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By CNS and Catholic San Francisco CASTEL GANDOLFO, Italy – Pope Benedict XVI said that dealing with the rapid growth of cities and the increase of people moving into urban areas “represents one of the most serious problems that humanity of the 21st century is called to face.”

After praying the noonday Angelus last Sunday, the pope reminded pilgrims gathered in the courtyard of his summer residence in Castel Gandolfo, south of Rome, that Oct. 2 marked World Habitat Day. The United Nations established the day to highlight the importance of city management and an individual’s right to adequate shelter. According to the U.N., city slums are mushrooming and one billion people, or one of every three urban dwellers, live in slums.

Pope Benedict encouraged all

those who work on urban management to help ensure that “people living in degraded neighborhoods be guaranteed dignified living conditions, the fulfillment of their basic needs and the possibility of achieving their dreams,” especially concerning family life and “peaceful coexistence” in society.

Current levels of urban poverty and slums could double in the next 30 years, experts say, if cities and national governments fail to manage urban growth and migration in a sustainable way.

World Habitat Day was launched Oct. 2 from the Italian city of Naples, where Archbishop Agostino Marchetto, secretary of the Pontifical Council for Migrants and Travelers, took part in the opening ceremonies.

He was present on behalf of the council’s president, Cardinal

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Pope calls urban poverty one of the most serious problems of our time

A homeless child sleeps in a wheelchair on the street in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo in a picture taken last week.

Pope Benedict has encouraged care for the urban poor, while a national conference on global poverty is scheduled for Oct. 27-28 in San Francisco.

Renato Martino, who was awarded the 2006 U.N. Habitat Scroll of Honor for his “tireless work to help improve the plight of slum dwellers around the world.”

Archbishop Marchetto recalled how the cardinal had personally met with the president of Kenya in 2004 to prevent

the eviction of hundreds of thousands of people living in a Nairobi slum. The city had wanted to raze the area to build a new bypass without offering the people alternative housing.

Cardinal Martino told officials that they needed to tackle the root causes of slums, which are a “result of underdevelop-

ment and poverty” because people who cannot earn a decent living in rural areas come to the city seeking something better.

In Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, relief groups estimate that more than 30,000 children live on the URBAN POVERTY, page 5

Archdiocesan Eucharistic Retreat at St. Mary’s Cathedral set for Nov. 18

By Maurice Healy San Francisco Archbishop George H. Niederauer will celebrate Mass and deliver a homily at the 2006 Archdiocesan Eucharistic Retreat planned for Saturday, Nov. 18, between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m., at St. Mary’s Cathedral in San Francisco.

Archbishop Niederauer said, “I extend an invitation to all of the faithful to attend and participate in this Archdiocese-wide retreat, which is centered on Jesus Christ and his call to ‘Come, follow me.’ As followers of Jesus Christ, we will join in

companionship to try to hear and respond to the call of Jesus, and to be nourished at the table of the Eucharist.”

Leaders of the one-day retreat are Michael McDevitt and Robert Bussell of “The Mystical Humanity of Christ,” a Catholic non-profit organization that has led many retreats since it was founded in 2000. Archbishop Niederauer has served as advisor and spiritual director for the group beginning when he was Bishop of Salt Lake City.

In September 2005, McDevitt and Bussell led a similar retreat

in the Archdiocese of San Francisco, which was attended by more than 500 people. This year, the Archdiocese-wide retreat again will have both English and Spanish language tracks.

The theme of the 2006 retreat is “Come, follow me.”

McDevitt said, “Throughout the Scripture, Our Lord is calling us to follow Him. Little by little, every story pulls us closer to Jesus. As we reflect on each lesson we begin to move from examining the life of Christ to RETREAT, page 15

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The class of ’46 from now much-missed St. Agnes Elementary School joined again – as they have often in San Rafael. Back from left: Frank Nann, Bill Larsen, Paul Matelli, Aileen Scanlon Ledford, Kenneth Raab, Father Wilton Smith, Tony Calvello, Tom Foley. Front from left: Teresa Gomez Froschl, Mary Bierne Huggins, Virginia Burke Snyder, Joan Kelly Gourley, Helen Wilkey Austin, Joan Perrin Hunt, Bob Keefe, Marty Troy.

Alumni and sons were recently welcomed back to Junipero Serra High School. Serra says 72 grads have sons currently at the school. The tradition also extends to the granddad level as this picture of Bob Kidwell ‘ 55, Daniel Kidwell ’08 and Andrew Kidwell ’82 attests.

Students have been officially welcomed back at Immaculate Conception Academy. A recent Welcome Week was complete with a Frosh Frolic, picnic, skits and an ice cream social, said school PR director, Kathleen Hayden. Puttin’ heart where their hair was were seniors

Colleen Cataluna and Megan Dunlap who donated 24 inches of their formerly waist-length locks to a non-profit org that provides hairpieces for children suffering from hair loss. Mighty proud are the lasses’ parents Maria and Hercules Cataluna and Janet Dunlap…. St. Cecilia Parish says “Thanks” to Patrick Shanahan, Greg Porter, Francois Hechinger, Robert Soberanis, Tarik Dudum, Michael Kanellos, Roland Russnak, Vince McGovern, Keith Wiater, John Vagenas, and Joe Pang who “helped out big time” in a recent school cleanup….St. Mary Star of the Sea Parish said “farewell” to longtime Sausalito resident, Rosemary Russell.

Rosemary was Marriage Coordinator at the parish for many years. “We’ll miss you,” Rosemary, the parish said….St. Peter Parish in Pacifica says “Happy 40

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Peace tomorrow relies on justice today, Vatican official tells U.N.

By Catholic News Service UNITED NATIONS — “Building peace for tomorrow requires doing justice today,” a top Vatican official told the U.N. General Assembly in New York last week.

Italian Archbishop Giovanni Lajolo, head of the Governor’s Office for Vatican City State, addressed issues ranging from development and human rights to religious freedom and dialogue in his speech Sept.

27 on the final day of the assembly’s annual opening debate.

The archbishop, who was the Vatican’s foreign minister before he took up his new post, warned, “failures to correct fundamental inequalities in the world economic system are fast becoming lost opportunities to advance a moral alternative to war.”

He praised the Millennium Development Goals adopted by key world leaders including U.S. President George W. Bush but he noted shortfalls in implementation.

“The present lack of progress in the fields of development aid and trade reform threatens everyone’s security and wellbeing,” he said.

“The surest way to prevent war is to address its causes,” he said.

He called human rights “pillars of peace” and urged governments to understand that “violation of the fundamental rights of the person cannot be removed from the attention of the international community under the pretext of the inviolability of a state’s internal affairs.”

Addressing the role of religion in world affairs, Archbishop Lajolo said, “At its best, truest and most authentic, religion is a vital force for good, for harmony and for peace among peoples. ... It feeds the hungry and clothes the naked. It binds up the wounds of war, both physical and psychological. It

provides sanctuary to refugees and hospitality to migrants. It cultivates peace in hearts.”

“In this last generation, the world’s religions, their leaders and their adherents have shown themselves time and again to be willing to dialogue and to promote harmony among peoples,” he said.

Referring to Pope Benedict XVI’s recent remarks in Germany about violence and religion — which included a quote about Islam and violence that provoked strong criticism from the Muslim world — Archbishop Lajolo said the pope’s intent was to encourage interreligious and intercultural dialogue.

“His real intention was to explain that ‘not religion and violence, but religion and reason go together,’ in the context of a critical vision of a society which seeks to exclude God from public life,” the archbishop said.

“If on the one hand religious motivation for violence, whatever its source, must be clearly and radically rejected, on the other, it must be emphasized that in political life one cannot disregard the contribution of the religious vision of the world and of humanity,” he said. “In fact — as the pope affirmed — were reason to turn a deaf ear to the divine and relegate religion to the ambit of subcultures, it would automatically provoke violent reactions; and violent reactions are always a falsification of true religion.”

Archbishop Lajolo urged nations and civil societies to “promote religious freedom and a sane, social tolerance that will disarm extremists even before they can begin to corrupt others with their hatred of life and liberty.”

He encouraged current U.N. reform efforts but warned that the organization’s “lofty goals ... will be reached only by over-

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“The Holy See continues to be an advocate of the United Nations and favors its ongoing reform in the fields of peace-building, development and human rights,” he said.

He said it is “entirely right and just” for the United Nations to intervene when

“whole groups of people are violated” or when governments fail to protect them.

One of the primary goals of U.N. reform is to strengthen the organization’s capacity “to foresee a conflict or to resolve conflicts through negotiation and transform them nonviolently before there is a resort to force,” he said.

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WASHINGTON — The Catholic Campaign for Human Development, the U.S. bishops’ domestic anti-poverty program, is awarding nearly $9 million in grants this year to support local projects working to eliminate the root causes of poverty in the United States. Timothy Collins, head of CCHD, said that the needs of the poor continue to be great, especially in light of a recent report from the U.S. Census Bureau which showed that 37 million people in the United States are living in poverty. He said the agency is working with poor and lowincome people to develop “creative, practical, long-term solutions to their concerns.” The funds CCHD distributes come from Catholics who donate to a nationwide church collection that takes place in dioceses each year. One-quarter of the local collection stays in the diocese and the CCHD office in Washington distributes the rest nationally. Funded projects undergo a thorough review process and are selected based on need, without regard to religious affiliation.

Church leadership aids to go out to parishes, dioceses WASHINGTON — The National Leadership Roundtable on Church Management has begun distributing two resource DVDs and a workbook to help parish and diocesan leaders develop more effective personnel, financial and administrative practices.

“It should not surprise us, I think, that those chosen for leadership in the church as successors of the apostles are not chosen primarily for managerial skills, but for their spiritual gifts,” says Cardinal William J. Levada, one of the featured speakers on the DVDs. He is prefect of the Vatican’s Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith and former archbishop of San Francisco.

The first DVD is devoted to best financial, managerial and personnel practices at the parish level; the second, to those same issues at the diocesan level. Each DVD is divided into three main videos — management, finances, human resources — intended for viewing and structured discussion by appropriate groups in the parish or diocese. See www.nlrcm.org.

Cardinal hails advances, mourns developments harmful to life WASHINGTON — Although there are signs of hope and progress in pro-life efforts, other developments in the past year “are regressive and harmful in their effects on human life,” Cardinal William H. Keeler of Baltimore said in a message

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A hijacked Turkish Airlines plane sits on the runway at the Brindisi airport in southern Italy Oct. 3.

Two Turkish hijackers seeking to send a message to Pope Benedict XVI seized the passenger plane flying from the Albanian capital Tirana to Istanbul, Turkey, and diverted it to Italy. They surrendered to police two hours after landing in Brindisi. Italian authorities said no passengers or crew had been hurt.

marking Respect Life Sunday, Oct. 1. The cardinal, chairman of the U.S. bishops’ Committee on Pro-Life Activities, compared the atmosphere in the U.S. now to 1973 when the U.S. Supreme Court, in its Roe v. Wade decision, found “a constitutional ‘right’ to abortion.” “Today, in the same way, powerful groups in our society would ignore basic facts to promote a narrow and divisive view of the human person — a view in which human life is a mere problem, or even an object of research and exploitation, rather than the divine mystery it truly is,” he said.

