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By John Thavis Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- The creation of a U.S.-Vatican commission to revise the U.S. bishops ' sex abuse norms reflected a compromise between Vatican officials who wanted to reject the norms outright and others who favored an experimental implementation.

By creating an additional step, the Vatican gave everyone more time to study the details — and offered the bishops another chance to win the Vatican 's blessing.

More than 300 young adults gathered at the University of San Francisco Oct. 19 for the sixth annual Fall Fest, exploring the theme: "God: A Really Big Issue.

Where is God in Our Lives?"

The annual Respect Life Conference, ''Celebrating Life," also last Saturday explored a variety of issues in a series of sessionsat St. Mary's Cathedral.

News Analysis While the questions to be examined are not minor ones, Vatican officials confirmed the optimistic prediction of U.S. church leaders that finetuning on the norms could be finished by midNovember.

"I' m certain an agreement will be reached, maybe even before November. It's a question of improving the language, not rewriting the policy," one senior Vatican official said Oct. 21.

The official said it was wrong to read the Vatican 's uneasiness with some of the norms as censure. "Just because they said some language was ambiguous doesn't necessarily mean they considered it awful," the official said.

He confirmed that while commission members had yet to be formally named, some work had already begun in Rome.

At a meeting in Dallas last June, the bishops overwhelmingly approved the "essential norms "

To the left: Therese Troppy and her daughter Briana at the cathedral.

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that outlined strict penalties against priests who sexually abuse minors, along with a "Charter for the Protection of Children and Young People."

Vatican approval, or "recognitio, " would make the norms binding in all U.S. dioceses.

Almost immediately after the bishops presented the norms, however, experts at the Vatican found fault with some points. They questioned the policy 's wide definition of sexual abuse , the lack of a statute of limitations, the role of lay review boards and the harshness of penalties imposed, including automatic removal Irom priestly ministry.

Yet even with those misgivings, some of the Vatican's top officials were prepared to allow the norms to be implemented on an experimental basis, with a joint review after a year or two of experience.

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by Tom Burke Squared off in support of their home teams are our own Archbishop William J. Levada, rooting for the Giants , and Bishop Tod Brown of the Diocese of Orange where the Anaheim Angels make their home.

Stakes in the wager are tickets to the San Francisco Opera and dinner at Disneyland 's private Club 33.

Archbishop Levada and Bishop Brown are classmates from their stud y days at St. John 's Seminary in Southern California and the North American College in Rome.

Club 33 is in the heralded amusement park' s New Orleans Square area and every thing on the menu is "very good ," Bishop Brown said. Now in his fifth year as bishop of Orange, he is a San Francisco native who attended St. Anne of the Sunset Elementary from kindergarten throug h second grade. Presentation Sister Mary Beatrice Concannon , now living in retirement at the congregation motherhouse on Turk St, was his first grade teacher....Was happy to stop by Kaufer 's Religious Supplies to drop off copies of the hot-selling Volume III of the History of the Archdiocese of San Francisco. As a kind-of newcomer to these shores - going on 20 years I have found all three volumes interesting, easy to read

At home for the holidays were the Mondragon family including Jim and Jan-Marie, married 4 years October 22, and their childre n, Janina Nena, 3, and Jim Valentino, who celebrated his first birthday October 9. Holding Janina is Jan Marie's grandmother, Aurora Abelgas.

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and very helpful in the researc h we writers are sometimes called to do. With the 150th anniversary of the Archdiocese just around the corner , think about adding these valuable back grounders to your collection. Author of the books is Jeffrey Burns , Church history expert and Archivist for the Archdiocese. Happy to show you th rough the wares at Kaufer 's ecclesial emporium are John Kaufer, David Kaufer, Kevin Hurley, Marcella Genolio, Patty Milan , Connie Khaleq and Linda Richmond ... Welcome at St. Benedict Parish for the Deaf to new administrator, Father Tom Coughlin, one of the first deaf priests ordained in this country, and seminarians Matthew Ilysell , Paul Zirimenya, and Ghislain Bazikila, who are among the first deaf students to study at St. Patrick's Seminary. Also looking toward the priesthood while studying at City College is parishioner Patrick Titigah. More than 150 people, including members of St. Benedict 's Japanese community, gathered for a "BBQ with all the trimmings" on Oct. 6th and "a grand time was had by all," said longtime parish volunteer, Vic Lampe....Don't miss Side by Side by Sondheim at St. Matthias Parish, Redwood City in November. Directed

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By Jack Smith Jesuit Father Robert Spitzer called on pro-life activists to develop a comprehensive pro-life philosophy and learn to use a vocabulary that "the secular culture can accommodate" without difficulty.

Personhood , human rights and the common good are Catholic-based concepts in the American vernacular which those working for life ought to use as the basis of debate and persuasion , Father Spitzer, president of Gonzaga University told the Annual Respect Life Conference at St. Mary's Cathedral , Oct. 19.

In his keynote talk, "The Case for Life," Father Spitzer said the American Framers' understanding of these concepts was originally drawn from Dominican, Jesuit and other scholarly church sources. "They're all from the Church . . . We may as well use them and try to communicate with people through them."

In all discussion with friends and family and within the political arena, he suggested a Jesuit maxim, "Never deny.

Seldom affirm. Always distinguish. " Simply rejecting your opponent ' s position never advances the debate, fawning affirmation seldom does, but reflecting on "deeper" values and making distinctions using "higher viewpoints" can "make the portholes of communication come alive," he said.

Roe v. Wade had a profound impact by failing to make proper distinctions at the level of higher principles: rights, personhood, cultural ideals and personal ideals, Father Spitzer said. "Roe v. Wade did not just lead to the abortion of 25 percent of the pre-born infants in this country ..." he said, "it undermined the great philosophical underpinnings of our culture and the republic."

Li the area of rights, the court failed in the notion of "inalienable versus extrinsic" rights, he said. Extrinsic rights are those given by an external source; either a vote or the judiciary or a declaration of the state.

At the beginning of the 17th century, Jesuit philosopher Francisco Suarez discerned a flaw in democracies whereby rights could be revoked by a "tyranny of the majority." In

the possession of human rights — human existence, he said. "Everything else is a subjective criterion." By using a subjective criterion , the Supreme Court has opened the door to any criterion , he said.

The court also erred , Father Spitzer, said in the area of the subordination of competing rights. "Normally if rights confl ict , the court has to decide in favor of the higher right ," he said. Rights tire ordered by the principle of necessity: You may not have property without liberty and you may not hav e liberty without life. The court , in Roe, suborw dinated the right to life to the right to liberty (priv acy), g o turning this princi ple on its head, he said. In the 19th century, the court made the same error in the Dred Scott decision , subordinating slaves' liberty rights to owners' proper"; 0 5 ty rights. o Personhood is the "critical assumption for civilization ," . °X Father Spitzer said. In working against slavery in the New World, the Dominicans developed a distinction between the extrinsic and intrinsic dignity of human persons. The Father Spitzer: 'take back the extrinsic dignity of persons is generally something categories of cultural discourse. ' "earned" he said. "You're a good student , you get good grades, you're a good person." But the Dominicans also response, Suarez and later John Locke developed the idea declared an intrinsic dignity, which even slaves possessed, of "inalienable" rights. Father Spitzer said inalienable solely "because of their very human existence... Because rights "belong to people by their very nature . . . so deeply you are a human being, you have an inestimable, transcenimbedded . . . that they can never be declared . . . If they dental worth, lovability, goodness and worthiness." were ever declared into being, the only agency who could Intrinsic dignity "is unchallengeable ," Father Spitzer do it would be God Himself." said. "It belongs to you, in yourself . . . and if you have These rights belong to human beings "by virtue of their faith, you know it was endowed in you by your Creator." existence alone ," he said. It is this Catholic understanding He called this "the one critical assumption of all human of "inalienable" rights with which Thomas Jefferson society - every being of human origin is a person." formed the Declaration of Independence.

"Every social injustice," from racism and genocide to In deterrriiriing which stage an unborn human being was economic marginalization, "is based on a belief or declaradue inalienable rights, "the Supreme Court took on the pre- tion that some class of beings of human origin is not a rogative of God," he said. "Literally the culture is under- human person or is sub-human ," Father Spitzer said. mined by the mere declaration of when an inalienable right He said the court decision further eroded cultural ideals begins . . . If the Supreme Court gets to declare when by violating the "principle of non-maleficence." He inalienable rights begin, what did the Supreme Court just described non-maleficence as the "Silver Rule". The silver do? . . . It turned inalienable rights into extrinsic rights." rule is the golden rule with "two nots . . . Do not do unto CELEBRATING LIFE, page 6 We have "to go back to the only objective criterion" for t-

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Vatican study downp lays status of women deacons in early church

VATICAN CITY — A lengthy stu dy by the International Theolog ical Commission bolsters arguments against ordaining women as deacons, said Father Georges Cottier, the commission's secretary who is also Pope Joh n Pau l IPs in-house theologian .

The theological commission approved its 70-page document in early October. It has not yet been made public, but Catholic News Service obtained a copy of the stud y.

The commission concluded that the role of women deacons in the early church was not equivalent to that of ordained male deacons.

The commission found many references to women deacons in the early church, as well as to their "ordination."

But it said that the terms "deacon" and "ordained" were often used ambiguously.

It said the "ordination" of women deacons, was sometimes done with the imposition of hands. Because this practice caused confusion , it was banned by one church council in the sixth century, the study said.

Arab p riests and nuns criticize Israeli delays in visa renewals

JERUSALEM — Clergy, nuns and seminary students from Arab countries are not receiving visa renewals fro m the Israeli government, several priests and nuns have said.

"Priests who are inside the country can't leave for fear of not being allowed in, and those outside the country can't come back in," said Father Majdi al-Siryani, a Jordanian and parish priest of Beit Sahour, West Bank, who is among those who have waited nearly four months for a visa renewal.

Father Maroun Laham, director of the seminary in Beit Jalla, West Bank, said he, Father al-Siryani and one other priest have not received their residency visas, and neither have seven seminarians from Jordan.

Father Laham, a Palestinian with a Jordanian passport, said the seminarians applied in May and June. The seminarians have been unable to return .

Sister Ildephonse el Harjjeh, mother superior of the Rosary Sisters, said one of the order 's four counselors, a Syrian, has been waiting a year for her visa renewal .

A spokeswoman with the Israeli Ministry of Interior did not respond to inquiries by CNS.

Catholic lay leaders denounce Cologne cardinal s criticisms

COLOGNE, Germany — German Catholic lay leaders reacted angrily to Cologne Cardinal Joachim Meisner's charge that many lay people have developed a "do-it-yourself ideological faith which is only Catholic in name."

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Hans Joachim Meyer, president of the Central Council of German Catholics, "Anyone who knows these women and men knows that they can certainl y take on the archbishop in the knowledge of the faith , their loyalty and their witness."

