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"It presumes that it is up to the United States to decide between peace and war. In short , it is pure unilateralism, " Archbishop Martino , the outgoing Vatican representative to the United Nations said in an interview published Oct. 1 by the weekly, Famiglia Cristiana. "Both the general princip le and its first possible application against Iraq raise deep reservationsfrom an ethical and juridical point of view," he said. Archbishop Martino , who was recently named to head the Vatican 's Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace , reviewed the church's major criteria for the legitimate use of force , including just cause , legitimate, authority, proportionality between the cause and the response , protection of civilians and probability of success. He noted that U.S. bishops, considering all these factors , had asked President George W. Bush not to order an attack on Iraq. Archbishop Edwin F. O'Brien , the head of the U.S. Archdiocese for the Military Services, said that before taking military action against Iraq, President Bush must "make the bridge" connecting Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein to the events of Sept. 11, 2001. Archbishop O'Brien praised Bush in a Sept. 30 statement but said IRAQ, page 18

Vatican prepares rules against admitting gays as priests By John Thavis Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; The Vatican has prepared a draft document containing directives against the , admission of homosexuals to the priesthood, informed Vatican sources said. The document takes the position that since the church considers the homosexual orientation as "objectively disordered" such people should not be admitted to the seminary or ordained, the sources said Oct. 8.

The question of excluding homosexuals from the priesthood had been quietly considered at the Vatican for years without finding a consensus. It received new and more urgent attention in the wake of U.S. clerical sex abuse cases, many of which involved homosexual acts. The Con gregation for Catholic Education prepared the draft document in collaboration with the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith and other Vatican agencies , the sources said. The draft was being circulated for comment in October among a wide ran ge

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of consultants, including theologians , canon lawyers and other experts, they said. At the same time, the education congregation has finished work on a separate document th at examines how psychological sciences can be used in discerning vocations â&#x20AC;&#x201D; another hotly debated issue at the Vatican in recent years. Its publication was expected before the end of the year.The document on psychological testing will take the form of guidelines or orientations for bishops to use in their semiGAYS AS PRIESTS, page 18 naries, the sources said.

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Where You live b y Tom Burke Happy 100th birthday August 16th to Rose Giordano longtime parishioner of St. Elizabeth Parish. Celebrations with family and friends took place in the City and Portola Valley. Thanks to Josephine Romine of St. Robert Parish , San Bruno, and a native of St. Elizabeth 's, for the good news....Pm mighty sorry for the flub in a recent item here about the St. Vincent de Paul Society. The hardworking group was started in 1833 not 1933 as I misstated. Sorry, too , to Lorraine and Carl Rollandi for leaving an "L" out of their name when telling of their recent anniversary... . Enjoyed my brother, Patrick's, take on report s of a low incidence of cancer among sharks. "Of course they don 't get cancer," the youngest of her children told our mom when she mentioned the data, "their cigarettes keep going out. ".. .Thanks to Susan D'Asaro for the conversation about one of my favorite songs, Mr. Dieingly Sad, and her affirming words about CSF and this column . Susan, a graduate of Presentation High School, and her husband , Phil, a Sacred Heart grad, are both alums

Near the end of last school year, (la Wallen (left), author of the children's book "The Moon in My Room" stopped by to visit her San Jose State roommate Stephanie Currivan and Stephanie 's 3rd graders at San Francisco's St. Anthony-Immaculate Conception Elementary School. The class was treated to a reading of the book by Ha as well as autographed pictures of the writer. Dominican Sister Carolyn Marie Monahan is principal. Thanks to development directo r, Marie Driscoll for fillin' us in.

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Celebrating 70 years of marriage are Margaret and Bud May, forever parishioners of St. Elizabeth Parish, San Francisco where pasto r, Father Edwin Farrugia recently blessed the couple at Mass. A special celebratio n with family and friends in Santa Rosa , including a renewal of vows and blessing by Father Roger Lamourex of that city's Holy Spirit Parish, also marked the occasion.

Married 50 years ago August 23rd at St. John the Evangelist Church were Betty and Warren Johnston. The longtime parishioners of St. Bartholomew's, San Mateo recently celebrated their long union with loved ones at the Olympic Club, Lakeside. Other members of the family include son, Mike, and his wife, Chris; daughters , Joanne Ryan, and her husband, Pat; Karen Hipp, and her husband, Eric; Janis Lee, and her husband, Frank plus 15 grandchildren. Thanks, Joanne said, to SF Supervisor and singer Tony Hall, for his rendition of "Betty and Warren 's favorite song, Peg of My Heart, as they were circled on the dance floor by family and friends. "

of Sts. Peter and Paul Elementary where their son, Filippo, is now in the 4th grade. Still calling North Beach home are their folks, Anna and Elmer aka "Slim" Ballard , married 51 years September 22nd, and Giuseppina and Jack D'Asaro, married 53 years. Susan and Phil are not onl y happy that their son is attending their alma mater but also that he is being Luna Restaurant in Half Moon Bay. Congrats to Marie and tau ght by "wonderful teachers" Elizabeth McCarthy and Leo on the birth of their second grandchild , Francis Anthony, Sylbana Caccia. More good news is that Salesian Sister on September 24th. The lad's parents are Marie and Leo 's Antoinette Pollini, who taug ht Susan and Phil in 2nd grade, daughter, Lea, and her husband Richard Attard. Joy also is bac k at the school, this time assisting with studen t activities. marked the birth of grandson , Jacob, to son, Albert and his Thanks to Lisa Harris, now in her 17th year at the school and wife, Janelle, 9 months ago.... Birthdays, births, anniver5th as principal , for hel p ing me in the gathering of this info.... saries, marriages, engagements, new jobs and all kinds of Reneged on the Digital Cable and stayed with my regular goings-on are welcome here. Remember this is an empty hook up when the installation person said the box through space without ya ' . Send items and a follow up phone number which it all Hows was so bi g he 'd need help carrying it into to On the Street Where You Live, One Peter Yorke Way, SF the house.. ..Are the highway signs with a drawing of a leap- 94109. Fax (415) 614-5633; e-mail tburke@catholic-sf.org. ing buck slapped on 'em telling us we're at a Deer Crossing Do not send attachments except photos and those in j peg, or at a point where Santa and his herd will ascend on please. You can reach Tom Burke at (415) 614-5634.... Christmas Eve? Happy Far from his time as assista nt principal at Archbishop Riordan anniversary to High School but still busy living "each day for the day itself" Marie and Leo Del is Marianist Brother Leo Rausch who celebrate s his 100th Rosso of Our Lady birthday November 23rd. Now a resident of his community's of Angels, Villa St. Joseph in Cupertino , Brother Leo credits his longevity Burlingame, mar"avoiding vegetables " - they only get stuck in his teeth, he to ried 40 years says - and breathing "fresh air daily." The Pittsburgh, PA August 18th. The native also said he looks to the past for insight but "living coup le, who took back there isn't healthy:" Brother Leo, who entered the their vows at Marianists in 1920, holds degrees from University of Dayton Church of the and Catholic University, and still finds his way back to the Epiphany, San Iron City-area to preside at annual family reunions. He is the Francisco, celebratoldest Marianist in the Western Hemisphere and younger than ed the occasion with only one member of the congregation worldwide. family at Mezza

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By Slacie N. Galang Catholic News Service WESTON, Mass. (CNS) — Oklahoma Gov. Frank Keating, chairman of the U.S. bishops ' National Review Board on clergy sexual abuse , said Oct. 4 he is "not afraid of confronting anyone or anything" in dealing with the clergy sex abuse scandal in the Catholic Church. "This is a sad and agonizing time for my church and all I want to do is to try to help bring the lay community together and the faith community in its entirety, including prelates and priests, religious to help heal the church together," he said. He made the comments after speaking to a gathering of more than 650 people at Regis College in Weston. His main remarks came during a dialogue session at the school's Oct. 3-4 symposium on "Women, Church, Society: The Heart of the Matter," convened to discuss the abuse scandal . It was Keating's first visit to the Archdiocese of Boston since his appointment to the U.S. bishops ' National Review Board . He said he had no meeting planned with Boston Cardinal Bernard F. Law. Keating, whose remarks often took a lighthearted approach , with anecdotes about his family and the church , recently came under fire in an editorial in the Boston archdiocesan newspaper, The Pilot. The governor had advised Catholics to go on a limited strike, in effect, if they see their local bishop continuing to mishandle the sexual abuse crisis. The paper said it was "not admissible" for a church-appointed leader to "publicl y orchestrate" church protests. During his 30-minute address , Keating, the first of three speakers, described the church scandal as "stunning." "I can 't conceive as a layman that this heartbreak, that this evil, this criminality, these assaults . . . on the young could occur in the framework of a divine institution," he said. "But again we are a divine institution with human instru ments, and human instruments make mistakes." In his talk, Keating also said his work on the review board would include provisos for transparency, zero tolerance and

criminal referral of all priests accused of sexual abuse of a minor, all of which were decided upon by the bishops at their Dallas meeting in June . He said the board also would evaluate how the church scandal happened and the magnitude of the problem. Keating described the reported number of sexual abuse cases by clergy as "embarrassing, agonizing and just crippling." "This system cannot work, this healing cannot happen without a lay review board that is independent of the prelate, that has a majority of members independent of the church who will say, 'Enough,'" he said. Keating lauded efforts by Bishop Wilton D. Gregory of Belleville, 111., president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops , calling Mm courageous and said he shared the bishop's sentiment that the scandal was needless. "There is no reason why I should be here," Keating said. "There is no reason why this commission should be here if it had been done the way it should have been done." In the early 1990s, many dioceses began to address problems of clergy sexual abuse of minors when several high-profile cases caused national outrage. "This is a trial that we must accept with humility and service to make our faith stronger," he said. Keating said a system in which a priest convicted of a 20year-old crime can remain in active ministry simply could not and should not work. He also congratu lated the Boston Globe for its series of investigative reports on clergy abuse. Regis College President Mary Jane England, who introduced Keating, also announced that the archdiocese's Commission for the Protection of Children was submitting its report to Cardinal Law Oct. 7. England, who serves on the commission, said the panel would not go away now that the report is finished. "We are going to be right there, she said. We have one agenda, we must heal our victims and we cannot allow it to happen again to any child or any adult. " Superior Court Jud ge Regina Quinlan and Sister Lee Hogan, a Sister of St. Joseph and a professor of political science at Regis College, responded to Keating 's remarks. Quinlan, who offered biting remarks on the church's handling of priests, called on the board to implement and oversee the

Father Milton Walsh arrested on molestation charges Father Milton Walsh of Menlo Park has been charged by the Marin County District Attorney with two counts of lewd or lascivious acts with a child under 14. The alleged abuse occurred 18 years ago. Father Walsh served as assistant pastor at Our Lady of Loretto parish in Novato in the late seventies, where he met and became friends with the alleged victim and his family. A complaint by the victim 's parents was made to retired Archbishop John R. Quinn at the time of the abuse. That complaint was included in documents forwarded to district attorneys in Marin, San Mateo and San Francisco counties in May and June. The information provided by the Archdiocese covered all complaints of abuse against minors going back more than five decades. Legal documents allege that Father Walsh apologized to the alleged victim in a phone call recorded by Novato police in June. Father Walsh surrendered himself to Marin authorities last Thursday and is free on bail set at $100,000. The next scheduled hearing is October 17 in Marin County Superior Court. Father Walsh, 50, a former columnist for Catholic San Francisco, also served as secretary to Archbishop Quinn and then pastor of St. Mary ' s Cathedral. He has been on leave from his assignment at St. Patrick's Seminary in Menlo Park since August. Catholic San Francisco was unable to reach Walsh's attorney, Christina Arguedas, by press time, however, in the Aug. -5 Marin Independent Journal she is quoted , "This appears to be an isolated incident from 18 years ago. There are no accusations that he has engaged in any untoward behavior since then."

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Belarus prepares for crackdown on Catholics, other relig ions

MOSCOW —The upper house of Belaru s' Parliament passed a law Oct. 3 that paves the way for a crackdown on minority faiths, including Catholics, said human rights activists in the former Soviet republic. "Everyone who is not Orthodox has a negative opinion of this law. That is perfectl y understandable , because everyone but the Orthodox is going to be discriminated against," said Lyudmila Hraznova , a human rights activist and former deputy in the Belarus Supreme Soviet. Hraznova predicted the country 's Catholics — who make up about 700,000 of a population of 10 million — would encounter "a lot of problems , even more than in Russia. " Russian Catholics are currentl y enduring their worst discrimination since the 1991 end of the Soviet Union as the Russian Orthodox Church blocks what it calls "Catholic expansionism."

