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WAR COMES TO CITY OF PEACE : Smoke rises as Israeli tanks shell a p osition in Bethlehem Oct. 19. Israeli tanks and troops entered the outskirts of the Palestinian-controlled city afte r a surge in f i g hting f ollowing the assassination of afar-rig ht Israeli Cabinet minister.

POPE PLEADS 'IN NAME OF GOD' FOR END TO HOLY LAND VIOLENCE Catholic News Service •w% Si ope John Paul II pleaded "in the name of God" for an end to violence in the Holy Land, as an Israeli military operation left more than 20 dead in six Palestinian towns. "It is with deep sadness that 1 have heard the painful and worrying news from Bethlehem, as well as

from cities like Beit JaLla and Beit Sahour," the pope said at a Sunday blessing Oct. 21. "War and death have even arrived at the square of the Church of the Nativity of our Lord," he said. The day before, a 19-year-old Palestinian was shot and killed as he stood next to the church , the traditional site of Jesus' birth .

"In-the name of God I repeat once again: Violence is for everyone only a path of death and destruction that dishonors the holiness of God and the dignity of the human being, " the pope said. The Israeli incursions came after an Israeli Cabinet minister, Rechavam Zeevi, was gunned down HOLY LAND, page 7

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"¦f t was a mixed bag of victories and ^defeats for the California Catholic Conference, which lobbies on behalf of the state's bishops , in California 's General Assembly this year. The biggest victory for the CCC was AB 989 (Chan, D-Oakland). This law removes a sunset clause on programs that provide food and cash assistance to legal immigrants following the welfare reform of 1996. The CCC had been working to remove the annually renewed termination clauses for about three years, according to Carol Hogan, CCC associate director for pastoral projects and communications. The "most surprising" victory.

said Ms. Hogan, came when Gov. Gray Davis signed into law AB 540 (Firebau gh, D-Los Angeles) allowing • undocumented high school graduates to attend state universities at resident tuition levels. "Being that Gov. Davis is ultracautious we were surprised and gratified that he took such a bold step," Ms. Hogan said. "The students have already been educated at taxpayer expense and were already entrenched . in communities, " she said. "It's not as though they have come to this country only to get state residence status." . The biggest defeat for the conference: SB 780 (Ortiz, D-Sacramento), "which has the unfortunate name of 'protection of the exercise of LEGISLATURE, page 7

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b y Tom Burke San Mateo 's St. Vincent de Paul Society honors severJunior high students from many of the City's Catholic al local folks at its annual Apostle in a Top Hat Awards elementary schools were shown the ropes at surviving Dinner toni ght in Burlingame. Honorees include in high school by young women currently matriculating Margaret McElhinny, St. Veronica Parish, South San at Immaculate Conception Academy. Showing what Francisco; Robert Wilson and Matilda Wilbur, St. life is like in chemistry lab are (left) ICA senior, Bea Catherine of Siena Parish, Burlingame; Carl Rollandi Miguel, and junior, Jessica Barcenas. ICA alumna , and Joseph Marchetti, Our Lady of Angels Parish, Matty Herre ra Salamy brought her daughters, Jillian Burlingame; Lou and Jim Harrington, and Peg and Mariah , both students at Notre Dame Elementary, Chandler, Nativity Parish, Menlo Park; Father to" the demonstration , which Jillian calle d the "best Leonard Calegari , pastor, St. Peter Parish, Pacifica; program " she 's been to. School academic counselor , Sam Murray, St. Bruno Parish, San Bruno; and John Roseanna Montgomery, stressed " study skills " in her Kelly.... Prayers please for Father John K. Ring, pastor, presentation. Welcome aboard at ICA to new admisSt. Vincent de Paul Parish, who is nursing a bum sions directo r, Gina Espinal. knee....Hats off to new Parish Council members at St. Anthony Parish, Menlo Park. Elected as representatives of the parish's 9:30 Mass community were Teli Tau and 2 and lead a retreat at the San Rafael parish on Nov. 3 (See Ramona Granato, and representing the Latino communi- Datebook)....V/as happy to meet Jenny Mattei , vicety are Manuel Vargas, Silvia Pacheco, Gonzalo principal at Immaculate Heart of Mary Elementary and Alvarado....Great example of inter-parish cooperation her husband , Don, as they cheered on their daughter, Leah, a Notre Dame High School, junbetween Charlotte Conway, ior, at a recent cross country conwedding coordinator at San test....Also at Notre Dame, ConMateo 's St. Gregory Parish, and grats to Hilary Hansen and Pia Fest, wedding coordinator at Caitlin Mitchell who were winOur Lady of Angels. Charlotte ners in a recent Young Men 's says she still appreciates the help Institute essay contest. Among she received from Pia four years Notre Dame grads recently spotago when she started in the role at lighted were Stephanie Barile St. Greg's. Thanks, to St. Greg's and Charlotte Enders who parishioner Pat Delia Croce who received the Susan Kemper takes the keyboard at first Caitlin Mitchell Hilary Hansen Spirit Award; Colleen Byers Saturday Masses remembering Our Lady and all hats off for Alice Ivory Acosta who died who was honored with the Michele Micheletti Award; and a few months ago and is much missed by her husband campus ministry award winners Alina Dini , Nao Lucian....Thank you, thank you, thank you to Cathy Sugawara and Kristi Parsons. Congrats in a very high Collins of St. Emydius Parish, Mary Taylor of St. key for the school's Advanced Chorus who have been Stephen Parish, and all who called but didn't leave your invited to harmonize at this year 's Winter Olympics. names, for correcting my placement of Father Thuan Van Among those goin' for the vocal gold will be Jennifer Hoang in Rome and helping me put him more correctly at Chen, Angela Harrington, Lauren Howard, Maureen Catholic University in Washington, D.C....Was glad to Inouye, Megan Johnson, Erica Kruger, Annie Kruss, Arathi Kumar, Allison chat with longtime St. Paul Midgley, Kristen Moissly, parishioner and active St. Pamela Ross, Ash-Lee Paul High School alum, Rud, Andrea Seith, Ann Hurley, who brought Sabrina Sutherland, me up to date on a celebraVanessa Vazquez....Rollin' tion for St. Paul's class of a perfect game in fundrais'52 grads that you 'll soon ing are the student body of see in Datebook. Ann's sisters are St. Paul alums , Mercy High School, Mary Hurley and Noreen Burlingame who raised Hurley Keane....Happy more than $46,000 in the 91st birthday to St. school' s annual Bowl-aparishioner Thon last month. At the top Elizabeth Felipa Perez also known as Students at San Mateo 's Junipero Serra High School of the pledge charts were Olga and thanks to her got behind the home run streak of Serra alumnus Barry Cherise Wong, Christy Bonds with a collection that raised more than $2,000 daughter, Gladys Santy, for Young, and Breanna Ferro. for the baseball star 's campaign to benefit Bone fillin ' us in....Father Dim In response to the tragedies Marrow Transplants . School PR director Rick Carter was installed as pasof Sept. 11, Jessica tor of Immaculate Heart of Sundberg, who used to play pro-ball , said the idea was Mercado, president, and Mary Parish, Belmont on born of the excitement shown by students, faculty and other members of the Sept. 29. More than 80 voic- staff as the new one-season Home Run King was get- school' s Heritage Club ting close to breaking the record. From left: Serra es from the parish's several organized a Ceremony of English teacher Chuck Rapp with students, Nick adult and children choirs Unity and Peace Candle Fortes, Jamil Ferguson , Eric Fleming, Dan Evans. came together to lead song Lighting attended by almost for the special liturgy under 50 students and faculty on the direction of parish music coordinator, Teri Marconi Sept. 20....Remember that we love hearin' from ya\ with accompanist Dorothy Bieniek on the Send items to On the Street Where You Live, One Peter keyboards....Speakin' of music, City of God composer, Yorke Way, SF 94109. Always include a follow-up phone Dan Schutte will perform at St. Isabella Church on Nov. number. You can reach Tom Burke at (415) 614-5634.

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By Tom Burke Nestled among the homes of the people it serves, Our Lady of Angels Church has been friend and extended kin to parishioners for 75 years. The Burlingame community celebrates the milestone anniversary beginning Nov. 2 with a Parish Family Night. They gather again on Sunday, Nov. 4, for a Mass of Thanksg iving with Archbishop William J. Levada presiding. Since its establishment in 1926 , the parish has been entrusted to the leadershi p of the Capuchin Franciscan Friars. From the time of its first two Masses on Dec. 19, 1926, with an assembly of 80 peop le in a renovated Episcopal Church not far from the location of the present church built in 195 1, Our Lady of Angels has grown to a community of more than

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Capuchin Father Gerald Barron has been pastor of Our Lady of Angels since Jul y 2000. Father Gerald Barron He also served as a parochial vicar at the parish from shortly after his ordination in 1966 until 1970, and as pastor from 1977-85. "I first came here straight from Ireland," Father Gerald said remembering the date, Oct. 14, and the day of the wefek, Saturday. "I fell in love with it almost immediately. The people were wonderful; and the ministry was exhilarating for me." At the same time Father Gerald arrived, another new face was making itself known at the parish - Vatican II - and he remembers that OLA was more than up for it. "We had one of the first parish councils on the Peninsula," he remembered. "The parish was right in step as a member of the post-Vatican II Church. I was so happy to be here. It was my first introduction to priestly ministry and it was exciting." Father Gerald said when he became pastor in 1977, "Vatican II was well under way" at OLA. Nearby Peninsula Hospital, long a place of ministry for the parish, allowed

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UNITED NATIONS — Any effort to foster authentic human development must stall with "recognition of the dignity of the human person , especiall y women and girls," the Vatican said in a statement delivered at the United Nations. 'A form of globalization that ignores the inherent dignity of women , and especially the particular contribution they make to their family and society, will certainly reduce them to an object of solely economic means," the statement said. It was delivered by Joan McGrath-Triulzi , a volunteer at the Vatican 's U.N. mission, to a committee reviewing the program adopted at the 1995 Beijing Conference on Women. At Beijing, the Vatican rejected the way the conference document dealt with some issues, particularly "reproductive health ." But the McGrath-Triulzi's statement omitted any reference to those controversies , and reiterated support for "the living heart" of the Beijing Platform for Action. The platform , the statement said , was recognition of the dignity of women, ending violence against women, providing them with basic social services and securing their access to emp loyment , land and capital. "These objectives bear a close correspondence to the social teaching of the Holy See," McGrath-Triulzi said.