Knuth Erbe, chairman of the Catholic Youth Organization , accused the cardinal of "spiritual arrogance. " Magdalena Bogner, head of a Catholic women 's organization, said, "Cardinal Meisner obviousl y doesn 't know what the reality in the church is: It's the women who carry the life of the church and give it its identity."

Cardinal Karl Lehmann of Mainz said he and other bishops did not share Cardinal Meisner 's views. Bishop Heinrich Mussinghoff of Aachen said Cardinal Meisner 's view was "not representative for the bishops ' conference. "

Phili pp ine archbishop appeals f or prayersafter deadly bombings

MANILA , Phili ppines — The president of the Philippine bishops ' conference has appealed for prayers and justice after deadl y bombings in southern Mindanao.

Archbishop Orlando Quevedo of Cotabato issued his written appeal Oct. 18, the day after two bombs exploded in department stores in Zamboanga City, killing seven and wounding more than 150, reported UCANews. A bomb also killed three people and injured 20 on a bus in Manila Oct. 18.

Archbishop Quevedo condemned "the inhumanity of these patentl y terrorist acts." He said that after the bombings Catholic reli gious leaders prayed with other religious leaders, including Muslims and Hindus, for an end to "the senseless and brutal violence. " The Muslim extremist Abu Sayyaf group is the military 's primary suspect in the Oct. 17 bombings.

Vatican delegation visits Vietnam, Pop e calls fo r guaranteeing that secures app roval of new bishop s all have access to gif t of water

VATICAN CITY — In what has become an annual ritual, an official from the Vatican Secretariat of State and one from the congregation for missionary territories visited Vietnam in mid-October. As on previous visits, the Vatican official s were able to secure the assent of Vietnam's communist government for the naming of some new bishops.

Msgr. Celestino Migliore, an undersecretary of state, and Msgr. Barnabe Nguyen Van Phuong of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples met with the vice president for forei gn affairs of the Communist Party Central Committee, with the vice minister for forei gn affairs and with the president of the Office for Religious Affairs.

The government's insistence on approving the appointment of bishops has long been a concern to the Vatican. The Vatican statement said that the envoys discussed that issue and "various aspects of the presence and the life of the Catholic Church."

VATICAN CITY —Any baptized Christian should recognize the importance of water, not just as a symbol, but as a truly life-giving commodity, Pope John Paul II said.

In a message marking the Oct. 16 observation of World Food Day, the pope praised the U.N. 's Food and Agriculture Organization for calling people's attention to the importance of water for human life.

In his message, Pope John Paul said that, despite widespread proclamations of respect for human dignity and for the right to life, "the world tragically remains divided between those who live in abundance and those who are lacking even what is essential for their everyday sustenance."

The right to access to clean water must be internationally recognized , he said, and clean water must never be allowed to become the patrimony of a few.

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Look ing f or God in the 'story of our lives '

By Patrick Joyce "If God is your co-pilot, switch seats," Dominican Sister Christine Wilcox said , quoting from a bumper sticker with a message that matched the theme of her keynote talk at Fall Fest Oct. 19.

Individual sessions of the annual conference for young adults would deal with the main theme - "God: A Reall y Big Issue" — Sister Christine, said, so she would tackle the sub-theme "Where is God in the Story of Our Lives?"

"Is God absent from the world? Is God absent from our lives? A lot of people have been asking in the past year, 'Where is God?'" Sister Christine , director of Young Adult Ministry for the Archdiocese, said.

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Her answer was that peop le are not looking in the right places.

"When I tell stories of my life," Sister Christine said, f "I am usuall y the main character in my life. I am what the story is a b o u t . . . my life, my story. . . . This narcissism I UJ is exactly what keeps me from recognizing God in the Iy *' o story of my life. When we go to prayer, when we go to Mass , we bring ourselves with us - and we are ri ght to do . ^ so . . . When , thoug h, do we let God pray to us? When u >was the last time you sat down and listened to God to o speaking to you." .I.!: H X 4 "If we truly understand God as our main character, if !J 8^ we understand that God is present in all things , truly incarnate in this world , we burn with God' s love, we will Sister Christine Wilcox: 'When was the last time you sat down and listened to God speaking to you? be empowered to move forward. . . . because love which what recognizing God creates in us - cannot be "God wants desperately to be present with us in our Once that happens , she said, human lives change, quotcontained. It must be spread, and spreading love takes lives, so much so that God became flesh and joins us in our ing from the author, Annie Dillard: "After someone experiover our lives." journey in a radically physical way. . . . God walked the ences God in their lives , a glimpse was given them of God , Too often , she said, people do not seem to be looking earth for about 33 years. He ate and drank and talked and inexplicably and by some unimaginable mechanism, peohard for God. Father Ron Rolheiser, whose syndicated col- then died like us." ple of various cultures, all turn to aiding and serving the umn appeals in Catholic San Francisco, puts it tins way, In the story of creation, the fall and redemption , she afflicted and the poor." she said: said, too often , "Sin is the main character, not God. " In the Gospel for the weekend, Sister Christine said, ". . . one does not see much evidence that anyone is "God still loves us and loves us , and you know what? Jesus speaks of the image of Caesar on a coin and says, actually all that interested in God. We are interested in God really likes us. God likes us so much God put skin on "Give to Caesar what is Caesar's." virtue, justice , a proper way of life and perhaps even in and came to walk with us, to help us understand that God "Who is marked with the inscription and image of building communities for worship, support and justice . . . " loves us, God likes us."

God?" she said, "All humans have been made in the image but not in the "love and gratitude that stem from a person"I know God likes us when I am trying . . . You get of God. We participate in our daily lives as icons of God al relationshi p with a living God. points for trying. If Peter and all those other disciples were a picture that points to God." "God is not only absent from our marketplaces, he is jud ged on how well they got it , would we really be here "We were bom to make manifest the glory of God that also frequently absent fro m our religious activities." today. We build on the attempts of our ancestors in faith." is within us. It 's not just in some of us - it 's in everyone.

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Father Vitale received the sentence for his actions during a "School of the Americas" protest at Fort Benning, Ga., last year. Protesters charge that the leaders of Latin American death squads have been trained at the U.S. Army school.

The expression of support came in a letter signed by Father Richard S. Deitch , chair of the Council of Priests. The text of the letter follows: The Council of Priests celebrates with you on the occasion of the dedication of the newly restored St. Boniface Church and new community facilities. We also wish to express our support and solidarity to you as you present yourself to prison authorities to serve your term that was imposed on you because of your stand for the cause of justice.

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course , he said. Two such categories are love and happ iness , he explained.

There are four categories of love; affection , friendshi p, erotic love and Agape. He said all are important and desirable , but only with "unselfish love for the other , for who they are in and of themselves (A g a p e ) . . . do we enter into unity. Onl y Agape sustains forgiveness , compassion and care for the marg inalized."

Mother Teresa picking up hundreds of dying poor, did not have time or likel y inclination , for excited affection , meaning ful friendshi p or romantic interest in those she served , he explained . But Agape sustained her and gave her joy, he said. "She was not stuck with Agape. She is the master of Agape." ¦ Similarly, he explained the pro-life movement can make progress b y living in and showing others to the hi gher form s of happ iness. The hi ghest happ iness comes fro m "a life of unconditional , perfect , unrestricted love . . the joy of being involved in something of eternal significance , in the project of God." Living for and showing peop le to the highest forms of happiness can have a profound effect in "healing the culture ," he said.

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"Th e Golden Rule ," or ethical maximalism , to which Christians are called is broader and more extreme than the silver rule.

Not onl y are Christians called not . to do bad things to their neighbors , but they are required to do all the good things we would have them do unto us , he said. The golden rule , presumes belief in the silver rule, he said. "If the silver rule falls , the golden rule falls. " While maleficence against the unborn exists, "Every other issue remains in a quandary," he said.

This undermining of cultural ethics also strikes at personal ideals , Father Spitzer explained. "What becomes legal becomes normative , and what becomes normative becomes moral," he said.

Father Spitzer assured the assembled that despite his passion and warnings , he was optimistic about the chances for preventing a cultural collapse. "What can we do about? ," he asked. "Point it out ," he said.

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By Patrick Joyce 'The Catholic vision is a long way from being operative in the Legislature or by the governor," Ned Dolesji, executive director of the California Catholic Conference told the annual Respect Life Conference at St. Mary's Cathedral, and the future looks worse.

This year abortion advocates managed to get their major legislati on enacted into law, and the November election will probabl y move the Legislature 's opposition to the prolife agenda "a slight notch up," Dolesji said.

Many legislators want to "privatize religion , no public voice for the Churc h . . . we have no ri ght to be who we are in the public arena - if you take the king 's money, you have to do it the king ' s way."

On abortion , Dolesji said, "We are really up against it." Next year, he said, abortion advocates will push legislation "to require Catholic hospitals to do contraceptive procedures and abortions.

"We are going to need a lot of voices involved ," he said.

While abortion advocates oppose conscience clauses for Catholics , they are seeking for themselves an exemption to the legal requirement that they report cases of child abuse.

This shows "how totall y irresponsible and unconscionable the proponents of abortion are," he said. "This is about rape and child abuse , not abortion."

brighter but the future hinges on the results of congressional races, Ryan Coiner of the National Committee for Human Life Amendment , told the conference.

The Republican majority House "fends to be pro-life" and the Democratic-majority Senate does not, Coiner said. That means some pro-life bills pass and some anti-life bills do not , he said.

One example is the passage this summer of a bill protecting babies who are born alive during an abortion. In addition , the House has passed bills banning partial birth abortions and human cloning.

Coiner also saw signs of hope in polls showing that more Americans are pro-life - a recent poll showed Americans equally divided at 46 percent, he said, - and in the passage of many pro-life laws by slate legislatures.

The picture is much different in California.

Dolesji, the chief lobbyist for the state 's Catholic bishops , pointed out that Governor Davis signed into law a bill , SB 1301, that "enshrines the concepts" of the Roe vs. Wade U.S. Supreme Court decision in Californi a law.

The bill was designed to keep abortion legal in California even if the Roe decision was overturned by the U.S. Supreme Court or by Congress.

Until now, abortion has been legal in California. With the enactment of this law, "it becomes the public policy of the state ," he said.

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They also want "to allow a child to leave the school campus for contraceptive or abortion counseling without the parents ' knowledge." This is not only an abortion issue, Dolesji said but "a family issue, a parents rights issue."

"We have to keep our voice going. We need you to speak up. We have to talk to our friends. Most Califomians don ' t know what 's going on We have to create a political climate to allow discussion to begin... We need to work with the Latino leadership. We have to spend a lot of time in prayer."

The church' s agenda focuses on "life, family and justice," he said.

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"good hope for the future" on the issue of imposing the death penalty on mentally retarded murderers. A bill that would have enacted a ban failed to pass this year but similar legislation may pass next year, he said.

Until now, a majority of Catholics have mirrored the rest of the population in their support for the death penalty, Dolesji said, but that is changing. "Now Catholics are shifting away, thanks to the pope and bishops."

