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Jubilee ends, Gifts remain Jo hn Paul II Closes Hol y Door, Looks to f uture

By J ohn Thavis Catholic News Service

V ATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope John Paul II pulled shut the Hol y Door and formally ended the Great Jubilee of the Year 2000, giving thanks for a year of extraordinary grace and unveiling his vision of the church 's path in the third millennium.

The pope said the jubilee 's spiritual gifts will have a lasting impact only if they revitalize daily faith in action and spur the church's missionary outreach.

He issued a lengthy new document outlining how the main themes of the Holy Year — charity, penitence and personal encounter with Christ — could be developed in the coming years and decades.

"Today this extraordinary year officially closes, but the spiritual gifts poured out during the year remain," the pope said Jan. 6 after swinging shut the ceremonial bronze door of St. Peter 's Basilica.

"While today we close the Holy Door, a symbol of Christ, the heart of Jesus remains more open than ever. He continues to say to a humanity in need of hope and meaning: 'Come to me, all who labor and are heavily laden, and I will give you rest,'" he said.

An estimated 100,000 faithful joined the pope for a closing Mass in St. Peter's Square. The day began with light rain, but by the end of the twohour liturgy the sun was breaking through and lit up the face of a visibly pleased pontiff.

The pope said the millions who came to Rome during the jubilee and who participated in local Holy Year celebrations around the world eloquentl y demonstrated the universality of the Gospel. They offered "a vivid image of the journey of the world's peoples toward Christ," he said in a sermon.

In the final days of the Holy Year, the pilgrim flow reached epic proportions around the Vatican, with some visitors waiting three hours to get into the Holy Door before it closed. On the final evening, the basilica 's officials JUBILEE ENDS, page 15

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Tree Service at Holy Cross Cemetery, Colma. Thanks , too, to the Prince of Peace choir who led song, 3rd graders of Holy Name Elementary who colored ornaments , and 7th graders Jonathan Hon and Philli p Wong who put the finishing touches on the tree hangings....Marian Sweeney of St. Robert Parish, San Bruno says "thank you , thank you , thank you " to the Archdiocesan priests choir for their "wonderful gifts of music and song" at their annual Christmas concerts, one of which was performed at St. Robert 's on Dec. 22. Jesuit Father Ted Taheny also app lauds the clergy chorus whose membershi p includes his nep hew Father Mark Taheny, parochial vicar at St. Robert 's....

The Spirit of Giving has made itself at home at Good Shepherd Elementary, Pacifica where students are helping the St. Vincent de Paul Society care for the poor and hungry with bags of groceries each week that get distributed throug h SVDP's South San Francisco facility. Guiding the good work is Jeannine Ratti , mom of 4th grader, Elena.

Students also raised $3,000 in pennies that went to local charities and at Christmas students and faculty donated new blankets, socks, hats and other necessities to the needy.

Princi pal is Patricia Volan. Pastor is Father Piers Lahey....Toe shoes raised for Saint AnthonyImmaculate Conception 8th grader, Selena Roque, who recently danced in the San Francisco Christmas production of the Nutcracker Ballet. Selena 's sister is SA-IC 6th grader, Angelica and her folks are Alma and Angelo. Thanks to Gina Espinal, school PR volunteer and mom of 5th grader Danielle, for the info. Principal is Mission San Jose Dominican Sister Carol Ward. Pastor is Franciscan Father Ignatius DeGroot....

Father Al Vucinovich, pastor, St. Catherine of Siena

Parishioners made themselves at home in the rectory of Hol y Name Parish for the Sunset District community 's first annual open house which included pictures with Santa and drew more than 1,000 Mass-goers over two pre-Christmas weekFather Don D'Angelo ends. Those attending poses with Santa Dave were able to bid on O'Brien at recent Holy Christmas trees, ornaName open house. ments and such that adorned the priests ' house/parish office and by celebration 's end, all decorations had been spoken for. Holy Name has also just released its Great Chefs of Holy Name Cookbook, a collection of 200 recipes from the files of priests , reli gious and parishioners . Father Don D'Angelo, pastor, has six "little bit of this , little bit of that " formulas in the hard-back medley including his own Lasagna ala D'Angelo. Copies are available for $10 each from the rectory at 39th and Lawton or call (415) 664-8590. Hats off and happy retirement to Father Ray Zohlen, longtime Hol y Name parochial vicar and former pastor, St. James Parish , San Francisco and St. Raymond Parish, Menlo Park. Father Zohlen , who celebrates 48 years as a priest on Jan. 24, now resides at San Mateo's Serra Clergy House.

While traveling in Southeast Asia, Father Joe Walsh, pastor of the Lakeside District's St. Stephen Parish, had the chance to visit with the family of Ngoan Van Phan, a seminarian at the University of San Diego who has assisted at St. Stephen in recent times....Kathryn Crosby of Our Lady of Angels, Burlingame told me the homegrown flowers that she and her late husban d, Bing, used to donate to chu rches are no more thanks to the adorable and hungry, Rosebud Crosby, a doe born and raised on Congrats to former Notre Dame des Victoires Elementary teacher their Peninsula property that is convinced all Mary Ferrari , whose diligence led to the establishment of a student Safety Patrol at the downtown San Francisco school. Here , Mary foliage is on her meal plan.... Father Bill holds a Certificate of Honor presented to her in June by then-SF Brown, pastor of Daly City 's Our Lady of Supervisor Mabel Teng. Notre Dame student Cendahl Smeland is Mercy , leads birthday greetings to parishioner at right.

More hats off to Notre Dame for its community service Justina Provedor who celebrated her 102nd focus that includes "Hunger 101," a hands-on experience helping year on Dec. 21. Father Bill presided at a Mass students get a closer and more realistic look at poverty. commemorating the occasion with Justina , her daughter, Maria , and other famil y members among the assembly. He said the opportunity to pray with Parish, Burlingame put a new twist on gratitude in his talk to a local club at Thanksgiving where he remembered and anoint Justina was "beautiful."...

Kathy Atkinson , di rector of cemeteries for the wartime holidays that helped him "realize just how well off A rchdiocese, offers kudos to Father John Talesfore for his we were compared to the rest of the world and how modera"wonderful" presiding at the annual Christmas Memory tion . . .actuall y whetted our appreciation for what we had.".

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Msgr. Kenny remembered as faithful, prayful, kind

By Tom Burke Msgr. John J. Kenny, retired pastor, Immaculate Heart of Mary Parish , Belmont , died at Mercy Retirement and Care Center in Oakland on Jan. 3, 2001.

Msgr. Kenny, who was 95 years old and 71 years ordained , had been the oldest and longest serving priest in the Archdiocese. The late priest was name d a Prelate of Honor with title of Monsignor

by Pope Paul VI in 1976.

Ordained in Ireland for the Archdiocese of San Francisco on June 9, 1929, Msgr.

Kenny began his first appointment here six months later as a parochial vicar at St. Leo Parish, San Jose. Subsequent appointments took him to St. Anthony and St. Jarlath in Oakland, and St. Cecilia in San Francisco.

He was named the founding pastor of St. Anne Parish in the East Bay's Brentwood in 1947 and became pastor of Immaculate Heart of Mary in 1951.

After retiring as pastor of Immaculate Heart of Mary in 1981, Msgr. Kenny continued to reside at the parish until health considerations necessitated his move to Oakland in Dec. 1999.

Father James MacDonald , pastor, at Immaculate Heart of Mary since 1990, remembers Msgr. Kenny as a "faithful priest" and a "very prayerful man."

He said Msgr. Kenny continued to preside at monthly Masses for Immaculate Heart of Mary's senior community and at daily Mass for retired Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur, at their nearby College of Notre Dame, until about two years ago, adding that both were "very important to him."

"Msgr. Kenny was a storyteller who knew a lot about the Archdiocese and loved to talk about it," Father MacDonald said.

"He was very much a people person . He always had a positive attitude and I never heard him complain about his health," Father William O'Connell succeeded Msgr. Kenny as pastor at Immaculate Heart of Mary in 1981, serving until 1990. "He had the most remarkable memory of any-

" ied"- the "patience and kindness ' of the "greatest" virtue charity. "Malice had no part of his character," Bishop DuMaine said, adding he never heard Msgr. Kenny "utter a harsh or unki nd word about anybody."

Before leading a final commendation rite after Mass, Bishop Wester offered condolences on behalf of Archbishop William J. Levada who was unable to attend the Mass, and said Msgr. Kenny was "an integral part of our presbyterate who had a great wellspring of life within him," In a memo to priests and staff announcing Msgr. Kenny 's " death , Bishop Wester said , "We will miss this dear priest and his cheerful presence."

In a Catholic San Francisco interview in grade students of Immaculate Heart of 1999, just a few weeks before celebrating his Mary Elementary School.

"My uncle learned the Gospel well in a 70th year as a priest , Msgr. Kenny said "getlife nourished by prayer and the sacra- ting ordained" was the biggest day of his life.

More than 40 priests concelebrated the ments," the former pastor of St. Raymond Parish , Menlo Park said. "He loved being a Mass including Father Dan Keohane, pastor, priest not as an addendum to his life but as St. Bartholomew Parish, San Mateo; Father his life. John Ken ny was a good shepherd John K. Ring, pastor, St. Vincent de Paul and like Christ went about doing good. He Parish, San Francisco; Father Joseph Marini, was proudly Irish, loyally American and retired pastor, Church of the Visitacion, San Francisco; and Fathers Torlach Delargy. and faithfull y Catholic."

Msgr. Kenny 's cousin. Msgr. Thomas George Rossman of the Prelature of Opus Doyle of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles, Dei. Father Joseph Healy, a parochial vicar was among fhe concelebrants at the funeral at Immaculate Heart of Mary, served as masMass. Retired San Jose Bishop Pierre ter of ceremonies. Parish Deacon Henry DuMaine , and San Francisco Auxiliary Jacquemet proclaimed the Gospel. Msgr.

Bisbop John C. Wester were present in the Kenny's niece, Anna Kenny, and nephews, John Kenny and Michael Kenny were giftsanctuary.

Bishop DuMaine, who was ordained for bearers. The Immaculate Heart of Mary the Archdiocese of San Francisco, and as a Parish Choir led song under the direction of young priest served with Msgr. Kenny at Dorothy Bieniek.

Interment was at Holy Cross Cemetery, Immaculate Heart of Mary, called the late pastor " a great storyteller " who "embod- Colma.

"He had the most remarkable memory of anyone I've ever known - a walking encyclopedia. He was a kind and generous

soul and very courageous. " one I've ever known - a walking encyclopedia ," Father O'Connell , who is now retired, said. "He was a kind and generous soul and very courageous."

Father O'Connell recalled how in remarks at a commemoration of Msgr.

Kenny 's 60th anniversary as a priest, the late pastor said he always considered it his "good fortune" to have been chosen by the Archdiocese to be one of its priests.

Msgr. James McKay, pastor, St. Matthew Parish, San Mateo, lived in residence at Immaculate Heart of Mary in 1962-63 while serving as vocations director and director of cemeteries for the Archdiocese. "Msgr.

Kenny was a wonderful priest full of stories and history and humor," Msgr. McKay said, echoing Father O'Connell's words about how "he remembered everything."

Father Edward Phelan, Msgr. Kenny's nephew and a parochial vicar at St. Elizabeth Parish, San Francisco presided at a funeral Mass for his uncle at Immaculate Heart of Mary on Jan. 8. In his homily and later remarks, Father Phelan said he was "honored to have kinship with such a wonderful gentleman," calling Msgr. Kenny a "loyal and faithful priest of Jesus Christ" who "brought the news of salvation to the people."

Msgr. Kenny "loved life" was "kind and not jud gmental" and "didn 't take himself too seriousl y," his nephew told the assembly of almost 500 faithful , clergy and religious that included the seventh and eighth

Bishop John C. Wester blesses the body of the late Msgr. Kenny.

At right is retired San Jose Bishop Pierre DuMaine,

Notre Dame Sisters Kathleen Murray, left, and Rosemarie Julie Gavin were among almost 500 faithful, clergy and religious who prayed at a funeral Mass for Msgr.

John J. Kenny at Immaculat e Heart of Mary Church , Belmont Jan. 8.

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stopp ing !" they commanded , sometimes physicall y pulling along stray pil grims who paused to finger the bronze bas-relief doors .

Dutch euthanasia law renews debate in Canada

Congolese bishop jailed fo r alleg edly inciting peop le

VATICAN CITY (CNS) - A bishop in Congo has been jailed, apparentl y because the military believes he has been using his homilies to incite people against the government.

Auxiliary Bishop Cyprien Mbuka of Boma , 57, was jailed Dec. 28 at the Kitambo-Kinshasa prison , Vatican Radio reported Jan. 2.

According to MISNA , a Rome-based missionary news agency, the bishop still had not been formall y charged five days after his incarceration.

"The accusations against him include inciting the population throug h his homilies " and throug h his use of a radio and satellite telephone, which have been confiscated by the security services although the bishop had a license for them , the agency said.

New York archbishop unharmed after attempted handcuffing

NEW YORK (CNS) - Archbishop Edward M. Egan of New York was unharmed after a man with a history of mental problems tried to handcuff the archbishop during the distribution of Communion at the 10:15 a.m. Mass on New Year's Day. Timothy Byrne , 38, was wrestled to the floor of St. Patrick's Cathedral by two ushers who are also New York City police officers , police said. Police said Byrne lunged at Archbishop Egan and shouted "I have to arrest the bishop !"