Among the signs of progress mentioned by Cardinal Keeler were the “enthusiastic involvement in pro-life education and activism” by young people and the growing number of them “committed to living chastely until marriage, a trend that has contributed substantially to the continuing decline in abortions.”

Proposed restructuring reduces bishops’ national staff by 63 WASHINGTON — If the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops approves a proposed reorganization plan this November, by 2008 there will be at least 63 fewer employees on the bishops’ national staff than are currently authorized. The 260 currently authorized positions under consideration are to be reduced to 197. The cost savings would allow the bishops to reduce their yearly diocesan assessment for USCCB staff and programs by 16 percent in 2008.

In 2007 the assessment will account for $11.9 million, or 9 percent, of the organization’s $139 million budget. Of the positions that the bishops will consider eliminating from the 2008 budget, 35 have already become vacant by not replacing some employees who left.

Border fence bill passes amid opposition from religious leaders Vatican’s international priorities WASHINGTON — Legislation calling for construction of a 700-mile fence along the U.S.-Mexican border passed both houses of Congress before they adjourned until after the November elections. The fence was widely criticized by advocates for comprehensive immigration reform, who said the bill was little more than an election-year stunt aimed at voters who want a crackdown on illegal immigration. Kevin Appleby, director of migration and refugee policy for the U.S. bishops’ Migration and Refugee Services, said Sept. 29 the bishops opposed a fence for a variety of reasons. For one thing, half of those who are in the country illegally come in legally and stay beyond their permitted period, he said. Also, a fence will not prevent people from attempting to cross into the U.S. over even more difficult terrain, he added.

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Cardinal Martino is one of the prominent figures scheduled to speak at the national conference on global poverty, “POINT SEVEN NOW, Keeping America’s Promise to Make Poverty History,” which will be held in San Francisco Oct. 27 and 28 at St. Mary’s Cathedral.

The title of the national conference refers to goals, which were adopted by the nations of the world in September 2000 at the United Nations Millennium Summit, aimed at

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By Patricia Zapor WASHINGTON (CNS) — With the opening of its new term four days ago, the Supreme Court will quickly face cases on the federal law banning a procedure known as partial-birth abortion and others on protecting the environment, all of which are drawing attention from the religious community.

Court observers are eyeing two abortion cases, in which the 9th and 8th U.S. Circuit Courts of Appeals each said the 2003 federal law banning partial-birth abortion was unconstitutional, to see if recent changes in the Supreme Court’s makeup will affect the outcome of abortion-related decisions.

The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops is among the organizations that filed amicus, or friend-of-the-court, briefs urging the high court to uphold the ban and use the cases to reverse the 1973 Roe v.

Wade decision that legalized abortion nationwide.

The two abortion law cases are challenges to the 2003 federal law banning partial-birth abortion. Both rulings on appeal at the Supreme Court, as well as one by the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals that is not before the high court, found the legislation unconstitutional.

In Gonzales v. Carhart, the 8th Circuit sided with Dr. Leroy Carhart, a Nebraska abortion doctor who successfully sued to overturn that state’s partial-birth abortion ban. In 2000 the Supreme Court ruled 5-4 the state law was unconstitutional because it lacked a provision allowing an exception in cases where the pregnant woman’s health is at risk.

Congress sought to reverse the effect of that ruling by passing a federal law banning the procedure nationwide. The bill did not include a health exception, because, the bill’s proponents argued, sufficient evidence had been heard that this particular procedure is never medically necessary.

The banned procedure involves partially delivering a live fetus and then puncturing the brain stem to kill the baby before completing the delivery.

Supporters of keeping the procedure legal argue that it is usually used late in preg-

nancy when other abortion methods are more dangerous to the woman.

In Gonzales v. Planned Parenthood, the 9th Circuit ruled on behalf of a San Francisco-based Planned Parenthood affiliate and its national organization that the federal law is unconstitutional because it lacks a health exception, imposes a burden on a woman’s right to choose to have an abortion and is constitutionally vague.

The legal question before the Supreme Court when it hears both cases Nov. 8 is whether the law is invalid because it lacks a health exception or otherwise is unconstitutional on its face.

At a Sept. 25 briefing on the new term hosted by the Georgetown University Law Center, professor Randy Barnett noted that in the 2000 Nebraska case now-retired Justice Sandra Day O’Connor voted with the 5-4 majority. With O’Connor off the court, it would be a simple matter for a different majority to find that the lack of a health exception in the federal law does not render it invalid, he said.

Barnett warned it would be “somewhat of a mistake to view this as a straight abortion case,” however. Unlike previous major cases including Roe v. Wade that were based on whether laws restricting abortion infringe on a woman’s right to privacy, in this case that’s not at issue, he said. Instead, he suggested the case could turn on a variety of other points, including whether Congress properly considered the possibility that partial-birth abortions may sometimes be medically necessary.

Besides O’Connor, the court also lost Chief Justice William Rehnquist last term.

They were replaced, respectively, by Justice Samuel Alito and Chief Justice John Roberts.

With two new justices on the court, Barnett said, the cases could also turn on the importance the justices place on “stare decisis,” or the legal doctrine that gives great weight in rendering rulings to previous decisions of the court.

Another case that has attracted the attention of Catholic organizations is a lawsuit by the commonwealth of Massachusetts against the Environmental Protection Agency, for failing to adopt regulations that

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would limit greenhouse gases that contribute to global warming.

The National Catholic Rural Life Conference joined the National Council of Churches in an amicus brief arguing that the EPA was remiss in ignoring reports that greenhouse gas emissions from motor vehicles are contributing to global warming.

Christian ethics call for stewardship of the environment, the brief said, and the two organizations “therefore contend we must reduce our substantial contributions to climate change to protect the world entrusted to us.”

In the environmental case, 12 states and cities including New York, Washington and Baltimore joined environmental organiza-

tions to sue the EPA, charging that the federal agency was obligated under the Clean Air Act to enact regulations to limit the output of automobile emissions linked to global warming.

In urging the court to insist that the EPA assert its regulatory authority to try to avert global warming, the religious groups argued that besides concern for the stewardship of the planet the religious community is concerned about threats to public health and welfare.

“A warming climate also gravely threatens human communities and particularly those living closest to the edge of survival, such as the poor, the homeless and inhabitants of marginal lands,” said the brief.

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Washington Archbishop calls faith ‘cornerstone of American experience’ The nearly 1,500 people at the Mass included judges, lawyers and officials from all three branches of government.

WASHINGTON (CNS) — Addressing Concelebrants included Archbishop Pietro a congregation that included many governSambi, the apostolic nuncio to the United ment leaders at the annual Red Mass at St. States, Bishop Paul S. Loverde of Matthew Cathedral, Washington Arlington, Va., and Auxiliary Bishop Archbishop Donald W. Wuerl said that reliRichard B. Higgins of the U.S. gious faith forms part of the foundation of Archdiocese for the Military Services, the American experience and has an imporalong with Washington Auxiliary Bishops tant role to play in public life.

Kevin J. Farrell, Francisco Gonzalez and “Religious faith has long been a cornerMartin D. Holley. stone of the American experience,” the The concelebrating bishops and priests archbishop said at the Oct. 1 Mass, tradiwore red vestments as a sign of the Holy tionally held on the day before the Supreme Spirit.

Court opens its session. The Mass invokes Archbishop Wuerl’s homily pointed to God’s blessings and guidance on the the story in St. John’s Gospel of the vine administration of law. and the branches, and he used that as a Archbishop Wuerl noted how faith metaphor for the importance of people relyhelped shape both the Mayflower Compact ing on their foundation of faith in the puband the Declaration of Independence. He lic square. said George Washington’s farewell address “No one person, no part of our society, “reminds us that we simply cannot expect no people can become isolated, cut off from national prosperity without morality, and its history, from its defining experiences of morality cannot be sustained without relilife, from its highest aspirations, from the gious principles.”

Chief Justice John Roberts speaks with Archbishop Donald W. Wuerl of Washington, lessons of faith and the inspiration of reliAnd in looking at “religion’s place in right, and Archbishop Pietro Sambi, the apostolic nuncio to the United States, center, gion — from the very ‘soil’ that sustains public life,” the archbishop quoted Pope after the Red Mass at St. Matthew Cathedral in Washington Oct. 1. The annual Mass is life — and still expect to grow and flourBenedict XVI’s first encyclical, “Deus celebrated traditionally the Sunday before the new Supreme Court session begins. ish,” the archbishop said. “Faith convicCaritas Est” (“God Is Love”), which noted tions, moral values and defining religious that “the two spheres are distinct, yet accepted, moral principles and commitment to defend basic experiences of life sustain the vitality of the whole society.” always interrelated.”

He said that people were gathered at the Red Mass to “Politics, law and faith are mingled because believers human rights, which is the function of law,” he said.

Dignitaries attending the Mass included four Catholic seek God’s wisdom and to pray for an outpouring of the are also citizens,” Archbishop Wuerl said in his homily.

“Both church and state are home to the very same people.” members of the Supreme Court of the United States: John gifts of the Holy Spirit because “cut off from the vine (of The archbishop said that interrelationship helps people G. Roberts Jr., the chief justice of the United States; and faith), we have only ourselves.”

Archbishop Wuerl said it gave him hope to look out in public life seek the common good and work for justice Associate Justices Antonin Scalia, Anthony M. Kennedy by drawing on this nation’s foundation of faith, despite and Clarence Thomas. Also attending the Mass were U.S. from the cathedral’s pulpit and see so many young people.

In his homily, he noted, “Looking around, I see many, those in an increasingly secular world who seek to divorce Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales and four other Cabinet members, Commerce Secretary Carlos M. many young men and women who, in such increasing numreligion from the public square.

“To speak out against racial discrimination, social injus- Gutierrez, Housing and Urban Development Secretary bers, are looking for spiritual values, a sense of rootedness tice or threats to the dignity of life is not to force values Alphonso Jackson, Health and Human Services Secretary and hope for the future. ... In spite of all the options and upon society, but rather to call our society to its own, long- Mike Leavitt and acting Transportation Secretary Maria challenges from the secular world competing for the allegiance of human hearts, the quiet, soft and gentle voice of Cino.

Washington Mayor Anthony A. Williams and Maryland the Spirit has not been stilled. He continues to touch Lt. Gov. Michael S. Steele, a candidate for the U.S. Senate, hearts.”

The Red Mass marked Archbishop Wuerl’s first in the also attended the Mass.

The 53rd annual Red Mass in Washington was spon- nation’s capital since he was installed this summer as the sored by the John Carroll Society, a group of lay Catholic new archbishop of Washington, replacing Cardinal Theodore E. McCarrick, who retired. professionals.

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By Evelyn Zappia Sister Mary Philippa Health Center of St. Mary’s Medical Center provided nearly $18 million in medical care last year to the uninsured, underinsured and disenfranchised community of San Francisco.

“That’s thousands of people walking in the clinic, getting taken care of, and coming out better,” said Conventual Franciscan Brother George Cherrie, vice president, mission and community services.

“The clinic is the most visible expression of our faith and our mission,” he said.

St. Mary’s Clinic, established in 1923 by the Sisters of Mercy was renamed in 1966 in honor of Mercy Sister Mary Philippa, who served St. Mary’s Hospital and the community of San Francisco for 45 years, from 1918 to 1963.

Today, the clinic has 5,500 registered patients ranging in age from 16 to 103. The clinic records 31,000 medical visits every year.