Dolesji expects proponents of assisted suicide to push legislation next year. One of their goals is to remove the distinction between giving drugs to relieve pain and to cause death.

They also want assisted suicide to be considered as part of a "continuum of care" for the ill.

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Warm place for women after abortion Project Rachel , a post-abortion counseling program , offers women "a warm place to come. They need light , they need truth ," Rita Widegren , a Project Rachel mentor and nurse, told the conference.

Ms. Widegren said she first became aware of the need for such counseling while working as a Birthri ght volunteer.

As she spoke to a woman about abortion , the woman "began to weep and said, 'That happened to me. '" "Society tells us with abortion you become a nonparent ," she said. "What you become is the parent of a dead child."

As a nurse, Ms. Widegren said, she has met women in their 80s who suddenly begin to talk to her about having had an abortion. "They have carried it with them all these years," she said.

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The woman designed "a beautiful liturgy for her baby and placed a leaf on the tree of life at Holy Cross Cemetery in memory of her child," Ms. Widegren said.

"Now she is able to celebrate her motherhood , her child. She 's able to help others who are trapped in that very dark place."

The Respect Life Conference was sponsored by the Archdiocesan Office of Public Policy and Social Concerns, the Respect Life Program and the Respect Life Commission.

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Fine, try it for a few years. But in the meantime Rome will be watching. And if there is an aval anche of appeals by priests, that will have to be taken into consideration ," said one source in a Vatican congregation.

Reportedl y backed by Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re, head of the Congregation for Bishops , this idea of conditional approval was referred to internall y as the "Italian solution ," reflecting that country 's traditional skill at finding the middle ground .

That approach eventuall y was rejected , mainl y because it was seen as postponing an inevitable reckoning on important points of church law. "In the end , people here said: If we know what the problems are, why should we put off facing them for a year or two? Why not do it now?" said one Vatican official.

A two-page letter from Cardinal Re voiced strong sup port for the bishops ' efforts to respond to the sex abuse crisis, but said the Vatican saw possible areas of confusion and questions of interpretation in the norms.

Cardinal Re described three problem areas in general terms; Bishop Wilton D. Gregory of Belleville , III., president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops , gave more specific examples in his statement: Cardinal Re said the norms and the charter contain provisions that "in some aspects are difficult to reconcile with the universal law of the church. " Bishop Gregory said an example was the proper role of review boards, which are to be established in every diocese. Although these were envisioned as consultative bodies, Vatican officials are concerned that bishops mi ght be held accountable to these boards; they say that would be an unacceptable infringement on the bishop 's authority.

Cardinal Re said the terminology of the norms and the

charter was "at times vague or imprecise and therefore difficult to interpret."

Bishop Gregory said an example was the term "sexual abuse." The U.S. bishops ' charter said sex abuse "need not be a complete act of intercourse" and cited a definition that said sexual abuse of children need not involve physical or genital contact. Vatican officials fear that this is too ambiguous and relies too much on subjective feelings of a victim to define the crime.

Cardinal Re said that "questions also remain concerning the concrete manner in which the procedures outlined in the norms and charter are to be app lied in conjunction with the requirements of the Code of Canon Law" and with Pope John Paul IPs 2001 apostolic letter, "Sacramentorum sanctitatis tutela ," which gave to the Vatican's doctrinal congregation oversight on cases of clerical sex abuse against minors .

Bishop Gregory said an examp le of the Vatican 's concern in this area would be the procedures for dealing with a priest who is known to have abused a minor. The U.S. bishops' plan says that a priest who has committed any act of sexual abuse against a minor — past , present or future — is to be permanentl y removed from the active ministry. It also sets dismissal from the priesthood as a standard penalty, even against a priest 's will , but allows for some exceptions.

In one sense, the Vatican official said , the joint commission underlines Rome's wish to work in sync with the U.S. bishops on this issue — even if it takes a while to nail down the details. The question now is, how deep will the revisions cut?

If it 's a matter of adding a statute of limitations, tightening up the definition of sex abuse and clarifying the language on review boards, the bishops could emerge with the key elements of the sex abuse policy still intact.

If the Vatican wants to change the basic thrust of the policy — which foresees permanent removal from priestl y ministry for a single act of abuse against a minor — then the bishops will have some tough explaining to do to the Catholic faithful in the United States.

One of the more subtle questions the commission will face is how to harmonize the U.S. bishops ' policy with elements of Pope John Paul IPs apostolic letter in 2001 on the same problem.

The pope 's letter reserved to the Vatican's doctrinal congregation oversight on all cases of priestl y sex abuse against minors. The doctrinal congregation in turn set up distinct procedures for bishops to follow , favoring churchconducted trials over administrative short-cuts in dealing with offenders .

But the papal letter has not been implemented in the United States; for months , Vatican and U.S. church officials said Ihe question of its application to U.S. cases was still being studied , because U.S. bishops had previousl y been given special exemptions from church law on such cases.

After the sex abuse scandal mushroomed in the United States, the bishops came up with their own new policy, which adopted some stricter penalties but without the emphasis on the church-ru n trials foreseen by the Vatican .

As a result , some at the Vatican remain troubled that so soon after the pope moved to centralize the handling of priestly sex abuse cases, the U.S. bishops went in a somewhat different direction.

The pope 's own role in all this has confirmed a hallmark of his governing style: a willingness to delegate important tasks to trusted subordinates. Vatican sources said the pope was "kept informed" about the Vatican's delicate discussions on the U.S. bishops ' norms this fall, but was not directly involved in the review process.

When top officials of the U.S. bishops ' conference met with the pontiff Oct. 17, they did not discuss the norms with him in any detail. Bishop Gregory told reporters he assumed the pope had great confidence in the curial officials who handled the issue.

Bishop Gregory also seemed to go out of Ins way to praise curial officials for their "profound pastoral sensitivity," their "exceptional spirit of fraternity " and their willingness to help the U.S. bishops.

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By Evelyn Zappia On Oct. 17, the San Francisco Police Department buried an icon, and the Catholic Church lost a respected example, former San Francisco Police Chief Thomas Joseph Cahill.

Bagpipes wailed when Chief Cahill's U.S. flag-covered coffin was carried into St. Mary 's Cathedral , one hundred police officers stood at attention , and the San Francisco Mounted Police guarded the great legacy that the former Chief put into place while on the San Francisco Police force from 1942 to 1970.

Chief Cahill's Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated by his nephew, Jesuit Father Daniel J. Sullivan , who said the Mass was "a final tribute to a great man, who like St. Paul, 'fought the good fight, ran the race, and kept the faith.'"

Bom in Chicago in 1910, Thomas Cahill and his family moved back to Ireland when he was two years old. "His Catholic faith was instilled in him in his earliest days," said Father Sullivan. On his return to the U.S. in 1930, his nephew said, "Uncle Tom was familiar with Catholic persecution . . . he embraced and deeply respected the freedom of this country and dedicated his life to public service."

Longtime parishioner of San Francisco's Epiphany Church, Mr. Stan Cordes, remembers the chief's "powerful handshake and deep voice," when the then Deputy Chief swore him in as a police sergeant in 1953. "He spoke to me then of the importance of being an officer with integrity,"

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"He was a great leader," said Mr. Cordes, referring to Cahill's 12-year-tenure as chief. He introduced to the Police Department, the Police-Community Relations Program, the Police Cadet Program, the Tactical Crime Prevention Squads, and the Canine Unit.

Also, under the Chief's supervision , San Francisco 's new Hall of Justice was opened in 1961. It was renamed in his honor in 1994, an event which police officials state to be Chief Cahill's "most treasured honor. ' In 1965, Chief Cahill was appointed to serve on President Johnson 's Commission on Law Enforcement. In 1968, he addressed the FBI graduating class, and was introduced by FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover as "the greatest police administrator in America," according to police officials. In 1969, he served as President of the International Association of Chiefs of Police. He retired from the police force in 1970.

Chief Cahill , a graduate of the University of San Francisco received the institution 's Professional Achievement Award in 1997, and in 2000, the Hibemia Newman Club named him Hibernian of the Year.

"Throug h thick and thin Tom's humble faith , his simple faith grounded him in ethics, morality and great integrity," said Father Sullivan. "I can hear Tom say how much he appreciates the presence of the people here today. . . . I can hear him say, '1 could never have achieved all that I have without you. This is the greatest country in the ¦ KAREN¦ M. Z. MITCHELL ¦

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"I will miss him greatly," said his cousin, Amy Glennon, who had her three-year-old-son, Andrew, by her side. "He was a fabulous man, a great man," said the parishioner of Daly City's Our Lady of Mercy Parish. "I will miss all his stories, his police stories, but more importantly the family stories, where he kept the family history alive for all . ^ ^ Forraci Police Chiefs r Frank Jordan and Anthony Ribera honored Chief Cahill as pall bearers.

The interment was at Holy Cross Cemetery, followed by a reception at the San Francisco Police Department Range on John Muir Drive.

Chief Cahill is survived by his wife Elizabeth Marie, his children Elizabeth Maguire , Tom, John , and Edmond Cahill , children-in-law Jack Maguire, Sally, JoAnn and Theresa Cahill, stepchildren JoAnn de la Torre Cahill, Roberta Mulholland (Bud) and Elizabeth Holden , grandchildren Jim , Margaret, Michael , Tom, Shannon, Cathleen, Christine, John , and Tom, and great grandchildren.

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aver the next weeks, Rabbi Panitz began teaching about Islam. Thoug h far from an expert on the subject, he had studied the teachings of Islam and knew enoug h to conduct a series of workshops on WASHINGTON (CNS) — For a group of clerthe faith, emphasizing that mainstream Muslims gy speaking at the Capitol Sept. 25, the anniverM not support terrorism or think their faith called sary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks was a time to For it. recall their own struggles and challenges as minis"The attitude on the ship was, 'This is war ters to victims and survivors of the attacks and to against Islam,'" he exp lained. "We needed those members of the military stationed far from home. workshops to explain Islamic teachings. " In a program sponsored by the Faith and Imam Talib Abdur-Rashid , of the Mosque of , the Rev. Stuart Hoke an Politics Institute , Islamic Brotherhood in New York and a chap lain Episcopal priest who is executive assistant to the to the New York Police Department , found himself rector at Trinity Parish on Wall Street , described doing much the same thing last fall , educating the immediate demands on him at the church , Americans about the realities of Islam , he told the located a few hundred yards from the World Trade Faith and Politics Institute .

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In Washington , the Rev. Jeffrey Haggray, execWithin minutes of the aircraft hitting the towers utive director of the D.C. Baptist Convention , that Tuesday morning, Rev. Hoke said, people focused on channeling people 's fears and grief. began stre aming into Trinity. He hasti ly organized Volunteers, money and other gifts flowed into an impromptu prayer service, which had been churches as people tried to find a way to express going on for about 40 minutes when the first tower their concern, he explained. fell.