Byrne was arrested in September 1999 and sent to a mental hospital after threatening to cut off President Clinton 's head, according to the New York Dail y News.

The New York Times reported that federal authorities declined to prosecute Byrne after determining that he was mentally ill.

South Korean bishops submit p etition to abolish abortion law

SEOUL, South Korea (CNS) - Catholic bishops of South Korea have sent a petition with 1.2 million signatures of Catholics and non-Catholics urging the National Assembly to abolish a law that allows abortion.

According to the petition, the number of abortions is more than double the number of births — 1.5 million abortions annually in a nation of 45 million. .

The petition cited a survey that said among the reasons for an abortion are social pressure against premarital pregnancy and pregnancy as an obstacle to future plans. The bishops argued that, "on the basis of such immoral and unjust reasons, the attempt to legalize abortion is fundamentally wrong."

Tens of thousands of Italians converge on St Peter's Holy Door

VATICAN CITY (CNS) - Jamming St. Peter's Square and forcing traffic standstills in surrounding streets, tens of thousands of Italians converged on the Holy Door of St. Peter's Basilica for last-chance jubilee graces.

The pilgrims jostled in lines three hours long, occasionally braving fierce downpours, in the final days before the Jan. 6 closing of the Holy Door.

"This is a real jubilee," said a dripping-wet but exultant Roman woman at top of the basilica stairs.

At the door, basilica guards gave pilgrims little time to savor the moment, whisking and cajoling them across the threshold at the rate of 120 per minute . "Keep moving ! No

OTTAWA (CNS) ~ The legalization of euthanasia in the Netherlands has rekindled the debate over "mercy killing " in Canada, with the president of the Catholic Health Association of Canada decrying assisted suicide.

Dr. Richard Haug hian called assisted suicide an act of despair and an admission of failure - "failure on the part of the community to provide the necessary support when it is most needed," "The intent of assisted suicide is to kill the patient afflicted by excruciating pain and suffering," Haughian said. "It is an admission that continued living no longer has meaning, th at living through suffering has no meaning, and that our resources of human compassion and love have become ineffective ."

He was responding to an article calling for legalization of assisted suicide in Canada in that ethicist Arthur Schafer said, "It is time for Canadian legislators to follow the Dutch model." Schafer wrote that Canadian values of "autonomy and mercy " entail respect for the right of mature adults to decide for themselves when to end their lives.

Nuns in China reportedly fo rced to renounce f aith

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HONG KONG (CNS) - Two nuns reportedly were forced to renounce their faith in eastern China amid renewed crackdowns against the underground Catholic community there.

UCA News, an Asian church news agency based in Thailand , reported Jan. 4 that a priest surnamed Lin, five nuns , six seminarians and lay people were detained as they prepared to pray the evening of Nov. 3 in a room of a newly opened restaurant in Fujian province .

The last of the group was released Nov. 9.

Two nuns and a laywoman were taken Nov. 4 to a government office in Fengshan town, where they were denied food for two days and not allowed to sleep. On Nov. 7, under verbal sexual harassment, the nuns were forced to sign a prepared document saying they renounced their faith , sources said.

US. g ay activists stage protest in f ront of St Peter's Square

VATICAN CITY (CNS) - Carrying Christmas stockings and presents, including teddy bears and a Barbie doll, 18 gay activists from the United States held a small demonstration in front of St. Peter 's Square.

The demonstrators — members of Soulforce , a Christian gay rights group, and Dignity-USA, a group for gay Catholics and their families — wore sweatshirts proclaiming, "God's gay children bring gifts. ... Bless them."

Initially the group planned to tape to the doors of St. Peter's Basilica a letter accusing the Catholic Church of "spiritu al violence" against homosexuals, but the protest was toned down after consultation with supporters in Rome and with the police.

Kara Speltz, who described herself as the first openly gay member of the parish council at Holy Spirit Parish at the University of California in Berkeley, said Catholic teaching on homosexuality hurts homosexuals and helps breed prejudice against them.

Pop e celebrates songfest with children before closing j ubilee

VATICAN CITY (CNS) - In his last jubilee event before closing the holy doors, Pope John Paul II joined several thousand children Jan. 5 for a songfest in honor of Jesus' 2,000th birthday.

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The 80-year-old pontiff watched and listened to performances by choirs from Italy, Ukraine and his native Poland , by a Maori folk group from New Zealand , and by dancers from the Philippines and Zimbabwe. Throughout the 90-minute performance , he hugged many of the children, including some with Down syndrome.

"I, who have had the great satisfaction of introducing the church into the third millennium, look upon you with a heart full of hope. In your eyes and in your tender faces I seem to already glimpse the next jubilee ," said the pope , who sat next to 10 children from five continents.

Russian Orthodox pa triarch urges resolution of tensions

MOSCOW (CNS) - Russian Patriarch Alexei II, reiterating his objections to a visit to Russia by Pope John Paul II, said Catholic-Orthodox tensions should be resolved so the churches can work together to benefit humanity.

"Between the two churches there are still serious problems that have arisen for reasons that are not at all the fault of Orthodox Christians," the patriarch told the Russian news agency Interfax.

In his late-December interview, the patriarch said Eastern-rite Catholics are threatening the existence of Orthodox communities in Western Ukraine and that throug hout the former Soviet Union Catholics use "the guise of social work" to try to win converts from the Orthodox Church. "If they consider Orthodoxy to have just as much of the grace of God and salvation as Catholicism , then what is the point of persistent attempts to convert people to the other faith?" he asked.

The patriarch said the future of Catholic-Orthodox relations and the possibility of a papal trip to Russia "depend on overcoming these difficulties."

"We can and we must work together for the sake of the moral regeneration of nations , for the sake of strengthening people 's faithfulness to God-given moral values, and for the sake of resisting the anarchy of chaos, destruction and moral nihilism," he said.

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'Sisters in Song' rej oice to help elderly religious

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"It was demanding, very inspiring and I would do it again tomorrow," said Sister Helena Sanfilippo of San Francisco.

The Mercy Sister was referring to "Sisters in Song Rejoice " the latest in a series of CD's desi gned to raise funds to help retired men and women religious throughout the United States.

Sisters in Song , Rejoice — sung by 80 sisters from 28 states , representing 60 congregations — is the third collection of religious music recorded by the non-profit national choir of Catholic Sisters, Sisters in Song.

The CD's generate funds toward the staggering amount of money needed for the retirement needs of women and men religious throughout the U.S. — $7 billion according to a 1997 survey conducted by Arthur Andersen & Company for the U.S. bishops ' National Religious Retirement Office (NRRO).

Since 1994, the Sisters have sold more than 70,000 CD's and cassettes, raising over $500,000 for NRRO and SOAR (Support Our Aging Religious.)

Last February, hundreds of Sisters throughout the U.S. submitted audition tapes to internationally known liturgical composer and conductor, Christopher Walker, who also directed the music for San Francisco's Jubilee Mass held at Pac Bell Park last Oct. 28.

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"Christopher Walker pulled a lot out of us," said Sister Cross, who described the experience as "physically and psychologicall y demanding " with the results being "good music."

For Blessed Virgin Mary Sister Karen Conover of San Francisco the experience, "was almost being on retreat."

"Christopher Walker had an innate sense about the spirituality of what we were singing and he shared insights from his own life experiences," she said.

Sister Conover said one song," The Summons," reminded her of "the call that God gives us to go outside our boundaries."

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Walker is happy too , "When singing together, the voices blend in perfect harmony," he said. "The sound is so beautiful , it makes the hair on my aims stand up."

"A lot of sacrifice went into the making of the recording," Sister Cross said, referring to the plethora of unique talent and ministries of the women who had to put "everything on hold," to participate for the worthy cause.

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The Sisters in Song will record another CD, under the direction of Walker, titled "Sisters in Song from the Heart," in June 2002.

"Sisters in Song Rejo ice " is available on CDs ($15.95 each) and cassettes ($10.95) along with "Sisters in Song Celebrate " and "Sisters in Song Christmas Sp irit " For a limited time, Oregon Catholic Press is offering the three-collection box set for $24.95. To order, phone 1-800-548-8749 or visit Web site: www.ocp.org .

"Sisters in Song Rejoice " is also available at Kaufer 's Religious Supplies, 55 Beverly St. San Francisco (phone: 800-8746987 or 415-333-4494) and Sagrada Sacred Arts , 4926 Telegraph Ave., Oakland (phone: 510-653-7196).

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By Kamille Maher San Francisco 's St. John the Evangelist Parish is a good choice for a new "vocations parish" program designed to support men considering diocesan priesthood because parishioners provide a "wonderful model for men thinking about the priesthood to see," said the pastor, Sulp ician Father James Myers.

"The parish is much more than a site," Father Myers said. The community "embraces and encourages" the ministry, he noted , adding it is " uppermost in my approach that this parish embraces this ministry and supports these men."

Parishioners have "always been very generous and gracious to priests and religious," Father Myers said, and the multi-cultural congregation shows "great deli ght" in being together. He also pointed to the community 's "collaborative leadership" as an asset.

What 's more, they seem "eager" to get the new program underway. Father Myers said members of his flock have raised only one concern: "When are we going to have this program going, Father, and how can we help?"

The new program replaces a residential program started at the parish three years ago. The residential program did not succeed because of lack of interest , Father Myers said. The first meeting for the new program will take place in February, and the formal nine-month program is scheduled to begin next fall

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"The p arish is much more than a site," Father Myers says . . . " uppermost in my approach that this pa rish embraces this ministry and supports these men. " mendation from a priest within the Archdiocese and must be interviewed by Father Forner.

The Archdiocese 's Pastoral Plan , completed in 1995, declared as a goal the designation of one parish devoted to vocations , Father Myers explained. St. John the Evangelist is a beneficial choice for several reasons, he continued.

The redesigned program will feature several elements , according to Father Myers. It will "bring the men together," to provide a sense of community and to illustrate their common interests. It will provide "good input on core issues of the reality of parish life , the realities of the multi-cultural churc h , and the reality of the centrality of prayer in relation to Jesus ," Father Myers continued.

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Another important element of the new program will be to call the candidates into prayer together and to deepen their lives of prayer. They will also be called to partici pate in the life of their own parish community and to find a mentor , either a priest or parish staff , to hel p them in this regard .

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ment of the program , which was designed by a four-person task force during last summer and fall. Serving on the committee were Father Myers, Vocations Director Father Forner; Father Agustin Escalante , associate pastor at St. John the Evangelist and associate director of vocations for the Archdiocese; and Notre Dame de Namur Sister Louise O'Reill y, pasto ral associate at the parish.

The program will include monthl y meetings for candidates to gather and discuss "key top ics." Additional monthl y meetings will feature prayer and faith sharing exercises. An integrated assignment will tie the topic and prayer experiences together , and connect those to the parish life of each candidate , Father Myers explained.

In addition to other activities , the program will offer two retreat days of recollection, he noted.

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By N goan Van Pham: I am 34 years old. I was bom in a Catholic family in Hue City, Central Vietnam. For most of my life, I belonged to Cu Lai Parish in Vietnam . Since I came to the United States In June of 1997, I have been a parishioner of St. Anne of the Sunset Parish in San Francisco. I am now a junior at the University of San Diego. This is also my third year at St. Francis Seminary.

I would like to share my story and my experience in respondin g to the call to the priesthood.

In late 1990, 1 succeeded in fleeing from Vietnam to Hong Kong as a refugee. I thought that this venture would be a new horizon for my life and give me the opportunity of realizing my dream of getting an education. Ironicall y, it was already too late for asy lum seekers at that time. I was among hundreds of thousands of those unluck y refugees

For about seven years, I lived in an extremel y "dark" time — a time that I had never experienced in my life , lacking food , clothes and spiritual consolation. I refer to the refugee camps in Hong Kong as "hell on earth" — just like the worst prisons in the world. Nevertheless , I did not let my hope drift away. I kept waiting in patience for the day I would be released from the camps.

Eventuall y, on June 26, 1997 , I was permitted to leave Hong Kong for the United States as a refugee.

I would say that the most important factor that led me to consider the priesthood is the "dark" time in the refugee camps. Recalling the past when I was a little boy, I always recognized something very special and hol y in priests and nuns. Their images were very wonderful and loving to me.

Since I had a hard time living in the difficult conditions in the refugee camp, I tru ly perceived God's love throug h the sacrifice and enthusiastic service of the

priests and nuns for the poor, the refugees. I reall y respected them throug h their dedicated lives.

The darkest time in my life had taught me experiences that I will always treasure. It hel ped me to recognize the value of God's love which certainl y exists in peop le 's hearts.

When looking at the examp les of priests and sisters who from many different countries in the world came to , serve and to console the refugees in their difficult time , I questioned why they would do that. I had no doubt that onl y God' s love motivated them to share their sympath y with the poorest peop le. I perceived the true love of God from that time. Because of this experience , my life had taken a different direction which is the desire to become a priest in order that I may be able to serve God and His peop le and wish to return the gift of love thai I hav e received from God through my life to other people in need.

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For follow-through, a candidate can will have the chance to pray, attend Mass, and tour the seminary, Father Oberle, who go to a prayer group, have the people of serves as coordinator for the weekend, said. his parish affirm that he would be a In 1994, after hearing about a discern- good priest, and gather friends around ment weekend sponsored by St. Mary 's him who will support him Seminary in Cleveland , Ohio, Father in his decision.