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PERUGIA, Italy — While tensions exist between the Catholic and Russian Orthodox churches , the damage must not be considered irreparable, said the chief ecumenist of the Russian Orthodox Church. "It is possible to put back together the pieces of a broken vase, even if the pieces are in different rooms," Metropolitan Kirill of Smolensk and Kaliningrad said during a visit here. The main event during Metropolitan Kirill's visit was his participation in a conference sponsored by the Rome-based Sant'Egidio Community on "Holiness and Charity in Christianity of the East and West." Bishop Vincenzo Paglia of Terni, host of the gathering, said the meeting's review of Catholic and Orthodox service to the poor and suffering for the faith throughout the ages witnesses "the strength of the love of God" and offers "precious indications both for the journey of fraternal friendship between the churches as well as for the serious and exciting tasks we have today."

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Florida bishops tell Gov. Bush death pe nalty never justified

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — The Catholic bishops of Florida told Gov. Jeb Bush that "neither retribution nor deterrence can justif y the death penalty " and justice must be soug ht "without vengeance, without further killing." The bishops made the comments in a plea to Bush to spare the life of Rigoberto Sanchez-Velasco, 43, who earlier had won court approval to drop his appeals. On Sept. 30 Bush imposed a temporary stay of execution so psychiatrists could interview him to see if he was competent. They determined he was, so Bush lifted the temporary stay and SanchezVelasco was executed Oct. 2 as originally scheduled.

Church group s go to court against Oregon assisted suicide law

WASHINGTON (CNS) — A friend-of-the-court brief filed by three Catholic organizations argues that the U.S. attorney general correctly determined that assisting suicide is not a legitimate medical practice under federal law. "Cooperating with killing positively impedes the overarching goods to which medicine is devoted ," said the brief Filed by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishop s in conjunction with the Catholic Health Association and the Oregon Catholic Conference . It urged the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to up hold Attorney General John Ashcroft 's declaration last year that doctors may not prescribe lethal doses of drugs to patients who request assistance committing suicide. The ruling had the effect of criminalizing the act of prescribing drugs for suicide as permitted under Oregon law. A federal jud ge Robert Jones ruled in April that Ashcroft had overstepped his authority.

The pope appointed Archbishop Renato R. Martino as president of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace. Archbishop Martino , 69, has been the Vatican 's permanent observer to the United Nations. Italian Bishop Attilio Nicora , 65, was named president of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Holy See, an office that oversees Vatican investments and other financial matters.

Knights of Columbus lend millions to Boston Archdiocese

BOSTON — The Archdiocese of Boston received a mortgage loan from the Knig hts of Columbus.. The initial advance of $12.5 million will pay off the $9 million the archdiocese has outstanding under a bank line of credit , and will enable the archdiocese to provide interim financing to Catholic Charities to complete a children 's day-care center in South Boston. The agreement provides for additi onal advances , as needed, over a th ree-year period in amounts not to exceed $25.45 million, which, in combination with the initial advance, is 75 percent of the appraised value of the 16-acre chancery grounds. All advances will be repaid over a 20year period.

Mother Teresa beatifica tion miracle gains accep tance

VATICAN CITY — Meeting at the Vatican Oct. 1, members of the Congregation for Saints ' Causes said a healing attributed to the intercession of Mother Teresa of Calcutta should be accepted as the miracle needed for her beatification. A spokeswoman for the Missionaries of Charity, the reli gious order Mother Teresa founded , said the sisters had been informed of that the miracle was approved,." Sister Simone , the spokeswoman for the order in Rome, "We wait patiently and with joyful hope for the Holy Father 's announcement" that a beatification date will be set.

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Lake Atitlan and San Pedro volcano , in the distance , give the poverty-stricken area the look of a " paradise."

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Poverty in p arardise . .. M Continued fro m page 6 Spanish. So often the translation would go from Kachikel, one of the 26 dialects of the Maya, to Spanish to English. In the village of Trionfo , which we visited to see a Catholic Relief Services project to bring water to an isolated community, a Mayan woman who served as the CRS Health Coordinator for the community spoke to the group about her efforts at health education. Basic h ygiene was her first order of business. Teachings about the uses of water were very important since the community had a limited supply and most diseases came from bad water. There was also education and technical assistance on the building of latrines. Later at a health clinic served by a volunteer Guatemalan doctor, we saw some of the effects of bad water and lack of nutri tion. One patient was a little boy, nine months old, who weighed 10 pounds. He was close to d ying of starvation. Dr. Garcia sent his interns (there for two weeks through a program of the University of Nebraska) out to the market to buy vegetables. He then showed interns how to mash them and then attempt to get the infant to begin taking food. Dr. Garcia said, "What they (the interns) learn here, they will never learn in an American hospital. Here we have no lab tests. These young people have to use their diagnostic skills and intuition to practice medicine." The delegation learned that American Catholic parishes were sponsoring the building of homes in some communities. Most of the housing for the poor in these

out-of-the-way communities is shack-like, with dried corn stalks woven together as walls , thatched roofs and dirt floors. Volunteers from American parishes raise money for the houses (usuall y, $5,000 per house , with cinderblock and corrugated metal on concrete platforms) and then send peop le to help build them. A project of particular interest to the St. Rita's group was the coffee cooperative at the parish of San Lucas. Their group, through their parish Justice and Peace Committee, as well as other parish groups throughout the Archdiocese of San Francisco , have been buy ing coffee from this cooperative for over a year. Buy ing this coffee guarantees that the peasant families who produce it receive about $25 per 100 pounds of coffee. Most coffee on the world market is bought by middlemen who then sell and distribute to large "name brand" companies. Guatemalan small farmers who sell this way receive about $8.75 for 100 pounds. The more than 400 families participating in the co-op help manage it and are involved in the decision-making. The parish of San Lucas, which sponsors and gives oversight to the operation , takes no profits. Members of the delegation were surprised that the facility for drying, sorting, roasting and packaging was so small given the fact that the end product was so professional and fine tasting. In the orientation meeting before the trip, the St. Rita parishioners talked about the economic and cultural realities of the country that they would be visiting. They also spoke of the trip as a "journey of faith." A primary consideration was to implement the recommendations of Synod of the Americas that speak about the great divide between

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the developed countries of our hemisphere and the very poor countries. The Synod spoke of "solidarity" as a way of brid ging this divide. The journey to Guatemala was an exercise in solidarity for members of the delegation. They met and talked with real people who, though economically and culturally far different, are also Catholics professing belief in the same Lord. The journey has not ended for them. The process of discernment continues. The group, with prayerful consideration and under the guidance of their pastor, Father Robert Cipriano, is determining just what kind of a relationship with a Guatemalan entity they can practically and responsibly maintain . "Just charity on a one-time or two time basis is good, but it's a completely different situation when you talk about a long-term sustainable relationship," says, Bob Ternus.

The group and a wider involvement of St. Rita 's parishioners must decide what is workable and reasonable over the long term. They might agree that they cannot responsibly take on a long-term commitment at this time or they might opt for a shorter more modest kind of commitment , one that respects both parties ' dignity and does not become one-sided and paternalistic. No matter what they decide , the effects of the trip have been transformative for the participants . Meeting and talking to brothers and sisters in an entirely different economic and social reality truly brought home the meaning of "solidarity." Participating in the delegation were Bill Cuneo, Milt and Diane Haiti, Hank, and Dorothy Yudice and their son Marty, Jack and Jane Stewart, and Bob and Mary Ternus, as well as the writer and his wife, Geri.

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Fast... ¦ Continued from page 5 running when she was 48 - and who qualified in 1984 for the Olympic Trials prior to the LA summer games — did not practice her hobby during the fast. She attempted to walk as much as she could each day, but couldn 't do much because the ordeal sapped her endurance. For three days, Father Timothy Radcliffe, former worldwide head of the Dominican order of priests and brothers, joined the fasters. During one of the daily interfaith services Father Radcliffe said, "fasting is a symbolic action, as were the attacks of Sept . 11 last year. By fasting we are saying that we refuse to eat the bread of revenge." The Dominicans' web site explained that the fasters participated as a way of acknowledging "our need for personal and communal conversion." For Sister Marion , the experience was similar to "preaching to the choir," she reflected. Of every 100 people who approached the group to engage them in conversation , "95 thanked us and agreed with us." Another four were either skeptical, or naive, but "were good listeners who asked profound questions." The remaining one percent frankl y scared and saddened her, she said. This

born in this country come into the world as health y as possible," Thompson said in issuing the new regulation. "It's another way to secure a safety net of care for our children and their mothers." Two states — New Jersey and Rhode Island — already have obtained waivers to cover pregnant women using SCHIP funds , but the change would allow states to implement that option faster. "With this new regulation, states can offer prenatal coverage immediately — without waiting for HHS to consider and approve a waiver," Thompson said. "It represents a speedy new option for states th at

want to do more to ensure that women get critical prenatal care that will increase the chances that their children are born health y." Msgr. Fay said the Bush administration "should be praised for this initiative in support of life-affirming health care for women and children ." When the regulatory change was proposed in May, the USCCB said it reflects "medical reality" and is consistent with legal precedent. Mark E. Chopko, USCCB general counsel, and Michael F. Moses, associate general counsel, commented in a letter to HHS on the department 's proposed rule. "Our support for the proposed rule is

based on the importance of ensuring adequate health care for children , both before and after birth , and their mothers ," Chop ko and Moses wrote. "The proposed rule serves this important goal , reflects the medical reality that the life of a child begins before birth at conception , and is thoroug hly consistent with precedent according legal significance to , and protecting, the life of the unborn child. " A coalition that included the National Abortion Federation , American Civil Liberties Union , American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists , Reli gious Coalition for Reproductive Choice and a number of Protestant denominations and Jewish groups opposed the change. "While supporting expansion of comprehensive prenatal care to low-income pregnant women , the organizations oppose the SCHIP proposal as the wrong approach to accomp lishing this important goal," said a May press release fro m the Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice. "The regulation lays the legal groundwork for an adversarial relationshi p between a woman and her fetus b y defining the fetus as a person, which may then have interests distinct from and in conflict with the woman," the coalition added.

group consisted mainl y of very angry young men in their 20's who yelled "I'm for violence," "nuke 'em all," or challenged the group "to go live in the Middle East." One of them said he wanted to kill everybody in the Middle East , Sister Marion said. She fears that if the United States does go to war, "and we run out of reservists and have to reinstitute the draft ," this small contingent would probably be eager to enlist, thinking that they were true patriots. Sister Stella brought back her share of memories, as well. As she was standing in Union Square with a poster, a woman doctor from Iraq engaged her in conversation. "She told me she visits her family in Iraq regularly." When the Dominican asked the physician what the people there hope and pray for, the woman replied that they are not "looking for the U.S. to rescue them." Instead, they are asking that the economic sanctions imposed by America 11 years ago, will be lifted so they can get on with their lives, and begin to heal, both physically and emotionally. The doctor left Iraq eight years ago because the lack of medical supp lies made it impossible for her to practice medicine in her own country, "She would have preferred to stay there to help her own people," said Sister Stella. Another woman told the nun that T don ' t want any more killing -anywhere.' "That powerful statement said to me that

humanity had come of age in this woman," said Sister Stella. Since their return to the Bay Area, both nun s are continuing to speak out against the war. Sister Marion is reconnecting with her interfaith social justice affinity group, which stands in silent public witness for two hours each Friday afternoon during rush hour at the corner of Fourth and

Heatherton in San Rafael. "We stand there with our signs for peace, for affordable housing, immigrant rights, and elimination of the death penalty." Sister Stella has resumed sending out urgent e-mails to her large list of East Bay social activists asking them to call the White House to urge for peaceful alternatives to violence.