"As our late teacher often said, Islam is the "It was a sound like nothing I'd ever heard," he most misunderstood g lobal faith in America ," he told the gathering of congressional employees and said. others with a role in politics or religion. People in .

The Rev. Myrna Bethke , a Methodist minister the churc h — just 125 yards from the tower — crawled under pews and began choking on the ash from Freehold, N.J., told of losing her younger and smoke being pulled in by the air-conditioning brother, Bill , in the World Trade Center. w :-: "I had to be both pastor and parishioner," she system. said.

Rev. Hoke was reading from the Beatitudes al the time, and the next line of the Scripture was In the last year, she said she has channeled her 2 o grief through a survivors ' group focusing on "love your enemy, and pray for those who perseE cute you." Even without knowing who was responpeaceful response and with a visit to Afghanistan. sible for events that morning, the congregation There, the "interweaving of lives" of Af ghans a, realized the passage held particular meaning, he in and Americans particularly struck her, she said.

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Meanwhile, in Arlington, Va., Army chaplain ing their flag in the United States, Afghans proudKathy Trant consoles her son Alex at a ceremony to pay tribute to the Father Rick Spencer was assigned to the Pentagon ly waved their newly reclaimed flag everywhere victims of the World Trade Center disaster in New York , Sept. 11. last Sept. 11. He became part of the team working she visited, she said. with the mortuary crew, hel p ing to identif y Alex ' s father, Daniel Trant, was a Cantor Fitzgerald emp loyee Other parallels struck her: the children born to remains of those killed and pray ing over bodies women whose husbands died in the attacks on the killed in the terrorist attacks on the twin towers. before they were removed from the crash site.

United States and in the attacks to root out the "I've seen many kinds of death before ," he said, Taliban in Afghanistan; and the similar struggles young, old, peaceful , tragic, when death was embraced Mediterranean last September, stationed on a ship that was of survivors in New York as they handed over material for and when it was resisted." just coming back from a di plomacy mission in the Dead DNA testing of remains and of Afghan children who list"At the Pentagon it was different ," Father Spencer said. Sea. With a ship full of sailors far from home at a time of ed numerous relatives who had been killed.

"Usually a death brings some kind of closure, but in this crisis, Rabbi Panitz found himself looking for ways to As reminders of those similarities , she keeps two small case it was absent. These deaths did not say to us, 'move defuse some of the tension and shipboard fervor to "get pieces of rubble — one from the World Trade Center and on.'" even" with the attackers. one from the ruins of a palace in Kabul , the capital of Navy chaplain Rabbi Jonathan Panitz was in the On his own ship and then in several other locations Af ghanistan .

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moments of joy and in moments of difficulty," he wrote. "In it I have always found comfort. " VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The rosary has Just two weeks after his election to the "a peaceful effect on those who pray it," leadpapacy in 1978, he said, "I frankl y admitted: ing them to see the face of Christ in others, to 'The rosary is my favorite prayer. '" And, he recognize other 's grief and suffering and to said , "thinking back over the difficulties yearn to make the world "more beautiful , which have also been part of my exercise of more just , more closel y conformed to God's the Petrine ministry, I feel the need to say once more, as a warm invitation to everyone p lan ," Pope John Paul II said.

Pope John Paul marked the 24th anniverto experience it personall y: The rosary does indeed 'mark the rhythm of human life, ' sary of his election Oct. 16 by signing the apostolic letter, "Rosarium Virginis Mariae " bring ing it into harmony with the ' rhythm ' of God' s own life. " ("The Rosary of the Virgin Mary") during his "Today 1 willingly entrust to the power of weekl y general audience and declaring a Year this prayer ... the cause of peace in the world of the Rosary through next October. and the cause of the famil y, " he wrote.

The pope acknowledged "a certain crisis of the rosary " marked by a failure to teach the The rosary, he said, is and always has been a prayer of and for the family. Reciting the prayer to children and by a suspicion — suprosary draws families together with the Hol y ported by some theologians — that it is outFamily, bringing their hopes and concerns to dated , superstitious or anti-ecumenical . In God and focusing their attention on images response , he asked Catholics not only to recite from the life of Christ , rather than fro m telethe prayer frequentl y but also to defend the rosary against contemporary critics. </CA> vision , he said. ol Focusing on the practical , Pope John Paul Especiall y after "the terrif ying attacks " of said that while reciting the rosary involves Sept. 11 , 2001 , he said, the revival of the repetition its goal is contemp lation and conrosary can be a valuable part of Catholics ' o efforts for peace.

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— "Hi s self-manifestation at the wedding of Cana. " Pope John Paul also suggested peop le read a Scripture passage related to each mystery, not — "His proclamation of the kingdom of God with his call to conversion. " as a way of recalling information "but of allowing God to speak."

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Too often when reciting the rosary, he said, people forget that an essential part of contem— His institution of the Eucharist.

Pope John Paul also shared his own special affection for the Marian prayer and offered plative prayer is silence; reciting the rosary alone or with a group of people, it is appropriate suggestions for how people can pray the rosary better. "The rosary has accompanied me in to pause silently after the reading of each mystery.

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By Pa t ricia Zapor Catholic News Service WASHINGTON (CNS) — Jesuit Father Richard T. McSorley, a theologian , peace activist, and author of eight books on social justice and pacifism, died Oct. 17 at Georgetown University Hospital. He was 88 and had coronary artery disease.

Though retired fro m teaching after 24 years on Georgetown University 's faculty, Father McSorley continued as director of the university 's Center for Peace Studies until his death.

Born in Philadel p hia in 1914, Richard T. McSorley Jr., was one of 15 children , eight of whom entered religious life as priests or nuns. He entered the Society of Jesus at 18 and graduated from Woodstock College in Maryland with a degree in philosophy.

He had not yet been ordai ned when he was sent to the Philippines to teach in southern Luzon. In 194 1, a few days after the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, he and his fellow Jesuits were taken prisoner by the Jap anese. They remained in prison camps in the Philippines until American troops arrived in 1945.

In a 1995 interview, he told The Catholic Standard & Times , newspaper of the Philadelphia Archdiocese, that unlike their Filipino counterparts the Jesuits were not particularly mistreated by their Japanese captors. But he described grim deprivation and near-starvation conditions.

Upon his return to the United States, Father McSorley was ordained in 1946.

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Doris has a client who never fails to mention th at he Rommel said he returned to the church for a sense of believes in God. She says he is a good person and has community, but most important, "I' ve looked at the way The desire to belong to a community of believers and his own philosop hy about God. She thinks he is pretty I' ve lived my life so far and I haven't really gotten anya dissatisfaction with the offerings of a secular culture typ ical of many young adults; searching, but as regards where. So I' m going back."

Natalie agreed , "I'm not in this life by myself. We do are two common attitudes among participants in last church involvemen t, "I don ' t think they give it a Jot of weekend' s Fall Fest. thought." Many people try to go it alone, she said, but have a divine being to help us and guide us and give morals and a value system."

The all day event at the University of San Francisco she does not find that totally satisfying.

She and others said that church scandal s, having reliLianni Castro of St. Basil's parish in Vallejo and brought together more than 300 young adults , mostl y single people in their 20s and 30s, from around the Bay gion thrust upon you in childhood and other sources of Valerie Gatchalian of San Louis Obisp o are both stuArea to share faith , pray, socialize and attend work- alienation keep people away. As a searcher, though, dents at Dominican University of San Rafael. They are Doris has gone to other churches and found that "Every both active in the campus ministry group there , shops geared to young adult Catholics.

Students Promoting Dominic an Ideals (SPDI).

Catholic San Francisco interviewed a number of church has problems. People sin."

Lianni is a Music major and is involved in junior them , and while they expressed vary ing levels of satisShe 's found a home in Catholicism , thoug h , because, "It 's a deep reli- high ministry at St. Hilary 's in Tiburon. She also sees faction with the institutional 's very old and a big*~> trend toward a more serious engagement with church , all shared a convicgion and o 'o — a*^»^ greatittraditi ^^^k £ God. "A lot of older students are not very spiritual , but has a on." tion that young adults of this year 's freshman class is so faith need a sense of commu_ nity. Many said that while y » W^ll x sPi"tua ^ '" sne sa 'd- She thinks many young people are in need the church was not doing enoug h to support single of God and the church , but Ij JP don 't fully understan d what young adults, they still found they have to offer. the church the best harbor in "A lot of young people don 't realize that an un-welcoming secular God is forgiving and is unconditional love," world. she said. "They just think there are a lot of "Most parish activities are rules and if you believe in God , then family oriented and a lot of there 's a lot of things you can 't do . . , young adults can feel alienThey think 'if I don 't believe in God then ated or out of place in that that means I can just go party and do whatsetting, " said Natalie ever I w ant. '" r Zorovic , a church choir "Society is saying the bad things are cool ," director from Danville. "We Valerie , a nursing major, said, "so being in church need the church and we need is hard because the culture is not embracing it . . . one another to worship," she Society doesn 't embrace the good that the church prosaid. "We can pray at home motes, so the youth are just losing out on something and that 's great, but there's Rommel Pasion fro m good. " something about pray ing Brentwood said "there are Role models provide a false hope of what is fulfilltogether that is better."

Catholic Young Adults of Alameda and events like scandals and other things which discredit the church. ing and a stuff y image of people of faith they said.

Fall Fest and World Youth Day "fill a big gap" in offer- People ask, 'wh y do I have to believe what they say?'" Lianni says th at's a negativ e image, "When you cening support to young adults , she said. "It gives me a This is a legitimate response , but he thinks it is often ter yourself around God , there are things that you cover for the desire to "kind of modify it (church teach - choose not to do . , . but it's because there ' s something sense of hope that there are people like me around. " better. " Dori s Loura of San Leandro has been involved in ing) to your own convenience."

"I don 't think people know how much the church Rommel said he grew up Catholic, "but I' ve been a young adult ministry since she was 26. She said "a lot of people are looking at God more and thinking about non-practicing Catholic for a long time." He and others really embraces life . . . It seems more real than anyGod more." She thinks this is good, but says that it mentioned many things which keep the church in the thing else I' ve experienced ," Valerie said.

"I first started going to church because of young peodoesn ' t necessarily translate into a specific faith com- background; media attitudes , cultural role models, the mitment. "Peop le believe in God, but don 't see a need busyness of modern life, bad experiences with church ple in my parish," Lianni said, "But I keep going because of God." upbringing and the temptations of the secular world. to go to church ," she said.

By Jack Smith

Natalie Zorovic

Valerie Gatchalian

Rommel Pasion

Doris Loura

Lianni Castro

J_ CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO Crime, pu nishment, and redemption Last week, Governor Gray Davis rejected parole for Jerilyn Becker. In doing so, Governor Davis not only ignored the pleas of Ms. Becker 's supporters - from a dozen state legislators, a bishop, nuns and more than 1,000 others - but he also overruled the recommendation of the state parole board.