After the discernOberle decided to introduce the concept to Menlo Park. "At the time, many diocesan ment weekend, if candivocation directors were already overbur- dates wish , Father dened. I saw this as a good way to assist Oberle will pass along them," explained the priest. their names to local vocation directors.

Father Oberle and seminarians collaboIndividuals come to the weekends rate in preparing the weekends, with the lat- from San Francisco Archdiocese and , ter leading the activities. A student-led Oakland , Santa Rosa, San Jose, Monterey, retreat provides a more credible witness than Reno, and Las Vegas dioceses. An average older veteran priests can offer, he said. weekend draws about 45 individuals.

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Besides prayer, reflection, and dialogue, the retreatants also hear a talk by seminary president Sul p ician Father Gerald Coleman on who should and who should not come to the seminary.

Who is a good candidate for the priesthood? Father Oberle said a candidate should: -' • "Be doing this for God, !__ !? not for his parents or grandparents.

• Want to be engaged in the life of the parish, rather than want to be a contemplative monk.

• Want to be in a collaborative ministry. "He should realize running a parish is not the province of Father, but also of the pastoral council, the finance committee, and other parish ministries."

• Be sociable and hospitable. A shy introvert wouldn 't work well in a parish setting.

• Understand the role of women in the Church.

And , he said, a candidate should not : • Feel he has to save the Church. "Jesus Christ has already done that. We just further the work."

• Come to seminary because he is running from a relationship. "We're here to embrace life, not run away from it."

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Although "discernment" wasn 't a word in Father Oberle 's vocabulary while he was figuring out his own vocation , the process was alive and well , anyway, he says.

Trained in the field of public health , Father Oberle had been active in his own Washington , D.C. parish. He had served as parish council president , worked in youth ministry, "and I had a wonderful bishop , pastor and associate pastor. I benefited a great deal from the parish staff." He was ordained 14 years ago.

Father Oberle points to the discernment weekends as one "major help in the vocation process at St. Patrick's. "Seven years ago, we had 46 students . Today we have 102."

However, he emphasized that not all are there, solely because of the discernment weekend.

Of the peop le who have attended , one third of them have entered a seminary program, either at St. Patrick 's or elsewhere.

The retreat 's sponsors, the Serra Clubs of the San Francisco and San Jose dioceses, have mailed some 1500 letters and brochures to priests of the dioceses, encouraging them to support the retreat and to identify potential candidates for the priesthood, according to the statement. The Serrans have also distributed brochures posing the basic question to eligible men: "Have you ever considered becoming a Catholic priest?" * There are still openings for the Jan. 19-21 weekend. Interested persons can contact Father Oberle at (650) 325-562 1, or their parish priest for applications-r

Philadelphia issues Triest Call' WYNNEWOOD , Pa. (CNS) — Cardinal Anthony J. Bevilacqua of Philadelphia announced a new vocations program designed "to encourage everyone to recognize their important role in promoting vocations to the diocesan priesthood ."

"Philadelphia: Priest Call," has four main components: To bring to the publ ic eye an overall awareness of the call to priesthood.

To raise the awareness among the priests currently serving the archdiocese.

To raise the awareness of the vocations need among possible candidates.

To raise an awareness among the laity in general and parents in particular.

The cardinal said there exists today a "serious need" to promote vocations as "priestly ministry and work will fall on fewer of us, and the demands of our time, commitment and vigor will continue to increase."

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The annual Day for Consecrated Life was established by Pope John Paul II as an opportunity for Catholics to celebrate the contributions reli gious priests , nuns , brothers and members of secular institutes have made to the Churc h and to pray for vocations to the consecrated life.

In addition to the open houses on Feb. 4, Archbishop William J Levad a will celebrate a Mass in St. Mary 's Cathedral Jan. 28 at 11:00 a.m. to give thanks for the consecrated life and to pray for vocations. All members of the Archdiocese are invited.

The theme for this year 's Consecrated Life Day is "Come and See". The local organizer , Mercy Sister Lenore Greene, said the idea of holding open houses evolved from the concerns t^^Hr of many parents that their children have very little knowled ge of the day-to-day community life of Religious

men and women. Invitations to attend the open houses have been extended throug h all Bay Area Catholic schools and parishes.

The importance of making an invitation to experience the life of reli gious communities can be seen in the examp le of recently professed Sister Christine Wilcox of the Dominicans of San Rafael.

As a young person considering Reli gious life in Tempe, Arizona , Sister Christine

says that "if someone hadn 't told me to look at the San Rafael Dominicans , I never would hav e found them ".

Many people used to choose a religious community in order to partici pate in its specific ministry; to teach , nurse or serve the poor. Sister Christine believes that young people today "are looking for the community aspect of reli gious life" when choosing an order. "As culture

becomes more materialistic and anti-community, peop le are drawn to protest that with their lives." Sister Christine who serves as Director of Young Adult Ministry for the Archdiocese will participate in the open house for the Dominicans of San Rafael at 1520 Grand Ave. from 1:30 to 4:30 p.m. on Feb. 4.

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"The whole endeavor has been a long-time dream of our Master General of the Dominican Order, Timothy Radcliffe ," said Dominican Sister Mary of the Sacred Heart of Corpus Christi Monastery.

The "exciting venture," as described by Sister Mary, includes Dominican Sisters Mary Bernadette of the Precious Blood and Maria Dominica from the Menlo Park monastery.

"I felt God calling me to volunteer for the foundation of the new monastery," said Sister Mary Bernadette, a member of the Menlo Park monastery since 1979 when she made her Solemn Professions.

Although a native San Franciscan, Sister considers herself "a Menlo Park girl. " Shortly after her baptism at the Tenderloin's St. Boniface Church her family moved to "Menlo" and have been parishioners of St. Raymond's parish ever since.

Sister Maria Dominica was bom i n Berlin, Germany,during the Holocaust. Drained from the experience, she declared herself an atheist. Then, she said, "Through friends, I discovered the Catholic Church with its teachings of hope and love."

From the lef t, Dominican Sisters Maria Dominica, Mary Regina, and Mary Angela walking in the new Queen of Peace Monastery garden in Surrey, British Columbia.

The Dominican Sister of 50 years "wants to spread the Dominican charism to Canada."

Archbishop Adam Exner of Vancouver donated a house to the Sisters rent-free for five years in Surrey, British Columbia, just outside of Vancouver. Whether it will be the permanent site for the new monastery is uncertain at this time, according to Sister Maria.

The first elected prioress of the newly-named Queen of Peace Monastery is Sister Mary Rose, a longtime member of the Monastery of die BlessedSacrament in Farmington Hills, Mich.

The addition of Sister Angela of the Monastery of the Angels in Los Angeles and two Sisters from

Blessed Sacrament Monastery in Fannington Hills, Sisters Mary Regina and Mary of the Sacred Heart unites six Dominican Sisters of North America bringing the contemplative life to Canada For now, the Monastery of the Blessed Sacrament in Farmington Hills, Mich., the legal sponsor of the new Canadian monastery, is responsible for its financial support until the Sisters of Surrey find ways of becoming self-supporting.

Traditionally, Dominican Sisters in monasteries have relied on their abilities and talents to become self-supporting throug h work such as making vestments, altar linens, breads and candy. Also the Sisters create various forms of artwork to sell such things as note cards, oil paintings, candles, pottery, calligraphy, and spiritual bouquets.

"We are receiving the warmest reception in Canada, " said Sister Maria Dominica. "The people here cannot do enough for us. " The Sisters' Canadian neighbors have volunteered to help with the renovation of the donated building. In addition to minor carpentry, the volunteers have spent many hours cleaning, painting and carpeting. Others have donated furniture.

Also, the neighbors helped convert the garage to an oratory. The pews , altar, tabernacle

From the lef t, Sisters Mary Angela, Mary of the Sacred Heart, Maria Dominica, Miriam, Mary Regina and Mary Thomas.

Contemplatives discover the Web While faith traditions remain the same at Corpus Christi Monastery, the method of their communication regarding their ministry has greatly changed since the monastery was founded in 1921.

The Sisters have discovered the World Wide Web. "We decided to go on-line, said Sister Mary of the Sacred Heart, "Because it seems to be where the people are these days." The Sisters receive most of their inquiries about vocations through e-mail, which they call "a tool for evangelization."

"E-mail is a wonderful invention , according to Sister Mary, "it is quick, easy, cheap and is less distracting than other means of communications."

The Sisters devote most of then day in silence, "communing with God," while attending to their work around the monastery and "acknowledging the presence of God in each Sister by a smile or nod."

Their focus remains on the "apostolate of fostering love, devotion to the Lord in the Blessed Sacrament, intercession for others and devoting their entire lives to praise God." Corpus Christi Monastery was founded May 29, 1921, to honor and promote devotion to the Lord in the Blessed Sacrament. The monastery located at 215 Oak Grove Avenue in Menlo Park was not ready for occupancy for the Dominican Contemplative Sisters until April 8, 1928.

The public chapel is open daily from 6:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. The Sisters invite "friends " who need a quiet place to come away and pray in the presence of Jesus exposed in the monstrance. All are welcome to join the Sisters at the celebration of the Eucharist, praying the Office , or simply being with the Lord. Daily Mass 6:45 am.; Vespers 5p.m.

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The first time Sister Mary Bernadette went out the front door to the new oratory she admits she started lau ghing. "It was so different than the Menlo P ark monastery, " she said , "where one descended the stairs and walked into a beautiful choir."

But once inside the garage tu rned chapel, Sister explained , "The joy of being and praying in the early hours of the day is the sane - it's so still and dark and so veiy peaceful to be with our dear Lord. " Although the six Sisters came from different monasteries, they have become "very close," according to Sister Maria Dominca, and it's "their bonding, " she enjoys the most about the new venture.

Sister Mary Bernadette considers herself "lucky to be the sixth foundress" of the new Queen of Peace Monastery. The "Menlo Park Girl " said she "loves the surroundings . " " And things could not be more uplifting at Corpus Christi Monastery in Menlo Park.

"The Lord is replacing the volunteers who went on the new foundation with a new postulant, Karen Petty, a convert of eleven years, " said Sister Mary. "And two young women will soon begin their time in live-in discernment here. " "At a time when religious life seems to be dying out in many areas," added Sister Mary, "this new monastery aid the replenishment of the older one is a symbol of hope to the world."

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"Be yourself and you ' re going to bring people closer to God in your own way, whether or not the whole world appreciates it — the lye bread Christian isn ' t afraid to be independent. "

hen Benedictine monk Father Dominic Garramone bakes bread , just about everyone watches, according to his latest television ratings .

"A pinch of this and a pinch of that," has hooked

"As a garlic bread Christian your faith is obviously strong, you ' re a devoted Catholic and everyone knows it. "

Americans across the countiy to tune in to the monk's weekl y Public Broadcasting Show, "Breaking Bread With Father Dominic , " where he shares his

Pumpernickel was created because of a wheat flourshortage aid started by an enterprising baker who added what he had on-hand to make it. "A pumpernickel Christian does not complain about what he doesn ' t have — he accepts what God has provided and makes the best of it," Father Dominic says.

After Father 's class, he was offered the television show.

"I almost said no to the producers," said Father Dominic; "I wasn't Interested in a television program.

It's so foreign for a monk to be singled out, " Father said. "Monks don 't get famous , monasteries do. "

latest bread recipes , and stories about his fellow monks at St. Bede Monastery in Peru , Illinois.

St. Bede 's is some 60 miles from Peoria , where Father Dominic was born . It 's the place , where he knew he "was going to live his life " after only two visits as a high school student but admits he was "too scared to talk about it. " "We can talk about this whole monastic thing later, " he hinted to God , "Right now just get me a date to the prom. " His involvement in "Teens Encounter Christ ," started him on his search for "a community of people with a common purpose beyond them. " The program focused on the Pascal Mystery, dying to self and rising to Christ.

"That made sense" to the young man. "I felt a

In monastic life the question is always "how will this benefit the entire community, aid before all else, what does the Abbot think. " After receiving permission from Abbot Roger Father Dominic on the TV set that Corpus, Father Dominic considered the benefits the students of St. Bede Academy designed for him. show could present for the entire community. "As the call to religious life, not the priesthood, per se, but to the religious life. " community ages and loses die ability to earn money," the proposal represented to Father Just out of college with theater as his major , he entered the monastery in 1983. "I Dominic an alternative means of providing for the community. " ' thoug ht about leaving, he said. He stayed "because it was hard" It s hard , he thought, He also saw the opportunity "to present the 21st Century monk to the audience," and because it is what he needed. "I' m being re-fonned in the image of Christ and some of my not the "Hollywood version." rougher edges are being sanded. " He made his solemn vows as a Benedictine monk in 1989 and was ordained a priest in 1992. "I had to be a monk because my mother 's name is Mary and my father is a carpen-

"It seems to me," he said, "monks have been introduced on television with a sitcom view — either a Monty Python satire or seen on commercials too often as men with hoods-up, in dark hallways, who are grim and joyless with no talent — almost bitter bachelors because they couldn't stand to be in the world. "

ter," he quips.

St. Bede Abbey was established in 1890 on farmland and wooded bluffs. The work of the 35 Benedictine monks includes a high school, parish ministry, spiritual direction, and manual labor in the more than 1,200 tree apple orchard and an apiaiy of some dozen beehives. Sales of cider and honey help monks to be self-supporting.

