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"The Faithful Fools , " live and work among the "g lorious absurdities " in the Tenderloin . . . . walking arm-and-arm with an elderly woman , sitting on a curb with a drugged out kid , watching piled hig h shopping cart so the owner can wait in line for food , holding a baby to g ive a stressed-out young moth er a break.

"The Fools, " as they call themselves , go a step farther, g iving retreats on the streets, reaching out to their nei g hbors , shattering myths about the homeless and g iving retreatants a new vision of our common humanity.

Elsa: 68 years old and living on the streetsof the Tenderloin,

Story and Pictures by Evelyn Zappia: Pages 10, 11

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JKL he Archdiocese of San Francisco this week joine d Catholic agencies and the international community in efforts to relieve the suffering of the victims of the earthquake that devastated parts of El Salvador on Jan. 13.

In Rome, Pope John Paul II offered prayers for victims, and the Catholic charity Caritas pledged to help relief efforts.

In San Francisco, Archbishop William J. Levada expressed his sorrow to the victims and asked pastors to take up a special collection "to assist the local church communities in El Salvador in their outreach to those most in need.

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that she was in the market to serve. Today, she 's the group 's Human Resources Manager. Andrea is a lifelong member of St. Cecilia Parish and the niece of Notre Dame Sister Frances Charlton, former principal of Notre Dame Hi gh School, Belmont, who is now living in Alameda , and the late Jesuit Father Daniel Charlton , who taught at his community 's St. Ignatius Preparatory, University of San Francisco and Santa Clara University.

San Francisco 's St. Finn Barr Parish celebrates its 75th anniversary in 2001 as does Our Lady of Angels, Burlingame. It 's a 60th birthday for St. Gregory, San Mateo, St. Dunstan , Millbrae and St. Gabriel , San Francisco, and 50 years for St. Sebastian , Greenbrae, Good Shepherd , Pacifica , St. Veronica, South San Francisco, St. Francis of Assisi, East Palo Alto , St. Anthony, Menlo Park, St. Hilary, Tiburon and St. Pius, Redwood City . It was 150 years ago that St. Patrick , San Francisco was founded , and the Marina District' s St. Vincent de Paul is 100 years old this year... .St. Gregory pastor , Msgr. Robert McEIroy , recentl y presented Christian Family Program badges to Cub Scouts from the parish' s Pack 152. Receiving the commendations were Brian Hutchinson , Tyler Mullin , Austin Parker, Kyle Costanzo, Keith Fernandez, Freddie Menzel , Michael Mullin , Joseph Petrick , Timothy Quiery, Joseph Bertoldi , Devin Crocker, Justin Wallace , Robert Boscacci , John Cianciolo , Dominic Ledda , James O'Shaughnessy, Jonathan Robinson, Brian Stephens.

Cubmaster is Greg Costanzo. Thanks to Den Leader Father Maria O'Shaug hnessy for lettin ' us "know

Congrats to Irma and Horace Smith of St. Paul of the Shipwreck Parish , San Francisco who recentl y celebrated 60 years of marriage . "May God continue to bless you," the parish told the coup le in a fall bulletin... .St. Charles Parish, San Carlos said "Congratulations are certainl y in order" for Eleanor and Ernest Heinen who celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary in November. The parish called the dail y communicants "an insp iration to all. ".. .Happy 40th anniversary to Jan and Jack McCloskey of Holy Angels Parish, Colma and happy 25th to Holy Namers Judith and Fred Graffelman. Hol y Name welcomes Canossian Sister Helen Butt who succeeds Canossian Sister Eugenia Choi as coordinator of Chinese Ministry there. ...Hats off to Novato's Catholic Daughters of the Americas, Court of Our Lady of the Miracles on its 45th anniversary.

Ori ginal members are Eva Fay, Elizabeth Gnoss, Alice Keena, Roberta Keller, Eleanora Lafranchi , and Margaret McNern. Regent is Norma Harris....

Paulist Father Bob Pinkston , pastor, Old St. Mary 's Cathedral , took October 's blessing of the animals to heart when he brought Bobby the Cockatiel to Mass to benefi t from the rite .

Father Pinkston said his pet of six months was a little noisy for the main church so he was assigned to the sacristy until his time to be prayed over came....Sausalito 's St. Mary Star of the Sea sends kudos to parish volunteers Lucille McQuaid , Ursala Deuster, Maryann Rickard , and Judy Haslam for the bookkeep ing assistance they have given at the Marin parish.... Father Dan Adams, pastor, called the annual golt tournament at St. Upper grade students of All Souls Elementary School in South San Francisco Benedict a "hole in one" with its gathered basics and more this past Christmas for more than 100 people $4,500 dividend for the Pacific and families in need. Pictured here with their Let's Make a Difference Heights parish. Special thanks to motto are front from left: Nate LaJoie, Javier Valencia. Back from left: all who had a part especially AmirThagavis , Nolan Bouc , Rebecca Bouc , Marie Colon , Melody coordinators Vic, Jane and Ed Pagan , Ashley Soriano. Middle school teachers are Gina Sciandri and Lampe....Msgr.

Michael Diane Toomey, 6th grade; Darlene Schwarz, 7th grade; Jody Bergmans , Harriman , pastor, St. Cecilia 8th grade. Principal is Eileen Gorman. Pastor is Father Bill Justice.

Parish said thanks to Terry Howard and all who helped make last year 's parish picnic James Garcia, pastor, St. Anthony Parish , Menlo Park , "such a great success." The Parkside District parish also said thanks to all who hel ped get the first Latino Alliance welcomed parishioner Jack Paul as recreation program Festival off the ground this past summer. "May God bless director at its new Durocher Pavilion....St. Anne of the each one," his bulletin note said....St. Hilary delivere d Sunset Parish leads a hats off to its own Danielle Castro Christmas dinner to 175 families in need. Pitchm ' in on the who spent four weeks this summer in China in a program work of mercy were Girl Scout Troop #77 , the parish eleaimed at increasing understanding of the Eng lish language mentary school , and many others according to parishioner and American culture there....Hats off to Redwood City 's Nene Abrantes. Pastor is Father James Tarantino. Food St. Matthias Parish and its vocations committee mem- drive coordinator was Joan Lynch....

In a parish bulletin exhortation , Msgr. Charles bered by Ceci Bond, Hal Rhineberger, Regina and Jack Grandsaert.... A raise of the rafters for Bernal Hei ghts ' Durkin , pastor, Star of the Sea, San Francisco, reminds St. Kevin Parish and its newly renovated parish hall where about the importance of time. "The clock is running," he parties have been great fun and Bingo continues to be said. "To realize the value of one minute , ask the person who just missed a train....one second , ask the person who called every Wednesday... .

Andrea Feeney's currentprofessional commitment is the just avoided an accident."...

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By Kamille Maher "What we are exploring is a mystery : How does God enter this world through his sons and his daug hters'?" Sherry Weddell says.

Weddell, and Dominican Father Michael Sweeney brought their message of a strong lay apostolate to San Francisco in September and they plan to reemphasize it when they lead another "Called and Gifted" workshop for young adults of the Archdiocese Jan . 26 and 27 at University of San Francisco.

Father Sweeney is director and Weddell is assistant director of Seattle 's Catherine of Siena Institute , a program that helps lay Catholics determine which "charisms" the Holy Spirit has given them.

"Charism " is the word used in the New Testament for "gratuitous gift." Charisms enable Christians to be "powerful channels of God's love ," according to the Siena Institute materials.

Charisms are given by the Hol y Spirit. These supernaturall y-empowered g ifts enable Christians to bear results for the Kingdom of God beyond normal human abilities.

While some charisms may seem "extraordinary "(such as prophecy, healing, or discern ment of spirits) and others "ordinary" (such as administration, service, hospitality, or mercy), all charisms are "supernaturally empowered," Weddell explained during the workshop.

The seven "gifts of the Holy Sp irit" found in Isaiah 11, and the "fruits of the Holy Spirit" listed in Galatians 5, differ from charisms, she said.

The gifts of the Holy Spirit are given for people to keep, while charisms are meant to be given away." The traditional "seven gifts of the Holy Spirit" and the "fruits " of the Spirit are part of inner transformation as Christians and provide inner "Christ-likeness," according to the Catechism of the Catholic Church,.

Charisms, on the other hand, are always focused outward. "They are especially empowered ways by which God's love and goodness reach our neighbor through us," Weddell said.

Weddells and Father Sweeney 's program covers 24 of the most common charisms while they say the number of existing charisms is unknown.

After interviewing hundreds of Catholics, Father Sweeney and Weddell discovered many lay Catholics are having "remarkable experiences of God, which they don 't understand , can 't put into perspective, and don 't feel that they can talk about with anyone else."

Gifts discernment is particu larly useful for people in transition , such as young adults discerning career direction or vocation, retired individuals, adults who are returning.

"Some of our most gifted people are sitting, unrecognized , in the back of the church," states an answer to a question posted on the Web site.

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Hundreds j oin to help 9-year-old leukemia patient

By Jack Smith Hundreds of people throug hout the Bay Are a have joined in an effort to hel p Enrico Console, a nine-yearold St. Isabella parishioner who suffers from leukemia.

Enrico was diag nosed with the disease in 1996. He went throug h a course of chemotherapy but has since relapsed.

Enrico 's hope for a cure now lies with finding a suitable bone marrow donor.

Finding a donor is a particularl y difficult task for Enrico who is Eurasian.

Nearl y 4 million Peo P le have re 8ls Enrico Console tered their bone marrow type worldwide , but there remains a serious shortage of suitable donors from the Asian community.

Caucasians in need of a bone marrow transp lant hav e a 75 percent chance of finding a match in the donor database while minorities have only a 40 percent chance.

Most Caucasian marrow types have been discovered and are represented in the database , according to Carol Gillesp ie of the Asian American Donor Program. New Asian marrow types are being discovered nearl y every day, she said. In the past 14 years only 316 of the 10,500 bone marrow transp lants performed in this country have been for Asian Americans.

Enrico , who is of Italian and Chinese descent , has found two donors from Ital y and Germany who match 5 out of the 6 critical tissue characteristics which he carries. Finding a perfect match greatl y improves chances for a successful transp lant and reduces serious and life thre atening complications from tissue rejection.

Old St. Mary 's and St. Peter and Paul' s parishes in San Francisco are holding events to register new potential Asian and Eurasian donors over the next few days.

Organizers hope that the events will not onl y result in a donor for Enrico but will increase the chances of other

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Asian and Eurasian leukemia patients to find donors.

The usual cost of reg istering one 's marrow type is $85, however, giants have been made available for Asians and other minorities to register their type free of charge.

Old St. Mary 's will hold a benefi t concert to raise awareness on January 26, at 7:30 p.m. and Sts. Peter and Paul' s will host a bone marrow drive on January 27th from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. at 620 Filbert Street , San Francisco.

Donations to hel p cover the $30,000 cost of the bone marrow drive can be sent to the Enrico Console Trust at the Bank of Marin , P.O. Box 2039, Novato , CA 94948.

Students at St. Isabella 's school in Terra Linda have alread y raised $3,600 by offering $5.00 or more each for the ri ght to have a free dress day.

Enrico 's father, Tony, a hairsty list who came to the Bay Area from Italy when he was 20 years old , is very thankful for all the support he and his famil y have received from the community. The difficulties suffered by the Console famil y were compounded when Enrico 's mother, Debry, was diagnosed with breast cancer two weeks before Enrico 's relapse.

"All of this happening at once has left me with a huge scar," said Console. "I'm doing everything I can to let as many peop le know so Enrico can hav e even a sli ghtl y bette r chance. This story should be in every person 's heart."

Console believes that the hel p which many others in need of bone marrow transp lants will receive from this campai gn provides additional meaning to his efforts and his famil y 's suffering.

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CCHD unveils campaign to raise awareness of U.S. poverty

WASHINGTON — The Catholic Campai gn for Human Development has launched a multimedia campaign to raise awareness of what a radio ad calls the "more than 32 million living, dreaming, anxious , hop ing, desperate people " who live in poverty in the United States.