In fact when it comes to people convicted or murder, the parole board mighl as well stop holding hearings. Since Mr. Davis became governor, the board has recommended parole for 144 of those prisoners. The governor has rejected 142 of those recommendations.

Jeri Becker 's battle for freedom was first told by Catholic San Francisco staff writer Sharon Abercrombie July 26. The facts in that story presented a compelling argument that Ms. Becker should be paroled, after 22 years in prison. She has not only behaved herself in prison but she has worked hard to help her fellow inmates.

No one - including Ms. Becker - minimizes her crime. In 1980, she participated in the murder of Sausalito drug dealer Rickey Caponio. While her boyfriend fired the fatal shot, a jury determined that Ms. Becker had planned the crime. She was convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to 25 years to life in prison.

Twenty-two years ago, Jeri Becker, who was bom and raised a Catholic, had become a longtime drug addict with one goal in mind: to get her hands on some heroin. In the process, a man was murdered.

Twenty-two years is a long time. By all accounts, the Jeri Becker of 2002 is a very different person from the 28 year old drug addict of 1980.

Over those years, Ms. Becker has been a 12-step program facilitator, literacy coach, choir director and counselor for her fellow inmates at the women's prison in Corona, her "home" for 22 years. She has "proven herself by what she has done for other women," says Carondelet Sister Suzanne Steffens, an advocate for women prisoners.

Arlene Goetze, a Catholic activist and editor of Network for Women 's Spirituality newspaper, has published Ms. Becker 's writings and lobbied for her release. "You can fake a religious conversion," Ms. Goetze says, "but you cannot fake the kind of authentic spirituality that permeates Jeri's writing and lifestyle."

Among the more than 1,000 people who had appealed for Ms. Becker 's release were Auxiliary Bishop Richard Garcia of Sacramento and Jesuit Father Thomas Rausch of Loyola Marymount College.

Hard-liners often dismiss this sort of religious advocacy as soft-hearted and misguided. They have a harder time dealing with E. Warren McGuire, who also called for Ms. Becker 's release, saying she is "the most successfully rehabilitated inmate I have ever come across." It was Judge McGuire, now retired, who sentenced Ms. Becker to 25 years to life in 1980.

In rejecting the parole board recommendation, Gov. Davis also rejected an appeal from a dozen Democratic state legislators. In a letter to the governor, they said, "Her case is an example of how a person addicted to drugs can come to terms with her crime and overcome her addiction to become a productive member of society. However, she will not be able to fully demonstrate her ability to be productive unless you allow her to be released."

None of this matters to Gov. Davis. The Governor seems stuck back in 1980. In rejecting the parole board's recommendation, he spoke of Ms. Becker 's "callousness" - probably a quite accurate description of the drug addict who took part in a murder in 1980. The governor also cited Ms. Becker's failures at drug rehabilitation in the 1970s as an indication that, after 22 years without drugs, she might become a threat to society.

Governor Davis describes himself as a Catholic. It 's a puzzling description. His unwavering and even enthusiastic support for abortion make it clear that he rejects the church's teaching on the sanctity of innocent human life.

And he has consistently ignored the anti-death penalty pleas of California 's bishops.

The governor clearly understands the concepts of crime and punishment.

No one denies that he has held to a hard-line on crime throughout his tenure as governor.

What the governor doesn 't understand is the central belief of the Catholic Church: redemption. Catholics believe in sin, certainly, and in punishment for sin. But, as Sister Christine Wilcox said at Fall Fest last week the main character in the history of our salvation is not sin, but God. The story doesn 't end with Adam and Eve being driven from Paradise. It continues through the centuries, climaxing in the dying and rising of our Savior. And it continues today.

Catholics believe in redemption. With God's help, we can change - and we do. Jeri Becker has demonstrated that she has changed - just ask Judge McGuire and 1,000 other people. We can only hope that Governor Davis will change.

PJ.

inaccurate hit piece saying that the last affordable housing bond fell far short of its The article in the Catholic San Francisco promises. The opposition purposefully does (Oct. 11), concerning the matter of eliminating not count any of TNDC's current 1,600 units homosexuals from the seminaries and priest- since they were rehabs of formerly uninhabhood is upsetting. itable buildings rather than new construction The concern of the Congregation for from the ground up.

Catholic Education should be on die matter of It needs to be noted that our SRO units for chastity among ministers not their sexual ori- the very poor are about $300 a month while the entation. market rate (even on lovely 6th Street) is $600 Chaste ministers, whether bishop, priest, - $800!! Additionally, TNDC and other nonbrother, monk, sister or laity serving the people profit housers agree to keep rents affordable of God should be their concern, not their God for 50 - 99 years, depending on the funding given gender or sexual orientation. program. So, our acquisition means they are The leaders should seek for ways to now maintained, cared for long-term and with include , not exclude, those who yearn to bring very low rents for decades to come.

Jesus' good news of his love for all.

If we are going to take the pressure off The closing of doors to truth seekers is rents and mortgage costs and reduce homenot the way to God's kingdom. lessness, we must build and/or preserve more Emmet Purcell housing, increasing the housing supply is a Woodside good thing. Stimulating the economy and building more housing for our future is an important thing.

Too worldly response Thanks to Archbishop Levada Fr. Lorenzoni's letter in your Proposition B. As one for endorsing for me helpful October 4 issue was very n who uses these funds , I urge you to to clarify my opinion on the priest sex vote yes on B as our city needs more scandal in the Catholic Church. I think housing. And since next I'll hear that, that the worldly political legal powers as the Executive Director of TNDC, I y conducting a witch hunt are reall benefit by passing the Housing Bond, against the Catholic Church. They have I want to say that we all benefit when bullied and mtimidated the hierarchy of groups like TNDC help house our the Church to draft that document in very low-income citizens and save Dallas last June that is more worldly them and us from even more sad than Christian in it thrust. It does not chaos on our city streets and in our take into account the processes of repenprison and jails. tance and reconciliation that are part of Bro. Kelly Cullen, O.F.M. the Christian message.

The victims who experienced sexExecutive Director ual assaults from priests and the priests Tenderloin Neighborhood who were guilty of such assaults all Development Corporation have the same Lord. All need to return to the same Lord who will forgive them Ope n letter to and purify them. For the victims for their own eternal destiny it is necessary Gov. Davis to forgive those who trespassed against We, the undersigned members of them. For the sinners it is necessary to die St. Patrick's Seminary community, seek forgiveness for the trespasses. wish to express our disappointment in The worldly legal powers in your approval of SB 253, authorizing California have suspended the statute of the expansion of embryonic stem-cell limitations against the Catholic Church research in the State of California. As and have subpoenaed records and files Catholic priests, seminarians, religious, of the Church going back decades. It and laity, we seek to uphold the digniseems these state powers have little ty of human life at every stage, from regard for their own sacred rule of 'sepconception to natural death; legislation aration of church and state.' Is not their such as this denies such dignity and intrusion into the private fdes of the advances what Pope John Paul II has church a flagrant violation of the separation of descnbed as the "culture of death." church and state?

Other forms of stem-cell research that do Joe Trevors not rely on the destruction of human life have Hercules shown great promise in producing treatments for many debilitating and life-threatening disProp . B endorsement eases without raising ethical concerns.

I was very happy to see the We hope that you will reconsider your Archbishop's strong support for Proposition decision and promote promising medical B - the Housing Bond. Passing Prop. B is research that we can all live with. traly important as it will increase the housing Father Gerald Coleman, S.S. supply and take some of the pressure off our Father Timothy Cusick, S.S. high housing costs.

Ulysses D'Aquila Prop. B will also allow for the development and preservation of many thousands Obligation in Iraq more units, all of which are desperately needIt has not been proven that Saddam ed, especially by the low-income residents of Hussein poses a direct or imminent threat to our city. Prop. B will leverage many outside dollars and ultimately be about a billion dollars the United States. For this reason, Catholic San Francisco and the National Conference of of much needed economic activity and jobs.

The day after receiving the Catholic Bishops oppose a pre-emptive strike Archbishop's words, I was mailed a grossly on Iraq by the U.S. without United Nations approval. CSF and the Bishops are correct, an imminent threat has not been proven.

In 1941 America had no proof Japan was Letters welcome going to attack Pearl Harbor. On 911 we had Catholic San Francisco welcomes no proof that terrorists would hijack three airletters from its readers. Please: planes and destroy 3,000 human beings.

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Heeding the call to evangelize In Church circles today the word "evangelization " keeps coming up. Almost every document coming to us from Pope John Paul II speaks in one way or another about "evangelization". But what exactly does that mean to us ordinary Catholics? Let's take a look at it and see what we can do to become "evangelizing" Catholics.

What does evangelization mean? Evangelization is an ongoing endeavor to grow in our own faith and commitment to Jesus Christ; to share our faith with others and to invite them into our faith community, our parish; and to work with all people of good will to transform society with the values of Christ. Catholic evangelization is a gentle approach to awaken the Catholic spirit and welcome new members.

Let's break this definition down into small bites so that we can digest it: "An ongoing endeavor to grow in our own faith and commitment to Jesus Christ ": Most active Catholics are engaged in this endeavor.

We participate in the Sunday Eucharistic celebration on a regular basis, we pray regularly, we read articles about our faith and many of us attend Bible classes in our parish , are involved in Small Christian Communities, and even attend classes at the School of Pastoral Leadership. But the question is, is that enough?

"To share our faith with others and to invite them into our faith community, our parish": When you read this you might ask, "How can I do this?" Does this involve preaching, moralizing, or putting guilt trips on people because they have not been inside a church for a long time? No, rather it means taking a "gentle approach " in inviting a friend , a neighbor, a co-worker

or a relative who no longer practices the faith , to join you at a religious or parish celebration.

Perhaps your parish is planning a special celebration for Thanksgiving, or Christmas, or perhaps your family is planning to celebrate a baptism , a wedding anniversary or a special family celebration that involves a ceremony in church and you are wondering if you should invite "Cousin Jane or Joe", or your neighbor or co-worker to come because, after all , this person has not been to church in a number of years and you think it might not be appropriate to offer an invitation .

This could be what we might call an "evangelizing moment" in the life of this person, a special moment when you are helping someone to get in touch with the faith that has apparently been abandoned. We invite him/her back to share a "faith moment" with us. There are no "strings attached". We are simply issuing an invitation to come celebrate with us. When Christ evangelized He simply said, "Come and see". He did not say, come and see, or else this or that , will happen to you!

Our job is to invite the person to celebrate with us. The result is up to how that person responds to the grace of God. We are simply the conduit through which the grace of God flows. We may have to do this many times before the person actuall y begins to return to the Church.

The third part of our definition reads: "to work with all people of good will to transform society with the values of Christ." As Catholic Christians we have an obligation to "stand up and be counted" when Christian values are being transgressed in society. As for example, when our govern ment, local or otherwise , is trying to pass a law that goes against Christian values or someone at work is being treat-

ed in an unjust manner, we have an obligation to bring to bear the Chri stian perspective on the matter.