"In the monastery, Father Dominic is much like the rest of us monies," said his friend , Father Ronald. "He attends Mass, prayer's, is assigned duties like waiting on tables, reading, chanting and housekeeping duties. " He is the chairperson of the religion department at the abbey 's academy where he

Father Dominic was determined to change the "Hollywood view," so people would know he "lives in a community of gifted people who have a special kind of depth ." He believed he could accomplish this by acquainting his audience with his monastic community through stoiy telling of the varied talented monks: candle maker, plumber, electrician, gardener, organist, barber , sculptor, writer, singer, auto mechanic and more.

Father 's first show aired in 1999 and was "an instant success ," according to PBS officials. His Web site: www.breaking-bread.com became just as popular and began receiving more than 200,000 hits monthly.

teaches scripture to the freshmen, He also leads the drama department.

Now he is in San Francisco helping raise funds for KQED and taking time to talk to a reporter about how a monk from the Midwest manages to star on a PBS show produced in

Father Dominic bakes bread on the television set that his students designed. He boasts that his students submitted the scale drawing floor design and "KQED accepted the plans on the spot. " Even Father 's dad, Ron, "the carpenter," is involved with the show. He makes all of

San Francisco.

Father Dominic probably would have led a quiet and peaceful life at the Abbey, if it wasn't for a friend's mentioning to a PBS producer "she knew a monk that bakes bread."

But maybe not , "he is somewhat of a showboat and loves to laugh and be the center of

"I only remember the after-shot, " said Father Dominic - "a bread board with nothing but crumbs, a martyred ja r of apricot jam and a tiny pad of butter from a whole pound. I

Father 's rolling pins, cutting boards, and other baking devices he uses weekly.

His cookbook, "Baking Bread' with Father Dominic ," featuring recipes from the show's first year, and videos of the series are runaway bestsellers. Fifty percent of the profits from both go directly to the abbey while Father Dominic receives a stipend from the work.

"I would not have a television show if I were just an average guy in your neighborhood who bakes, " said Father. "The whole monk tiling is what people are fascinatedby—there are better bakers out there. I'm grateful for the opportunity to do good tilingsfor monasticism."

Father Dominic is working on "a cookbook that teaches kids about the lives of saints with cookie cutters." The title , "Saints in Your Cookie Jar," was derived from some of his

He was hooked.

Today, he continues to bake in the abbey kitchen for the monks, "who never seem to get enough of his bread and never tire of being his guinea pigs, " according to Father Ronald.

Father Dominic sees God's handiwork in "clearing the path " for the television show.

The day the producers of the proposed series came to "observe" Father Dominic 's scrip-

and calligraphy, according to Father Ronald.

How does Father Dominic do all of it? "I was raised in a home where it wasclean enough to be healthy and dirty enough to be happy. 1 don 't dust under my bed but twice a year. Certain tilings simply are not important to me and they have to go. " He tells people, "scale back on things —decide what you are not going to do. "

"what kind of bread they would like to be. " "A rye bread Christian is unique with a flavor unlike any other," Father Dominic says.

"Not everyone is going to like rye bread and not everyone is going to like your particular flavor of spirituality - diat doesn 't bother rye bread and that shouldn ' t bother you either."

"Breaking Bread with Father Dominic" airs in the San Francisco area, Saturdays at 1 p.m. on KQED, and in the San Mateo area , Sundays at 1 p.m. on KCSM. Please check local

attention, " according to Father Ronald.

Father Dominic 's love of bread making began in the fifth-grade when he ran home from school and announced in terror to his mote that he had to cook some kind of ethnic dish for his class. That 's easy," said mom. "You can make French bread. "

recent lectures.

Although baking bread is Father 's "favorite hobb y," he also has a great interest in kites

thought they really liked it — something I made peop le really enjoyed. The payoff was so large for a fifth-grader."

"Whenever you can make the choice to be with people in a simp le activity, like making bread, each experience becomes cherished memories and a beautiful way to connect with your kids, grandma, aunt or neighbor. But don't take it too seriously. Remember it's bread, It's going to forgive you. "

ture class to his freshmen students at St. Bede Academy, he was teaching "the multiplication of the loaves in the Gospel of Mark ," something he 's done "many times before. " He asks the students "to put themselves in the reading. " Then he asks the students

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JjCATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO Listening to one another A recent gathering of people from the gay and lesbran organization Dignity and representatives of the largely gay and lesbian Metropolitan Community Church of San Francisco shed some light on the difficulties of dialogue between the Church and the homosexual community.

The Jan. 5 event was a candlelight march from the Castro District to the steps of the Chancery offices of the Archdiocese of San Francisco, where a brief vigil was held to protest the position of the Catholic Church on homosexuality.

The two dominant impressions one was left with following the vigil were these: First, the three-dozen men and women in attendance seem to be very good, sincere and committed people. They quietly and respectfully read from the Gospel, sang inspirational hymns and heard comments and read an "open Letter" sent to Pope John Paul H. The second impression is that the views expressed by speakers revealed very serious misperceptions and distortions of Catholic beliefs and doctrine.

For example, the Catholic Church is accused of branding homosexuality as evil - with homosexuality taken to mean both homosexual orientation and homosexual genital sex.

However, Church teaching draws an important distinction between homosexual acts and homosexual orientation .

Indeed, the Church teaches that all people are - whatever their sexual orientation — the recipients of God's love. The Church preaches love, respect and concern for all individuals.

But the message that emanates from organized gay and lesbian organizations is that homosexual orientation and homosexual conduct are inseparable. What is missing is the ability to separate the fact of homosexual orientation from the possibility of homosexual genital sex. The truth, of course, is that they are separate. Many homosexual men and women abstain from genital sex, as do many heterosexual men and women.

The inability of gay and lesbian groups to accept this separation of sexual orientation from sexual activity contributes to reckless and distorted rhetoric. "Those participating in the protest," reads a press release, "believe the Roman Catholic Church promotes violence against homosexuals, bisexuals and the transgender population through their homophobic actions and teachings."

Yet the truth and reality are totally opposite. The Catholic Church through the Pope, Bishops, and men and women involved in ministry -teach respect for the dignity of all persons and condemn all violence against homosexuals.

Moreover, the claim that Catholics (or Jewish Orthodox , Muslim, Baptist and many other faiths) promote violence because they believe homosexual acts are immoral is outrageous and seems to be a deliberate attempt to intimidate and stifle religious expression.

Dignity, an organization of gay and lesbian Catholics, expresses its goals in simple and straightforward language: "We demand a change to the beliefs of the Catholic Church," says the head of the San Francisco Chapter of Dignity.

To many Catholics, the demand for the Catholic Church to change its beliefs, which are based on thousands of years of Judeo-Christian teaching - just to accommodate a contemporary view of the sexual practices of homosexuals, is not acceptable.

Of course, the inability to separate the concepts of homosexual orientation and homosexual genital sexual activ ity is a burden that can be attached to Catholics as well. For if we condemn a person simpl y because he or she has a homosexual orientation , then Catholics may legitimately be accused of propagating discrimination and prejudice.

Indeed, the Catholic Church holds that there is no place for discrimination and prejudice against a person because of sexual orientation.

But this does not mean that there is nothing wrong with homosexual conduct.

It is the place of the Church and her ministers to speak the whole moral teaching of the Gospel with clarity. The members of the Church have the right to this even when the moral teaching is difficult.

Pope John Paul II has said many times that the Church must be "a sign of contradiction" to those elements of the world which threaten to distort, harm or destroy the authentic message of Christ." The Pope also has said the Catholic respect for the di gnity of each person does not mean "losing certitude about one's own faith or weakening the principles of morality."

The Catholic Church does embrace its gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender members, while upholding its beliefs about the divine purpose and holy nature of human sexuality.

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Death pe nalty stance doesn 't hurt p rolife

With regard to the letter of Larry H. Burdoin (Jan. 5) in which he states that emphasis on the death penalty trivializes the pro-life message because it equates criminals with preborn children , I suggest that he read the "Statement on Cap ital Punishment " of the U.S. Bishops , November , 1980. In Section 2 titled , "Christian Values in the Abolition of Cap ital Punishment ," the bishops state four values important to us as citizens and Christians. While Mr. Burdoin may read the four values for himself , allow me to quote from the discussion of the third value , "We do not wish to equate the situation of criminals convicted of capital offenses with the condition of the innocent unborn or of the defenseless aged or infirm , but we do believe that the defense of life is strengthened by eliminating exercise of a judicial authorization to take human life."

If Mr. Burdoin is worried that the pope speaks against the death penalty onl y from personal distaste, he should read "The Gospel of Life and Capital Punishment: A Reflection Piece and Study Guide ," Statement of the California Catholic Conference of Bishops , Jul y 1999. In the section of the document titled , An Historical Overview: An Evolutionary Perspective , the California bishops give the historical , scriptural , and Churc h teaching background for their opposition to the death penalty. I am sure this is information of which the pope is also aware.

I suggest that Mr. Burdoin spend at least one hour each day reading the statements of the pope and of the U.S. bishops so he will become be an informed Catholic as well as an ardent one.

Carolyn Colburn Foster City

they carry with them now al Sacred Heart Cath edral.

M y husband Mike and I received love from our "second famil y " — Sister Alice Busiakos , Miss Cashman , Sister Elaine , Betty Chin — and her wonderful homecooked meals and snacks — and my fellow teachers, careg ivers , "grandparents ," and families.

I was blessed with the opportunity to care for children and families in a "home" environment. Occasionall y I run into children/families that I met at the day home — beautiful young adults who tell me some of their happ iest moments in life existed in the loving and safe environment of the day home.

As I continue my journey in the educational field , I look back with gratitude to the community of Holy Famil y Day Home for their support , love and the care they provided my famil y and other families of the San Francisco community.

It is trul y a home.

Debbie Medeiros Carey Smith San Francisco

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Dealing with Sexual Misconduct

We need healing within our communities and reconciliation for all involved: the victim , the perpetrator , and the Church as a whole.

From personal experience , I know telling the story is difficult. When I first told a priest , he met me with compassion and guidance. He hel ped me know I could say what happened and hold the person accountable. He encouraged me to seek outside counseling. I am gratefu l for his care and acceptance. This gave me courage to write a letter to the bishop of that diocese telling my story with compassion , honesty and forg iveness. I showed it to another priest , who asked '"Shall we burn it now?" 1 was crushed by his lack of understanding and compassion.

Following the initial incident , there were times the Church seemed a dark and scary place. It held no joy, onl y sorrow and fear. I would remember my feelings of Church prior to my violation and grieve for that relationshi p, fearing it was gone forever. Through God's grace and reconciliation I have again found a safe place within the Church. I carry scars, but joy, love and light have returned. I am gratefu l for caring and compassionate priests and laity.

I pray that all who are associated with misconduct (victims , perpetrators , and the whole community) are able to speak the truth , to reach out to others and to accept the healing God offers. I pray that , all who are hurting can experience the reconciliation and acceptance I have found within the Church community.

Cyndie Cammack San Mateo

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Thank you for the wonderful article on Holy Famil y Day Home.

I was blessed with the opportunity to be a caregiver/teacher at the day home from 1982 to 1989. Hol y Family was part of an extended family for my husband , myself and two of our three children , Christopher and Christina. It provided a loving environment of security. My two children received a strong foundation based on love , acceptance and trust that <¦ - -¦

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The Guadalupe Society of Mission Dolores Basilica wouldlike to sincerely thank one and all of you who participated in our "Virgin of Guadalupe " earl y morn ing "mananitas " Mass Tusday, Dec. 12 in the basilica in San Francisco. Our 27th annual Mass in the Blessed Mother 's honor brought out more than 1 ,000 persons in the true tradition of thei r faith. We look forward to seeing and sharing with you once again this year.

Bob G. Huerta San Francisco

Sp irituality

Commandments for Making Friends More than 2,500 years ago, Moses gave us the Ten Commandments. The centuries since — the Enlightenmen t notwithstanding — haven 't given us a single reason to doubt the validity and importance of any of those precepts. However, as we struggle to live them out, it might be helpful if Moses again descended from that same mountain with two new tablets of stone, spelling out some rules for better befriending each other, God, life , and ourselves.

Perhaps this second set of commandments might read like this: (1) Befriend humanity. To be human is to be fallible , wounded , scaned, sinful , and living in a far from perfect history, body, family, church. Don 't look for anyone to blame, to sue, to be angry at. This is called the human condition. Make friends with it. Grieve — don 't rage.

Think of chaos, not blame. Our parents called this "original sin." We talk of "dysfunctional families." It has ever been thus. Don 't live in a sulk.

(2) Befriend what 's best in you. As long as we look out at the world through our wounds we will always fill with self-pity, bitterness, and jealousy. If, however, we look out through the prism of what 's best in us, our jealousy can turn to appreciation and we can again be astonished at others ' goodness. We have two souls: a grand soul, where we cany the image of God and the memory of our blessings, and a petty soul, where we carry the bitterness and jealousies that come from our wounds. We need to attach our eyes, our ears, our speech, and our attitudes to our grand soul. We need to be better friends with what 's best in us.