The campai gn includes TV and radio public-service ads in English and Spanish , print ads for Catholic and secular publications and a Web site at www.povertyusa.org, The ads note that one in 11 families and one in six children currentl y live below ' the U.S. Census Bureau ' s poverty threshold of $17 ,184 for a family of four.

CCHD officials said a nationwide survey found that poverty ranks low in the nation 's consciousness , with only 3 percent naming it among general issues of concern to society. But when asked specifically if poverty is a concern , 87 percent said they were very concerned or somewhat concerned.

"Low unemp loyment rates and the creation of new wealth have consp ired to make many Americans believe that poverty and homelessness in the U.S. have disappeared ," Father Robert J. Vitillo , CCHD executive director said. "In fact , the strong economy has simply pushed poverty into the background , which enables otherwise caring peop le to forget about the poor and ignore the evidence of poverty that they see in their communities. "

Pope Jubilee eff orts to aid p oor reduce debt must continue

VATICAN CITY— Jubilee efforts to promote justice and reduce the foreign debt of poor countries must continue as a part of Catholics ' normal practice of their faith , Pope John Paul II said.

"We must commit ourselves to freeing the oppressed and making justice reign ," the pope said Jan. 10 at his weekl y general audience. "If this commitment is lacking, our worship of God is not pleasing to him." Catholics must work to ensure that "the jubilee just ended will continue to produce abundant fruits of justice , freedom and love ," he said.

One of the clearest signs that the jubilee had ended four days earlier was an almost empty St. Peter 's Square , where in previous weeks 30,000 people and more had gathered for the audience. The Jan. 10 audience was held in the Paul VI Audience Hall with just over 3,000 peop le in attendance, giving an almost familial atmosphere to the gathering.

Pope John Paul's talk focused on the Old Testament, jubilee practices of returning land to its original owners and giving slaves their freedom. "In the modern historic circumstances , the return of lost lands could express itself , as I hav e proposed many times, in the total forgiveness or, at least, the reduction of the international debt of poor countries ," the pope said.

Kenyan archbishop condemns genital mutilation of women

MOMBASA , Kenya — Archbishop John Njenga of Mombasa, has condemned female genital mutilation as "ungodl y and barbaric " and called for the prosecution of parents who force their daughters to undergo the procedure , a custom in some parts of Africa.

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The prelate said the problems of HIV/AIDS and female genital mutilation were chiefl y due to "primitive and dangerous " cultural beliefs. He said childre n should report parents who force them to undergo genital mutilation, he said , adding that the Catholic Churc h would do everything to help them.

Some 100 million women have undergone the rite in Africa and about 2 million still go through it every year.

Congolese government releases bishop after two weeks in prison

VATICAN CITY — Auxiliary Bishop Cyprien Mbuka of Boma , 57, who was jailed Dec. 28 for harboring "subversive intentions " toward the government , was released Jan. 10 following strong condemnations from the country 's bishops and the press.

The day before the bishop 's release , Cardinal Frederic Etsou-Nzabi-Bamungwabi of Kinshasa strongly condemned the jailing as well as a broader government "campai gn of arbitrary arrests of bishops ," Fides the Vatican 's missionary news service , said. In the past two years, Congolese authorities have jailed three bishops and three priests. All were released.

Cardinal Etsou-Nzabi-Bamungwabi said political and military authorities appeared determined "to dishonor the pastors and to discredit the Catholic Church" and warned that it might turn public sentiment against the govern ment.

Fides also credited the local Congolese press with hel ping to bring about Bishop Mbuka 's release, saying their persistent coverage of the detention "placed the central government in a delicate situation. "

Bishop s ask Indonesia to help Timorese refugees return home

DILI, East Timor — Bishops in East Timor arid the Indonesian province of West Timor issued a seven-point statement on reconciliation and the precarious situation of East Timorese refugees.

The Timorese church leaders appealed for Indonesia 's government "to provide security in the refugee camps (and) to facilitate the repatriation of these East Timorese people through safe passages."

They also asked it to control all those "exploiting the painful situation of these people for their own political purposes and economic advantages."

To alleviate the refugees ' suffering and facilitate their repatri ation, the bishops called on international organizations to resume aid work in West Timor as soon as possible.

Most groups , including the United Nations , pulled out after a militia-led mob killed three U.N. aid workers in September in Atambua.

Bishop Carlos Fili pe Ximenes Belo of Dili read the statement Jan. 6 during a Mass at Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception Cathedral. UCA News, an Asian church news agency based in Thailand , reported that thousands attended the Mass.

Following an almost 80 percent vote for independence from Indonesia in an August 1999 referendum , militias opposed to independence and backed by factions in the Indonesian military led a reign of terror in East Timor. As hundreds were killed and property destroyed on a massive scale, some 300,000 people fled to West Timor or were forced to go there by the militias.

Nun who founded social justice lobby gets Presidential Medal

WASHINGTON — Sister Carol Coston , the Dominican nun who was first director of Network , the Catholic social justice lobbying group, joined Muhammad Ali and Elizabeth Tay lor Jan. 8 in receiving the Presidential Citizens Medal from President Bill Clinton.

Sister Coston is director of Partners for the Common Good 2000, an alternative loan fund sponsored by relig ious institutions that she founded in 1988. It support s housing and entrepreneurshi p in low-income nei ghborhoods. Clinton cited Sister Coston for hel ping pass the Community Reinvestment Act , "which has led to billions of dollars in investment in our inner cities."

Sister Coston was one of 47 sisters who founded Network in December 197 1 to provide a lobbying voice for social and economic justice policies. She was its director until 1982.

Chilean bishops urge clarify ing status of 'disappea red' p eop le

SANTIAGO, Chile - Chile 's Catholic Church has pledged full support to clarif ying the situation involving thousands of people who disappeared during the 17-year dictatorshi p of Gen. Augusto Pinochet.

Bishop Manuel Vial Risopatron of San Felipe, secretarygeneral of the Chilean bishops ' conference , made the pledge after presenting Chilean President Ricardo Lagos with 38 reports on people still missing. The reports were compiled by priests and bishops throug hout the country and will be given to local court official s to determine whether they can be used as evidence in human ri ghts trials. ' Bishop Vial spoke at a Jan . 5 Santiago news conference amid national controversy as to whether the 85-year-old Pinochet should stand trial for human rights violations during his 1973-90 rule. During Pinochet 's rule, the Catholic Churc h was a leading human ri ghts critic of the government and established a human ri ghts agency to gather data about abuses and to aid relatives of people killed or missing.

"The church has always uphel d that reconciliation emerges from truth and justice ," Bishop Vial said.

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By Kamille Matter The holiday season , a traditional time for volunteering in soup kitchens and for donating turkeys , has ended. However, the need to help feed hungry San Franciscans continues.

To hel p citizens better understand the pli ght of hungry families , especiall y those who appear to have "normal" lives , San Francisco Food Bank re presentative Autumn Arnold conducts workshops called "Hunger 101" to student and adult groups.

"The goal is to get enoug h food to feed your family for one day," she recentl y explained to a group of 40 confirmation candidates as they prepared to partici pate in a "Hunger 101" role play.

The teens adopted pro files of composite sketches of San Franciscans who face chronic hunger. Armed with small bank accounts , food stamp app lications , a nutrition chart, and access to mock grocery stores and soup kitchens , the St. Ignatius youths tried to feed their families adequate calories during the Dec. 3 presentation.

They needed to procure the food within 35 minutes , a length of time rendered inadeTo schedule a Hunger 101 presentation for student or adult groups , contact Arnold at (415) 282-1907 ext. 264. For information about the San Francisco Food Bank , call (415) 282-1900.

Additional information about hunger is available on the Web at http://www.sffoodbank.org / (San Francisco Food Bank), (California http://www.cfpa.net/ Food Policy Advocates), http ://www.frac.org/ (Food Research and Action Center), http: //www.secondharvest.or g/ (America's Second Harvest) , and http://www.cbpp.org/ (Center on Budget and Policy Priorities).

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"Hunger 101" is a program operating since Marc h designed to help San Franciscan s understand the realities of hunger. Arnold told participants 90,000 San Franciscans are at "extreme risk" for being hungry. Hunger p lagues one in 10 adults and one in five children in San Francisco, she estimated.

She pointed out childre n depend on their parents for receiving adequate food. She also distinguished between homelessness and hunge r, stating onl y 10 to 15 percent of the hungry people in San Francisco are homeless. The majority appear to have "normal lives " with jobs and apartments.

"They just don 't have enoug h food to eat," she exp lained.

For example, one of the hunger profiles featured a 32-year-old college graduate who lives in the Richmond District. The woman was abandoned by her husband two years ago, leaving her with their pre-school child.

While she found a job in an insurance company, hi gh rents and child care costs for her son claim most of the famil y 's income.

They are left with $4 per day for food.

The famil y does not qualif y for food stamps because their income is too high.

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Speaking Jan . 14 to peop le gathere d here in the Archdiocese." below his apartment window in St. Peter 's "For those who losl their lives in this Square , Pope John Paul II expressed "my disaster , we should and must pray to God spiritual closeness to the peop le hit by the as we offer the Mass, Christ 's own perfect earth quake in that region which is so dear sacrifice of the cross renewed sacramento me." tall y in our parishes each day. For conso"While pray ing for the hundreds of lation and peace for those who mourn dead , the pope also encouraged survivors their loss , we will surely beg God in our not to lose hope and called on other own fervent prayer," he said.

"In addition to our prayers. I want to countries to send aid to the region. "May hel p that can miti gate the traged y 's con- call upon our generous Catholic commusequences result from solidarity," he nity of the Archdiocese of San Francisco said. to express tang ibl y our solidarity with the The Jan. 13 quake , which measured people of El Salvador in this time of grief 7.6 on the open-ended Richter scale, was and rebuilding. " centered off El Salvador 's coast and was "From the response by the people of felt from Nicaragua to as far north as the Archdiocese to the collection taken to Mexico City. Most of the damage ' assist the people of Honduras and occurre d in and around El Salvador 's cap- Guatemala after Hurricane Mitch , I know ital , San Salvador. first hand the generosity of our peop le The death toll topped 600 and was when they are asked to assist their neighexpected to rise further as rescue workers bors in Central America in a time of cricontinued to pull bodies from the rubble. sis," Archbishop Levada said.

More than 500 were missing and preHe said th at "Catholic Relief Services sumed dead. Landslides and mudslides has both the technical expertise and pertriggered by the earth quake and its after- sonnel in place to provide a rapid shocks worsened the disaster 's effects , response for disaster relief. I know as well bury ing people inside their homes. that money provided to the local dioceses Foreign aid, including medical sup- for use in their "Caritas" agencies has plies, food and blankets , began to arrive provided urgent relief for immediate Jan . 14, just after President Francisco needs , as Archbishop Oscar Rodri guez of Flores declared a state of emergency. But Tegucigal pa, Honduras , assure d us in his Caritas Internationalis , the Rome-based letter of thanks after Hurricane Mitch."

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January 15, 2O01 Dear Father, The tragic results of this past weekend's earthquake in El Salvador are still coming to light as I write this letter to you , and through you to your parishioners. Our hearts ate deeply moved and saddened over the loss of so many lives, some of them family members of our Salvadoran ¦ neighbors here in the Archdiocese.

For those who lost their lives in this disaster, we should and must pray to God as we offer the Mass, Christ 's own perfect sacrifice of tire cross renewed sacramentally in our parishes each day. For consolation and peace for those who mourn their loss, we will surely beg God in our own fervent prayer.

In addition to our prayers. I want to call upon our generous Catholic community of the Archdiocese of San Francisco to express tangibly our solidarity with the people of El Salvador in this time of grief and rebuilding. I ask that each of our parishes take up a special collection within the next three weeks to assist the local church communities in El Salvador in their outreach to those most in need. For thi s purpose I am establishing an Archdiocesan El Salvador Earthquake Relief Fund.

From the response by the people of the Archdiocese lo the collection taken to assist the people of Honduras and Guatemala after Hurricane Mitch , I know first hand the generosity of our people when they are asked to assist their neighbors in Central America in a time of crisis.