Polish church leaders criticize veto of Sunday shoppi ng ban

WARSAW, Poland — Polish church leaders criticized President Aleksander Kwasniewski for vetoing legislation that would have prohibited shopping on Sundays. "This veto contradicts the Ten Commandments arid our nation 's centuries-old tradition ," said Jesuit Father Adam Szulc , spokesman for the Polish bishops ' conference. "It will not help Catholics, especially those employed in supermarkets , to observe Sunday 's sacred character. Instead , it will force them to work." Father Szulc said the veto violated norms in the European Union, and he dismissed claims that the ban would have worsened Poland' s state bud get 'deficit and driven up unemp loyment. Kwasniewski's office said that the president had exercised his veto after being advised the measure could cause 16,000 job losses. In a letter to Kwasniewski, the bishops' conference said the legally guaranteed celebration of Sunday was a "lasting, universal element of Europe's spiritual heritage," and its neglect would "lead to a slackening of family bonds and (to) pathologies."

Vatican envoy: Nobel Prize to Annan, U.N. well-deserved

NEW YORK — The Vatican nuncio to the United Nations warmly welcomed the annou ncement that this year's Nobel Peace Prize would go to U.N. SecretaryGeneral Kofi Annan and the United Nations itself. Archbishop Renato R. Martino said in an interview a few hours after the selecti on became known, that Annan had displayed "profound commitment" to his vocation . "I have had more contact with Kofi Annan than with any other secretary-general," he said . "That is because of

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Human rig hts activist, 91 , to receive Lumen Christi Award CHICAGO—Marie Wilkinson, a 91-year-old human rights activist who has spent a lifetime speaking out against hate and been involved in numerous charitable causes, is the recipient of the 2001 Lumen Christi Award. Ms. Wilkinson, of Aurora , 111., will receive the award, presented annuall y by Chicago-based Catholic Extension. It is the Catholic Church' s highest honor for missionary work in America. Ms. Wilkinson has worked with more than 60 charitable organizations. She has launched college funds for poor cluTdren, rescued migrant workers from living in boxcars and advocated for preschools, fair housing laws, drag addiction treatment and aid to the poor and hungry. "I've tried to be an advocate for the persecuted — those who weren 't getting a fair deal ," Wilkinson said. "God points me in the right direction. I know it is God because the things I felt passionate about were always 30 years ahead of their time." Ms disposition to hear everybody, and because of the respect he has for the Holy See." Archbishop Martino said Annan also had been in contact with Pope John Paul II several times. He recalled the occasion in 1998 when the pope felt the Iraq situation was worsening, and asked him to convey a request that Annan make a visit there. The secretary-general told Archbishop Martino that conditions were not favorable for him to go to Iraq but that because the pope had requested it he would try, the nuncio recalled. That was on a Sunday and by Wednesday Annan told the archbishop he would go "on the condition you ask the pope to pray for this mission."

Salvadoran quake victims still need p ermanent housing

WASHINGTON — El Salvador still faces the problem of rebuilding permanent housing after a series of earthquakes earlier this year, said Archbishop Fernando Saenz Lacalle of San Salvador.

About 250,000 permanent housing units are needed before the rainy season stalls in May, he said, adding that this will be difficult to do and will require foreign funds. "Normally, the country builds about 20,000 housing units per year," Archbishop Saenz said while in Washington for visits with officials of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. A series of earth quakes beg inning Jan. 13 ripped through parts of the Central American country, leaving hundreds of people dead and destroy ing more than 200,000 homes. The archbishop said that many victims are still living in temporary houses of sheet metal naile d to a wooden frame. These houses are too small , he added. The church needs to rebuild more than 700 chapels and churches , he said. "The church is important to Salvadorans. Many peop le say rebuilding the chapel is more important than rebuilding their homes," he said.

Pop e meets separately with Mexican president, second wif e

VATICANCITY — Pope John Paul II received Mexican President Vicente Fox in an official Vatican visit Oct. 18 that addressed the international campaign against terrorism, religious education in Mexico 's schools, and indigenous rights. In an unusual protocol measure, the divorced president 's second wife also met the pope, but in a separate meeting immediately afterward. Fox, 59, told reporters that the pope questioned him about Mexico 's restrictions on Catholic schools and on religious activity in public schools. As a presidential candidate, Fox promised to work to ease the restrictions. The president , who was elected in 2000, said he also briefed the pope on a new law to protect Mexico 's indigenous peoples and their culture. Martha Sahagun, who married Fox July 2, met with the pope for a few minutes. Glowing about the brief encounter as she met reporters with her husband near St. Peter 's Square, she said she told the pope about her social projects for children. In Jul y, the Vatican denied reports that Fox was granted an annulmen t before marrying Sahagun , his former spokeswoman, who is also divorced. Fox is the first Mexican president to declare himself Catholic. Breaking precedent , his inauguration included a solemn Mass.

Italian missionary kidnapped at g unpoint in southern Phili pp ines

MANILA —Three men abducted an Italian missionary, Sacred Heart of Jesus Father Giuseppe Pierantoni, 44, at gunpoint in the southern Philippines Oct. 17. Father Pierantoni was taken from his residence while preparing supper after celebrating Mass in Dimataling, Zamboanga del Sur province , reported UCA News, an Asian church news agency. Bishop Zacharias C. Jimenez of Pagadian said witnesses who were at the Mass said they saw men armed with .45calfber pistols enter the parish house afterward and force the prifist to go with them. Bishop Jimenez said that , although friends had warned him earlier of plans to kidnap a foreign missionary, his fears "eased" when later threats named Filipino priests as abduction targets. Reports from unknown sources said Father Pierantoni would be turned over or "sold" to one of the major Islamic rebel groups on Mindanao island , UCA News reported. Pagadian is some 500 miles southeast of Manila. Sacred Heart of Jesus Father Jeremiah Sheehy, administrator of the order 's formation house in Que zon City, outside Manila , said that the missionaries decided at an August meeting to stay in their parishes and "live as normal a life as possible." He recalled th at Father Pierantoni was threatened but not harmed earlier during his 10 years of mission work in the Iligan Diocese, just northeast of Pagadian.

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Church leaders, peace activists differ on war B y Catholic News Service WASHINGTON (CNS) - Catholic response to U.S. bombing of Af ghanistan ranged from defenses of the action as a morall y justified response to the attack that took thousands of American lives Sept. 11 to accusations that America was engaged in its own brand of terrorism. In a letter to President Bush , Cardinal Anthony J. Bevilacqua of Philadel phia called-the U.S. war against terrorism "a just war " and commended the administration and Congress for their actions. Cardinal Bevilacqua sharpl y disagreed with those who interpret the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11 either as "God' s punishment for moral decay within our nation " or as "an inevitable and deserved response to United States forei gn policy. " "These were the acts of men with evil in their hearts , perpetrated against innocent human beings ," he said in his Oct. 16 letter. "No reason can be given to explain them or the loathing which insp ired them." Earlier, other U.S. cardinals had given separate responses to the U.S. military campaign. "This is a just war, not a holy war or war of reli gions ," Cardinal Francis George of Chicago said. Cardinal Bernard Law of Boston said, it was "understandable , given the threat to the common good posed by the terrorists and their supporters ," and Cardinal

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These were the acts of men with evil in their hearts , perpetrated against innocent human beings. 9 Cardinal McCarrick said that the war must be guided by principles of morality and human di gnity — a sentiment echoed by the other church leaders. While the cardinals ' statements of support seemed to reflect views of most American Catholics, Pax Christi USA criticized the U.S. military response. The U.S. arm of the international Catholic peace organization , said the Af ghan people "find themselves caught between those who would use terror to destroy us , and our own nation that chooses to use terror to preserve us." "We call on our leaders to focus their creative energies on a renewed commitment to building an international order based on principle rather than interest , on , ,

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Pax Christi workshops Nov. 10 Pax Christi, an international Catholic peace organization , will conduct a series of workshops on November 10 at the Sobrato Center, Santa Clara University. Entitled "Called to be Stunts: Our Journey to Wholeness", the event will have as keynote speaker Cindy Pile, education director of the Nevada Desert Experience , a core team leader for From Violence to Wholeness, founder of the Catholic Worker House in Oakland, and a fonner Executive Director of Bay Area Pax Christi. Workshops include Sacred Dance and Peace, School of the Americas, Missile Defense System, Death Penalty , and a nonviolent response to the terrorism of September 11. Fr. Louis Vitale, winner of Pax Christi USA's Teacher of Peace award , will conduct the liturgy. The day will close with a peaceful prayer vigil at Lockheed, Sunnyvale. Center. Suggested donations are t Registration will begin at 8:30 a.m. At the Sobrato $15 per person, $25 per couple, and $5 per student, For further information , contact Gttstav Nystrom, 925-484-1935 or visit http://bapaxclmsti.iieeseivers.com.