(3) Befriend those who love you. There are only two potential tragedies in life: To go throug h life and never love, and to go through life and not express love and affection to those who love us. We need to make bet-

ter friends with our friends , to express more readily our Make friends with affection , our gratitude , our appreciation , and our contri- aging, with wrinkles , tion. Thank those who love you for loving you. Never with gray hair, with a take their love for granted , or as owed. Give out a lot body that is no longer more compliments. Say thank you constantly. young. Accept, let go, (4) Befriend chastity. So much of our pain and rest- grieve , move on. lessness comes from our lack of chastity, and much of Bless the young. our subsequent rationalization and bitterness comes Share your wisdom Father from not admitting this. We have sophisticated ourselves with them. Give away n .

T> R°n n Ro^eiSer into unhappiness. For all of our knowing, we aren 't what 's left of your happy. Make friends with chastity. Children and virgins , life. Let the zest , Scripture assures us, enter the kingdom easily. Be post- beauty, and color of young people enliven you.

(9) Befriend humor. In our laughter we taste transophisticated. Learn to believe in Santa and the Easter Bunny again. Enjoy second naivete. Ride a scendence. Humor takes us above the tragic. Laughter merry-go-round. Make a searing, honest confession gives us wings to fly. Thomas More cracked a joke to the man who was about to behead him. That 's a quality of soon. 't (5) Befriend your own body. Don be afraid of your sanctity that we too often neglect.

(10) Befriend your God. The Gospel is not so much own body, of its goodness, its sexuality, its pleasures, its tiredness , its limits. It 's the only one you 've got, in any good advice as it is "good news;" it tells us how much case. Befriend it. Don 't punish it, don 't spoil it, don 't God loves us, what God has already done for us. God is denigrate it. It 's a church , a temple. Give it enough rest, as proud of us as is any mother of her children. Peace enough exercise, enough discipline, and enough respect. comes to us when we can enjoy that favor. Befriend the (6) Befriend the other gender. The mothers and the God of love and the God of the resurrection, the God fathers, the wives and the husbands, are fighting. Small who is completely relaxed, whose face beams like a marwonder the children are suffering. Never trivialize the velous symphony, whose power to raise dead bodies issues of gender. We are being called to a new level from the grave assures us that in the end all will be well of mutual respect and mutual sympathy. Make friends with and all will be well and every manner of being will be well. Befriend the God who tells us 365 times in what seems most threatening to you in the other gender.

(7) Befriend your father. Father-hunger is one of the Scripture not to be afraid. Walk in that confidence. deepest hungers in the Western world today. Reconcile with your own father, with other fathers, and with God Oblate Father Ron Rolheiser, a theologian , the Father. Your father 's blessing will de-constrict your teacher and award-winnin g author, sen>es heart. Forgive him his inadequacy. Acknowledge your hunger. in Rome as general councilor for Canada (8) Befriend your mortality. Death comes to us all. for the Oblates of Mary Immaculate.

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A Jubilee Scorecard The Great Jubilee of 2000 concluded on the the sacrament of reconciliation. One veteran confes- American College, who Solemnity of the Epiphany, Jan. 6. For a quick review of sor said afterward that he had never been so moved by walked through the some of the highlights (and low-lights) of this remark- what he saw and heard there. As a wise man once Holy Door of St. Peter's observed, if you build it they will come. able year-plus, here 's a "Jubilee Scorecard": shortly after it was Best Historical Contrast: Drawn by Cardinal James opened and found himBest Restoration of a Roman Basilica: The four major basilicas all look magnificent , but St. Peter 's is Francis Stafford , president of the Pontifical Council for self a jubike poster boy simply spectacular. The recovery of long-hidden colors the Laity, who noted that , whereas hundreds of thou- on the front page of Geor ge Weigel in the facade, and the stunning restoration of the atri- sands of young people had stormed across Europe as L'Osservatore Romano, ° um by the Knights of Columbus , combine to create what armies in the 20th century, now, for World Youth Day, the Vatican newspaper. the young were streaming across Europe as pilgrims. seems, for all its familiarity, a new building.

Silliest Complaint: The Italian cardinal who fretted Most Moving Moment: A tie here. (1) John Paul II "What a difference to begin the third millennium!" that the pope was keeping the Church in a constant state kneeling at the Holy Door of St. Peter 's on Christmas Eve the cardinal said. Indeed. of "agitation."

1999. How many of us wondered whether the pope Unsung Hero: Bishop James Harvey, prefect might be pray ing the Canticle of Simeon: "Now, Among the two million-p lus pilgrims of the Papal Household and a native of Lord, you may dismiss your servant , in peace, Milwaukee, whose office made it possible for milaccording to your word..." ? (2) John Paul II, who came to Rome for the jubilee lions of pilgrims to attend jubilee events in a dighead bent in silent prayer, over the eternal flame of nified and orderly fashion , without the combinaremembrance at Yad Vashem, Israel's Holocaust World Youth Day in August , the second- tion of hassle and chicanery that previousl y charmemorial — a sight that reduced tough-minded acterized Vatican ticketing. politicians to tears and raucous reporters to silence. larg est national group was French — Saddest Change: "Da Roberto ," a famous tratDumbest Idea: The decision by the Vicariate toria a few blocks from the Vatican, switched to a of Rome to mark New Year 's Eve 1999 with a rock 90,000 young men and women . . . fixed "tourist menu." concert in St. Peter 's Square. Why should the Decision Most in Need of Reversing: The Most Remarkable Outdoor Scene: More than a decree by the archpriest of the Vatican Basilica, Cardinal Church have competed with sound-and-light shows in London, Paris, and New York? (A close second here: quarter million pilgrims, completely filling St. Peter 's Virgilio Noe, that tours of the scavi, the excavations of The jubilee logo, which looked like an advertisement Square and spilling down the Via della Conciliazione, an ancient cemetery under St. Peter's, must stop before celebrating the Jubilee of Families with the Pope on Oct. pilgrims get to the small niche where the remains of the for Disneyland.)

15 and refusing to be deterred by six hours of torrential Prince of the Apostles lie. milBiggest Demographic Surprise: Among the two lion-plus pilgrims who came to Rome for the jubilee rain.

Wisest Decision: To reveal the third Fatima "secret" Most Obnoxious Governmental Intervention: No, it and thus dampen apocalyptic speculation among World Youth Day in August, the second-largest national group was French — 90,000 young men and women, a wasn 't the Florida Supreme Court. Rather, we have Catholics. fruit of the 1997 Paris World Youth Day and a dramatic another tie here, between Iraq (for effectively blocking Needed for the Next Time: Restrooms inside St. sign that the new evangelization is getting traction in the pope 's pilgrimage to Ur, home of Abraham) and the Peter's!

People 's Repu blic of China (for whining about the canFrance, the Church's "eldest daughter." onization of 120 Chinese martyrs).

World Youth Day again, Biggest Liturgical Surprise: Best Timing: Father Dan Barnett of the Spokane George Weigel is a senior fellow of the Ethics and as youngsters stood in long lines for hours at some 300 Public Policy Center in Washington , D.C. portable confessionals in the Circus Maximus to receive Diocese, then a deacon-seminarian at the North

SCRIPTURE & LITURGY Words from liturgy offer rich rewards Last Tuesday, January 9, the Churc h began Ordinary Time for this liturg ical year. It is "ordinary " because we use the ordinal numbers , e.g., first , second , etc., to count off the Sundays and their weeks. It is "ordinary " more profoundl y because during this time we "order" the Sp irit 's gifts we have received from the "hour " of Jesus to the benefi t of our world. Some werds from Sunday 's liturgy of the Word compete for our attention and offer rich rewards: "spiritual gifts ," "hour ," "signs," and "glory." Let 's give them a hearing.

"Signs."

Scripture scholars call the first half of the fourth gospel "The Book of Signs" (chapte rs 1 -13), while designating the second half "The Book of Glory" (chapters 13-21). From the materials the author could have used, the text tells us that he made a conscious selection: "Now Jesus did many other signs in the presence of his disciples, which are not written in this book." (20:30a) The text also offers the criterion for the selection of these signs: "But these are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that believing you may have life in his name."

(20:30b) This gospel, then presents seven events in its first twelve chapters which it calls "si gn " and one of which is today 's gospel selection , the marriage feast at Cana , which it labels "the beginning of his signs." (2:11) How, then, does an event become a "sign"? When you look at an event in the light of faith in Jesus as Christ , Lord, and Son of God, the event opens up and becomes multiv alent, looking back to the Old Testament experience, looking forward to Jesus ' being "lifted up" as Son of Man onto the cross and into glory, and finall y becoming present now in the Church's actions of proclamation , Baptism , and Eucharist. Thus , today 's gospel "sign," Jesus' providing the good wine" for the revelers at the wedding feast, evokes God's marriage relationship with Israel (our first reading beautifull y articulates this experience: Isaiah 62:1-5) and his faithful provision of food and drink for his people; anticipates the hour of Jesus when he will make his Passover to the Father for us all (13:1), and grants us a share in that hour at Sunday celebration of the Eucharistic wedding feast.

Second Sunday in Ordinary Time Isaiah 62:1-5; Psalm 96; / Corinthians 12:4-11; John 2:1-11

Father David M. Pettingill "Hour " and "Glory."

Throughout the fourth gospel we are made to wait for the "hour" of Jesus as in this passage where Jesus ' reply to his mother 's words, "They have no wine," is "Woman, how does your concern affect me? My hour has not yet come."

Finally after hearing often that Jesus ' hour has not yet come, we are given this notice by the author: "Now before the feast of the Passover, when Jesus knew that his hour had come to depart out of this world to the Father, having loved his own who were in the world, he loved them to the end." (13:1) The hour of Jesus embraces his Passover to the Father out of love for us throug h his death and resunection , this hour of his "glory." Jesus had prayed , "Father, the hour has come; glorif y your Son." (17:1). An attempt to translate "glorify " might read, "make me look like you." Jesus ' prayer is answered when he is "lifted up " on the cross and into glory. It is thus that he reveals the very heart of God where we are loved with a love unto death, a love stronger than death, a love that communicates itself to us and through us.

Here at Cana, Jesus previews his "hour" when he provides the revelers with wine to prolong the celebration , a

wine that replaces the "six stone water jars , there for Jewish ceremonial washing," a wine that antici pates his replacement of the Passover with his own passover to the Father, a wine that gathers in joy those who will later share in the memorial meal of his passover. As Jesus will , when "lifted ^ up," so now he "revealed his glory, and his disciples began to believe in him."

"Spiritual gifts."

From sharing in the "hour" of Jesus, our communities receive the Spirit 's gifts for our parish communities and the world. The intent of the Spirit 's action and bestowal would see the community members full y alive, interactive , and outreaching. So Paul tells us , "There are different kinds of spiritual gifts , but the same Spirit.... One and the same Spirit produces all of these distributing them individuall y to each person as he wishes."

From this Sunday 's celebration we allow ourselves to share richly in Jesus ' hour where the wine and the Spirit are given in unmeasured and superb fashion , but also we accept the empowerment of the Spirit to come together , identif y his gifts, let then surface and be shared , all of which translates into Pastoral Councils, planning meetings, architecting the future , not being satisfied with water when we can have wine, "good wine " saved "until now."

Questions for Renew Small Communities of Faith 1. What process will best allow the Spirit 's gifts to be identified in our group? In our parish? In our Archdiocese?

2. How can we make our parish Sunday worship more inclusive?

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

Father Hardon, author, spiritual director to Mother Teresa, dead at 86

By Robert Delaney DETROIT (CNS) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Jesuit Father John A. Hardon, author of a well-known catechism and spiritual director to Mother Teresa, died Dec. 31 at the Jesuits' Colombiere Center in Clarkston , north of Detroit. He was 86.

Father Hardon , author of than 200 books and articles on religion and theology, "was a tremendous catechist " according to fellow Jesuit Father Joseph Fessio, editor of Ignatius Press in San Francisco.

Comparing him to St. Peter Canisius, the Dutch Jesuit who wrote an influential catechism after the Council of Trent, Father Fessio said, "I think Father Hardon has done in the 20th century what Canisius did in the 16th.

Father Hardon's "The Catholic Catechism," published in 1975, continues to be a valuable guide to the faith , even after the publication of the official "Catechism of the Catholic Church," in Father Fessio's opinion.

"They're complementary. It 's a different way of presenting the same ideas. He has articles in his catechism that treat specific themes in greater detail," he told The Michigan Catholic, Detroit 's archdiocesan newspaper.

Father Hardon served as spiritual director to Mother Teresa of Calcutta in her later years, as well as to many lesser-known Catholics. It was also Father Hardon who helped instruct an ailing Lee Atwater to accept the Catholic faith before the former political strategist 's death.

Even in his old age and despite health problems, Father Hardon edited a magazine for catechists, The

Catholic Faith, which Father Fessio said Ignatius Press would continue publishing.

"He was a great example of the old-time iron man Jesuit. He was a man of prayer, and he never stopped working," Father Fessio said. He was also "a great encourager of others," his fellow Jesuit added.

Father Hardon was a founder of the Institute on Religious Life in Chicago, and was instrumental in founding the Consortium Perfectae Caritatis, an organization of U.S. Catholic sisters, as well as the Catholic Home Study Institute, which off ers Catholic correspondence courses.

"He was a great examp le of the old-time iron man Jesuit. He was a man of p rayer, and he never stopped working," Father Hardon was a popular speaker at the annual conferences sponsored by Call to Holiness, "because he coupled what he taught with the way he lived," said Jay McNally, the organization's executive director.

"He spoke of sacrifices , suffering, humility and faithfulness, and people could see the sacrifices, suffering, humility and faithfulness in his own life," McNally said.

