , expose them to a variety of spiritualities , according to San Rafael Dominican Vocations Director Sister Carla-Koyack.

She says potential sisters typically: 1. Demonstrate the physical, emotional, and spiritual capacity to be generous in serving others. .

2. Reall y want to develop a spiritual life in Christ Jesus and to do it in the context of a community of mature women, which requires flexibility, patience and laughter.

3. Are free of debt , free of dependents, and able to give a free gift of themselves.

4. Are single; if they had been married, their marriages received declarations of nullity (an annulment).

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In addition to the monthly discernment groups , communities are hosting several open houses on Super Bowl Sunday, Feb. 3, at locations throughout the Bay Area.

"Come and tailgate with us!" suggests Sister Kovack.

She says the open houses are meant "to give the Catholic community the opportunity to get to know us , to revisit religious life as it is lived today."

The Canossian Sisters and the Sisters of Mercy are holding open houses in San Francisco. The Discalced Carmelite Friars, Franciscan Hospitaller Sisters of the Immaculate Conception , Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur, and Sisters of the Holy Names of Jesus and Mary are holding open houses in San Jose.

Dominican Sisters of Mission San Jose will be in Fremont while the Dominican Sisters of Oakford and the Marist Missionary Sisters will be in San Leandro.

Oakland will be the site for the Sisters of die Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary and the Sisters of Social Service.

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"Social activism is built in," says Sister Margaret Hoffman , communications and justice and peace coordinator for the California Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur. "It 's the most natural and appropriate way to live out the Gospel. " Reli gious women have a "valid , uni que call that provides a lifesty le that frees us to be generous, to be mobile , to address issues , to have a regular prayer life, and to serve Christ with the support of like-minded women ," explains Sister Kovack.

She has been a San Rafael Dominican for 36 years, since before the changes of Vatican II, which emphasized the responsibilities of lay people to live their baptismal vows. "We do many of the same things as lay people but our corporate structure multiplies what we can do as individuals ,'" she says.

Taking the Gospel call to visit the imprisoned , nuns now issue corporate statements calling for prison reform as they continue to perform individual works of mercy.

Groups of sisters go monthl y to visit inmate s in the women 's correctional facility in Stockton , Sister Kovack points out. A married woman would have a hard time doing that , she says, considering the demands of full-time work, parish life , kids , and family.

In another example, the Sisters of Mercy have provided a major force to bring "centering prayer" to male and female inmates from Redwood City to San Quentin.

Not every congregation of women reli gious takes a publicl y political role. Groups that Sister Kovack describes as "more traditional " might have a more contemplative than activist focus , and both are needed , she says.

The Nashville Dominicans and the Carmelites of Alhambra are two more traditional congregations, she said.

Sometimes women religious transfer to other communities. One former San Rafael Dominican sister joined the Cistercian s in Wrentham , Mass, where the women don 't speak more than one hour per year. Sister Kovack exchanges occasional e-mails and notes with her former sister, who seems very happy living a quiet life of prayer.

Jesus made a concerted effort to help the poor and marginalized , Sister Kovack says. Women religious have a "style of life that empowers us to go to the margins of who aren't being served and to support those sisters who are called to those margins."

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By George E Maty sekjr Catholic News Service BALTIMORE (CNS) — Joel Bugas was supposed to be there, seated right next to his father, Zosimo, for a rousing political rall y Jan. 4, 1988 in support of his father 's re-election bid as mayor of the city of Nabunturan in the Philippines.

Joel couldn 't make it to the rally, but that day changed his life.

Not long after the big event started , excitement turned to blood y chaos when a communist gunman fired three bullets into the head of the pro-democratic mayor. Other assassins hit their marks as well, killing two others in the gruesome attempt to disrupt the fragile democracy right in the shadow of the city 's cathedral.

The tragedy propelled the mayor 's devoted 21-year-old son into the political spotlight and gave him power that none of his countrymen his age had ever attained. But in a mysterious way, the incident also set the young man's heart on a spiritual journey that would ultimately point to the priesthood.

"I credit my guardian angel ," said Bugas, a first-year seminarian at St. Mary 's Seminary and University in Baltimore . "If I would have been there, I might have been shot, too. When it happened, we could hear the shouting.

One of our supporters came and said, 'Your dad' s shot!' It was terrible."

With only 14 days left before the election , supporters urged Bugas ' mother and older siblings to run for mayor.

When they declined, it was left to Joel to uphold the standard. He was a reluctant candidate.

A day after he buried his father, Bugas won the election by only three votes. He was suddenly the mayor of an important city of 100,000 people, overseeing a bureaucracy of 600 employees.

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Bugas met the assassin in prison where he is serving a life sentence for his crime. "At first it was difficult," acknowledged Bugas , now 35, "I spoke with him, and he apologized from deep within his heart. It's a special grace from God that leads you to reconciliation."

A\ Since Bugas was barred by law from running for another mayoral term, many Filipinos expected him to pursue higher office. But Bugas said he felt called in a different direction. When his mayoral term came to an end in 1998, he decided to move to Baltimore where his aunt and some other relatives lived. He planned to take a year to spend some time in "peace and quiet " to discern what he would do with the rest of his life.

The former mayor began attending Mass every day at the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen in Baltimore. The intensity of his prayer life increased , and he began to feel an unmistakable call to the priesthood.

Having grown up in what he called a true-blooded Catholic family" and having served as an altar boy and catechist, Bugas always took his faith seriously. He had even considered becoming a priest with a religious order but changed his mind when his father convinced him to pursue a college education.

"The p riesthood isn't the kind of thing you discuss with a lot of people," Bugas told The Catholic Review , newspaper of the Archdiocese of Baltimore, for which he will be ordained to serve. "But deep inside myself, the priesthood was always a question mark."

With the encouragement of some Baltimore priest friends, Bugas attended one of Cardinal William H. Keeler 's vocation "spaghetti dinners" where men discerning die priesthood gather every year to learn more about what it means to be an ordained man of God. It was there that the cardinal advised Bugas to keep his heart open to God's will, Bugas recalled.

On his father 's birthday, Bugas was accepted as a candidate for the priesthood.

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Vocations conf e rence to draw delegates f r om across North America The Montreal congress is slated for April 18-21. It will be trilingual: English , French and Spanish.

It is expected that 1,000- 1,200 delegates from North America will attend. To date , 45 U.S. organizations have pledged to send 659 delegates , The two largest groups sending delegates are the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops and the Chicago-based National Reli gious Vocation Conference , with each sending 60.

Also in attendance will be representatives of the Vatican Congregation for Catholic Education and the Pontifical Work . for Ecclesiastical Vocations, Archbishop Schwietz said.

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"It is important that we advance the vision that everyone is responsible for promoting vocations to ordained ministry and consecrated life," Archbishop Schwietz, chairman of the bishops ' Committee on Vocations, said in the written report.

While this is the third continental congress on vocations , it is the first one held in North America. The first was held in 1994 in Brazil for Latin America, and the second in Rome in 1997 for Europe.

By Mark Pattison Catholic News Service WASHINGTON (CNS) — The term "continental congress" is known more to Americans as a reference to early American history . This year, it will take on added meaning when the Third Continental Congress on Vocations to Ordained Ministry and Consecrated Life in North America will be held in Montreal.

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noted. Both Archbishop William Levada and Bishop lohn Wester were in attendance , as were a large number of p riests. The overarching attitude to come out of the meeting was one of hope , said Father Forner.

The 2002 Congress on Vocations in North America is the third such regional gathering and follows a Latin American Congress held in Sao Paulo, Brazil , in 1994, and a European Congress held in Rome in 1997.

