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High schools full Local K-8 Catholic school enrollments decline slightly By Rick DelVecchio Enrollment in the Archdiocese of San Francisco’s elementary schools is down by 1.7 percent from last year, a slight improvement from the 1.8 percent drop in the previous year-to-year comparison, Schools Superintendent Maureen Huntington reported. This year’s drop represents 304 students, in contrast to a decline of 346 students between 2006-07 and 2007-08. On average, enrollment in the 62 archdiocesan K-8 schools has dropped by 458 students a year in the six years between 2002-03 and 2008-09, but the most severe declines by far were in the first two years of the period. Total K-8 enrollment in Catholic schools in San Francisco, San Mateo and Marin counties is 17,456 this year, compared with 20,004 in 2002-03.

Allthough the downward trend has leveled off system-wide, the latest report shows that 40 schools have lost enrollment since last year. That includes half of the 32 schools in San Francisco and all but six of the 30 schools in Marin and San Mateo counties. Huntington said the unprecedented falloff in the suburban schools is a factor of the crisis in the housing market.

“When the financial markets began to be troubled, parents were unable to meet their commitment to pay tuition,” she said. “A number of parents lost their jobs or took jobs in another part of the area, especially parents who were in the mortgage business.” The latest enrollment survey comes at a time when Archbishop George Niederauer is reviewing the preliminary

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results of a school-by-school study by Catholic Educational Consulting Services. The study was requested by the archdiocesan Council of Priests. The latest step in a strategic planning process that began in 2001, the study focuses on the needs of each school, especially parish schools. Each school will receive an individual report after the archbishop’s review and action on the consultant’s final recommendations. “We’re not having conversations right now about closing schools, but we’re going to have to look at combining classes,” Huntington said. The enrollment trend reflects changes in the overall school-age population as well as a shift in the population in urban parishes with elementary schools. The Archdiocese has been countering the HIGH SCHOOLS FULL, page 3

Vatican prepares three Mass dismissal options By John Thavis VATICAN CITY (CNS) – The Vatican has prepared three alternative endings for the priest’s words of dismissal at Mass, to emphasize the missionary spirit of the liturgy. Pope Benedict XVI personally chose the three options from suggestions presented to him after a two-year study, Cardinal Francis Arinze told the Synod of Bishops in mid-October. The Vatican newspaper, L’Osservatore Romano, published an interview Oct. 17 with Cardinal Arinze, head of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Sacraments. He said along with “Ite, missa est,” the Latin phrase now translated as “The Mass is ended, go in peace,” the new options are: • “Ite ad Evangelium Domini annuntiandum” (“Go and announce the Gospel of the Lord”). • “Ite in pace, glorificando vita vestra Dominum” (“Go in peace, glorifying the Lord by your life”). • “Ite in pace” (“Go in peace”). The idea for alternative words at the end of Mass was raised at the 2005 Synod of Bishops on the Eucharist. Many bishops wanted the final words to reflect a more explicit connection between Mass and the Church mission of evangelization in the world. Cardinal Arinze said the concern was that, for many Catholics, the present words of dismissal sounded like “The Mass is ended, go and rest.” The cardinal said his congregation undertook a wide consultation and came up with 72 possible alternative phrases. Of these, the congregation chose nine and presented them to the pope, who chose the final three. The three alternatives were published in October in the latest edition of the Roman Missal, along with “Ite, missa est,” which has not been abolished, Cardinal Arinze said. The cardinal said the congregation still was studying another suggestion made during the 2005 synod, that of moving the sign of peace to a different part of the Mass. In 2005, the pope said the sign of peace had great value, but should be done with “restraint” so that it

Options for Dismissal The Vatican has approved three new options for the dismissal at Mass. A presider may choose among these endings:

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“The Mass is ended, go in peace.” “Go and announce the Gospel of the Lord.”

“Go in peace, glorifying the Lord by your life.”

does not become a distraction. He asked for the study on moving the sign of peace from a moment just before Communion to another time in the liturgy. Cardinal Arinze said that, after consultation, the congregation had written to bishops’ conferences asking their preference between leaving the sign of peace where it is now and moving it to an earlier moment, after the prayer of the faithful. He said the responses were expected to be in by the end of October, and the question would then be presented to the pope for a final decision. Cardinal Arinze said that in addition to timing, some have suggested the sign of peace be limited to an exchange between the Mass-goer and those in his or her immediate vicinity. He said at times the sign of peace becomes “almost a jamboree.” Cardinal Arinze said a third suggestion from the

2005 synod, a “eucharistic compendium,” also has made progress and is near publication. He said the compendium would include doctrinal notes on the Mass, as well as prayer texts, passages of papal liturgical teachings, canon law tracts and other explanatory materials. He emphasized that the compendium would propose ideas, not impose them. Cardinal Arinze said a fourth project of the worship congregation, working together with Vatican congregations for doctrine and clergy, was the drawing up of a list of homily themes that correspond to Sunday scriptural readings and to doctrinal teachings. “This is not a matter of model homilies, but general indications in which, for each theme, elements are furnished to be able to develop the theme,” he said.

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On The Where You Live by Tom Burke Rollin’ along are winners of the recent Bocce Ball Tournament sponsored by Young Men’s Institute Council #613. Hats off to champs of the day Norm Faria, Ron Guaraldi, Robert Guaraldi and Rick Ochsenshirt of Team Tortellini, and runners-up Steve Firpo, Bill Green, Sam Balestrieri and Chuck Elliott of Team Ravioli. With team names like those methinks everyone worked up a pretty good appetite from the games for the barbecue that followed. More than 50 participants – young and older alike – came to challenge the courts of South San Francisco’s Orange Park Sept. 23…. The Joanne Pang Foundation holds its first major fundraiser Nov. 22 at the United Irish Cultural Center. Many will remember the St. Cecilia Elementary School student and her fight against leukemia and its eventually taking her life at age 9 in 2003. The foundation is working to establish an umbilical cord blood bank at UCSF; 90 percent of those now waiting for bone marrow transplants could be saved by cord blood, according to reports quoted by the Pang Foundation. The evening will remember Joanne as well as honor Dr. Jordan Wilbur, a Bay Area oncologist involved in pediatric cancer treatment for more than 50 years, who will receive the group’s first “Life Saver Award.” See Datebook or visit www.joannepang.org…. Mercy High School, San Francisco welcomed author Ruthanne Lum McCunn in September. The writer’s “The Moon Pearl” was on the school’s summer reading list. The novel watches three Chinese women choose independence over directions mandated by others knowing it

St. Anne of the Sunset Elementary School celebrated Mercy Sister Day on Sept 23 honoring Mercy Sisters serving at the school. Each of the religious was presented with flowers and cards made by students. Mercy Sister Rosann Fraher, left, a former principal of Mercy High School in Burlingame, has been teaching at St. Anne’s since leaving that post five years ago; Mercy Sister Jane Meuse has been a member of St. Anne’s faculty for two decades; Mercy Sister Katie O’Hanlon has taught at St. Anne’s for 11 years.

could lead to their being exiled from their land and loved ones. Other women characters, both in happy and destructive marital circumstances, are also observed in the book, the school said. Seniors Jesenia Acevedo, Crystal Castillo and Monica Gomez presented gifts to the author following her address. Ruthanne’s dad gave her a copy of “Little Women” when she was seven and the pages opened her to “the dream of becoming an author,” said Teresa Lucchese, community-relations associate at Mercy. Teresa gets my thanks for keeping this column on the “good news from Mercy” list. Keep it comin’! Remember that opportunities for eighth grade students and their families to get to know our Catholic high schools at Open Houses are going on now. Mercy High School, San Francisco invites you Oct. 26 for tours and talks beginning at 9 a.m. Refreshments, too! Visit www.mercyhs. org for more information….This is an empty space without

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High schools full . . . ■ Continued from cover trend by marketing Catholic education to a new generation of parents, and there are indications that strategy is showing some results. For example, enrollment is up at four of the eight Alliance of Mission District Catholic Schools in San Francisco: Mission Dolores, St. James. St. Finn Barr and St. Philip. The four schools added a combined 49 students, or 6.1 percent. Among the other Alliance schools, Epiphany is relatively stable with 569 students, down eight from last year. However, St. Charles, St. Anthony-Immaculate Conception and St. Elizabeth lost a combined 90 students, or 14.3 percent, and Huntington noted that there are several schools in the Mission District that have a combination of low enrollment and low-income families who need tuition assistance. Dennis Ruggiero, the newly appointed principal at St. Anthony-IC, said the school has a positive future. “I was hired to make sure the school stays open,” he said. “We have been holding steady and picking up students. As time goes on, we have intense recruitment plans ready to go. We’re going to be targeting the Head Starts in early April. We’re going to recruitment fairs and school fairs to get as much of the good news our school has out into the public arena. I’m targeting fifth graders who will be transitioning to junior high school in the public school areas, letting them know that what we have here are strong academics in a safe environment and a very participatory school community.

‘Trick or Trick So All Can Eat’ Fifth-grade students at Belmont’s Notre Dame Elementary School collected more than 1,000 pounds of food for the St. Vincent de Paul Society in a recent “Trick or Treat So All Can Eat” campaign overseen by their teacher, Vanessa Suess, and retired fifth-grade teacher, Nancy Pucci. Notre Dame principal is Noreen Browning. Notre Dame serves students in grades one through eight. Total enrollment for this school year is 235, a tiny drop from 2007-2008.

There’s plenty of financial aid available.” Ruggiero said the faculty is down to six teachers from nine last year, providing financial relief to cope with a smaller

Documentary features Carthusian monks The award-winning documentary “Into Great Silence” by Philip Groning will be shown over the Eternal Word Television Network at least three times in coming days, EWTN announced. Filmed without narration and with little dialogue at the Monastery of the Grand Chartreuse in France, it focuses on the everyday lives of Carthusian monks and their vow of silence. The work captures the vitality of monastic life and airs Oct. 26 at 6 p.m., Oct. 30 at 11:30 a.m. and Nov. 1 at 12 a.m. (3 hrs). A new EWTN children’s series is titled

“The Friar.” Using puppets, animated stories, drawings and songs, “Father John” tells his young audience about Christ’s parables and the lives of the saints. The half-hour series airs Fridays at 1:30 p.m. All times mentioned are Pacific Time. EWTN is carried on Comcast Channel 229, Astound Channel 80, San Bruno Cable Ch. 143, DISH Satellite Channel 261, and Direct TV Channel 370. Comcast airs EWTN on Channel 70 in Half Moon Bay and on Channel 74 in southern San Mateo County. Visit www.ewtn.com for more programming and updates.

student body. “That makes it financially feasible,” he said. “It’s not optimal, but it is working.” In San Mateo County, overall enrollment dropped by 189 students, or 2.8 percent – numerically the largest decline since 2003-04. All but four of the county’s 22 schools declined in enrollment. Of the eight K-8 schools in Marin, only St. Raphael added students. Enrollment in the group fell by 56 students, or 2.8

percent – numerically the largest drop in four years. The archdiocesan high schools are faring well, with an enrollment drop of one half of 1 percent since last year, Huntington said. “Marin Catholic and Sacred Heart Cathedral Prep are up from last year,” she said. “Junipero Serra is down slightly but still above the limits set by San Mateo County. Archbishop Riordan is rebounding with a freshman class of 174 students.”

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Pope addresses food crisis VATICAN CITY (CNS) – Pope Benedict XVI denounced the continuing shortages of food around the world and said the causes included selfishness and “unbridled speculation.” At the root of global hunger is a prevailing materialist culture among developed countries, in which the needs of the poor are routinely forgotten, the pope said. His comments came in a written message Oct. 16, World Food Day. The text was addressed to Jacques Diouf, director-general of the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization. The pope said it was clear, even during recent months of food scarcity in places around the globe, that the international community has the resources to feed all the world’s people.

Asks Muslims, Christians to talk BETHLEHEM, West Bank (CNS) – Though Palestinians would like to be a role model for Christian-Muslim tolerance and brotherhood, they have not yet reached that stage, said the retired Latin patriarch of Jerusalem. “Our society is made up of freedom and despotism, and we are trying to chart a path toward freedom. In Palestinian society there are Palestinians of different faces but on one single path,” said Patriarch Michel Sabbah, who retired in June. “If we stumble on that path we can fall to despotism.” Religion for some of the faithful “can become a sort of despotism when it does not take into consideration respect for the other believer,” he said at a conference at Bethlehem University.

Ask Haitian protected status WASHINGTON (CNS) – Though President George W. Bush may not be able to officially act on a request by the U.S. Catholic bishops that he grant Haitians temporary protected status for the next 18 months for humanitarian reasons, a Department of Homeland Security official said federal efforts have been implemented to provide nationals from that Caribbean country with tools to remain in the U.S. for the moment. The bishops sent a letter to Bush Oct. 9 asking that

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Rome backs bishop on union WASHINGTON (CNS) – Bishop Joseph F. Martino of Scranton, Pa., did not violate civil or church law when he refused to recognize the diocesan teachers’ union, a Vatican congregation has ruled. The Scranton Diocese Association of Catholic Teachers appealed to the Vatican Congregation for Catholic Education seeking recourse against the bishop for stating in January that he would no longer recognize the group as a collective bargaining unit. At the time, the bishop said the diocese was replacing the 30-year-old union with an employee relations program designed for teachers and support staff including aides, administrators, office staff, cafeteria staff and maintenance personnel.

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although abortion rates for all racial and ethnic groups had declined between 1989 and 2004, the rates now range from 11 per 1,000 non-Hispanic women to 28 per 1,000 Hispanic women and 50 per 1,000 black women. In 2004, 37 percent of all abortions performed in the United States were obtained by black women, 34 percent by non-Hispanic white women, 22 percent by Hispanic women and 8 percent by women of races other than white or black, the report said.