Born June 18, 1914, in Midland , Pa., the son of Slovakian immigrants, the young John Hardon moved with his family to Cleveland, Ohio, when he was a few months old. His father, John Sr., was killed in a work

accident when John Jr. was less than a year old and he was raised by his mother, Anna , a member of the Third Order Franciscans.

His mother supported her young son by running a boarding house. â&#x20AC;˘YoungJohn attended his first all-night vigil at Our Lady of Consolation Parish in Carey, Ohio, at age 4 and began attending daily Mass at age 6.

After graduating from John Carroll University in Cleveland, he joined the Society of Jesus and was ordained a Jesuit on June J 8, 1947. Father Hardon later earned a master's degree in philosoph y from Loyola University in Chicago and a doctorate in theology from Gregorian University in Rome.

Over the years he taught at the University of Detroit Jesuit High School, Jesuit School of Theology at Loyola University, the Institute for Advanced Studies in Catholic Doctrine at St. John 's University in New York, West Baden College in Indiana, and St. Paul University in Ottawa. He also held visiting professorships at several Protestant seminaries or colleges , including Bethany School of Theology, Lutheran School of Theology and Seabury-Western Divinity School.

He wrote a religious textbook series for elementary school called "Christ Our Life." Published in 1976 by Loyola University Press and revised in 1985, the series is used today by more than 600,000 students throughout the United States.

His other books include "Religions of the World," "Christianity in the 20th Century," "Theology of Prayer," "Protestant Churches of Americ a," "The Catholic Lifetime Reading Plan " and "Prophet for the Priesthood."

O RDINARY T IME

"Bishops on Retreat " Ever have a recurring bad dream from which you wake up in a cold sweat? The one I seem to lock in on is a confession scene that ends like this: "Now for your penance , 1 want you to become a bishop !"

Even if you might not guess from the headlines , the life of a bishop today is not all sturm und drang. As I write this "Ordinary Time " column , 1 am blessed with one of the great consolations of this call from God —our annual Bishops ' Retreat.

After Vatican II, Bishop Topel of Spokane began the now widespread movement in the United States for an annual retreat for the bishops of each reg ion. In the U.S. Catholic Conference of Bishops there are 13 regional group ings; these regions have fairl y minimal responsibilities in the national Conference structure , but they do provide a wonderful resource of mutual support by and for brother-bishops near at hand.

In Region XI, comprising the states of California , Nevada and Hawaii , Cardinal Timoth y Manning, Archbishop of Los Angeles from 1970 to 1985, became our apostle of the annual retreat , alread y a well-established practice when I became a bishop in 1 983.

Many regional retreats follow the classic model of a retreat preacher who gives two or three conferences a day as input. The bishops of Region XI follow a variant based on the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius. Thanks to the assistance of a team of 6 generous Jesuit spiritual directors , each bishop is able to meet dail y for an hour with his assigned director to review and plan his time of prayer each day. The key to this approach is silence , allowing each retreatant to follow a retreat path personally tailored to his present situation without any interruption , business or social. The entire group comes together dail y for Morning and Evening Prayer from the Liturgy of the Hours and for Mass. At meals the silence is accompanied by background music.

This year on retreat my director suggested I beg in with a reflection on the call from God to be a bishop, using the rites of ordination of a bishop as food for thought and prayer. It proved to be a very hel pful suggestion.

When we profess in the Creed our belief in the "one , holy, catholic, and apostolic Church," we mean by "apostolic " that the Church is "founded on the apostles. " The Catechism of the Catholic Church (no. 857) points to three aspects of this apostolic foundation: First, the Church is built on "the foundation of the apostles," the witnesses chosen and sent on mission by Christ himself. Ephesians reminds us, "You are . . . built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus

himself as the capstone " (E ph. 2, 20). And the Book of Revelation describes the vision of the Bride of Christ , the Church , as a new and heavenl y Jerusalem: "The wall of the city had twelve courses of stones as its foundation , on which were inscribed the twelve names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb" (Rev. 21 , 14).

Second , this apostolic foundation means that the Church keeps, lives by, and hands on the teaching — the deposit of faith , the saving word or Gospel — she has heard from those first apostles. This is the reality referred to in the theolog ical term Tradition. It refers not just to a written creed or articles of faith , but to the living of that faith in liturgy, sacrament and prayer, and in discip leship, the following of the way of Christ and the keeping of his commandments.

Third , the apostolic foundation refers to the Church as she "continues to be taught , sanctified , and guided by the apostles until Christ 's return , throug h their successors in pastoral office: the college of bishops , assisted by priests , in union with the successor of Peter, the Church's supreme pastor" (Catechism of the Catholic Church, no. 557).

Thus the Catechism (no. 862) quotes the Constitution on the Church (no. 20) of the Second Vatican Council on this aspect of the "apostolic " Church: "Just as the office which the Lord confided to Peter alone, as first of the apostles, destined to be transmitted to his successors, is a permanent one, so also endures the office , which the apostles received, of shepherding the Church , a charge destined to be exercised without intenuption by the sacred order of bishops." Hence the Church teaches that " the bishops have by divine institution taken the place of the apostles as pastors of the Church... " It is a tall order for a bishop to realize every day that such responsibility and expectation is his: "to take the place of the apostles!"

In one aspect of the role of the first apostles no one can "take their place." I refer to the apostolic call as witnesses to Jesus in the flesh , and to his resurrection in the flesh — to their eyewitness testimony that this is indeed the same Jesus of Nazareth they followed to his death on the cross, and whom they saw in his risen body ascend to the right hand of the Father.

This is underlined in the selection of Matthias to replace the betrayer, Judas: "We must choose someone who has been with us the whole time that the Lord Jesus was traveling round with us, someone who was with us right from the time when John was baptizing until the day when he was taken up from us - and he can act with us as a witness to the resunection " (Acts 1, 21-22).

While the bishop succeeds to the role of the first apos-

Jubilee ends

"How could we possibly succumb to this temptation , precisely at the end of such an intensely penitential year?" he said.

On the contrary, he said, a main jubilee theme was the church's own examination of conscience , which led it to seek "God's forgiveness for the infidelities of the church' s children over these 2,000 years."

The pope said now it was time to look to the future — though not in the sense of undertaking complicated new initiatives.

"We return to our normal activities, but this is something quite different from taking a rest," he said.

The pope 's 84-page document , "Novo Millennio lneunte" ("At the Beginning of the New Millennium "), put it another way: "If ours has been a genuine pil grimage, it will have, as it were, stretched our legs for the journey still ahead ."

In addition to revisiting jubilee highli ghts , the document offered a last word in the Holy Year debate over several sensitive and controversial issues, including the tension between mission and dialogue.

Dialogue with other religions must continue, the pope said, but it cannot be "understood as negotiation." Nor should Christians fear that their joyful proclamation of the gift of Christ will "be considered an offense to the identity of others," he said.

The document outlined church priorities in the new millennium , including a rekindling of personal holiness , strengthening of ecumenism, an urgent push for new priestly vocations and creative Christian input on social issues.

To symbolize the church's commitment to social justice, he announced that excess jubilee funds would be used to finance a permanent charity in Rome, expected to take the form of a house for disabled pilgrims.

¦ Continued f rom cover kept the door open until 3 a.m. to accommodate late-comers seeking the special jubilee indul gence associated with the door.

The pope ended the jubilee where he began it — in front of the Holy Door. Dressed in gold vestments, the 80-yearold pontiff entered the atrium of St. Peter 's at the end of a long procession.

Looking frail but determined, supported by the arm by two aides, he went up three steps to the threshold of the door and knelt in private prayer.

Then, standing just outside the near-empty basilica , he swung the two panels of the doors shut , one by one, and turned the handle to close it. The door was later bricked up and was not expected to be reopened until 2025 , when the next Holy Year is scheduled.

During the Mass, the pope repeated what has become a favorite theme in recent weeks: Christ is the real "holy door " and the key to future success of the jubil ee.

"We need to set out anew from Christ, with the zeal of Pentecost, with renewed enthusiasm, to set out from him above all in a daily commitment to holiness," he said.

He said the jubile e program over which he presided , including more than 70 major liturgies, offered some spiritual lessons and moments of special grace. He said it became clear that the church does not "shine with her own light, but reflects Christ ," li g hting the path for all people.

To non-Christians who may not have understood the intent of the jubilee , the pope said there was "no vain triump halism" in the church's joyful duty to proclaim Christ.

Archbishop William J. Levada

ties in preaching and teaching , in offering sacrifice and lay ing on hands, in shepherding the flock of Christ thro ugh the gift of "the governing Spirit , whom You gave to your beloved Son, Jesus Christ, the Spirit given by him to the holy apostles... " (Prayer of Consecration , Rite of Ordination of a Bishop), he cannot physically be a witness to the life, death and resurrection of Christ.

But spirituall y he can - indeed he must. So a retreat to be "with the Lord" is not a perk or a resp ite. It emerges as a centerp iece of the bishop 's role as the "apostle " in the Church of his day. He must encounter his Lord in prayer in order to be his "witness. " The Hol y Spirit whom Jesus promised to the first apostles is a gift to the Church of all time: "When the Advocate comes whom I will send you from the Father, the Spirit of Truth who comes from the Father, he will be my witness. And you too will be witnesses , because you have been with me from the outset" (John 15, 26-27).

Only in the power of the Spirit of Pentecost can today 's apostles hav e the spiritual grace to become witnesses "from the outset ." It is in the hours of prayerfu l contemplation of Jesus and the apostles in the Gospel scenes, of being "with them," that this quality of witness matures in the life of the priest and bishop — and indeed in the life of every disciple.

This apostolic character of witness to the Christ we know "firs t-hand" is part of the inner dimension of the ministry of the bishop-apostle today. Thanks be to God for the gift of this annual 8-day retreat at the appropriately-named Cardinal Manning House of Prayer for Priests in Los Angeles and for the opportunity to experience the Holy Spirit at work in the one , hol y, catholic and apostolic Church.

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But the pope said that for the church , the jubilee followup is not a matter of inventing a new program.

"The program alread y exists: It is the plan found in the Gospel and in the living tradition . It is the same as ever.

Ultimatel y, it has its center in Christ himself ," the pope wrote.

The pope wanted the jubilee to go out on a festive note , so he approved a late addition to his schedule, a songfest with several thousand children Jan. 5. Choirs from five continents sang Christmas carols , and the children , most of them grade-schoolers, laid native gifts before a Nativity scene.

Many of the kids , including some with Down syndrome, lined up for a papal kiss and hug. The pope told them that he looked upon them all with "a heart full of hope."

"In your eyes and in your tender faces I seem to already glimpse the next jubilee ," he said. As he spoke, papal delegates were closing the hol y doors of the three other patriarchal basilicas in Rome.

The Vatican's chief liturgist, Bishop Piero Marini, said he considered it one of the pope 's greatest personal accomplishments that he successfull y guided the church into the new millennium.

"For Pope John Paul II, this was a primary goal. And happily, he has not only reached it, but has gone beyond," Bishop Marini said.

After the closing Mass, the pope stood and leaned with both hands on his silver staff , closing his eyes for several minutes in prayer as a hymn of thanksgiving was sung.

Then he took a long ride in an open jeep around nearly every section of the packed square and the adjacent area, giving cheering pilgrims one last jubilee treat and kissing five babies en route.

School of Pastoral Leadership For times, registration materials , costs, exact locations and additional information, call Joni Gallagher at (415) 242-9087 or spl@att.net. Preregistration is necessary for many programs.

Visit the Web site at www.splsf.org.

Jan. 16 - Feb. 20. Tues. 7:30 - 9:30 p.m.: The Sacraments: Doors to the Sacred with Father Dennis Smolarski of Santa Clara University at Junipero Serra High School, 451 W. 20th Ave., San Mateo.

Jan. 17 - Feb. 21 Wed. 7:30 - 9:30 p.m.: The History and Theology of the Mass with Father James L McKearney of St. Patrick's Seminary, Menlo Park. Series includes Reader workshop with Kathy Carey, RCIA director, Most Holy Redeemer Parish, SF, and Eucharistic Minister workshop with Doug Benbow, director of liturgy, St. Mary Cathedral, SF. Also, Eastern Spirituality of the Eucharist with Father David Anderson , pastor, Eastern Catholic Mission, Ukiah, Jan. 17 - April 4: Social Justice Ministry training with Msgr. Warren Holleran and Carmelite Father Andrew Slotnicki of St. Patrick's Seminary, and Father William Myers, parochial vicar, St. Vincent de Paul parish, San Francisco. Hear about and discuss justice in the bible, encyclicals, and bishops' documents and how it relates to tiomelessness, community organizing and forming parish leaders. All at Archbishop Riordan High School, 175 Phelan Ave., San Francisco.

Holy Hour each Fri. 1 - 2 p.m., National Shrine of St. Francis of Assisi, Vallejo at Columbus , SF.

Retreats/Days of Recollection VALLOMBROSA CENTER 250 Oak Grove Ave., Menlo Park. For fees, times and details about these and other offerings call (650) 325-5614. Presentation Sister Rosina Conrotto, Program Director.

Jan. 14: Parables 2001: Stories Jesus Told, a monthly revisiting of the scripture stories with well known retreat leaders, scholars and people of faith beginning with Msgr, Warren Holleran, professor, St. Patrick Seminary. What about these tales? Are they true? Did they really happen? What implications do Ihey have for the Christian in the 21 si century? Feb. 11: Holy Names Sister Molly Neville; March 11: Father Thomas Madden , Ph.D., Vallombrosa director; April 8: San Francisco Auxiliary Bishop John C. Weste r.