After consultation with the appropriate offices of the Bishops ' Conference, I will transfer all the proceeds of this collection , as well as any other contri butions to the Earthquake Fund, to the agencies which can provide the most immediate assistance to those in need. From past experience, I have found that Catholic Relief Services has both the technical expertise and personnel in place to provide a rapid response for disaster relief. I know as well that money provided to the local dioceses for use in their "Caritas" agencies has provided urgent relief for immediate needs, as Archbishop Oscar Rodriguez of Tegucigalpa, Honduras , assured us in his letter of thanks after Hurricane Mitch.

The Archdiocesan finance office will provide further information about the transfer of contributions made to this collection to the Archdiocesan El Salvador Earthquake Relief Fund.

Thank you for attending to the details of this collection in your parish. Such attention, coupled with your own enthusiastic support, will guarantee success for this good-will gesture on behalf of our entire Catholic community in the Archdiocese of San Francisco.

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Week of Prayer for Christian Unity The Week of Prayer for Christian Unity is an annual ecumenical event which helps to focus our attention on, and to invite our prayer and our hope for, the important dimension of ecumenism in the life of our Church. We thank God too for the many in the Orthodox and Protestant churches who join us in this time of prayer and hope for unity among those who believe in Christ.

Scheduled to begin on Jan. 18, this week of prayer concludes on Jan. 25, the Feast of the Conversion of St. Paul , the great "Apostle to the Gentiles" whose New Testament Letters give such personal testimony to his missionary zeai. The modem ecumenical movement began just over a century ago as a response to missionary efforts in Africa and Asia, where the scandal of "competing" Christs preached by missionaries from different church groups and missionary societies seemed to contradict the gospel message of unity and peace.

At the Second Vatican Council, the Catholic Bishops of the world blessed this ecumenical movement , and gave it its charter within the Church in the historic Decree on Ecumenism. As a Council whose focus was the renewal of the Church to be the sacrament of Christ 's presence in the world of today, the Council Fathers understood the ecumenical movement as necessary, as something required by the very nature of the Church. Pope John Paul II, expressed it this way in his 1995 Encyclical Letter "Ut Unum Sint" on the commitment to ecumenism: "It is absolutel y clear that ecumenism , the movement promoting Christian unity, is not just some sort of 'appendix ' which is added to the Church's traditional activity. Rather, ecumenism is an organic part of her life and work ." (no. 20) Of course the prayer of Christ at the Last Supper, from whose Latin translation the title of the pope 's encyclical is drawn , provides the foundation for the vision of ecumenism.

In his prayer for his apostles Jesus prayed , "I pray not only for them, but also for those who will believe in me through their word, so that they may all be one [ut omnes unum sint] as you, Father, are in me and I in you, that they also may be in us, that the world may believe that you sent me. And I have given them the glory you gave me, so that they may be one [ut unum sint] as we are one, I in them and you in me, that they may become completely one, so that the world may know that you have sent me ..." (John 17, 20-23).

This prayer already teaches us much about the work of ecumenism in our day. It teaches us that the unity of the

Church, Christ's Body, is in the first place about communion with God, Father, Son * and Holy Spirit. It also reminds us that Church unity is not so much our achievement as it is God 's gift; this corresponds to the very nature of Church itself, which is the result not of our need for organization but of God's own revelation of his plan of salvation , a revelation he made in and through his Son, Jesus Christ, a revelation he continues to offer "to the ends of the earth through the mission Jesus gave to his apostles in pouring out his Holy Spirit on them as "church."

In America today it 's tempting to gloss over the historical reasons for differences between the churches which have grown up over the past two millennia , and to want to say that those differences don 't matter; what matters now is to "feel" or "express" our unity together. But this short-cut to Christian unity cannot be successful , because it does not take into account that there are real differences in understanding and living the Gospel message of Christ. And getting it right — that is, getting the message of truth and love according to the way God has revealed it — makes the difference in the way we encounter God, not just our projection of him , and live out that Gospel message of love, not just our idea of what we think the commandments of love mean.

True ecumenism is not easy. It is first of all spiritual , hence the emphasis on prayer for Christian unity. This prayer is not to tell God what he already knows — "that all may be one..."

— but offers Christians from different traditions the opportunity to renew the conversion of heart which alone can create the openness to see each other as brothers and sisters in the Lord. This kind of prayer is indispensable for ecumenical progress.

Secondly, the ecumenical work already begun with unanticipated good results is dialogue. The Catholic Church, both at the international and local (national , diocesan) level continues to engage in bilateral dialogues with many nonCatholic groups. Many of these groups have formulated agreed statements on sensitive,, church-dividing issues. As these statements are adopted by the respective dialogue group, which is usually composed of bishops and pastors, and theological scholars, from each tradition , the statements are then submitted for judgment by the authorities of each group, and also proposed for "reception" by the membership of the respective tradition .

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It is always useful to recall the thoughtful statement of the ¦Council 's Decree on Ecumenism (no. 4) about ecumenical dialogue: "Through such dialogue everyone gains a truer knowledge and more just appreciation of the teaching and religious life of both communions. In addition , these communions cooperate more closely in whatever projects a Christian conscience demands for the common good. They also come together for common prayer, where that is permitted. Finally, all are led to examine their own faithfulness to Christ's will for the Church and, wherever necessary, undertake with vigor the tasks of renewal and reform."

I am grateful to Dean Alan Jones of Grace Cathedral for inviting me to participate in Evensong on the upcoming Feast of the Conversion of St. Paul. I shall be praying on that occasion, and on each of the coming days of the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, for the work of ecumenism throughout the Christian world, especially here in our country and our Archdiocese. I invite all my brothers and sisters in the Archdiocese to join me in these prayers.

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By Jerry Filteau WASHINGTON (CNS) — The National Black Catholic Clergy Caucus marked the 500th anniversary of the arrival of the first slave in the Americas with a call for "Sankofa" — historical remembrance and response.

In a statement issued Jan. 15, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, the caucus said America 's continuing racism, rooted in its history of slavery and genocide, challenges Americans to reflect on "the trauma of racial dysfunction " in their society.

"The hemisphere is called to repentance," it said.

The statement said the word "Sankofa," taken from the West African tribe of the Akan, means reflective thought that "calls a person or a people to look back to their past for wisdom to discern their future."

The caucus statement is available on the Internet at www.bcimall.org/nbccc.

The caucus, founded in 1968, represents more than 500 black Catholic priests in the United States.

Its president is New York Franciscan Father James E. Goode.

Precious Blood Father Clarence Williams, director of the Institute for Recovery from Racisms in Detroit and coordinator of the Sankofa Statement Committee, said the statement is the first by the caucus to highlight the role of Native American genocide as an element in black history in the Americas.

He said the document's central focus is the model of restoring unity in the human family.

The statement notes that the Spanish began to impose forced labor on the indigenous people almost immediately upon their arrival in the Americas.

It dates the start of importing African slaves to Sept. 16, 1501, when "the governor of the Indies, Nicolas de Ovando, received permission from the crown to introduce his (African) slave from Spain into Hispaniola." Ovando's fleet

most were "savagely abused, systematically marginalized and rendered powerless ... for the support of white supremacy in the republics of the hemisphere," it says. "Does this not cry out for repentance?"

It calls the tragedy of slavery "a living legacy in the pres" ent , that has stamped a continuing stigma "of inferiority upon the sons and daughters of Africa."

"This assumption of inferiority, living in the collective unconsciousness of white Americans and shared even by some people of color, has poisoned our public life, fragmented our communities and compromised the common good," it says.

It says reconciliation demands "recognition of the depth of harm done" and "acts of restitution which repair the damage caused."

"Therefore ," it says, "genuine reconciliation calls for all social institutions entrusted with the common good — civic organizations, hospitals , schools, labor and financial institutions and government agencies — to undertake proactive efforts to overcome the raciall y based disadvantages that burden the sons and daughters of Africa."

The statement says that "authentic racial healing " also requires "forming personal friendships and relationships with people of other races." It says that "the millions of lives lost in genocidal actions " cannot be restored, but "restoration begins with telling their story."

"Restoration calls for building bridges of conversation " about the "underdevelopment of African and native populations" that formed the dark side of America's development, the statement says.

It urges the Christian community to facilitate an ongoing conversion from racism "by creating annual liturgical rites and rituals which recall our racial brokenness, confess our need for redemption and proclaim our belief in the power of God who frees us from our racial bondage."

arrived with the first trans-Atlantic slaves the following spring.

"It was the beginning of a lon g travail , the inauguration of a bru tal commerce that brought social disintegration and economic dislocation to Africa," the statement says. "It also inaugurated a social curse comprised of racial castes, racial hatred and racial injustices upon four continents — Europe, Africa, North and South America."

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. . .genuine reconciliation calls f o r all social institutions entrusted with the common good . . . to undertake proactive efforts to overcome the racially based

disadv antages that burden the sons and daug hters of Africa. " racism to reflect upon in our Sankofa observance" — redemption, repentance, reconciliation and restoration.

It cites the biblical story of Joseph •— sold into slavery by his brothers , but ultimately bringing them redemption when they repent their sin — as "a remarkable parable" for the possibility of redemption and restoration through repentance and reconciliation.

"The hemisphere is called to repentance because of its grievous and heinous genocide in the human family," it says.

It cites the "forced migration, deliberate infection with deadly diseases and forced starvation and war campaigns" waged against the indigenous peoples of the Americas.

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By Sharon Abercrombie San Francisco Suicide Prevention p lans to offer training workshops designed to hel p clergy and church lay leaders respond to people who are contemplating suicide.

The first-time ever program is designed lo give these individuals the ri ght questions to ask, and the proper responses to make , when members of their congregations come to them seeking help, said Denise Duff y, coordinator for the project.

"When such a situation arises, our spiritual leaders need to have a broad-based knowledge," Duffy pointed out.

Entitled "The Community Faith Initiative ," the program will prov ide professional and lay leadership with the most effective aspects of suicide prevention training and crisis management skills , said Duffy, who has worked as a phone volunteer for San Francisco Suicide Prevention for the past three years .

The agency is offering the program to church leaders to coincide with the time when suicide attempts increase during January, February and March , each year, It 's a myth that more people make attempts on their lives during the Christmas holidays than any other time of the year, Duff y pointed out. Why? Possibly, because during December, people are reaching out, more. But then , when

the bleakness of winter sets in , isolation follows, possibl y aggravating feelings of depression over such crisis as job loss, a marital breakup or death of a loved one, she said Eve Meyer, director of San Francisco Suicide Prevention , said the class would teach people how to respond when a parishioner comes to them in distress. It will provide them with key question s to ask, to find out how close the person is to actuall y taking his or her life.

"A person mi ght be a month , or even years away," noted Meyer. The class will teach church workers how to intervene and find out where their parishioner mi ght be in that process, and then give them options and choices.

Frequentl y, people contemplating suicide "feel they are in a hole and can 't get out. They cannot see that there are options ," she said.

Sometimes, suggesting that they wait a day, or a week or month, gives them some control in their lives, once again , said Conventual Franciscan Brother George Cherrie, president of San Francisco Suicide Prevention.

"I use a lot of humor ," said Brother Cherrie, a long-time phone volunteer. "I suggest to them , 'you can kill yourself today, but why not wait a day and think about it. '" He suggests that the person make a contract with someone whom they can check in with , when they are feeling suicidal.

The Franciscan began volunteering for the agency II

years ago, when he returned to San Francisco from Central America, where he had been working for the Bank of America there. After joining the Francisc ans in 1993, he continued answering phones at the Suicide prevention. Now a chaplain at St. Mary's Hospital , the Franciscan praised the new program , calling it an excellent way that those in church ministry, can enri ch their crisis counseling skills.

"There is still a stigma around the topic of suicide , a lot of pain and shame."

And still a lot of not knowing how to best help a suicidal person on the part of those in clergy and lay ministry, said Meyer.

Eve Meyer said her agency decided to offer workshops for church personne l after gettin g feedback that the church secretary was often the one whom a suicidal person confided in.