“The hospital underwrites our clinic,” said Barry Lawlor, director. “We don’t make money; we lose money. One out of three patients are free. After that, about 40 percent are Medi-Cal patients, with an additional 20 percent being Medicare patients.”

Guided by the mission statement, “We provide healthcare with excellence, with particular advocacy for the poor,” Lawlor said medical care for a “free rate” patient is identical for what a person with insurance would receive.

“We are not an urgent care provider. We are not an emergency room – this is a clinic and part of the hospital,” said Lawlor.

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“We don’t expect people to come to us for orthopedic surgery then leave,” said Lawlor. “That’s not what we are about.

People could take advantage of our services and exploit us.”

Lawlor explained that sometimes people play the system. Because of this, the clinic partnered with the city’s public health system. Access to San Francisco General Hospital’s records enables the clinic to determine whether a person asking for pain medications at the clinic, received the same medicine from SFGH just the other day. Record checking also enables the clinic to stop a possible runaway addiction, and assist a person who may need assistance in a rehabilitation program.

When a client registers at St. Mary’s Health Center for a primary doctor, the patient has access to all the services he may need. More than 40 doctors are on contract to the clinic. These include specialists, attending faculty, and residents.

The residents are trained at the University of San Francisco Medical Center. Working at the clinic is part of their medical education. “We are a committed graduate education program – a program using evidence based medicine which is the model that the graduate medical program works on,” said Lawlor.

“Most of the people who come here are the poorest of the poor, and the sickest of the sick, and we take care of them,” said Brother Cherrie. “We do not turn anyone away.”

The inside of the clinic on Hayes Street, directly across from St. Mary’s Medical Center, resembles the floor plan of a typical downtown medical building. Doctor offices are spread throughout the floor. The environment is quiet and spacious with no long waiting lines.

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■ Continued from page 8 “Actively sick” patients, who may be coughing or sniffling, are directed to the resource waiting room where there is a special air filtration system so others in the usual waiting room will be protected from further health complications.

“Our Medical Director, Dr. Ingrid Kurbisch-Block, is an endocrinologist and runs an endocrinology clinic once a week. She also directs the diabetes program,” said Lawlor.

The Friday diabetes classes assist patients with managing their blood sugar, and keeping their disease under control. The class is an American Diabetes Association Certified Program.

Recently, St. Mary’s Medical Foundation bought continuous blood glucose monitoring machines for the diabetes patients. The innovative device automatically downloaded information needed to help patients understand the bad and good effects of food and exercise on their bodies.

The reusable systems are repeatedly passed on to new patients.

The clinic found the cutting-edge monitors just as valuable, if not more, than lecturing the patients about the disease.

Lawlor spoke highly of Dr. Remo Morelli, a cardiologist, for his commitment to the mission of the clinic and its patients. The doctor, who has admission privileges at the hospital, examines all clinic patients possibly needing his medical expertise, “regardless of their insurance status.”

Two Catholic Chaplains, Father Ed Murray and Capuchin Father Michael Greenwell, along with two other chaplains of different faith, are also available to the clinic patients.

Five days a week there are seven nurses trained in telephonic and face-to-face resource triage and assessment.

The Center also has a 24-hour advice line.

Although English is the business language, it is the least spoken language of the patients. Fulltime translators are hired for two Chinese dialects, Cambodian, Vietnamese, and Spanish.

“What the interpreters bring to the equation is communicating subtle things about a person’s cultural beliefs regarding certain treatments, and how to address them.

Without interpreters the visits would be much slower,” said Lawlor.

The clinic also has the largest free HIV/AIDS clinic in the City, next to Public Health clinics, which include San Francisco General Hospital. “The program has 600 patients. We receive a half a million dollars from the City in recognition of our services and contribution-wise to the City,” said Lawlor. “If we did not provide the service the City could not handle taking 600 additional patients.”

“The clinic was the first in the United States to have an AIDS dementia unit. A secure unit of the hospital is dedicated exclusively for taking care of people with AIDS dementia who might do harm to themselves or others,” said Brother Cherrie.

The budget for the pharmacy is 2.9 million dollars, with

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54 percent pharmaceuticals going to the less than 10 percent of clinic patients who are HIV positive.

“You can see the amount of upfront investment this hospital is making – with the belief that this is the right thing to do because it matches our mission and it also meets larger goals,” Lawlor said.

Heidi Kelly, a patient of the clinic since 1997, said if the clinic did not exist, “I would not have survived.

My ashes would be blowing in the wind.”

The strong-willed woman worked all her life and always paid for her health insurance. She loved to sing and was a cantor at various churches, including seven years at San Francisco’s Sts. Peter and Paul Parish.

A mysterious illness hit Heidi Kelly with Dr. Kevin Man of St. Mary’s Medical Center her hard and left her helpless. Her symptoms were “high fevers, speaking gibberish, barely breathing at times, of Drs. Kevin Man and Brian Grady as “fabulous men who helped save her life.” She realizes the pivotal role the clingreat weakness, and eventually short term memory loss.”

The clinic worked with her, and never gave up on her ic played in the outcome. “I’m overwhelmingly, eternally condition. The diagnosis took time but finally Kelly was grateful,” she said.

Brother Cherrie said he views Sister Mary Philippa told she had Chronic Fatigue Immune Dysfunction.

Kelly said the disease was “literally debilitating,” and Health Center as “the jewel in the crown of the Sisters of eventually created a stream of illnesses one after another Mercy, who were driven by the very roots of Catholicism to open the hospital nearly 150 years ago and left a wonderful –leading to surgeries.

Only a year ago, Kelly said she almost died. She speaks legacy to the people of San Francisco.”

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October 6, 2006

‘Renaissance Project’ plans unveiled at National Shrine of Saint Francis of Assisi

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undreds of friends and supporters of the National Shrine of St. Francis of Assisi gathered at the historic San Francisco church in North Beach on the evening of Sept. 27 for a “Convivio Italiano,” which included Vespers conducted by Auxiliary Bishop John Wester, a presentation on Franciscan saints by EWTN personalities Ken and Peggy Lord, and a well-provisioned reception.

A highlight of the evening’s activities was the unveiling of a “Renaissance Project” by Angela Alioto, San Francisco attorney, former president of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, and a strong advocate for the Shrine of St. Francis of Assisi.

She described plans for a renewal of the Shrine that she said would create one of the world’s great sanctuaries — a place to rest, think, meditate, and pray, a destination that will attract thousands of people who want to follow in the footsteps of Saint Francis and share in his legacy of peace.

Alioto said the Renaissance Project envisions four components. The first phase of the project is the installation of a replica of the “Porziuncola” in the small building adjacent to the main church at the National Shrine of Saint Francis.

She said the Porziuncola would be a place of safety and peace for all of those who are searching and all who are hurting.

Another component of the project is the planned creation of a piazza in front of the church. Shrine supporters hope to convert the portion of Vallejo Street directly in front of the church – from Columbus to Grant — into a gathering place for San Franciscans, visitors, and pilgrims. The piazza would be fashioned after the piazzas of Italy, and would feature Benny Bufano’s large statue of Saint Francis, patron saint of the National Shrine and of the City of San Francisco.

Preservation of the historic church building — with mandated seismic retrofitting – also is a crucial component of the planned renewal. Following the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake, the church was closed briefly, before it was reopened by then Archbishop William Levada as a Shrine to St. Francis. However, seismic retrofitting must be completed so that the building meets the requirements of city ordinances.

The fourth component of the planned renewal focuses on spiritual, cultural and musical programs designed to make the Shrine a destination for visitors from around the world.

Angela Alioto said the project has a great deal of support from friends of the Shrine of St. Francis and people in the community.

She also said, “The Mayor and the Supervisiors are on board one hundred percent.”

The National Shrine of St. Francis of Assisi is one of the many historic Catholic churches in San Francisco providing religious services daily.

The rich heritage of Catholic churches in San Francisco includes Mission Dolores, Old St. Mary’s Cathedral, St. Patrick, St. Boniface, St. Dominic, St. Ignatius, St. Paul, St. Peter, Notre Dame des Victoires and others.

Porziuncola, also called Portiuncula (in Latin) or Porzioncula, is a town and parish situated about three-quarters of a mile from Assisi. It is also the name of the little church from where the Franciscan movement started. The name Porziuncola (meaning “small portion of land”) was first mentioned in a document from 1045, now in the archives of the Cathedral of San Rufino, Assisi. The town, numbering about 2000 inhabitants and officially known as Santa Maria degli Angeli, has grown up around the Basilica of St. Mary of the Angels and the adjoining Franciscan monastery. A replica of the original porziuncola church is located within the Basilica.

According to a legend, the little chapel of Porziuncola was erected under Pope Liberius (352-66) by hermits from the Valley of Josaphat, who carried with them relics from the grave of the Blessed Virgin. The same legend relates that the chapel passed into the possession of St. Benedict in 516. It was known as Our Lady of the Valley of Josaphat or of the Angels — the latter title referring, according to some, to Our Lady’s ascent into heaven accompanied by angels.

This little church was given around 1208 to St. Francis by the Benedictines of Monte Subasio on condition of making it the motherhouse of his religious family. It was in bad condition, lying abandoned in a wood of oak trees.

He restored it with his own hands. In this church, on February 24, 1208 St. Francis heard the call of Jesus and made his choice to live a life in absolute poverty. The little church became the home of St. Francis and soon of his first disciples. In this church St. Francis founded the Order of Friars Minor. Also, in 1211, St. Francis received in this church Clare of Assisi and dedicated her to the Lord.

Feeling his end approaching, St. Francis asked to be returned to the Porziuncola in September 1226. On his death bed St. Francis recommended the chapel to the faithful protection and care of his brethren. He died October 3, 1226. After the death of Francis, the spiritual value and the charisma of the Porziuncola became even greater. St. Francis himself pointed out the Porziuncola as a primary source of inspiration and a model for all his followers.

Today it still continues to be the most authentic testimony to the life and message of St. Francis.

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Pro-Cathedral of Saint Francis of Assisi – Established in San Francisco in 1849

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Porziuncola replica to be built in North Beach

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A welcoming piazza on Vallejo Street, featuring the renowned Benny Bufano statue of Saint Francis.

A beautiful upgrading of the exterior and interior of the Church – a preservation of our national treasure.

An international spiritual center with programs that express Franciscan prayer and thought.

When gold was discovered in California in 1849, a fortune-hungry horde poured into Yerba Buena, which recently had been renamed San Francisco. Practically overnight, the bayside settlement with a scant 450 inhabitants burgeoned to thousands. Many of the newcomers were Catholics, yet there was no church for them other than the Franciscan mission, three and a half miles from the docks.

Although Blessed Junípero Serra and his Franciscan brothers established the mission church of San Francisco de Asís, commonly known as Mission Dolores, in order to evangelize the Native Californian population, by the time of the California Gold Rush, it served primarily the local residents of Mexican and Iberian origin.

Though mass was celebrated in Latin, the universal language of Roman Catholic liturgy, pastoral ministry and preaching were only in Spanish. Nor were services held on a regular schedule.

U.S. Military spokesmen from the Army and the Navy appealed to the bishops in Hawaii and Oregon, and to the Archbishop of Baltimore. The bishop of Portland in Oregon sent two priests from the Pacific Northwest, and U.S. troops stationed at the Presidio built a small shanty to serve as a church.