The purpose of the Congress is to build a positive environment in North America for promoting vocations to ordained ministry and consecrated life; to unify and guide the Church in North America in its commitment to identify, discern , and nurture vocations; and to welcome future "workers to the harvest."

The Canadian and U.S. Bishops ' Conferences have the princi pal responsibility for the event. To plan the gathering, they are working in close collaboration with the Pontifical Work for Ecclesiastical Vocations in Rome, leaders of religious institutes , and diocesan and reli gious vocation directors ' associations in the U.S and Canada. The Congress will coincide with the 39th World Day of prayer for Vocations which occurs April 21.

By Sharon Abercrombie When 1200 delegates from throug hout the United States meet in Montreal April 18-21 for the Third Continental Congress on Vocations, they will have plenty of food for thoug ht. The congress * agenda will reflect the thinking and feedback collected from regional meetings held all over the United States this past fall.

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As someone relatively new to the journey Ms. O'Connor has not taken vows of poverty, chastity and obedience , but says she is "try ing to see what it's like to live that life." She describes the experience as "exciting" with "some moments of difficult transition " which she likens to the transition from single life to married life.

"As I go deeper into the discernment process," Ms. O'Connor says, "I realize how much 1 wanted to do this. 1 would like to see whether this fits me for the rest of.my life."

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By Kamille Nixon Last January, Kathleen O'Connor left her job as an archivist with the National Archives in San Bruno , a career she had for 20 .years. In August , she moved from the apartment where she lived for 13 years into the convent at San Domenico Upper School in San Anselmo.

The San Francisco native and life-long St. Cecilia parishioner is two and a half years into a journey to discover whether she has a vocation to be a nun.

Out of a faith-sharing group at her parish came the question no one had ever asked before : had she ever considere d becoming a sister?

"I had always thoug ht about being a reli gious ," Ms. O'Connor recalls , "but thought , 'Oh yeah , God , leave me alone. '" However, when St. Cecilia 's pastoral associate , San Rafael Dominican Sister Helen Bendik , popped the question , Ms. O'Connor "decided this time I would say 'yes.'"

Sister Bendik says she invited her prayer partner to consider reli gious life because she seemed strong and competent: her friend had come to grips with a severe hearing impairment, developed the ability to give talks to. hundreds of peop le, and established expertise in her chosen profession.

Ms. O'Connor contacted San Rafael Dominicans Vocations Director Sister Carla Kovack , who guided her throug h the initial stages of discernment. She attended various events with the San Rafael Dominicans and consulted Visions 2000, a publication exploring religious vocations.

She looked into the congregations of women who had educated her, the Hol y Names Sisters and the Mercy Sisters , as well as many others . Upper age limits and other considerations narrowed the field and she eventually found a potential fit in the San Rafael Dominicans.

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As a candidate/ postulan t , Ms. O'Connor is sampling the experiences of religious life, exploring different ministries and "checking out to see what other sisters do."

She 'll also soon begin theology classes at the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley to gain a theological background for whatever ministry she eventually chooses.

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She is working at the congregation 's archives and "sharing stories" at (he retirement convent.

After this period of exploration , she and the formation director will evaluate whether she is to become a novice.

If she does, she will spend a canonical year at the Dominican Collaborative Novitiate in St. Louis. This will begin a "more intense preparation before I take my first vows ," Ms. O'Connor exp lains.

Next comes a ministry year, more time for discernment and living the life , and "well , after that , I don 't really know what to expect ," she says.

She 's rel y ing on trust in God with her greatest hope at the fore : "That as I go on this journey, I will be a better reflection of God's presence in me to others. I pray to God , 'Make your presence within me shine. '"

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ings to gather grass-roots input in anticipation of the congress. "We are receiving a number of positive comments regarding these meetings," Archbishop Schwietz said.

Another national , pre-congress meeting is the Institute for Diocesan Vocation Personnel , set for the week of Jan. 20 in Baltimore. Archbishop Schwietz said the Sulpician Fathers and the Kni ghts of Columbus have contributed grant money to help cover the cost of travel , reg istration and room and board for the institute.

"I share this with you to assist in your role of supporting your diocesan vocation personnel ," he said.

Program for potential priests Jan. 18 to 20 A three-day discernment program for men considering the diocesan priesthood has attracted the largest number of registrants ever.

The program, to be held Jan. 18 to 20 at St. Patrick Seminary in Menlo Park., is open to men ages 21 to 50. It features seminarians who give an overview of what seminary life is like, according to Linda Asti in the seminary's admissions recruitment office.

Attendance has increased each of the five or six years that the program has taken place, Ms. Asti said. So far, 40 men have registered for this year's workshop, up from 28 or 29 last year.

Ms. Asti attributed the growth in attendance to effective effort on the part of vocations directors and priests looking for potential priests.

It 's not too late to sign up for the Jan . 18-20 program . Interested men who are sponsored by a priest may get an application from their parish priest, from the Archdiocese 's vocations office , or from the seminary at (650) 325-5621.

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We care for the starving and homeless people abroad because they are starving throug h no fault of theirs. Millions are starving and homeless due to many years of war.

Many homeless peop le here in the United States that are swept up, don 't want to go to shelters.

They rather do drugs and/or liquor which they can 't do in shelters.

Yes, Karen Aranas, our government should obtain funds to force these lost souls into institutions and released onl y when they are ready to live a normal life. We have many on our streets thaf are mentally incompetent. Years ago they were institutionalized until our governor had them released to save money.

We do have churches and other organizations that do feed the starving.

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Catholic Home Mission App eal

At most parishes in the Archdiocese of San Francisco this weekend (Jan. 1213) a second collection will be taken up for the Catholic Home Missions Appeal (formerl y known as the Black and Indian Home Mission Collection).

Sponsored by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, the Catholic Home Missions Appeal helps to support and strengthen evangelization in America.

Funds are distributed as grants to dioceses throughout the United States. The appeal gives us the opportunity to help communities where Catholics are not numerous and where pastors must struggle to keep mission parishes operating.

We hope Catholics in the Archdiocese of San Francisco will be generous in their support of the Catholic Home Missions Appeal.

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Child p overty in America

This month the Catholic Campaign for Human Development (CCHD) is launching a national awareness campaign underscoring the tragic reality that one out of every six children in the United States lives in poverty, according to the most recent U.S. census figures.

Established by the U.S. Catholic bishops in 1970, the Catholic Campaign for Human Development is one of the largest private sponsors of self-hel p programs initiated and led by poor people in the United States. CCHD is highlighting child poverty in America to reinforce the need to start early in life to provide enough food, shelter, medical attention and education to our nation 's next generation.

Although poverty rates declined slightly from 1999 to 2000, more than 31 million people in the United States still are considered to be poor, including nearly 12 million children and youth under 18 years of age.

The U.S. Census Bureau considers the poverty threshold (annual income) for a family of four to be $17,650. However, research studies show that many Americans see this poverty threshold as unrealistic and put the annual amount needed to adequately house, clothe and feed a family of four at twice the government figure.

Sadl y, child poverty is at a higher rate now than it was in 1979 and the U.S. ranks higher in this category than most industrialized nations. The U.S. child poverty rate (childre n living in poverty as a percentage of total population) is higher than nations such as Germany, Italy, France, Canada, Australia, the United Kingdom and Japan.

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Bishop -Bashing in D.C.

In the nation 's Capitol the Pageant of Peace surrounds the national Christmas tree.

But ride the subway or stand at a bus stop and the message of peace is no more. In its place are signs accusing Catholic bishops of contributing to the deaths of millions.