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¦ Continued from cover in a Jerusalem hotel. His assassination was claimed by the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine , whose leader was assassinated in an Israeli rocket attack in August. Beginning Oct. 19, Israeli tanks temporaril y re-occupied cities that had been handed back to the Palestinian Authority under previous peace agreements. It was the biggest military operation in more than a year of fi ghting. Israeli authorities said they had neutralized "terrorists" in the operation , but Palestinian s pointed out that women and children were among those killed . The pope described the Holy Land fighting as one of several "threatening situations that are keeping all humanity in anxiety." He expressed his closeness to the families that have been victims of the violence, saying he was with them in prayer, sorrow and hope. . He said the Jewish, Christian and Muslim families of the Holy Land have been given the "gift " of living together and called for a commitment by all people to making the region a land of peace. In Jerusalem, Latin Patriarch Michel Sabbah called for an end to the Mideast 's spiral of violence. "It is enough with the bloodshed; it is enough with the fi ghting,"

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Patriarch Sabbah said in a letter released Oct. 21. "Shut the gate 's of death, of hatred and terror. Stop the shedding of blood that calls for other bloodshed ," he said. "The blood of all victims cries before God and before every human conscience," he said. The way to bring an end to thi s circle of violence, he said, was to restore "the occupied land to the real owners." "The international community finally has to come to understand that the Palestinian is a human being like all the others and has the right , as every human being, to recon quer his proper dignity and liberty in his own country, " he said, apparently in defense of Palestinian actions during the almost 13-month old intifada. In a separate letter released Oct. 19, patriarchs and other heads of Christian churches in Jerusalem appealed to the international community to end the violence in the Holy Land. "At a time when Western leaders are concerned with fighting terrorism , it seems that Palestinian residents, both Muslim and Christian , are subjected to similar acts for which the worl d takes little notice ," the church leaders said. Israeli TV showed gunshot holes in the Church of the Nativity. Israeli security officials charged that Palestinian gunmen were using churches as bases for their shooting in order to attract Israeli fire at holy sites. Palestinians charged that Israeli gunfire was aimed also at the Beit Jalla hospital.

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Top right on altar: Father Timothy Monahan who grew up in Our Lady of Angels , presides at his first Mass in the parish church in June 1957. Father Monahan, a former pastor of St. Cecilia Parish , Lagunitas, died in 1982. Other young men of the parish who went on to the priesthood include Father Leonard Calegari , pastor, St. Peter Parish, Pacifica; Father Milton Walsh , former pastor, St. Mary 's Cathedral and now assistant rector and professor of theology at St. Patrick's Seminary, Menlo Park; Msgr. Robert McElroy, pastor, St. Gregory Parish , San Mateo.

Our Lady of Angels ' First Communion class of 1960 with then-pastor, Capuchin Father Cornelius Hyland, who died in 1961, and Sisters of Mercy who taught and ministered there. many young couples are here, and their support is phenomenal," Father Gerald said , adding the long tradition of "families hel p ing families " during limes of sadness is safe with the parish's younger population. "They really band together," he said. "The way people get behind families in crisis is so Christ-like." Ilona and Kevin Holland are the parents of Melissa, 7, Meghan 5, and Madeline, 3, and have been members of OLA since 1993. The older girls are in first grade and kindergarten at the parish school. "We like it here very much," Mr. Holland said , noting the "camaraderie " he has felt with parishioners and priests. "The hospitality we received when we came here is something we now strive to pass on to others. " Kate and Steve Coffey moved to Burlingame from Denver in March 2000, Mr. Coffey had been employed with a Bay Area start-up company that recentl y closed. The coup le, with sons, John , 2, and , Patrick , 10 months , will move to Chicago, Mrs. Coifey 's hometown and where they met, in just a few weeks. "When you move somewhere you kind of roll the dice with your parish and can end up in one that is dynamic or one that just goes through the motions ," Mr. Coffey said. "We ' ve reall y felt lucky that when we came to this area we wound up at Our Lady of Angels. The homilies are excellent, the community is very together and we ' ve met a lot of wonderful people. " Mrs. Coffey said that as "a mother of two " it was important for her "to feel welcome and comfortable " and that she has found that at OLA. "I always felt very welcome," the former public relations assistant to Chicago Mayor Richard Daley said. "Peop le were happy to see us and happy to see the kids. That 's something we 're going to miss a great deal." Ministries at Our Lady of Angels include a Religious Education program with a faculty of 50 volunteers serving more than 500 youth of the parish who attend non-Catholic schools. Dr. Joseph Haggerty and his wife, Diane, hold a Religious Education class for nine eighth grade students, including their son, Joey, who attends Hillsborough's Crocker School, on Monday evenings in their home. The couple has previously

assisted at OLA with Marriage Preparation and Sunday morning Children ' s Liturgy of the Word . "Teaching Religious Education has been wonderfu l for us and brought us closer together," Dr. Haggerty said. "Our participation makes us feel more a part of OLA and 1 know that it 's a similar experience for the students and their parents. " He said the families of the childre n attending Religious Education classes deserve a lot of credit. "They are very dedicated to getting the students here on time and assisting as they can," Dr. Haggerty said , noting with a laugh that the group 's being made up of "half boys and half g irl s " perhaps offered an allure of its own for the young teens. Dr. Haggerty said he and his wife are grateful for the assistance of Kathryn Jones , Director of Relig ious Education and Father Gerald. "Both have been exceptional in their guidance ," he said. Father Gerald said the spirit of charity runs throug hout the parish. "There is an awareness among the parish family to reach out and help others ," he said , noting how the many ministries of the parish "are the peop le working to fulfill the Gospel message." He said there are stories "between God and myself of how individuals have hel ped families who were struggling, here and elsewhere . I .was the go-between and the peop le never knew who their benefactor was. " Father Gerald said he has been especiall y thankful for the collaboration and friendship of the priests of the Archdiocese. "There 's a great spirit among the priests of the Archdiocese that 1 have come to know and I hope they have come to know me." Father Gerald also said he is "profound ly grateful" for the work of the Sisters of Mercy who taught and guided the parish elementary school from 1927 -1997. Just days after beginning his first assignment at Our Lady of Angels in 1966, Father Gerald wrote a 26-page letter to his parents , Mary and Oliver, now deceased , in Ireland. The missive detailed the young priest 's "excitement and hope " for the ministry ahead of him. Asked if the letter would be any different if he wrote it today, he said, "No , it wouldn 't. The vibrancy of the ministry here continues. The Church, as I see it, is very much alive."

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By John Thavis Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) — For the first time in the church' s history, Pope John Paul II beatified a married coup le and said their lives as spouses and as parents were models for all Christians. At a joyous liturgy in St. Peter 's Basilica Oct. 21 , the pope declared as "blessed" Luigi and Mari a Beltrame Quattrocchi , a lawyer and homemaker who lived in Rome in the first part of the 20th century. They raised four children. Three of the children still survive and attended the beatification ceremony; two are priests , and they concelebrated the Mass with the pope. The pope said the step toward sainthood for the Quattrocchi coup le marked an important event for the whole church. "The richness of faith and married love shown by Lui gi and Maria Beltrame Quattrocchi is a living demonstration of what the Second Vatican Council said aboul all the faithful being called lo holiness ," the pope said in a sermon. 'They lived an ordinary life in an extraordinary way," showing that sainthood for married coup les is "possible and beautiful ," he said. They built their sp iritual strength on simple practices like the dail y Eucharist , devotion lo Mary, pray ing the rosary and meetings with spiritual advisers , he said. The pope praised the coup le in particular for their openness to having children. In fact , Maria had her fourth child , Enrichetla , against the advice of doctors , who had recommended an abortion because the mother 's life was seriously endangered by the pregnancy. The birth was difficult but the mother lived another 41 years. Enrichetta survives today and sat near the altar during the liturgy. The pontiff said the coup le 's holiness was evident in the way they educated their children , guiding them along a spiritual path that led , eventuall y, to priestl y or religious vocations for three of the four children.