Rejects death-row appeal WASHINGTON (CNS) – The U.S. Supreme Court Oct. 14 rejected the appeal of a Georgia death-row inmate whose case has garnered international attention. Local, national and international figures have tried to intervene to stop the execution of Troy Davis, citing serious doubts about whether he’s guilty. Atlanta Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory, Pope Benedict XVI and former U.S. president Jimmy Carter are among those who have argued for clemency for Davis. Davis was condemned to death for the fatal shooting of an off-duty police officer in Savannah, Ga. A day after the high court’s ruling prison officials scheduled his execution for Oct. 27. Seven of nine key witnesses against him have changed their statements or recanted testimony.

Bosnian Catholics survive SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (CNS) – The harmonious tones of friars chanting in Croatian at St. Peter and Paul’s monastery chapel in suburban Sarajevo contrast to events here 16 years ago. In 1992, 14 Franciscan friars and eight Sisters were captured by a Serbian paramilitary group and forced into the monastery’s basement for 30 hours, then expelled from Bosnia-Herzegovina.Both the monastery and the seminary were destroyed during the 1992-1995 war, which pitted Orthodox Serbs against Muslim Bosnians against Catholics Croats in a complex inferno of nationalist and pseudo-nationalist ambition. The order quickly moved to rebuild. When it came to reconstructing the chapel, the Franciscans chose a renowned Muslim architect for the design. “We wanted to demonstrate our commitment to cooperation following so many atrocities,” the Brother said.

Ads: ‘Abortion changes you’ NEW YORK (CNS) – Riders on 1,000 New York City subway cars are seeing advertising messages aimed at being a first step toward healing for people affected by abortion. The campaign, a four-week campaign that began Oct. 9, points riders to the website AbortionChangesYou.com, an outreach that seeks to help those facing difficulties in the aftermath of an abortion. The ads show the face of a lone person topped with a line such as “I thought life would be the way it was before,” underscored by the phrase “Abortion Changes You.” The Abortion Changes You website was created by Michaelene Fredenburg, an author and public speaker who had an abortion as a teenager.

Says black women targeted WASHINGTON (CNS) – A leading black Catholic bishop called on African-Americans to “defend our community” against an abortion industry that he said is performing abortions on minority women at a disproportionate rate. Auxiliary Bishop Martin D. Holley of Washington, who chairs the U.S. bishops’ Subcommittee on African-American Affairs and serves on their Committee on Pro-Life Activities, was commenting on a report by the New York-based Guttmacher Institute on abortion trends between 1974 and 2004. The report found that Advertising: Joseph Pena, director; Mary Podesta, account representative Sandy Finnegan, advertising and promotion services

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Believers throw flowers and balloons as Peru’s most revered Catholic religious icon, the Lord of the Miracles, passes in procession through Lima, Peru, Oct. 18. Each year thousands of Catholics in Lima commemorate the image’s survival in a devastating 1 7th-century earthquake that destroyed Lima.

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Dominican Sisters Ardeth Platte and Carol Gilbert of Baltimore are asking authorities for an explanation after they were incorrectly listed as suspected terrorists in a federal database. The two are members of Jonah House, a west Baltimore community that protests war, and have been arrested dozens of times over the years.

May not exclude gay adoptions LONDON (CNS) – A British government agency has told a Catholic adoption agency it cannot change its constitution in order to turn away same-sex couples as potential adopters and foster parents. The Catholic Children’s Society of the Archdiocese of Westminster, England, whose president is Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O’Connor of Westminster, wanted to change its charitable charter so it could be exempt from the Sexual Orientation Regulations, which take effect Jan. 1. In June the society had applied to the government’s Charity Commission, which regulates registered charities in England and Wales, for permission to change its constitution, but was informed Oct. 9 letter that its application was unsuccessful. “We have got an answer and the answer is ‘no.’ They have turned down the request,” Jim Richards, agency director, told Catholic News Service in mid-October. “We will now have to consider our next step based on that decision.” Catholic San Francisco editorial offices are located at One Peter Yorke Way, San Francisco, CA 94109. Tel: (415) 614-5640;Circulation: 1-800-563-0008 or (415) 614-5638; News fax: (415) 614-5633; Advertising: (415) 614-5642; Advertising fax: (415) 614-5641; Advertising E-mail: penaj@sfarchdiocese.org Catholic San Francisco (ISSN 15255298) is published weekly (four times per month) September through May, except in the week following Easter, Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year’s Day, and twice a month in June, July and August by the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San Francisco, 1500 Mission Rd., P.O. Box 1577, Colma, CA 94014. Periodical postage paid at South San Francisco, CA. Annual subscription price: $27 within California, $36 outside the state. Postmaster: Send address changes to Catholic San Francisco, 1500 Mission Rd., P.O. Box 1577, Colma, CA 94014 If there is an error in the mailing label affixed to this newspaper, call 1-800-563-0008. It is helpful to refer to the current mailing label.

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Ends funding to ACORN over financial irregularities By Dennis Sadowski WASHINGTON (CNS) – The Catholic Campaign for Human Development suspended funding a nationwide community organizing group after it was disclosed June 2 that nearly $1 million had been embezzled. Funding was suspended for the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, popularly known as ACORN, because of the financial irregularities, said Ralph McCloud, executive director of CCHD, the U.S. bishops’ domestic anti-poverty and social justice program. “We’re not funding them at any level,” McCloud told Catholic News Service Oct. 15. The suspension covers all 40 ACORN affiliates nationwide that had been approved for $1.13 million in grants for the funding cycle that started July 1, 2008. McCloud said the suspension came soon after his office learned that ACORN disclosed

that Dale Rathke, the brother of ACORN founder Wade Rathke, had embezzled nearly $1 million from the organization and its affiliates in 1999 and 2000. Dale Rathke stepped down in June when the matter became public. Wade Rathke stepped down as the group’s lead organizer at the same time but remains chief organizer for ACORN International LLC. CCHD has hired specialists in forensic accounting to investigate whether any of its grant funding has been misappropriated, McCloud added. Since revealing its financial troubles, the organization has come under intense scrutiny because of its voter registration practices. In several states voter registration forms have been found to include nonexistent or dead people. Some registrants have told elections officials they completed multiple cards at the urging of ACORN canvassers who claimed they would be fired if they did not meet a daily quota for signing up new voters. McCloud released information show-

ing CCHD funded more than 320 ACORN projects with grants totaling more than $1.4 million during the last 10 years. He said the community organization also had received funds since early in CCHD’s history. CCHD’s website reveals the campaign gave about $1.11 million to 40 ACORN affiliates in 2007 and $1.17 million to 45 affiliates in 2006. McCloud also said CCHD guidelines require organizations in line for funding “go through a great deal of scrutiny.” Prior to awarding of grants, applications from local organizations are vetted at the diocesan level by a funding committee, endorsed by the local bishop, and then scrutinized by the national CCHD staff and a committee of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. “The whole idea is making sure that the efforts of the groups we fund are working in nonpartisan efforts and focusing on the kind of work that we would like for them to do,” McCloud said.

George Wesolek, director of the Archdiocese of San Francisco’s Office of Public Policy and Social concerns, said his office has recommended CCHD funding for local ACORN branches five times. “We were very impressed by the organizing work they do with the poor,” Wesolek said. “To our knowledge, there has never been any local involvement in voter registration fraud. If it comes to light in future, that would make them a non-fundable entity.” In 2007, the CCHD donated $30,000 to ACORN’s San Francisco chapter, and $35,000 to the San Mateo County chapter. Wesolek said the archdiocese had recommended additional donations to both chapters prior to the embezzlement allegations. He said those plans were halted immediately after the charges were disclosed. No ACORN spokespersons had returned several calls from CNS seeking comment. The organization has more than 1,200 chapters in 110 cities, according to its website.

Restoring and Protecting Marriage: Yes on Proposition 8 “For this reason, a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and they will become one flesh.” G ENESIS 2:24

Since the dawn of time, marriage has been understood by people of virtually every faith and culture to be the union of a man and a woman. Marriage predates government. Its unique place in civilization is both derived from God and inherently natural to man. Marriage is intrinsic to a stable, flourishing and loving society. It provides the ideal relationship to commit men and women to each other, to provide for the procreative continuation of civilization and to raise children with both a mother and father. The sanctity of marriage is worth defending and protecting. Proposition 8 says simply and powerfully: “Only marriage between a man and a woman is valid or recognized in California.” Proposition 8: • Restores the definition of marriage. God himself is the author of marriage. Its meaning is written in the very nature of man and woman as they come from the hand of the Creator. Over

61% of Californians have recognized this with their votes in favor of traditional marriage. • Changes the California Constitution to overturn the decision of four judges on the California Supreme Court who wrongly imposed same-sex marriage on California, against the express desire of millions of voters. • Secures parental rights to teach children about relationships according to their own values and beliefs. Unless Proposition 8 passes, California law may compel public schools to teach children there is no difference between traditional marriage and same-sex marriage. When Massachusetts legalized gay marriage, schools began teaching second graders that boys can marry other boys. The courts ruled that parents had no right to object. Proposition 8 does not take away any rights or benefits from gay or lesbian domestic partners. Under California’s domestic partner laws (Family Code Section 297.5) they have rights and benefits identical to those of spouses.

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October 24, 2008

Area Catholic high schools’ fall stage offerings ‘eclectic’ By Valerie Schmaltz Take your pick. This autumn’s Catholic high school theater offerings within the Archdiocese of San Francisco are eclectic, with something for just about everyone. The productions range from a light-hearted romp through 200 years of the American presidency to a soul-searing examination of the modern dilemma of the death penalty to an old-fashioned who-done-it, the Sherlock Holmes classic “The Hound of the Baskervilles.” There’s even a musical —“You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown” — at Sacred Heart Preparatory in Atherton. There are two homages to William Shakespeare and another two adaptations of novels by the great documenter of Victorian England’s unjust economic system, Charles Dickens. Besides offering a chance to see some of the Bay Area’s budding talent, the high school shows offer an inexpensive night out on the town during tough economic times. In every drama production, the local Catholic high schools are aiming to give as many students as possible an opportunity to experience acting, stage management, set design and all the other pieces that belong to a dramatic production. At St. Ignatius Preparatory in San Francisco, director Ted Curry decided to let three students play each role in “Lend Me a Tenor.” “We triple cast the show to give more students an opportunity,” said Curry, long-time drama director at the Jesuit high school. Curry said this is the first time he has tried this with students, but triple casting worked with adult professionals.

The cast of Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory’s fall production of “Oliver” includes, kneeling from left: Pamela Simmonite, Francis Finnegan, Will Lyons, Alison Hargrove, Kathleen Esling, Sara Moon, Kelly Monfredini, Delaney Woo, Sophie Zeck, Michael Martinez (Oliver Twist) and Robby Griggs. Standing are Molly Kelly and Harrison Hapin.

Student actors in Sacred Heart Preparatory’s “You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown” include, from left: Brad DeBattista, Sarah Gage, Brian Holtvedt, Jimmy Mason, Amy DuBose and Michael Putnam.

days after we go to the polls, and the cast is writing three alternative endings – the final choice determined by who ultimately wins this history-making election.” Marin Catholic will present “The Diary of Anne Frank,” and senior Wade Higgins says acting in a story of a Jewish teenager who hid in an attic for two years before she died in the Holocaust helps keep something important alive. “We have a moral obligation to learn from the mistakes of the past,” said Higgins. Marin drama director Karen Kizer agrees: “We can learn from the strength, dignity and even optimism with which Anne and her fellow captives persevered. We must continue to tell this and other stories of unfathomable suffering.”

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“It is a bit more work, but in the long run it allows us to give students time off during the run of the show. One cast is on, one cast is the understudy cast and the other cast has the night off. Then we rotate,” he said. “Each cast will get three performances.” At Archbishop Riordan High School, drama director Valerie O’Riordan decided the election year was an opportunity for a little satire and a civics lesson at the Marianist boys’ school in San Francisco. “West Wing Follies” covers 200 years of American presidents in about 90 minutes, from George Washington to George W., with Uncle Sam on stilts and 14 actors playing 60 parts, O’Riordan said, noting, “The show opens just 10

Mercy, San Francisco’s version of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s “The Hound of the Baskervilles” will feature “Charlotte Holmes” since the all-girls school is presenting the show, said Teresa Attridge, 17, a Mercy senior who will play Charlotte. Mercy rotates drama, Shakespeare, comedy and mystery every four years, and this is the year of the mystery. In addition, Mercy double-casts each role so the seven-actor play actually features 14, including boys from Washington, Lowell and International high schools. “We got to build this great set, a mansion from the 1920s, complete with a trapdoor,” said Attridge. “People should expect the unexpected. I must say it is very turbulent. We even have an actual hound in the show, but I cannot say anything more.” In another step into 19th century England, Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory is presenting a new adaptation of “Oliver Twist,” written by Neil Bartlett, and it is a “darkly tragic-comic tale,” drama director Francine Torres-Kelly said. Tim Green, 16, an SHCP junior, plays Fagin, the thief who takes the orphan Oliver under his wing. While it is based on the Dickens’ novel, Green said the sets are the minimalist “black box” mode and the dialogue is modern. “It’s pretty daunting. It’s very dark for a high school production. It is supposed to give you a very bleak sense of Victorian London.” Across town, Convent of the Sacred Heart and Stuart Hall high schools offer a nod to another Englishman, William Shakespeare, with their production “After Juliet,” a sometimes serious look at life for the Capulets and the Montagues after Romeo and Juliet meet their sad ends. “The play addresses: what do you do with ongoing conflict that you can’t resolve?” said Pamela Rickard, the schools’ drama director. STAGE OFFERINGS, page 7

The cast and crew of Mercy High School/San Francisco’s production of “The Hound of the Baskervilles” includes, front on floor from left: Danielle Vivion, Jenny Montoya, Taje Springfield and Monica Mandapat; seated, middle, from left: Aisha Hameed, Caitlin Howard, Allie Re, Camila Ascencio, Natalie Ayala and Sarah Manzano; back, from left: Miya ScalesBey, Jamila Snell, Heidi Espinoza, Michaela Byrne, Teresa Attridge and Dylan Gibbons.