Catholics for a Free Choice (CFFC) launched an ad campaign recently charging that the bishops "ban condoms" and don 't care if millions die from AIDS. The statement is ludicrous on its face. In fact, it might be .called Stupid Statement #1. When was the last time you saw a bishop demand the pharmacy shelves be cleared of condoms? The ads are laden with anti-Catholic bigotry. They would be laughable, as most CFFC statements are, if people too busy to be informed did not take them seriously.

CFFC is funded generously by foundations pleased to help undenriine the Church 's teachings here and abroad. Its president Frances Kissling is known for her cynical statement: "I spent twenty years looking for a government that I could overthrow, without being thrown in jail. I finally found one in the Catholic Church" (Mother Jones, May/June 1991, p. 11). With overthrow of the Church as an agenda, disinformation campaigns are the norm. That's what CFFC accepts big money to do.

But to claim that the bishops don ' t care if millions die from AIDS is to expose one 's ignorance. The Catholic Church provides more than 25 percent of the care for AIDS patients worldwide. Its teaching, urging sexual abstinence before marriage and fidelity within, is the only sure way to avoid contracting the disease sexually. Condoms, on the other hand, have a 15 percent failure rate.

D.C. Metro transit officials reportedly saw the ads as simply an "opinion." Yet the system is tax supported , and many Metro riders are Catholics who were deeply offended by the ads. Would it post ads mocking and misrepresenting another faith group?

I can ' t imagine seeing Metro ads that claimed the NAACP's actions or beliefs were a cause of harm, even though someone somewhere might hold that opinion.

Maybe there's an anti-Catholic bacteria in the waters of the Potomac. In 2002 the City Council passed an ordinance to force employers with prescription drug coverage to provide employees with coverage for all contraceptives, including those that act as abortifacients. The Council refused to exempt the Church, although to comply with the law the Church would have had to violate its own beliefs.

Ridiculing Catholic bishop s or the Church seems to be taken lightly in Washington, as ridicule of politically correct issues and groups is not. But selling ad space to charge that Church teaching kills and the bishops don't care is beyond the pale. It is irresponsible and an abuse of the public trust.

Gail Quinn Gail Quinn is Executive Director of the Secretariat f o r Pro-Life Activities, U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, Washington, D.C.

The letter of Linda Beroldo in Catholic San Franc isco Dec. 21 concerning praying for the dead and the mention of a Jehovah' s Witness asking "where in the Bible does it say we can affect departed souls by prayer " demonstrates the perfidious alterations , redactions and omissions from the canon of the bible which are promulgated by many Protestant and pseudo Christian sects.

Many of these sects omit entirely the Second Book of Maccabees and some omit verse 46 in chapter 26 of II Maccabees which explicitly states: "it is therefore a holy and wholesome thought to pray for the dead, that they be loosed from their sins. " Richard T. LemMon Atherton

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Father Rolheiser 's insp ired column Dec. 7 in Catholic San Francisco is magnificent.

Exhorting the laity and (some priests) to expand their imaginations to include the Mystery of the Cosmic Christ is overdue.

In 1961, I bought Teilhard de Chardin ' s "Hymn of the Universe." It replaced my old prayer book.

I'm old, live alone in a small coastal village. Holy Communion is brought to me by local parishioners after Sunday Mass.

I have a huge famil y, all in California — 20 in immediate family.

Most love to come to the beach , including four great-grandchildren. Even the "heretics " among us believe in the Cosmic Christ. Their dissents are widespread regarding Church tenets. You guessed it: the infallibility of the pope , and the Church' s stand regarding contraceptives.

I tell them , concentrate on spirituality, and forget the other stuff.

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J ohn Paul II in 2002: Onward and Upward The world press continues to insist that he's the "frail and failing pope." John Paul II seems to have other ideas about the future.

On Dec. 16, 200 1 , the pope made his 300th pastoral visit to a Roman parish. "If today I can say that I feel fully Roman, " the pope told the overflow congregation at St. Maria Josefa of the Heart of Jesus Parish, "it is due, in part , to the visits to the parishes of this extraordinary and beautiful city." The 81-year-old pontiff has said that he intends to celebrate Mass and meet the people of the remaining 34 Roman parishes he hasn 't yet visited — a vivid demonstration that "Bishop of Rome" is no mere title for him.

On Jan. 24, the pope will travel by train to Assisi with world reli gious leaders for a day of prayer for peace. That meeting should make it unmistakably clear that there is no religious warrant for terrorism; it will also illustrate, again, the unique moral authority that John Paul II retains throughout the world.

John Paul is scheduled to be in Bulgaria on May 2325, 2002. It will mark another papal p ilgrimage to a predominantly Orthodox country, display ing the pope 's commitment to ecumenism in a personal way, and underlining in deeds his insistence that Catholicism in historicall y Orthodox lands is no aggressive force.

Recent papal pilgrimages to Romania, Greece, and Ukraine, the forthcoming visit to Bul garia, and the pope 's visits to the former Soviet republics of Kazakhstan and

Armenia may have begun to open up the possibility of a pilgrimage to Russia in 2002. In October, Archbishop Tadeusz Kondrusiewicz , apostolic administrator for Catholics in European Russia , said he felt certain the pope would be in Moscow in 2002.

Later that month, Cardinal Lubomir Husar, leader of the Greek Catholic Church in Ukraine, told me that he, too, had the impression that John Paul would be able to fulfill his desire to go on pil grimage to Russia in 2002. Cardinal Husar mentioned that , on Russian national television , an official of the Putin government had recentl y said that "Russia must be in the West, and Russia cannot be in the West without the pope" — a most intri guing suggestion.

No formal planning for a papal visit to Russia is currentl y underway, but the variables do seem to be changing.

If I were a betting man, I'd risk a wager that the world will see John Paul II in Moscow sometime this year, perhaps in late spring or early summer, on a pilgrimage that cannot help but have historic consequences.

Then there is World Youth Day in Toronto, which will be held on Jul y 23-27, 2002. Planners for the Toronto event had evidentl y been worrying that the pope 's health would prevent his attending, a fear exacerbated by the relentless (and usuall y wrongheaded) Roman rumor mill. Meeting with Canadian World Youth Day officials in Rome in late October, the pope rejected any notion that he would send a

legate in his stead to the o p Toronto event , saying o X "I' forcefull y, m coming."

(X l~ The year 2002 could „ a. also be the one in which —z the world and the church X o begin to get used to the si ght of the pope in a wheelchair. So what?

The churc h can easily survive a pope in a wheelchair. Indeed, "survive" is the wrong word. The pope ' s courage and good humor in his suffering are examp les of his singular capacity to embody the new evangelization and the culture of life, not simply proclai m them.

The year ahead will see a tremendous public debate over whether some (very small) human beings are disposable research material. In 2002, John Paul IPs witness to the indispensability of every human life will be a li ght pointing a path beyond the brave new world and toward a more human and humane future.

George Weigel

George Weigel is a senior fellow of the Ethics and Public Policy Center in Washington, D.C.

Family Lif e

New Year reflection: Loss is never the last word "M y husband will have a fit if he finds a dead bird in the freezer ," I said. "He's not the bird lover I am."

"Just wrap it in newspaper and put it in a plastic bag, " suggested the cheerful lad y at Fish and Wildlife. "He'll never see it," "Well," I admitted, "you 're probabl y right. " "I'll have our urban biologist call you ," she promised.

I'd found a varied thrush , feet up, on the deck that chilly late-December morning. We'd been admiring the striking, robin-sized bird hopp ing around the yard all week.

Now it was still , but no less beautiful.