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armed groups show an utter disregard for the lives of children and other civilians ," the report said. It said most Palestinian children have been killed by the Israeli army's "excessive and disproporti onate use of lethal force against demonstrators and stone throwers and their reckless shooting, shelling and aerial bombardments of residential areas." Israeli children have been killed in "direct and indiscriminate attacks, including suicide bombings, and shootings by Palestinian armed groups and individuals both inside Israel and in Israeli settlements, in the occupied territories or on roads leading to these settlements ," the report said. "The pattern of killings of children which has become so entrenched and widespread in the past two years developed against a background of impunity for the perpetrators of such crimes over many years prior to the current intifada. In the past two years the problem of impunity has taken an unprecedented dimension," the report said. The report charged the Israelis with failing to conduct military inquiries into the killing of children by the army even in cases when they said they would do so, nor was any one brought to justice for the killings, the report said. "The Israeli authorities ' assertions that in a situation of armed conflict investigations into killings of civilians are not necessary stand in stark contradiction with Israel's obligations according to the international human rights treaties it has ratified," the report said. The Israeli army said in an Oct. 3 statement that comparing Israeli military operations in which Palestinian children were killed and Palestinian terrorist attacks in which Israeli children were killed was "unjustified and baseless." Palestinian attacks are "ruthless, unprecedented , inhuman terror," the statement said, while Israeli military activ-

ity is conducted in accordance with the laws of war" and is not aimed at injuring civilians. Equating the two , it said, indicate d a "fundamental lack of fairness among the authors of the report." The army statement also challenged the Amnesty charge that it did not investigate killings of Palestinian children. The Amnesty report charged Palestinian leaders with having "failed to take the necessary measures to prevent attacks on Israeli civilians by Palestinian armed groups and to bring to justice those responsible for the killings of Israeli children and other civilians." The report criticized Palestinian leaders for claiming they are unable to stop the violence because their ranks have been decimated by Israeli aggression. Father Gockel praised the report for emphasizing that point. In addition, Father Gockel said, there is a disproportion in the level of force Israel is able to use against the Palestinians, and thus the number of Palestinian children killed is higher. This raises the moral question of how much force one is allowed to use against a weaker opponent , he said. He said the violence has left people battered and traumatized. "All these attacks b y F-16s, Apache helicopters and tanks have put fear in everybody. Their lives have been traumatized , and it will take a long time, if ever, to get out of that," Father Gockel said. Amnesty International called on the Israeli and Palestinian authorities to "promptly take concrete and effective steps tc prevent the killing of cliildren" and to carry out "thorough, impartial and public investigations" into each case of killings of children, and to bring those responsible to justice. It also reiterated its call on Palestinian armed groups to put an immediate stop to targeting children and other civilians and renewed its calls for international monitors in Israel and the Palestinian territories.

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Jj CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO Some thoug hts befo re war War hawks like to describe opponents of President Bush's Iraq policy as naive and unrealistic. The only thing Saddam Hussein understands is violence, they say. The United States must destroy him or he will destroy us. These hard-eyed realists, as they see themselves, often take a condescending tone in justifying this war" in the making. It is the standard operating procedure for hawks in every war. But they do have a strong element of truth on their side. No one can defend Saddam Hussein. He is a ruthless tyrant, and mass murderer. He has started two major wars and brutally repressed his own people. Saddam Hussein is an immediate danger to his neighbors and, if he gets his way, he will become a danger to the world. Perhaps violence is the only answer. Perhaps a nice "surgical" military strike will do the trick. Perhaps - but before we strike, it would be good to consider what violence has accomplished in the Middle East over the past half century and in the world in the last century. Iran and Iraq fought an eight-year war in the 1980s until, with millions dead, the exhausted warriors gave up, neither side having gained anything. Now, more than 10 years after the last shots of that war, the two countries are trying to work out, peacefully, the disputes over borders and freedom of navigation - the issues that were the pretext for the war. Ironically the war has created another issue: what to do about prisoners of war? A more powerful argument against the hawks can be found in the area that Christians like to call "The Holy Land." Little that is holy has survived more than a half century of violence. Nothing has been settled and no end to the cycle of violence is in sight. In fact, violence seems to be the future. The modern nation of Israel was born in violence - a war of independence for the Jewish people, the creation of a Jewish homeland after the unspeakable evil of the Holocaust. For Palestinians it was a war of aggression in which they lost their homeland. Then followed a series of wars over the homeland neither side is willing to share. In each case, Israel faced armies of Arab nations far larger than its own. Each time Israel won, until in 1967 with the annexation of the Sinai, the West Bank and the Golan Heights, its security seemed assured: the tiny nation at last had "defensible borders." Now, after all those battlefield victories, Israel is the strongest power in the Middle East. Its military is admired around the world, and feared by its neighbors. Still, there is no peace. Suicide bombers make a mockery of "defensible borders" and military might. They murder at will - children at a bus stop, students in a cafeteria, diners at a cafe. No one knows where one of these "martyrs" will strike the next time. The future seems worse, with Palestinian children telling pollsters they are willing to become suicide bombers. For hawks, the "logic" of war calls for meeting force with force, violence with violence, death with death. So Israelis respond to the murders of civilians with their much more sophisticated and deadly weapons. As is customary, the good die along with the bad - "collateral damage," as the military euphemism for the innocent dead. None of this should come as a surprise to anyone who has read a little history and surely the proponents of the war on Iraq have read history. World War I was called "the war to end all wars." It didn 't. Instead, the "Great War" of 1914-1918 served simply as a prelude to World War II, the "greatest" and bloodiest in history. Tens of millions died in those two wars, waged by the best educated and wealthiest nations of the world - people who should have known better but didn 't. World War II is sometimes described as the last "good war" because it ended with the defeat of Hitler and Nazism. That is true but it is equally true that Hider and Nazism grew out of the anger and frustration at Germany 's defeat in World War I. Without that war there would have been no Hider to defeat 20 years later. And World War I was not fought for some grand and glorious purpose. The nations of Europe simply stumbled into that war for no reason. There are no "good wars." At times we may be forced to go to war, just as a mother or father may be forced to resort to violence to defend their children. But violence must always be a last resort, not a first response. As the Catechism of the Catholic Church says, "the damage inflicted by the aggressor on the nation or community of nations must be lasting, grave and certain" and "all other means of putting an end to it must have been shown to be impractical and ineffective." For Catholics the question is this: does this impending war fit those requirements? PJ

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Recent Catholic San Francisco editions This is in response to your October 4th cover story "Rallying against Prop. N." With have published some splendid letters to the all due respect to Father Louis Vitale and oth- editor. In fact, I think I get more out of the letters than I do from the articles - with the ers who took part in the rally, their opposition exception of the excellent writings of Pat is both misguided and factually incorrect. Proposition N, the "Care Not Cash" Joyce. 1 would like to comment on three of initiative will transform San Francisco 's the letters in the September 27 edition. G. Gloria Gillogley, commenting on Mr. homeless assistance program from a cashbased to a service-based system similar to Joyce ' excellent editorial on abortion, "No what has successfully worked in New York, Reason to Rejoice", suggested that "Catholic SF' publish information from the California Chicago and other cites. Catholic Conference on this subject on a regIt channels money into services for ular basis. Since my experience with the those people who want to recover some sort Conference, financed by weekly contributions of responsible life while cutting off the cash from the pews, is that it rarely gets into the drug subsidy to those who abuse the system subject of abortion, I re-read the Conference's with the quality of life of everybody sufferWinter 2002 quarterly, "Commentary". The ing as a result. In those cities where similar programs word abortion was not even in the publication , although the wimpy phrase "respect life" was have been enacted, there has not only been a substantial drop in homeless deaths but a par- mentioned a few times. The "Commentary", and the Conference in general is not allel drop in street crimes that have come concerned with the moral issues of our with homelessness. While Chicago had t— times like abortion and the "gay" only four homeless deaths last year, and agenda that is winning the fight New York five, San Francisco had 183. against our families and family values; The only thing that is "meanbut rather with social, environmental, spirited" is pouring good money after and financial concerns. I did check the bad on the same failed programs that Web site, however, and did note that have no accountability or responsibilthe Joyce editorial was published ity leading to an endless cycle of ..^..Mi, ,..<«pf there, and there is a bland and neutral addiction and death. history of abortion in California. A Vote for common sense change. statement is made that Catholics are Vote yes on Prop. N. unabashedly pro-life, but this is not E. F. Sullivan something you normally hear from the San Francisco Conference, nor from the pulpit either. My opinion on the failure of priests and bishop s to condemn aborIn his article of Oct.4th George tion is also apparentl y shared by letWeigel attempts to advise us as to ter writer Joe Trevors who has more how the United States should conduct guts than the Catholic Conference itself as regards Iraq . Jesus asks us to and all our bishops when he says that love our enemies. Mr. Weigel asks us "If..Catholic politicians persist in to kill them. They can ' t both be right publicl y proclaiming teachings can they? directly against the Church and life, Alan Dean then the bishops should have the Burlingame authority to publicly excommunicate them". I'll add one thing, Joe. They do have the right, but they are just War is too important to be left to too chicken to exercise it. casuists and to sop hists like George The third letter was from Weigel whose arguments for unilaterStephen Firenze who was shocked to al action against Iraq (CSF, Oct. 4, have read an article in "Catholic SF ' 2002) would leave it to the State to that we should not try to convert the decide what is morally permissible or Jews. I was shocked at this September impermissible. 20 article also. Like Mr. Firenze, 1 don t Nothing could be clearer than this com- recall hearing Jesus say, "Go and teach all mandment: "Thou shalt not kill." There is no nations, except the Jews". What I remember wiggle room here, none whatsoever. None is "Without me, you can do nothing." (John either in Christ 's absolute refusal to resist 15:5) "I am the way, and the truth, and the aggression against Him: ". . . if someone life." (John 14:6) "No man cometh to the strike thee on the right cheek, rum to him the Father, but by me." (John 14:6) Christian other also." Hard cheese? None harder. So, if charity mandates that we try to bring all peothe Church truly believes in a "just war," it ples to Christ - Jews and Muslims also. would not only permit, but urge the Religious These were great letters, maybe to take up arms to kill the State's enemies. "Catholic SF' should provide more space For the Church to sanction killing by the laity for its letters to the editor. There are some while exempting the clergy from killing is real Catholics out there we should be hearthe height of hypocrisy. ing more from. No State or combination of States has Laurette Elsberry a claim to moral authority. It can onl y claim Sacramento political, legal, and secular authority, but never moral authority — Weigel to the contrary notwithstanding. Jesus Christ instructed child molesters Maurice Englander "to have a large stone tied around their necks San Francisco and be drowned in the sea." (Mark 9:42) Has this been discussed? What 's the problem? A lack of courage? Why isn 't truth being practiced by "the fathers"? Catholic San Francisco welcomes The world needs that kind of demonletters from its readers. Please: stration to believe (be alive) in the Church. Joy Newcom >• Include your name, address and Redding daytime phone number. v

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Franciscan Fr. Louie Vitale has been convicted by a US Court of a crime and sentenced to a 90-day term of confinement. I would like to remind you and my neighbors that a Federal sentence for confinement in a Federal jail or prison is not a trivial matter. I am sure Fr. Vitale is pleased with his ability to be arrested and play the role of a martyr for social justice. However, I find his movements of protest to be obnoxious , impotent and scandalous insults to the Catholic community. David Eberly San Francisco

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J ohn Paul II: No contradictions here Discussing her documentary, "John Paul II: The Millennial Pope," in a recent interview, the distinguished film-maker Helen Whitney noted that "There was nothing easy abou t that film. He is a tower of contradictions , and I had to honor them." Full marks to Helen Whitney for her professional integrity in tellin g a story as she had come to understand it. But permit me to suggest that the Pope is less a- "tower of contradictions" than the contemporary secular (or "searching") mind is a tangle of confusions. Which is, perhaps , why "John Paul II: The Millennial Pope" is less a documentary about the life, thought , and work of the Holy Father than it is a film about the modern crisis of belief— with the Pope as a kind of Rorschach blot to which various people react. Everyone who has known John Paul for any length of time, indeed anyone who has studied his life and his teaching carefull y, comes rather quickl y to a simple conclusion: consistency, not contradiction , is one of the outstan ding characteristics of John Paul II. He is completely, even relentlessly, consistent in his Christian convictions , and those convictions consistentl y shape his teaching, his moral jud gments , and his method of governing the Church. Why, then , does so much of the media world (including intelli gent people like Helen Whitney) find the Pope "contradictory "? Perhaps because he is an ardent defender of human ri ghts and an ardent opponent of abortion. But the Catholic Church has always insisted that abortion , as a matter of public law, is a civil ri ghts issue: a question of legal protection for the weakest and most vulnerable members of the human community. No contradictions there.