Leads inTri-School Productions’ “Dead Man Walking” include Serra High Scohol senior Tyler Gilliam as Matt Poncelet and Notre Dame-Belmont junior Hannah Ruwe as Sister Helen Prejean.

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Fall high school performances: what, where, when Production: “After Juliet” High School: Convent of the Sacred Heart and Stuart Hall High Schools Location: Syufy Theatre, 2222 Broadway, San When: Nov. 20, 21 at 7 p.m.; Nov. 22 at 2 p.m. Tickets: $5 Info: www.sacredsf.org Story: The basic premise of “After Juliet” is a question: What happened to the Capulets and the Montagues after Romeo and Juliet died? Production: “A Christmas Carol” High School: Woodside Priory School, 302 Portola Rd., Portola Valley Location: Rothrock Performance Hall When: Dec. 4, 5 at 7 p.m.; Dec. 6 at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. Tickets: $5 students, $7 adults Info: www.woodsidepriory.com/athletics/performingarts.cfm Story: Charles Dickens’ classic tale of Ebenezer Scrooge, the hardest-hearted miser in England, and his journey to find joy and the meaning of Christmas through the Spirits of Christmas Past, Present and Future, is brought to life with a cast of characters that interact with the audience both before the show and at intermission. Production: “Dead Man Walking” High Schools: Tri-School Productions at Junipero Serra High School Location: Gellert Auditorium, 451 W.20th Ave., San Mateo When: Oct. 31, Nov, 1, 7, 8, all at 7:30 p.m. Tickets: $8 students and seniors, $12 adults Info: www.serrahs.com or call (650) 345-8207, ext. 560 Story: “Dead Man Walking” is Tim Robbins’ stirring adaptation of the book of the same name by Sister Helen Prejean, and follows Sister Prejean through her emotional journey as she gives council to death row inmate Matt Poncelet. Show is rated PG.

Marin Catholic High School’s Mollie Rowe (Anne Frank) and Wade Higgins (Otto Frank) rehearse a scene from “The Diary of Anne Frank.”

But there is plenty of comedy and romance as well, said Stuart Hall senior Sam Catapano whose character, Benvolio, “is trying to get the girl.” In San Mateo, three high schools collaborate for the Tri-School Productions play staged at Junipero Serra High School. The girls’ schools, Mercy-Burlingame and Notre Dame-Belmont, provide cast and stage crew along with Serra, said Jay Jordan, chairman of the Serra visual and performing arts department. This year’s “Dead Man Walking” — an adaptation of Sister Helen Prejean’s book —follows Sister Prejean through her emotional journey as she gives council to death row inmate Matt Poncelet. “The aim is to keep the debate about the death penalty going,” Jordan said, noting the play is offered to Catholic schools by the Dead Man Walking Theater Project because of the Church’s concern for justice and respect for life. “Hamlet” will satisfy the traditionalists among us, although San Domenico School’s staging is a streamlined version of the Shakespearean tragedy. This 90-minute adaptation of one of Shakespeare’s most well-known tragedies was first produced by the Utah Shakespearean Festival. At the end of the high school fall theater season, Woodside Priory will present Dickens’ classic, “A Christmas Carol,” during the first weekend of December, said John Sugden, head of the performing arts department at the co-ed 6-12-grade school in Portola Valley. The production is an annual all-school event so students from grades 6-8 can be included, and it is appropriate for the Christmas season. Additionally, said Sugden, “With the economy where it is, the themes of ‘A Christmas Carol’ speak to the sense of belt-tightening and people struggling in hard times.” A member of St. Gabriel Parish, San Francisco, Valerie Schmaltz is a contributing editor of Our Sunday Visitor magazine.

Production: “The Diary of Anne Frank” High School: Marin Catholic High School Location: Poetz Theater at Marin Catholic, 675 Sir Francis Drake Blvd., Kentfield When: Nov. 20, 21, 22 at 8 pm and Nov. 23 at 2 p.m. Tickets: $5 students and seniors, $10 adults Info: www.marincatholic.org/index/performing-arts Story: From 1942 to 1944, in Nazi-occupied Amsterdam, 13-year-old German Jewish girl Anne Frank wrote a diary about her life, hiding in a factory attic with her sister, her parents, three members of another family and an old dentist. After her death in a concentration camp, her father found her diary and published what has become a heart-breaking classic. Production: “Hamlet” High School: San Domenico School, 1500 Butterfield Rd., San Anselmo Location: Dominican Hall When: Nov. 20, 21, 22 at 7:30 pm Tickets: $5 students, $10 adults Info: (415) 258-1989, www.sandomenico.org Story: This 90-minute streamlined version of one of Shakespeare’s most well-known tragedies was first produced by the Utah Shakespearean Festival. A young man named Hamlet, whose father is the king of Denmark, is summoned home for his father’s funeral and his mother’s wedding to his uncle. Production: “The Hound of the Baskervilles” High School: Mercy San Francisco Location: Mercy Theatre, 3250 19th Ave., San Francisco When: Nov. 7, 8, 14, 15 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets: $8 in advance, $10 at the door; $12 for Nov. 7 performance Info: www.mercyhs.org Story: An adaptation of one of Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes mysteries, “The Hound of the Baskervilles.” Production: “Lend Me a Tenor” High School: St. Ignatius College Preparatory Location: 2001 37th Ave., San Francisco When: Nov. 11, 12, 13, 15, 19, 18, 20, 21, 22 at 7 p.m. Tickets: $10 Info: www.siprep.org/performingarts/fallPlay/ Story: Set in 1934, the farce revolves around renowned tenor Tito Merelli, known to his fans as “Il Stupendo,” who is scheduled to sing the lead in “Otello”; and a chain reaction of confusion, plot twists, double entendres, innuendoes, and constant entrances and exits through many doors. Production: “Oliver Twist” High School: Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory Location: De Paul Auditorium, 1100 Ellis St., San Francisco: When: Nov. 13, 15 and 20, 21, 22 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets: $5 students, $10 general Info: www.shcp.edu Story: Charles Dickens’ classic morality tale of a starving orphan caught between opposing forces of good and evil is filled with dark humor and some of literature’s most notorious characters – Fagin, Bill Sikes, Nancy and the Artful Dodger. It is a powerful indictment of poverty and class divisions. Production: “West Wing Follies” High School: Archbishop Riordan High School Location: Lindland Theatre, Riordan, 175 Phelan Ave., San Francisco When: Nov. 14, 15, 21, 22 at 8 p.m.; Nov. 23 at 2 p.m. Tickets: $5 students and seniors, $8 adults Info: www.riordanhs.org Story: History of the U.S. presidency in 90 hilarious minutes with an ending written by the cast depending upon who wins the election.

Featured in Archbishop Riordan High School’s staging of “West Wing Follies” are, from left: Nick Mazza (George Washington), Nic Nelson (Teddy Roosevelt), Nick Leung (Abe Lincoln) and Maria Azzolino (George W. Bush).

Production: “You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown” High School: Sacred Heart Preparatory Location: 50 Emilie Ave, Atherton When: Oct. 23, 24 and Nov.1 at 7:30 p.m.; Oct. 31 at 1 p.m. Tickets: $10 for adults, $5 for students and seniors Info: www.Shschools.org Story: Based on the Charles Shultz comic strip, the musical is a day in the life of Charlie Brown.

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Former local teacher, Brother Boglitz, dies at 91 Former De La Salle He was very loyal and extremely supportive of the men he recruited into the order. He wrote us letters and was A funeral Mass was celebrated for Marianist Brother interested in our careers throughout our lives.” Charles Boglitz Oct. 16 at his congregation’s Marianist Brother Boglitz’ longest assignment was at Junipero Center in Cupertino where he died Oct. 12. The former Serra High School in Southern California where he teacher at St. James Elementary School and Archbishop taught Latin, English and religion and ran the school Riordan High School was 91 years old. library for 30 years. Born in Pittsburgh, Pa., Brother “As a teacher, he was excellent but Boglitz entered religious life at age strict,” said Marianist Brother John 13 in Dayton, Ohio professing first Haster, one of Brother Boglitz’ stuvows in 1935. Teaching assignments dents at the school and now serving at at elementary schools in Baltimore, the congregation’s retirement facility Md. and Brooklyn, N.Y., followed in Cupertino. “As a librarian, he was as he completed his undergraduate particular. He wanted all books to be degree during the summers at the neat and orderly.” Marianists’ University of Dayton. Marianist Father Tim Kenney, a forHe earned a degree in education in mer principal at Archbishop Riordan 1940 and that same year professed High School and now serving in St. perpetual vows. Louis, said Brother Boglitz believed In 1945, Brother Boglitz was in Catholic Marianist education. assigned to St. James Elementary “To Charlie it was a way for the in San Francisco which he called poor to rise out of poverty, for society “a great gift from the Lord, one for to have faith-filled citizens and was which I will always be grateful.” He a means to strengthen the Church by taught sixth and seventh grade for forming students in Gospel values,” four years. Following an assignment Father Kenney, who was also encourto a school in Hawaii, he came to aged to join religious life by Brother Brother Charles Boglitz, SM San Francisco’s Archbishop Riordan Boglitz, said. “I will be eternally where he taught for six years. grateful for the invitation he gave me. Charlie was a “Brother Charles was always on patrol for Marianist wonderful friend, wisdom figure and mentor.” vocations,” said Marianist Father Jack Russi, a Riordan Interment was at Gate of Heaven Cemetery in Los alumnus and now serving at Archbishop Mitty High Altos. Remembrances may be made to the Marianist School in the Diocese of San Jose. “He was a very Province of the United States, 4425 West Pine Blvd., good recruiter and had a great love for vocation work. St. Louis, MO 63108.

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principal’s rite set Christian Brother Joseph Jerome Gallegos died Oct. 17 at his congregation’s Mont La Salle residence in Napa. Brother Jerome, a former principal of De La Salle High School in Concord, was 70 years old. The late educator entered religious life in 1954 later earning undergraduate and graduate degrees from the Christian Brothers’ St. Mary’s College in Moraga. He served primarily in secondary schools; St. Mary’s College High School in Berkeley, Christian Brothers High School and Bishop Armstrong High School in Sacramento, and two Southern California schools among them. He also served as director of the Christian Brothers’ Retreat House in St. Helena. “He was loved and admired by his students in all the schools,” an announcement of Brother Jerome’s death said. “In his later retirement years, he took up cooking as a hobby and delighted students, friends, family and the Brothers with his culinary skills.” Survivors include a sister and brother-in-law as well as nieces and nephews. A funeral Mass will be celebrated Oct. 25 at 10 a.m. at St. Apollinaris Church in Napa followed by a reception. Interment will be in the Mont La Salle Cemetery. Remembrances may be made to the LaSallian Education Fund, De La Salle Institute, 4401 Redwood Rd., Napa 94558.

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Oregon ruling on frozen embryos raises ethical problems By Ed Langlois PORTLAND, Ore. (CNS) â&#x20AC;&#x201C; An Oregon divorce ruling that frozen embryos can be considered as property confirms an outcome predicted and feared by Catholic leaders decades ago. In the wake of the Oct. 8 decision by the Oregon Court of Appeals, Catholic ethicists say other technologies, like the genetic selection of infants before birth, will pose more problems soon. The court unanimously upheld a womanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s decision to kill six frozen embryos by thawing, despite an appeal by the husband to keep them alive. Though the court stopped just short of actually calling embryos property, the key to the decision was a determination that embryos are to be considered under property laws. The mother, Dr. Laura Dahl, said she wanted the embryos killed because she did not want someone else raising the children if they were ever carried to term. She is a pediatrician in Lake Oswego, a Portland suburb. The father, Dr. Darrell Angle, argued that the embryos are alive and so their protection should override a pre-treatment agreement saying that the mother could decide on their fate. Angleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s lawyers also contended that the destruction amounted to an unfair distribution of property. Dahl and Angle wed in 2000 and had a son. In 2004, they decided to conceive again through in vitro fertilization at Oregon Health and Science University. The treatment foundered, leaving the six embryos frozen for preservation. They had signed an agreement that left Dahl to decide on the embryos in case of a divorce. Shortly after the 2004 treatment failed, they decided to get divorced.

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‘Torture on Trial’ priest to return to military fort By Michael Vick

Cathedral honors five Archbishop George Niederauer, above, with Assumpta Award winners Bill and Paula Zappettini. The Oct. 16 awards ceremony drew more than 300 supporters to the conference rooms of St. Mary’s Cathedral for the proceedings. Father John Talesfore, rector/ pastor of the cathedral, served as host. Below from left: Julio Escobar, Rita Semel and Louis Phillip Jimenez, Ph.D., were this year’s winners of the Cathedral’s Patrons Awards.

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Franciscan Father Louis Vitale will be among hundreds of protesters at Ft. Huachuca military base southeast of Tucson, Ariz Nov. 14-16. Father Vitale, the former pastor of St. Boniface Parish in San Francisco, made headlines last year when his November 2006 protest at the Arizona fort resulted in his arrest and ultimately a sentence of five months in jail. The protest, sponsored by the group Southwest Witness to End Torture, will begin Nov. 14 in Tucson with a book reading by retired Army Col. Ann Wright. The next day, protesters will gather in Tucson for sign making, followed by a live theater performance and a candlelight procession. The weekend protest will be capped off with a rally and procession to the main gate at Ft. Huachuca Nov. 16. Ft. Huachuca is home to the U.S Army military intelligence training center. The Franciscan priest and fellow protesters accuse the U.S. military of teaching torture techniques at the fort. At the time of Father Vitale’s trial, Maj.