"Why did it die?" asked 8-year-old Gabe.

"I don 't know," I replied. "It 's sad, but sometimes things die."

"Are you going to bury it?" asked big brother Lucas.

"May be," I replied. "But it ' s in such good shape.

Maybe we can find a scientist or museum that can use it."

After talking to the woman at Fish and Wildlife , I wrapped up the thrush and hid it in the back of the freezer.

The next morning the urban biologist called. "The Burke Museum at the University of Washington will take it," he said. "They use stuffed birds for their classroom education programs."

"I'll call them."

"Remember, legall y you 're not allowed to keep it."

"Don't worry," I assured him. "I'm eager to get it out of my freezer. "

He laughed. "You should see the things I've had in mine."

Suddenly, it seemed like a good morning to take the boys to the Burke Museum.

The woman who met us at the loading dock was deli ghted to lake the thrush . "We give these birds a second life in our school programs ," she explained. "Thanks for caring enough to bring it in. " We went around to the front of the museum and entered the Life and Times of Washington State, an exhibit showcasing 545 million years of history. We passed fossilized shells of ancient ocean creatures, then moved into Dino Times. A g iant stegosaurus skeleton glared at us.

Marine reptiles hunted their prey. Overhead, an asteroid headed for a collision with the Yucatan Peninsula , a collision that—according to the sign—would mean the end of the dinosaurs and the extinction of 85 percent of the plants and animals on earth. Yet that loss made room for new plants and animals to develop.

In the next room, volcanoes spewed ash and magma skyward. Lucas, who was studying geology in school, eagerly explained how the continents were formed. Gabe climbed into a rhinoceros-shaped cave. We checked a computer and discovered that we had a smal l earthquake nearby nearly every day.

In the next room, a layer of ice five times higher than the Space Needle covered Puget Sound. A giant sloth fought a saber-tooth cat. And early humans hunted the Mastodon .

We traveled through old growth forests to the present day.

I pondered how God had worked throug h millions of years of water , fire , and ice to create the beautiful place we lived in today. At every step, life changed , but it didn 't end. It 's true in our lives , too.

As for our thrush, while its spirit flies free , its body has a new job: teaching children to appreciate the wonders of nature. Finding the thrush reminded us that moments of loss are never the end. Rather, they are openings for something new, offering us new ways to experience the richness of God's love.

It 's a good message to take into the new year, and well worth giving up some space in the freezer.

Christine Dubois

Christine Dubois is a widely published freelance writer who lives with her family near Seattle.

Contact her at: chriscolumn @juno.com.

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Commandments for the Long Haul Daniel Berri gan 's wonderfu l little book , "Ten Commandments for the Long Haul," was intended as spiritual sustenance for those who walk the lonely, long road of faith and often find themselves discouraged and running out of gas. Berrigan doesn 't offer a quick fix, but points out the right direction within which we should be walking and where, at key junctures, if we cast our eyes at the right spot, we might find Elijah' s jug, God's food for the journey.

As we begin a new year, filled with new hope and new resolutions , here are 10 such commandments that might serve us well as we walk the long road: (1) Acknowledge your contingency, your helplessness.

You are not God , but a creature. Only God is self-sufficient being. Like all creatures , you 're dependent and interdependent. Life works when you acknowledge this, when you accept that you can 't give yourself life. All is gift. If you try to live the illusion of self-sufficiency and try to guarantee your own immortality, you mimic the sin of Adam and Eve, comp lete with all the futility of effort , the lording it over, and the alien ation from nature that ensues. Proper living begins with the words: "I am not God!" (2) Pray prayers of helplessness, gratitude, and praise.

Pray always! Also pray formally each day. By your baptism you 're a priest. Pray as priest: Hold the world up each day to

God. Hold up both its wonders and its pain. Pray in gratitude , thanking God, not just for "this or that," but for life itself, for light , for this earth, for those who love you. Pray from your weaknesses and helplessness: "Lord, hang on to me lest I slip away from you. Do for me what I cannot do for myself."

(3) Welcome and accept the present moment. Life is what happens to you while you 're planning your life. Don 't let the busyness, pressures , and heartaches of life steal the present moment from you. Only it is real. Drink it in, with all it carries. It 's the only p lace you will experience love and joy. If not now — when? If not with these people — with whom? If not here — where?

(4) Give yourself permission to be inadequate. Both God and nature give you permission not to be perfect. Don 't be too hard on yourself and, especially, on others. Everyone falls short. God doesn 't keep you from falling and failing, but redeems you when you do fall. You're loved as you are.

(5) Be sufficiently loving and critical, both at the same time. If you 're critical without loving, you 're destructive. If you ' re loving without being critical, you ' re weak. Your loved ones, your church, and your community need you to be loving and critical, at die same time. Don 't blackmail community by constantly threatening your withdrawal. Love, be critical, and stay. Pull from your bag the new as well as the old.

(6) Be post-ideolog ical , post-personal history, post-conservative, post-liberal , postnaive, and post-sophisticated . Be non-classifiable. Admit that the right and left have both run out of imagination and that their sympathies are highly selective. Don 't be naive , but don't be sophisticated either. Forgive your past.

(7) Bless what 's good and beautiful , even as you stand where the cross of Clirist is erected. Bless what's good in the world. Never denigrate beauty. All that's good and beautiful has God as author. Imitate Christ: First bless the world and its goodness and, only then, go stand where the cross is perennially erected, where the excluded ones in the culture find themselves.

(8) Be shockingl y "Catholic" — earthy and winedrinking. Bask in the goodness of life. We have divine permission to be happy. God invented wine. Jesus scandalized ROLHEISER, page 18

Father Ron Rolheiser

SCRIPTURE & LITU RGY Manifesting Jesus the Lord as servant to the whole world We are so thrilled when we approach the clue section in the department store of life and actuall y make a purchase.

We can work at something so long with mindless abandon when suddenl y the light goes on; we make connections between our seemingly random experiences; we grow in wisdom and in our awareness of our destiny.

For the Church , this Sunday 's feast of the Baptism of the Lord , which ends the Christmas/Ep i phany Season on a hi gh note , celebrates the awareness God's Word bestows on us: initiated like Jesus by the water-bath of Bap tism, the members of the Church become progressivel y more aware that they manifest Jesus the Lord as servant to the whole world.

Since the account of Jesus' baptism by John occurs in all four gospels (Mark 1:9-11; Matthew 3:13-17; Luke 3:21-22; John 1:29-34), we must consider what is unique to Matthew 's presentation and we discover two items: the dialogue between John and Jesus and the presentation of Jesus to those who hear God's proclamation. A look at each will help us savor Ihe nouri shment this gospel provides.

John is reluctant to baptize Jesus and is made to protest: "I Thus if we listen to our first reading, identified as the first need to be baptized by you , and yet you are coming to me?" ' of four poems in Isaiah regarding the suffering servant of the " (Matthew "kingdom of the heavens s John needs to enter the Jewish, reverential expression for the reign of God) by the ini- Lord, we see how Matthew employs the poem to color his tiation only Jesus can give. Matthew has Jesus respond, "Allow presentation of Jesus ' baptism. See them in tandem: Isaiah: it now, for thus it is fitting for us to fulfill all righteousness."

"Thus says the Lord: Mere is my servant whom I uphold , Somehow, the mysterious plan of God, shared with Israel through the Law and the prophets, includes this event which my chosen one with whom I am pleased , upon whom I have inaugurates Jesus as the agent who brings on the reign of God. put my spirit. " Matthew: Matthew goes on to alter Mark's story of Jesus' baptism.