Perhaps because the Pope believes and teaches that Jesus Christ is the answer to the question that is every human life, and demonstrates profound respect , even reverence, for other world religious traditions. John Paul II, however, would insist that it is precisel y his faith in Christ , and all that that has taug ht him about the human yearnin g for truth , that has opened him to a respectful dialogue with Jews , Muslims , Hindus , and Buddhists. No contradictions there. Perhaps because he seems so warm , open , and humane , even as he challenges young people to chastity and challenges everyone to keep the bar of spiritual and moral expectation high. For the Pope , though , warmth and openness mean taking everyone with the seriousness they deserve — the seriousness that recognizes that every human being is capable of spiritual and moral greatness. And in John Paul's view, we miss that greatness when we treat sex as either a "need" or a contact sport. No contradictions here. Perhaps because John Paul II , a leading fi gure in the collapse of communism , is also a sharp critic of the cult of consumption. The Pope, however , would propose that both communism and the "shop-'til-you-drop " mentality misread the nature of the human person. Human beings , he tells us, can ' t be understood as mere bundles of material "wants." A human being is a human being precisel y because of an innate , burning thirst for transcendent truth and love. No contradictions here. Perhaps because the man who helped bring democracy to central and eastern Europe nonetheless insists that

democracy is not a machine that can run by itself , but a mailer of the virtues that make a people capable of self-governance. More than a few of the American Founders would have said the same thing, of course; in any event , to call men and women to live their civic and political lives as citizens capable of bring ing moral truth into public life is entire l y consistent with the Pope 's noble vision of human possibility. So no contradictions here . John Paul 11 is a sign of contradiction in one important sense: he refuses to concede , to that packet of confusions called "post-modernism ," that there is no sense to be found in life and that everything is merel y a matter of seeing and doing things "my way." That , he insists , is dehumanizing because it means enslavement to our passions. Passions transformed into love: that is what John Paul II calls us to, and as readers of 1 Corinthians 13 will recognize , there's nothing contradictory about that , either.

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St. Francis and the suffering of animals Once my husband and I discovered our younger son pulling the limbs off a grasshopper. He was not being malicious, but curious, and he thought no more of pulling the insect apart than if he were dismantling one of his Leggo creations. We scolded him, of course, for this mindless killing, pointing out (hat the same God who gave him life gave it to the lowly grasshopper as well. The teaching of the Church backed us up here. "It is contrary to human dignity," says the Catechism of the Catholic Church , "to cause animals to suffer or die needlessl y." Until quite recentl y, my conscience was clear when it came to my relations with animals. While falling far short of the example set by St. Francis of Assisi, I am kind to critters that do me no harm. I was even at peace being a carnivore. Though one animal devouring another is an awful affair, I accepted it, along with pain in childbirth, sickness and death, as one of the bitter consequences of the Fall. As long as livestock are tended and killed without cruelly, I reasoned, and there are days and seasons of penance, in which I can willingly forego eating them, I might as well take my proper place in the food chain. My self-satisfaction has been rather shaken, however, by

reading the new book "Dominion: The Power of Man, the Suffering of Animals, and the Call to Mercy." Written by Matthew Scull y, a good friend and until a few month s ago a special assistant and senior speechwriter for President George Bush , "Dominion" has opened my eyes to the modern , industrial pig farm. As a result, I can no longer look at the sliced ham in the frid ge without feeling some remorse. Scull y 's description of cramped , frightened , and overmedicated animals never being allowed to lie down, turn around , see the sunshine or feel the earth beneath their feet paints a sorry picture , indeed. These pigs are so treated like machines of our own invention that 1 can barely distinguish between their "care" and my son 's dispatch of the ill-fated grasshopper. "We think too little about the 'reasonable want ' and the 'reasonable need' that distinguish necessary animal pain from needless, reckless, and willful conduct at their expense," Scull y argues. Though new to me, the ugly truth about industrial farming is available elsewhere and not the most compelling reason to read "Dominion." No, the trul y remarkable thing about the book is its assertion that many animals in this world deserve better, not because they are our equals and have

rights like our own, but precisely because they are our inferiors and subject to our power. Scully raises an important moral question that has imp lications far beyond the animal welfare debate : Are living beings mere things with which we can do whatever we p lease, or are they the marvelous handiwork of a Creator, with natures and purposes of their own that call for our respect? I know how St. Francis would answer the question. If onl y he would guide me on my next trip to the supermarket.

Vivian W. Dudro

Vivian Dudro is the mother of four children (ages 6 to 14) and a member of St. Mary 's Cathedral Parish.

Ref lections

California, stem cell research and human life

California Governor Gray Davis is making quite a name for himself in the arena of life-ethics. He recentl y signed into law SB 1301 which declares th at women 's decisions about abortion are private ch oices protected by the state (just not the federal government) and mid-wives and nurse practitioners can now, along with doctors , dispense abortion p ills such as RU-486. Davis also signed AB 2194 requiring state medical residency programs in obstetrics and gynecology to offer abortion training for their ph ysicians-in-training, thus making abortion just another medical procedure. Jumping on the stem cell wagon, Davis also signed a bill allowing research on stem cells from fetal and embryonic tissue. This bill requires clinics that offer in vitro fertilization to inform women that for research purposes they may donate (but not sell) their discarded embryos. While this decision encourages research, it is mostly symbolic because it does not over-ride President Bush's policy on federal funding and does not set aside new money for this research. Many feel that embryonic stem cell research is crawling like a caterpillar and j udgments such as Davis ' signal a willingness to move ahead more rapidl y by try ing to overcome Bush' s restrictions. Advocates for non-restricted stem cell research are many ;

some are well-known entertainment stars, while others are known only in the rarefied atmosphere of scientific research. In "Lucky Man" Michael J. Fox sees stem cell research as "the gateway to curing and treating a lot of diseases, but especially Parkinson 's because it is so specific a problem." Christopher Reeves is an ubiquitous advocate ever since his riding accident left him paralyzed from the neck down. Dr. Catherine Verfaillie of the University of Minnesota, an expert in stem cell research, is studying how the use of stem cells can treat those with Hurler 's syndrome, a rare genetic abnormality that results in loss of a single critical enzyme that causes skeletal problems and severe mental retardation. Whatever one's angle might be on the question , the ultimate goal of stem cell research (often named "regenerative medicine") is transplantation to rep lace diseased, injured, or absent tissue. Potential targets are Parkinson 's disease, spinal cord injuries, Hurler 's syndrome and so many others , including cardiovascular, autoimmune and liver diseases, diabetes, osteoporosis , and Alzheimer 's disease. Obviousl y, millions of people might benefit. In its coverage of the Davis signature on stem cell research, (he New York Times wrote, "The bill was opposed by the Roman Catholic Church. " Such an isolated statement gives the impression that the church is a callous old

lady and opposes scientific research and the potential healing of debilitating injuries , syndiseases and dromes. Patients have a view and the church seems to be blocking it. Reeves, e.g., is a quadriplegic who hopes that neural tissue transplants are in the offing. Who can blame him or others looking for cures, remedies, or at least relief from suffering? Can the church be that unfeeling that it cannot support these scientific advances? Let's take a careful look at the central question: when does human life begin? Some of my friends believe "life begins when the dog dies and the children leave home!" The church believes that human life begins when a sperm fully impregnates an ovum , While the aim of regenerative medicine is to heal the sick, an unquestionably moral good, the church teaches that moral ends may not be achieved by evil means. COLEMAN, page 16

Father Gerald Coleman

SCRIPTURE & LITURGY We are invited to the end-time feast We usuall y don 't like surprises; we want to read the fine print; we want to know what to expect. The Scripture chosen for this Sunday 's liturgy of the Word offers us unmistakable clarity about what God's overtaking us in Christ means and where it leads. Be warned, then, and grateful. Isaiah (our first reading) expresses the dream of all people destined to be God's People: the end-time gathering of all people for God's ultimate communion feast where death in all its forms will be defeated. Savor the experience: "On this mountain the Lord of hosts will provide for all peoples a feast of rich food and choice wines, juicy rich food and pure , choice wines. On this mountain he will destroy the veil that veils all peoples, the web that is woven over all nations; he will destroy death forever. " We hear these words, formed by our faith in Jesus the risen Lord, in whose flesh our happy ending is already written. Into our human history, God has already inserted this end-time victory and communion. That is why we respond to this reading from Isaiah with beloved Psalm 23, in which we express our trust in God to shepherd us through Christ into this end-time glory : "Only goodness and kindness follow me all the days of my life; and I shall dwell in the house of the Lord for years to come." Matthew does quite a bit of reworking of the parable Jesus used initially to reach out to these religious leaders who were rejecting him and to speak of the all-inclusive wedding feast of God's kingdom. With Matthew 's efforts we have stark reactions to historical situations: the invited guests react violently to the servants who invite them; the king sends his troops and "destroyed those murderers, and burned their city"; the king sends servants to invite anyone to the feast. Matthew sees in the reaction of "the chief priests and elders of the people" a refusal to welcome Jesus as the invitation to

Twenty-eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time Isaiah 25:6-10a; Psalm 23; Philippians 4:12-14; Matthew 22:1-10 (shorter) .

Father David M. Pettingill God's end-time feast. He sees further the destruction of Jerusalem (70 A.D.) a judgment on those leaders and an opening up of the guest list to include all, even Gentiles. The invitation we receive to the end-time feast occurs first in our lives and then in our liturgy. We constantl y receive invitations to react to our sisters and brothers on planet Earth. We are called upon to jump in and share the gifts we have been given, to receive the gifts others have lor us. When we accept the invitation we feel the communion that the end-time feast will make permanent; when we refuse, we die just a bit and pave the way for our gradual, lonely disintegration. Paul, our second reading, experienced this end-time nourishment in his own life time at the hands of the Philippians: "I

know how to live in humble circumstances; I know also how to live with abundance... I can do all things in him who strengthens me. Still it was kind of you to share in my distress." His involvement with his peop le and theirs with him provide present sustenance and first installment of the end-time feast. When we come to Sunday liturgy of Word and Eucharist, we realize that the experiences of our lives are Spirit-caused ripp les and echoes of the saving, Church-creating event God has achieved in Jesus Christ. We realize our little story is part of the large story (Eucharistic prayer), we rehearse in praise and thanksgiving before a gracious God whose all-inclusive guest list includes our names. We realize that we are missioned to invite others into our lives and our liturgies that we all may experience even now a taste of the final day 's feast. This moment of clarity is brought to us by the Word of God. Be warned, then , and be grateful. Questions for Small Communities: 1. How can we become more inclusive as a community ? 2. How can we outreach to the needy in our parish?

Father David M. Pettingill is assistant to the moderator of the curia and parochial vicar at St. Emy dius Pa rish, San Francisco.

Author of the Prayer of St. Francis Father John Dietzen Q. Our Alcoholics Anonymous group, as most other AA groups 1 believe, regularly says the prayer of St. Francis, beginning "Lord, make me an instrument of your peace. " Was St. Francis the actual author of this prayer? Some believe its author was a Protestant minister, a Pastor Niebuhr. Can you give us the answer? (Indiana) A. Not much is known about the origin of this prayer,but one Franciscan priest relayed to me the following information. It comes from another Franciscan who wrote his Ph.D. thesis in Paris on the prayers of St, Francis. No one has been able to prove where the so-called peace prayer came from, but certainly it was not written by St. Francis. The prayer so captures the spirit of St.

Coleman... ÂŚ Continued from page 15 The 5th commandment is clear, "You shall not kill." The moral dilemmas which follow upon this directive are complex: e.g., "Kill what?" "In what circumstances?" The Catholic tradition has allowed self-defense, and respected authors have argued this point, albeit differently, in justifying war and capital punishment. A lot rests on the answer to this truly soul-searching question, "When does human life begin?" Before a fertilized egg implants fully in the wall of the mother's womb, a lot of things might happen and this fact leads to varied interpretation: for instance, the fertilized egg might never implant and get discarded in the human process of waste. Another possibility lies with the awareness that this single hu man life might divide and become a twin. In this case, what has happened to the original? A deeply-respected expert on these questions recently asked me, "When Jerry was conceived, let 's imagine that he twinned in the process before implantation, and Jack and Jill emerged. What ever happened to Jerry?" Was Jerry 's life split into Jack and Jill? Or do Jack and JU1 begin to exist on their own and Jerry just disappears? Shortly after a human egg is f ertilized, it f ormsa blasto-

Francis, however, that somehow the Christian faithful found it natural to attribute it to this saint. As the priest I corresponded with about this noted, Catholics who tend to be literal in their understandingof their faith might be as disturbed to know that St. Paul didn 't write all the "letters of St. Paul" as to discover that St. Francis didn 't write all the "St. Francis prayers." But such is the case. Evidence exists of an 18th-or-19th-century prayer card, similar to those we distribute at funerals, containing the prayer on one side and a picture of St. Francis on the other. It was widelydistributed in France and elsewherein Europe. Many feel this placement of the prayer with the picture on the same card resulted in attributing it to St. Francis. Francisdied, of course, centuries earlier, in 1226. The famous Protestant theologian, Reinhold Niebuhr, who died in 1971, is considered the author of the Serenity Prayer, also widely used in AA, at least in its most popular form. While he may have fostered devotion to St. Francis and encouraged use of the prayer, the prayer was in use long before he was bom. Q- WhÂ° I s the patron saint of alcoholics ? (Iowa)

cyst about the size of a penod on your computer screen. Its outer layer is composed of about 70 cells with the potential of becoming a placenta. The 30 or so embryonic cells of the inner layer have the potential to become "more" (e.g., twinning) before this blastocyst takes up residence in the womb. The reason why some attest mat human life is present only after implantation is the fact that so many things might occur before that point: for instance, loss or twinning. Doesn 't it seem logical to justif y taking cells from a blastocyst before it implants as this fertilized egg only carries the "potential" of becoming a human being? "Potential" is the operative word here. The church teaches that the adventure of a human life begins right from fertilization. This is a doctrinal teaching that is not up for grabs. Zygotes don't become human. They are already human. Extracting stem cells during this embryonic stage ends the life of the embryo and amounts to the intentional killing of an unborn human being. Isn 't it interesting that scientists highly reverence embryonic stem cells for their potential, but cannot see their way to respect the embryo itself as human? Embryonic stem cells are "totipotent " and a single cell contains the potential to form every one of the hundreds of tissues in the body. Scientists are learning incredible things