Pope Paul VI, in his document Evangelization in the Modern World (12-8-75) said: "We wish to confirm once more that the task of evangelizing people constitutes the essential mission of the Church. Evan gelization is in fac t the grace and vocation proper to the Church , her deepest identity. She exists in order to evangelize ."

These are very strong words. We, ordinary Catholics , are the Church, and therefore we have an obligation to be "evangelizing Catholics ". Now is the time to take this seriously and try to make God's presence felt as we seek to grow in our faith , to share that faith with others and to change our society.

The examples given above are just some ways in which we can be who we say we are. I am sure that you could come up with many more. How wonderful it would be if every Catholic reall y tried to share the "Good News" and be the type of Catholic that our Church expects us to be!

Sister Antonio Heaphy

This the first in a series of columns by Presentation Sister Antonio Heap hy, director of the Office of Evangelization of the Archdiocese of San Francisco.

Family Life

In time of trouble, turn to prayer The second week of October (known as Fleet Week here in San Francisco), the Blue Angels fly back and forth over our home many, many times while practicing their maneuvers for an annual Columbus Day weekend air show.

For years, my family has enjoyed this demonstration of the mi ght and skill of our armed forces. We pull out the binoculars and run outdoors when these masterful navy fighter pilots zoom overhead, and we pack a picnic and go to the beach for the air show. This year, however, the scream of those F-18s had a sobering effect on me.

"I keep thinking of mothers like me in Iraq who may soon be receiving visits from the U.S. military," I said to my children. "How terrifying those planes would be if we were under attack."

"I can't think of things like that," responded my younger son, a surprising reaction from a boy who spends countless happy hours reading war books and playing war games.

"But you must think of things like that," I insisted.

"We all must, if we are to be a self-respecting and self-governing people."

"But if everyone thought about it , nobody would go to war," he concluded; Oh, if onl y that were true. Unfortunatel y, there are people in this world who kill for power, gain , hatred , or even pleasure, and contemp lating the results of their actions does not inhibit them from doing evil.

Sometimes , it is to stop such men , that nations must go to war.

Our Presiden t has argued that Saddam Hussein is such a man , that he is a bloody tyrant helping terrorists and accumulating weapons in order to overrun his nei ghbors and attack the United States or her allies. Congress agrees with this analysis, and has handed over to the President the power to invade Iraq.

I do not doubt that Saddam Hussein plots evil against his neighbors and against us. Nevertheless , I tremble at the thought of a U.S. invasion , just as my window panes vibrate with each flyby of a fighter jet.

What Pandora 's Box of suffering will we open if we strike Iraq first? On the other hand, what further woe will Hussein bring into the world if he is not forced to

disarm now? Frankly, I do not know.

AH I am really sure of is that our country is in urgent need of prayer and that there is no more powerful method of family prayer than the Rosary.

I am neither knowledgeable enough nor smart enough to solve the problems of the Middle East , but I can beg God to solve them, and I can ask Our Lady to pray for President Bush and for Saddam Hussein , for the people of Iraq and for us.

Vivian W. Dudro

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

Sp irituality

The Eucharist: Not an abstraction but a touch A few years ago Brenda Peterson wrote a wonderful essay, "In Praise of Skin." In it, she tells how at one point in her life she was afflipted by painful skin rashes.

Like the woman with the hemorrhage in the Gospels , she tried every possible doctor but found no cure.

Medication after medication proved ineffective , and eventually the doctors ran out of things to try. The rash always came back.

One day her grandmother assessed her and pronounced a more ancient and accurate diagnosis: "Skin needs to be touched!" Her grandmother then began to give her regular skin massages and these did what the more sophisticated medicines couldn 't do. They cured her.

Peterson 's grandmother is ri ght: Skin needs to be touched!

God knows that better than anyone. It ' s wh y Jesus gave us the Eucharist. In the Eucharist skin gets touched. The Eucharist isn't abstract , a theological instruction , a creed , a moral precept , a philosophy, or even just an intimate word. It 's bodil y, an embrace , a kiss, something shockingly physical , the real presence

in a deeper way than even the old metaphysics imagined.

For whatever reasons, we tend to shy away from admitting how radicall y physical the Eucharist actually is.

St. Paul didn ' t share that fear. For him, the physical communion that takes place in the Eucharist , between us and Christ as well as among ourselves, is as real and radical as sexual union. Thus , for instance , he argues against sex outside of marriage by saying that our union with Christ and each other in the Body of Christ is so intimate and real that , in effect , we would prostitute that Body if we had illicit sex. Strong words. They 're predicated on a very earthy conception of the Eucharist.

The earl y churc h followed Paul on this. They understood the Eucharist as so real , so physical , and so intimate, that they surrounded it with the taboos of privacy, reverence , and reticence that we reserve for sexual intimacy.

For some centuries , the early church had a practice (still partiall y followed in some of our own church programs) they called the discipline arcani. Their rule was that nobody who was unbaptized or not full y initiated

into the community could participate in the Eucharist (beyond the Liturgy of the Word) and that Christians who were full y initiated were forbidden to speak to outsiders about the Eucharist.

The intent of the discipline was not to create a mystique around the Eucharist so as to draw people to it throug h curiosity. The opposite .

The idea was more that the Eucharist is so intimate an act that propriety, respect , and reverence demand non-exhibitionism; you don't make love in public and you don ' t talk to outsiders about this kind of intimacy.

We tend to shy away fro m that kind of talk. Partly that's understandable. It 's hard to be comfortable religiously with how Christianity understands the physical ROLHEISER , page 16

Father Ron Rolheiser

SCRIPTURE & LITURGY The lived-out, twofold love of Jesus for his people The story line of Matthew places Jesus in the temple where the old order, the old leadership, and the old ways must yield to the powerful "kingdom of the heavens,'* which Jesus is making presen t in his ministry and soon in his death and resurrection.

Certainly Matthew has Jesus say what is music to his Jewish Christians ' ears: "Think not that I have come to abolish the law and the prophets; I have come not to abolish them but to fulfill them." (5:17) The music increases in intensity when we hear: "For truly I say to you, till heaven and earth pass away, not an iota , not a dot , will pass from the law until all is accomplished. " (5:18) But watch the cleverness of Matthew as he subtly, then less subtly, suggests that "all is accomplished." We have countless examples of our author giving us the notice that Jesus did or said things to fulfill the word s recorded in the books of the prophets: 1:23; 2:6; 2:15; 2:18; 2:23; 3:3; 4:15; 8:17; 11:10; 12:18-21; 13:14-15; 13:35; 15:8-9; 21:5; 21:19; 22:14; 26:56; 27:9. Matthew goes further and shows us Jesus changing or redirecting the Law; from what we label the Sermon on the Mount (chapters 5, 6, and 7), we hear repeatedly, "You have heard it said to the people of old ...but I say to you " (5:21; 5:27; 5:31; 5:33; 5:38; 5:43). In Matthew, Jesus replaces Israel's institutions as "Lord of the Sabbath" (12:8); a "greater than . Jonah" (12:41); and a "greater than Solomon" (12:42).

What Matthew hopes to achieve is brilliantly realized in his transfiguration narrative: "There appeared to them (Peter, James, and John) Moses and Elijah talking with him" (Jesus in transfigured, end-time glory, 17:3).

The voice says, "This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased; listen to him." In the glorified Jesus , the Law (Moses) and the prophets (Elijah) are fulfilled and completed.

Our gospel selection for Sunday 's liturgy ends with

Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time Exodus 22:20-26; Psalm 18; / Thessabnians l:5c-10; Matthew 22:34-40.

Father David M. Pettingill the following comment: "The whole law and the prophets depend on these two commandments. " Matthew has Jesus summarize the experience of his entire lifetime in the two commandments: "You shall love the Lord , your God, will all your heart.... The second is like it: you shall love your neighbor as yourself. " These commandments have already been connected before Jesus. What is unique to him is that both commandments are on the same level, that he has lived his life embracing God's needy people out of the Father 's love for him and his for the Father: "No one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and anyone to whom the Son chooses to reveal him." (11:27) Ultimately this two-fold love carries Jesus to the cross and to glory, as Matthew describes his death in terms of Psalm 22, the cry of a faith-filled Israelite who

reposes his naked trust in a God who can and does vindicate his servant. For Matthew, Jesus ' lived out , twofold love marks the end of the old world and the beginning of end-time glory and life even now: "Behold the curtain of the temp le was torn in two, from top to bottom; and the earth shook, and the rocks were split; the tombs also were opened , and many bodies of the saints who had fallen asleep were raised , and coming out of the tombs after his resurrection went into the holy city and appeared to many." (27:51-54).

When we assemble for liturgy this Sunday, we recall, make present , and eat and drink this lived-out love of Jesus and God's response to it. We indeed become one with it; we can be moved into the new order, the new world, which we ourselves are empowered to create.

That 's what happens when we let Matthew take hold of us and show us that "all is accomplished" with the creation of a Church that is missioned to our world with a Christ with us "all days until the close of the age."

(28:20) Questions for Small Communities of Faith: 1. How can we point out God's kingdom present in our world?

2. How can we make God's kingdom happen for our world?

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

What to tell children about Halloween Father John Dietzen Q. With Halloween approaching, some friends of our children say they are told in their church that Halloween is the work of the devil and they should ha ve nothing to do with it. Our understanding is that this "celebration " is religious and has something to do with All Sain ts Day. Wha t can we tell our children ? (New York) A. Nearly anything can be abused and misunderstood, and Halloween is no different. Particularl y those Christians who are unfamiliar with the Catholic Christian traditions of feasts and saints can find it mystifying.

In addition, the commercial and secular world have so co-opted Halloween that many customs today hav e nothing to do with the religious history and meaning of the celebration.

Rolheiser.. . ÂŚ Continued from page 15 and the bodily. Christianity is the most earthy of all religions. It doesn 't call you out of the physical, out of the body, or out of the world. Rather, Christ enters the physical, becomes one with it, blesses it, redeems it, and tells us that there is no reason to escape from it.

Something in that goes against the grain. Christ's relationship to the physical scandalized his contemporaries ("This is intolerable language!" is what the crowds said when Jesus spoke of the physical character of the Eucharist in John 's Gospel) and is still hard for us to accept today. But it 's also a wonderful part of Christianity. In the Eucharist, our skin gets touched.

The fact is that, as you suggest, the Halloween tradition is closely connected to the feast of All Saints. On that day we honor the famous people we always refer to as saints: Paul, Peter, Joseph, Mary, Francis and lots of others. We also, however, honor the countless people, many of whom we have known personally â&#x20AC;&#x201D; including our family and friends â&#x20AC;&#x201D; who quietly, with no fanfare or publicity, lived generous, holy and faithful lives, and have gone to God. The ancient English word "hallow " declares something holy or blessed. This is, for examp le, what it means in the Lord's Prayer, All Saints Day was for centuries called Hallow-Mass, the Mass celebrating all the saints. Halloween is a shortened form of Hallows-Even,, the evening before All Saints.