"After Jesus was baptized he came up from the water In Mark, the "voice" speaks directly to Jesus , "You are my beloved Son; with you I am well p leased." (Mark 1-11). In and behold, the heavens were opened for him, and he saw Matthew, the freshl y baptized Jesus is presented to anyone the Spirit of God descending like a dove and coming upon listening, "This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well him. And a voice came from the hea vens, say ing, 'This is pleased. " (Matthew 3:17). For Matthew, then, tire baptism of my beloved Son, with who I am well p leased. '" Matthew presents Jesus as the suffering servant of Jesus is a public manifestation of his destiny and precisely as the fulfillment of Old Testament longing and , more accurate- Isaiah by the doctoring he does on the poem from Isaiah.

From the moment of his/our own baptism, Jesus/we ly, of his own community 's hearing of the Old Testament in become progressively aware that our ministry is described as the li ght of their/our own baptismal experience.

Father David M. Pettingill

Feast of the Baptism of the Lord Isaiah 42:1-4, 6-7; Psalm 29; Acts 10:34-38; Matthew3:13-17

"servant service." So Isaiah goes on: "He shall bring forth jusI, the Lord, have called you for the victice to the nations tory of justice , 1 have grasped you by the hand; I formed you and set you as a covenant of the people, a light for the nations, to open the eyes of the blind, to bring out prisoners from confinement , and from the dungeon , those who live in darkness. " It is no wonder that Acts (our second reading) describes Jesus as sent to all, living out the servanthood so eloquentiy described in Isaiah. Speaking to the Gentile house of Cornelius, Peter proclaims: "You know the word that he sent to the Israelites as he proclaimed peace through Jesus Christ, who is Lord of all, what happened in Galilee after the baptism that John preached , how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power. He went about doing good and healing all those oppressed by the devil , for God was with him. " As we celebrate the only repeatable Sacrament of Initiation, the Eucharist , this Sunday, we are "born" into the kingdom along with Jesus, and our awareness that we have been empowered to function as agents, servants of God's kingdom , deepens and becomes more demanding. We can get a clue that we are part of Sunday assembly only to make an impact on this world as its servants.

Questions for Small Communities: 1 . What does a Servant-Church look like in your opinion?

What do we have to embrace and discard to live this vision?

2. Wh y is it important to unpack the significance of our baptism in the light of Scripture ?

Father David M. Petting ill is assistant to the moderator of the curia and parochial vica r at St. Emydius Parish, San Francisco.

Tired of singing about the Incarnation?

November at Macy 's and Bloomingdales replete with . the decor of Christmas has turned into October or even September replete with the decor of Christmas! The sights and sounds of the department stores earlier and earlier bombard us with an interpretation of Christmas that is more a burden than a joy.

Don't get me wrong -1 am ecstatic when we sing of the Incarnation of the Lord Jesus but I am also concerned that the hyper materialism and secular focus in the market place has caused us to tire of the sights and sounds of the feast even before Advent begins. By now many of us are frightfully weary of the timeless and powerful carols echoing the joy of the angels in the night of wonder and the brave jaunt of the Magi, so much so that our prayer becomes an exercise of frustration and boredom because of holiday burnout.

Much of the hype of the season is out of our control through marketing victimization but what about the part we can control?

What about the spiritual values of prayer and fasting in order to prepare us for the long seasons of feasts? I know the season of feasting has come and gone, but perhaps this little reflection can help us to prepare for future feasts of the Church year.

It is right that we prepare well to celebrate well the seasons of the feasts, especially of Christmas and Easter, and it is not healthy to have a rich diet of sights, sounds and foods all of the time. This means we need to attend well to the details of our liturgical celebrations. Too many rich foods eaten too often will not only burden the heart of our prayer but will also disease the heart.

Just as the music of Advent tried to help us to prepare for the coming of Christ at Christmas and the end of time, so too can the music of Ordinary Time and Lent help us to prepare our alleluias in honor of the victory of Christ over sin and death . In light of this it might be useful to reflect on some of the ritual music elements of the seasons in order to

Rolheiser... ÂŚ Continued from page 17 people with his capacity to enjoy life. He drank wine and let his heart be warmed by friends. Don 't confuse John the Baptist with Jesus. John was the ascetic, not Jesus.

(9) Accept aging. Rely more on the paschal mystery than on cosmetics. All that dies brings rich new life, even

Father Jim McKearney, S.S. gain an insight into our wearisome and worrisome problem.

As we begin, let us first look not at what we might consider obvious, the beginning; rather let us look at that ritual form that has returned at Christmas, albeit briefl y, to the Sunday celebration of the Eucharist - the Gloria.

The Gloria as a doxological prayer (a prayer that honors and glorifies the Trinity) is an element in the liturgy that in some places has gotten a short shrift latel y. Increasingl y and alarmingly some communities are abbreviating the prayer or even dropping it totally from the liturgy. When confronted and pushed to the wall with this sad and rather economic perspective of liturgical worship I am forced to say: there is no prescription in liturgical law to do either of these things and for good reason! our own bodies. Aging needs to be defined aesthetically.

Your soul must be properly aged before it leaves and your body, like an old wine barrel, takes on a different function and beauty as you age. Aging is an art form.

(10) Serve the right God! God, as Julian of Norwich assures us, "is completely relaxed and courteous , himself the happiness and peace of his dear friends, his beautiful face, radiating measureless love, like a marvelous symphony." Don't serve any other God than this One. Don't bow

The liturgy is the greatest opportunity we have to be gathered by God's goodness to thank , praise and glorif y God! Rather than engaging the temptation to be liturgicalIy thrifty, we should want to spend our best resources on a fitting elaboration of this song of praise in honor of God. Therefore, let us engage two considerations. First, what is being done in guilty parishes and secondly, what can we do to correct this liturgical abuse?

First, 1 mention the sin. Some leaders of song are leading the assembl y in the singing of the refrain , "Glory to God in the Hi ghest and peace to his. people on earth ," as if this were a summary statement of the entire hymn. In other words, this refrain serves not onl y as the refrain but also as the only thing that is sung! lhis curtails the wh y " we gather. Who is the "God" we glorify in this h ymn? Is it not the Trinity? Is it not right that we should mention each with love and awe in a manner fit- , ting to the "heavenl y King, Almighty God and Father," praising the, "Lord Jesus Christ... Lamb of God ," who, "takes away the sins of the world" who we invoke for mercy and who lives and rei gns in union with the Hol y Spirit? Yes, Amen! Enough said on thai point! So then, what do we do to make this hymn more life giving and less of a burden?

First of all, we need to be converted b y its very nature as a liturgical prayer. We need to rediscover the power and function of this liturgical prayer, and then we need to work toward retrieving the best of musical elements to give voice to this song. We need to minister diligentl y and creatively, allowing this song to take fli ght by paying attention to the variety of compositions available , cleaning up our lackluster musical performance and evaluating how we are doing.

Sup lician Father James McKearney is director of music for St. Patrick Seminary, Menlo Park. to any molten calf , created in the image and likeness of our own tensions and bitterness.

Oblate Father Ron Rolheiser, a theologian, teacher and award-winning author, serves in Rome as gener al councilor f o r Canada f o r the Oblates of Mary Immaculate.

QUESTION CORNER Father John Dietzen

(_) • You answered a question recently about the Sept.

11 terrorists, and what happened to them afte r they died.