For Denise Duffy, it was her chaplain/housemate, who convinced her that such a program was needed .

"She had been working in the emergency room of a hospital. One ni ght , a person was brought in , in a failed suicide attempt. He had shot himself in the face."

Duff y 's friend was upset because she felt inadequate in how to best be there for him.

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Faithful Fools discovered " Ramesh is the gift , " said Kay, who cleaned houses for three years to help establish the ministty and tells a story about two pennies that clearly changed her life.

One day in Berkeley, Kay was struck by something and a young man yelled to her, "They ' re on the ground. " Kay saw two pennies on the street, put them in her pocket and went to a grocery. In the store, another young man asks her, "Would you have two pennies so I can buy this drink?" Stunned by his question , Kay takes the pennies out of her pocket and gives them to him.

"We have what is needed before it is asked of us, " said Kay. The building, referred to as the "Court of the Faithfu l Fools, " houses a copy service that Ramesh ran successfully for several years. "The Fools " hope to do the same while introducing desktop publishing, computer classes and general work skills to help their neighbors secure j obs.

"The Fools " have gathered a playwright, actor, dancer, poet , pianist , vocalist and others to bring the "homed" and homeless together so all can create " an atmosphere of beauty and peace while reflecting on the meaning of their lives in the midst of a great deal of violence and suffering. " "The Fools " are also working with 10 homeless individuals , providing counseling and assistance with social service agencies.

Perhaps the most striking part of the Faithful Fools ministry is a program of daylong street retreats th at introduce participants to the realities of the Tenderloin. On the streets, "The Fools " say, "Myths get shattered and our common humanity is discovered, through the courage , strength and creativity in the people encountered. " Since 1998, more than 500 people have made street retreats with the "Faithful Fools , who hope that the experience will convince people that they need not walk the streets "in fear of the poor. " "We know it's not easy to make a street retreat, " said Carmen. "The spiritual journey begins by making the decision. Most of the people come with fear and some don 't make it , "

Clarence, one of the 15, 000 or more homeless p eople living on the streets of San Francisco, according to the Faithfu l Fools.

By Evelyn Zappia

^.nga/armen and Kay live, by choice, in San Francisco's Tenderloin District , - a place where drug users, pimps, prostituted women, the homeless , the poor and immigrant families co-exist. The women walk the streets daily, seeking to meet their neighbors "without judgement " and "acknowledging each human 's incredible worth. " Carmen Barsody, a Franciscan Sister of Little Falls , Minnesota , and Kathryn (Kay) Jorgensen, a Unitarian Universalist minister in San Francisco , teamed up in 1998 to found "The Faithful Fools Street Ministty , " a non-profit charitable and educational organization addressing the issues of homelessness and poverty on the City 's streets.

"God's fools, keepers of the Holy Grail, see the world in all its glorious absurdity and act on what they see, " according to "The Fools, " as they often refer to themselves. .

"The Fools, " live and work among the " glorious absurdities " in the Tenderloin,

where the odds against them are huge, yet "The Fools " just won't accept the odds.

Their outreach comes in many forms: "Walking arm-in-arm with an elderly woman, sitting on a curb with a drugged out kid , watching a piled-high shopping cart so the owner can wait in line for food , holding a baby to give a stressed-out young mother a break. " And they give speeches in churches and meeting places on the economic and spiritual qualities of "poverty vs. abundance. " "The.Fools " struggle to pay the mortgage on a newly acquired building on Hyde

Street , through loans, gifts, grants and various odd j obs, so they have " roots and a place to teach their neighbors how to earn a living. " "If there is a crack house in the neighborhood , everyone feels that energy. If there is

The police car was still there. Would they really make her move?

Oh no, I thoug ht, I didn 't bring any money or identification because I wanted to experience homelessness. How could I be so naive? Would the police believe who I am ?

Why would they? I felt the terror Elsa was feeling. For that single moment, Elsa and 1 had everything in common.

The police car didn 't stop . We received a reprieve . I wondered how many times she endured such tortu re.

Suddenly, a man appeared from nowhere , screaming and directing all his anger at me. His hysteria was incomprehensible. I looked at Elsa for comfort. She winked and said, "Don 't worry, honey, he 's harmless . " I trusted her. My fear subsided. We continued talking.

Elsa never asked for money. She just wanted to talk. The only difference between us, that I could see - was a car accident.

"The Tenderloin District is a forgotten p lace. As soon as you drive th rough it to get to your job , it's forgotten , " said a young woman I met , who put me in my place and told me to walk on.

I moved on and met Clarence , 58 years old, a Vietnam veteran and unemployed musician who played the oboe and bassoon. He was holding a beer can.

I asked him if he ever went to St. Anthony 's Dining Room. He said, "No , I don 't like lines."

"Wh y don 't you wait unti l the line is almost finished? It's a really nice place, " I told

and today, participants include students as well as lawyers, teachers, mechanics, clergy and more.

On Dec. 16, 1 went on a "Faithful Fools " street retreat with 12 confirmation candidates from St. Leo's Catholic High School in Petaluma and Sonoma Valley High School.

Without warning, a mail appeared and stood between Clarence and me. The anger in his face told me he didn 't want me to talk to Clarence. I thought, this man is going to kill me. He stood , saying nothing, clenching his fists, and staring into my eyes.

I pretended not to notice. Shaking, I walked around him and tried to continue talk-

Each student brought " a shadow, " a person that has been on a street retreat before and would walk with the student but keep a distance so the student's interaction with the homeless would be an individual one.

The day begins with song and reflective readings . Participants introduce themselves

and state why they came and what they hoped to accomp lish. Laurel wanted to talk to people and be thankful; Mike wanted to see the other side of life and try to understand it; Hunt wanted to experience the feelings of being homeless ; and Reese was soul-searching for God and knew she would find another side of Him. The group left together and began walking the unfamiliar territory. At one point , the group was told to sep arate. That was my first pang of fear.

Diary of My Street Retreat There I was in the middle of the Tenderloin, alone - a place I had feared since I was a child. Why did I think I could do this? Why didn 't anyone tell me about "shadows" -1 would have brought my husband.

ing with Clarence. The fear I had forgotten returned. . When the angry man stepped back far enough not to hear me, I asked Clarence , "Why is he so angry?"

"He 's trying to scare you, he hates nosey people, " Clarence said. I told Clarence , "It' s

working. " He laughed and we said goodbye.

As I walked away, thinking about that man 's anger, my fear level grew close to a

Sister Carmen Barsody "I' ve been privileged and gratefu l to see and act upon the 'glorious absurdities ' of our world as I was born and raised in Minnesota , studied Theology and Pastoral Ministry

A woman on the corner was counting a large sum of money, flaunting it in front of everyone. It reminded me of what Kay said about the Tenderloin districts. "You can find

at the College of St. Catherine in St. Pau l, ministered in a predominantly Hispanic parish in Chicago, and then

one in jus t about every city in the U.S., the name is derived from the days when men first began making money on the tender loins of women."

spent seven years ministering in

My refuge came from the smile of an elderl y woman sitting in a doorway.

Elsa is 68-years old but she looks older. She was bundled in an old soiled jacket with a blanket covering her legs. A small knitted cap accentuated a gleam in her eyes that

could not meet the deadline for the down-payment, he extended the deadline three

Elsa was severely disabled when she was hit b y a car driven by a drunken driver.

The driver had no insurance. The medical bills from the accident depleted her medical coverage ~ leaving her a small monthl y disability check that wasn't enough to keep her from being homeless.

panic attack. I decided to walk the next block without looking or talking to anyone.

What I really wanted was to go home - but I had promised Kay and Carmen to meet them back at Hyde Street. It was too early. I felt trapped.

When I finall y lifted my head and looked around , I was surrounded by hundreds of children chewing on candy canes. I had walked into a street fair for the needy. The abrupt change felt surreal . Only a block ago I thought I was going to be killed.

The families were waiting in a lon g line for Christmas food packages. The San Francisco Mission Rescue had given the children candy canes and helium balloons asthey waited.

These were some of the 3, 500 children living in the Tenderloin pove rty that Kay had spoken about. I wanted to talk to the children , but I didn ' t get a chance.

"Are you waiting for someone?" a man asked. His smell was strong enough to almost make me physically sick. I . ignored him but he persisted. "Are you waiting for someone?"

Foolishl y, I told him I was writing a story for Calholic San Francisco.

He said, "I' m Catholic too , can !have your phone number so I can find a church to go to?" I told him about St. Boniface , a few blocks away - but he didn 't care. With every question , I moved back and he kept moving closer.

Just then , two men began fighting. The first swing was so close to me , I felt my hair move. I can't believe I didn 't get hit. A crowd gathered quickly. The thre atening stranger lost interest in me and began watching the fight.

I ran several blocks to 234 Hyde Street and pounded on the door. Carmen opened it.

The first thing I remember saying was, "Now I know why you call yourselves, "Faithful Fools." My hosts were kind enough not to mention I was early.

Today, when I see homeless people in my familiar surroundings , my fear has lessened drastically, and sometimes -just sometimes -1 want to talk to them .

Two Original Faithful Fools:

I walked one block, entirely enveloped in fear, looking at the faces of strangers, trying to read some kind of friendly message th at said it would be okay to approach them. I can 't do this, I thought.

somehow brought me a feeling of familiarity.

At first , I stooped over to speak with her. At some point, during our conversation, I found

From lef t, Danny Sargiotto and Pat Dody of Sonoma Valley High School stopp ed to talk to Clarence while on the street retreat.

She said that a hotel clerk was holding her wheelchai r as collateral until she could come up with the money she owed for a room .

referring to the number of cancellation calls received the night before a scheduled retreat.

In the beginning, all the participants were adults. "Then the kids heard about it , "

a house of peace and li ght and beauty that energy can also be felt , " said Carmen.

"The Fools" say they bou ght the building from " a holy man," Ramesh Patel, who

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sometimes be worse than the streets but she was grateful for shelter, especially during winter.

him. "Once you get in there, you sit at a table and the people will serve you. " "Lad y," he said, "there are more important things than food - like survival and finding a safe doorway. If I' m not careful the streets will take everything. What most of us need is psychological help and - we want to serve ourselves. "

myself sitting on the sidewalk beside her -surp rised that I felt so comfortable to be with her.

Suddenly, Elsa noticed a police car. "They are going to make me move, " she said , "and I can 't walk. "

received a bid on the building of $300,000 more than they could offer. He declined it believing " greed" would be his only motive for accepting it. Then , when "The Fools "

Before the accident, Elsa was a school teacher in Oakland for several years. Now she lives on the streets. She occasionally stays in cheap Tenderloin hotels. The hotels could

Nicaragua. I have now come to the streets of San Francisco where I see yet another expression of our world's ' glorious absurdities ' and feel moved to action , together with others of God's Fools. 1 entered the Franciscan Community on April Fool' s Day. Nothing is coincidence. "

Rev.Kathry n Jorgensen "My life turns like a whirling dervish on two sides of a very slim coin - the clown and the minister. I was bom in Minnesota, graduat ed from St. Olaf College in dram a and religion raised a family of three children; studied at the DeU'Art School of Mime and Comedy in Blue Lake, California, and was directo r of the Street Circus Company in Minnesota. After graduating fro m Starr King School for the Ministry at The Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley, I served a parish in the Minnesota suburbs. As a mime, clown and minister, my life has been surrounded by othe r fools who walk ropes , dance on stilts, juggl e, and bal ance their lives on the edges of dan ger and beauty."

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Guest Editorial

Def end and resp ect life January 22 marks the 28th anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court decision legalizing abortion on demand. Each year this date is marked by the March for Life in Washington, D.C. This ecumenical and interfaith event draws tens of thousands of people from across the nation in a gathering to show support for the lives of the unborn . The 200 1 March for Life will be much like many in the past, with speakers from many ethnic and faith backgrounds, people from all age groups , travelers from every state in America.

The annual March for Life, and grass roots work by thousands of people throughout the year on behalf of the unborn demonstrate the enduring hope and commitment to end the suffering that abortion brings to the nation.