given him in his own ministry as pope , warm applause arose from the 8,000 peop le inside the basilica and the thousands more who followed the liturgy on TV screens outside. A banner depicting the Quattrocchi couple was unveiled after the pope read the beatification decree. It was taken from a photograp h that showed Maria and Lui gi in old age, smiling arid facing each other during a walk in the mountains. The pope said he was sure that the holiness of the newl y beatified also could be found in Ihe daily Jives of many other married coup les who are try ing to be good husbands and wives and good parents. He said he recognized that married life was "not easy " and had its moments of disorientation and crisis. "We know how many families in such situations are tempted by discouragement. I am thinking in particular of those who experience the drama of separation. I am thinking of those who face illness and those suffering from the early death of a spouse or child ," he said. In these situations , too, one can give a great witness of faithfulness in love , which is made more important by the purification broug ht by the crucible of suffering, " he said. Luigi Quattrocchi was born in south- ' ern Italy in 1880 , and Maria was born in a a. u Florence in 1884. They met in 1899 and J o soon began a courtshi p that was docuX mented ' in their love letters , which u expressed their passionate love for each </) other as well as deep reli gious sentio a X ments. < They married in 1905 and within four en years had three children. Luigi was a O lawyer and civil serv ant in Rome , while Maria wrote pedagogical articles and books from her home. The couple was known among church circles for their help to political dissidents A tapestry depicting Luigi and Maria Beltrame Quattrocchi is displayed under fascism. They joined a number of inside St. Peter ' s Basilica during their beatification Oct. 22. church-run charity and social organizations. The pope looked tired as he celebrated ing his sermon. At one point , when he Luigi died in 1951. After dedicating her Mass, and he appeared to labor while read- thanked families for the support they hav e final years to prayer , Maria died in 1965. O c/> [/>

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Echoes of the past: Synod debates mirror those of Vatican II B y John Thavis Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Of the nearly 250 bishops attending the Synod of Bishops this fall , only a handful were present at the Second Vatican Council more than 35 years ago. But on several controversial issues, synod speeches strongly echoed the council' s debate. At the top of the list was "collegiality," the concept of shared responsibility and authority among the bishops and the pope. At the Sept. 30-Oct. 27 synod , everyone —— was for it , but — like those at Vatican II — they had a hard time agreeing on what it should mean in the day-to-day life of a bishop . On the synod floor, several bishops called for a greater decision-making role for heads of dioceses and bishops' conferences and a decentralization of Roman authority on nondoctrinal questions. Some called for new, permanent agencies in which bishops would work with the pope on matters of church governance. They might have been reading a page from the council' s debate on the issue in 1963-64, when a number of prelates supported the idea of a periodic gathering of selected bishops from around the world to help govern the church with the pope. Then, as npw, the Roman Curia — the Vatican's administrative agencies — came under fire . This year ' s synod heard complaints about decisions being taken out of the bishop 's hands, and one bishop wondered whether the Roman Curia was really interested in urgent pastoral problems at the local level. In response, one high Vatican official pleaded: Don ' t expect the impossible from us. Back in 1963, bishops also voiced objections about Vatican procedure s, saying they should not stand between the pope and the bishops. Back then, an Asian bishop

received thunderous app lause when he suggested limiting the power of the Roman Curia and granting bishops "all the faculties for the exercise of their office which belong to them by common law and divine law." One bishop who probabl y remembers that speech got to his feel in the synod hall Oct. 9 and reminded the bishops of the council' s debate; Bishop Gerard-Josep h Deschamps of Bereina , Papua New Guinea , said Vatican II reached a real spirit of communion and collegiality between universal and local churches , and he asked if that could be rekindled.

A key question at this synod was how the church should announce the Gospel in the contemporary world , with particular emphasis on the bishop as preacher and teacher. The tools of communication have changed since the council — many bishops at the synod noted the Internet 's potential , for example. But what hasn 't changed a lot over the past 35 years is an underlying tension over how strong ly the churc h should push its doctrine and moral teachings in the public forum. At the synod, for example, some Asian bishops said the church' s teachings should be presented to the non-Catholic — majority, but not necessarily as the "only correct answer." Others said the bishop should lead the way in enunciating church teachings authoritatively and courageously, even if risking ridicule from the larger public. War and peace loomed large during Vatican II, which was held during the time of the Cuban missile crisis and at the height of the Cold War-. A similar climate was felt during the October synod, as the U.S. military campaign began in the wake of deadly terrorist attacks. Several bishops spoke about the dark times and the need for the church to li ght a lamp of hope for people living in fear, in poverty or in distress. Those speeches might have been pronounced during Vatican II, when bishops gave unprecedented attention to global suffering and proposed new ways for the church to help alleviate it. Pope John Paul II attended the Second Vatican Council in the earl y 1960s and afterward participated in more than a dozen synods , first as a bishop and then as pope. Perhaps more than anyone, he 's heard it all before when it comes to crucial issues like collegiality and knows it 's part of a discussion that began nearl y four decades ago. But he also recognizes that if these issues keep bubbling up, they must be important. So far, he 's given no indication he 's tired of the debate.

\ . . what hasn't changed a lot oy er the pas t 35 years is an underlying tension over how

strongly the church should p ush its doctrine and moral teachings in the pub licforum.' Bishop Deschamps said the synod, established after the council as a permanent collegial forum, tends to produce rerun discussions. He asked at least that synods be given some decision-making powers, above their present advisory role. Collegiality was not the only synod issue with roots in the council' s debate. For example, the synod heard calls for personal holiness and prophetic witness among bishops, especially in living out poverty. This was a discussion point at the council , too, where one bishop said die "lack of heroic sanctity among bishops " was due to their failure to practice poverty. The question of how bishops are selected and named was raised at the council and the synod. Eastern bishop s at both meetings argued that restricting episcopal appointments to the pope alone need not be a rule for the entire church.

hCATHOLIC [SAN FRANCISCO The 'God business ' The firefig hters were on a routine mission: checking the fire extinguishers at the office of a Catholic newspaper, but the lady at the desk thought this was the time, after the deaths of so many firefi ghters at the World Trade Center, to say more than a polite hello. "How are you fellows doing ?" she asked. "We want you to know how much we appreciate what you guys do for us every day, " she said. The men smiled and thanked her. "We ' re doing OK," one of them said. "How are you folks doing ?" The woman smiled broadly and said, "The God business is doing just fine these days." So it is. In times of trouble , the "God business " always does well — whether it is a death in the family or thousands of deaths far away, in response to personal suffering or the unspeakable evil of September 1. When trouble comes , people instinctivel y turn to God. In World War II, the soldiers used to say, "There are no atheists in foxholes. " After September 11 , it was hard to find unbelievers anywhere in America. Mass attendance increased , baseball fans began singing "God Bless America," and even habituall y acid-tongued politicians suddenl y started to plead for the help of the Almighty. That 's the way it should be. We have it on good authority: "Come to me all you who labor and are heavily burdened , I will give you rest." Our God is not a remote and impersonal cosmic force , but an intensely personal God: "Should a mother forget her children , '!will not forget you." The God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob constantly draw s near to his people — leading them out of bondage in Egypt and into a land flowing with milk and honey. Finally, he does more than reach out: he becomes one of us, healing the blind and the crippled on the dusty roads of Galilee and Judea, dying on a cross and, finally, rising from the grave. So it is fitting and proper that when the going gets tough we go to God. But that 's only half of the story. The "God business " ought to do well in good times as in bad , in everyday life as well as during times of crisis. Faith doesn 't just console us in moments of sorrow but it also guides us on the paths of happiness. God isn't simply a lifeguard waiting patiently to rescue us in a sudden moment of danger, but a constant presence in our lives. For a variety of reasons — some good, some bad — many people have gotten the idea not that life is burdensome but. that faith is burdensome, that believers slouch through life , pressed down by the heavy demands of an awesome God. In this view, the Ten Commandments seem like the Ten Thousand Commandments, and only those who have been liberated from the bonds of religion have any joy in life. So we wind up with this curious vision of human happiness: 40year-old men hang ing around bars late at night try ing, and usually failing, to pick up 25-year-old women. It may look like fun on a movie screen for two hours; it's downright depressing in real life. Real happiness is found elsewhere, in the life of faith. Perhaps the best kept secret in modern America is the joy of simp le, old fashioned married love — a lifelong commitment based on the belief that marriage isn't a legal contract but a grace-filled sacrament. That is really liberating — relying on God and loving without conditions. The joy of sex, the joy of children, the simple pleasures of life , a mother and father watching a son create a tie-dyed shirt in the garage or a daughter play Softball and then, wife and husband, going to bed together. This, too, is the "God business. " So are all the simp le Christian virtues that have trouble finding a place in a world where "Things are in the saddle and ride mankind." — honesty in the work place, compassion for the troubled , generosity to the poor, unselfish care for our children , patience with our parents, peace amid turmoil. Secular "values" — really the lack of values — can be seductive, especiall y when they come packaged in the glamour of film and television, but they ultimately fail their followers . They wind up like the man who hoarded his riches in new barns only to hear in the ni gh , "This day your life will be demanded of you." PJ

Pray the Rosary

The letter writer in the October 5, 2001 issue, Tamim Ansary, wrote an excellent letter on die conditions in Afghanistan , but ended the letter with the question which is paraphrased here: Do we in the West want lo fight for years, losing millions of human beings , in order to free the Afghans who live a concentration camp life under the control of psychotic criminals who actual ly p lan to wage such a battle against us? My response is: Let us not try to answer Ansary's question , because America and other western countries will take what seems the best course, but do so slowly after much deliberation. Such gigantic questions are fertile soil for hopelessness , but we can do something to help our government leaders make the right decisions. We can pray. We can pray the most powerful prayer, the rosary, and do it daily. Prayer works. In 1955 in Austria when 10% of the people prayed die rosary daily, the Soviet Army voluntarily left Austria even though it was in die middle of the Cold War and they were expanding their power everywhere else. In 1964 when Brazil faced a Communist takeover, 600,000 people filled the streets of Sao Paulo and a million jammed the streets of Rio de Janeiro all pray ing the rosary. The communist head of state voluntarily fled the country. In 1975 in Portugal , after the Allianza de Santa Maria collected rosary pledges from 10% of the people, the Communists went down to defeat. Prayer works. God hears. No person is too insignificant to pray. No time in history is too late for prayer. 1 don't need to tell Catholics how to pray, but I encourage you all to increase prayers daily in order to quickly end the war. Judith Lagowski Menlo Park

law; the question is, being unable to defeat it in the Legislature , and unsuccessful to date in defeating it in the courts. What 's Plan C? Discontinuing prescription drug coverage is one response. Another would be to stop rewarding and start opposing those politicians, particularl y those who call themselves Catholic , who support this and other anti-fife leg islation. Virulentl y pro-abortion Jackie Speier, the law 's sponsor, sits on the board of a Catholic hospital . This is scandalous. The contraceptive insurance mandate (and other antiCatholic and anti-life Jaws undoubtedl y hi the legislative pipeline) are the harvest the institutional church is reaping for yews of coddling pro-abortion politicians because they are "so good on the justice issues". Barbara D. Dougherty Portola Valley