While the City of San Francisco did not formally incorporate until April 18, 1850 and California did not become the thirty-first state of the Union until September 9, 1850, the twelfth of June 1849 witnessed the formal establishment of Saint Francis Parish. Five days later, on June 17th, Catholics gathered for the first parochial Mass celebrated in California. As an official juridical entity, therefore, Saint Francis of Assisi Church antedates both the City of San Francisco and the State of California.

Within a short time, an adobe church replaced the wooden shack that U.S. Army personnel had built. The newly appointed Bishop of Monterey, Dominican friar Joseph Alemany, consecrated the new structure for Saint Francis Parish in 1851.

Bishop Alemany used the church as his cathedral for three years.

In 1852, Bishop Alemany ordained Fr. John Quinn to the priesthood in the church of Saint Francis: the first presbyteral ordination in California.

With pastoral ministry and preaching being conducted in English, Spanish, French, and Italian, it soon became clear that the small church could not accommodate its rapidly growing congregation.

Parish leaders laid the cornerstone of a new church on October 2, 1859. In order to avoid interrupting the continuity of liturgical services, workers built the new church right over the old structure.

The present Norman Gothic church, with its elegant twin campanile, was dedicated on March 17, 1860.

Forty-six years later, on April 18, 1906, the earth trembled violently; the water mains of San Francisco crumbled. Shortly after the 5:13 a.m. earthquake, devastating fires broke out all over the city consuming even the interior of Saint Francis

Church. The mighty brick walls of the Church, however, together with its badly scorched towers, remained entirely intact.

After much consideration and careful study the archdiocese decided to rebuild a new church within the original walls.

Engineers drew up the plans to support the floor and roof with steel girders. On March 2, 1919, the Catholic community of San Francisco rededicated the newly restored church.

Located in the heart of San Francisco’s historic North Beach district, Saint Francis of Assisi Church today continues to build upon its historical mission. No longer a parish, the church has become the National Shrine of Saint Francis of Assisi and as such bears witness to Christ within the beautiful city named for the poor troubadour of God. The contemporary ministry of the National Shrine of Saint Francis of Assisi invites pilgrims, visitors, and all people of faith to encounter God’s love in its sanctuary of quiet and prayer. Moreover, the Shrine offers a rich experience of the sacramental life of the Church for the Catholic faithful who come seeking spirituality, faith, and grace.

The Shrine Church, a place of sanctity, beauty, and quiet, rejoices in its beautiful architecture, colorful murals, and stained-glass windows, and holy relics of the Franciscan Saints Francis and Clare of Assisi and Anthony of Padua.

Along the aisles the prayerful pilgrim will find the individual alcoves of the Blessed Virgin, the Pietà, Saint Anne, Saint Joseph, Saint Clare, and Saint Thérèse of Lisieux.

At the front of the church, and surrounding the altar of repose, exquisite murals executed by the Italian fin-de-siècle painter and illustrator Luigi Brusatori vividly portray the life of Saint Francis of Assisi. Throughout the length of the church radiant stained-glass windows depict Gospel events.

The church also takes pride in its acclaimed pipe organ, installed in 1926 by the Schoenstein Organ Company of San Francisco. This magnificent instrument was recently enlarged in 1993 and is a regular voice in all of the National Shrine’s liturgical celebrations.

On 1 October 1972, the California Historical Society dedicated the church as an historical landmark.

Throughout its history as a parish, nineteen priests served as pastors of Saint Francis of Assisi Church.

In the aftermath of the 1989 Loma Prieta Earthquake, the Archdiocese of San Francisco briefly closed the church and suppressed the parish. Nonetheless, on February 22, 1998, Archbishop William J. Levada re-opened Saint Francis of Assisi Church as the City Shrine Church.

Through the Archbishop of San Francisco’s continued interest and intervention, the National Conference of Catholic Bishops granted to the church the title of the National Shrine of Saint Francis of Assisi in September 1999.

(Sources: National Shrine of St. Francis of Assisi and History of the Archdiocese of San Francisco.)

Rivoreto near the Porziuncula. They traveled throughout central Italy and beyond, preaching for people to turn from the world to Christ. In his life and preaching, Francis emphasized simplicity and poverty, relying on God’s providence rather than worldly goods. The brothers worked or begged for what they needed to live, and any surplus was given to the poor.

Francis turned his skills as a troubadour to the writing of prayers and hymns. In 1212 Clara Sciffi, a girl from a noble family of Assisi, left her family to join Francis. With his encouragement she founded a sisterhood at San Damiano, the Poor Ladies, later the Poor Clares. In 1219 Francis joined the crusaders and preached to the Sultan of Egypt.

Francis did not wish to found an ‘order’, but in time the brotherhood became more organized. As large numbers of people, attracted to the preaching and example of Francis, joined him, Francis had to delegate responsibility to others.

Eventually he wrote a more detailed Rule, which was further revised by the new leaders of the Franciscans. He gave up leadership of the Order and went to the mountains to live in

secluded prayer. There he received the Stigmata, the wounds of Christ. He returned to visit the Franciscans, and Clara and her sisters, and a few of his followers remained with him. He died at the Porziuncula on October 3, 1226.

Francis called for simplicity of life, poverty, and humility before God. He worked to care for the poor, and one of his first actions after his conversion was to care for lepers. Thousands were drawn to his sincerity, piety, and joy. In all his actions, Francis sought to follow fully and literally the way of life demonstrated by Christ in the Gospels.

Saint Francis of Assisi Saint Francis was born at Assisi in Umbria in 1181 or 1182. His father, Piero Bernardone, was a prosperous merchant, and Francis planned to follow him in his trade, although he also had dreams of being a troubadour or a knight.

In 1201 he took part in an attack on the neighboring Umbrian city of Perugia. He was taken hostage, and remained a captive there for a year. As a result of his captivity and a severe illness his mind began to turn to religion, but around 1205 he enlisted in another military expedition, to Apulia. However, he had a dream in which God called him to his service, and he returned to Assisi and began to care for the sick.

Francis abandoned all his rights and possessions, including his clothes. Two years later he felt himself called to preach, and was soon joined by companions. When they numbered eleven he gave them a short Rule and received approval from Pope Innocent III for the brotherhood, which Francis called the Friars Minor.

The friars returned to Assisi and settled in huts at

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By Catholic News Service WASHINGTON — Two leaders of Catholic aid organizations warned Congress in late September that the “war on terror” is having unintended consequences on the poorest of the poor around the world.

Ken Hackett, president of Catholic Relief Services, told a House International Relations subcommittee Sept. 28 that the government’s narrow focus on anti-terrorism is diverting resources from long-term efforts to address the root causes of poverty and hunger, which can themselves contribute to political instability.

Jesuit Father Ken Gavin, director of Jesuit Refugee Service USA, testified Sept. 27 before a Senate Judiciary subcommittee that his organization’s work with refugee populations facing political or religious persecution was being compromised by a rigid interpretation of what constitutes “material support to a terrorist organization” under U.S. law.

Hackett said the current U.S. emphasis on security and anti-terrorism issues leaves the Baltimore-based organization wondering “how we, as a faith-based organization, can find an appropriate place for ourselves and our partners in future foreign assistance efforts.”

“We simply cannot sign onto an initiative that subsumes our mission as an agency serving extremely poor people in the developing world into a security paradigm,” he said.

“Obviously terrorism is a deep concern for our country. It is understandable that a significant portion of overall U.S. foreign assistance must be directed toward helping countries deal with that

threat,” Hackett told the Subcommittee on Africa, Global Human Rights and International Operations.

“But our increased attention to terrorism has produced a distinct decrease in attention to the worst impacts of poverty,” he added. “We see deep cutbacks in support of food aid programs, safety net programs and U.S. government funding of programs that reach the poorest segments of African society.”

CRS, the overseas relief and development agency of U.S. Catholics, “believes the most important foreign aid issues are maintaining a focus on long-term development and ensuring that poverty reduction isn’t sacrificed in the increasing emphasis on national security,” Hackett said.

“I see a shift in U.S. foreign policy and overseas aid toward a narrow focus on security and anti-terrorism that could undermine the tenets of partnership and sustainable development,” he added.

Hackett also praised the government’s faith-based and community initiative, saying “all of us have noticed an increased openness to religious organizations at different levels of the administration.”

But, he added, “we fear it will be difficult to preserve a role for faithbased and community organizations in this changing context that appears to place a greater value on contracting and short-term deliverables over longterm, sustainable development.”

In his testimony on behalf of the Refugee Council USA, a coalition of 23 nongovernmental organizations, Father Gavin said many refugees “have been unjustly labeled as willful collaborators

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U.S. anti-terrorism focus said to hinder work of Catholic aid groups

A girl obtains water from a system rebuilt with help from Catholic Relief Services in the Pakistani village of Bari Banda earlier this year.

with terrorists rather than being justly recognized as the victims of terrorism.”

He cited the case of a 40-year-old Colombian woman who was raped, covered in raw meat and left to the dogs by a group of paramilitaries, according to Shaina Aber, a policy associate with Jesuit Refugee Service USA who interviewed the woman.

“Applying for admission to the United States, she would be treated little different from the rebels who committed these atrocious acts,” Aber had reported.

Because the men took scarves, gloves and masks from her small store, the woman could be judged as having given “material support to a terrorist organization.”

Noting that current U.S. law makes no allowances for the circumstances under which aid was provided, Father Gavin called on the Senate Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security and Citizenship to initiate amendments to the Patriot Act and the Real ID Act of 2005 to clarify the statute about material support.

“With a legislative change, the law will promote safety for the United States and for bona fide refugees who come here seeking safe haven,” he said.

The Patriot Act of 2001 gave U.S. officials broad powers in conducting terrorism investigations. The Real ID Act set nationwide standards for states to verify that driver’s licenses are issued only to legal residents and makes it more difficult for asylum applicants to prove their need for asylum.

Father Gavin said the U.S. policy had been waived only twice, and it took a group of Burmese refugees nine months to get a waiver. Because of the policy, the backlog of asylum cases is growing and 28,000 refugee admission slots were expected to remain unfilled this year, he added.

“Those of us who work with refugees know that each slot represents one person who needlessly continues to suffer because of our failures to offer a new home and new life through resettlement,” the Jesuit said.

Guest Commentary Yes on Proposition 85 – Parents’ Right to Know & Child Protection Act

By Vickie Evans A parental notification initiative supported by the California Bishops is on the ballot again this November — this time as Proposition 85. It appeared in the special election last November as Proposition 73, where it lost by only a 5point margin. Family advocates in California have a long history of attempting to pass legislation to mandate parental involvement in an abortion performed on a minor. But things have gone downhill over time.

Since 1986, the California Education Code has allowed school authorities to excuse any student in grades 7 to 12 from school to obtain “confidential medical services” without the knowledge or consent of a

parent or guardian. Confidential medical services include prevention or treatment of pregnancy, treatment of sexually transmitted diseases, and AIDS treatment. If a girl can’t afford an abortion, Medi-Cal will pay for it. And, yet, parents may never know.

To most parents this is an outrageous situation. Parents typically like to know when their children are undergoing a surgical procedure, especially one as potentially life-altering as abortion. Picture this scenario. Your seventh grader comes home from school with a slight fever and is as untalkative as ever. You assume she has the flu and send her to bed, never dreaming in your wildest dreams that she has spent the afternoon off-campus, undergoing an abortion.