However, while the past year has been buoyed by hope, it also has brought new causes for alarm.

In 2000, we saw many setbacks for those of us who are working and praying for the end of abortion. In June the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that Nebraska 's ban on partial-birth abortion was uncon stituti onal . This decision made explicit the Constitution 's inclusion of the right to a procedure that Cardinal William Keeler of Baltimore has called , "the brutal destruction of innocents almost fully delivered."

Last September, we witnessed yet another harmful decision as the Federal Drug Administration approved the abortion pill RU486 for use in the United States, the production and use of which is riddled with complications. One of the most devastating features of this drug is that it isolates the woman, forcing her to experience her abortion in her own home. She will be alone to face the discarded child and the possible medical complications.

At the beginning of the fight over abortion , pro-abortion organizations used the mantra, "Keep abortion safe, legal and rare ." Today, safe and rare seem to be far less important than keeping any and all forms of abortion legal throughout the land. Planned Parenthood' s Internet web site proudly states, "Today, abortion is one of the most commonly performed clinical procedures."

The debates over RU486 clearly indicate a disregard for women 's safety. There are many well-documented side effects associated with RU486 abortions, including severe and prolonged (up to 44 days) bleeding, nausea, vomiting, pain, and even death. Yet, the fight to legalize the drug 's use was lengthy and well funded by those individuals and groups claiming to work for women.

Abortion has already claimed the lives of almost 40 million babies in the United States. With each abortion, there are other casualties. The success of Project Rachel, the Catholic Church's post-abortion healing ministry, across the country tells the story of countless women and men who are hurting after an abortion . Project Rachel allows them to grieve and heal, but it also brings us face to face with the realities of the devastation that results from abortion.

With all of these changes in the past year, there is a sense of urgency for those in the Pro-Life movement. Both the legalization of RU486 and the Supreme Court 's decision on partial-birth abortion have brought the accessibility of abortion to new levels.

However, we look forward to a new year, a new millennium and a new presidential administration. It now is our job to encourage President George W. Bush to help us build the culture of life where all people will "be protected in law and welcomed in life."

We hope that this year's March for Life, so near to the presidential inauguration, will send a clear message to our new President that we are looking for his leadership in the defense of and respect for all life.

Kathleen Buckley is Coordinator for Respect Life Activities of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San Francisco.

Diff icult dialog ue on homosexuality

Your January 12 editorial ("Listening to one another ") decries the difficulty of dialogue between the Church and the homosexual community. Unfortunatel y (but not surprisingly) the article merely re-states the already oft-stated position of the Vatican which makes a distinction between the homosexual person and the homosexual action . The editorial did nothing to further dialogue.

You describe the three dozen Christians (some Catholic) who took the time to partici pate in the vi gil as seemingly "very good, sincere and committed people. They quietl y and respectfull y read from the Gospel , sang inspirational hymns and heard comments and read an 'open letter ' sent to Pope John Paul II." Later, you write: "To many Catholics , the demand for the Catholic Church to change its beliefs just to accommodate a contemporary view of the sexual practices of homosexuals, is not acceptable."

Indeed, to change a belief for such a reason is likel y to be unacceptable to virtuall y every Catholic. But when "good, sincere and committed" Christians call attention to an injustice and possible error and ask for more study and reflection on an issue, they deserve to be heard . Reciting the mantra of a superficial answer and ignoring the deeper issues may have worked in a less-educated culture but it does not work here and now. Blind obedience is not faith. A prayerful , growing faith questions.

These three dozen peop le in San Francisco are echoing the concerns of millions of peop le around the world. It is curious , after all , how the expression of a gift as significant as a person 's sexuality can be offensive to the all-loving God who gave it.

sentiments, that I find alarming and offensive.

He describes the Church's vocal opposition to cap ital pun ishment as "misguided" and claims that it "causes much harm to the prolife movement ". It is hue that in our political climate many oppose abortion while supporting capital punishment , and vice versa. But popular opinion should nol compromise the Church's pursuit of what is good and true.

I am not by any means an expert on Scripture or Church doctrine , but I find it alarming that Mr. Burdoin can claim that ' nothing in Scri pture , Chu rch tradition and history " validates opposilion to the death penalty. The fifth commandment seems a good p lace to start! As pro-life activists often remind us, human life is sacred, no matter what. Yet the Gospel call to love and compassion doesn 't stop with protecting those who are most visibl y innocent and vulnerable. The commandment to love can indeed be a tremendous challenge , especiall y when it exlends to those who seem to have committed "heinous crime ". But , as believers in a faith that should challenge and push us on every front , should we expect any less?

Mr. Burdoin speaks of the right of the imprisoned to visits by clergy, to offer "spiritual guidance and comfort ". An excellent example of this ministry is Sister Helen Prajean , well-known for her book 'Dead Man Walking ". I was fortunate to hear Sister Helen speak at Stanford University last year, and she made it very clear that she does not limit her ministry to comforting those sentenced to death , but also ' activel y works in opposition to the death penalty. She pointed as well that those on death row are disproportionatel y poor minorities who cannot afford superior legal defense, indicating serious flaws in the same system of "due process " in which Mr. Burdoin seems to put so much faith.

No matter how polarized and politicized these issues are, it seems essential to me that Catholics advocate on behalf of all human life , while also working to improve obviousl y imperfect judicial systems. Mr. Burdoin cites our current pope 's ' personal distaste " for cap ital punishment as an example of what he perceives as the Church' s misguided involvement in the modern world. Yet every Catholic should share the Holy Father 's abhorrence for the unwarranted removal of human life , no matter how political or popular each case may be. It is ultimately God' s place, not ours, to jud ge the worth of each human life

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Ed. note : Reader Betz underscores one point of the editorial in his denigration of Catholic teaching (" oft-stated position of the Vatican,' ' "superficial " "less-educated culture ,' ' "blind obedience ") regarding homosexual genital sex. He epitomizes the harsh voices that , in effect , say lo the Catholic Church, "You are not listening to me unless you change your beliefs to confor m to my behavior " There is small roomf or dialogue when the moral judgments of more than 2000 years of JudeoChristian tradition (shared by Catholic, Orthodox Jewish , Muslim , Baptist and other faiths) are dismissed as outmoded. Sexuality is a g ift from God and its expression must reflect God' s revelation and salvific p lan.

Do not comp romise on death p enalty

Are some more equal ?

In his January 5 letter, Larry Burdoin takes a position regarding the supposed conflict between pro-life and anti-death penalty

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This is in response to your editorial , "Listening to one another," (Jan 12) which concludes with the following sentence , '"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." The editorial reminds me of a quote from George Orwell's "Animal Farm ": All animals are equal , but some animals are more equal than others ."

We Catholics should be mollified that our Church is now attempting to teach ' respect for the dignity of "all" persons However, it was only last spring that the United States Catholic Conference (USCC) supported the Boy Scouts of America in banning gay scouts and leaders from the organization (as reported and supporte d in a Catholic SF editorial). The Catholic Worker and Eagle Scout in me worries that the convoluted moral logic of this editorial is being used as justification for continued, institutionalized bi gotry.

Michael A . Siani San Francisco

Sp irituality

The Domestic Monastery Carlo Carretto, one of the leading spiritual writers of the past half-century, lived for more than.a dozen years as a hermit in the Sahara Desert. Alone, with only the Blessed Sacrament for company, milking a goat for his food , and translating the Bible into the local Bedouin language, he prayed for long hours by himself.

Returning to Italy one day to visit his mother, he came to a startling realization. His mother, who for more than 30 years of her life had been so busy raising a family that she scarcely ever had a private minute for herself, was more contemplative than he was.

Carretto, though , was careful to draw the right lesson from this. What this taught was not that there was anything wrong with what he had been doing in living as a hermit. The lesson was rather that there was something wonderfull y right about what his mother had been doing all these years as she lived the interrupted life amid the noise and incessant demands of small children. He had been in a monastery, but so had she.

What is a monastery? A monastery is not so much a place set apart for monks and nuns as it is a place set apart (period). It is also a place to learn the value of powerlessness and a place to learn that time is not ours, but God's.

Our home and our duties can, just like a monastery, teach us those things. John of the Cross once described the inner essence of monasticism in these words: "But they, 0 my God and my life, will see and experience your mild touch , who withdraw from the world and become mild, bringing the mild into harmony with the mild, thus enabling themselves to experience and enjoy you." What John suggests here is that two elements make for a monastery — withdrawal from the world and bring ing oneself into harmony with the mild.

Although he was speaking about the vocation of

monastic monks and nuns , who physicall y withdraw from the world, the princi ple is equally valid for those of us who cannot go off to monasteries and become monks and nuns. Certain vocations offer the same kind of opportunity for contemplation . They, too, provide a desert for reflection.

For example, the mother who stays home with small children experiences a very real withdrawal from the world. Her existence is definitely monastic. Her tasks and preoccupations remove her from the centers of power and social importance. And she feels it. Moreover, her sustained contact with young children (the mildest of the mild) gives her a privileged opportunity lo be in harmony with the mild — that is, to attune herself to the powerless rather than to the powerful.

Moreover, the demands of young children also provide her with what St. Bernard , one of the great architects of monasticism, called the "monastic bell." All monasteries have a bell. Bernard , in writing his rules for monasticism , told his monks that whenever the monastic bell rang, they- were to drop whatever they were doing and go immediatel y to the particular activity (prayer, meals, work, study, sleep) to which the bell was summoning them. He was adamant that they respond immediately, stating that if they were writing a letter they were to stop in mid-sentence when the bell rang.

The idea in his mind was that when the bell called, it called you to the next task and you were to respond immediately, not because you want to, but because it 's time for that task and time isn 't your time, it 's God 's time. For him, the monastic bell was intended as a discipline to stretch the heart by always taking you beyond your own agenda to God's agenda.

Hence, a mother rearing children, perhaps in a more privileged way even than a professional contemplative ,

is forced , almost against her will , to constantl y stretch her heart . For years, while rearing children , her time is never her own , her own needs have to be kept in second Father place, and every time ,. . ii_ • R°n TRolheiser she turn s around a hand is reaching out and demanding something. She hears the monastic bell many times during the day and she has to drop things in mid-sentence and respond , not because she wants to, but because it's time for that activity and time isn 't her time, but God's time.

The rest of us experience the monastic bell each morning when our alarm clock rings and we get out of bed and ready ourselves for the day, not because we want to, but because it 's time.

The principles of monasticism are time-tested, saint-sanctioned , and altogether trustworthy. But there are different kinds of monasteries, different ways of putting ourselves into harmony with the mild, and different kinds of monastic bells. Response to duty can be monastic prayer, a needy hand can be a monastic bell, and working without status and power can constitute a withdrawal into a monastery where God can meet us. The domestic can be the monastic.

Oblate Father Ronald Rolheiser is a theologian , teacher, and award-winning author, and currentl y serves in Rome as general councilor for Canada for the Oblates of Maty Immacula te.

The CatholicDiff erence

The Clinton Legacy The 42nd president of the United States began to mined to protect the abortion license — and the concept define his legacy hours after his 1993 inauguration , of freedom as willfulness it embodies.

In a presidency notable for the elasticity of its when he signed a series of executive orders deepening the federal government 's involvement with abortion-on- principles and policies , this was the one thing set in demand. That these would be the first acts of the new stone: that the "right" to commit lethal violence Clinton administration ought to have alerted the country against the unborn must be defended at all costs. Even if that defense leads, as a corrupt goal inevitably does , to what was just around the corner.

With the Clinton presidency, the sexual revolution to the widespread corruption of the institutions of came to the White House with gale force — not sim- government .

We cannot p ly as a matter of one know, yet , what undiscip lined man 's lasting damage the fouling the Oval In a presidency notable for the elasticity Clinton administraOffice , but as a matter of grave public of its p rinciples and policies, this was the tion has done to the American constituconsequence. For the ' stone: that the ht' to one thing set in rig tional order. We revolution sexual know that it has carries with it a con- commit lethal violence against the damaged the cept of freedom that integrity of the is antithetical to the unborn must he defended at all costs.

Department of Founders ' underknow Justice.