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Just a brief note to thank Pat Joyce for the excellent article on the United Irish Cultural Center. Your story and the photos by Cathy Joyce really caught the spirit of the event. Most Reverend Francis Quinn Tucson, AZ

Catholic Charities suit

In his letter rebuking Anthony Wynne for "missing the point" of Catholic Charities Lawsuit, James Sweeney, legal counsel for Catholic Charities (Sacramento), neglects to mention that tiris lawsuit, challenging the new contraceptive insurance mandate, has been unsuccessful both at the trial court and the court of appeals. In the meantime, the mandate has come into effect. Catholic Charities has opted to avoid the "marginalization" Mr. Sweeney so fears by providing contraceptive coverage rather than not providing drug coverage at all. So much for "the Catholic difference". In past centuries, and even today in some parts of the world, Catholics have died in the face of religious persecution. However, Catholic Charities and other Catholic institutions have decided that discontinuing one employee benefit is too steep a price to pay for fidelity to Church teaching. The question is not whether to fight this

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I enjoyed reading the article (Sept. 20) by Jack Smith on the Star Spangled Banner. I probabl y will never be able to visit Washington , D.C., so therefore, I enjoyed very much the tour he gave his parents and all the places he was able to take them and show" them. Like his mom, the original flag with all the wear and tear would have been the height of my visit too. 1 had not heard about England; the changing of the guard playing our national anthem. It makes one feel good to know lliat others feel your hurt. Dorothy Mazzina San Rafael

Not "Just War"

I was extremely disappointed in reading your report that the United Slates Bishop 's have apparentl y given unanimous support for the "measured" American war in Afghanistan. I for one believe there are numerous reasons why the American bombing of Afghanistan does not comply with our Catholic doctrine of "just war". First, under our just war doctrine, one can only initiate a war as a "last resort". Yet, the American bombing was begun before our government made any genuine effort to negotiate or engage in diplomatic efforts at the United Nations or with the Afghan government directly. As our president has often stated, "diere will be no negotiation". This -type -of unilateral -decision making, without any effort whatsoever to show the people of the world exacdy what type of evidence would justif y our bombing a sovereign country utterly fails to comply with the just war doctrine that requires that war only be initiated as a last resort. Second, under our just war doctrine, any war must be "limited in scope" with the "means used proportional to the purpose intended". 1 suggest that bombing the civilian infrastructure of a country, killing innocent civilians however unintentionally, blowing up red cross food centers, and causing millions of innocent women and children to flee their homes and their country and face probable starvation, is neither a war that is hmited or proportionate. My fear is that even if we find and punish the actual terrorists as a result of this war, the great majority of the millions of civilians in the Muslim world will view the thousands of American bombs dropped upon Afghanistan as neither justified nor just. Christopher T. Cody San Francisco

Hel p ing hands f rom City Colleg e

I just wanted to thank you for the wonderful article on the City College students and thenservice in El Salvador. You did a great job caphiring the spirit of the project and the Christian Foundation for Children and A ging which seeks to make connections between people that lead to mutual help and understanding. One of our staff members just returned from EI Salvador and reported that rebuilding efforts in the Santa Ana project are going well. Loretta Shea Kline Kansas City, KS

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Sister Francisca: Joy amidst uncertainty A f e w friends have asked of late, "What happened to today: joy. When the cloister door opened and the jubilariyour column?" That 's what friends are for. I wondered the an and her prioress entered the sanctuary for the renewal of same myself and have discovered that a p iece I sent in two vows , the packed chapel was suffused by a spirit of joy. months ago is out in cyberspace. What follows was written While Sister Francisca found joy in a cloistered convent , a month before the tragic events of September II , but I she would be the first to say that this is not what God has stand by it - although I recognize that _ in mind for most people. Whatever our ± trust in Providence comes with greater vocation - single or married , ordained , difficulty now than when I wrote it. For in religious life or the lay state - joy this reason, it is all the more necessary comes from embracing the will of God in these uncertain days. for us and seeking to live a life of Gospel The scene could be described as simplicity in service to others. quintessentially Californian : a crowd of Her jaunty step and serene smile as well-wishers and friends (includin g she entered the sanctuary stood in stark movie stars and artists) gathered near contrast to the plight of the rich man Point Lobos for a fiftieth anniversary described by Jesus in the Gospel we celebration. The bride, now over eighty, heard the next day, a man so selfwas barefoot and in sandals , wearing a absorbed that his possessions have wreath of flowers. Before you imagine a become his preoccupation. Are we to scene from the sixties, I should explain think , then , that her inner peace comes that the event took place in a monastery from isolation from the difficulties of Sister Francisca chapel , and the jubilarian was a life "in the real world"? at Silver Jubilee Carmelite nun. No, the key to Sister Francisca 's joy 1 first met Sister francisca of the Hol y Spirit in the is not the key which locks the convent door, shutting out summer of 1970, and she and her community have been a the tragedies and trials of life. In my experience, cloistered spiritual support to me and many other priests for years. As sisters are more aware of these realities than anyone else , I write this article, I am torn between the temptation to tell since people call to entrust all manner of situations to their her story and a desire to respect the anonymity which is a prayers . (In fact, three years ago I learned of Father cherished quality of the cloistered life. She would under- Raymond Brown 's death from Sister Francisca, even stand the temptation to go with the "expose", since one of though he and I were living in the same building !) her jobs before entering Carmel was as a columnist in 1would locate the secret of her joy in her absolute trust Hollywood; her successor in that position was Hedda in God's providence. We do not hear much about that provHopper. idence today, since people tend to oscillate between the But I will not say much about this wonderful woman, conviction that human beings hold the mastery over everynor about her specific vocation. Better, I think, to reflect on thing and the foolish superstitions of palm reading and a remarkable attribute , and a rather scarce one in our world astrology to try to determine "fate". Both of these positions

to are blasp hemy Christians. We believe lhat neither Man noisome Fate is in charge; God is in charge , the God of Jesus Christ. Seeking to know and do God's will and Father trusting in His providence will not always Milton T. Walsh bring us happ iness, if by happiness we mean a life devoid of heartache or difficulty. It does bring joy, because we are confident lhat the same loving Father who led Jesus throug h the agony of the cross to the glory of resurrection is at work in our lives. That providence led a woman to leave the glamour of Holl ywood and embrace the cloistered life; it leads others to marriage, or any number of vocations. Less important than where it leads is how we follow - dragging our feet , sure we have a better idea , or with openness to the surprises God has in store. Sister Francisca entered Carmel fifty years ago because she believed it was God' s will for her, and that by a life of prayer she could touch the lives of others more deeply than in any other way. Contrasting her generosity of spirit with the rich man who could only think of building larger barn s, I am reminded of the wise counsel of a friend' s grandmother: "The world is divided into givers and lakers. The takers eat well - but the givers sleep well. "

Father Milton T. Walsh is academic dean and an assistant professor of systematic theology at St. Patrick Seminary, Menlo Park.

Stiritualitv

Like a child not fully grown Have you ever watched a typical, moody adolescent interact with his or her famil y in public? Picture a 16-year-old girl in a restaurant with her parents and younger siblings. She 's at the far edges of both the table and the conversation, ashamed of her family. It 's obvious she's simply enduring her family with less than a subtle patience. Her speech, manner, body language, most everything about her, suggests disaffection. Yet, we don 't take her attitude all that seriously. It's common and natural. When you 're 16, your family can do nothing right , you're, ashamed of its faults, and your parents and siblings seem the prime agents blocking your freedom , potential , and growth. What an apt image to describe how so many of us, wanting to be mature in a sophisticated culture, relate to our Judeo-Cliristian roots and its churches. Nurtured in a culture that was born out of a Judeo-Christian womb, many of us are at the edges of our religious heritage, hypercritical about the religious family we ' ve been born into, and convinced that our Christian roots are what stand between us and proper freedom, achievement, and enjoyment. The metaphor is taken from the writings of Kathleen Norris and captures more than what is evident at fust glance. What it suggests is that in both a hypercritical young person

and in the attitude or many of us today toward our religious roots there is a lot of adolescent grandiosity, but that this is natural and something that is generally outgrown. A lively, struggling, iconoclastic adolescent, hypercritical of her family, is not bad —just unfinished. She only needs to grow up more to come to appreciate who and what gave her the freedom, tools, and self-confidence to stand on her own and be critical. The intellectual disaffection with Christianity today is not bad. It's just unfinished. It needs to grow up more and become cognizant and appreciative of the fact that the heritage that it has been so critical of is the very thing that has given it the freedom , insight, and self-confidence to speak all those words of cnticism. It can learn something from the young man or woman who at truity-somethingbegins more and more to drink from the wellsprings of his or her famil y heritage, despite seeing the family's faults. The bitter, distrustful adolescent , mouthing criticism of the family from the edges, grows into the responsible adult at the center, grateful for how the family has shaped his or her soul. A Catholic feminist was asked: "How can you be a Christian theologian and a feminist? Aren 't these incompati-

ble?" Her answer : Christianity gave us feminism! The roots of feminism and of most everything else in the Enlightenment which takes as non-negotiable the values of individual democracy, freedom , Father equality of opportunity, and respect for others, lie Ron Rolheiser in the Judeo-Christian Scriptures, It's no accident that these values have arisen so strongly out of Western, Judeo-Christian culture. It has simply taken us a long time to understand more deeply the demands of our own heritage. In the end, despite current protests to the contrary, it was Judeo-Christianity that gave us the Enlightenment and its making sacred of the values of individuality, equality, democracy, tolerance, and rationality. But, like an adolescent feeling her oats, the Enlightenment, right into our own rime and culture, believes that it has been its own source of wisdom, selftaught, a child without parents.