A. Two saints often presented as patrons for alcoholics are St. John of God and St, Monica. This St. John lived in the 16th century, most of the time in Spain, and founded a religious community named the Brothers Hospitallers, His younger years were spent in a series of dissolute adventures and lifestyles. Eventually, however, he was led to a more serious and good way of living, particularly through his concern for the sick and the poor. His generosity and ingenuity in finding ways to help people in need was legendary. With St. Camillus he is patron of all hospitals and sick people. St. Monica's designation as patron of alcoholics is more obvious. This fourth-century mother of St. Augustine devoted years to prayer that her son would abandon his sinful and rather licentious ways, and become a Christian. Her prayers were answered, and Augustine became one of the great theologians and philosophers in the history of Christianity, John of God's feast is March 8; Monica's is Aug. 27. (Questions for Father Dietzen may be sent to him at Box 325, Peoria, IL 61651. This column is copyrighted by Catholic New Service.) with the use of these totipotent cells: e.g., how to control the differentiation of stem cells so as to grow single tissues in a controlled way, as a single layer of heart muscle, derived from a sing le stem cell, beating in a petri dish. Whose emotions cannot be touched by such a sight? It is these types of discoveries and future hopes which make the church' s teaching so difficult and, for many, impossible to understand and accept . We cannot go down the moral slippery slope and wave aside the critical doctrine of the church that the adventure of life begins with the moral and scientific miracle of conception. Let's not lose this central affirmation b y getting lost in the awe which stem cell research promises. Nations have argued before that good ends justif y bad means (destroy innocent Vietnamese village people and the war will quickly end). Every time this argument is used, the goodness and worth of innocent human life is devalued all the more. The church is right on this one.

Sulpician Father Gerald D. Coleman is preside nt and rector of St. Patrick Seminary, Menlo Park.

VaticanLetter

Cardinal Arinze, one of few still active Vatican II participants By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) — When the Catholic Church celebrated the 20th anniversary of the end of the Second Vatican Council in 1985, members of at least one council session still counted for about one-third of the world's active bishops. As the 40th anniversary of the council' s opening approached , council experts were hard pressed to name any still-active bishop who partici pated besides Pope John Paul II and Ni gerian Cardinal Francis Arinze. More than 2,500 bishops from around the world participated in at least one of the council sessions, which ran from Oct. 11 , 1962, to Dec. 8, 1965. Cardinal Arinze, named prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Sacraments Oct. 1 , attended the last session of the council as the coadjutor archbishop of Onitsha , Ni geria; he celebrated his 33rd birthday during the 1965 fall session. "I was just a young priest made bishop two weeks before the last session of Vatican 11," he said during an Oct. 2 interview in his new office. "One bishop asked me if I was a seminarian ," said the now 69-year-old cardinal. "I enjoyed it." Piero Doria , the researcher in charge of the Vatican II collection in the Vatican archives, said he does not keep track of die current whereabouts of bishops who participated in the council. However, he said: "I do not think any are still ordinaries of dioceses. They would have had to have been very young to still be under the retirement age of 75." Cardinal Arinze said a few subtle differences are bound to exist between those who did not participate in the council and those who are "able to say, 'Yes, I was there when this document was signed.'" The more important factor, he said , is whether an individual has studied the council documents "and made a big effort to understand them as they are." Just as with the Bible, he said, parts of the council documents can be taken out of context and used to support one 's own agenda. Cardinal Arinze 's brief, youthful experience of Vatican U was not like that of the pope, who as a Polish bishop participated in every session of the 1962-65 council, making

catholic, universal , a church which is not afraid to meet the world of today, a church which at the same time is not naive " about imperfection , injustice and evil in the world, he said. When Auxiliary Bishop Karol Wojty la of Krakow, the future Pope John Paul, returned to Poland after the council' s first session, he, too, focused on the council' s impulse to make contac t with the modem world. Father Adam Boniecki' s authoritative biograp hy, "The Making of the Pope of the Millennium ," quotes from a sermon the then-auxiliary bishop gave two weeks after return ing from Rome: "In the thoughts of the Holy Father(Pope John XXIII) and in their implementation by all the bishops , this council wants to be. . . an act of love — an act which will weigh upon the history of the contemporary man and will , in some way, tear man away from hated and push him in the direction of love. " Looking back 40 years, Cardinal Arinze said that for him the "greatest gifts" of the council include its reflection on the Gospel and the Catholic faith "in the world of today." The council , he said , showed the need for the church to respond better to the needs of the world , "a world where there is injustice , where there is suffering, where there is need for initiatives for justice and peace , a necessity to work with people of other reli gions. " "Vatican II also helped deepen our faith commitment and our prayer, liturgical prayer especiall y," he said. Now, in his new job, he will be concerned full time with the Mass and the sacraments, which "are vital to our life as church ." i Worship and the sacraments were given a central place in Vatican U's discussions, he said, and the council decisions, especially regarding the reform of the liturgy, are those most tangibly experienced by the Catholic faithful. The liturgy and sacraments are "the heartbeat of the church," he said. Their importance is the reason why, "where there are speeches, sharing ideas, grappling with new concepts and abuses in the liturgy, there is a lot of suffering for holy mother church, and there is damage to the faithful," the cardinal said. new ways of communicating the faith. While Cardinal Arinze said he does have opinions on But Cardinal Arinze said the gathering was fascinating liturgical matters currentl y under discussion , he said his and instructive for him as a young bishop. first priority now is to listen , to read and to study what con"It was a great event in my life," he said. "It was like a window being opened to me, showing gregation officials have been working on. "My assignment is to do my best to be faithful to the Gospel, what we all knew as doctrine ," he said. The reality of the church was reflected in the gathering of to the Holy Father and to our Catholic faith in what has to do with "bishops from all parts of the world, the church which is divine worship and the discipline of the sacraments," he said.

'It was a great event in my life. It was

like a window being opened to me . . .'

Washington Letter

Clergy on politics: Hallowed right, legal quagmire or both? By Nancy Frazier O'Brien Catholic News Service WASHINGTON (CNS) — Does ordination mean a Catholic priest gives up his right to speak out on political issues? Does a minister, rabbi or imam have to remain silent when asked which candidate he or she favors? And does the Internal Revenue Service 's ban on political activity by churches rule them out as sites for candidate forums or voter registration drives? The answers to those and similar questions are yes, no or maybe, depending on the circumstances, according to a legal expert whose specialty is the tax-exempt status of religious organizations. "We all know that during election campaign season, politicians visit all sorts of locations looking for votes," said Deirdre Dessingue, associate general counsel of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. "Sometimes, they visit churches for the same reason. "There is nothing wrong with a candidate standing outside a church , synagogue, mosque or temple after services in order to meet and greet voters," she added. "Inside the churc h, the situ ation is more difficult to evaluate." Factors that the IRS might consider in evaluating whether the candidate 's appearance violates the ban on political intervention by tax-exempt organizations include whether the candidate was invited by a congregation or is a member of the congregation and whether other candidates were invited , even if on successive weeks, Dessingue said. As U.S. voters prepare to elect the entire House of Representatives , a third of the Senate and countless state officeholders Nov. 5, Congress took up the debate over political activity by religious groups. By a 239-178 vote Oct. 2, the House defeated the Houses of Worship Political Speech Protection Act, which would have exempted reli gious organizations — but not other tax-exempt groups — from the ban on intervening in a political campaign. The USCCB had taken no position on the legislation, which was supported by such groups as the Christian

Coalition and Association of Christian Schools International but opposed by the Anti-Defamation League, People for the American Way and others. "Supporters of this bill wrongly argued that religious viewpoints are currently muzzled in the public arena," said Abraham H. Foxman, ADL national director, after the House vote. "But ministers, rabbis, imams and other religious leaders are already permitted to speak out on the full scope of religious, political and moral issues of the day. ... The House has acted wisely in rejecting the bill as bad public policy and unnecessary." The Rev. Barry Lynn , executive director of Americans United for the Separation of Church and State , was even "Most more blunt. Americans do not want their churches turned into smoke-filled rooms where political deals are cut and partisan politics replaces worship," he said. But Rep. Walter Jones, R-N.C, chief sponsor of the legislation , pledged to reintroduce the bill in the next session of Congress. "I will continue this fight because I believe this battle can be won and will be won," he said. "Congress must return First Amendment rights to our houses of worship. " Confusion over the ban on political activity by taxexempt organizations has existed since it was first imposed by Congress in 1954 under an amendment offere d by thenSen. Lyndon Baines Johnson. To combat some of that confusion, the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life asked Dessingue to write a guide to the IRS rules and published it under the title, "Politics and die Pulpit: A Guide to the Internal Revenue Code Restrictions on the Political Activity of Religious Organizations." "No matter where one stands on the debated issues, we believe it is helpful to have a statement of the requirements of current law on this subject, particularly as congregations

and other reli gious organizations face a host of electionrelated questions," said Melissa Rogers, executive director of the Pew Forum, in an introduction to the guide. The guide makes clear that members of the clergy do not have to give up their right to speak out on political matters . "Clergy or other reli gious leaders, in their individual capacities and outside the context of any religious organization function or publication, may endorse or oppose candidates and otherwise participate in election campaigns," it says, "hi doing so, however, religious leaders should clearly indicate that their actions are personal and not undertaken as representative of their reli gious organizations," Lobbying activities on referendums, constitutional amendments or similar ballot initiatives are permitted, but must not constitute "more than an 'insubstantial' part of the organization s total activities." Candidate forums, voter registration or get-out-the vote drives , and publication of voter education material s are permitted as long as they are unbiased, open to all candidates for a particular office and do not feature information about the religious organization 's stands on the issues discussed. Concern over what it sees as an increasing infl uence of reli gion in public life led another group — American Atheists of Parsippany, N.J., founded by the late Madalyn Murray O'Hair — to take to the streets. The group announced in earl y October that it would sponsor a Godless Americans March on the National Mall in Washington three days before the election. '"Godless Americans' have been marginalized and excluded in everything from electoral politics to the public events commemorating the tragedy of Sept. 11, 2001," said an announcement on the march's Web site. "No other group would tolerate such bigotry and exclusion! It's time to speak out and be heard." As long as they don't speak out about political candidates.