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Not everyone is a competitive athlete. Most, in fact, are not. However, for the average person, even a simple exercise like walking can benefit the spirit as well as the body. Bill Caines, 68, originally was from Trinidad. A lay leader at St. Raphaelâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Parish in Medford, Mass., he recites the rosary every morning before Mass. For him, walking along the shores of the nearby Mystic Lakes while meditating on the mysteries of the rosary becomes a special channel of Godâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s grace. â&#x20AC;&#x153;As I walk, I get exercise and use my imagination. I actually envision myself walking beside our Lord and our Blessed Mother, and I place myself at the center of their lives when they were on earth,â&#x20AC;? he said. From the early fathers of the Church, such as St. Paul and Clement of Alexandria, to the modern era, exercise and sports have been seen as important elements in the spiritual life. Robert Feeney, who has written on religion and exercise, showed in a 1999 article that many of the Churchâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s greatest saints emphasized the importance of exercise in the development of the complete person, sound of mind, body and spirit. St. Paul identified the body as a temple of the Holy Spirit, and he viewed exercise â&#x20AC;&#x153;as serving the harmonious development of the human body, considered to be the masterpiece of all creation.â&#x20AC;? All agree that exercise keeps the body healthy, toughens the will, sharpens focus, relaxes the senses, frees the spirit, expands the capacity of the soul and makes it beautiful through the presence of the Holy Spirit. EXERCISE, page H3

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HEALTH CARE By Michael Vick In early 2009, St. Mary’s Medical Clinic at the San Francisco International Airport will move to a new $2 million facility at the airport’s international terminal. Daniel Ostrow, the clinic’s administrative director, said the new facility’s main advantage is its location. The clinic now occupies the lower level of Terminal 2, which previously served as the international terminal but is now closed pending repurposing as a domestic terminal. Ostrow said the new location in an active terminal allows for better access to patients. The new facility will feature digital X-rays, which allow immediate transmission to the hospital, and updated equipment for physical therapy. Ostrow said the new space will increase patient flow efficiency.

The airport is a unique and challenging health care setting, Ostrow said. “The airport provides the staff with an exciting environment. No two days are the same. We get all ages from one month to age 98.” Ostrow said language challenges are primarily handled through the use of automated translation, though the clinic has certified translators on staff for Spanish, Russian and Tagalog. St. Mary’s Medical Center has managed the clinic for seven years, having taken over administrative duties from UCSF. The clinic serves the 28,000 airport workers, and provides emergency care for 175 neighboring employers, including Genentech and Hyatt Regency Hotel. The clinic also provides care to airport passengers. Among the services at the clinic are radiology, minor surgery and physical therapy. Special

Exercise . . . ■ Continued from page H2 Pope Pius XII, known as the “friend of sport,” was an enthusiastic supporter of physical exercise. In fact, he was the first pope to install a gymnasium at the Vatican. Pope John Paul II, possibly the most rugged individual and finest sportsman in the papacy’s history, was an accomplished athlete who excelled in soccer, swimming, rugby, skiing, mountain climbing and rowing. He often repeated St. Paul’s words: “Glorify God in your body” (1 Cor 6:20). Paul also saw a well-conditioned body as being at the service of the spirit. Pope John Paul said that long hours of physical exercise improve the power of concentration and increase individual discipline. In 1990, this pope underlined the importance of physical fitness in the development of the whole person when he beatified Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati, a well-rounded, young Italian man who was an avid skier, swimmer and bicycle and rowing enthusiast. Finally, it can be said without doubt, if you want to progress in the spiritual life, a good way to begin is to start exercising! Carew, author of Men of Spirit, Men of Sports, writes from Medford, Mass.

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HEALTH CARE ‘Arthritis epidemic’ in wings for Baby Boomers Do your knees hurt going up and down stairs? Is it becoming harder to get out of bed or get up from a chair because of joint pain? If your answer is “yes,” then you might be one of almost 70 million Americans afflicted with arthritis. That’s one in every three of us who experience painful, swollen and stiff joints. For some with severe arthritis, these symptoms can become debilitating, some even requiring surgery. According to the Center for Disease Control, the number of Americans over the age of 65 who suffer from arthritis is expected to double by the year 2030. It is now believed that this “arthritis epidemic” is poised to strike the Baby Boomers and become the new “face” of those suffering with arthritis. Unlike other generations, boomers are more athletic, more active, and unfortunately, also heavier. However, joints in our bodies like hips and knees are neither as limber nor the cartilage as resilient. Over time, this high-impact, repetitive jarring of these joints causes wear-and-tear, and inevitably, osteoarthritis. Thus, you could be causing harm by exercising only on the weekends and/or by carrying extra weight.

If the early stages of arthritis have already begun, you can start by taking over-the-counter supplements such as glucosamine and chondroitin sulfate. These supplements are the building blocks of cartilage and can help lessen pain and stiffness. Gel injections, comprised of hyaluronic acid, can be administered in the knee, decreasing pain, and can even help maintain healthy cartilage, thereby slowing the progression of arthritis. If surgery is needed, state-of-the-art technology including minimally invasive surgery now makes joint replacements safer, and recovery quicker and less painful. In addition, new materials are more durable than ever, allowing artificial joints to last up to 30 years instead of the previous 12 to 15 years. The arthritis epidemic is coming. If you’re between the ages of 41 and 60, a “weekend warrior,” overweight, or starting to develop painful joints, you are at risk for progressive arthritic conditions. I hope you will be proactive in fighting this condition.

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HEALTH CARE Malta Clinic for uninsured opens its doors and arms The Order of Malta Oakland Clinic, Inc., a free medical service for uninsured children and adults, officially opened its doors on Oct. 13. Located in the Oakland Diocese’s new Christ the Light Cathedral’s office building at the corner of 21st Street and Harrison Street, Oakland, the clinic houses three exam rooms, two nurses’ stations, a utility room, a medical supply area for bandages, and a waiting room area. Patients are asked to call for an appointment, but walk-ins are welcome. The only qualification for care is that the patient does not have medical insurance. Besides generalized medical care, patients can obtain free x-rays, mammograms, lab work and prescriptions from outside providers who are in relationship with the clinic, said Jane Rosell, clinic administrator. As part of its outreach, the organization has scheduled a free flu clinic for Nov. 4. What makes the clinic work, said Rosell, are volunteer nurses and doctors who will serve for at least four hours on a weekly or monthly basis. A number of volunteer medical staff is already on board, but “we still need more general practitioners, internists,

ER physicians and nurses,” she said. Besides traditional medical staff, a nutritionist, a chiropractor and a lactation specialist have volunteered. Dr. Thomas Schmitz, the medical director, said, “Our goal is to have enough licensed medical staff to treat 200 or more patients a week.” The clinic’s targeted hours will be 8:30 a.m. to noon; and 1 p.m. to 4:30 p.m., but will be dictated by staff availability. Appointments can be made by calling (510) 587-3000. The receptionist speaks English, Spanish, Tagalog, German and “some limited French,” said Rosell. The clinic is an outreach ministry of The Order of Malta’s Western Association U.S.A. The order is leasing the space for $1 a year and will pay all operating expenses, estimated between $300,000 and $500,000 annually. Inspiration for the clinic came to Oakland Bishop Allen Vigneron during a 2005 pilgrimage he made to Lourdes, France, with a local group of Knights and Dames of Malta. Each year, members of the international Order bring thousands of sick people to Lourdes. The Oakland facility is modeled after the order’s clinic in Los Angeles which has been treating patients for nearly 30 years.

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HEALTH CARE Spiritual healing at core of the ministry of Lourdes St. Bernadette four attempts to drink it. But today, the water flows clear through the sanctuaries’ spigots and baths. The extremely sick and the extremely determined sometimes wait in line for hours to reach the baths inside chambers near the grotto. Mac Carvajal, a banker from Houston, has visited Lourdes twice and dipped in the baths several times. “I wanted to heal ... personal things I had inside me. I wanted to cleanse, and I thought this was the best way to do it,” he said, noting that life changed significantly for him after his first trip to Lourdes.

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LOURDES, France (CNS) – Pilgrims come to the Massabielle grotto to slide their fingers and run their hands along its damp walls smoothed by years of touching. They touch the walls with scarves, rosaries and folded pieces of paper with written prayer intentions. They toss photos of loved ones, written intentions and bouquets of flowers into the grotto’s crevices. Men and women on their knees silently pray, facing a statue of Our Lady of Lourdes placed where Mary appeared to St. Bernadette Soubirous 150 years ago. Groups of pilgrims walk through the grotto holding candles and sometimes spontaneously singing “Ave Maria.” They place the candles at the outdoor votive stations, where the words “The flame continues my prayers” appear in several languages. People drink and bathe in the holy water of the Sanctuaries of Our Lady of Lourdes, hoping that their prayers for Mary’s intervention will be heard, inner peace will be found and faith will be restored, pilgrims told Catholic News Service in mid-February. Sue Jarvis of Virginia Beach, Va., said she left a photograph of herself and her late father at the grotto. But Jarvis said she came mostly for her 18-year-old daughter, Megan, who has a brain tumor. She was not expecting miracles from visiting the sanctuaries, but needed a spiritual retreat to feel refreshed and to receive peace of mind, Jarvis told CNS. Father Andrew Dubois, vicar for priests for the Diocese of Portland, Maine, said he feels this peace of mind at the grotto. “When we clutter our minds, we have a way of distracting ourselves,” he said. “And the grotto gives that (peace) back to you.” In the ninth of 18 apparitions, Mary directed St. Bernadette to drink from the spring at the grotto. There was barely any water; what was there was muddy, and it took

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Debora Boucaud, a nurse practitioner from the New York borough of Queens, is a volunteer at the grotto. Nearly all workers controlling the crowds and helping at the baths, grotto and votive stations are volunteers. Boucaud has helped women undress and pray and has guided them as they kneel in the cool waters of the baths. Many of the women “come in very poor attire and very poor health,” she said. “As nurses, we are taught (in school) to treat the patient holistically,” but in practice the spiritual side is ignored and a patient is treated “in a secular way” with medicine, she said. “Here at Lourdes, the treatment is the spirituality. You don’t have to inquire what illness. It really doesn’t matter. The treatment is the same,” she said, adding that the job is mentally challenging because “you see all the pain ... all the emotions.” The evening rosary procession, in which pilgrims hold candles, recite the rosary and sing “Ave Maria” while slowly wrapping around the sanctuaries’ grounds, is a popular ritual at Lourdes. Bill Mackowick, who brought his twin 15-year-old sons, Tom and Mike, to the sanctuaries from Pittsburgh, said he came to introduce his sons to Mary, “the greatest mom in the world.” Following a difficult divorce, Mackowick is the sole caregiver of his children. Although his sons were not exactly enthused to join the pilgrimage to Lourdes, Mackowick said he was touched as his sons raised their candles high in union with the thousands of other pilgrims during the refrain of “Ave Maria.” He said he knew the message of Lourdes was sinking in for them.

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HEALTH CARE From foster care to a future of his own design By Deidre Rettenmaier

Wine tasting, auction to benefit boys’ home The 12th Annual Vincenzo Wine Tasting and Auction to benefit the at-risk youth at St. Vincent’s School for Boys in San Rafael will be held Nov. 14 beginning at 6 p.m. at the historic Bently Reserve Conference Center, 301 Battery St., San Francisco. A Catholic Charities CYO facility, St. Vincent’s School for Boys is a residential treatment home that provides 24hour care and mental health services to boys ages 7-17. The event will include “a gourmet gala dinner by Dan McCall and a festive live auction featuring rare wines and unique travel packages,” a CCCYO release said. Tickets are $185. For more information, call (415) 972-1233 or e-mail vincenzo@cccyo.org.

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At age seven, Sean Kurmas and his twin brother Brett were removed from their mother’s care and placed in a foster home. That first foster home didn’t work out, so they were moved to a temporary shelter until a more suitable placement could be found. Within the year, Sean was relocated to St. Vincent’s School for Boys, Catholic Charities CYO’s licensed, residential treatment home for at-risk boys ages 7 to 17. “I really bonded with the staff at St. Vincent’s,” Sean recalls. “I still keep in touch with a few of them today.” Sean’s brother Brett stayed behind in foster care for a few more years before he, too, came to live at St. Vincent’s. “My brother being there helped me get through,” remembers Sean. “Even though we lived in different houses on campus, just knowing he was there really helped me.” Sean left St. Vincent’s at 15 and moved into a foster home where he stayed for a year and a half. With only two weeks’ notice to find another place to live, Sean’s foster parents decided to stop fostering and relocate out of state. The household — which included other foster kids — disbanded. Fortunately for Sean, a former resident of St. Vincent’s was living with a foster family at the time and doing well there. He told Sean about Kim and John Munoz, his foster parents. Sean agreed to meet them. The Munoz Family was open to Sean coming to live with them and in 2007, at age 17, Sean moved in. For the first time since entering the foster care system,

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Sean felt like his needs were being met with the Munoz Family. He recalls that it was during this period that he matured quickly, almost as if he were making up for lost time. He attributes this to being given greater independence, and being trusted by his new foster parents to make the right choices with the increase in freedom. “I grew a lot because instead of living in a group home or other facility, I was out in the public, exposed to the real world. I learned very quickly how to act, what to do, and what’s right,” Sean said. St. Vincent’s Foster Family Agency, which is designed to route youth into families who are prepared for a long-term commitment, helped Sean to successfully transition into the Munoz Family. Sean celebrated his 18th birthday in July. Newly emancipated, he is now legally an adult and his own person, in every sense of the word. For the first time in his life since being placed in foster care as a child, Sean is looking forward to a future of his own design. A graduate of Petaluma High School, in August Sean started classes at Santa Rosa Junior College where he wants to major in administration of justice. He plans to pursue a career in law enforcement. Right now Sean is looking for work as a public safety dispatcher so he can earn money and secure his own apartment. Until then, he chooses to stay with the Munozes. To support

his independence and increasing responsibility, he pays rent. “Kim and John are like real parents to me, he said. “My relationship with them is definitely one I will carry forward.” Brett and Sean remain connected. In another year, Brett will emancipate from the system like his brother. (Ed. note: St. Vincent’s Foster Family Agency is a program of Catholic Charities CYO that seeks to find loving homes for youth with special needs and also those ready to graduate from St. Vincent’s School for Boys. Both programs have helped restore a sense of home and belonging to thousands of children. There is an urgent need for foster parents in the Bay Area. Call ( 415) 507.2000 or visit www.cccyo. org/stvincents for more information.) Deidre Rettenmaier is a grants associate at Catholic Charities CYO.