You implied that God mig ht save them. I would rather believe, like most of the rest of Americans, that they have done a terrible deed and should be brought to justice and punished for what they did. We cannot just forget their horrible actions can we? And just forgive? (Florida) A. In that column 1 responded to the claim, being made by many Christians , that all the terrorists who died and others involved who are still alive will be in hell. I said it is not for us to tell God which of the people he created out of love he should eternally reject or to tell Jesus

How to respond to violence? With justice and forgiveness which of those he died for should be condemned. God's grace can do marvelous things , and we simply don 't know what went on in these peop les ' consciences and souls before they died.

This in no way denies , however, that those responsible should be broug ht to justice and made accountable for their actions. Forgiveness does not mean forgetting what they have done.

Each year Jan. 1 is observed around the world as a day of prayer for peace. For 2002, as every year, Pope John Paul II issued a message for the observance . His message this year focused explicitl y on the terrorist attacks, through which , he said "the power of evil seems once again to have taken the upper hand."

How can we restore the moral and social order wounded by this violence? The only way it can happen, he declared, is by a response that combines justice with forgiveness.

According to the pope, justice and forgiveness are not contradictory. Forgiveness is not the opposite of justice but of resentment and revenge. "Forgiveness is in no way

opposed to justice ," he wrote, "as if to forgive meant to overlook the need to right the wrong done ."

An authentic human and Christian response to such evil , therefore , includes every effort to identif y and make accountable those who have perpetrated the evil.

These efforts must be accompanied, says the pope, by "decision of the heart to go against the natural instinct to a repay evil with evil. " Without that , our striving for "justice" will result in "a real and perm anent loss" for the whole human famil y.

It is worth reflecting that these thoughts about forgiveness and justice after evil has been afflicted appl y not only to cataclysms like Sept. 11, but in a particular way to our personal lives and relationships when hurtful or cruel things are done to us.

Revenge, getting even, may give us a good feeling of sorts for the moment, but it only makes matters worse in the long run.

(Questions f o r Father Dietzen may be sent to him at Box 325, Peoria , IL 61651. This column is copyrighted by Catholic New Service.)

Christmas lesson from the Second Book of Maccabees

They gather around the grave of their oldest son , killed three years ago in a car crash so horrible that they could not see him one last time. They come together to honor him, to say, "We'll never forget you , John. " The mother and father want to do even more . They are determined , under gray skies and in a world with little faith , to speak a word of hope to their children — not their own word but a word that endures through the ages.

A few years ago, the lad y had done a bit of low-key evangelizing with one of their adult children. Later as she described it to her husband , she called it "a teaching moment" and smiled. It wasn ' t her kind of talk but in this case the words fit. So now on this dreary Christmas morning husband and wife embark on another teaching moment — for their four young adult children and , perhaps , for their daughter-in-law and 18-month-old grandson.

"They like it when you do a reading, " the lad y had told her husband as they talked about going to the cemetery. He didn 't have to look far for the message. The Advent Mass readings featured the Maccabees , men and women who had been his heroes since he was a teenager. This family of faithful Jews had faced torture and death not onl y with courage but with hope in things unseen.

Now another famil y gathers around the grave of their son and brother , holding hands. The father pulls a sheet of paper from his pocket , unfolds it and says, "I have something to read."

"Louder, Dad ," one of their children shouts above

not expected the fallen to rise it would have been superfluous and foolish to pray for the dead. This was why he had this atonement sacrifice offered for the dead so that they might be released from their sin.'

"And rise again," the father adds. "So now we do Patrick Joyce what the Maccabees did. We pray for John. " Together, over the roar of the freeway traffic , they say the "Our Father" and the "Hail Mary." The father say s, "We love you , John." The mother kneels and kissthe noise of cars speeding down the freeway next to the es the headstone. They all have tears in their eyes, cemetery. So, the father raises his voice and reads, first unspoken words in their hearts. After a few minutes, his own word s, then the word of God. they slowl y walk away.

"One hundred and fifty years before the birth of Afterward , at home on Christmas afternoon, the Christ , Israel was ruled by pagan kings , successors of father wonders whether this teaching moment will hel p Alexander the Great , who desecrated the Temple, and increase their children ' s faith . Should he have been killed those who remained faithful to the Law. Then more upbeat and avoided the words about sin and atoneJudas Maccabee led an uprising by the peop le and ment? Did he just speak words into the wind? defeated the pagan rulers. After the final battle , Judas Then , one of their sons hails him into the computer Maccabee took account of the fact that not even his room. "Dad ," he asks , "do you have a copy of that thing bravest soldiers were without sin. So he decided to do you read? " "Sure," the father says with a smile and pulls the more than simply remember those who had died in batfolded piece of paper out of his pocket. tle.

"Thanks ," he says. "I find this a good way to com"What he did so long ago, we do today. Here is what the Second Book of Maccabees says: municate ." He turn s back to the computer and starts 'The valiant Judas urged the peop le to keep them- typing the words from the sheet of paper into an e mail selves free from all sin . . . . after this he took a collec- he is sending to a friend 3,000 miles away. tion from them individuall y, amounting to nearly 2,000 So they take one more step on the journey that will drachmae , and sent it to Jerusalem for a sacrifice to be one day lead them all home , to the place where every offered — an altogether fine and noble action in which tear is wiped away and where they will once again see he took full account of the resurrection. For if he had their son and brother face to face.

Poverty USA'

Catholic campaign reminds Americans oj continuing poverty

By Patricia Zapor

Catholic News Service

WASHINGTON (CNS) — The total U.S. poverty rate may have declined slightly over the last few years, but there are still 12 million children living in poverty, and more than ever they are in families with a working single mother.

"In fact, some 700,000 families headed by single mothers are actually poorer today than their counterparts were in 1995," said Father Robert Vitillo, executive director of the Catholic Campaign for Human Development.

The number of poor children in families headed by a single parent who works and who receives no income from public assistance increased to 6.7 million in 1999, he noted.

The priest marked Poverty in America Awareness Month Jan. 8 by kicking off a new media campaign to educate people about the reality of who is poor and why. At a Washington press conference , he also released results of a new national op inion poll that showed 60 percent of Americans do not currently know anyone who is living in poverty, even though that describes the lives of more than 31 million people in the United States.

Among industrialized nations, the United States is second only to Russia in the rate of poverty among children, at 16.2 percent, he said. Poverty is even more prevalent among minority groups, with one in three AfricanAmerican children and one in four Latino children considered to be living in poverty in 2000, he noted , citing Census Bureau statistics.

Those are among the statistics cited in a series of adver-

tisements for print , radio and television that CCHDis sponsoring. The print ads mention that one in six children in the United States lives in poverty. They call poverty "America's forgotten state" and include contact information for CCHD and its Web site, www.povertyusa.org.

CCHD was established by the U.S. bishops in the 1970s to fund self-help programs initiated and run by poor people. It funds projects ranging from job creation to neighborhood improvement as a way of helping people escape poverty.

Father Vitillo said response to the Poverty USA campai gn in its inaugural year in 2001 was impressive. Media outlets provided more than $6 million worth of public service advertising space and time, and schoolteachers said they used the Web site in the classroom, he said.

"Peop le living in poverty congratulated the campaign for telling their story in a constructive and unbiased man-

ner and thanked us for our commitment to walk with poor people as they empower themselves and entire communities to deal with poverty not just for a day, but for a lifetime," he said.

Father Vitillo also released results of an annual "Poverty Pulse" poll commissioned by CCHD to find out public attitudes about poverty. The study by the Market Research Bureau in early December asked 1,014 people nationwide their opinions about poverty, its causes and possible solutions.

About halt the people surveyed said they are at least somewhat concerned about being poor at some point in their life. Among people who are considered low income but are above the poverty line, 71 percent said they worry about becoming poor.