Jan. 21: Take and Eat: A mini-retreat for lectors and eucharistic ministers, an afternoon to reflect and be nourished for minist ry in the Church.

Facilitators: Sister Toni Longo, Father Thomas Madden.

Jan. 27: Christian Prayer, Christian Meditation: A Journey From Belief to Relationship with Carol Fowler.

— JESUIT RETREAT HOUSE/EL RETIR0 — 300 Manresa Way, Los Altos. For fees, times and details about these and other offerings call (650) 948-4491.

Jan. 12 -14: The Parables of Jesus: Mirror of God's Love, a silent retreat for women and men with Jesuit Fathers Bernie Bush , Joseph Fice , Jerry McCourt , William Rewak, Robert St. Clair Jan. 19-21: Finding God in All Things, a silent retreat for men with Jesuit Father Joseph Fice.

Silver Penny Farm offers retreat facilities near the wine country, 5215 Old Lakeville Rd., Petaluma, 94954. All quarters have bedroom and sitting room with fireplace. Call Father Ray Smith for a brochure at (707) 762-1498.

MERCY CENTER 2300 Adeline Dr., Burlingame. For fees, times and other offerings , call (650) 340-7474 Jan. 13: Spiritual Cost of Consciousness: A look at redemptive suffering, active choice-making and the real struggles of living consciously. Faciiitated by Don Bisson.

Jan. 14: Feeding the Male Soul: The Hunger for Friendship, a took at how modern men long for deep and meaningful friendships with men and women.

Facilitated by Don Bisson.

Jan. 25: Shared Scripture blends Taize prayer, daily personal prayer and study of Hebrew and Christian bible texts. This session is a 10-week study of Paul's captivity letters to Philippians, Colossians, Ephesians. Meets Thurs. mornings.

Facilitator is Sherron Sandrini.

3rd Sun: Salon, a monthly gathering of people in the second half of life to explore opportunities and challenges facing them using arts, literature and conversation. Facilitated by Sandi Peters.

Take Pray er 3rd Tues at 8:30 p.m., St. Dominic Church, 2390 Bush St., SF. Call Delia Molloy at (415) 563-4280 1st Thurs. at 5:30 p.m. at Old St. Mary's Cathedral, 660 Calfornia at Grant, SF. Call (415) 288-3809.

3rd Thurs. at 7:30 p.m. at Vallombrosa Center, 250 Oak Grove Ave,, Menlo Park with Sister Toni Longo.

1st Fri. at 8 p,m. at Mercy Center, 2300 Adeline Dr., Burlingame with Mercy Sister Suzanne Toolan.

Call (650) 340-7452; Church of the Nativity, 210 Oak Grove Ave., Menlo Park at 7:30 p.m. Call Deacon Dominic Peloso at (650) 324-1019.

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 Molloy at (415) 563-4280.

Young Adults Jan. 26: Called and Gifted Workshop at

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Wed.: Help children learn at St. Dominic Elementary School, Pine and Steiner St., SF. 7:15 8:15 a.m. in school library. Call Kathleen Reilly at (415) 387-5692.

Various dates: Read with youth ages 5 - 14 as part of the Tenderloin Reading Program , 5:30 6:30 p.m. at 570 Ellis St. between Hyde and Leavenworth, SF. Contact Marie Borges at (415) 401-0925 or marieborges@yahoo.com.

Social Justice/RespectLife Jan. 17: The St. Vincent de Paul Society, Outreach Committee and Social Justice Committee of St. Charles Parish, Belle and Tamarack St., San Carlos present Social Justice: The Catholic Church's Best Kept Secret with Mercy Sister Maureen Hally in Borromeo Hall at 7:30 p.m. Call Cathy Baird at (650) 607-2338.

Inquire about the annual Respect Life Essay Contest. Students in grades one through 12 are invited to enter. Winners will be recognized at a special Mass on May 13 at St. Monica Church, San Francisco with Bishop John C. Wester presiding.

Call (415) 565-3672.

Jan. 19: Annual Interfaith Sanctity of Human Life Prayer Service at Mission Dolores Basilica, 16th St. at Dolores St., SF at 7:30 p.m. Sponsored by the Interfaith Committee for Life. Date is during Week of Prayer for Christian Unity. Call (415) 5653672.

Jubilee 2000 USA, as part of a worldwide effort to relieve the crushing debt owed by struggling countries to stronger lands, announces a Bay Area speakers bureau. Knowledgeable speakers are available without charge to address parish groups and organizations on this Jubilee Year topic, Call William or Jean Lesher at (510) 524-6645 or welesher@aol.com.

3rd Sat.: Maryknoll Affiliates meet from 11 a.m.

- 1 p.m. at the Maryknoll House, 2555 Webster (between Pacific and B'way), SF to share faith and plan an action agenda. This is a group comparable to some religious communities' Third Orders made up of lay women and men interested in assisting the Maryknoll mission. Call Marie Wren at (415) 386-6600.

Vocations Jan. 19 - 21: Have you ever thought about the priesthood? Single, Catholic men, aged 21 - 50, who are interested in exploring the priestly vocation are invited to a weekend retreat at St. Patrick Seminary, 320 Middlefield Rd., Menlo Park.

Candidates must be sponsore d by a priest and have a degree from a four-year college or expect to complete one by June 2002. If you are interested in attending, call Sulpician Father James Oberle at (650) 325-5621.

Jan. 19-21: Presentation Sisters on the Move, a vocation retreat at Presentation Center, 19480 Bear Creek Rd., Los Gatos. Single women ages 19-45 are invited to learn more about religious life at this three-day gathering beginning with dinner on Fri. at 6 p.m. and ending Sun. at 1 p.m.

Contact Presentation Sister Monica Miller at mmiller@pbvmsf.org or (415) 751-0406.

Prayer/Devotions

2nd Fri.: Holy Hour for Priests at St. Finn Barr Church, 10:30 a.m. Includes talk by priest from Opus Dei with silent prayer and Reconciliation if desired. Followed by simple lunch in recto ry. Call (415) 333-3627.

Take a Pilgrimage to the Holy Land without leaving the Archdiocese by visiting an ongoing exposition at St. John of God Parish , 5th Ave. and Irving, SF. Open M-F 1:30-5 p.m. and until 1 p.m. on Sundays. Their Web site address is www.sjog.org.

Mass for people living with AIDS at St. Boniface Church, 133 Golden Gate Ave., SF at 5:30 p.m. Takes place on last Sun. of month. Call (415) 863-7515.

Blessed Sacrament Exposition Church of the Nativity, 210 Oak Grove Ave., Menlo Park, 24 hours everyday, (650) 322-3013.

St. Sebastian Church, corner of Bon Air Rd. and Sir Francis Drake Blvd., Greenbrae, M - F 7:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. in Adoration Chapel, (415) 4610704. St. Agnes Church, 1025 Masonic (near Page) SF, Fri., 9 a.m. to 10 a.m., (415) 487-8560.

Our Lady of Angels Churc h, 1721 Hillside Dr., Burlingame, M- F after 8 a.m. Mass until 7 p.m.

St. Isabella Church, One Trinity Way, San Rafael, Fri., 9:30 a.m. - 5 p.m. Our Lady of Loretto Church, 1806 Novato Blvd., Novato, Fri. 9:30 a.m.

- 6 p.m., 1st Fri. 9:30 a.m. to 9 a.m. Sat. St. Bruno Church, 555 W. San Bruno Ave., San Bruno, 24 hours everyday. Call (650) 588-0572. Our Lady of Guadalupe Chapel. St. Francis of Assisi Shrine, 610 Vallejo St. at Columbus, SF, Fri. following 12:15 p.m. Mass until 4:15 p.m. 2nd Sat. at St. Matthew Church, One Notre Dame Way, San Mateo with Nocturnal Adoration Society of San Mateo County. Call Lynn King at (650) 349-0498 or Jim McGill at (650) 574-3918 for times. Corpus Christi Monastery, 215 Oak Grove Ave., Menlo

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Mass until just before next day's 8 a.m. Mass.; St. Dominic Church , Bush and Steiner St., 8:30-9:30 a.m. and 6-7 p.m. each Mon. and Wed. (415) 5677824. Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Church, 3 Oakdale Ave., Mill Valley, Mon., 8:15 a.m. through Wed . at 7:30 a.m.; St. John of God Church, 1290 5th Ave. at Irving, SF. Mondays after 12:10 p.m.

Mass, (415) 566-5610; St. Kevin Church, 704 Cortland Ave., SF, 1st Fri. following 9 a.m. Mass until 5:15 p.m. Benediction. Call (415) 648-5751 .

St. Finn Barr Church, 415 Edna St., SF, M-F 8:45 a.m.-6 p.m.; Thurs . until 9 p.m.; 1st Fri. until 7:30 p.m. Mass. Call (415) 333-3627; St. Hilary Churc h, 761 Hilary Dr. , Tiburon , M - F 7:45 a.m.

- 9 p.m.; Sat . 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. Call (415) 435-1122; St. Mary's Cathedral, Gough and Geary St., SF, 1st Fri. after 8 a.m. Mass until Sat. at 8 p.m.; Holy Name of Jesus Churc h, 39th Ave. and Lawton St., SF, Wed. 9:30 a.m. - 7:30 p.m.

Family Life Retrouvaille, a program tor 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) 5683018.

The Adoption Network of Catholic Charities offe rs free information meetings on the 2nd Tues. of every month at 36 37th Ave., San Mateo at 7 p.m. for singles or couples who want to learn about children waiting for adoptive families. Call (415) 406-2387.

Single, Divorced, Separated Catholic Adult Singles Assoc , of Marin meets for support and activities. Call Bob at (415) 8970639.

Are you or someone you know separated, divorced, widowed? For information about additional ministries available to divorced and separated persons in the Archdiocese , call (415) 2735521.

New Wings at St. Thomas More Churc h meets on 3rd Thursdays. Call Claudia Devaux at (415) 3349088 or e-mail stmchurch@hotmail.com. Call Ron Landucci at (650) 583-6016 about upcoming social activities.

Consolation Ministry Our Lady of Angels , 1721 Hillside Dr., Burlingame, 1st Mon. 7:30 - 9 p.m.; 1st Thurs., 9:30 - 11 a.m. Call Sarah DiMare at (650) 6977582; Our Lady of Mt. Carmel , James St. between Fulton and Grand, Redwood City, Thurs.

6 - 7:30 p.m. Call (650) 366-3802; St. Andrew, 1571 Southgate Ave., Daly City, 3rd Mon. 7:30-9 p.m. Call Eleanor and Nick Fesunoff at (650) 8789743; Good Shepherd , 901 Oceana Blvd., Pacifica. Call Sister Carol Fleitz at (650) 3552593; St. Hilary, 761 Hilary Dr., Tiburon, 1st and 3rd Wed., 3-4:30 p.m. Call Sister Colette at (415) 435-7659; St. Gabriel, 2559 40th Ave., SF, 1st and 3rd Tues., 7 - 9 p.m. Call Barbara Elordi at (415) 564-7882; St. Mary Cathedral , Gough and Geary St., SF, 2nd and 4th Wed., 2:30 - 4 p.m.

Call Sister Esther at (415) 567-2020 , ext. 218; St. Finn Barr, 415 Edna St., SF in English and Spanish, one Sat. per month. Call Carmen Solis at (415) 584-0823; St. Cecilia, 2555 17th Ave., SF, 2nd and 4th Tues., 2 - 4 p.m. Call (415) 664-8481 .

Ministry for parents who have lost a child is available from Our Lady of Angels Parish, Burlingame. Call ina Potter at (650) 347-6971 or Barbara Arena at (650) 344-3579.

Our Lady of Loretto, 1806 Novato Blvd., Novato, structured 8-week group meeting evenings or late afternoon. Call Sister Jeanette at (415) 897-2171; St. Isabella, One Trinity Way, San Rafael, structured 6-week group meeting evenings. Call Pat Sack at (415) 472-5732

Mon - Fri. at 7 p.m.: Catholic Hour featuring recitation of the Rosary and motivating talks and music with host Chris Lyford. Tune your radio to 1400 AM. Now produced by the Communications Office of the Archdiocese of San Francisco.

Jan. 26: Grace , Poetry and Redemption: A talk

by Father Albert Huerta, professor and poet, with excerpts from Father Huerta's new book of poems in English and Spanish, in the chapel of St. Dominic Church , 2390 Bush St. at Steiner, SF at 7:30 p.m. Call (415) 567-7824.

Feb. 3: Annual Religious Education Institute , 9 a.m. - 5 p.m., at St. Ignatius-College Preparatory, 2001 37th Ave at Sunset, SF. An especially rewarding day for Religious Education directors and teachers , youth ministers , RCIA directors/team members , and any adult seeking additional faith formation. Opportunities include a look inside the Byzantine Catholic Church, a lesson on how parents can help prepare their children for the sacraments , embodying pacifism in everyday life. Sponsored by Office of Religious Education/Youth Ministry in conjunction with the

Department ol Catholic Schools and the Offices of Ethnic Ministries, Evangelization/ RENEW , and Worship. $18 through Jan. 16, $20 after. Group rate $16. Box lunch available for $5.50. Call (415) 565-3650.

Join Joe Stinson for "Good Grief " airing Sundays at 9 a.m. on Catholic Family Radio, KDIA 1640 AM. Call (650) 866-3525.