'I believe this battle can be won and will be won. Congress must return

Firs t Amendment rights to our houses Rep. Walter Jones of worship. ' —

Washington mourns victims of murder rampage As a visible sign of God' s presence , parishioners lit and held candles in their pews after the names of the gunR0CKV1LLE, Md. (CNS) — shot victims were read and a bell tolled Pausing to light a candle for each of the for each. six victims fatally shot in earl y October Montgomery County Executive sniper attacks in Montgomery County Douglas Duncan called the cardinal' s and the District of Columbia , words a "powerful message of faith and Washington Cardinal Theodore E. hope. " McCarrick prayed for the victims , their Duncan , a lifelong parishioner of St. families and for an end to violence in Mary 's, said he firmly believed good the community during a vi gil Mass would come out of the trag ic killings. "Faith sustains everything," he said , Oct. 5 at St. Mary 's Church in "that faith is what my family believes, Rockville. "We know Jesus is here . We can what this community believes. " bring him all our anxiety, all our conParishioner Maureen Hannan said cerns," the cardinal said earlier. she was aware of the sense of loss More than 1,000 people gathered throug hout the county. "My heart for the liturgy held two days after an goes out to (the victim 's families) and vi for the police. It's a difficult time for unknown suspect began shooting at peop le carrying out their dail y routhem, " she told the Catholic Standard , tines. newspaper of the Washington s Six people were killed and one o Archdiocese. £ For Steve Yablumosky, attending Virginia resident was injured during the three-day shooting spree, Oct. 2-4. the Mass was a "civic duty to show that X we care about our community." Police officials were able to link four of a. the shootings to the same type of Yablumosky said he thought the world G weapon, but said that they could not has become callous, but having faith reach the same conclusion in the other helps. "It 's a blessing to have this Residents of Montgomery County, Md., attend a prayer vigil at two shootings because the bullets were Catholic church as an anchor." St. Mary's Church in Rockville Oct. 5 for victims of the murder spree. so fragmented. Father John Myslinski, pastor at St. On Oct. 7, a 13-year-old middle Mary 's, said it is natural for the local school student was shot outside his school in Bowie , locat'Do not let fear turn us back to where we cannot live our community to come together at St. Mary 's, which was ed in neighboring Prince George 's County. Police later lives," Cardinal McCarrick said. "Anxiety can keep us established in 1813 and is one of the oldest parishes in linked that shooting to the others. from doing the things God wants us to do." Montgomery County. The priest said the parishioners Cardinal McCarrick urged parishioners at St. Mary 's to Instead , the prelate urged the faithful to accept God's always gather to thank God for all the good things in life place their trust in God while reaching out to those families challenge to live lives of trust focusing on God's love and and to pray during times of difficulty. who have lost a loved one. Members of the community sharing the Lord's message with others. Father Myslinski said he thought parishioners were ought to reach out to them in prayer, assistance and love "Whatever comes down the road, you don 't stand alone being cautious, but they were not fearful . "We live in a and compassion, so that the families may find strength, the — you stand with Jesus and you walk the road with him," dangerous world. With the help of God, we'll continue to cardinal said. Cardinal McCarrick said. go about our daily lives," he added. By Lynnea Pruzinsky Mumola Catholic News Service

Ira q ... ¦ Continued from cover "the very least that our government must bring about before committing our armed forces to further armed intervention in Iraq" is a consensus in world opinion or "convincing evidence " of the threat posed by Iraq. "1 have profound respect for President Bush , his integrity and his experienced advisers ," the archbishop said. "However, Americans, our allies and the world community expect more if military action must ultimately be taken as a last resort." Archbishop 0' Brien said that if the Bush administration is seeking to justif y action against Iraq as "a continuation of the war on the terrorism " of Sept. 11 "then the challenge for our good president and his advisers is to make the bridge, to show a real connection between the events of Sept. 11 and the need for the forcible removal of Saddam Hussein." In Washington, two national Catholic groups mobilized religious leaders nationwide and organized activities Sept. 25 to lobb y Congress against a pre-emptive war on Iraq. The lobby ing day was part of a series of what organ-

Gays as p riests . . . ¦ Continued from cover However, the draft document on homosexuals will take the form of directives or norms , to be used throughout the universal church, they said. "The document 's position (on admission of homosexuals to the priesthood) is negative, based in part on what the 'Catechism of the Catholic Church' says in its revised edition, that the homosexual orientation is 'objectivel y disordered ,'" said one source. "Therefore, independent of any jud gment on the homosexual person, a person of this orientation should not be admitted to the seminary and, if it is discovered later, should not be ordained," he said. Last year Archbishop Tarcisio Bertone, secretary of the Vatican's doctrinal congregation , said in a Catholic News Service interview, "Persons with a homosexual inclination should not be admitted to the seminary." In September a U.S. Vatican official at the Congregation for Bishops, Father Andrew R. Baker, articulated arguments against acceptance of homosexuals as priesthood candidate s in an article published by the Catholic magazine America. Father Baker said that if a man has a predominant or exclusive same-sex attraction that in itself is grounds for bishops to have "a prudent doubt regarding the candidate 's

izers called "action days on Iraq, " set up by Pax Christi USA, a Catholic peace movement , and Network , a Catholic social justice lobby, with the National Council of Churches. Dominican Father Jim Barnett , in his 25th day of a water-only fast for peace and nonviolence , came into town from New York to participate in the activities. David Robinson , Pax Christi's national coordinator , said members of his organization , too, "are meeting leaders back home, and raising the same points in the press and with officials in their community." "The decisions being made in Congress over the next few days are going to affect the rest of our lives," he said. "They 're going to affect the kind of society we live in here, they ' re going to affect the US' s stance around the world, and our very security in our homes, in our communities, in our malls and town squares. Sister Mary Ann Zollman, a member of the Sisters of Charity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, said that by bring ing leaders to Washington who represent larger constituencies, "we bring with us all those who stand in solidarity with us." Sister Zollman, president of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious, read a statement from the group at the prayer service. She later said in an inter-

view that the service "tapped into Christian roots and asked what God says about peace." The most powerful portion , she added , was testimony from families who lost members in the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11. Meanwhile , Vatican Radio 's director-general , Jesuit Father Pasquale Borgomeo , said in a commentary that the doctrine of "preventive attack" would represent a "harsh blow to international law, which the West has recognized since 1945." "International law certainly can be reformulated , but not in a unilateral manner. The doctrine of preventive attack not only represents a real wound to international law, and not only another setback for the credibility of the United Nations , but also , if put into action , a dangerous precedent for future imitators ," Father Borgomeo said Oct. 1. Father Borgomeo also questioned the political wisdom of a U.S. attack on Iraq, saying it went against Bush' s post-Sept. 11 efforts to garner a global consensus against terrorism. The plan to attack Iraq has instead caused deep divisions, even among U.S. allies. One certain effect of such an attack would be a "deepening of the gulf between the Islamic and Western world" and an increase in the anti-American resentment that fuels terrorism, he said.

suitability " for receiving the sacrament of orders. Church law says if such a doubt exists the person should not be ordained. Father Baker said homosexuality was a "disordered attraction" that can "never 'image' God and never contribute to the good of the person or society." He cited potential difficulties for homosexual seminarians or priests; they included problems dealing with their tendencies in a largely heterosexual society, questions about adherence to church teachings, and possible temptations presented in male environments like the seminary or the priesthood. Father Baker said his article reflected his personal opinion and not the official position of the Vatican. While some Vatican officials have expressed similar views, others are concerned that such an attempt to "weed out" candidates to the priesthood would rely too heavily on interpretive evaluations of an individual's sexuality. The officials who spoke to Catholic News Service said there was no defini tive time frame for the document on homosexuality and admission to the priesthood. "Only the Holy Spirit knows that ," said one official . Because of the sensitivity of the issues involved, Pope John Paul H and other top Vatican officials will be carefully reviewing it before publication , the sources said. The wording in the catechism that describes the homosexual inclination as "objectively disordered" was added when the definitive Latin text of the catechism was released in 1997. Earlier editions of the catechism said

homosexual acts were intrinsicall y disordered and said homosexual tendencies represented a trial for most people. The document on psychological testing, titled "Orientations for the Use of Psychological Methods in the Admission and Formation of Candidates to the Priesthood ," was discussed at the education congregation 's plenary assembl y in February. At that time, the pope told the congregation 's members that guidelines on the use of psychology to evaluate seminary candidates could help identify real vocations and ensure that such decisions are made with "a wider sense of awareness." The pope said die support from psychological sciences should be used in a balanced way as part of the overall vocational path , integrated in a candidate 's formation program. He said recourse to psychological methods can only be understood in the context of the "climate of faith" that marks the vocational decision. Psychological methods "do not eliminate every type of difficulty and tension, but favor a wider sense of awareness and a freer exercise of liberty " when it comes to the challenging choice of a priestly vocation, he said. Many Vatican officials have privately voiced apprehension about over-reliance on psychological methods to screen candidates to the priesthood. The document is said to address those concerns b y stressing a balanced approach that recognizes the potential contributions of psychology, but within a limited sphere of competence.

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Paul Shanley, who as a priest of the archdiocese touted sexual activity between men and boys and who plied his philosophy, will certainly earn one's attention. Remember, it 's an excellent place to start , but on a subject so far-reaching, one book cannot do a complete examination. As soon as you are done digesting "Betrayal," begin "From Scandal to Hope. " Father Benedict J. Groeschel, a professor of pastoral psychology, offers a perspective that draws upon his experience as a pastoral counselor and as a Franciscan Friar of Renewal. The second chapter of the priest 's book is titled "Persecution ," and in his mind "the media" are the ones primarily responsible for the "persecuti on." Earlier, he refers to the scandal involving former Atlanta Archbishop Eugen e Marino. The priest writes, "At that time, I realized that when a scandal occurs about 2 percent of what is said in the media is true." This unsubstantiated claim may well be an expression of frustration at having his church and his vocation pillaged of their revered status, but it could have been better expressed. Father Groeschel is correct in instructing readers to ask of themselves: Are we going to follow Jesus Christ and the Gospel , or are we going to follow the spiri t of the world and continue to decline into moral, religious and cultural chaos? His book is an instruction , maybe even a stern lecture , on how to do the former. Among his recommendations are daily reading of Scripture and frequent reception of the sacraments of penance and Eucharist. He emphasizes reform in several areas, such as liturgical practice, Catholic education, seminaries, religious life, and, reluctantly he notes, the role of the bishop. Throughout this volume he refers to another book on which he is working, "Reform Now" — a book in which he expects to address his concerns at length. Thus, one gets the impression that this prequel is an opportunity for Father Groeschel and his publisher to pique people's interest with what he has to say. Nonetheless, as a good priest and counselor would do, he asks questions of the reader and he spells out options: "We Catholics have a choice. Either we move definitively toward reform or we go back

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Social Justice/ RespectLife Oct. 12: From Rage to Reconciliation , a presentation by Bud Welch , who lost his daughter, Julie Marie, in the bombing of the Federal Building in Oklahoma City in 1995. Mr. Welch has walked a long path from wishing he could kill his daughter 's murderer himself to a return to his fight against the death penalty, a position he shared wilh his late daughter, a graduate of Marquette University and social justice advocate. Talk begins at 8 p.m. at St. Ann Chapel, 541 Melville Ave. at Tasso St., Palo Alto. Free will offerings will support Mr. Welch' s subsequent appearances at area high schools. Call (408) 257-4611. Oct. 19: Celebrating Life , a. all-day conference addressing timely life issues with a keynote talk from Jesuit Father Robert J. Spitzer , president , Gonzaga University, and author of Case for Life. Other issues to be discussed include legislative trends , understanding stem cell research, providing service for healing and reconciliation following abortion. $15 per person. Advance registration requested. Call (415) 614-5572. Takes place 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. at St. Mary's Cathedra l, Gough St., and Geary Blvd., SF.

School of Pastoral Leadership For additional information , call Joni Gallagher at (415) 614-5564 or spl@att.net. Pre-registration is necessary for many programs. Visit the SPL Web site at www.splsf.org. Oct. 12 and 19, 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. at Our Lady of Mercy Churc h, One Elmwood Dr., Daly City: Eucharistic and Lector Ministry Training, with keynote address by Father David Pettingill, founding director of School of Pastoral Leadership. Participants must have their pastor's recommendation. Attendance at both days is necessary for certification. $40 per person.

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250 Oak Grove Ave., Menlo Park. For fees, times and details about these and other offerings call (650) 325-5614. Presentation Sister Rosina Conrotto, Progra m Director. Nov. 3: A New Look at Priesthood with Sulpician Father Melvin Blanchette looking at "Researc h on priesthood: What did we learn? How do we respond?

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2300 Adeline Dr., Burlingame. For fees, times and other offerings, call (650) 340-7474 or www.mercy-center.org. Nov. 24: Marriage of East and West , a balancing of the opposites of east and West , a one day retreat. 11 a.m. - 5 p.m. $90. Led by Asha and Russil Paul.

Jake Prayer 3rd Thurs . at 7:30 p.m. at Vallombrosa Center, 250 Oak Grove Ave., Menlo Park with Sister Toni Longo 1st Fri. at 8 p.m. at Mercy Center, 2300 Adeline Dr., Burlingame with Mercy Sister Suzanne Toolan. Call (650) 340-7452; Church of the Nativity, 210 Oak Grove Ave., Menlo Park at 7:30 p.m. Call Deacon Dominic Peloso at (650) 3223013. 2nd Fri. at 7:30 p.m. at St. Peter Church, 700 Oddstad Blvd., Pacifica. Call Deacon Peter Solan at (650) 359-6313. 2nd Fri. at 7:30 p.m., St. Dominic Church, 2390 Bush St., SF. Call Laura McClung at (415) 3621075 3rd Fri. at 8 p.m. at Woodside Priory Chapel, 302 Portola Rd., Portola Valley. Call Dean Miller at (650) 328-2880

Datebook 1st Sat. at 8:30 p.m. at SF Presidio Main Post Chapel , 130 Fisher Loop. Call Catherine Rondainaro at (415) 713-0225

Young Adults Contact Young Adult Ministry Office for details. The Young Adult Ministry office of the Archdiocese can be contacted by phone at (4 15) 614-5595 or 5596 and by e-mait at wiicoxc@sfarchdiocese.org or jansenm @sfarchdiocese.org. Oct. 19: Sixth Annual Fall Fest, a conference for singles and couples in their 20s and 30sat University of San Francisco. Day includes Mass with Bishop John C. Weste r presiding, key note address, exhibits, three workshops , dinner and dance. $50 until Oct . 4, then $55. Contact (415) 614-5594 or jansenm @ sfarchdiocese.org.