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HEALTH CARE How do candidates’ health reform plans measure up? WASHINGTON (CNS) – The two major presidential candidates agree on at least one thing: health care reform must be a high priority for the next administration. But when it comes to the details, much of the common ground between Republican Sen. John McCain and Democratic Sen. Barack Obama falls away. In their 2007 document on political responsibility, “Faithful Citizenship,” the U.S. bishops said any efforts to reform the health care system must respect human dignity and protect human life; meet the needs of the poor and uninsured, including pregnant women, unborn children, immigrants and other vulnerable populations; protect the conscience rights of Catholics and Catholic institutions; and provide effective, compassionate care for those with HIV and AIDS. “All people have a right to health care regardless of where they work, where they come from or how much money they have,” said Kathy Saile, director of the Office of Domestic Social Development in the bishops’ Department of Justice, Peace and Human Development, in a commentary on health care and “Faithful Citizenship.” “Quality health care should be accessible to every person as a part of basic respect for human life and dignity,” she added. Obama and McCain both say the health care reform plans outlined on their campaign websites and in speeches would reduce the number of uninsured Americans, rein in escalating costs, improve health care quality and performance, keep those with pre-existing conditions from being dropped by their health plans, and encourage some degree of state flexibility. Obama’s plan would require employers to either offer “meaningful coverage” to their workers or pay a percentage of their payroll into a new public program. Every child in the U.S. would be covered and health insurers would be required to keep young adults up to age 25 on their parents’ plan through family coverage. The centerpiece of the proposal advanced by McCain is a health care tax credit for families and individuals, paired with the removal of favorable tax treatment for employer-financed health insurance. Anyone who does not use the entire tax credit amount to purchase health insurance could deposit the remaining funds into a health savings account for use in Sen. John McCain another year. The health care debate is a very personal one for people like Robin Salerno of Wolcott, N.Y. Recently diagnosed with adrenal cancer, Salerno earns $17,000 a year working six days a week as a cook and waitress for a local diner. But she has no health insurance and makes too much money for Medicaid, the federal-state program, or Family Health Plus, another public health insurance program in New York State for adults under 65. Salerno might qualify for Healthy NY, an insurance program for small businesses and workers whose jobs don’t offer insurance, but services for her cancer might not be covered for a year. “If I wait a year, I might not be around,” the 50-year-old Salerno told the Catholic Courier, diocesan newspaper in Rochester, N.Y. The Catholic Health Association, whose member hospitals and other health care institutions often serve as a safety net for the poor and uninsured, has offered its own “Vision for U.S. Health Care,” against which any health reform plan can be measured. Any proposal in line with Catholic social teaching must be available and accessible to everyone; health- and prevention-oriented; sufficiently and fairly financed; transparent and consensus-driven; cost-effective; patientcentered; designed to address health needs at all stages of life, and safe, effective and high-quality, the vision document says. “None of the reform plans as they currently stand meet our principles for reform,” said Lisa Smith, senior director for government relations at the Catholic Health Association in Washington. “I’m not saying the plans can’t get there, but they’re not there yet.” Both the McCain and Obama plans are currently “in outline form,” with “not enough details to know it will

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Diagnosed with adrenal cancer, Robin Salerno of Wolcott, N.Y., earns too much money as a cook and waitress to qualify for Medicaid, but not enough to pay for private health insurance. Salerno, pictured at her workplace in June, is among the 47 million people in the U.S. without health insurance.

make a substantial difference” in reducing the number of uninsured Americans from the current 47 million. “We’ll just have to wait and see,” she told Catholic News Service Aug. 14. Clarke E. Cochran, co-author of “The Catholic Vote: A Guide for t h e P e r p l e x e d ,” recently published by Orbis Books, said n e i t h e r O b a m a ’s nor McCain’s plan fully meets the criteria set by “Faithful Citizenship” and the CHA vision document for health care reform. The Obama proposal is more in line with the bishops’ focus on the needs of the poor, uninsured and vulnerable Sen. Barack Obama populations and their call to strengthen Medicaid and Medicare, Cochran told CNS in an Aug. 14 telephone interview. But it is “unlikely that any Obama plan would have any protection for the unborn,” he added. Cochran, a former political science professor at Texas Tech University in Lubbock, Texas, now works as vice president for mission integration at Covenant Health

System in Lubbock. He emphasized, however, that he was not speaking as a Covenant representative. Although both candidates “pay lip service to cost containment,” Cochran said, neither addresses the underlying reasons for rising costs or has an effective plan to curb them. Both plans also are silent on health coverage for immigrants in the country illegally and on conscience protections, he added. Contributing to this story was Amy Kotlarz in Rochester.

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HEALTH CARE Families that exercise together … wear out their lawns (CNS) – The idea of “family exercise” is daunting. If it is difficult getting a family to agree which movie to watch or what to have for dinner, imagine getting a whole family to participate in one physical activity. (Note to children: Although video games involve the hands and eyes, they do not constitute physical activity.) Family exercise probably won’t occur if by it you mean this many minutes devoted to aerobics or that much time devoted to resistance training. (Note to parents: Arguing with teenagers is a form of resistance training, but it is not the kind health experts have in mind when they’re discussing physical fitness.) Yes, some families go skiing together, or load their mountain bikes onto the SUV and head for the trails, or take up golf and tee off religiously at the same time on the same course every Saturday. But family size and income level can serve hallways and around furniture at the Y, to block activities that involve equipment do not let them convince you that this is expenditures and other fees, to say nothing track practice.) of the realities of today’s fuel costs. It turned out that we didn’t need the Y, When our five children were elemen- mountain bikes or tee times to reach our tary school age and younger, my wife and goal of family exercise. The answer was I budgeted for a YMCA our backyard. Most of family membership. We the three-quarters of an had visions of packing acre lot that our house the Dodge Caravan The only permanent sat upon was behind every Saturday morning our house. With the and trouping into the Y rule in Calvinball is exception of a huge so each one could puroak tree at the far end, sue a favorite activity. that you can’t play it it was open. Open, as That theory never in, “Sure, go ahead and became reality, how- the same way twice. mow base paths” and, ever, after we learned “Yes, we can mark lines that the Y family memfive yards apart” and, bership only got us through the door. “A fly ball over the neighbors’ shed (the Each activity we’d hoped to participate in ‘Green Monster’) is a home run” and, “Oh had its own registration fee. (Note to par- no, Mom wants to plant a tree at second ents: If your children are running up and base!” down the steps, chasing friends through While neighbors rode their mowers

We didn’t start with a family exercise plan. Usually, by happenstance, Sunday afternoons began with a couple of people kicking a ball to each other and culminated two hours later with an additional eight people – a neighbor child or two usually wanted to play – and someone yelling, “Next goal wins!” Nor was every “game” organized. Our children took their cue from Calvin and Hobbes and played Calvinball, saying, “The only permanent rule in Calvinball is that you can’t play it the same way twice.” (Note to those wedded to stopwatches and whistles: Check out Calvinball on the Web, and lighten up!) Stronger than our wish to exercise as a family was our desire to spend time together, have fun and enjoy fresh air. Had we emphasized the physical fitness aspect, family members who didn’t consider themselves good at games or didn’t like sports would have been reluctant to participate. I suspect that if the primary reason for family exercise is to improve physical fitness, it probably won’t happen. But if the goal is to improve “familiness” – to laugh and maybe create a few “Remember the time when ...” stories that still will be told decades from now, you’ll achieve it. (CNS PHOTO)

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with blades at proper heights to achieve some kind of suburban look for their lawns, we had a walk-behind power mower to cut whatever hadn’t been stomped and turned to mud by constant use. We knew it had been a good spring, summer and autumn in the family exercise department if, come November, the heart of the lawn was 90 percent dirt and 10 percent grass. (Note to lords of the lawn: The grass came back thick and green and ready to mow every spring.)

Olszewski is executive editor and general manager of the Catholic Herald, newspaper of the Archdiocese of Milwaukee.

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HEALTH CARE Surgeons at Seton Medical Center in Daly City performed a total abdominal hysterectomy Oct. 8 using for the first time a robotic assistant called the da Vinci S Robotic Surgical System. The technology involves the use of robotic arms controlled remotely by the surgeon, which allows for greater precision. According to hospital officials, for most patients, robotic surgery offers faster and less painful recovery, less risk of infection, less blood loss and less scarring than traditional surgery. Seton’s interim president Lorraine Auerbach said the hospital is excited to be on the leading edge of surgical procedures. “We are proud of the achievements of our physicians who are using the latest technology to offer the best possible patient outcomes,” Auerbach said in a press release. Manufactured by the Sunnyvale company Intuitive Surgical, the robotic assistant translates and refines the surgeon’s hand movements, allowing for enhanced accuracy. The latest model, in use at Seton, has four precision robotic arms and a high performance vision system that allows the surgeon to see the entire surgery from the control station. The keyhole-sized incisions allow for pinpoint surgeries never before per-

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Interreligious talk Dominican Father Martin dePorres Walsh, above, will join Rabbi Rosalind Glazer of Congregation Beth IsraelJudea and Imam Abu Qadir Al-Amin of the San Francisco Muslim Community Center for discussion of “Feeding people in a world of hunger: What do our faiths say?” this Sunday, Oct. 26, from 4:30-7:40 p.m. at Temple Emanu-El, 2 Lake St., San Francisco. Cost is $20 which includes a vegetarian meal. For information, (510) 374-0701. Father Walsh is director of the St. Jude Shrine at St. Dominic Parish.

Peace forum set Pax Christi Northern California will offer a forum on nonviolence Nov. 1, 8:30 a.m. 1:30 p.m. at St. Thomas More Church, 1300 Junipero Serra Blvd., in San Francisco. The featured speaker will be Lorin Peters, who taught “Alternatives to Violence” at Oakland’s Bishop O’Dowd High School until he retired last year. Peters works in Bethlehem and Hebron in the Middle East with Christian Peacemaker Teams. Registration is $15 for individuals, $25 for couples. No one will be turned away for lack of funds, planners said. For more information, contact Silvia Chiesa at (650) 348-8336.

Parish business and worship to be day-long focus On Thursday, Nov. 13, experts in the fields of parish business management, stewardship, bulletin effectiveness, liturgy, initiation and liturgical music will offer a free series of workshops at the new Cathedral of Christ the Light in Oakland. Sponsored by the J.S. Paluch Company and its music and liturgy division, World Library Publications, the day’s events are being offered free for all who register by Nov. 5. Facilitating the workshops from 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. will be Tom Gull and Jerry Galipeau, Ph.D. Gull’s morning workshop will be targeted to business managers and development directors, helping them “unlock the power and potential of parish census data,” stated a J.S. Paluch news release. In the afternoon, Gull will offer tips to parish bulletin editors aimed at transforming the bulletin into a more effective communication and evangelization tool. Galipeau will present two workshops. The first will lead faith formation and Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults (RCIA) ministers “into an appreciation of the power that the model of apprenticeship holds in transforming the lives of catechumens, candidates and all in catechetical formation,” according to the news release. The second workshop will focus on ways to enliven the celebrations of the various rites of the RCIA through music, ritual gesture, preaching and the use of liturgical space. Capping off the day will be a 7 p.m. event in the new cathedral, a “World Library Publications Autumn Song Fest.” Featuring internationally acclaimed music missionary John Angotti, the evening will “provide participants the opportunity to raise their voices in praise to Christ,” organizers said. Registration is required. For more information and to register, contact Jennifer Estevez at the J.S. Paluch Company at (800) 675-5051 or estevezj@jspaluch.com prior to Nov 5. The J. S. Paluch Company provides parish bulletins for the majority of parishes in California and the United States. World Library Publications is a leading publisher of worship resources, liturgical music and books for parish ministry.

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Guest Editorial After November 4 … By George Wesolek The study of Faithful Citizenship, the U.S. bishops’ statement on the formation of conscience in the political process, is helping many American Catholics to understand the role that their faith plays in this election cycle. The arguments have been furious between Catholics who believe that they cannot, in conscience, vote for Obama because of his abysmal pro-abortion record and those who feel that, in conscience, they cannot vote for McCain because of his record on the war, taxes and health care. The division in the American Catholic community is stark and deep. But Catholics will vote, hopefully in record numbers, and they will again be the deciding factor in this election. It is time for us to look ahead to after the election. Casting our vote on Nov. 4 should not be the end of our involvement in the political process. Both political parties are in need of serious Catholic intervention. Neither party adequately reflects Catholic social teaching. If John McCain wins, Catholics who voted for him have a responsibility to influence the actions of his administration to reflect policies of economic justice. With the notion of a “free market economy” in shambles with government ownership of banks, insurance companies and the like, supporters of McCain will have to look long and hard at how these failed policies can be converted to ones that justly and fairly “rescue” the poor and the working poor throughout our land. They will especially have to look at the ongoing scandal of health care access for millions of families and children who have none. In this new economic environment, we must ask if there is a greater role for government in providing this basic right and others. The poor and working poor on the economic margins need a “bailout,” too. Catholics who vote for McCain must also hold him accountable for the acts of war in our name to make sure they are justified and not actions of irresponsible violence. If Barack Obama wins, Catholics who voted for him will have a heavy responsibility. As his first act in office, he has pledged to support and sign into law the Freedom of Choice Act (FOCA). This legislation is also supported by our own, Speaker Nancy Pelosi. FOCA establishes, by federal law, that abortion is a “fundamental right” throughout the full nine months of pregnancy. If passed, it will effectively wipe out 35 years of legislation seeking to modify some of the worst aspects of abortion. It would eliminate restrictions on the infanticide of partial birth abortions. It would wipe from the books of over 35 states laws which provide for informed consent in abortion clinics, parental consent or even notification of parents in the case of minors. It will obliterate laws that protect doctors, nurses and health workers from having to perform abortions or other procedures that they find morally objectionable. On the world scene, the “Mexico City Policy” will be reversed by executive order allowing U.S. taxpayer dollars to promote and perform abortions overseas. It will be devastating for the cause of life and a major victory for the Culture of Death. American Catholics who voted for Obama will have to work long and hard to stop this from happening. If they fail, this will be an immense burden on their consciences for there will be an immediate uptick in the numbers of the unborn killed through abortion. The responsibilities of voting are heavy. Catholics voting for either Barack Obama or John McCain will have to realize that their vote has consequences that go far beyond Nov. 4. Their involvement can’t end on Election Day in pursuing a Culture of Life and Justice and Peace for all.