Catholic Healthcare West offers free classes and instruction on all areas of health at their San Francisco and Daly City facilities. Visit their web site at www.chwbay.org for details.

Tours and seminars on the art and the church of St. Anne of the Sunset. Call Rosemary French at (415) 681-9441 or Victoria Giambruno at (415) 731-7856.

Food & Fun Feb. 2 and most 1st Fri.: Join the Marin Catholic Breakfast Club for prayer, dialogue and a meal beginning with 7 a.m. Mass at St. Sebastian Church , Sir Francis Drake Blvd. and Bon Air Rd., Greenbrae. Members $5/non-members $8.On Feb. 2, hear Msgr. Harry Schlitt, vicar for administration of the Archdiocese of San Francisco and well known radio/TV personality. Call (415) 4610704.

3rd Fri.: Open house and pot luck dinner and bingo at Catholic Kolping Society, 440 Taraval St., SF. No-host bar 6 p.m.; dinner 7 p.m.; bingo 8 p.m.

Call Bill Taylor at (415) 731-1177.

Knights of Columbus of the Archdiocese meet regularly and invite new membership. For information about Council 615, call Tony Blaiotta at (415) 661-0726; Dante Council, call Vito Corcia at (415) 564-4449; Mission Council, call Paul Jobe at (415) 333-6197; Golden Gate Council, call Mike Stilman at (415) 752-3641.

3rd Sat.: Handicapables gather for Mass and lunch at St. Mary Cathedral, Gough and Geary St., SF, at noon. Volunteer drivers always needed.

Call (415) 584-5823.

Reunions If you are a member of Class of 1950, St. James Boys Grammar School , 22nd and Fair Oaks, SF, and interested in a reunion, please contact , Mike Miller, at (650) 344-1074 or okmiller@pacbell.net.

Did you attend SF's St. Paul of the Shipwreck Elementary School? We need to hear from you.

Please call the school at (415) 467-1798 between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. Mon. - Fri. or e-mail Shipoff @ stpaulshipwreck.com with your name, address, phone numbers and year graduated. A special event is planned for spring 2001.

Centennial of St. Anne's Home, SF. Looking for old photos or written recollections of the Little Sisters of the Poor, St. Anne's Home or residents of the home. Contact John McGuckin at (415) 7652945.

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Jan 12, 14: Dominican University of California Players present a Chekhov Festival of One Acts , Fri. at 8 p.m., Sun. at 2 p.m., at Goat Hall 400 Missouri St. at 19th St., SF. Tickets $12/$10. Call (650) 355-2597.

Jan. 21: New Millennium Concert/Ceiii at the United Irish Cultural Center, 45th and Sloat Blvd., SF 4 p.m. - midnight. All who enjoy Irish music and dance will enjoy this celebration of the 50th anniversary of Ireland's premiere cultural movement. It includes singing, dancing, storytelling.

Tickets $10 at the door. Call Patrick McManus at (415) 242-1646 or www.ccewest.org/events.htm Sundays In Jan.: Concerts at St. Mary Cathedral featuring various artists at 3:30 p.m. followed by sung Vespers at 4 p.m. Gough and Geary Blvd., SF. Call (415) 567-2020 ext. 213.

Jan. 7: Hear Epiphany Lessons and Carols by the Cathedral Boys and Girls Choir and Golden Gate Boys Choir and Bellringers.

Sundays In Jan.: Concerts at National Shrine of St. Francis of Assisi featuring various artists at 4 p.m. following sung vespers at 3 p.m., Columbus and Vallejo, SF. Call (415) 983-0405.

Volunteer Opportunities SF's Laguna Honda Hospital is in need of extraordinary ministers including Eucharistic ministers and readers as well as volunteers to visit with residents and help in the office and with events. Call Sister Miriam Walsh at (415) 6641580, ext . 2422.

Raphael House , a homeless shelter for families in San Francisco's Tenderloin District , is in need of volunteers to help with various tasks. Hours are 5:45 p.m. - 9 p.m. Call Carol at (415) 345-7265.

California Handicapables, which provides a monthly Mass and luncheon to handicapped persons, needs volunteers including drivers, servers, donors, and recruiters of those who might benefit from the experience. Call Jane Cunningham at (415) 585-9085.

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U.S. honor for pope Bipartisan delegation presents pope with Congressional Gold Medal

By Cindy Wooden VATICAN CITY (CNS) — More than a dozen members of the U.S. Congress traveled to the Vatican Jan. 8 to present Pope John Paul II with the Congressional Gold Medal in honor of his efforts to defend human dignity and promote peace.

In the Clementine Hall , under frescoed figures representing the virtues of reli gion, justice , charity and mercy, the bipartisan delegation gave the pope a standing ovation as well as the heavy gold medal and a framed copy of the bill.

Sen. Sam D. Brownback , R-Kan., told the pope , "In a world that has become darkened in many places by a culture of death, you stand in contradiction , fearlessl y proclaiming a culture of life."

The senator said the pope gave people hope and tirelessly proclaimed a message of peace th at the world urgently needs to hear.

House Speaker J. Dennis Hastert, R-IU., told the pope the ceremony was an expression of "our gratitude to you on behalf of our nation."

The speaker told the pope he was being honored for "preaching the message of love and truth" and for being "a pillar of morality and a voice for the oppressed."

"May your influence be as strong in the 21st century as it was in the 20th century," Hastert said.

Pope John Paul told the group of 50 members of Congress, their spouses and staff members, "I am honored , honored by the gracious gesture which brought you here.

"It is not for the successor of the Apostle Peter to seek honors, but I gladly accept the Congressional Gold Medal as a recognition that in my ministry there has echoed a word that can touch every human heart," the pope said.

Proclaiming the word of God, he said, means proclaiming the dignity of the

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human person created in God's image and defending human life.

"To see the truth of Christ is to experience with deep amazement the worth and dignity of every human being, which is the Good News of the Gospel and the heart of Christianity," he said.

The pope said he accepted the medal as a sign th at the legislators "recognize the importance of defending human dignity without compromise so that your nation may not fail to live up to its high responsibilities in a world where human rights are so often disregarded."

For Father Daniel P. Coughlin , the audience marked the end of an amazing year.

First, he became the first Catholic appointed chaplain of the House of Representatives , then both houses of Congress passed bills honoring the pope.

"Life is a continuous surprise ," Father Coughlin said after the papal audience.

The medal is a sign that "the Holy Father through the years has been so respected ," he said. "People respect strength , and the pope is strong and so persistent.

"We Americans have such great ideals of human dignity and human life; now we have to live up to those ideals," the chaplain said.

Sen. Barbara Mikulski , D-Md „ coleader of the Senate delegation , told reporters afterward , "This was a fantastic moment for the U.S. Senate."

The pope, she said, "has really stood up for freedom , human rights and the dignity of people."

The delegation included not onl y Democrats and Republicans, but people of different faiths. Some knelt before the pope and kissed his ring, while others shook his hand.

The pope gave each member of the delegation a medal in return — a bronze medal marking the 23rd year of his pontificate.

A three-judge California Court of Appeal panel has ruled that San Francisco priest Father John Conley can have a judicial review of his claim of defamation and olher claims against the Archbishop of San Francisco.

Lawyers for the Archdiocese had argued that the U.S. Constitution prohibits state interference in the internal affairs of a church and thus precludes a judicial review of the priest 's claims.

The appeals court rejected that argument and overturned a San Francisco Superior Court ruling that said allowing the lawsuit to proceed would violate the church's freedom of reli gion. The appellate ruling makes a court trial of the case likely unless the Archdiocese decides to appeal to the California Supreme Court .

In the unusual case of a priest suing his archbishop, Father Conley claims he was punished for reporting an incident of suspected child abuse after he witnessed a priest wrestling with a minor in November

1997. He was placed on administrative leave by the Archdiocese in early 1998.

Jack Hammel, Archdiocesan General Counsel, contests the priest 's claim. "When Father Conley brought the wrestling report to the attention of officials at the Archdiocese, we immediately instructed him to telephone the civil authorities, and he did so from the Chancery offices " said Hammel.

Hammel added , "Father Conley subsequentl y was disciplined for reasons unrelated to his reporting of the wrestling incident," The Archdiocese has said in the past that Father Conley was placed on administrative leave because of an apparent anger control problem , which had led to acrimonious exchanges with parishioners, the auxiliary Bishop and vicar for clergy and the Arch bishop.

While on administrative leave, Father Conley resided at the Archdiocesan retreat center before taking up his current residence at St. Philip the Apostle Parish in San Francisco.

Pope Alexander IV brought together numerous groups living the Rule of St. Augustine of Hippo to create the mendicant order of Augustinians in 1256 A.D. Augustinian Father Tom Whelan describes a mendicant order as one that "mixes contemp lation with action ". "We

take some of the elements of monastic life and adapt it to people living in cities and ministering outside the monastic community."

Augustinians in the Bay Area staff Our Lady of Grace parish in Castro Valley and assist at St. John of God parish in San

Francisco. They also celebrate Mass for the Carmelites of Cristo Rey monastery and students of the St. I gnatius Institute of the University of San Francisco.

An ad featuring times and places for each of the open houses will appear in next week's Catholic San Francisco.

The Black and Indian Missions and the Catholic Home Missions of the United States will benefit from a second collection to be taken up in the Archdiocese of San Francisco Saturday, Jan. 13, and Sunday, Jan. 14.

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Eric Belmondo, who graduated from the New York Actors Studio, is the strong suit in this droll collection of Chekhovian classics. He appears in three of the four sketches;, each time he returns to the Klieg lights, his stage talents become more apparent.

"In Smoking Is Bad For You," Belmondo Eric Belmondo and Laura is the hen-pecked husband , Ivan Nyukhin , whose intent to give an unscientific lecture on the perils of smoking is only interrupted by his own reflections on his life and his wife whom he loathes. Belmondo is able to create humor with just an eye movement, a pause or a weak, fractured smile.

In "The Jubilee,' he is the incarnation of the crabbed, numbers crunching, slovenly dressed Russian bureaucratic who is a mainstay in the plays of Chekhov and Gogol. "The Bear" is Belmondo 's final appearance in the festival: Cast as Gregory Smirnov, the irascible,

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"Natalia: The Proposal." derived from Chekhov 's "The Proposal," has even been turned into an operetta b y Robert Weiss. The mellifluous operatic voice of Letitia Page, in the title role of Natalia, is no match for her suitor Mihail Lomov played by Ric Schneider.

While Ms. Page is running the scales of tone and timbre , Mr. Schneider is grateful to achieve a cautious technical correctness in a heavily pared script.

The potpourri of talent gathered under the aegis of artisti c director Annette Lust serves as a fitting metaphor for the heterogeneous Lynn Cooper in "The Bear. " collection of provincial characters found in 19th century Russian life and the literature that chronicles it. Varying degrees of rusticity blended with various degrees of rura l neurosis are the comic raw materials on which Chekhov and Gogol based their dramatis personae .

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During Unity Week, the key is p rayer should be so during the Week of Prayer this year, Thursday, January 18, throug h Thursday, January 25 .

2. Your parish has received the Prayer Card as well as "Dail y Scripture and Prayer Guide " to help parishioners with dail y themes for prayer and reflective reading.

3. Your parish also received an outline for "An Ecumenical Celebration of the Word" which can be used for an ecumenical service in your church or in one of the other local Christian churches.

Over the years, many of our parishes have had successful ecumenical celebrations which peop le and clergy appreciate .

Archbishop Levada supports our efforts, and he has written to pastors encourag ing them to participate.

The theme for this year is taken from the Gospel of John, chapter 14:1-6, It is a wonderful consoling piece taken from the final conversation of Jesus after the Last Supper and it includes his declaration: "I am the Way, the Truth and the Life." (v.6) The prayer of this year reads: O God, holy and eternal Trinity, we pray for your church in the world.

Sanctif y its life; renew its worship; empower its witness; heal its divisions; make visible its unity.

Lead us, with all our brothers and sisters, towards communion in faith , life and witness so that , united in one body by one Spirit, we may together witness to the perfect unity of your love.

By Father Gerard O'Rourke Each year from January 18 through January 25 we celebrate the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity throughout the Christian world. Each year there is a special theme selected from the New Testament and each year the ecumenical council of each country chooses the theme, reading and prayers . This year the country is Romania , which is mostl y an Orthodox country. You may recall that the Orthodox Patriarch of Romania and the people of Romania welcomed Pope John Paul II last year. This was a breakthrough in Orthodox-Catholic relationshi ps.

Last year, our Jubilee Year, at the beginning of the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, Pope John Paul II prayed for Christian unity with leaders of 20 Orthodox , Anglican and Protestant Churches at the Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls in Rome.

Christian unity has always been a focal point of Pope John Paul's ministry. This year he has very important and delicate plans to forward the work of healing and reconciliation between our Church and the Orthodox Churches by a planned visit to Ukraine. This will test his great ecumenical and di plomatic skills.

So what can we do this Week of Prayer for Christian Unity ? The pope over and over again tells us that (1) the most indispensable thing to do is pray: to pray for Christian unity. Prayer for Christian unity in our personal and family experience must become a feature of our daily and ongoing spirituality. Especially this

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The 14th annual Interfaith Memorial Service for the Victims of Abortion will be held at 7:30 p.m. Friday, January 19, in the Mission Dolores Basilica, 16th and Dolores Streets, San Francisco.

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