Lectttres/ Ciasses/Radio-TV Mon - Fri. at 7 p.m.: Catholic Radio Hour featuring recitation of the Rosary and motivating talks and music with host Father Tom Daly. Tune your radio to KEST - 1450 AM "Mosaic " , a public affairs progra m featuring discussions about the Catholic Church today. 1st Sundays 6:00 a.m., KPIXChannel 5. "For Heaven's Sake", a public affairs progra m featuring discussions and guests, 5 a.m. 3rd Sunday of the month, KRON-Channel 4. St. Charles Parish, San Carlos announces The Informed Conscience and Human Sexuality Understanding the Church's Teachings, an Adult Faith Formation Lecture Series. Oct. 17: Parents - How to Approach Your Children and Talk About Sexuality, 7:30 - 9 p.m., presented by Jasmine Pomeroy of the Office of Public Policy and Social Concerns/Respect Life , Archdiocese of San Francisco. Call Marsha Kane at (650) 595-0326.

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Oct. 11-13: Island Adventure, all Souls Parish Festival, corner Miller and Walnut , South San Francisco. Great family fun! Lots of games , prizes and food. Fri. 6-10 p.m.; Sat./Sun. noon- 10 p.m. Call (650) 871-8944. Oct. 11-13: Come celebrate the 226th anniversary of Mission Dolores, SF at the parish's annual Fiesta. Fun begins Friday at 6 p.m. with silent auction and family-style spaghetti dinner. Saturday hours are10 a.m. to 5 p.m. featuring game booths and food from around the world. Ohlone Indian dancers and singers perform at 3 p.m. Later Saturday, enjoy Casino Night with great prizes including Giants tickets. Sunday hours are 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. with an incredible Mariachi band performing at about 1 p.m. Fiesta benefits Mission Dolores School serving mostly Hispanic and low-income families. Call (415) 621-8203. Oct. 11-13: Fall Festival , St. Dunstan Parish, 1133 Broadway, Millbrae. Black Jack , Mega-Bingo, Roast Beef dinner, amusement rides, games, raffle. Fri. 5 - 1 0 p.m.; Sat. noon - 10 p.m.; Sun. noon 8 p.m. Kick-off Dance , admission $12, on Fri. from 7 - 1 0 p.m. with music by Hightop Possee. Call (650) 697-4730. Oct. 12: Celebration of Life, the 30th anniversary of Birthright of Marin at San Domenico Music Pavilion, San Anselmo, featuring wine and food tasting with vintages from Eric Ross Winery. Silent auction, too. $40. Call (415) 456-4500. Oct. 12: Andiamo a Italia, benefiting St. Timothy

Elementary School, 1515 Dolan Ave., San Mateo, beginning at 5:30 p.m. Formal sit-down dinner, silent/live auctions, raffle. Tickets $30. Call (650) 342-6567. Oct. 12, 13: Columbus Day Bazaar celebrating the Italian and Chinese heritages of North Beach and benefiting Sts. Peter and Paul Church, Filbert and Powell St., SF. Sat. 11 a.m. - 9 p.m.; Sun. 10 a.m. - 7 p.m. Great food , carnival games , bingo, entertainment for entire family. BBQ all day. Chinese dinner sat. 5:30 - 7:30 p.m. Call (415) 421-0809. Oct. 19: Annual Dinner Gala sponsored by Separated and Divorced Catholics ministry of the Archdiocese of San Francisco at L'Olivier, San Francisco. $35 per person. Reserve by Oct. 16 at (415) 751-0420 or (415) 566-4230. Oct. 19: Cornettes and Top Hats, an evening at the City ' Fairmont Hotel commemorating the 150th anniversary of the arrival of the Daughters of Charity in San Francisco, a century and a half that has brought kindness, service and effective advocacy to the people of the Bay Area and the state. Chairs include Sen. Dianne Feinstein, State Sen. Jackie Speier, Mayor Willie Brown. Special guest is Karolyn Grimes, who played Zuzu in the holiday film classic , It's a Wonderful Life. Tickets $250. Call (650) 991-6464. Oct. 19: Treasure Trove at St. Stephen's Donworth Hall, Eucalyptus Dr., SF. Craft Fair, Street fair, Pumpkin Patch and Rummage Sale sponsored by LCA Juniors , an auxiliary of Catholic Charities. Contact (415) 592-9243 or LCASF@yahoo. com. Oct. 19, 20: Craft Fair sponsored by the Father Serra Circle of St. Veronica parish, 434 Alida Way at Ponderosa, South San Francisco,. Sat. 11 a.m. 6:30 p.m.; Sun. 9 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. Lunch available plus raffle. Call (650) 589-5751. Oct. 20: St. Finn Barr Parish Food Faire, 415 Edna St., SF, featuring cuisine of the Philippines, China, Mexico, El Salvador, and other countries fro m 11 a.m. - 4 p.m. Raffle , too. Call (415) 3333627. Oct. 25, 26, 27: Halloween Town, annual festival of St. Cecilia Parish, 17th Ave. at Vicente, SF. Food, games, raffle , silent auction with snack bar. Fun for all ages. Fri. 6 - 1 0 p.m.; Sat. noon - 4 p.m./ 6-10 p.m. with dinner 5 - 7 p.m.; Sun. noon - 6 p.m. Call (415) 664-8481. Oct: 26: Fall Festival benefiting Sacred Heart Elementary School, 735 Fell St., SF. Games , food booths, music, local vendors . Admission free. Enter through Fillmore or Oak St. gate. Booths $25. Prospective vendors should call Reese Fernandes or Salvita Sahi at (415) 621-8035. Oct. 26: Holiday Craft Fair, 10 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. at St. Gabriel Elementary School, 41 st Ave. and Ulloa St., SF benefiting the school. Items include scarves , jewelry, soaps, tote bags, candles, ornaments. Call (415) 566-0314. Oct. 30: Octoberfest Luncheon and Bingo Party benefiting the Sisters of the Good Shepherd and Grace Center at Basque Cultural Center, 599 Railroad Ave., South San Francisco with Social Hour at 11:30 a.m. and lunch at 12:30 p.m. $35 per person. Call (415_ 587-5374. Nov. 2: Harvest of Blessings, a dinner and live auction benefiting active and retired Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet at the United Irish Cultural Center beginning at 6 p.m. $60 per person. Call

Busy preparing for tomorrow night's Andiamo Italia benefiting St. Timothy Elementary School , San Mateo are (left) Kim Ugarte, mom of St. Tim's 5th grader, Kelsey Brownell, and Edna Tait, mom of 3rd grader, Sophia, and 1st grader, Christopher. See Food and Fun.

Sister Therese Martin at (415) 387-9350. Nov. 2, 3: The Beat Goes On, Fashion Show 2002 benefiting St. Ignatius College Preparatory School sponsored by the SI Women 's Guild. Nov. 2 event at 6 p.m. features fashion, dinner, dancing with tickets at $125 per person. Nov. 3 event at 11 a.m. features fashion and luncheon with tickets at $75 per person. Call Nancy Murphy at (415) 5863568 or Eda McNulty at (415) 759-7399. Nov. 16: Bal de Paris, benefiting Notre Dame des Victoires school, SF, at the City's Four Seasons Hotel. Dining, entertainment , dancing, gaming, silent/live auctions. Call (415) 397-0113.

ReturningCatholics Programs tor Cath olics interes ted in returning to the Church, have been established at the following parishes: St. Dominic , SF, Lee Gallery at (415) 221-1288 or Kevin Sullivan at (415) 567-3333; Holy Name of Jesus , SF, Dennis Rivera at (415) 664-8590; St. Bartholomew , San Mateo, Dan Stensen at (650) 344-5665; St. Catherine of Siena, Burlingame, Silvia Chiesa at (650) 685-8336, Elaine Yastishock at (650) 3446884; Our Lady of Angels, Burlingame, Dorothy Heinrichs or Maria Cianci at (650) 347-7768; St. Dunstan, Millbrae, Dianne Johnsto n at (650) 6970952; Our Lady of the Pillar, Half Moon Bay, Meghan at (650) 726-4337; St. Peter, Pacifica , Chris Booker at (650) 738-1398; Our Lady of Mt. Carmel, Mill Valley, Rick Dullea or Diane Claire at (415) 388-4190.

Reunions Oct. 19: Class of '62, Nov. 9: Class of '87 , Notre Dame High School , Belmont. Contact ND Alumnae Office at (650) 595-1913 , ext. 351 or alumnae@ndhsb.org. Oct. 19: Mission High, 50th Reunion, Classes 1952 - 1953 at Embassy Suites, Burlingame. Call Colleen at (800) 477-3864 or (650) 697-7753. Oct. 19: Alumnae of St. Brigid High School, San Francisco, all classes at Fort Mason Officers Club. Call Sharon at (415) 409-1130. Oct. 19: Class of '52, St. Anne of the Sunset, SF, at Caesar 's Restaurant , SF at noon. Call Diane Donahue Mulligan at(415) 664-7977 or Richard Murphy at (650) 344-2015. Oct. 20: Alumni Sunday at Mater Dolorosa Elementary School, 1040 Miller Ave., SSF. Call (650) 588-8175. Oct. 26: Class of '57, Mercy High School, SF, at SF Airport Marriott , Burlingame, 11 a.m. - 4 p.m. Contact Marilyn Mitchell Brook at (650) 941-9067, brookridge@earthlink.net , or Teresa Ramirez Fiorentini at (415) 924-6141. Nov. 9: Class of '52, Star of the Sea Elementary, SF. Classmates should contact Carol Bagan Rogers at (415) 665-6921 or Diane Beltrano Panelli at depanelli@attbi.com. Nov. 16: Presentation High School, SF class of '82. Contact Kathy Cooney Wilson at (650) 9522813 or kathycooney@yahoo.com , or Lucy Sallaberry Mulkerrins at (650) 341-6299.

Performance Admission free unless otherwise noted. Oct. 11-12, 16-19: The Broadway musical , Working, featuring a score by Godspell composer Stephen Schwartz and a script based on the book by Studs Terkel , plays at USF's Gill Theatre in Campion Hall, Fulton and Cole St., SF. Curtain at 8 p.m. all performances. Tickets $10/$5 are available at the door or by calling (415) 422-6516. Codirected by Rick Roberts and David Pangaro. Oct. 13: The Gospel Choir of Our Lady of Lourdes Church , Hawes and Evans Ave., San Francisco sings Holy Ghost Power at 3 p.m. Call (415) 285-3377 or (415) 626-2368. Oct. 20: Oliver Douberly, organist at Cathedral of Our Lady of Perpetual Help, Oklahoma City, plays and conducts the choir at the 10:30 a.m. Mass at St. Elizabeth Church, 449 Holyoke St., SF. Mr. Douberly is the 1998 Musician of the Year of the National Pastoral Musicians' association. St. Elizabeth music director, Karen Haslag, is a former student of Douberly's. Call (415) 468-0820. Oct. 25: Hear Watershed: Sacred Music Before and After Vatican II by Coro Hispano and Conjunto Nuevo Mundo at St. Ignatius Church, Fulton at Parker, SF, at 8 p.m. Selections include the Ramirez' Misa Criolla. Program repeated Oct. 30th at Stanfo rd University Memorial Church , Palo Alto at 8 p.m. Call (415) 431-4234. Sundays: Concerts at 4 p. m. at National Shrine of St. Francis of Assisi , Vallejo and Columbus , SF. Call (415) 983-0405 orwww.shrinesf.org . Open to the public. Oct. 13: Arthur Wills , organist with selections fro m Bach, Haydn and others. Sundays: Concerts at St. Mary Cathedral at 3:30 p.m. Gough and Geary Blvd., SF. Call (415) 567-2020 ext . 213. Concerts are open to the public. Oct. 13: Zygmunt Strzep, organist. Free will donation may be made..

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Capsule Film Reviews U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops' Office for Film and Broadcasting. 'Formula 51 '

Crass combination of pulp-crime potboiler and screwball comedy in which a greedy American chemist (Samuel L. Jackson) in England is caught in a web of double-crosses over his formul a for a blue concoction promising unparalleled ecstasy. While action director Ronny Yu's action sequences are impressive, much of the violent mayhem is gratuitous and his frequent resorting to toilet humor is more than a bit off-putting. Excessive violence, recurring drug abuse, a sexual encounter and much rough language. The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops classification is 0 — morally offensive. The Motion Picture Association of America rating is R — restricted.