We standing of our liberties and , ultimatel y, corrosive of democracy itself — that it has impaired the moral faculties of one of our two great political parties , the Democratic Party, not the idea of freedom-as personal willfulness. one of whose members in the Senate dared deal with pledged their the.Founders The freedom to which lives , fortunes , and sacred honor was the right to do the impeachment of the president in 1998-1999 as an what we ought to do, the right to act responsibly. It was issue of the rule of law.

We know that our public life has been coarsened a means to goodness. Freedom, the Founders thought , and that the political atmosphere has become toxic. that contend should be an ennobling thing. Will anyone the United States has been ennobled by a presidency We have just witnessed , in the five weeks after whose theme song might well be th at mindless Sinatra Election Day, an attempted coup d' etat by mean s of the imperial judiciary. And to what end? Personal antiphon, "I did it my way"? , ambition? Certainly. Partisan advantage? Without a sexual revolution Why did proponents of the including prominent feminists , stick by President doubt. But above all , the preservation of the notion of Clinton to the bitter end? He had betrayed the liberal freedom as willfulness and license, with all that cause on health care, NAFTA, WTO, welfare reform. He implies.

By combining in the presidency the functions of was a self-evident abuser of women. Yet they stuck by him , ferociously. Why? Because Clinton was deter- both chief of state and head of government , the

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real sense, the national political community. He speaks with unique authority because he speaks from a uni que platform , which is, in some respects, a pulpit. Throughout his presidency, William Jefferson Clinton has used that authority and that platform to defend a concept of freedom that is, in the long run , incompatible with democracy.

President Clinton leaves behind a legacy of incivility, not simply because he is, as one of his Democratic colleagues said, a "particularly good liar," but because his prevarications have been in service to a debased and demeaning concept of freedom.

The 42nd president of the United States was, by conventional account , a man of formidable political skills. But if democracy is more than a matter of electoral mathematics , then the Clinton legacy is not a happy one. This man of hi gh intelli gence and personal charm could have been a great president. Instead , he leaves behind an office to which his successor must restore honesty and honor. It is a very high price to pay for one man 's lack of self-command , and for his defenders ' insistence that freedom is, at bottom, doing it my way.

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

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SCRIPTURE & LITURGY Word-called, Sp irit-filled People of God We Catholics have had an unenviable relationship with the Word of God. For understand able historical reasons, we have placed strong emphasis on the real presence of Jesus the Lord in the eucharistic bread and wine and have given the unintended impression that he is somehow "unreall y " present in the Word proclaimed and in the Sunday assembly gathered to proclaim and hear the Word.

The text of the Second Vatican Council's document on the Liturgy (Sacrosanctum Concilium, f 7) and the Scripture chosen for this Sunday 's liturgy of the Word lead us in a more healthy and balanced direction and allow us to see our selves as the Word-called,' Spirit-filled People of God , identified with God's saving act in Jesus Christ.

Our first reading fro m Nehemiah describes the peop le of Israel as quehal, a word used to describe the People of God at three pivotal moments in their history : at Mount Sinai, at the dedication of the temple under Solomon , and here where the people are reconsecrate d to their God. It is this Hebrew word that gives us our name when it is translated as Church. Thus in this reading we see what is essential to being Churc h or assembly: a community, the creation of that community by the proclaimed Word, the worshipful response of the community. "Ezra the priest brought the law before the assembly (quehal), which consisted of men, women, and these children old enough to understand. ... He opened the scroll so that all the people might see it. . . . Ezra blessed the Lord , the great God , and all the people, their hands raised high, answered, 'Amen, amen!' Then they bowed down and prostrated themselves before the Lord, their faces to the ground." Here we have access to God's intent for us when we allow the Sunday proclamation of the Word to form us as God's People and move us to worship him at the holy table.

After presenting the introduction to the author 's two volume work, Luke and the Acts of the Apostles, the Lectionary offers Jesus ' own proclamation of the Word

Third Sunday in Ordinary Time Nehemiah 8:2-4a, 5-, 8-10; Psalm 19; I Corinthians 12:12-30; Lute 1-1-4:14-21.

Father David M. Pettingill at Sabbath assembly with tremendous implications for us at Sunday assembly. Notice, first of all , that Jesus makes the effort to choose the passage he reads: "He stood up and was handed a scroll of the prophet Isaiah .

He unrolled the scroll and found the passage where it was written ." Notice moreover, th at the passage he proclaims speaks of a Spirit-filled Messiah who creates a Peop le for God only out of the needy and disrespected; "The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to bring glad tidings to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim liberty to captives and recovery of si g ht to the blind, to let the oppressed go free , and to proclaim a year acceptable to the Lord." Notice finally that the passage proclaimed by Jesus and about Jesus takes on new life and presence to the assembly: "He said to them, 'Today this Scripture passage is fulfilled in your hearing.' " For Luke, when the Word is proclaimed , the hearers are at one with God's People-forming intent: the gift actualizes itself again: it is always "today." Just hemLuke 's todays: " ' Today in the city of David a savior has

been born for you who is Christ and Lord (2:11); ' " " 'Today salvation has come to this house (19:9); ' ' 'Today you will be with me in Paradise (23:43). ' " Hearing the Word and welcoming the Word, we are identified with Jesus the Lord, who causes the gifts of his Spirit to explode in our parishes but in such a way that we must look to each other for our complete experience of these gifts. True, "As a Body is one though it has many parts and all the parts of the body, though many, are one body, so also Christ." But more true: "Now the body is not a single part , but many. If a foot should say, 'Because I am not a hand , I do not belong to the body ' , it does not for this reason belong any less to the body. .. . The eye cannot say to the hand , T do not need you,' " Paul insists to the Corinthians and us.

God's Word then makes us what God intends us to be: an assembly called by his Word, identified with his saving event, responding in worshi p because we are always contemporary with his wonders.

Questions for Renew Communities: 1. How does the Scriptural Word affect our small community of faith?

2. How can we lead more Catholics to value this Word?

3. How can we continue to renew our parish?

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

Full, Conscious, Active Particip ation Does our common worship lead us deeper into God? Is our worship deep enough, rich enough , profound enough to sustain our faith? Sunday after Sunday, does the mystery of Christ ' s dying and rising sink deeper into our muscles and blood and bones?

After Mass, do we leave exhausted because of the hard and beautiful work of the liturgy that we do together? Does our common worship rehearse us in the life we were baptized to live? Do we live from the liturgy?

Are we more faithful disciples of Christ after our communal worship? A key dynamic of worship itself that lead s us in this direction is what is called "full , conscious , active participation. " The Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy from the Second Vatican Council taught that this participation was the aim to be considered above all else in the reform of the sacraments.

However, sometimes this participation is interpreted to mean only external actions: reciting or singing words, processing, the actions of common posture . I want to suggest that "full , conscious, active participation " goes beyond the external.

There is a deeper level of participation.

The communal postures , singing, prayer, silence, meditation , listening, gathering and processing together are liturgy ' s uni que means to engage the spirit , mind, and heart of each of us present. The deeper participation , the deeper engagement is through these outward signs into the

Sister Sharon McMillan , SND very heart of God. Active participation is allowing ourselves to be caught up in the eternal relationship of Jesus Christ with the Father through the Spirit.

We were first plunged into this relationship at our baptism. "We were called God's own "beloved" just as Christ was at his baptism.

We were filled with Christ's own Spirit. We live out this relationshi p day by day in persevering obedience to the Spirit. And we celebrate the fullness of this relationshi p as one people in the action of Eucharist on the Lord' s Day. Liturgy at its best draws us profoundl y into the reality of this type of

J ust as our relationship with Christ is one of dy ing and rising every day with him, so liturgy calls us to that same truth.

p articipation. But we cannot sit back and wait for liturgy to do its work on us. Just as our relationshi p with Christ is one of dying and rising every day with him, so liturgy calls us to that same truth. Liturgy calls us to the same surrender.

Although liturgy ' s climate is hosp itality and community-building, its whole purpose is transformation in Christ. Its whole purpose is to die and rise with Christ. And this we do together as Christ's own Body.

The "full , conscious , active partici pation " in the external elements of the common prayer is not to make us comfortable. This is no club we have joined. We have greeters to welcome us , songs to sing, silences to keep, postures to hold but not in order to feel good . Such participation is to help us , encourage us , strengthen us to surrender to the profound mystery we celebrate : Christ ' s own dying and rising in us.

One last pastoral note: the most powerful moment in the Eucharistic liturgy in which I experience this type of communal surrender is the silence after communion. It is worth everything, I believe, to help our assemblies grow into the encounter with Christ and with one another in this long and substantial silence.

Led by the strong example of the priest celebran t, the entire assembly sits and breathes and prays together in heartfelt thanksgiving. This is "full , conscious , active participation. " This is experiencing together what it means to be transforme d into Christ. ÂŚÂŚi i m.

Notre Dame Sister Sharon McMillan is assistant professor of sacramenta l theology and liturgy at St. Patrick Seminary, Menlo Park.

Family Lif e Practicing the Presence of God at the Beach

By Vivian W. Dudro It was a Friday afternoon , and all of us were testy.

Perhaps the week had been exceptionall y busy, and the children and I were worn out. Whatever the reason , the children were bickering, and I was yelling such effective commands as, "Stop it , you guys!"

My words fell upon deaf ears, for what child takes a tired , cranky woman seriously? I needed lo divert their attention away from each other and find a quiet space for myself, but weak as I felt in that moment, how could I? Suddenly, I received an inspiration. "Okay everybody," I shouted in my best playground patrol voice, "get into the car, we're going to the beach."

So unused to spontaneity on a school day, the children were struck momentaril y dumb by the announcement. Then they all started speaking at once. "Shouldn 't we change our clothes? Don 't we need our sand toys?

Are we really going to the beach; it 's winter outside?"

I grabbed a jacket and a blanket and headed for the

door, calling over my shoulder, ' You hav e five minutes to pull yourselves together."

Never had they scrambled so quickl y, and in the twinkling of an eye we were at Ocean Beach. As soon as we arrived , the children hurtled themselves out of the car and ran toward the surf. Stopping short of the water, my sons began digging holes and building sand castles, while my daughters began skipping about and acquainting themselves with every dog and baby at hand. Though I sat nearby the children , I could barely hear them, as their voices were borne away by the wind.

I pulled out my rosary and began the Apostles ' Creed. "I believe in God , die Father Almighty, Maker of Heaven and Earth... " With the enormous sky above me and the seemingl y endless sea before me, I sighed and allowed the burden of my little world to be lifted from my shoulders.

An Our Father came next. "Give us this day our daily bread ," I asked, and permitted my worries to slip from my fingers . I lost count of the Hail Mary 's, even

with the beads in my hands. ' Oh well , the more the prayer is repeated , the more comfort it brings. "Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners now and Vivian W. Dudro at the hour of our death ."

When the sun sank to eye level , the air turned frigid.

I rounded up my shivering but happy children and took them home for warm baths and a hot meal. "Mom, we need to go to the beach more often ," said one of them as 1 tucked him in that night.

I couldn 't agree more.

Vivian Dudro is the mother of four (ages fo ur to 13) and a member of St. Mary 's Cathedral Parish.

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This must please God and hel p me. After all , the Our Father contains the petition: "Thy will be done."

Yet, the Our Father also contains specific requests: Feed us , forgive us, deliver us from evil.

During a dinner prayer recently, my friend , who is "Bible Christian ," specificall y asked that God keep a together two family members who are struggling in their marriage. She asked Jesus to use his "mysterious powers" to transform their family.

I felt surprised that she so confidently told God what to do. Still , the prayer helped me to realize that we can and should make specific requests .

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Kamille Maher is a member of St. John of God Parish, San Francisco , and a member of the Catholic San Francisco editorial team.

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

Through 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 FJenbow, director of liturgy, St. Mary Cathedral , SF. Also , Eastern Spirituality of the Eucharist wilh Father David Anderson, pastor, Eastern Catholic Mission , Ukiah. Through April 4: Social Justice Ministry training with Msgr.