No medical history was given before the abortion. There was no discussion of what

to do if complications set in after the abortion. It’s a secret.

The 33 states that have parental involvement laws have seen significant reductions in both teen pregnancies and abortions. A 2002 Zogby California poll showed 71 percent support for a law that would require a parent or guardian to be notified 48 hours before an abortion could be performed on a girl under 18 years of age, except in the case of medical emergency. This is what Proposition 85 does. Plus the measure includes a judicial bypass for cases of physical or sexual abuse by the parent. It also allows a minor access to Juvenile Court if she is being coerced to have an abortion by a boyfriend, a boyfriend’s mother, a family member or other person who may act from motives contrary to the girl’s best interests.

So why is there opposition to a commonsense measure like parental notification?

This would seem to be one of those rare common-ground issues that pro-life and pro-choice parents could agree on. Why would the abortion lobby pump millions of dollars into seeing a parental notification initiative fail? Two reasons: money and power.

Planned Parenthood has allocated $4.5 million for an advertising campaign against Prop. 85 this fall. They spent about that amount last year to cause the demise of Prop 73. Although Planned Parenthood Federation receives a good part of it’s funding from charitable contributions and taxpayer dollars, it is an $882 million business that made $63 million is profits in fiscal year 2004-2005. It performed nearly 20 PROP. 85, page 15

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The Catholic Difference Throughout the recent controversy over Pope Benedict XVI’s remarks on faith and reason at Regensburg University, attempts have been made to drive a wedge between Benedict and his papal predecessor.

The Arabic satellite TV network, Al-Jazeera, for example, ran a series of cartoons featuring a John Paul-figure releasing peaceful doves; the doves are then shot down

by Benedict from the roof of the Bernini colonnades surrounding St. Peter’s. The last images in the series have John Paul weeping, head in hands, while Benedict, holding a smoking shotgun, smirks. All of which is silly and vulgar, of course. But it isn’t that far from the views expressed by some Catholics, lamenting what they allege to be the drastic difference between Wojtyla’s and Ratzinger’s views of Islam.

The 1994 international bestseller, “Crossing the Threshold of Hope,” was John Paul II’s most personal statement, a summary of his convictions about faith, prayer, the papal mission, other world religions, and the human future. As such, it has a special claim on our attention as an expression of Karol Wojtyla’s views, which were honed by an acute intelligence and a long experience of the world.

One section of Threshold is devoted to Islam; in it, John Paul expressed his respect for “the religiosity of Muslims” and his admiration for their “fidelity to prayer.”

As the late pope put it, “The image of believers in Allah who, without caring about time or place, fall to their knees and immerse themselves in prayer remains a model for all those who invoke the true God, in particular for those

Christians who, having deserted their magnificent cathedrals, pray only a little or not at all.”

But do these expressions of respect suggest, as NPR’s Sylvia Poggioli did, that, unlike Benedict XVI, John Paul II put Islam “on the same plane” as Catholicism? Hardly.

Here, again, is the authentic voice of John Paul II, from “Crossing the Threshold of Hope:” “Whoever knows the Old and New Testaments, and then reads the Koran, clearly sees the process by which it completely reduces Divine Revelation. It is impossible not to note the movement away from what God said about himself, first in the Old Testament through the Prophets, and then finally in the New Testament through His Son. In Islam, all the richness of God’s self-revelation, which constitutes the heritage of the Old and New Testaments, has definitely been set aside.

“Some of the most beautiful names in the human language are given to the God of the Koran, but He is ultimately a God outside of the world, a God who is only Majesty, never Emmanuel, God with us. Islam is not a religion of redemption. There is no room for the Cross and the Resurrection. Jesus is mentioned, but only as a prophet who prepares for the last prophet, Muhammad. There is also mention of Mary, His Virgin Mother, but the tragedy of redemption is completely absent. For this reason not only the theology but also the anthropology of Islam is very distant from Christianity.”

In other words, there isn’t a millimeter of difference between John Paul II’s substantive evaluation of

Islam and Benedict XVI’s. John Paul II was a master of the public gesture; but to read from his public gestures of respect for Islamic piety an agreement with Islam’s understanding George Weigel of God, man, and moral obligation is to make a grave mistake. John Paul II would have completely agreed with Benedict XVI’s critique, at Regensburg, of a theology that reduces God to pure will, a remote dictator who can command the irrational (like the murder of innocents) if he chooses. And, like Benedict XVI, John Paul II knew that such misconceptions can have lethal public consequences, because all the great questions of the human condition, including political questions, are ultimately theological.

Benedict XVI bears the burden of the papacy at a historical moment in which religiously-warranted irrationality is a lethal threat to the future of civilization. He and his predecessor have the same view of the sources of that irrationality.

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

Our Turn

What do I want to be?

Lately I’ve been asking myself the question that rests at the forefront of most young adults’ minds: What do I want to be?

“What do I want to do?” That’s what the question meant for the 10 years after college graduation. But ever since motherhood forced a pause in my profession, the nature of the question goes much deeper. Who am I? Who do I want to be?

At age 10 I would have said I wanted to be St. Therese.

I thought I was going to die at 24 since she was that age when tuberculosis took her life. And being named after her meant that I should become a Carmelite nun.

St. Therese continues to guide me as I navigate the roads of adulthood. With two children and a husband, I know my life will turn out much differently from hers. Still, I remember her “little way” — small, daily acts of thoughtfulness and sacrifice — as I go about the tedious tasks of my day. When I get down on myself for not doing more about the poverty in Darfur, the violence in Iraq or the mess in New Orleans, I remember her vocation: simply to love.

“For me to be a saint means to be myself,” wrote the Trappist monk Father Thomas Merton in his book “New Seeds of Contemplation.” Jesuit Father James Martin

quotes that line and others from a variety of different saints in his new book, “Becoming Who You Are: Insights on the True Self From Thomas Merton and Other Saints.” He encourages young adults to reach for the saints as role models in these critical years of identifying and becoming their true selves.

Father Martin, a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School of Business, spent six years in corporate finance with General Electric before he decided to join the Jesuits. He has lived in the real world long enough to know that most 20- and 30-somethings can better relate to Jessica Simpson and Brad Pitt than to St. Jude or St. Rose of Lima. But he asks those seeking role models to look beyond the pious smiles and prudish veneers of these holy people.

“At some point in their lives, each saint realized that God was calling them to be faithful in a particular way,” writes Father Martin. “Each saint was placed in a different situation and time. Each had a different personality and dealt with life differently. And each related to God a little differently.”

I have come to know that I’m not a social activist like Dorothy Day. While I believe in justice, I can’t find the

words or the passion to inspire the masses. I’m not a contemplative like Father Merton; the 10 minutes of meditation I force myself to do in the morning is plenty. I’m not Mother Teresa. I learned that when I took Therese J. a homeless man out to Borchard breakfast; he stalked me for three months. And I’m not the brilliant scholar and thinker St. Thomas Aquinas was.

I have taken different qualities from a variety of saints to create a picture of who I want to be: a mother, wife and writer who tries to love God and her neighbor with the simplicity of St. Therese, the justice of Dorothy Day, the discipline of Thomas Merton, the compassion of Mother Teresa and the intelligence of Thomas of Aquinas.

Therese J. Borchard writes a column for Catholic News Service.

Spirituality

Caring for our Hearts “Be careful not to seek yourself in love, you can end up with a broken heart that way.”

Therese of Lisieux wrote that. But what exactly does she mean, given that most of the time love will break our hearts anyway even if we’re not seeking ourselves?

The heart breaks in different ways. It can break in a way that softens, purifies, and stretches it in love and selflessness, or it can break in way that makes it bitter, jealous, and cold. Heartbreaks can be warm or cold and, either way, the pain will bring us to our knees and that moment will define us, one way or the other. Let’s look at an example: At the end of the Victor Hugo’s, Les Miserables, there’s a particularly poignant scene where Jean Val Jean, now an old man, is praying in an inordinately lonely moment. It’s the evening of his adopted daughter’s wedding, a celebration he is unable to attend. He is on his knees, painfully alone, physically ill, emotionally drained, and acutely aware that the young woman who has brought so much joy and meaning to his life will now be drawing her life from someone else. Indeed she is dancing and celebrating at this very moment when his grief in losing her is so great.

But, despite the pain, his heart is at peace, joyful even, at the knowledge that the young man she has fallen in love with and is marrying will provide her with the very joy that he, as her father, could not give her. In the moment of his deepest loss, he is able to be happy for her and to withdraw quietly without bitterness into that self-effacement and solitude that loss and aging eventually ask of us all. As his heart is breaking, he blesses and lets go, knowing that what is most important, his daughter’s happiness, is assured and that, given the mystery of love, his own relationship to his daughter is ensured by his gracefully letting go.

That’s one example of a heart breaking, in a good way.

The opposite is the heartbreak we experience when we lose somebody and our hearts freeze over in jealousy and bitterness. What that bitterness and coldness reveal in fact is that, all along, it was not the other’s well-being we had been seeking, but our own. The proof is that now, when we can no longer be the primary relationship in that other person’s life, we no longer really wish him or her well. Indeed, not so subtle is the wish that a certain unhappiness will befall that other, so that he or she will know that it was a mistake to no longer remain primarily invested in us.

That’s the antithesis of the blessing we see at the end

of Les Miserables where Jean Val Jean, despite the pain of his own loss, can rejoice that someone else can be a more powerful instrument of happiness than he in his daughter’s life. He can be happy Father because his love is for Ron Rolheiser his daughter, not for himself.

Notice what underlies a murder-suicide. There is a broken heart, but when it breaks a rage spews forth that reveals that, all along, the love has not been for the other but for oneself. The cold truth becomes clear: If I can’t be the main person in her life, nobody will be! Better her dead, than without me!

What kind of love has this been along the way?

We replicate this in subtle ways: Indeed many of the tears we shed are cried not for others but for ourselves. We may think we’re crying about someone else’s pain, but, ROLHEISER, page 15

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Scripture FATHER JOSEPH PELLEGRINO

Genesis 2:18-24; Psalm 128:1-2, 3, 4-5, 6; Hebrews 2:9-11; Mark 10:2-16 A READING FROM THE BOOK OF GENESIS (GEN 2:18-24) The Lord God said: “It is not good for the man to be alone.

I will make a suitable partner for him.”

So the Lord God formed out of the ground various wild animals and various birds of the air, and he brought them to the man to see what he would call them; whatever the man called each of them would be its name.

The man gave names to all the cattle, all the birds of the air, and all wild animals; but none proved to be the suitable partner for the man.

So the Lord God cast a deep sleep on the man, and while he was asleep, he took out one of his ribs and closed up its place with flesh.

The Lord God then built up into a woman the rib that he had taken from the man.

When he brought her to the man, the man said: “This one, at last, is bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; this one shall be called ‘woman,’ for out of ‘her man’ this one has been taken.”

That is why a man leaves his father and mother and clings to his wife, and the two of them become one flesh.

RESPONSORIAL PSALM (PS 128:1-2, 3, 4-5, 6) R. May the Lord bless us all the days of our lives.

Blessed are you who fear the Lord, who walk in his ways!

For you shall eat the fruit of your handiwork; blessed shall you be, and favored.