How did Halloween become the night the witches ride and disembodied spirits roam the earth?

As with many other celebrations, we can thank the Irish. In the ancient Celtic calendar, Nov. 1 began the new year. Among the Celts, just as in every culture we know, the first day of the new year, and the evening before, were times of revelry, dancing, singing, games and often generally making a fool of oneself.

And, given all our tensions, we need that touch frequently - daily even. The essayist and novelist, Andre Dubus, wrote a wonderful littl e apologia as .to why he went to Eucharist regularly, despite the critical circles he moved in: "This morning I received the sacrament I still believe in. At 7:15 the priest elevated the host , then the chalice, and spoke the words of the ritual , and the bread became flesh, the wine became blood, and minutes later I placed on my tongue the taste of forgiveness and of love that affirmed , perhaps celebrated, my being alive, my being mortal.

"This has nothing to do with immortality, with eternity; I love the earth too much to contemplate a life apart from it, although 1believe in that life. No, this has to do with mortality and the touch of flesh , and my belief in the sacrament of the Eucharist is simple. Without touch , God

So it was with the ancestors of the Irish. They picked up such partying, including a New Year's Eve fire , as part of religious traditions inherited from the ancient Druids.

While Christians always honored the martyrs and certain other saints, no one is quite sure how the celebration honoring all the saints developed in the Western world.

Apparently, at least to some degree, it represents another of those achievements of Christian genius, successfully transforming a pagan place or festivity (Christmas and Candlemass Day are other examples) into an authentic and significant Christian celebration .

In many places today Halloween has again become more connected with the next day 's feast.

Christian schools and numerous Catholic homes use the occasion to remind us of the saints, including ourselves and our efforts to honor and imitate the holy people who, as ' the Eucharistic Prayer puts it , have gone before us with the si gn of faith and rest in the sleep of peace.

(Questions for Father Dietzen may be sent to him at Box 325, Peoria, IL 61651. This column is copyrighted by Catholic New Service.) is a monologue , an idea, a philosophy; he must touch and be touched , the tongue on flesh, and that touch is the result of the monologues , the idea, the philosophies which led to faith . But in the instant of the touch there is no place for thinking, for talking. The silent touch affirms all that, and goes deeper: it affirms the mysteries of love and mortality," Skin heals when touched. It's why Jesus gave us the Eucharist.

Oblate Father Ron Rolheiser, a theologian, teacher and award-winning author, serves in Rome as general councilor f o r Canada for the Oblates of Mary Immaculate.

Food & Fun/Holidayand Other Oct. 25, 26, 27: Halloween Town, annual festival ol St. Cecilia Parish, 17th Ave. at Vicente, SF. Food, games, raffle, silent auction with snack bar. Fun for all ages. Fri. 6 -10 p.m.; Sat. noon - 4 p.m./ 6 - 10 p.m. with dinner 5 - 7 p.m.; Sun. noon - 6 p.m. Call (415) 664-8481.

Oct: 26: Fall Festival benefiting Sacred Heart Elementary School, 735 Fell St., SF. Games, food booths, music , local vendors. Admission free. Enter through Fillmore or Oak St. gate. Booths $25.

Prospective vendors should call Reese Fernandes or Salvita Sahi at (415) 621-8035.

Oct. 26: Holiday Craft Fair, 10 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. at St. Gabriel Elementary School, 41st Ave. and Ulloa St., SF benefiting the school. Items include scarves, jewelry, soaps, tote bags, candles, ornaments. Call (415) 566-0314. Plenty of fun for entire family with booths, games, food and more.

Oct. 26: Nightmare on St. Thomas More Way Carnival 2002, fall festival of St. Thomas More Elementary School, 50 Thomas More Way off Brotherhood Way, SF, 11:30 a.m. - 9 p.m. Call (415) 905-4660, ext. 20.

Oct. 30: Octoberfest Luncheon and Bingo Party benefiting the Sisters of the Good Shepherd and Grace Center at Basque Cultural Center, 599 Railroad Ave., South San Francisco with Social Hour at 11:30 a.m. and lunch at 12:30 p.m. $35 per person.

Call (415_ 587-5374.

Nov. 2: Harvest of Blessings, a dinner and live auction benefiting active and retired Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet at the United Irish Cultural Center beginning at 6 p.m. $60 per person. Call Sister Therese Martin at (415) 387-9350.

Nov. 2, 3: The Beat Goes On, Fashion Show 2002 benefiting St. Ignatius College Preparatory School sponsored by the SI Women 's Guild. Nov. 2 event at 6 p.m. features fashion, dinner, dancing with tickets at $125 per person. Nov. 3 event at 11 a.m. features fashion and luncheon with tickets at $75 per person.

Call Nancy Murphy at (415) 586-3568 or Eda McNulty at (415) 759-7399.

Nov. 7: Don Bosco Associate Dinner honoring Fred Scolari and Salesian Father Armand Oliveri with the Concern for Youth Award at Mark Hopkins Hotel, SF. Tickets $100 per person. Proceeds benefit Salesians of St. John Bosco. Call Maryanne Murray at (415) 564-3846 or Aileen Cantanzarita at (650) 553-4241.

Nov. 9: Christmas Boutique at Immaculate Conception Academ, 24th St. and Guerrero, SF, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. Do your Christmas shopping early!

Benefits Dominican Sisters of Mission San Jose.

Sponsored by Dominican Guild of Mission San Jose.

Call (415) 648-7460.

Nov. 10: Pancake Breakfast and Entertainment, 8:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m. Tickets $5/$4.50/$4. Games, holiday gifts, raffle, too. St. Finn Barr Parish, 415 Edna St., SF Call (415) 333-3627.

Nov. 10: Annual Champagne Boutique and Raffle benefiting Nazareth House, 245 Nova Albion Way, San Rafael, 1:30 - 4:30 p.m. Handmade goods and fabulous silent auction. Call (415) 479-8282.

Nov. 16: Bal de Paris, benefiting Notre Dame des Victoires School, SF, at the City's Four Seasons Hotel. Dining, entertainment , dancing, gaming, silent/live auction. Proceeds benefit renovation of the school's science laboratory. Call (415) 397-0113.

Nov 14 and 16: Where the Heart Is, Holiday Boutique benefiting ministries of the Little Sisters of the Poor with fabulous holiday shopping opportunities, raffle and silent auction. Preview Party is Nov. 14 from 6 - 9 p.m. with tickets at $75 per person. Seated

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Oct. 25: Hear Watershed: Sacred Music Before and After Vatican II by Cora Hispano and Conjunto Nuevo Mundo at St. Ignatius Church, Fulton at Parker, SF, at 8 p.m. Selections include the Ramirez' Misa Criolla. Progra m repealed Oct. 30th at Stanford University Memorial Church, Palo Alto at 8 p.m. Call (415) 431-4234.

Nov. 8, 9, 10: Side by Side by Sondheim at St. Matthias Church, 1685 Cordilleras Rd., Redwood City. Curtain Fri./Sat. 8 p.m.; Sun. 2 p.m. Tickets $10/$5 for students. Proceeds benefit the parish.

Call (650) 366-9544.

retreat . Open to all Catholic single women of college age to 39 years. Contact Sister Pauline at (510) 657-2468 or pauline@msjdominicans.org.

Nov. 1-3: Invitation to Explore Religious Lite with the Sisters of Mercy of the Americas at Mercy Center, Burlingame. Includes presentations, time for communal and personal prayer and reflection and small group sharing. Contact Mercy Sister Lenore Green at (650) 340-7434 or lenorersm@aol.com.

Nov. 1: 1st Fri. Catholic Charismatic Mass, Immaculate Conception Chapel, 3255 Folsom, SF. Father Paul Arnoult , presider/homilist. Friends of Jesus will lead song. Reception follows. Call Rose (415) 587-8155.

Nov. 4-7: The Results of God's Unconditional Love, a parish Mission of St. Charles, 880 Tamarack Ave., San Carlos at 9:15 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. Jesuit Father Tom Allender, spiritual director. Call Marsha Kane at (650) 888-9622. Childcare available.

Young Adults

Sundays: Concerts at 4 p. m. at National Shrine of St. Francis of Assisi , Vallejo and Columbus, SF. Call (415) 983-0405 or www.shrinesf.org. Open to the public.

Contact Young Adult Ministry Office tor details. The Young Adult Ministry office of the Archdiocese can be contacted by phone at (415) 614-5595 or 5596 and by e-mail at wilcoxc@sfarchdiocese. org or jansenm @sfarchdiocese.org.

Sundays: Concerts at St. Mary Cathedral al 3:30 p.m. Gough and Geary Blvd., SF. Call (415) 5672020 ext. 213. Concerts are open to the public.

Our Lady of Mercy Parish, Daly City has formed a Young Adult group for people in their 20s and 30s who are interested in sharing faith and fun. The group meets every other Wednesday evening in the OLM Parish Center 15 Elmwood Dr. near Southgate Ave. from 7 - 8:30 p.m. Next meeting is scheduled for October 30th. Call (650) 756-8684

Reunions Oct. 26: Biggest reunion ever of Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory School joining alumnae and alumni of Sacred Heart , Cathedral, St. Vincent, St. Peter's, and Sacred Heart Cathedral at Pacific Bell Park. The event commemorates the 150-year tradition of the revered schools and their legacy today in SHCP. Dinner, dancing, ballpark tours will accompany reminiscing and the renewing of friendships with classmates and faculty. Call (415) 775-6626, ext.

765 or contact www.shcp.edu.

Nov. 2: 40th reunion of class of '62, St. Joseph's College of Nursing at Irish Cultural Center, 45th Ave. and Sloat Blvd., SF. Tickets $20. Call Pat Rogers at (650) 598-9620.

Nov. 10: Annual Alumnae Homecoming of Presentation High School, SF beginning with Mass in Presentation Convent Chapel, 2340 Turk Blvd. at 1 p.m. Reception follows at Presentation Alumnae Office, 281 Masonic Ave. This celebration honors classes of 1942, 52, and 62. Call (415) 422-5021.

Vocations/Prayer Opportunities Oct. 26: Mass for Peace, 9:15 a.m. at National Shrine of St. Francis of Assisi, 610 Vallejo at Columbus, SF followed by March Against the War in Iraq from Justin Hermann Plaza at 11 a.m. and rally at Civic Center at 1 p.m. Share the Catholic message of peace. Sponsored by St. Francis Fraternity.

Call (415) 290-7248.

Oct. 26, 27: The Dominican Sisters of Mission San Jose invite you to join them for a weekend

School of Pastoral Leadership For additional information, call Joni Gallagher at (415) 614-5564 or spl@att.net. Pre-registration is necessary for many programs. Visit the SPL Web site at www.splsf.org.