Warre n Holleran and Carmelite Father Andrew Slotnicki of St. Patrick's Seminary, and Father William Myers, parochial vicar, St. Vincenf de Paul parish , San Francisco. Hear about and discuss justice in the bible, encyclicals , and bishops' documents and how it relates to homelessness , community organizing, and forming parish leaders. All at Archbishop Riordan High School, 175 Phelan Ave., San Francisco.

Holy Hour each Fri. 1 -2p.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.

Parables 2001: Stories Jesus Told, a monthly revisiting of the scripture stories with well known ret reat leaders, scholars and people of faith. What about these tales? Are they true? Did they really happen? What implications do they have for the Christian in the 21st century? Feb. 11: Holy Names Sister Molly Neville; March 11: Father Thomas Madden, Ph.D., Vallombrosa director; April 8: San Francisco Auxiliary Bishop John C. Wester.

Jan. 21: Take and Eat , a mini-retreat for lecto rs and eucharistic ministers , an afternoon to reflect and be nourished for ministry in the Church.

Facilitators: Sister Toni Longo , Father Thomas Madden.

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

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Feb. 2-4: The Eucharist: A Real Presence of Jesus Healing, a healing retreat for men and women with Jesuit Fathers Lou Cerulli and Bernard Bush.

Feb. 9-11: Sharing Our Gifts , a retreat for married couples with Sue and Pete Fullerton and Jesuit Father James Hanley.

Feb. 17: Picking Up the Pieces, a day of reflection for the divorced and separated with Judy Zolezzi.

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MERCY CENTER 2300 Adeline Dr., Burlingame. For fees, times and other offerings , call (650) 340-7474 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 Sartdi Peters.

Taize Prayer 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.

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

Call (415) 565-3672.

Jan. 19: Annual Interfaith Sanctity of Human Life Prayer Service at Mission Dolores Basilica, 16th St. at Dolores St., SF at 7:30 p.m. Sponsored by the Interfaith Committee for Life. Date is during Week of Prayer for Christian Unity. Call (415) 565-3672.

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.c6m.

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 Wre n at (415) 386-6600.

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

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

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

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

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

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- 6 p.m., 1st Fri. 9:30 a.m. to 9 a.m. Sat. St. Bruno Church, 555 W. San Bruno Ave., San Bruno, 24 hours everyday. Call (650) 588-0572. Our Lady of Guadalupe Chapel. St. Francis of Assisi Shrine, 610 Vallejo St. at Columbus, SF, Fri. following 12:15 p.m. Mass until 4:'15 p.m. 2nd Sat. at St. Matthew Church, One Notre Dame Way, San Mateo with Nocturnal Adoration Society of San Mateo County. Call Lynn King at (650) 349-0498 or Jim McGill at (650) 574-3918 for times. Corpus Christi Monastery, 215 Oak Grove Ave., Menlo Park , daily fro m 7 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Call (650) 3221801. St. Bartholomew Church, 300 Alameda de las Pulgas, San Mateo, 1st Fri. from after 8 a.m.

Mass until just befo re next day's 8 a.m. Mass.; St. Dominic Churc h, 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 Churc h, 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 Church, 761 Hilary Dr., Tiburon, M - F 7:45 a.m.

- 9 p.m.; Sat. 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. Call (415) 435-1122; St. Mary's Cathedral , Gough and Geary St., SF, 1st Fri. after 8 a.m. Mass until Sat. at 8 p.m.; Holy Name of Jesus Church , 39th Ave. and Lawton St., SF, Wed. 9:30 a.m. - 7:30 p.m.; St. Matthias Church, 1685 Cordilleras Rd., Redwood City, 1st Fri., 9 a.m. until Mass at 5:30 p.m.(650) 366-9544

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The Adoption Network of Catholic Charities offers two free information meetings for families considering adoption on the 2nd Tues. of every month at 98 Bosworth , San Francisco at 7 p.m., and on 1st Wed. at 36 37th Ave., San Mateo at 7 p.m.

Call (415) 406-2387.

Single, Divorced, Separated Catholic Adult Singles Assoc , of Marin meets for support and activities. Call Bob at (415) 8970639 for information. Jan. 21: Mass at National Shrine of St. Francis of Assisi; Jan. 27: a night at the theatre for Tallulah at San Francisco 's Curran Theatre.

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 Church , 50 Thomas More Way, SF meets on 3rd Thursdays.

Call Claudia Devaux at (415) 334-9088 or e-mail stmchurch@hotmail.com. Call Ron Landucci at (650) 583-6016 about upcoming social activities.

Jan. 27: New Wings Pot-Luck at St. Thomas More Church; Feb. 2: Taize Prayer at Mercy Center, Burlingame; Feb. 10: Lunch and a movie at Stonestown; Feb. 15: Canon lawyers on annulment.

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 Sara h DiMare at (650) 6977582; Our Lady of Mt. Carmel , James St. between Fulton and Grand, Redwood City, Thurs.

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

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

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

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

Lectures/Classes/Radio-TV/ 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.

Jan. 29: 22nd Paul Wattson Lecture at USF's Pacific Rim Room, 1st floor , Lone Mt. Campus , 2800 Turk St., SF at 8 p.m. Internationally known theologian, Ted Peters, Ph.D., will speak on The Science-Religion Dialogue: An Ecumenical Catalyst. Shuttle available from Anza St., J Parking Lot off Parker Ave. Public invited.

Sponsored by USF and Franciscan Friars of the Atonement.

Feb. 3: Annual Religious Education Institute, 9 a.m. - 5 p.m., at St. Ignatius College Preparatory 2001 37th Ave at Sunset, SF. An especially rewarding day for Religious Education directors and teachers , youth ministers , RCIA directors/team members , and any adult seeking additional faith formation. Opportunities include a look inside the Byzantine Catholic Church , a lesson on how parents can help prepare their children for the sacraments , embodying pacifism in everyday life. Sponsored by Office of Religious Education/Youth Ministry in conjunction with the Department of Catholic Schools and the Offices of Ethnic Ministries , Evangelization/ RENEW , and Worship. $18 through Jan. 16, $20 after. Group rate $16. Box lunch available for $5.50. Call (415) 565-3650.

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

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

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

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

Food & Fun Jan. 27: Annual fundraising luncheon for San Francisco Council of Catholic Women at the Golden Gateway Holiday Inn, Van Ness Ave. at Pine St., SF. Fashion show with members modeling ensembles , hats , and accessories , and silent auction are highlights of the afternoon. Proceeds benefit Works of Peace program supporting poor women in undeveloped countries become selfsupporting. Tickets $30. Call Diana Heafey at (415) 731-6379.

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. March speaker is Father Cyril O'Sullivan , parochial vicar , St. Isabella parish , San Rafael. Call (415) 461-0704.

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

Call Bill Taylor at (415) 731-1177.

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

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

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Reunions Feb. 4: St. Thomas More Elementary School invites alumni/ae to visit for Mass at 10 a.m. and the open house and hospitality hour that follows .

To be sure to receive all future announcements , sign in that day or mail your name and address tc STM Alumni Assoc , 50 Thomas More Way, SF 94132 or stmalumni@hotmail.com. Call Linda Kilmartin at (415) 543-3194.

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 foi old photos or written recollections of the Little Sisters of the Poor, St. Anne's Home or residents ol the home. Contact John McGuckin at (415) 765?94fi

Perf ormance Admission free unless otherwise noted.

Jan. 21: New Millennium Concert/Ceili at the United Irish Cultural Center , 45th and Sloal 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 ot 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 anc Geary Blvd., SF. Call (415) 567-2020 ext. 213.

Sundays in Jan.: Concerts at National Shrine ol 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 Cunninqham at (415) 585-9085.

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Calling the workshop an "unbelievable message to her diocese , added , "It 's tie-in to RENEW ," Presentation Sister encourag ing, it gives hope , and it gives ¦ Continued from page 3 Antonio Heap hy described the workshop purpose. " as "excellent , energ izing, exciting and Weddell was raised as an evangelical The September workshop was sponsored b y the realistic. " Protestant , and studied theology at the Archdiocese 's School of Pastoral Leadership (SPL). Jesuit "It makes the most sense of any of the Quakers ' Earlham School of Religion and Father Michael Barber, SPL director, says in an essay posted workshops I've seen in a long time ," said the evangelical Fuller School of World on the Institute 's Web page (www.si ena.org 1 Mission before entering the Catholic Church Sister Heaphy, director of that parishioners and pastors alike confided the Archdiocese 's Office of in 1987. She received a master 's degree in they did not know how to put to use knowlEvangelization /RENEW and adult education from Seattle University in edge gained in his school' s program. director of the Department of 1993 and desi gned the Spiritual Gift s "When you say May ministry ' mosl Pastoral Ministry.

Discernment Program that same year.

Sherry Weddell Catholics immediatel y think , 'Oh , that Father Sweeney, a native of Vancouver, A partici pant in a workmeans Eucharistic Minister...or Lector...or shop four years ago says discerning his British Columbia , has been a Dominican since 1973. He Usher turned Hospitality Minister. ' Don 't charisms made a difference. "1 received was ordained a priest in 1979. Father Sweeney has served get me wrong, all these are wonderfu l minconcrete tools thai have given me much as both a pastor and a campus minister. In addition , he has istries , and hel p the Church ," he says. "Bui greater clarity in my jobs , in my relation- conducted retreats for lay peop le and clergy and has been a there 's more." ships, and in every aspect of my life ," university instructor in philosophy and history.

"I have seen people leave the workshop writes Scott Moyer in the Archdiocese 's The workshop will be free. A "free will offering" will thrilled and excited for the first time about Father Michael Sweeney Young Adult Ministry newsletter. Moyer be taken on-site to cover costs. Partici pants should bring being a baptized lay person ," Father Barber declares. serves on the young adult "visioning team." a lunch.

"I am delighted that the workshop embraces" the lay per"I enjoy the teaching," said Chris Taylor, who lives For more information , call (415) 581-3581 or e-mail: son 's role, stated Sharon Chiarucci, who came from Honolulu above Auburn in the Sacramento diocese. Taylor, who christineop (Ssf yain.org . The Office of Young Adult to inquire about bringing the workshop to the islands. also attended the San Francisco workshop to bring the Ministry has a Web page at www.sfyani.org .

Centuries-old Bolivian church faces new challenges

By Margaret Plevak SAN MIGUEL DE VELASCO, Bolivia (CNS) - The Church of San Miguel rises from the edge of a scrubby ru ral village dotted with adobe houses and red clay roads.

Painted against its exterior whitewashed walls is a bright mix of saints, stars and flora.

Construction of the church began in 1740 but Catholic history in Bolivia stretches even further. Its deep roots have helped preserve the faith under today 's changing times marked by a priest shortage and a growing lay leadership.

A myriad of architectural details spin stories of San Miguel' s history, said Bernardo Fischermann , a Germanborn anthropolog ist working in Santa Cruz. He gave a tour to a group of pil grims visiting from the Milwaukee Archdiocese.

A Jesuit priest and the villagers carved its altar in 1752, he noted, and its giant columns were carved in the village and brought by ox cart to the church.

San Miguel is part of the Velasco province mission complex located in lowlands northeast of Santa Cruz.

Spanish Jesuits came in the late 1500s to what was then the unexp lored territory of Bolivia and formed reductions , or settlements, for indigenous people to convert them and to protect them from Spanish and Portuguese slave traders.

The settlements were also self-contained communities where natives were taught farming and marketing of their products. Religion courses were taught alongside instruction in music and art.

According to Cynthia Radding, associate professor of history at the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana , the flowering of the settlements occurred between the 1740s and 1760s.

In front of each mission church in such settlements, in Bolivia and elsewhere, was an open plaza with a tall cross.

The cross, said Radding, who was recently in Bolivia to research a book on the Jesuit missions, "indicates that the center of the mission is not the church , but the cross, or God. That 's where the real church was." ' In 1767, under heavy political pressure, the Jesuits were expelled , replaced by Spanish archdiocesan priests. Most of the churches were maintained until the 1830s, and then the land graduall y reverted back to the forest, where the indi genous people, still hiding from slave traders , again formed communities.