R. May the Lord bless us all the days of our lives.

Your wife shall be like a fruitful vine in the recesses of your home; your children like olive plants around your table.

R. May the Lord bless us all the days of our lives.

Behold, thus is the man blessed who fears the Lord.

The Lord bless you from Zion: may you see the prosperity of Jerusalem all the days of your life.

R. May the Lord bless us all the days of our lives.

May you see your children’s children.

Peace be upon Israel!

R. May the Lord bless us all the days of our lives.

A READING FROM THE LETTER TO THE HEBREWS (HEB 2:9-11) Brothers and sisters: He “for a little while” was made “lower than the angels,” that by the grace of God he might taste death for everyone.

For it was fitting that he, for whom and through whom all things exist, in bringing many children to glory, should make the leader to their salvation perfect through suffering. He who consecrates and those who are being consecrated all have one origin. Therefore, he is not ashamed to call them “brothers.”

A READING FROM THE HOLY GOSPEL ACCORDING TO MARK (MK 10: 2-12) The Pharisees approached Jesus and asked, “Is it lawful for a husband to divorce his wife?” They were testing him. He said to them in reply, “What did Moses command you?”

They replied, “Moses permitted a husband to write a bill of divorce and dismiss her.” But Jesus told them, “Because of the hardness of your hearts he wrote you this commandment.

But from the beginning of creation, God made them male and female. For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh. So they are no longer two but one flesh.

Therefore what God has joined together, no human being must separate.” In the house the disciples again questioned Jesus about this. He said to them, “Whoever divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery against her; and if she divorces her husband and marries another, she commits adultery.”

The Sacrament of Marriage Recently, I attended a meeting about world that has often given up on ideals. We Catholic marriage that began by noting that live in a world where people, good people over the last seven years there has been a sig- suffer the result of sin.

“But there is disorder,” the Pharisees say nificant decline in Catholic marriages, almost by 25 percent. Since the Catholic population to Jesus in the Gospel reading. The Law of keeps growing, it is obvious that either many Moses, after all, permitted a bill of divorce. people are not aware of the obligation to get “This was not the Father’s intention,” Jesus married in the Catholic Church or the concept replies. Disharmony in homes, among peoof a Catholic marriage does not carry signifi- ple, results from all, good people and bad cant meaning in their lives. With the continu- people, suffering the results of sin. al attack on marriage and the family by our We have so many wonderful people in our society, and in light of the Scripture readings Church whose marriages have suffered. It may for this Sunday, I thought that this would be a not be their fault; it may not even be their forgood time to consider this sacrament. mer spouse’s fault. Just as children suffer sickness and death due to the Why should people effects of sin in the get married in the world; so many good Catholic Church? This The sacrament of people suffer the destrucis certainly not just a tion of their marriage or nice thing to do. And if matrimony the inability to form a people only want to get sacred lasting union due married to use the establishes the to the effects of sin in the Church as a backdrop for pictures, then they Christian home with world, not necessarily in either of the individuals. really don’t understand marriage as a sacraTherefore, we need Christ at the center. to have ment any more than the a special place people who bring their in our hearts and in our children to First Holy Communion but then charity for those who have suffered the loss don’t return with them until Christmas of their marriages. They have been pulled understand what the Eucharist is all about. away from the intention of the Creator by Why should people get married in the the forces of the world. They need our supChurch? Why did so many of you who are port and our love. reading my words make this decision?

A word on evil. It was never in God’s Most probably because you realized that plan for evil to enter the world. This resultmarriage was the most important decision ed from mankind’s decision to push God, of your lives. And you wanted Jesus to be the Lord of Life, aside and to, therefore, present in the way of a sacrament not just at choose death. God never meant for people your wedding, but also as you celebrate to be widowed, divorced or single. In God’s your marriage throughout your lives. original plan there was no need for celibacy The sacrament of marriage is not just a for the sake of the Kingdom because all prayer during the wedding; it is not just a bless- would enjoy the Kingdom to its fullest in ing of a union. It is far more than this. The marriage. In God’s original plan there sacrament of matrimony is the union of God would be no need for people to work so hard with people establishing a new unit of his to establish and preserve their marriages.

It is sadly amazing how evil is able to disChurch. The sacrament of matrimony establishes the Christian home with Christ at the center. tort something that is so good. The divinely That is why people get married in the Church. created attraction of men and women to That is the ideal. However, we live in a image God has been deformed into a drive to selfish gratification. Sex is portrayed by the media as having little to do with love and mostly concerned with debauchery. But people know better. People have an innate knowledge that tells them that a person cannot love and take at the same time. People 1613 On the threshold of his public know that the ideal of marriage exists. life Jesus performs his first sign - at his But people need more than the ideal. mother’s request - during a wedding People need witness, your witness. They need feast. The Church attaches great importhe witness of your marriages as a union with tance to Jesus’ presence at the wedding at God, imaging the Creator’s Love for the Cana. She sees in it the confirmation of World, making real the mystery of the singuthe goodness of marriage and the proclalar in the plural and the plural in the singular. mation that thenceforth marriage will be They need the witness of your marriage, your an efficacious sign of Christ’s presence. sacrament. Your marriages are infinitely more 1621 In the Latin Rite the celebration than natural unions. You are not animals who of marriage between two Catholic faithmate for life. You are human beings, made in ful normally takes place during Holy the image and likeness of God, who are called Mass, because of the connection of all to make God real to the world by reflecting the sacraments with the Paschal mystery God’s love in your love for each other. of Christ. In the Eucharist the memorial The world needs the Sacrament of of the New Covenant is realized, the New Matrimony. It needs you and others to be Covenant in which Christ has united married in the Church and it needs you and himself for ever to the Church, his others to live this sacrament. beloved bride for whom he gave himself How important you are to us all. We the up. It is therefore fitting that the spouses single, we the celibate, we the separated, we should seal their consent to give themthe divorced, we the widowed, need you the selves to each other through the offering married to embrace and to live the ideal of of their own lives by uniting it to the marriage. We ask God’s blessing today upon offering of Christ for his Church made all in our Church who celebrate the sacrament present in the Eucharistic sacrifice, and of matrimony. May you have the courage and by receiving the Eucharist so that, comstrength to give witness to the presence of municating in the same Body and the God in the union of husband and wife. same Blood of Christ, they may form but Father Joseph Pellegrino is a diocesan “one body” in Christ. priest and pastor in Florida.

1601 “The matrimonial covenant, by which a man and a woman establish between themselves a partnership of the whole of life, is by its nature ordered toward the good of the spouses and the procreation and education of offspring; this covenant between baptized persons has been raised by Christ the Lord to the dignity of a sacrament.”

1603 “The intimate community of life and love which constitutes the married state has been established by the Creator and endowed by him with its own proper laws. . . . God himself is the author of marriage.” The vocation to marriage is written in the very nature of man and woman as they came from the hand of the Creator. … “The well-being of the individual person and of both human and Christian society is closely bound up with the healthy state of conjugal and family life.”

1605 Holy Scripture affirms that man and woman were created for one another: “It is not good that the man should be alone.” The woman, “flesh of his flesh,” his equal, his nearest in all things, is given to him by God as a “helpmate”; she thus represents God from whom comes

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From the Catechism of the Catholic Church

our help. “Therefore a man leaves his father and his mother and cleaves to his wife, and they become one flesh.” The Lord himself shows that this signifies an unbreakable union of their two lives by recalling what the plan of the Creator had been “in the beginning”: “So they are no longer two, but one flesh.”

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Prop. 85 . . .

■ Continued from page 12 percent of all U.S. abortions last year, and its abortion business provides 31 percent of its clinic income. If abortions on minors decrease, profits decrease. No business spends $4.5 million per year on an advertising campaign unless there is a pay-off down the road.

Planned Parenthood also spends $45 million a year on teen clinics and sex education programs. They offer the “confidential services” enumerated above. They tell teens on their website, “If you are 12 or older, we will not tell your parents that you came in. You do not need your parents’ permission to visit us.” Thus, the

Rolheiser . . .

■ Continued from page 13 more often than not, what is revealed in our tears is more our own possessiveness than our compassion, more our own brokenness than the wounds over which we think we are weeping. In our tears, just as in love, we are often unconsciously seeking ourselves.

We replicate this too, more than we think, in our good deeds and generosity towards others. We can be generous, bighearted, self-sacrificing, and helpful, as long as we are assured that we are needed, that we are important, that nobody else can quite provide what we are giving. But, should we one day find out that someone else has arrived who is wanted more than we are, we can very

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mantra you will see on their No on 85 commercials — “Good family communication can’t be imposed by government.” — is bitterly ironic. Good family communication is bad for Planned Parenthood’s business.

The abortion lobby decided long ago that they favored choice only if the choice was abortion. But maintaining power over the culture is becoming more and more difficult for them. In their view, any issue limiting abortion, in any way, chips away at the foundation of Roe v.

Wade. Younger generations are becoming more and more pro-life, sensing the inherent unfairness in snuffing out life before it can be lived. To prevent a loss of ground, the pro-

abortion community is forced to take outrageous positions on a host of laws that are acceptable to 70 to 80 percent of the population. Cases in point: the ban on partial-birth abortion, informed consent laws to protect women’s health, clinic safety laws, fetal pain legislation and even — parental notification.

We need to show the opposition to Prop 85 that we are not convinced by their rhetoric. The television commercials you will see over the next few weeks would have you believe that almost all parents are abusive. This, of course, is false. Laws must be made for the many, with provisions like judicial bypass, to cover the comparatively few abusive situations that do exist.

No one wants his or her minor daughter to deal with an unexpected pregnancy. But neither do we want our children’s lives and values to be shaped by someone outside the privileged community of the family. The Catechism of the Catholic Church states that public authorities should not usurp the family’s prerogatives or interfere in its life. Parents have the original, primary and inalienable right to educate their children and to teach and transmit cultural, ethical, social, sexual and religious values. Don’t let Planned Parenthood tell you otherwise. Vote yes on Proposition 85.

quickly become cool and distant, resentful even, because someone else is providing a help and a happiness instead of us, perhaps healthier and deeper than ours. The resentment we feel betrays that, to a large measure, what we were seeking in our generosity was ourselves, not someone else’s happiness.

All of this, of course, can be even more painfully true when we fall in love and experience the heartaches and heartbreaks that go with that.

And so is a doctor’s warning, a health warning, a fair warning: “Be careful not to seek yourself in love, you can end up with a broken heart that way.”

Retreat . . .

“Today, Catholics are being asked the same question posed by Saint Paul, ‘Do you not know that you are a temple of God and that the Spirit of God dwells in you?’ I believe that when people live each day aware that Jesus is dwelling within them it changes everything. Awareness of Christ’s presence draws people to the Eucharist and it fosters the desire to develop an ever-deeper relationship with Jesus.”

Parishes of the Archdiocese of San Francisco received information and registration forms in early October. There is no charge for the retreat and a light lunch will be provided. Individual registration can be accomplished by calling the San Francisco Archdiocese’s Office of Pastoral Ministries at (415) 614-5505.

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Oblate Father Ron Rolheiser is a theologian, teacher and award-winning author.

■ Continued from cover probing his messages and applying them to our lives today.”

He added, “The highlight of the Archdiocesan retreat is Eucharistic Spirituality. By reflecting on the meaning of the Incarnation, the life of Christ truly comes alive. With the Eucharist our faith grows and we are enlightened. It happens over time. The closer we come to Our Lord the more clarity we have about how we can best participate in his mission.”