Thirty-two percent of participants said lack of education is a cause of poverty, followed by person al laziness or lack of initiative, which was also cited by 25 percent of those surveyed. The nation 's economic downturn received more blame than it did last year, with 21 percent saying lack of employment opportunities is a cause of poverty, compared to 8 percent who mentioned it in the poll taken in 2000.

Respondents were allowed to list more than one cause.

When asked who is responsible for responding to the needs of the poor, 49 percent said the government is, while 48 percent said it is everyone's or the general public ' s responsibility. Thirteen percent said it 's the responsibility of the poor themselves; 6 percent said churches are responsible.

The poll, conducted by phone between Dec. 7 and II , has a margin of error of plus or minus 3 percent.

School of Pastoral Leadership For times additional information, call Joni Gallagher at (415) 614-5564 or spl@att.net. Preregistration is necessary for many programs.

Visit the SPL Web site at www.splsf.org.

Tues: Jan. 22 - Feb. 26, 7:30 - 9:30 p.m.: The Sacraments: Doors to the Sacred with Jesuit Father Dennis Smolarski; The Spiritual Wisdom of Saints Catherine of Siena, Teresa of Avila , Therese of Lisieux with Dominica n Father Luke Buckles; Liturgical Music Ministry w ith Father James McKearney; Continuing Introduction to the Old Testament with Jesuit Father Donald Sharp ; Continued Encountering the New Testament with Father David Pettingill; The Catholic Tradition on Violence and War: Non-Violence, Just War and Holy War with Carmelite Father Andrew Skotnicki.

Location: Junipero Sena High School, 451 W. 20th Ave., San Mateo.

Wed. Jan. 23 - Feb. 27, 7:30 - 9:30 p.m.: History & Theology of the Mass with Doug Benbow including practical lessons for lectors with Susan Sikora ; The Life and Spirituality of Blessed Padre Pio with Father Francis Tiso; Why Do We Believe That? An Introduction to Apologetics with Mark Brumley; Introduction to Islam with Iftekhar Hai; Liturgical Music Ministry with Christoph Tietze; Continuing Introduction to the Old Testament with Jesuit Father Donald Sharp; The Catholic Tradition on Violence and War: Non-Violence, Just War and Holy War with George Wesolek. Location: Archbishop Riordan High School, 175 Phelan Ave., SF. Thurs. Jan. 24 - Feb. 28, 7:30 - 9:30 p.m.: Expressions ol Prayer in the East and West Through the Centuries; Answering the Call of God Through the Purgation, Illuminative, and United Way with Eastern Rite Father David Anderson.

Location: Marin Catholic High School, 675 Sir Francis Drake Blvd., Kentfield.

Fri. Jan. 25 - March 1, 2 - 4 P.M.: Continued Prophets and Wisdom Literature of the Old Testament with Jesuit Father Donald Sharp.

Location: Pastoral Cente r of the Archdiocese , One Peter Yorke Way, SF.

Take Prayer 3rd Tues at 8:30 p.m., St. Dominic Church, 2390 Bush St., SF. Call Delia Molloy at (415) 563-4280 3rd Thurs. at 7:30 p.m. at Vallombrosa Center, 250 Oak Grove Ave., Menlo Park with Siste r Toni Longo 1st Fri. at 8 p.m. at Mercy Center, 2300 Adeline Dr., Burlingame with Mercy Sister Suzanne Toolan.

Call (650) 340-7452; Church of the Nativity, 210 Oak Grove Ave., Menlo Park at 7:30 p.m. Call Deacon Dominic Peloso at (650) 322-3013.

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 Post Chapel, 130 Fisher Loop. Call Delia Motloy at (415) 563-4280.

Social Justice/RespectLife 1st Thurs.: School of the Americas Watch at 7 p.m. Call Judy Liteky at (415) 334-4770 or jliteky@aol.com.

22nd of each month: Respect Life Mass at 8:30 p.m. in the chapel of Carmelite Monastery of Cristo Rey, Parker Ave. and Fulton, SF. Sponsored by the Respect Life program of the Archdiocese. All are invited. Call (415) 614-5572.

Sat. 7-.30 - 10 a.m.: Pray the Rosary Apostolate gathers for prayer at the corner of California and Baker St., SF. Call (415) 752-4922 for more information.

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) 524-6645 or welesher@aol.com.

Datebook Baptist Church, 3355 19th Ave., SF near Stonestown Shopping Center. Held during the Week ot Prayer for Christian Unity, the liturgy marks the 29 years since the legalization of abortion. Call (4 15) 614-5572.

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.

Family Life Introductory instruction for married or engaged couples about Natural Family Planning, Billings Ovulation Method, is available by appointment from NFP consultant Gloria Gillogley. Call (650) 3459076. Introductory presentations on the Billings Ovulation Method of NFP are scheduled at St. Brendan Parish Center, Ulloa and Laguna Honda Blvd., SF. Call (415) 681-4225.

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 edgleason@webtv.net.

Worldwide Marriage Encounter, a dynamic marriage enrichment experience designed to deepen the joy a couple shares. Call (888) 568-3018.

The Adoption Network of Catholic Charities offe rs two free information meetings on adoption and foster care on the 2nd Tues. of each month in San Francisco and on 1st Mon. in San Mateo at 7 p.m. Call (415) 406-2387.

Consolation Ministry Groups meet at the following parishes. Please call numbers shown for more information.

Our Lady of Angels, Burlingame. Call Louise Nelson at (650) 343-8457 or Barbara Arena at (650) 344-3579. Our Lady of Mt. Carmel, Redwood City.

Call (650) 366-3802. St. Andrew, Daly City. Call Eleanor and Nick Fesunoff at (650) 878-9743; Good Shepherd, Pacifica. Call Sister Carol Fleitz at (650) 355-2593; St. Robert, San Bruno. Call (650) 589-2800. Immaculate Heart of Mary, Belmont. Call Ann Ponty at (650) 598-0658 or Mary Wagner at (650) 591-3850. St. Isabella, San Rafael. Call Pat Sack at (415) 472-5732. Our Lady of Loretto, Novato. Call Sister Jeanette at (415) 897-2171. St. Gabriel, SF. Call Barbara Elordi at (415) 564-7882. St. Finn Barr, SF in English and Spanish. Call Carmen Solis at (415) 584-0823; St. Cecilia, SF. Call Peggy Abdo at (415) 564-7882.

Epiphany, SF in Spanish. Call Kathryn Keenan at (415) 564-7882.

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. Young Widow/Widower group meets at St. Gregory, San Mateo. Call Barbara Elordi at (415) 564-7882.

Information about children's and teen groups is available from Barbara Elordi at (415) 564-7882.

Lectures/ Classes/Radio-TV Jan. 24, 7 - 9:30 p.m.: International Service Opportunities Night at St. Agnes Spiritual Life Center, 1611 Oak St., SF featuring stories and slides about women and human rights in Brazil from Maryknoll lay missioner Kathy Bond. Information about overseas work with Maryknoll and other groups will be available. Free pizza and drinks. Call Kathy at (510) 848-8539/bondrocha@sbcglobal.net.

Prayer/Devotions

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Jan. 25: 16th Annual Interfaith Memorial Service for Victims of Abortion at 7:30 p.m. at Temple

Jan. 13: Annual Godparents/Godchildren Mass at All Souls Church, 315 Walnut Ave., South San

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Jan. 18: Community Health Information Fair from 10 a.m. - 6 p.m. at Serramonte Center, Daly City, sponsored by Seton Medical Center of the Daughters of Charity. Health info booths, raffles , face painting, and chance to meet the facility's staff.