Family Lif e

Friends in heaven , and in Bodega Bay

After a relaxing Sunday afternoon at the beach, we stopped at a restaurant in Bodega Bay for an evening meal. It was a perfect finish to a perfect day, until we returned home and discovered that my purse was missing. During a frantic search of the car and every room of the house, I invoked the saint I call upon most—Anthony of Padua , the patron of lost things. "St. Anthony, please come around," 1 whispered , "something is lost and can 't be found." Sounds a bit like a nursery rhyme, I know, but it sure beats cursing and stomping my foot. As soon as the family gave up the search around here, I recalled hanging my purse on the chair at the restaurant . That often happens when I pray to St. Anthony - suddenly the location of the missing item pops into my head. A telephone call to Breakers Cafe on Highway One confirmed my hunch. The woman who cleared our table, God bless her, had found my purse and turned it in. The restaurant manager mailed my purse the very next

day at her own expense, and when it arrived with all of its contents safe and sound , I was one happy customer. "Thank you , Breakers Cafe; thank you, St. Anthony," 1 said aloud. "Gosh, Mom," my older son remarked , "there really are some good people in this world. Yes, there are, I concurred, and they do not seem to mind lending a helping hand now and then; in fact, they seem to enjoy it. Might this be one reason the Church encourages us to call upon the saints? Many of us are bashful about approaching the Almighty with our relatively small problems, especially when the world is teeming with far larger ones. So is it not comforting to know that St. Therese of Lisieux, for example, vowed during her lifetime to spend her heaven doing good upon earth? The Church has given us saints for countless dilemmas. For dog bites, there is St. Ubald. St. Joseph of Cupertino will help you with your exams, and St. Expeditus will help you not procrastinate while studying for them. There are

patron saints for every human endeavor , fro m advertising to ice skating to winegrowing. While still outside the Catholic Church , I struggled with this doctrine called "the communion of saints". But then a Vivian W. Dudro Catholic friend explained, "You ask your friends and relatives to pray for you, don 't you? You ask them to help you out from time to time. So why not ask the saints, too? Yeah, why not?

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

SCRIPTURE & LITURGY Secret of success: allow God to impress us "When I am weak, then I am strong." (II Corinthians 12:10) Paul got it right as he felt his poverty and need were the magnets that attracted Ihe power of Christ to assert itself in and throug h him: "I will rather boast most gladly of my weaknesses, in order that the power of Christ may dwell with me. Therefore, I am content with weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and constraints, for the sake of Christ; for when I am weak, then I am strong." Today's liturgy of the Word in delivering to us what it proclaims will help us get it right too. Our first reading introduces us to the strange reversals that happen in God' s reign. Sirach, originally written in Hebrew, was translated into Greek by the author 's grandson around 130 B.C. Both realized that God's People had come to the enviable position where they now had something to lose, and both wanted none of their tradition to be lost even in the translation . We hear that the needy are in the best position to attract God's attention to their cries for help: "Though not unduly partial toward the weak, yet he hears the cry of the oppressed. The Lord is not deaf to the wail of the orphan, not to the widow when she pours out her complaint. . . . The prayer of the lowly pierces the clouds; it does not rest till it reaches its goal, nor will it withdraw till the Most High responds, jud ges justl y, and affirms the right, and the Lord will not delay." Luke places a parable in Jesus' mouth with the notice that it is addressed "to those who were convinced of their own righteousness and despised everyone else." Luke has a special love for this parable (found only in this gospel) because it fits in with the entire work. In the early Christian hymn, modeled after the canticle of Hannah (I Samuel 2:1-10) and placed in the mouth of Mary (Luke 1:39-56), the author displays early on in the gospel one of the themes of his gospel: "God has shown the strength of his arm, and has scattered the proud in their conceit. He has cast down the mightyfrom their thrones, and has lifted up the lowly. He has filled the hungry with good things and the rich he has sent away empty." Now we see this theme lived out in the parable about a religious leader with an impressive track record and a hated tax collector with no impressive track record. They both went

Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time sirach 35:12-14, 16-18; Psalm 34; // Timothy 4:6-8, 16-18; Luke 18:9-14.

Father David M. Petting ill "up to the temple area lo pray." We hear the Pharisee's prayer, "0 God, I thank you that I am not like the rest of humanity— greedy, dishonest, adulterous — or even like this lax collector. I fast twice a week, and I pay tithes on my whole income." We hear the tax collector 's: "But the tax collector stood off at a distance and would not even raise his eyes to heaven but beat his breast and prayed, 'Be merciful to me a sinner.'" The tax collector goes home "justified; " the Pharisee does not. Why ? "Whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and the one who humbles himself will be exalted." The secret of a successful relationship with our God as his people is to allow God to impress us, not to try to impress God. That is why at the heart of our Sunday worship is our remembering, making present, and sharing in what God has accomplished in Jesus Christ once for all and shares through the gift of the Holy Spirit. Our worship always involves rehearsing in praise and gratitude what God has done to overcome our division, our sickness, and our poverty. Gradually this experience changes us into what we have

celebrated. The author of II Timothy, writing what he thinks Paul would have written to this fine young man, shows how both Paul and he have changed. At Eucharist, it is a body given for us, a blood poured out for us that we receive. Notice how Paul describes his whole life now nearing its end as "poured out," a "libation ": "I am already being poured out like a libation, and the time of my departure is at hand. I have finished the race; I have kept the faith." Notice too there is the Christ-like forgiveness for those who deserted him: "At my first defense no one appeared on my behalf , but everyone deserted me. May it not be held against them." Notice finally that the speaker believes that his past and future involve divine rescue because he is so needy: "I was rescued from the lion's mouth. The Lord will rescue me from every evil threat and will bring me safe to his heavenly kingdom." As we come to Sunday assembly for the meal of Word and Eucharist, the Word persuades us to come hungry and thirsty for what can only be received, aware that all we have to bring to this encounter is our ability to receive a gift, poor enough then to be enriched, weak enough then to be strengthened. Then we are never stronger. Questions for Small Communities Why is biblical humility so essential in our covenantrelationship as God's People? Describe experiences where your weakness has been strengthened?

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

Valuable new documents on worship My Mother always said, "When in doubt , read the instructions." I haven 't always taken this advice (as she could tell you). But in the area of liturgy, reading the instructions comes first and last and in between as solid practice (as my students will tell you). Lately, new sets of instructions are coming our way. Let me mention a few. 'Built of Living Stones ' The bishops of the United States have given us new guidelines on church art and environment. These build on and replace the earlier document, "Environment and Art in Catholic Worship." For pastors, parishioners, architects, liturgical design consultants, anyone involved in a church building or renovation project, "Built of Living Stones" is a vital document. Its first chapter, "The Living Church," powerfully emphasizes the foundational Christian belief that the local eucharistic community is Church. The Church then builds a church, a house for the Church in which to celebrate its worship. This new document also alerts us to approximately 15 significant decisions that every local bishop is called upon to make as a critical part of his role as "moderator, promoter and guardian of the entire liturgical life" of the diocese. The publication of this new text is a fine opportunity to re-invigorate our sense of the sacred in church art and environment. Lectionary for Mass. Volume II of the readings for Mass is ready and approved. We have been using Volume I which contains all the readings for Sundays and Solemnities since 1998. But now that the second volume is ready, it's actually become Volume 11, III, and IV. What's going on here? A key decision was made by the those who work with

Sister Sharon McMillan, SND our bishops on these projects. The decision is to give absolutely as much help to our lectors as possible. You who serve as lectors know how very demanding this ministry is and will, I think, appreciate the help. All of the texts in these new volumes are presented in "sense lines." That is, only one coherent phrase on a line instead of packing in as many words as possible on every fine and page. Because of this decision and because of the large amount of text, there will now be three new volumes available. Volume II includes the weekday readings for 2001,

2003, 2005, etc. with all the texts needed for saints' feast days. Volume III has the weekday readings for 2002, 2004, 2006, etc. with the readings for saints also. Volume IV contains the readings for weddings and confirmation, for example, for Mass in the time of war, for the voti ve Mass of the Sacred Heart , and Masses for the dead among others. For many of us whose lectionaries have been falling apart for years, this is very welcome news. The new .volumes will be beautiful and worthy of the Word. General Instruction of Roman Missal As Archbishop Levada reminded us last year, there is no need to make any changes now in how we celebrate the Eucharist. The official English translation of General Instruction 2000 is still being written. It will then need to be approved b y all the U.S. bishops and then sent to Rome for final approval . Meanwhile our bishops have been responding to concerns about methods of distributing Holy Communion under both kinds that have served our parishes well over many years. Some of these methods seem quite different from parts of General Instruction 2000. Pastors and communion ministers will be able to breathe more easily when General Instruction 2000 and its Appendix for the United States becomes available, thanks to the work our bishops have alread y done. Stay tuned !