McDevitt said the goal of the retreat is to create a heightened awareness of the living indwelling presence of Jesus in the lives of the faithful.

Vickie Evans is the Respect Life Coordinator for the Archdiocese of San Francisco.

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‘The Last King of Scotland’

Forest Whitaker stars in a scene from the movie “The Last King of Scotland.” The USCCB Office for Film & Broadcasting classification is L – limited adult audience, films whose problematic content many adults would find troubling.

The Motion Picture Association of America rating is R – restricted.

Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian.

Reviewed by David DiCerto NEW YORK (CNS) — Contrary to its title, “The Last King of Scotland” (Fox Searchlight) does not refer to a Scottish monarch, but to the delusional, self-appointed appellation of ruthless Ugandan dictator Idi Amin, who, having served in the British army, had an affinity for the land of kilts and bagpipes.

Based on the novel by Giles Foden, the morality tale chronicles the thrill-seeking sojourn of a young Scottish doctor, Nicholas Garrigan (James McAvoy), in 1970s’ Uganda during Amin’s murderous regime. (Amin, who died in 2003, was responsible for the deaths of more than 300,000 people.)

Arriving in Africa, Garrigan volunteers in a poor, rural clinic run by Dr. Merrit (Adam Kotz) and his wife, Sarah (Gillian Anderson), to whom he is quickly attracted.

Through an unforeseen chain of events, Garrigan becomes the personal physician to — and, in short order, confidant of — charismatic strongman Amin (Forest Whitaker), whose recent rise to power is met with hopeful jubilation by the masses.

Initially blinded to the despot’s atrocities by the seductions of power — Amin sets the Scotsman up in the presidential palace and lavishes him with women and gifts — Garrigan, prompted by a crisis of conscience, later opens his eyes to the heinous truths around him and his own possible complicity in the crimes. Desperate to escape the escalating madness, he finds himself a pawn to both Amin and a British operative who wants Garrigan to use his access to assassinate the tyrant.

Director Kevin MacDonald blends fact and fiction to mostly riveting effect, with the usual compression of time and creation of composite characters. Anthony Dod Mantle’s energetic, gritty cinematography conveys the tension and danger of turbulent political atmosphere.

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performance, which captures both Amin’s magnetism and megalomania, manically flipping between charm and rage and investing even a subtle eye flutter with deadly meaning. The result is a fascinating, if terrifying, portrait of monstrous cruelty that demands attention come Oscar time.

Viewers should be warned that there is quite a bit of brutality that, though dramatically justified, is gruesome at times. Also troubling, Garrigan agrees to perform an abortion to cover up an affair he is having with one of Amin’s wives, who — with good reason — fears for her life.

But overall, “Last King” serves as an indictment of inhumanity and hatred wrapped in a fairly compelling parable that asks: What does it profit a man if he gains the whole world — let alone a palace in Uganda — and loses his soul?

The film contains intense scenes of violence, including a graphic depiction of torture, brief grisly images of massacre and dismemberment, several sexual encounters with nudity, an abortion subplot, recurring rough and crude language and profanity. The USCCB Office for Film & Broadcasting classification is L — limited adult audience, films whose problematic content many adults would find troubling. The Motion Picture Association of America rating is R — restricted. Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian.

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St. Mary’s Cathedral The following events are taking place at or are coordinated by the cathedral of the Archdiocese located at Gough and Geary St. in San Francisco. Call (415) 567-2020 for more information about any event listed here.

Oct. 7: Annual Gospel/Jazz Mass at St. Mary’s Cathedral, Geary Blvd. and Gough St. in San Francisco at 5:30 p.m. Enriching our celebration in a “dialogue of cultures” will be St. Paul of the Shipwreck’s Inspirational Voices Gospel Choir, Youth Choir, and the Igbo Foundation Choir, under the direction of Rawn Harbor, together with the Jubilee Choir of Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory, under the direction of Jane Pannikar.

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Oct. 7, 8: 87th Annual Columbus Day Bazaar – Saints Peter and Paul School, 660 Filbert Street at Powell, San Francisco open 10 a.m. – 7 p.m. both days. A North Beach family festival of games, food and entertainment. Salami toss, giant slide, dunk tank, mini-golf, face painting, pumpkin bowling.

Food includes the favorite grilled Italian sausage and bell pepper sandwich, hot dogs, cotton candy, snow cones. Benefits the scholarship goals of Saints Peter and Paul School, serving North Beach since 1919. Call ( 415) 421-0809 or www.stspeterpaul.san-francisco.ca.us Oct. 13, 14, 15: Star of the Sea Parish Festival, 345 8th Ave. between Geary and Clement in San Francisco, Fri.: 7 – 11 p.m.; Sat.: 1 – 11 p.m.; Sun.: 1 – 8 p.m. Enjoy games, food, and more. A good time for all ages. Call (415) 751-0450.

Oct. 13, 14: Open House and Boutique benefiting University Mound Ladies Home, 1 – 3 p.m. at 350 University Street in San Francisco. Call (415) 2396696.

Oct. 14: Crossing the Threshold to Adulthood in a Healthy Manner, a day dedicated to wellness and good health at St. Paul of the Shipwreck Church, 3rd St. and Youngstown in San Francisco beginning at 11:30 a.m. Also available at the Arthur J. Coleman Medical Center, 3rd St. at Ingerson in the City.

Sponsored by St. Mary’s Medical Center and the San Francisco Giants. All services are free and all are welcome. In addition to new and exciting programs designed for the young, a broad spectrum of health and wellness services will be available for all age groups. Call (415) 750-5683.

Oct. 14, Nov. 4: Lessons on how to maker Filipino Christmas Lanterns at Donworth Hall of St. Stephen Parish, Eucalyptus and 23rd Ave. in San Francisco from 2 – 4 p.m. Later classes at St. Finn Barr Convent. Call Nellie at (415) 699-7927 or Juliet at (415) 333-3627.

Oct. 17: Saint Rita Golf Tournament, Dinner and Live Auction benefiting the Fairfax parish and school. Call (415) 456-4815.

Oct. 19: Octoberfest with Good Shepherd Guild at Basque Cultural Center, 59 Railroad Ave. in South San Francisco. Social hour at 11:30 a.m. with luncheon at 12:30 p.m. Tickets are $40 per person.

Benefits Gracenter. Call Beverly Desomnd at (415) 587-5374.

Oct. 19: The annual Red Mass of the St. Thomas More Society at St. Peter and Paul Church in North Beach at 5:30 p.m. Dinner follows at the San Francisco Italian Athletic Club. Franciscan Father Louis Vitale will be honored with the group’s St. Thomas More Award whose recipients exemplify the Society’s goal of practicing the ideals of service and sacrifice in the pursuit of justice, as reflected in the life and death of St. Thomas More. Tickets are $75 per person with discounted tickets of $30 available for clergy and religious. Reply by October 12 to Thomas B. Reed, Jr., St. Thomas More Society Treasurer, c/o Watson & Lanctot, LLP, 44 Montgomery Street, Suite 3685, San Francisco, CA 94104, (415) 362-0900, treed@watlanlaw.com. Further information is available at www.stthomasmore-sf.org.

Oct. 21: St. Rita Parish BBQ honoring alumni, families and friends of St. Rita School. Call Anne Pitti at (415) 456-1003.

Oct. 22: St. Paul Elementary School marks its 90th anniversary with Mass at 12:15 p.m. in the parish church followed by a reception in the Father Mario P. Farana Parish Hall. Call (415) 648-7538. Among those preparing the good time are, Suzanne Price, seated left, Marilyn Highlander Pool, Virginia McMurtry, Larry Gutierrez, Katy O’Shea, with Sister Ann Cronin, standing left, Joan Strachen, Ann Powell, and current school principal, Arleen Guaraglia.

Oct. 21, 22: A Taste of Croatia, The SF Croatian Festival, Sat.: 1:30 p.m. – late night; Sun.: noon – evening. Adults $15. Children free. Enjoy workshops, food, film, music and dancing. Croatian American Cultural Center, 60 Onondaga Ave., San Francisco. www.CroatianAmericanWeb.org for complete schedule and info.

Oct. 20, 21, 22: Church of the Epiphany Fall Festival, 845 Vienna Street in San Francisco. Enjoy food, games, and entertainment. Call (415) 3374030, ext. 240.

Oct. 21: St. Luke’s Mass and Banquet honoring the medical community beginning with 5 p.m.

Mass at St. Cecilia Church, 17th Ave. and Vicente St. in San Francisco. Archbishop Goerge Niederauer will preside. Tickets for dinner are $70 per person/$35 students, clergy and religious. Call (415) 219-8719.

Bal de Paris 2006: Café des Artistes: Notre Dame des Victoires Elementary school will celebrate French culture at its 56th Bal de Paris - “Café des Artistes” on Saturday, November 18th at San Francisco’s Grand Hyatt Union Square. The Bal will pay tribute to the 150th Anniversary of Eglise Notre Dame des Victoires’ service to the community. For tickets, information and information on how to donate, call 415.421.006

Social Justice/Family Life Interested in St. Vincent de Paul? Tour our facilities in San Francisco, where we serve 1000 of the city’s most needy every day. Tours are scheduled the first Tuesday at 10:30 a.m. and second Saturday at 11 a.m. every month. Phone (415) 927-1270 x3003 to reserve a spot.

TV/Radio Sunday 6 a.m., WB Channel 20/Cable 13 and KTSF Channel 26/Cable 8: TV Mass with Msgr.

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1st Sun, 5 a.m., CBS Channel 5: Mosaic, featuring conversations on current Catholic issues.

3rd Sun, 5:30 a.m., KRON Channel 4: For Heaven’s Sake, featuring conversations about Catholic spirituality.

Reunions Oct. 11: Class of ’46, Presentation High School at

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Basque Cultural Center in South San Francisco at 11: 30 a.m. Call Carolyn Bacigalupi at (415) 8212541 or Grace Walsh at (415) 413-7989.

Oct. 14: St. Monica Elementary School, class of ’56 beginning with Mass at 5 p.m. in parish church, 23rd and Geary Blvd. in San Francisco. Social gathering continues 6 – 10 p.m. in church hall. Contact Karen Schurer Mullen at (415) 453-0482 or kathy.mullen@comcast.net.

Oct. 14: Annual reunion of Golden Alumni of the University of San Francisco at USF 10 a.m. – 3 p.m.

The class of ’56 will be specially honored and welcomed into the esteemed golden gang. Day includes Mass and luncheon. Call USF Alumni Relations at (415) 422-6431.

Oct. 14: Class of ’50, St. Cecilia Elementary School luncheon. Contact Doris at (415) 664-2247.

Oct. 14: Class of ’55, St. John Elementary School at Embassy Suites in South San Francisco. Call Carolyn Eriksson at (650) 342-0983.

Oct. 14: Class of ’71, Star of the Sea Academy at Caesar’s Restaurant, Bay and Powell in San Francisco at 6 p.m. Contact Pat Mullen Casell at (415) 566-4091 or Alsida canton at (925) 377-9301.

Oct. 15: Class of ’66, Notre Dame High School in Belmont at 11 a.m. in the school dining room, 1540 Ralston Ave. Contact Connie Partmann Trewin at (650) 343-6889 or Angela Harrington Norton at (650) 349-5091.