Over time the locals would return periodicall y to the abandoned churches to clean and repair them , which kept the buildings standing , Fischermann said. By the 1970s, a grant from the Jesuits in Germany and Switzerland helped pay for mission restoration carried out by locals.

Catholicism remains strong in Bolivia , where approximately 95 percent of the population is Catholic.

But other denominations , like Assembly of God and Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints , are attracting followers , said Sister Jo Anne Leo, a Sinsinawa , Wis., Dominican and coordinator of an adult catechetical program at Bolivian University of Technology at a Distance in Cochabamba.

"These churches offer immediacy, and the celebrations are very active," Sister Leo told a reporter from the Catholic Herald , newspaper of the Milwaukee Archdiocese.

Catholics in Bolivia have had to adapt to fewer priests. In Cochabarftba, a Dominican-run seminary with room for over 100 students has 26 seminarians.

In the 23 parishes of Santa Cruz , Masses might alternate

with liturgical services in which parishioners take a role in leading prayers or giving a talk on the Scriptures.

The positive side of the priest shortage is that lay people are becoming more involved, said Father. Edward Penchi, a La Crosse, Wis., diocesan priest now based in Santa Cruz. "They're realizing that they are the community and the church. " Sister LouAnne Willette , also a Sinsinawa Dominican , sees lay leadership rising from the barrio parishes where she ministers . "We have 15 catechists for conftnnation, and that's the result of good youth ministry, and good formation for folks," she said.

At Maria Reina, a barrio chapel in the city of Santa Cruz, parishioners meet every Wednesday night for a program to strengthen faith , she said. In a white-walled salon attached to the church , members gather on two rows of wooden chairs to read , reflect and discuss a liturgical reading or Scripture passage.

In San Ignacio de Loyola, a Jesuit-run barri o church in the city of Cochabamba, parish leaders from surrounding communities meet for a monthl y council meeting, supp lemented by a lay service. They bring up community issues and plan for joint activities.

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Reviewed b y Eugene Fisher Catholic News Service The Vatican 's 1985 "Notes on the Correct Way lo Present Jews and Judaism in Catholic Preaching and Calechesis in the Roman Catholic Churc h," acknowled ging the distinct ways that Jews and Christians approach the Bible , nevertheless urges Catholics to "profit discerning ly from the traditions of Jewish reading. " The three books reviewed here provide strong evidence of the wisdom of this advice. All three authors are Jews deeply faithfu l to Judaism. Rabbis Sidney Brichto and Daniel F. Polish are Reform Jews, while Paula Fredriksen is an Orthodox Jew. Even more interesting is that two of the books are reflections on the New Testament, and , al! the more insi ghtful because their authors ,. like the authors of the New Testament, are believing Jews. All three are full y conversant with contemporary Christian as well as Jewish biblical ¦ scholarship.

While all three should find a wide Catholic readershi p, Rabbi Polish's "Bringing the Psalms to Life " may have the most immediate appeal in parish life today. Simply put , it will help Catholics to pray better, and thus to cope better with l ife 's crises, such as facing "enemies ," dealing with anger, feeling let down or abandoned , and facing sickness and death.

Equall y, it will hel p Catholics to celebrate life 's "hi g h" moments with a deeper gratitude to the God who makes them possible , and a greater appreciation of what really counts in life — those wh om we love. The enduring power of the Psalms is their earthiness , their ability to articulate what we really want to say, to God and to our fellow human

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beings. Rabbi Polish 's book will help all Catholics , to understand why this is so.

A congregational rabbi for 30 years , Rabbi Polish here draws together a lifetime of experience hel ping his fellow Jews throug h their toughest and bri ghtest moments , and frames it throug h the greatest set of prayers ever written , the Psalms. This book is a book of profound spirituality. It will enliven parish discussion groups and provide a suitable text around which to organize relreals and Catholic-Jewish dialogues. It may well become a spiritual classic for Jews and Christians alike .

Rabbi Brichto 's "interpretative translation " of St. Luke 's Gospel and the Acts of the Apostles is another work aimed at the general reader, whether Jewish , Christian or unbeliever. Part of "The Peop le 's Bible " project in Eng land , it aims "to give the Bible back to the peop le of great , little or no faith ," stressing the enduring qualities of the biblical text as humanity 's greatest literary creation.

Generally, it is faithful to the text , making it quite readable. Where it does fill in gaps, it puts these in bold type.

Interesting ly, these inte rpolations into the text often come from other passages in Ihe Bible itself , or they are simple modern-language descri ptions of what the author had in mind. Like Rabbi Polish and Fredriksen , Rabbi Brichto knows well contemporary Christian biblical scholarshi p, and puts it to good use, alongside his own Jewish background , which , together, result in a fascinating new "take " on the Gospel.

Fredriksen 's "Jesus of Nazareth , King of the Jews: a Jewish life and the Emergence of Christianity," by contrast to the two previous authors , seems to be writing essentially for a Christian audience , thoug h she herself is a devout Orthodox Jew. She writes, as she says, from the point of view of a historian , not a theolog ian , which comes out at many points , for examp le in her calm acceptance that when the Gospels speak of Jesus ' "brothers" they mean just that, not "cousins ," which is equally acceptable on textual grounds and confonns much better with Christian theology regarding the virginity of Mary. Still , this is a vividl y provocative book in the best of senses, and accessible to a general audience, although her knowledge of contemporary Jewish and Christian New Testament scholarship is prodigious.

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Msgr. Dennis P. O'Neil , pastor of St. Emydius Parish in Lynwood, was named an auxiliary in the Diocese of San Bernardino.

Archbishop Gabriel Montalvo , papal nuncio to the United States, announced the appointments in Washington Jan. 16.

Edward William Clark was born in Minneapolis Nov. 30, 1946. He was ordained a priest of the Los Angeles Archdiocese May 9, 1972, after studies at Our Lady Queen of Angels Seminary in San Fernando and St. John 's Seminary College and St. John 's Seminary in Camarillo , where he earned a master 's degree in reli gion.

Provide full range ol HR services to Bay Area programs ol this uni que , SF based, non-profit agency. Work with HR Manager on a vari ety ol generalist duties i'nel: employee relations, recruitment, benefits , payroll & attendance tracking, HRIS , as well as other administrative duties.

Position requires BS/BA degree p lus PC proficiency, organization , & communication skills. ¦

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me and show me you are my mother. Oh Hol y Mary, Mother n( God , Queen of Heaven and earth. 1 humhly heseech you from the bottom of my heart to help me in this need. Oil Maty, conceived without sin. Pray for us (IX). Holy Mary, I p lace this cause in your hands (3X).

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Send resume to CYO, 98 Bosworrh St., SE CA 94112 or FAX to CYO H RCSF (415) 406-2361 or email liolM@cvosl.org (p lease no attachments).

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Call Lynn (650) 2188862

Saint Ignatius College Prep Position Announcement ^ 0%^ Academic Year 2001 - 2002 ^J^ St. Ignatius College Preparatory, a coed Jesuit secondary school, will interview in January and February 200 1 for the following position:

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This is an administrative position , and requires the overseeing of all Campus Ministry stall ' and activities as well as partici pation in school administration activities. Please call (415) 731-7500, ext. 401 , for a complete job description.

Participation in an on-site interview process will be required of all final applicants.

Minimum Requirements for Director of Campus Ministry at St. Ignatius: * Bachelor Degree * California Teaching Credential , or * Master 's of Divinity Degree or its equivalent * Campus Ministry experience Hi ghl y competitive salary Please submit cover letter and resume by February 1 to: Fr. Greg Goethals , S.J. Chair of the Campus Ministry Search Committee St. Ignatius College Preparatory 2001 37th Avenue San Francisco, California 94116 St. Ignatius is an equal opportunity employer

ST. DUNSTAN "^ 1133 Broadway Millbra e, CA 94O30 (4 15) 697-4730

Secretary Wanted

St. Dunstan Parish in lovely Millbrae, seeks a person to fill the position of parish secretary, Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.

The secratary must have people skills and be able to deal with a diverse community. The person must have organizational skills, computer skills (a must), have a pleasant personality. This person must be able to set the weekly bulletin, record keeping, data base maintenance, mailings, secretarial office duties and answer a very busy phone. The person must have the ability to work with staff and volunteers. This is essential.

Full benefits are offered.

This person must be ready to commence work February I , 2001.

Please send resume to:

Rev. Dermot Kavanagh St. Dunstan Parish 1133 Broadway Millbrae, CA 94030 or Call (650) 697-4730 V or FAX (650) 332-4962 J ^ CATHOLIC WtTHm I I SAN FRANCISCO I I

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Dennis P. O'Neil was born in Fremont, Neb., Jan. 16, 1940. He was ordained a priest of the Los Angeles Archdiocese in 1966 after studies at St. John 's Seminary College and St. John 's Seminary.

He served in Los Angeles area parishes from 1966 to 1979, when he undertook a five-year missionary assi gnment in the Diocese of Juneau , Alaska.

In 1984 he became administrator, and later pastor, of St. Thomas the Apostle Parish in Los Angeles. He served on the archdiocesan clergy personnel board from 1990 to 1998 and was appointed pastor of St. Emydius in 1998.

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In 1983 he earned a second master 's degree at Mount St. Mary 's College in Los Angeles.

He did advanced studies at the Gregorian University in Rome from 1985 to 1988, earning a licentiate and doctorate in theology.

Following ordination lie served in several pastoral assignments in Los Angeles. U pon his return from Rome he was assistant to the archbishop and archdiocesan coordinator of reli gious instruction for secondary schools for two years.

In 1 990 he joined the St. John Seminary faculty as an adjunct professor of systematic theology, and since 1994 he has been rector/president of the seminary college .

St. Vincent De Paul Church is looking for a rectory cook to work from 4-7 pm , Monday through Saturday.

Benefits are included.

For St. Gregory Church in San Mateo. Near train station. Wednesday rehearsal and 10:30 mass on Sunday.

For more Information contact Father Ring

Call (650) 345-8506.

at 415-922-1010.

SCHOOL POSITION OPENINGS

Program Coordinator: , Lead 5-person staff in forming over 100 full-time Jesuit Volunteers as they grow toward solidarity with the poor. High 20s plus good benifits.

Resumes to: Mary Ashley, JVC: Southwest,

Elementary school on Peninsula Resource Teacher, PIT negotiable.

Long-TermSubstitute for Junio r High.

474 Valencia #230,

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San Francisco , CA 94103.

Fax:415-5221 633.

Persons of color encouraged.

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Minimum B.A. Degree. A Catliolic/coed/college prep school.

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FOR MORE INFORMATION CA LL 41 5-565-3 699 Food Service Worker F/T benefited position , Tues. - Sat. work, 11:15 a.m. to 7:45 p.m. shift. Duties include dishwashing, cleaning of kitchen and dining area, setting tables and food , assisting in food preparation and general sanitation maintenance. At least 1 yr. prior work experience and HS education preferred.

Environmental Service Worker F/T, with benefits , Mon.- Fri. workweek with occasional weekend work. Duties include general daily/weekly cleaning of guest and conference rooms, hallways, windows, patio, bathrooms & storage areas. Cleaning involves sweeping, mopping, stripping/waxing and spray buffing of floors , vacuuming of carpets, dusting and emptying waste areas. At least 2 yrs. previous housekeeping/janitorial experience preferred.

Apply in person or send resume to: Sisters of Mercy, Attn: Human Resources 2300 Adeline Drive Burlingame, CA 94010 E-mail: Emilycsr@aol.com Fax: (650) 347-2550

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HOLY CROSS CATHOLIC CEMETERY, COLMA 1st Saturday Mass - Saturday, February 3rd Rev. Mark Taheny, Celebrant - St. Robert 's Parish All Saints Mausoleum - 11:00 a.m.

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Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery 1500 Mission Road, Colma, CA 94014 650756-2060

Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery Intersection of Santa Cruz Avenue, Menlo Park, CA 94025 650-323-6375

Mt. Olivet Catholic Cemetery 270 Los Ranchitos Road, San Rafael , CA 94903 415-479-9020