All free.

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.

Returning Catholics Programs for Catholics interested in returning to the Church, have been established at the following parishes: St. Dominic, SF, Lee Gallery at (415) 221-1288 or Dominican Father Steve Maekawa at (415) 567-7824; Holy Name of Jesus, SF, Dennis Rivera at (415) 664-8590; St. Bartholomew, San Mateo, Dan Stensen at (650) 344-5665; St. Catherine of Siena, Burlingame, Silvia Chiesa at (650) 685-8336, Elaine Yastishock at (650) 344-6884; Our Lady of Angels, Burlingame, Dorothy Heinrichs or Maria Cianci at (650) 3477768; St. Dunstan, Millbrae, Dianne Johnston at (650) 697-0952; Our Lady of the Pillar, Half Moon Bay, Meghan at (650) 726-4337; St. Peter, Pacifica, Shirley Bryant at (650) 355-5168.

Reunions Feb. 10: 50th Anniversary reunion of St. Gregory School, San Mateo. School is seeking alumni/ae from all 50 years. Contact Cindy Stuart at (650) 5700111 or Linda Schulz at (650) 345-8098 or schulzcl@aol.com.

April 5, 6, 2002: Class of '52, Notre Dame High School, San Francisco. If you have not been contacted, please call Patty Moran at (415) 861-2378.

April 20, 2002: Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Elementary, Redwood City is looking for members of the class 1952 to take part in a reunion. Contact Julia Tollafield at (650) 366-8817 or development@mountcarmel.org .

May 4, 2002: 40th reunion of St. Cecilia Elementary School's class of '62. Committee is still looking for missing classmates. Call Nancy Dito at (415) 661-2937.

St. Peter's Academy class of '65 is planning a reunion for 2002. Call Gloria Krzyzanowski at (650) 340-7469 or Linda Roberts at (650) 549-3200.

Class of '42, St. Cecilia Elementary, will celebrate 60 years in June '02. Class members should contact Norma Buchner at (650) 583-4418.

Holy Angels Class of 70 please contact Peggy McEneaney Hart at (650) 875-0793 or 877-8925.

Class of '62 St. Thomas the Apostle will gather this summer. Contacy Peggy Mahoney at (949) 673-5624 or pegwhit@dellepro.com.

Class of '62, St. Anne of the Sunset, call Steve Geramoni at (650) 637-1055/spgeramoni@aol.com or Mary Maher Balestriere at (650 5933508/frankbal ©aol.com.

Alums and family of alums of St. Isabella Elementary, San Rafael, are being sought. Call (415)479-3727, ext. 145/alumni@ marincounfy.net to leave your name, address and phone.

St. Catherine of Siena Elementary, Burlingame is looking for alumna/I for a Jan. 27 event. Call Sonia at (650) 342-2118/stcat@pacbell.net.

Graduates and former students of San Francisco's Notre Dame Elementary, Notre Dame High School or Mission Dolores Elementary should call Sally Casazza at (415) 566-2820.

Alumni, former students, parents, grandparents of St. Finn Barr Elementary School, SF. The school is developing an alumni newsletter. Call

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Jan. 13: Corohispano performs its 15th annual Dia de los Reyes Concert at Mission Dolores Basilica, 16th St. and Dolores , SF at 4:00 p.m.

Tickets $20/$15. Under 16 free. Call (415) 4314234Avww.corohispano.org.

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.

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"Rosalind was a preeminent Catholic school educator

"Rosalind was instrumental in providing stable leadership while at Mercy, " said Dotty McCrea, who succeeded Mrs. Crosby as princi pal of the all-g irls college preparatory school in 1994. "I was very fortunate to inherit the foundation she had laid. " Dominican Sister Janice Therese Wellington , principal , Immaculate Conception Academy, called Mrs. Crosby "a gifted teacher who gave her students almost endless time" and "a hel p ful and generous mentor to other teachers."

Mrs. Crosby and her husband Donald were longtime members of Old Saint Mary 's Parish in downtown San Francisco. "Rosalind was an extremely vital and caring mother was alway s read y to discuss the local and national woman ," said Old St. Mary 's pastor, Paulist Father Bob events of the day. A devoted viewer of PBS, she kept an Pinkston. "She was very much of this age and time and atlas at her side, Ms. Ward said, so she could locate coun- greatl y devoted to family, friends and those with whom she tries discussed on its programming. worked , both young and old."

A funeral Mass for Mrs. Ward was celebrated at the Sunset Mrs. Crosby, a former member of the Board of Trustees of District 's Holy Name of Jesus Church on Dec. 31. Father St. Patrick's Seminary, Menlo Park, was the first lay woman John Penebsky, pastor, St. Luke Parish , Foster City, and for- to serve on the panel. "Rosalind was a very dedicated and mer editor/manager of The Monitor, presided. In his homily, gentle woman who never shied away from expressing her Father Penebsky said Mrs. Ward was first and always a care- opinion even when it differed from others'," said Sulpician giver to her family and the students she taught.

Father Gerald Coleman, president/rector of St. Patrick's.

Concelebrating were Msgr. J. Patrick Browne , pastor Father Coleman said the large number of younger peoand rector of San Jose 's St. Joseph Cathedral , and p le who attended a memorial Mass for Mrs. Crosby at the Sulpician Father Michael Strange. San Jose Bishop seminary on Dec. 16 "showed the impact she had as an Patrick J. McGrath and retired San Jose Bishop Pierre educator." Father Coleman presided at the Mass in the semDuMaine were present in the sanctuary. Serving as chap- inary chapel with Father Pinkston and retired Paulist Father lain to Bishop McGrath was Father Francis Cilia , moder- Tom Dove concelebrating. ator of the curia for the Diocese of San Jose. Serving as In addition to her husband of 43 years , Mrs. Crosby is chap lain to Bishop DuMaine was Msgr. Michael survived by her mother and sister, Rose and Jeanine Mitchell , chief financial officer and vicar general for the Giardina of Temple City; a daughter, Julia , of Sebastopol , Diocese of San Jose. a son, Doug las, and his wife, Karen , of Lafayette.

In addition to her daughter, Mrs. Ward is survived by a Remembrances may be made to Notre Dame son, Michael William Ward, his wife, Judy, and their chil- High School , 1540 Ralston Ave., Belmont 94002 or dren, Matthew and Molly.

The Building Fund , Old Saint Mary 's Cathedral , Interment was at Holy Cross Cemetery, Colma.

600 California St., San Francisco 94108. with a particularl y strong commitment to the education of young women as evidenced in her outstanding service as an administrator and teacher," said Rita Gleason , princi pal , Notre Dame High School. "Her life and service consistently exuded Gospel values , and she positivel y impacted the lives of thousand of students and colleagues for the last three decades."

Frances Ward dies at 87; teacher, mother of editor Frances Ward, a longtime teacher in San Francisco public schools , died on Dec. 26.

She was 87 years old.

Mrs. Ward was the mother of Roberta Ward, executive editor of The Valley Catholic of the Diocese of San Jose and former associate editor/manager of The Monitor, the official newspaper of the Archdiocese of San Francisco until 1984.

Mrs. Ward's husband , Robert William Ward, a former professor of chemistry at Santa Clara University, and a retired counselor at San Francisco 's Youth Guidance Center, died in 1992.

Born in the Bay Area and educated in her early years in San Francisco , Mrs. Ward was a "proud graduate" of the City ' s Galileo High School , her daughter said, and later earned undergraduate and graduate degrees with a specialty in romance languages from University of California, Berkeley. A career of almost 30 years in the classrooms of the San Francisco Unified School District followed.

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