Oct. 15: Star of the Sea Academy, class of ’56 at El Rancho Inn in Millbrae. Contact Natalie Nalducci Sandell at (415) 453-3687 or Diane Donohoe Mulligan at (415) 664-7977.

Oct. 21: Annual alumnae reunion for Immaculate Conception Academy at the Italian American Social Club, 25 Russia St. in San Francisco beginning with social at 11 a.m. and lunch at noon. All alumnae are welcome. Call Patricia Cavagnaro at (415) 8242052, ext. 31.

Prayer/Lectures/Trainings Deepen Your Faith Speaker Series. Challenge yourself and grow in your faith. Join us at 7 p.m. for an engaging speaker, delicious food, and in-depth discussion at St. Pius Parish, 1100 Woodside Rd, Redwood City. For more information call (650) 3650140 or email Kevin@pius.org. Oct. 25: Social Justice, Why Should I Care? with Father Jon Pedigo.

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Lights, Camera, Faith! Who says the movies have nothing to do with your faith? Join us at 7p.m at St. Pius Parish, 1100 Woodside Rd, Redwood City for a current movie and discussion focused on the 10 Commandments. This series is sponsored by Pauline Books and Media Store located on Broadway in Redwood City. For more information call (650) 365-0140 or email Kevin@pius.org. Oct. 17: The Gift.

October 8, 15, 22, 29: Confused About Catholicism? – Let’s Figure It Out Together! –An open discussion of the book: The Complete Idiot’s Guide To Understanding Catholicism, 3rd Edition by Bob O’Gorman and Mary Faulkner. Everyone must obtain their own copy of the book and come to the first session prepared to discuss Part I: What’s A Catholic? 10:30-11:30 a.m. at St. Pius Parish Parish Center, 1100 Woodside Rd, Redwood City. For more information call (650) 365-0140 or email Kevin@pius.org.

Oct. 11, 18, 25: Parent Book Club – Gather with other parents for an hour-long discussion on The Price of Privilege” by Madeline Levine, Ph. D. Everyone is responsible for obtaining their own copy and reading part one before the first gathering.

Hospitality from 8 -8:30a.m., discussion from 8:30 9:30 at St. Pius Parish Center, 1100 Woodside Rd, Redwood City. For more information or to RSVP call (650) 365-0140 or email Kevin@pius.org.

October 16-19: Eucharistic Parish Mission at St Veronica Church, 434 Alida Way, So San Francisco with Fr. Louis Guardiola. Morning: 9:15 am after the 8:30 Mass ; Evening at 7:00 p.m. Topics include: The Eucharist, Confession, Our Lady-Mother of God and Mother of the Eucharist and The Four Last Things.

Fr. Louis will also speak after Masses on Oct 14 & 15. For info: call Ando Perlas at 892-5728 Oct. 21: Training for New Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion. Offered by the Office of Worship. $15.00 fee. 9 a.m.- 3:30 p.m. at Mater Dolorosa Church, So. San Francisco.

Please pre-register at (415) 614-5585 or vallezkellyp@sfarchdiocese.org.

Oct. 28: Training for New Lectors. Offered by the Office of Worship. $15.00 fee. 9a.m. - 3:30 p.m. at Mater Dolorosa Church, So. San Francisco.

Please pre-register at (415) 614-5585 or vallezkellyp@sfarchdiocese.org.

Young Adults Office of Young Adult Ministry and Campus Ministry: Connecting late teens, 20s and 30s, single and married to the Catholic Church.

Contact Mary Jansen, 415-614-5596, jansenm@sfarchdiocese.org. Check out our Web site for a list of events around the Bay Area and download our Newsletter at www.sfyam.org. We publish a quarterly newsletter to connect college students and young adults to the Catholic Church.

Oct. 10, 17, 24: Theology on Tap for Young Adults of the Archdiocese at Ireland 32 Bar, Geary Blvd. at 3rd Ave. in San Francisco beginning at 7 p.m.

October 3 - Democrat vs. Republican: Is Religion Politically Incorrect? with Archbishop George H. Niederauer. October 10 - Profits vs. Prophets: Ethics in the Workplace. Young Adults Share their Stories.

October 17 - Office Space vs. Prayer Space: Incorporating Prayer into Daily Life with Darleen Pryds of the Franciscan School of Theology.

October 24 - The Elephant, Donkey and the Dove: Understanding the Upcoming California Elections with Sarah Nolan of the Office of Public Policy of the Archdiocese of San Francisco. For more information visit www.sfyam.org.

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Call (650) 757-1946 Cell (415) 517-5977 NOT A LICENSED CONTRACTOR

a NOTICE TO READERS Licensed contractors are required by law to list their license numbers in advertisments. The law also state that contractors performing work totaling $500 or more must be state-licensed.

Advertisments appearing in this newspaper without a license number indicate that the contractor is not licensed.

For more information, contact:

Contractors State License Board 800-321-2752

October 6, 2006

Catholic San Francisco

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For Information Call: 415-614-5642 Fax: 415-614-5641 Email: penaj@sfarchdiocese.org

DENTAL DIRECTORY SAN FRANCISCO COUNTY

SAN MATEO COUNTY

FAMILY DENTISTRY

2 Teeth Whitening.

2345 Noriega Street

DOUGLAS D. BOUCHER, D.D.S. 825 OAK GROVE AVE., MENLO PARK (650) 325-8030

DR. ERICH K. HABELT

DENTAL OFFICE SPACE FOR LEASE

Family, Cosmetics, Implant Dentistry

3500 Callan Blvd.

South San Francisco, CA First Floor space available

2033 TARAVAL STREET

Call Charley Haggarty (650) 344-3044

(415) 665-8397

PUBLISH A NOVENA Pre-payment required Mastercard or Visa accepted

Please call for info (415) 490-7468

Cost $25

Your prayer will be published in our newspaper

Name Adress Phone MC/VISA # Exp. ❑ Prayer to the Blessed Virgin ❑ Prayer to the Holy Spirit

St. Jude Novena May the Sacred Heart of Jesus be adored, glorified, loved & preserved throughout the world now & forever. Sacred Heart of Jesus pray for us. St. Jude helper of the hopeless pray for us.

Say prayer 9 times a day for 9 days.

Thank You St. Jude.

Never known to fail.

You may publish.

D.T.

Piano Lessons

Apt. for Rent

PIANO LESSONS BY

Room for rent, $625/mo. including utilities, washer/dryer, Richmond district in SF, no pets.

CAROL FERRANDO. Conservatory training, masters degree, all levels of students.

CALL (415) 921-8337.

(415) 587-8165

ADVERTISING SALES For The Largest Publisher of Catholic Church Bulletins

This is a Career Opportunity!

• Generous Commissions • Minimal Travel • Excellent Benefit Package • Stong Office Support • Work in Your Community. E.O.E.

Call 1-800-675-5051, Fax resume: 707-258-1195

St. Patrick Catholic Church is seeking a F/T Director of

Stewardship who assists the pastor in cultivating a culture wherein the parishioners freely offer their gifts of time, talent and treasure as a grateful response to our blessings from God and in service to the community. Duties include planning, organizing, coordinating, and managing of all stewardship activities within the parish. Position requires: College graduate with a background in business/fiancial and personnel relations; practicing Catholic in good standing with an understanding of Catholic doctrine; good organizational and management skills; excellent interpersonal communication and computer skills; ability to collaborate and work with diverse groups.

CATHOLIC PUBLISHERS SALES REPRESENTATIVE

Special Needs Companion Services

Send resume to: St. Patrick Church, 235 Chapel St, Grass Valley, CA 94945 or fax to: (530) 273-9681. Attention: Gere Welden.

For more information, call (530) 273-2347

We are looking for you.

• Honest • Generous • Compassionate • Make a Difference • Respectful

Work Full or Part-time in San Francisco – Marin County • Provide non medical elder care in the home • Generous benefit package Fax your resume to: Jeannie McCullough Stiles, RN 415-435-0421 Send your resume: Jeannie McCullough Stiles, RN Special Needs Nursing, Inc. 98 Main Street, #427 Tiburon, Ca 94920

RNs and LVNs: we want you.

Prayer to the Blessed Virgin never known to fail.

Most beautiful flower of Mt. Carmel Blessed Mother of the Son of God, assist me in my need. Help me and show me you are my mother. Oh Holy Mary, Mother of God, Queen of Heaven and earth. I humbly beseech you from the bottom of my heart to help me in this need. Oh Mary, conceived without sin.

Pray for us (3X).

Holy Mary, I place this cause in your hands (3X).

Say prayers 3 days.

M.P.

Provide nursing care for children in San Francisco schools.

Full or part time.

Generous benefit package.

We Take No Prisoners!! . . . No, Really . . . We Don’t . . .

Alcatraz Cruises is Now Hiring

Send your resume to: Email: Fax: Mail:

To submit call toll free 1-888-261-2351 or on-line at www.alcatrazcruises.com/jobs

Jeannie McCullough Stiles, RN, PHN RNTiburon@msn.com 415-435-0421 Special Needs Nursing, Inc. 98 Main Street #427 Tiburon, CA 94920

Special Needs Nursing, Inc.

CLASSIFIED AD INFORMATION

Northern California's Weekly Catholic Newspaper

(415) 668-2690

The Megan Furth Academy is seeking applicants for the position of a full-time School Secretary. The Megan Furth Academy is an independent, Catholic School in the Western Addition with 2 campuses. The position is year round and will be based on the primary campus.

The work hours are 7:30 am – 4:00 pm, M–F. Proficency with MS Office; Excel and Quick Books required. Salary is commensurate with experience and health benefits are available.

Please fax a resume and cover letter to Nicole McAuliffe at 415-346-8001 or 2445 Pine Street, San Francisco, CA 94115; 415-346-9500 or www.meganfurthacademy.org

Please return form with check or money order for $25 Payable to: Catholic San Francisco Advertising Dept., Catholic San Francisco 1 Peter Yorke Way, San Francisco, CA 94109

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EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY!!

We have an immediate opening for a service-oriented Regional Sales Representative to represent an innovative Catholic Educational Publishing Company in our Northern California based region. Catholic Education background and/or school/parish experience preferred. We offer a competitive compensation package and comprehensive benefits including medical, dental, vision, and 401(k).

To view the job requirements, visit our website at www.rclinfo.com.

For immediate consideration, e-mail your resume with salary requirements to hr@rcl-enterprises.com or fax to 972-390-6588 EOE

If you wish to publish a Novena in the Catholic San Francisco You may use the form below or call 415-614-5640

Select One Prayer: ❑ St. Jude Novena to SH ❑ Prayer to St. Jude

Many years experience, excellent local references, responsible and reliable.

Available days and nights.

Voice / Piano Lessons

Help Wanted

WILLIAM L. FAMILY DENTISTRY Specializing in Cosmetic GALLAGHER, Procedures including Invisalign Invisible D.D.S. Braces, and Zoom!

(415) 731-0816

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October 6, 2006

Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery The Catholic Cemeteries | Archdiocese of San Francisco Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery Santa Cruz Ave. @ Avy Ave., Menlo Park, CA 650-323-6375

Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery 1500 Mission Road, Colma, CA 650-756-2060

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

A Tradition of Faith Throughout Our Lives.