Classes commencing Oct. 29 and subsequent dates:

Nov. 9: A Celtic Day of Spirituality and Prayer at St. Philip Church, 725 Diamond St., SF beginning at noon and concluding with Mass at 5 p.m. A day of talks, reflection and dialogue facilitated by Father Michael Healy. Open to all. $15 fee includes lighl lunch Call Katy O'Shea at (415) 648-6275; Colleen Driscoll at (415) 664-7259; Terry Kelleher at (650) 344-9262. Sponsored by Ladies Ancient Order ol Hibernians.

VALL0MBR0SA CENTER 250 Oak Grove Ave., Menlo Park. For fees, times and details about these and other offerings call (650) 325-5614. Presentation Sister Rosina Conrotto, Program Director.

Nov. 3: A New Look at Priesthood with Sulpician Father Melvin Blanchette looking at "Research on priesthood: What did we learn? How do we respond?

— MERCY CENTER — 2300 Adeline Dr., Burlingame. For fees , times and other offerings , call (650) 340-7474 or www.mercy-center.org .

Nov. 8 - 1 0 : Learn to meditate at a Commuter Meditation Retreat led by Jesuit Father Thomas Hand, who has directed retreats of this type for 18 years. No experience necessary but those who are comfortable in the discipline are welcome. $30 per day/$60 for the weekend. Bring a bag lunch.

Nov. 24: Marriage of East and West , a balancing of the opposites of East and West , a one day retreat. 11 a.m. - 5 p.m. $90. Led by Asha and Russil Paul.

Family Lif e Nov. 15-17: Retrouvallle, a program for troubled marriages . The weekend and follow up sessions help couples heal and renew their families.

Presenters are three couples and a Catholic priest.

Call Peg or Ed Gleason at (415) 221-4269 or edgleason@webtv.net or Pat and Tony Fernandez at (415) 893-1005..

The Adoption Network of Catholic Charities offers free adoption information meetings twice a month. Singles and married couples are invited to learn more about adopting a child from foster care.

Call (415) 406-2387 for information.

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• Prayer and Spiritual Life, Dominican Father Luke Buckles, SF; Father Francis Tiso, San Mateo;

3rd Thurs.: Meetings at 7 p.m. for New Wings at St. Thomas More Church , 1300 Junipero Serra Blvd. at Brotherhood Way, SF. Potluck dinners at 6 p.m. and on 3rd Saturdays. Call Ron at (650) 5579100 after 6 p.m.

• Introduction to Sacred Scripture, Father David Anderson, Marin;

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• Church History Survey, Mark Brumley, SF; • Foundations of Catholicism, Father Francis Tiso, SF Classes held weekly 7:30 - 9:30 p.m. at Junipero Serra High School, 451 W. 20th Ave., San Mateo; Marin Catholic High School, 675 Sir Francis Drake Blvd. at Bon Air Rd., Kentfield; Mercy High School, 3250 19th Ave., San Francisco. Classes also take place at the Pastoral Center of the Archdiocese, One Peter Yorke Way, San Francisco.

For additional information, call Joni Gallagher at (415) 614-5564 or spl@att.net. Pre-registration is necessary for many programs. Visit the SPL Web site at www.splsf.org.

Groups meet at the following parishes. Please call numbers shown for more information.

Our Lady of Angels, Burlingame. Call Louise Nelson at (650) 343-8457 or Barbara Arena at (650) 344-3579. Our Lady of Mt. Carmel, Redwood City.

Call (650) 366-3802. St. Andrew, Daly City. Call Eleanor and Nick Fesunoff at (650) 878-9743; Good Shepherd, Pacifica. Call Sister Carol Fleitz at (650) 355-2593; St. Robert , San Bruno. Call (650) 5892800. Immaculate Heart of Mary, Belmont. Call Ann Ponty at (650) 598-0658 or Mary Wagner at (650) 591-3850. St. Isabella, San Rafael. Call Pat Sack at (415) 472-5732. Our Lady of Loretto, Novato. Call Sister Jeanette at (415) 897-2171 .St. Gabriel , SF. Call Barbara Elordi at (415) 564-7882. St. Finn Barr, SF in English and Spanish. Call Carmen Solis at (415) 584-0823; St. Cecilia, SF. Call Peggy Abdo at (415) 564-7882. Epiphany, SF in Spanish. Call Kathryn Keenan at (415) 564-7882.

Ministry for parents who have lost a child is available from Our Lady of Angels Parish, Burlingame. Call Ina Potter at (650) 347-6971 or Barbara Arena at (650) 344-3579. Young WidowAVidower group meets at St. Gregory, San Mateo. Call Barbara Elordi at (415) 564-7882.

Information about children's and teen groups is available from Barbara Elordi at (415) 564-7882.

Returning Catholics Programs for Catholics interested in returning to the Church, have been established at the following parishes: St. Dominic, SF, Lee Gallery at (415) 221 -1288 or Kevin Sullivan at (415) 567-3333; Holy Name of Jesus, SF, Dennis Rivera at (415) 664-8590; St. Bartholomew, San Mateo, Dan Stensen at (650) 344-5665; St. Catherine of Siena, Burlingame, Silvia Chiesa at (650) 685-8336, Elaine Yastishock at (650) 344-6884; Our Lady of Angels, Burlingame, Dorothy Heinrichs or Maria Cianci at (650) 347-7768; St. Dunstan , Millbrae, Dianne Johnston at (650) 697-0952; Our Lady of the Pillar, Half Moon Bay, Meghan at (650) 726-4337; St. Peter, Pacifica, Chris Booker at (650) 738-1398; Our Lady of Mt. Carmel, Mill Valley, Rick Dullea or Diane Claire at (415) 388-4 190.

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'J onah : A Veggie Tales Movie '

Whimsical, computer-animated retelling of the biblical story of Jonah and the whale, featuring a salad-bar of Christian vegetables who sing and dance their way through this parable of God' s unconditional love. Written and directed by Mike Nawrocki and Phil Vischer and based on the popular 'Veggie Tales' video series, the movie 's strong positive message is effective in reducing complex moral concepts into child-sized bites making it an appealing alternative to the glut of merchandise-driven flicks geared to younger audiences The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishop s classification is A-I — general patronage. The Motion Picture Association of America rating is G — general audiences.

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'The Grey Zone '

Disturbing fact-based dram a set in 1944 Auschwitz where a group of Jewish concentration camp overseers, enlisted by the Nazis to help control and kill fellow Jews, decides to destroy the death camp in a suicide revolt.

Writer-director Tim Blake Nelson crafts a masterful work posing troubling moral questions about life and death arising from the only act of organized violent revolt by Jewish overseers known to have occurred at Auschwitz or any other Nazi extermination camp. Graphic violence, frequent full-corpse nudity and much rough language and profanity.

USCCB: A-IV — adults, with reservations. MPAA; R — restricted.

'Tuck Everlasting' (Disney)

Charming fantasy about a young girl (Alexis Bledel) whose first love (Jonathan Jackson) and his welcoming family offer her a chance to remain forever young with them. Director Jay Russell crafts an uplifting tale, based on Natalie Babbitt 's novel , with enough twists, turns and excitement to keep young and older audiences in suspense.

Some violence, mild sexual innuendo and a fantasy interpretation of immortality. USCCB: A-II — adults and adolescents. MPAA: PG — parental guidance suggested.

'Real Women Have Curves '

Credible coming-of-age story set in East Los Angeles where a heavyset 18-year-old Latina (America Ferrera) who is constantl y criticized by her mother (Lupe Ontiveros) is torn between accepting a distant university scholarship or helping her older sister (Ingrid Oliu) keep her struggling sewing factory afloat. Director Patricia Cardoso captures the hardscrabble lives of a close-knit Mexican-American family and the half-dozen factory women who come to accept and find solidarity in their lessthan-svelte figures. Some subtitles. An off-screen sexual encounter and an instance of rough language. USCCB: AIII — adults. MPAA: PG-13 - parents are strongly cautioned. Some material may be inappropriate for children under 13.

The Veggies — Junior Asparagus , Laura Carrot, Percy, Annie, Bob the Tomato and Archibald Asparagus — star in the "Jonah — A Veggie Tales Movie. "

'Knockaround Guys '

is days away from her final exams, does not yet have the conclusion to her thesis, and is a key figure in an investigation of her boyfriend (Charlie Hunnam), who has been missing for two years. The film fails to develop richer themes about bright young students. Sexual encounters between college students and others, mild language, violence, use of marijuana, and one instance of heavy drinking. USCCB: A-HI — adults. MPAA: PG-13 — parents strongly cautioned. Some material may be inappropriate for children under 13.

Cautionary tale in which four young Brooklyn mob toughs (including Barry Pepper and Vin Diesel) end up in Montana where one has lost a bag of mob money, drawing the greedy, deadly interest of the local sheriff (Tom Noonan) and mob higher-ups (including John Malkovich).

Written and directed by Brian Koppelman and David Levien, the ugly drama points to the corrosiveness of the criminal life and ends on a partially redemptive note. Brutal beatings and shootings, some profanity, constant rough language and brief drug abuse. USCCB: A-IV — adults , with reservations. MPAA: R — restricted.

'Below '

Waterlogged drama set on board a World War II U.S. submarine whose commanding officer (Bruce Greenwood) rescues a British nurse (Olivia Williams) and two soldiers, after which everything on the sub malfunctions and paranoia takes hold. Directed by David Twohy as if the vessel was a haunted house, the murky proceedings never achieve a satisfying level of suspense. Brief violence, some profanity and intermittent rough language. USCCB: A-IH — adults. MPAA: R — restricted .

'Swept Away '

Sporadicall y funny romantic comedy in which an American magnate 's haughty wife (Madonna), stranded on a deserted island with an Italian fisherman (Adriano Giannini), falls in love with him after he gives her a taste of her own medicine. As directed by Guy Ritchie, Madonna is convincing when arrogant but drippy when lovestruck by the appealingly earthy Giannini in this remake of Lina Wertmuller's 1974 satire, which pits the fisherman 's simple values against her greedy materialism. Implied sexual encounters, fleeting nudity, brief violence, much rough language and minimal profanity. USCCB: A-HI — adults.

MPAA: R — restricted.

'The Ring '

Garbled thriller about a reporter (Naomi Watts) trying to ascertain why four teen-agers, including her niece (Amber Tamblyn), died seven days to the minute after watching a surrealistic horror video. Director Gore Verbinski's primarily American remake of the 1998 Japanese film 'Ringu ' squanders a promising premise on illog ical developments, foolish behavior and an unsatisf ying conclusion.

Intermittent violence, an implied sexual encounter and some crude language. USCCB: A-HI — adults. MPAA: PG-13 — parents are strongly cautioned. Some material may be inappropriate for children under 13.

'Abandon '

Gloomy, p lodding, college campus thriller that occasionally strikes an intelligent chord and rivets into real suspense before falling off into a draggy lull. Writer-director Stephen Gaghan, who won an Academy Award for his screenplay for 'Traffic ,' mindfully captures the anxious, uncertain tension of a young woman (Katie Holmes). She

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