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

Mass should inspire awe, humility, pope says

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Priests, and laity must show attitudes of humilityand reverence before the mystery of the Mass, Pope John Paul II said, "The people of God need to see in priests and deacons a comportment full of reverence and dignity, able to help them penetrate invisible things even without many words and explanations," said the pope said in a message to the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Sacraments.

Every liturgical celebration , he said, must be marked by "a profound sense of the sacred," The individuals at Mass and the community as a whole should have the experience of being in the presence of the holy, the pope said. "Consequently, the attitude required cannot help but be permeated by reverence and by the sense of awe which flows from knowing you are in the presence of the majesty of God," he said.

"In the Roman Missal, referred to as that of St. Pius V, as in various Eastern liturgies, there are very beautiful prayers with which the priest expresses the deepest sense of humility and of reverencebefore the sacred mysteries; these reveal the very substance of any liturgy," the pope said. While he mentioned the prayers in the Tridentine Missal, Pope John Paul also praised the congregation's efforts to apply faithfull y the hturgieal guidelines of the Second Vatican Council.

School of Pastoral Leadership For times, registration materials , costs, exact locations and additional information , call Joni Gallagher at (415) 614-5564 or spl@att.net. Preregistration is necessary for many programs. Visit the Web site at www.splsf.org. The History and Theology of the Mass with practical applications for lectors and eucharistic ministers taught by Father James McKearney of St. Patrick' s Seminary, Menlo Park. Reading and Praying the Bible In the Parish taught by Scott Mover, director, Adult Faith Formation , St. Dominic Parish, San Francisco. Introduction to the Old Testament taught by Jesuit Father Donald Sharp. Encountering the New Testament taught by Father David Pettingill, founding directo r of the School of Pastoral Leadership. The classes above are scheduled for Tuesdays, Oct. 30 - Dec. 11 from 7:30 - 9:30 p.m. at Junipero Serra High School, 451 W. 20th Ave., San Mateo. The Sacraments: Doors to the Sacred, taught by USF Prof. Mary Romo. Exploring the Spiritual Maps of 16th Century Spanish Mystics taught by Carmen de la Vega Neafsey, who holds a graduate degree in Spanish Literature . Introduction to the Old Testament taught by Jesuit Father Donald Sharp. The classes above are scheduled for Wednesdays Oct. 31 - Dec. 12 from 7:30 - 9:30 p.m. at Archbishop Riordan High School, 175 Phelan Dr., San Francisco.

Retreats/Days of Recollection VALL0MBR0 SA 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. 1: Bent Halos, A Celebration of All Saints day, with Sister Toni Longo. How can people live the sainthood Jesus calls them to? Nov. 2-4: Silent Retreat with Holy Ghost Father Tom Timmins. Deepen an awareness of God's infinite love and mercy toward all. Nov. 9-11: A Silent Retreat led by Father John Talesfore, director of worship for the Archdiocese of San Francisco. Conpemplate God's eternity breaking into daily life. Parables 2001: Stories Jesus Told, a monthly revisiting of the scripture stories with well known retreat leaders, scholars and people of faith. What about these tales? Are they true? Did they really happen? What implications do they have for the Christian in the 21 st century? Nov. 11: Father Wayne Campbell with the Parable of the Wedding Feast.

Young Adults 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. Join Two Tribes , young adults from the Catholic and Jewish tradition who meet to dialogue about their journeys of faith. Call Eric Suba at (415) 9222364 or eric.suba@kp.org. Oct. 27: Fall Fest 2001, 5th annual Young Adult Conference with keynote , workshops , Mass, dinner and dance. Contact Mary Jansen at Young Adult numbers above. San Francisco 's St. Agnes Parish, 1025 Masonic , SF and St. Agnes Spiritual Life Center, 1611. Oak St., SF announces talks and prayer opportunities. Call Chad Evans at (415) 487-8560.

Prayer/Devotions Oct. 28: Mass commemorating the 75th anniversary of Holy Name of Jesus Parish, San Francisco at 11:30 a.m. with Archbishop William J. Levada presiding. Call (415) 664-8590. Nov. 3: St. Peter 's School Annual Alumni Memorial Mass at 5 p.m. followed by social and buffet dinner in the parish hall and music until 10 p.m. Event honors the classes of 76 and '51. Tickets $15/$10. Call Martha Adriasola at (415) 826-0505 or Sylvia Rodriguez at (650) 992-5133. 2nd Fri.: Holy Hour for Priests at St. Finn Ban Church, 10:30 a.m. Includes ' talk by priest from Opus Dei with silent prayer and Reconciliation if desired. Followed by simple lunch in rectory. Call (415) 333-3627.

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Performance Admission free unless otherwise noted. Oct. 28: Coro Hispano and Conjunto Nuevo Mundo, the Bay Area 's classical Latino ensemble perform Musica de las Misiones, a program of sacred music from the early California Missions at Mission Dolores at 7 p.m. Suggested donation $20/$15. Group tickets available. Call (415) 431-4234.

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Oct. 27: Christmas Boutique benefiting Dominican Sisters of Immaculate Conception Academy, 24th St. and Guerrero, SF from 10 a.m. 5 p.m. Do your Christmas Shopping Early!!! Call (415) 648-7460.

Introductory instruction for married or engagec couples about Natural Family Planning, Billings Ovulation Method, is available by appointment frorr NFP consultant Gloria Gillogley. Call (650) 3459076. Introductory presentations on the Billings Ovulation Method of NFP are scheduled for Oct. 17, Nov. 14, Dec. 12 at St. Brendan Parish Center, Ulloa and Laguna Honda Blvd., SF. Call (415) 681-4225.

Oct. 27: Harvest Fest/Arts and Crafts Fair benefiting St. Matthias Day Care Center, Redwood City in the Parish Hall at 533 Canyon Rd. off Cordilleras. Shop for the holidays from more than 25 vendors. Also a food booth, bake booth, silent auction, entertainment , games and more . Call (650) 367-1320.

Retrouvaille , 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 oi edgleason@webtv.net.

Oct. 27, 28: Craft Fair and raffle sponsored by Father Serra Circle of St. Ve ronica Parish , 434 Alida Way, South San Francisco. Sat. 11 a.m. -6:30 p.m.; Sun. 9 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. Lunch available both days.

Worldwide Marriage Encounter, a dynamic marriage enrichment experience designed to deepen the joy a couple shares. Call (888) 568-3018.

Nov. 3: Destination: Mardi Gras , an auction and dinner dance benefiting St. Timothy Elementary School at the parish, 1515 Dolan Ave., San Mateo. Tickets $30. Call (650) 342-6567.

The Adoption Network of Catholic Charities offers two free information meetings on adoption and foste r care on the 2nd Tues. of each month in San Francisco and on 1st Mon. in San Mateo at 7 p.m. Call (415) 406-2387.

Nov. 3,4: Fashion Show 2001 - We Are Inspired, a fundraiser benefiting St. Ignatius College Preparatory School. Student, parents and faculty serve as models on Saturday at a Gala Evening Show with dinner ' and dancing, and Sunday for a Festive Luncheon Show. Tic kets $125/$75. Call Stella Muscat at (415) 731-7500 ext 204.

Consolation Ministry Nov. 5: Joseph Stinson, a well-known Crisis Care and Unresolved Past Loss Counselor speaks and facilitates dialogue at Our Lady of Angels Lower Hall next to the parish school off Hillside Dr. in Burlingame at 7:30 p.m. Appropriate for all ages. In association with Good Grief, www.goodgrief.net.

Nov. 2,3,4: Once Upon a Kingdom, the annual St. Cecilia Parish Festival with food , games, raffle and silent auction. Fun for all ages. Fri. 6 -10 p.m.; Sat. noon-4 p.m./6-10 p.m.; Sun. noon - 6 p.m. Sat. dinner 5 - 7 p.m. Call (415) 664-8481.