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becomes increasingly ludicrous before its drawn-out, overthe-top finale. Some violence, frequent menace, a sexual situation , occasional profanity and much rough language. USCCB: A-III — adults. MPAA: R — restricted.

'The Tuxedo '

Drawn-out fantasy in which cabbie-turned-secret-agent Jackie Chan dons a tuxedo that gives him superhero powers as he teams with a novice agent (Jennifer Love Hewitt) to thwart a water mogul's plot for world domination . Director Kevin Donovan ' s generally innocuous action comedy is a James Bond wannabe whose continuous choreographed fi ght scenes may thrill Chan fans but few others. Brief deadly violence, much comic violence and some sexual innuendo. USCCB: A-II — adults and adolescents. MPAA: PG-13 — parents are strongly cautioned. Some material may be inappropriate for children under 13.

'Wasabi'

Mildly engaging action-comedy in which a French cop (Jean Reno), called to Tokyo upon the death of his long-lost love, discovers she left him a free-sp irited 19-year-old daughter (Ryoko Hirosue) and a fortune that Japanese gangsters intend to steal . As directed by Gerard Krawczyk, the melancholy cop and his exuberant daughter make an appealing odd couple, unlike the contrived mobsters they must contend with. Subtitles. Recurring stylized violence and an instance of rough language. USCCB: A-LTI — adults. MPAA: R — restricted.

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High-spirited tale in which a small-town Southern girl (Reese Witherspoon) hides the truth about her previous marriage and humble Southern roots in hopes of marrying an upand-coming politician whose mother is the mayor of New York City. Directed in breezy fairy-tale manner by Andy Tennant, the movie suggests following your heart and being true to yourself, but plays fast and loose with the main character's attitude toward the sanctity of marriage. Some alcohol abuse, mild profanity and homosexual references. USCCB: A-IH— adults. MPAA: PG-13 — parents are strongly cautioned. Some material may be inappropriate for children under 13.

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Agonizing tale of a teen-age daughter (Alison Lohman) who is shuttled through a series of foster homes after her manipulative mother (Michelle Pfeiffer) is convicted of killing her lover. Directed b y Peter Kominsky, fine performances bolster a harrowing coming-of-age drama exploring motherdaughter relationships, foster care and the role of art in coping with life experiences. Some violence including a suicide, one instance of rough language, brief substance abuse and implied sexual encounters. USCCB: A-IV—adults , with reservations. MPAA: PG-13 — parents are strongly cautioned. Some material may be inappropriate for children under 13.

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Over the years Opus Dei has had a sometimes-contro- their youngest child , who during delivery lost most of her versial reputation , which it has blamed mainly on igno- blood and was without oxygen for 16 minutes. "The doctors told us that if she lived — which wasn 't a rance and the relative newness of its 20-year existence as sure thing — she would be a vegetable for the rest of her VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Before one of the largest the church' s onl y personal prelature , sort of a diocese withlife ," Germetzke said , holding the bab y in her arms. and most orderly pil grim crowds in Vatican history, Pope- out geograp hical boundaries. But after the prayers of her parish priest and Opus Dei In an apparent reference to the criticisms , the pope said , John Paul II canonized Msgr. Josemaria Escriva de Balaguer and called the Opus Dei founder 's message of "Certainly, there is no lack of misunderstandings and diffi - friends , the baby, Anne Elizabeth , came home from the culties for those who are intent on serving with fidelity the hospital perfectly healthy 10 days later, said Germetzke. sanctif ying ordinary life valid for all believers. She said she and her husband were "not yet " members of "To raise the world to God and transform it from with- cause of the Gospel." in: This is the ideal that the holy founder indicates to you," Opus Dei today numbers about 83,000 lay members and Opus Dei. The day after the canonization , Bishop Javier the pop e said during the Oct. 6 canonization Mass. 1,800 priests in about 60 countries. Echevarria Rodriguez , head of Opus Dei , celebrated a government hi The ceremony was attended by gh-level Police said at least 300,000 people — more than three times Opus Dei's membership — packed St. Peter 's Square delegations from Spain , Ital y, Kenya and more than a dozen thanksg iving Mass in St. Peter 's Square for another record and nearb y streets, where huge speakers and video screens Latin American countries , as well as non-Catholic delega- crowd of more than 200,000 p ilgrims that spilled out of the square several blocks toward the Tiber River. tions and representatives of other church movements. broadcast the two-and-a-half-hour liturgy. Addressing pil grims in The huge crowd was silent while the pope read the Latin Many Italian commen- -_____________________-_-»-_— the square after the Mass, formula proclaiming (he Spanish priest a saint , but as soon tators remarked on the as he finished Ihe crowd erupted into applause that echoed extraordinary composure 'He gives hope to those who fe el that the pope underscored the new saint 's efforts to conoff surrounding buildings. and orderliness of the form himself completel y In his homily, the pope said St. Escriva 's vision for crowd. Even in the packed there is no hope, that I don 't count, to God' s will , which he Opus Dei , which he founded in 1928, harmonized with the side streets , many pilsaid ought to be the goal Second Vatican Council' s message that Christians should grims knelt on the cobble- that I don 't matter in my little life. ' of every believer. not shun the world but work from within it. Even in the stones during the Mass ' "The Lord has a plan for grind of "apparentl y monotonous " daily events, "God consecration and formed conies close to us, and we can cooperate in his plan of sal- patient lines to the more than 1 ,000 priests who were dis- each one of us," the pope said. "Saints cannot even conceive of themselves outside of God's plan: They live only to fulfill it." tributing Communion. vation ," the pope said. The pope said Christians should trust in God as a loving Organizers said the canonization was attended by peoThe new saint "continues to remind us of the need not to allow ourselves to be frightened in the face of a materi - ple from at least 84 countries. Pilgrims from Ital y and father even in difficult times and "never feel alone or alist culture, which threatens to dissolve the most genuine Spain — the new saint 's home country — represented the frightened. " "The Christian is necessaril y an optimist because he identity of the disci ples of Christ," he said. "He liked to largest groups , followed by those from the United States, knows that he is a son of God in Christ ," he said. repeat with vi gor that the Christian faith is opposed to con- Mexico, Germany and France , The Opus Dei founder 's body, in its original wooden formi sm and interior inertia ," the pope said. Among them was Mary Ann Germetzke, a mother of He said the secret of the Opus Dei founder 's holiness — four from Evansville , Wis., who said the new saint gives casket , was moved from the small chapel in Opus Dei's as with all saints — was his dedication to prayer and a lay people confidence that they, too, can become saints. Rome headquarters , where it usually rests, to a nearby "constant and intense sacramental life." "Most people think that you cannot be a saint unless you church for veneration Oct. 3-10. In more than a dozen churches throughout Rome, organThe canonization came 27 years after St. Escriva's death are part of a religious order — that there is no meaning in — one of the shortest waiting periods in the church' s history. ordinary life ," she said. izers planned about 30 thanksg iving Masses in 18 different Beatified in 1992, St. Escriva was cleared for canoniza"He gives hope to those who feel that there is no hope , languages , including Arabic , Chinese, Japanese and tion last year when the Vatican approved of a miracle attrib- that I don 't count , that I don 't matter in my little life ," Indonesian. Cardinals , bishops and top Vatican officials uted to his intercession. It involved the medicall y unex- she said. were to preside at the Masses. Germetzke said the main reason she and her husband The Oct. 6 liturgy was the 48th canonization ceremony plainable 1992 cure of a Spanish physician suffering from a progressive skin disease as a result of years of exposure came to the canonization Mass was to thank the new saint of Pope John Paul's nearl y 24-year ponti ficate and broug ht to X-ray radiation. for the medically unexp lainable cure six month s ago of to 465 the number of people he has proclaimed saints.

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wat swepl Throughout thi African country of Rwanda. Hundreds of thousands of war is over, thousands of innocent people are still suffering. & And theyJ are the children. "We have orphans of nearly every age," writes Fr. John Bosco. Fr. John is a parish priest working among the children in Gitanna , a rural area of Rwanda. "Most of the children lost their parents in the war. The children range in age from 4 years and older. Many of them live by themselves without any adults in the huts where their parents once lived. Children as young as 12 years old are faced with the responsibility of caring for their younger brothers and sisters. Their future is bleak... the situation is pathetic. There is nowhere for these children to turn. There arc no aid centers for them to Visit,¦ no soup _ x__ __i _ _ . _. ._ _ i a. kitchens that .offer i_ meals, andJ a ubath. /Quite simply, they , . . . , __D L ^ are on then own. But as desperate as these conditions are, ; there is something we can do to hel p these children. Because they have grown up in a rural area, most of them | know how to tend a garden . With some help and guidance, we believe these children can leam to grow some of their own food. But even on they have alone. They need staples, like milk and cheese. And since the soil is so poor in much of this region, the gardens will __ 1sc_ i.___ * _l f__rtilizcr We've thought of something that will provide the children with both milk and fertilizer....goats! If we could give each "family of children" a pair of goats, then they would have milk and fertilizer they need. And as the goats breed, the children will begin to have more and more food. This will give these children the help they desperately need to live! I am hoping that you will help us! Their needs are so simple. They just want to live. And a goat could save a child's life. We are hoping that you can help. r Fr. John writes that they will need to purchase nearly 500 goats at a total cost ofneariy $10 ,000M That 's a lot of money, butfor the boys and girls in Gitarma, it is more that they could ever raise in a lifetime.

every year. Fortunately, as time goes on it loses none ol its special significance and importance, It is the Universal Church's response to Christ's command: "y°u will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria and to the end of the earth." (Acts 1,8) „„_ - •• "

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where holy and courageous missioners continue proclaiming the Gospel and establish the Church, at times , . _. °j _ _• _ • __ ¦ ,_ j . jln the midst of difficulties misunderstandings and even persecution and death. We have only to remember the countless laypersons, men and women reli gious, priests and bishops who have been killed during the past five decades because of their faithfulness to Christ. These 0™ th e martvrs J of our times'

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__,,____, . „ a natlV BVM _, S,ster E11f 2E__ . ! _f o Franciscan and attended St. Agnes Elementary School ^ c and Presentation High School in San Francisco / sister Ellen was a missioner in Chiapas, Mexico, for 20 years before moving to her current location in Las Margaritas, Guatemala. Las Margaritas is a suburb of the sprawling Guatemala City.

For the last fifteen years Sister E1Ien has served as a staff

member for Parroquia Jesus 'Nipalakin (Jesus Walks With Us), R *me< m1987 - *e P«noquia covers a huge geographic area „. , ? Sincerely, which is served by fourteen churches and halls. Sister Ellen _ ¦ C^^ work with parishioners, trams Euchanstic . f . catechetical „ llrt £? Lectors and plans parish programs and events. M '»' s <™ y «3 fl f ¦ ^ U wZ^>__ -^ c A*^ __*"V Sister ^ Ellen is also very involved m the Instituto j Ctet4 *. ~fJ __ _)_ / ^_ _ __ T : / «__. • 1 __ #"^ TC i i a school Tecruco Experimental, ^ > begun seven years ago m _/ u T 2^1 \ r> • ** ^ * War/g Rev. Msgr. Ignatius C i ] \f ,<$*• the community of Cuidad Quetzal by parents who were ( Archdiocesan Director ML I concerned about (he quality of education their children ,>_r ^V were receiving. She is abo ]nvolved with the second cam. ^J ^F-^SN ---^7E' pus of the sch o1 Chillam > another small community. ? __ y_# r ___" __- V ___ WT _T _T _T Vt WF __F ___ -^_T WF "W •r __i ¦ t__r __^__r __ f __r _# __P _r ^ __T W ___^ __L_f __r __T __r __r M "^ * _Ir -_K-_r____ *^ ^* -^ PLEASE USE THE ENCLOSED ENVELOPE OR COUPON B E L O W .

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Yes, 1 want to support the Mission Church. Enclosed is my contribution of: | _, , . _ . a < [ J $10 [ J $25 [ J $50 [ ] $100 [ ] $500 [ ] $ 1,000 [ ] Other $ "TTT would like to become a itussiorTf^nefactorT-" >T \ _A j (While I can, I will siipport a missionary by my monthly sacrifice of $ I V ]) (Monthly reminder will be sent.) ^ j ____________ _ ¦;. I ame — _ __ __ I Ac"JressI City/State/Zip: j— ., I Parish: _,, _ C,e _ . of„ the _ . _. the _ . ,_ _, . . for , __ . T ch PleaSe raaJf Propagation cks P ay bl S y Faith. ! ^J° l , f Way, San One Peter Yorke ^ Francisco, ' CA 94109-6602 ,. . I ^ u of our TLay missionaries. Brothers , Sisters and Priests, thank you for your support , [ °n behalf

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