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On knife’s edge The future of marriage in our country is balancing on the edge of a knife. We heterosexuals have made a mess of it. So perhaps we ought to just hammer the final nail in the coffin of marriage and let same sex couples have it. After all, don’t we all have a right to love in whatever way we experience it? Or is the good that traditional marriage offers society so necessary to children and so irreplaceable that we must, for the good of our society, protect it and work to make it better? Before you make a decision on Propostion 8, consider the following. First let us acknowledge everyone shares the need to have a mother and father who are married. It is universally regarded as a tragedy when a child is deprived of either a mother or a father. Since society depends on committed parents to raise good citizens, it is right for it to promote and support the institution which is most suited to bringing this about, traditional marriage. While it is true same-sex couples can love a child, they can’t provide one thing every child needs and desires – the love and role model of the opposite sex parent. To intentionally deprive a child of one or the other sex parent is an act of selfishness and not in the best interest of the child. If Proposition 8 does not pass it will be illegal to show a preference to heterosexual couples in adoptions. Schools will be required by law to teach that there is no difference between heterosexual and homosexual unions and that it is bigotry to believe that there is. If you, as a parent, believe with the Church, that acting on homosexual inclinations is sinful, your children will be taught that you are a bigot in classes that you can’t legally opt out of. This is a violation of religious and parental rights and is already happening in Massachusetts. Individuals will be, and indeed are already being sued, for declining the business of homosexuals. A photographer in San Diego was fined $6,000 for declining to photograph a lesbian commitment ceremony. If the California Supreme Court’s arrogant redefinition of marriage is allowed to stand, the consequences will be deep and devastating to children, parents and religious freedom. Please consider this and then vote yes on Proposition 8. Cheryl Amalu Belmont

or adult child. It urges families to draw upon the reservoirs of faith, hope, and love as they face uncharted futures. It asks them to recognize that the Church offers enormous spiritual resources to strengthen and support them at this moment in their family’s life and in the days to come.” Have these days come? Are we drawing on those spiritual reservoirs? Do we recognize and are we tapping into that “enormous spiritual resource” in the debate over Prop 8? As we prepare to vote on this proposition, do our homosexual children, nurtured in love and for love, recognize in us the promise that they are “always our children?” Jim McGarry Pacifica

Life: preeminent issue More than a Democrat or a Republican, I am pro-life! If the Dems were prolife, I would probably vote for Obama. An Obama win will set back pro-life for more than eight years for sure. The House and Senate appear to be going Democratic and Obama would probably have the chance to appoint two new liberal Supreme Court Judges. What is astonishing are the low-key emanations from our Archdiocese calling for Catholics to vote for the pro-life candidate. On the East Coast, some brave bishops have shouted their concerns in the media about a pro-death potential president. I understand that some of the just Catholic causes don’t always put abortion on the front burner. There is the illegal alien issue. But, to me, that topic pales in importance compared with the millions of babies that might be murdered by legal abortion mills. I understand that the term “murder” is not a valid word here since abortion is legal, but I am free to use it since we live in a free country; well, almost. Gerald Studier San Rafael

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‘Always Our Children’? In Rick DelVecchio’s Oct. 17 front-page review of the TV ads and other discourse (and money) fueling the debate over Proposition 8 in its final weeks, he quotes Stockton Bishop Steven Blaire. Part of Bishop Blaire’s argument in support of the proposition states: “Current studies show that optimum reality for children is their natural mother and father in a low-conflict relationship.” My question is: What happens when those children produced and nurtured in that optimum, loving, low-conflict relationship discover that they are homosexual? What happens to their parents? To the relationship? To the rest of their lives? The most significant problem in the language used by Catholics in their support for Proposition 8 is the common political division of “us” vs. “them.” What happens when “they” are part of “us”? What are we supposed to think, feel and do when our children happen to be gay? Perhaps it is time to go back to the language of the 1997 document of the U.S. Catholic bishops: “Always Our Children.” This document states in its opening: “The purpose of this pastoral message is to reach out to parents trying to cope with the discovery of homosexuality in their adolescent

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‘Like it or not’ Mayor Gavin Newsom (San Francisco) recently officiated at a civil union between two people of the same sex – which is not a marriage, “like it or not.” Marriage, regardless of procreation, is for people who can mate. Betty Cirelli San Francisco

Vagaries of marriage If the natural law refers only to marriage between one man and one woman based on mutual love and mutual consent, how does one classify marriage, in the world’s numerous cultures, that are arranged in childhood or adolescence by parents or matchmakers, or those forced to marry because of pregnancy, or those in polygamous cultures, or those where no civil or religious authority exists to register or witness or otherwise validate them? Jesus told us the greatest commandment is to love one another, and gay and lesbian persons are as capable of love as a human right as anyone else. Marriages are entered into for many reasons – for companionship, sex, security, social status, property rights, tax advantages, etc., and not always, as has been pointed out by other readers, with the possibility of having children. Rosemary K. Ring Kentfield

Many life issues My fear is that the words from our Church at this time regarding abortion will prevent the changes we need in our country. I believe it was words from our Church on abortion that enabled President Bush to be elected eight years ago. Yes, abortion is horrible. But so are war, torture, starvation, homelessness, poverty, lack of health care, the death penalty and economic injustice. The difference is that the government is not directly involved in abortion. It gives a person the freedom to make a choice. Even as God has given us free will to choose good or evil. However, the government is directly involved in other life issues. Three thousand children die of starvation every day while we spend billions on weapons that kill and maim. Unjust free trade policies create poverty in LETTERS, page 14

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Beset by weakness Some years ago, Michael Buckley, a Jesuit theologian of exceptional insight, delivered a homily at the first Mass of a young man who had just been ordained. His approach was paradoxical. Instead of asking the young man: “Are you strong enough to be a priest?” he asked him: “Are you weak enough to be a priest?” That’s a curious reversal that needs to be understood. The “weakness” to which he is challenging this young man (and the rest of us) is not the weakness of moral failure or sin, but the weakness Scripture attributes to Jesus when it says that he was “beset by weakness” in every way, except sin. How was Jesus weak and how are we meant to be weak? Buckley explains this by comparing Jesus to Socrates in terms of human excellence (as this is often judged). Here is his comparison: There is a classic comparison running through contemporary philosophy between Socrates and Christ, a judgment between them in human excellence. Socrates went to his death with calmness and poise. He accepted the judgment of the court, discoursed on the alternatives suggested by death and on the dialectical indications of immortality, found no cause for fear, drank the poison, and died. Jesus - how much to the contrary. Jesus experienced terror and fear; “with loud cries and tears to him who was able to save him from death.” He looked repeatedly to his friends for comfort and prayed for an

escape from death, and he found neither. Finally he established control over himself and moved into his death in silence and lonely isolation, even into the terrible interior suffering of the hidden divinity, the absence of God. I once thought that this was because Socrates and Jesus suffered different deaths, the one so much more terrible than the other, the pain and agony of the cross so overshadowing the release of the hemlock. But now I think this explanation, though correct as far as it runs, is superficial and secondary. Now I believe that Jesus was a more profoundly weak man than Socrates, more liable to physical pain and weariness, more sensitive to human rejection and contempt, more affected by love and hate. Socrates never wept over Athens. Socrates never expressed sorrow and pain over the betrayal of friends. He was possessed and integral, never overextended, convinced that the just person could never suffer genuine hurt. And for this reason, Socrates - one of the greatest and most heroic people who has ever existed, a paradigm of what humanity can achieve within the individual – was a philosopher. And for the same reason, Jesus of Nazareth was a priest - ambiguous, suffering, mysterious and salvific. Jesus was weak in that his sensitivity and love prevented him from protecting himself against pain. Because he loved deeply he felt things deeply, both joy and pain. Sensitive people suffer more than others because their sensitivity leaves them vulnerable and unable to seal themselves off against pain – their own, that

of their loved ones, and that of the world. As Iris Murdoch put it, “A common soldier dies without fear, whereas Jesus died afraid.” That shouldn’t surprise us. Sensitivity leaves you open to pain. When we are insenFather sitive we sleep well, even Ron Rolheiser when others are suffering and we may have contributed to that. When we are insensitive we have less fear, especially of hurting others. When we are insensitive we are, from many points of view, stronger because we are more able to insulate ourselves against pain and humiliation. In the arena of athletics, we admire the player who can absorb a hard hit without apparent effect. To be hard and tough is admirable. That isn’t as true in the arena of the soul. John of the Cross, the great doctor of mysticism, uses the question – How vulnerable and weak are we? – as an important criterion to judge whether or not we are on the right path in following Christ. ROLHEISER, page 18

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‘Been there, done that, got the marble’ It had been awhile since he had prayed, but when he awoke on the banks of the Colorado River, broke and homeless, there was only one way left to go. This time it wouldn’t be his way, it would be God’s. That day was the culmination of several years of glitter, girls, the glitz of Reno. His Irish charm catapulted him from bus boy to waiter to the special “Pat’s Place,” a saloon he managed atop one of Nevada’s popular casinos. Life was good. He had a girl, and a buddy who shared the apartment rent .At 28 his life lay ahead of him. The hassles of the past with parents, DUIs and expulsion from college were almost forgotten, at least when he was drinking. And he drank a lot – starting the day with beer, switching to vodka at night. When he found himself sobering up, he snorted coke to capture the magic before it dissolved into the predictable agony of a hangover. His bubble burst when his onthe-job drinking and flirtation with one of the waitresses, who happened to be the boss’s wife, cost him his job. The fall from grace (the secular kind) was swift. He stole money from his roommate to buy booze and was

booted out. His girlfriend dropped him. He ended up on the streets, sleeping in alleys, stealing and being hauled to jail for using a street planter as a toilet. He yearned for home, for his mom and dad, but he was too ashamed to go back .There was no where to turn, but to prayer to God. Two weeks later he was in rehab. His initial 72-hour session into sobriety was a nightmare of shakes and hallucinations. He stuck with it. He and the others in rehab were each given a marble by a counselor who told them that when they could chew it up they could have a drink. Pat carried the marble everywhere until he lost it. Now sober, and determined to start anew, he struggled with the uncertainties that lay ahead. Should he go home to California? Would he be able to find a job? He waited for answers that didn’t come. He attended daily Mass. On the ninth day of a novena to the Sacred Heart, there were still no answers. God seemed mute, very far away. Discouraged , he left the church feeling in desperate need of a drink. Just one? At that moment, he caught sight of a marble on the church lawn. Upon inspection, it looked very much like the red and yellow one he had lost.

Soon afterward, he walked into the recreation room at the rehab center to hear one of the guys say. “Yo, Father Pat!” When Pat asked him what he meant, the teasing reply was: “You’re in church so Jane L. Sears much, you might as well be a priest.” Like Saul of Tauras, that was the moment Pat fell off his horse and found his destiny. He’s been a priest for 12 years, this nephew of mine. He’s assigned to parish work in a coastal town where his favorite duty is counseling young people with substance abuse. When a newcomer complains, “But you don’t understand how hard it is to quit,” Father Pat quips: “Wanna’ bet? Been there, done that, got the marble.” Jane L. Sears is a freelance writer and member of Our Lady of Angels Parish, Burlingame.

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Campaign 2008: electing our king During the debate over ratification of the Constitution, Alexander Hamilton and his Federalists argued for “energy in the executive” – a strong president who would set the national agenda and be the center of legislative and policy initiative in the national government. Fears of just such executive power were one arrow in the quiver of the Anti-Federalists. For the first century and a half of our national life, the balance of power and influence shifted between president and Congress. The Great Depression, World War II and the Cold War brought us to what now seems the final resolution of the argument. Hamilton won. The United States has been remarkably fortunate in its presidents: of the 43 to date, only a handful were, by everyone’s account, duds. Some thought to be failures when they left office – John Adams, Ulysses S. Grant, Harry Truman, Dwight D. Eisenhower – have been vindicated by history and historians. Others, venerated at the time, are no longer so well regarded: Andrew Jackson and Woodrow Wilson are two examples. Ronald Reagan, dismissed by Beltway insiders as an “amiable dunce,” turns out to have been one of the few presidents with some claim to having been a political philosopher. Among those presidents typically cited as our finest, Washington alone remains above reproach. He created the United States as the subject of “is” rather than “are.” There remain large gaps in our knowledge of Abraham Lincoln, his personality and his ideas; fierce (if blessedly nonviolent) arguments continue over his manner of waging the Civil War. The debate over whether Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal policies

exacerbated or resolved the Great Depression is unlikely to be resolved any time soon. Contemporary presidents must pass a threshold test their predecessors couldn’t have imagined, in the days before television began to dominate our public life: Do I want this person in my living room for the next four years? Beyond that basic test, however, are important questions of character, personality, leadership, competence and vision. The American president is an elected king, with far more power than the constitutional monarch the Founders overthrew. Knowing who this person is, and what makes him or her tick, is essential in making an informed judgment. To elect a president is to make a moral, as well as a political, judgment. Thus, Catholic voters will want to ponder these and other questions with respect to the two major candidates: 1. Books on the Founders are now found regularly on the best-seller lists. These books, and a brilliant TV series like “John Adams,” remind us that, while we read history backwards, statesmanship requires an ability to look forward, in typically confused and confusing circumstances. Presidential statesmanship also requires the courage to act with conviction despite uncertain outcomes. Which presidents do you admire for their ability to see clearly through the fog of immediacy, and for their willingness to choose wisely on the basis of what they saw? Which presidents strike you as essentially time-servers, men who were more careerists than leaders? 2. For what are you willing to risk your popularity, and

perhaps your re-election? 3. How do you conceive the presidential bully pulpit? In an age of cable television and talk radio caterwauling, can a president help recreate a civil, rational discourse in George Weigel American public life? 4. Are you prepared to dismiss a subordinate who might be your friend, but who is manifestly not up to the demands of the office to which you appointed him or her? 5. Do you enjoy argument? Do you invite challenge? Can you live with able subordinates who are prepared to tell you, “Mr. President, you are wrong”? 6. There are things a president cannot tell the American people. But are there circumstances in which you would deem it your responsibility to mislead the American people? To deny what you know to be true? To affirm what you know to be false? 7. What are the last five books you have read? 8. Presidents must govern amidst innumerable aggravations. How do you handle your temper? Can you laugh at yourself? Can you take a joke? George Weigel is Distinguished Senior Fellow of the Ethics and Public Policy Center in Washington, D.C.

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A READING FROM THE BOOK OF EXODUS EX 22:20-26 Thus says the Lord: “You shall not molest or oppress an alien, for you were once aliens yourselves in the land of Egypt. You shall not wrong any widow or orphan. If ever you wrong them and they cry out to me, I will surely hear their cry. My wrath will flare up, and I will kill you with the sword; then your own wives will be widows, and your children orphans. “If you lend money to one of your poor neighbors among my people, you shall not act like an extortioner toward him by demanding interest from him. If you take your neighbor’s cloak as a pledge, you shall return it to him before sunset; for this cloak of his is the only covering he has for his body. What else has he to sleep in? If he cries out to me, I will hear him; for I am compassionate.” RESPONSORIAL PSALM PS 18:2-3, 3-4, 47, 51 R. I love you, Lord, my strength. I love you, O Lord, my strength, In 1987 during his visit to Los Angeles, Pope John Paul II participated in a youth rally at which groups from around the country participated and asked questions via satellite. At one point, one of the “satellite” groups shared that they were responding to the Pope’s message by working with the poor – the shelters, the food kitchens, and so on. Videos of the youth in action were briefly displayed. In response, the Holy Father turned to one of the young people present with him, for whom he had answered a previous question, and said, regarding the group on screen, “Their example is a better answer than the one I gave to you.” Of course the entire crowd of teenagers cheered! During this year of St. Paul we hear in the First Letter to the Thessalonians Paul’s lavish praise for the people of Thessalonica, who have heard the Gospel and embraced it with flying colors. Paul remembers his preaching mission to the city and lauds highly the manner in which the Thessalonians have lived what they have learned, being themselves instruments of the Gospel’s spread. Paul acknowledges their present affliction, but also rejoices that it did not eclipse their joy. Paul notes his own manner in preaching, but recognizes the people’s imitation of his example and his zeal, even to the point of outdoing him in evangelization – “from you the word of the Lord has sounded forth…in every place your faith in God has gone forth, so that we have no need to say anything.” In short, they have been so successful in receiving and living the Gospel that it has made

Letters . . . ■ Continued from page 12 other countries. The wealthy thrive while the poor get poorer. We are the only developed country that uses the death penalty. We have committed war crimes by using torture. The suffering we have caused in Iraq is horrible. We need a change of attitude in our leadership that has concern for the common good. Jean M. Mont-Eton San Francisco

Movies with a difference Whenever I think of having a good time, the first thing that comes to mind is eating and having good food with friends. So it was on Wednesday evening at St. Bart’s (San Mateo), “Evening at the Movies,” when we all ate our fill and had a rare ol’ time watching “Amazing Grace” and afterwards discussing the film. When a movie or a story remains clear in the mind over the years, one can assume it must have been of great interest to one’s self and others. Although “Amazing Grace” was an entertaining film (somewhat spoiled however by the militarism introduced at the end), it is easily forgotten. We have here in the libraries of Belmont and Foster City great and commendable movies and although the word edifying might be out of fashion, I fail to find a better word for them and hope we can see them soon at St. Bart’s. Here are a few to choose from: “Monsieur Vincent,” a remarkable life

October 24, 2008

Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time Exodus 22:20-26; Psalm 18:2-3, 3-4, 47, 51; 1 Thessalonians 1:5c-10; Matthew 22:34-40 O Lord, my rock, my fortress, my deliverer. R. I love you, Lord, my strength. My God, my rock of refuge, my shield, the horn of my salvation, my stronghold! Praised be the Lord, I exclaim, and I am safe from my enemies. R. I love you, Lord, my strength. The Lord lives and blessed be my rock! Extolled be God my savior. You who gave great victories to your king

and showed kindness to your anointed. R. I love you, Lord, my strength. A READING FROM THE LETTER OF PAUL TO THE THESSALONIANS 1 THES 1:5C-10 Brothers and sisters: You know what sort of people we were among you for your sake. And you became imitators of us and of the Lord, receiving the word in great affliction, with joy from the Holy Spirit, so that you became a model for all the believers in

Scripture reflection FATHER BILL NICHOLAS

Year of St. Paul: when everybody does it better Paul’s preaching obsolete. He has no need to say anything! He has nothing more to add! What are teachers to do when their students come to teach their subject better, or when children out-do their parents? What is an evangelist or preacher to do when he or she has done their job too well – when the congregation’s witness to their faith outdoes the preaching of the preacher; when they have no need to say anything further? In many parishes, there is usually the memory of a beloved pastor once assigned to that parish. Often, this priest and his work are so fondly remembered that his name is virtually synonymous with the parish itself.

One rarely can think or speak of that particular church without thinking of that particular priest. However, how many parish or church communities are known for the reverse? How many parishes are known for the zeal of the people in living the faith they profess, over and above the preaching of their priests? How many parishes eclipse the priest and religious assigned to serve them, because they are so strong in living their Catholic faith, so dedicated to spreading it, so zealous in bearing witness (and I mean everybody, if not the vast majority) that they do it even better than those who serve and lead them? How many priests and religious can say of their parishes:

story of St. Vincent de Paul produced by Viscount George de la Grandiers and directed by the famous Maurice Cloche. “The Seven Deadly Sins” (Sept Peches Capitaux). This is an interesting story of people’s lives with each of the sins and at the climax an eighth sin is introduced to one’s amazement. “Marcelino pan y vino” is well known and is a deeply affecting story about the power of goodness. Quote: “The use of strong symbolism and haunting imagery sets an undeniable mood. Marcelino, a boy who grows up in a monastery, prepares to eat his daily serving of bread. When he decides to give a statue of Jesus a piece of his small meal, the statue accepts the offer and rewards him multifold.” “L’Cure d’ Ars,” also if memory serves directed by M. Cloche, is an unusual movie. All have subtitles in English. Padraig Quinn San Mateo

sacrament of marriage. It is about ensuring that civil marriage grants the same rights and protections to everyone without discrimination. As a Catholic, I must vote “ no” on 8. Julia Dowd San Francisco

Ensure equal rights The Oct. 3 editorial is titled “Our faith and reason say ‘Yes on Proposition 8.’” For me, the opposite is true. My faith and reason compel me to vote “no” no Proposition 8. Scripture and Church tradition tell us that each person is made in the image of God. Therefore, we as Catholics must work to protect the dignity and rights of every human person. The right to marry the person you choose and to be treated equally under the law is fundamental to our society. Proposition 8 is not about changing the Catholic

Weigel overstates reality I’m writing because some of the statements in George Weigel’s Oct. 10 “Campaign 2008: the Supreme Court factor” suggest that he is talking about the Supreme Court of some country other than the United States, and go beyond bona fide expressions of opinion. First, the Supreme Court has never defended any “right” to Internet child pornography or a “right to pornography” generally. Anyone who has followed the Bernie Ward case would be acutely aware of the non-existence of any “right” to the former. Furthermore, the Supreme Court has defined sexually explicit material involving adults as “pornography” and hence subject to legal prohibition only if it violates standards of the specific community in question. This means Mr. Weigel’s objections should be not with the Court itself, but with communities whose standards are more lax or open-ended than he would wish (this is, of course, a bigger challenge than simply blaming the Supreme Court). Secondly, and regardless of what one thinks of the Roe vs. Wade decision, there is nothing in it that provides for “abortion on demand.” The Roe decision held that the abortion decision was between a woman and her physician, with greater restrictions by the state becoming permissible

Macedonia and in Achaia. For from you the word of the Lord has sounded forth not only in Macedonia and in Achaia, but in every place your faith in God has gone forth, so that we have no need to say anything. For they themselves openly declare about us what sort of reception we had among you, and how you turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God and to await his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, Jesus, who delivers us from the coming wrath. A READING FROM THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO MATTHEW MT 22:34-40 When the Pharisees heard that Jesus had silenced the Sadducees, they gathered together, and one of them, a scholar of the law tested him by asking, “Teacher, which commandment in the law is the greatest?” He said to him, “You shall love the Lord, your God, with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind. This is the greatest and the first commandment. The second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself. “The volunteerism here is so high, the Masses and reconciliation services so full, the lay evangelization so strong, their prioritizing and punctuality to Sunday Mass so unfailing, their public behavior so reflective of what they believe, and their teaching of the faith to their children so consistent to the teachings and practices of the Church; they so project the love of the Gospel and the Lord, that we have nothing more to add”? How many catechists can express a similar sentiment about their students? How many Catholic parents can say this about their children and grandchildren? How many priests can say this about their parishes, as John Paul II said it of the young people to whom he preached during his visit to Los Angeles? How many bishops can say this about their dioceses, as St. Paul says it of Thessalonica? A popular theme to an old James Bond movie declares, “Nobody does it better.” St. Paul, however, declares to the Thessalonians – you do it better! Perhaps an honorable goal of any priest, religious, bishop – of any preacher of the faith – would be to eventually say of his own congregation, community or diocese: “Everybody does it better, and we have nothing more to add!” Father Bill Nicholas is parochial vicar at Our Lady of Loretto, Novato, and author of “I Saw the World End: An Introduction to the Bible’s Apocalyptic Literature.” Contact him through his website: www.frwcnicholas.com. later during the pregnancy. Not every religious view holds that life begins at conception, and the Catholic response to the abortion issue well may lie in good works and moral suasion rather than in efforts to demonize the Supreme Court. Finally, I’m unaware of any instances where the Court has instructed Americans to “fall in line” or to “stop criticizing [its] work.” By contrast, Mr. Weigel’s criticisms of the Court suggest that he is uncomfortable with the idea of a tripartite system of government and an independent judiciary. James V. Lee Redwood City (Ed note: In a commentary on Roe vs. Wade, the U.S. bishops note the Court set up a framework in which a woman’s right to an abortion and the state’s right to protect “potential life” shift: during the first trimester of pregnancy, a woman’s right is strongest and the state may not regulate abortion for any reason; during the second trimester, the state may regulate abortion only to protect the woman’s health; during the third trimester, the state may regulate or prohibit abortion to promote its interest in the life of the fetus, except where abortion is necessary to preserve the woman’s life or “health.” Roe vs. Wade was modified by another case the same day. In Doe vs. Bolton, the Court said a woman’s right to abortion could not be limited by the state if abortion was sought for reasons of maternal health. The court defined health as “all factors.” This health exception expanded the right to abortion for any reason through all three trimesters of pregnancy.)

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By Harry Forbes NEW YORK (CNS) – “The Secret Life of Bees” (Fox Searchlight) is a beautifully produced adaptation of Sue Monk Kidd’s best-seller set in South Carolina. Dakota Fanning plays Lily Owens, a 14-year-old who, years earlier, had accidentally shot her mother to death, as the latter was packing her suitcase intending to leave Lily’s violent father, T. Ray (Paul Bettany). Now, years later, the lonely girl pines for her mother, and wonders whether her mother would have taken her away with

her. The guilt-wracked Lily treasures the few keepsakes she has of her, including a faded label with the image of a black Madonna. Lily lives under the stern and erratic dictates of the alcoholic T. Ray, who treats any infraction harshly, making the girl kneel on grits until her knees bleed. It is 1964 and the beginning of the civil rights era, and their barely literate housekeeper, Rosaleen (Jennifer Hudson), has announced she plans to register to vote, but on her way to do so, accompanied by Lily, she’s savagely beaten by bigots, and winds up in the hospital. Fearing a lynch

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mob, Lily insists they flee. In a nearby town, Lily happens upon bottles of honey decorated with labels showing the black Madonna. When the shopkeeper informs her that the honey is produced by the nearby Boatwright sisters, Lily seeks out their Pepto Bismolpink house and asks for shelter. The eldest of the sisters, August Boatwright (Queen Latifah), runs the honey concern, assisted by uptight sister June (Alicia Keys), a music teacher who at first resents Lily and holds her own adoring beau (Nate Parker) at arm’s length, and sweet but simple-minded May (Sophie Okonedo), still grieving for her twin sister who died long ago. The sisters revere a large statue of the black Madonna, in their living room, even holding religious services for the neighbors. Lily becomes part of the family, apprenticing in the bee business, blissfully content with her new life, and feeling she is somehow fated to be there. She ignores the subtle prejudice of the townspeople who wonder at a white teenager living with a black family. Some surprising revelations are in store, but not before some gut-wrenching tragedy, prompted by Lily’s innocuous movie date with August’s godson, Zach (Tristan Wilds). W r i t e r- d i r e c t o r G i n a P r i n c e Bythewood elicits well-judged performances from the cast, with Latifah and Dakota particularly outstanding. Latifah just goes from strength to strength in each film. This is one of her best roles, allowing her to convey strong maternal warmth and wisdom. If Dakota is not the best child actor ever to grace the screen, you’ll be hard pressed to think of anyone better when watching her nuanced and sensitive acting here, which tops even her impressive work in the otherwise misguided “Hounddog,” which opened in September. The compassionate, albeit at times

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Books RADIO Film stage ‘The Secret Life of Bees’: strong, moving

Dakota Fanning and Jennifer Hudson star in a scene from the movie “The Secret Life of Bees.”

melodramatic, story includes elements of forgiveness and redemption, and a strong affirmation of family. Bring Kleenex. The film contains some profanity and crude language, racial epithets and violence, nonsexual child abuse, light underage sensuality, murder and suicide; it’s acceptable for older teens The USCCB Office for Film & Broadcasting classification is A-III – adults. The Motion Picture Association of America rating is PG-13 – parents strongly cautioned. Forbes directs the Office for Film & Broadcasting of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. More reviews are available online at www.usccb.org/movies.

The Catholic Professional & Business Club Invites You to Attend our November 12th Breakfast Meeting with Susan Todaro The Topic: Stewardship: Animating Our Faith Stewardship is often thought of as simply volunteering or financially supporting our church and charities. This presentation will look at how our understanding of stewardship is key to how we live out our lives and our faith every day. Ms. Todaro hopes participants leave with a renewed sense of purpose and understanding of how we can demonstrate our beliefs and values in small and large ways every day.

About Susan Todaro Susan Todaro has worked in Stewardship and Development for 15 years—13 at St. Ignatius Church in San Francisco and two at Saint Raphael Church in San Rafael. In both parishes, she introduced stewardship initiatives, educating and encouraging parishioners to answer their individual call to serve God by serving others. She has a master’s degree in Nonprofit Administration from the University of San Francisco and a B.S. degree in Marketing from San Francisco State University. She, her husband and two children live in San Rafael.

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St. Mary’s Cathedral Gough and Geary St. in San Francisco – (415) 567-2020. Ample parking is available free of charge in the Cathedral lot for most events. Third Tuesdays through September 2009, 7:15 p.m.: The Year of St. Paul Lecture Series features Professor Stephen C. Córdova of the St. Anthony of Padua Institute, and Conventual Franciscan Father Francisco Nahoe of the Franciscan Spirit and Life Institute. Talks are free. Information and lecture dates are available online at www.stanthonypaduainstitute.org/stpaul.pdf Sundays, 3:30 p.m.: Concerts featuring local and musical artists from around the world. Open to the public. Free will offering helps support Cathedral’s music ministry. Call (415) 567-2020, ext. 213. Nov. 2: Festival of Harps; Nov. 9: California Baroque Ensemble.

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National Shrine of St. Francis of Assisi Vallejo at Columbus St. in the City’s Historic North Beach. Visit www.shrinerenewal.org or call (415) 983-0405 The shrine is anxious to maintain and increase the enthusiasm of the Sept. 27 opening of its Porziuncola. Volunteers to serve in hospitality and as eyes of the new space are needed. If you have a few hours a month to dedicate to this work, contact Stephen Baccari at stephenkosf@yahoo.com or Virginia Munoz at virginiakosf@yahoo.com. You can also call (415) 983-0213.

Taize/Chanted Prayer 1st Friday at 8 p.m.: Mercy Center, 2300 Adeline Dr., Burlingame with Mercy Sister Suzanne Toolan. Call (650) 340-7452; young adults are invited each first Friday of the month to attend a social at 6 p.m. prior to Taize prayer at 8 p.m. The social provides light refreshments and networking with other young adults. Convenient parking is available. For information, contact mercyyoungadults@sbcglobal.net. Tuesdays at 6 p.m.: Notre Dame Des Victoires Church, 566 Bush at Stockton, San Francisco with Rob Grant. Call (415) 397-0113.

Special Liturgies Oct. 25, 9 a.m.: Serra Club of San Francisco: Mass followed by continental breakfast, with report by district governor Anthony Schunk at St. Cecilia Church, 17th Ave. at Vicente in San Francisco. Non-members welcome. Call Paul Crudo at (415) 566-8224 or e-mail pecrudodds@aol.com. Oct. 26, 3:30 p.m.: “Mass for Those Affected by Crime, Abuse or Violence” at St. Mary’s Cathedral, Gough and Geary Blvd. in San Francisco. Archbishop George Niederauer will preside. This is a Mass for those who have been victimized in any way through crime, abuse or violence. It is also for secondary victims including families and friends of those traumatized. Sponsored by the Restorative Justice Board of the Archdiocese of San Francisco. For information, call (415) 614-5570 or email ribeirop@sfarchdiocese.org or mfelix@ihmbelmont. org for more information. Nov. 1, 11 a.m.: Annual Todos Los Santos Mass at Holy Cross Cemetery, Colma, All Saints Mausoleum Chapel. Bishop Ignatius Wang will preside. Reception follows. Call (650) 756-2060 or visit www.holycrosscemeteries.com. Nov. 2, 3, 6 p.m.: Anniversary Prayer Liturgy and Celebration for Alma Via of San Francisco Residence 1300 Junipero Serra Blvd. at Brotherhood Way in San Francisco, now in its fifth year. Prayer of Thanksgiving at 3 p.m. at neighboring St. Thomas More Church with reception following. The public, residents, families and friends are invited to attend the celebration. Registration is requested. Call (415) 337-1339.

Tridentine Mass The traditional Latin Mass according to texts and rubrics from before Vatican II is celebrated at locations and times below.

Nov. 15, 6 p.m.: St. Paul Parish in Noe Valley presents “Una Bella Serata Piazza San Paolo,” the annual dinner dance and auction benefiting St. Paul’s Preservation Fund. Evening takes you to a piazza in Italy, sipping wine and enjoying music and multicourse meal. The event will include silent and live auctions, dinner and dancing. Tickets are $65. For more information, contact Katy O’Shea at (415) 648-7538. Auction and Dinner Dance Committee members include, from left, Hilda Solis, Anne O’Shea, Maureen Barry, Michele Bulen, Stephanie Rugg and Marie Doherty. Sundays at 12:15 p.m.: Holy Rosary Chapel at St. Vincent School for Boys. For more information, call St. Isabella Parish at (415) 479-1560. First Friday: Latin High Mass of the Sacred Heart of Jesus at St. Francis of Assisi Church, 1425 Bay Road at Glen Way, East Palo Alto. Mass is followed by the Litany of the Sacred Heart and Exposition of the Most Blessed Sacrament until midnight. Confessions are heard before Mass. Low Mass in Latin is also offered every Friday evening at 6 p.m. For further information, call (650) 322-2152.

San Francisco. “From George Washington to George W., the show is a little bit of history and a whole lot of fun,” the school said. Call the box office for prices and availability: (415) 587-5866.

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Arts & Entertainment Oct. 24, 25, at 7:30 p.m. and Oct. 26 at 2 p.m.: “Hotel Paradiso” plays at Notre Dame de Namur University Theater at 1500 Ralston Ave. in Belmont. Tickets are $10. For more information, call (650) 508-3456 or e-mail box office@ndnu.edu. Oct. 24, Nov. 1 at 7:30 p.m.; Oct. 31 at 1 p.m.: “You’re a Good Man Charlie Brown,” featuring students from Sacred Heart Preparatory School in Atherton at the school’s Eileen Sullivan Connolly Auditorium. Based on the Peanuts comic strip by the late Charles Schultz, the musical takes the audience through the ups and downs in the life of character, Charlie Brown. Tickets are $10 adults/ $5 students and are available by contacting jloschmann@shschools.org. Visit www.shschools.org for more information. Oct 31, 7:30 p.m.: Halloween dance production featuring Dracula, monsters and the Haunted Ralston Mansion Waltz at Notre Dame de Namur University Theater, 1500 Ralston Ave. in Belmont. Tickets are $10. Call (650) 508-3456 or e-mail boxofice@ndnu.edu. Nov. 14, 15, 21, 22 at 8 p.m. and Nov. 23 at 2 p.m.: “West Wing Follies,” a 90-minute entertainment offering a complete history of the country’s 43 presidents – so far – in 20 scenes at Archbishop Riordan High School, 175 Phelan Ave. across from City College in

Oct. 25, 11 a.m. – 8 p.m.: St. Thomas More Elementary School Halloween Carnival at 50 Thomas More Way in San Francisco. Spooks, games, teen music/game center, train ride, pumpkin patch, haunted house, food – including tri-tip sandwiches - and fun await all who attend. Plenty of free parking. Visit www. stthomasmoreschool.org or call (415) 905-4669, voice box 20. Marisa Cruz, left, Almarie Rose and Lara Bautista in the midst of last year’s Halloween Fest at St. Thomas More in San Francisco. Oct 25, 10 a.m. - 8 p.m.: Fright Fest at Holy Name of Jesus Elementary School, 39th Ave. at Lawton in San Francisco. Admission is free. Tickets for food and games available for purchase. Enjoy great food, carnival games, bingo, raffle, fun house and haunted house. Proceeds benefit the Holy Name of Jesus School. For more info call (415) 731-4077 or visit us at www. holynamesf.com.

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Oct. 25, 1 p.m.: San Francisco/East Bay Chapter of Kappa Gamma Pi sorority meets at Holy Names University, California Room in Durocher Hall. Call Betty at (925) 284-2028. Oct. 28, 7 – 9 p.m.: Little Children’s Aid Junior Auxiliary invites all women to attend “Wine, Women and Shoes,” a shoe party at St. Mary’s Cathedral, Gough St. and Geary Blvd. in San Francisco. Contact Mary Rotunno at (415) 438-5512 or mrotunno@chw. edu for information and to respond with your shoe size. Proceeds benefit work of LCA Juniors. Oct. 29, 11:30 a.m.: Octoberfest Luncheon and Bingo Party of the Good Shepherd Guild at the Basque Cultural Center. Tickets are $40. For more information, contact Beverly Desmond at (415) 587-5354. Nov. 2, 3 – 6 p.m.: Anniversary Prayer Liturgy and celebration for Alma Via Residence 1300 Junipero Serra Blvd. in San Francisco, now in its fifth year. Prayer of Thanksgiving at 3 p.m. with reception following. Registration is requested. Call (415) 337-1339. Nov. 8, 9, 8:30 a.m.– 4:30 p.m.: Craft Fair at All Souls Parish Hall, Miller and Walnut Ave. in South San Francisco. Lunch in school café Saturday at 11:30 a.m. Breakfast with Santa, Sunday after 9 a.m. Mass. Call Dolores at (650) 588-0810. Nov. 8, 6 p.m.: “Annual Bal de Paris” benefiting Ecole Notre Dame des Victoires in San Francisco. Evening includes dinner dance, silent and live auctions, live music. Black tie optional. Tickets are $125. For more information, call (415) 421-0069 or visit www.ndvsf.org Nov. 8, 9, 9:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.: Dominican Contemplative Nuns Benefit Art Show at Corpus Christi Monastery, 215 Oak Grove Ave. in Menlo Park. Meet Sister artists and help a good cause. Proceeds benefit renovation of congregation’s novitiate dormitory. Call (650) 322-1801 or visit www.nunsmenlo.org. Nov. 14: Twelfth Annual Vincenzo Wine tasting and Auction at San Francisco’s Bently Reserve benefiting Catholic Charities CYO’s St. Vincent School for Boys. Event includes gourmet dinner, select wines and an auction. For ticket information, call (415) 972-1233 or visit www.vincenzo.org. Nov. 15, 8 p.m. – midnight: “Oldies but Goodies Jazz and Blues Dance” at St. Paul of the Shipwreck school gymnasium, 1122 Jamestown at 3rd St. in San Francisco. No host bar and food. Tickets on sale after weekend Masses or call (415) 468-3434. Tickets are $20 in advance/$25 at door. Nov. 22, 11 a.m.: “Sunset Style” is the theme of the St. Stephen Women’s Guild fashion show at the Olympic Club. Tickets are $75 and include a catered lunch. Raffles for prizes including a pink sapphire ring. For more information, contact Annette Rocca at (415) 239-8926 or sswg_sunset_style@yahoo.com. Nov. 22: “Journey of Hope Red Kite Gala,” an evening honoring oncologist, Dr. Jordan Wilbur, who has been involved in pediatric cancer treatment for more than 50 years. The evening is sponsored by the Joanne Pang Foundation, which was founded in the name of a St. Cecilia Elementary School child who died from leukemia in 2003. Tickets are $150. Evening includes dinner and takes place at the United Irish Cultural Center, 45th Ave. at Sloat in San Francisco. Proceeds help establish a Northern California Umbilical Cord Blood Bank at UCSF Children’s Hospital. Contact Sally Brien Holper at (415) 845-5795 or sally@joannepang. org. Visit www.joannepang.org.

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October 24, 2008

Please join us for a month of remembrance and prayer… by visiting one of our most sacred places, our Catholic Cemeteries. The month begins with Mass Saturday, November 1, 2008 11am in All Saints Mausoleum Chapel, Holy Cross, Colma

Most Reverend Ignatius Wang, Auxiliary Bishop of San Francisco will be the main celebrant, commemorating the Holy Day of All Saints, Todos los Santos, All Souls’ Day and First Saturday. Refreshments will follow in the courtyard.

“…it is the pious tradition during these days for the faithful to go visit the graves of their dear ones and to pray for them” Servant of god, Pope John Paul II

Visitation in all cemeteries daily till dusk.