Our Lady of Angels, 1721 Hillside Dr., Burlingame, 1st Mon. 7:30-9 p.m.; 1st Thurs., 9:30 - 11 a.m. Call (650) 347-7768; Our Lady of Mt. Carmel, James St. between Fulton and Grand, Redwood City, Thurs . 6 - 7:30 p.m. Call (650) 3663802; St. Andrew, 1571 Southgate Ave., Daly City, 3rd Mon. 7:30 - 9 p.m. Call Eleanor and Nick Fesunoff at (650) 878-9743; Good Shepherd, 901 Oceana Blvd., Pacifica. Call Sister Carol Fleitz at (650) 355-2593; St. Hilary, 761 Hilary Dr., Tiburon, 1st and 3rd Wed., 3 - 4:30 p.m. Call Sister Colette at (415) 435-7659; St. Gabriel, 2559 40th Ave., SF, 1st and 3rd Tues., 7 - 9 p.m. Call Barbara Elordi at (415) 564-7882; St. Mary Cathedral, Gough and Geary St., SF, 2nd and 4th Wed ,2:30 - 4 p.m. Call Sister Esther at (415) 567-2020, ext. 218; St. Finn Barr , 415 Edna St., SF in English and Spanish, one Sat. per month. Call Carmen Soils at (415) 5840823; St. Cecilia, 2555 17th Ave,SF, 2nd and 4th Tues ,2 - 4 p.m. Call (415) 664-8481. Ministry for parents who have lost a child is available from Our Lady of Angels Parish, Bgrlingame. Call Ina Potter at (650) 347-6971 or Barbara Arena at (650) 344-3579.

Vocations Nov. 4 and monthly: Meeting, 7 - 8:30 p.m., of a discernment group for women considering a vocation to religious life. Topic. Relationships in My Life. Call Sister Carla Kovack at (415) 257-4939. "Mosaic ", a public affairs program featuring discussions about the Catholic Church today. 1st Sundays 6:00 a.m , KPIX-Channel 5. "For Heaven's Sake" , a public affairs program featuring discussions and guests, 5 a.m. 3rd Sunday of the month, KRON-Channel 4. Both shows are sometimes preempted or run at other times, please check listings. Produced by the Communications Office of the Archdiocese of San Francisco.

Nov. 2 and most 1st Fri.: Join the Marin Catholic Breakfast Club for prayer, dialogue and a catered breakfast beginning with 7 a.m. Mass at St. Sebastian Church, Sir Francis Drake Blvd. and Bon Air Rd,Greenbrae. Nov. 2: Hear Bill Turner, a former agent with the FBI and author of the book, Rearview Mirror. Members $5/non-members $10. Dues are $15 annually. Please respond to sugaremy@aol.co m or (415) 0704 between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. Nov. 4: Pancake Breakfast and Talent Show benefiting St. Finn Barr School in the parish hall between Hearst and Edna St. off Monterey Blvd., SF. Tickets $5/$3.50/$2.50. Call Virginia Ghung at (415) 333-2895 or Josephine Avilla at (415) 587-8291.

Returning Catholics Landings, a welcoming program for Catholics interested in returning to the Church, has been established at the following parishes: St. Dominic, SF, Lee Gallery at (415) 221-1288 or Dominican Father Steve Maekawa at (415) 5677824; 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; St. Dunstan, Millbrae, Dianne Johnston at (650) 697-0952; Our Lady of the Pillar, Half Moori bay, Meghan at (650) 726-4337; St. Peter, Pacifica, Shirley Bryant at (650) 355-5168.

Reunions Nov. 3:50th reunion luncheon St. John Evangelist Elementary's class of '51 at Lighthouse Hotel/Moonraker, Pacifica from 2 - 6 p.m. Call Diane Shasky at (415) 239-6386. Nov. 3: Class of '51 of St. Cecilia Elementary will gather at the Forest Hill Clubhouse. Call Phil and Helen Murphy at (4 15) 731-0127; Berie Davey at (650) 593-8768; Charles Corsiglia (650) 589-8410.

Food & Fun Oct. 27: Annual Pedro Tournament at Archbishop Riordan High School, 175 Phelan Ave , SF with cocktails at 5 p.m., dinner at 7 p.m. followed by the popular tourney. Tickets $35 per person. Call (415) 586-9190.

Nov. 10: Reunion lunch for Class of 71, Mercy High School, SF. Call Patricia O'Neill at (415) 682-7858. April 5, 6, 2002: Class of '52, Notre Dame High School, San Francisco. If you have not been contacted, please call Patty Moran at (415) 861-2378.

Oct. 27: Nightmare on Thomas More WayCarnival 2001 benefiting St. Thomas More Elementary School, 50 Thomas More Way off Brotherhood Way, SF. Theme booths, games, activities, food and plenty of fun for the entire communi-

St. Peter's Academy class of '65 is planning a reunion for 2002. Call Gloria Krzyzanowski at (650) 340-7469 or Linda Roberts at (650) 549-3200.

Nov. 2: The Musicians of St. Dominic present the Mozart Requiem, a special All Souls Day presentation, at 7:30 p.m. in the church , 2390 Bush St. at Steiner, SF. A memorial to all who have died this year. Call (415) 567-7824. Nov. 2, 3: Concert and retreat by well-known composer Dan Schutte at St. Isabella Church, One Trinity Way, San Rafael. Concert Fri., at 8 p.m. with tickets at $12/$7. Day of Spiritual Renewal is Sat. 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. with a fee of $15. Bring lunch. Cold drinks provided. Call Linda Myers at (415) 479-8428. Sundays in October: Concerts at St. Mary Cathedral featuring various artists at 3:30 p.m. followed by sung Vespers at 4 p.m. Gough and Geary Blvd., SF. Call (415) 567-2020 ext. 213. Sundays in October: Concerts at National Shrine of St. Francis of Assisi featuring various artists at 4 p.m. following sung vespers at 3 p.m., Columbus and Vallejo, SF. Call (415) 983-0405.

Volunteer Opportunities St. Joseph's Village, a homeless shelter for families at 101h and Howard St ,SF, is looking for dedicated office volunteers to answer phones and greet residents. If you are interested in volunteering, call Dewitt Lacey at (415) 575-4920. San Francisco's St. Anthony Foundation needs volunteers as well as canned goods and other staples. Non-perishable foods may be taken to 121 Golden Gate Ave. M - F from 8"30 a.m. 4:30 p.m. Volunteer candidates should call (415) 241-2600 or visit the web site at www.stanthonys.org. Seeking enthusiastic men and women for the volunteer team at Mission Dolores Gift Shop, Welcome visitors from around the world , distribute brochures, accept donations and assist in gift shop sales. You'll also have a chance to practice additional languages you may speak. Call Theresa Mullen at (415) 621-8203, ext. 30. SF's Laguna Honda Hospital is in need of extraordinary ministers including Eucharistic ministers and readers as well as volunteers to visit with residents and help in the office and with events. Call Sister Miriam Walsh at (415) 664-1580, ext. 2422. Raphael House, a homeless shelter for families in San Francisco's Tenderloin District , is in need of volunteers to help with various tasks. Hours are 5:45 p.m. - 9 p.m. Call Carol at (415) 345-7265. California Handicapables, which provides a monthly Mass and luncheon to handicapped persons, needs volunteers including drivers, servers, donors, and recruiters of those who might benefit from the experience. Call Jane Cunningham at (41-5) 585-9085. St. Francis Fraternity, a secular Franciscan organization, needs volunteers to help with their 20 year old tradition of serving breakfast on Sunday mornings to their Tenderloin neighbors. Call (415) 621-3279. Maryknoll Affiliates: Bay Area chapter meets 3rd Sat. for two hours at Maryknoll House, 2555 Webste r St, SF to share community, prayer, and action on social justice and global concerns. Members occasionally do short periods of mission sen/ice around the world at Maryknoll locations. Call Marie Wre n at (415) 331-9139 or mwren48026@aol.com.

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Unlike Catholicism and other Christian denominations , Islam has no central authority structure . Religious scholars and others educated in the Koran provide guidance and WASHINGTON (CNS) — With an estimated 1 billion may issue legal opinions , known as "fatwas ," about speciffollowers , Islam is (he second largest religion in the world. ic issues, but all individuals are not under any reli gious Islamic organizations say there are about 7 million obli gation to follow them. In some countries, civic law is Muslims in the United States; of those, 85 percent are U.S.derived from political leaders ' interpretation of Islamic law hnm and therefore is broadly enforced. Islam draws its name from the Among the elements of Islam Arabic terms for peace and loving that may seem confusing or exotic submission to God's will. Its folto contemporary Christians are its lowers consider it lo be bolh a relirules about diet and dress and its gion and guidelines for a complete approach (o marriage . way of life. Dietary rules include a prohibiHistoric records of Islam date tion on eating pork , animals that from the time of the prophet were not killed in the proper way Mohammed , who was born in and products made with any aniMecca , in what is now Saudi mal 's blood. Alcoholic beverages Arabia , in 570. Beginning al age also are forbidden. 40, he began receiving revelations As for wardrobes , men and from Allah , the Arabic word for women are expected to dress in a God, through the angel Gabriel. modest and dignified way. In | These revelations received over many places, this is defined for women as meaning their hair the course of 23 years were com5 u piled during Mohammed' s lifea should be covered and their clothes should cover them from time in a book known as the d Koran , or the Quran , the spelling the neck to the knees. g In some Islamic culture s, preferred by many Muslims. women are required to wear a fullMuslims believe the Koran a length robe called a "chador " and contains the exact words of God, a. E a face-covering veil. In others , conveyed in Arabic. Muslim zz Muslim women may choose to scholars around the worl d stud y its H dress no differently than their nontext in Arabic, because translaMuslim contemporaries. tions are not considered to be 100 I o Likewise, Muslim men sometimes percent accurate . X are required to wear beard s and Islam 's origins are generally z o head coverings, depending upon the same as those of Christianity the local culture . and Judaism. They share many of Muslim marriages consist of a the same prophetic revelations — A Muslim man prays at the Islamic Society of North America in Plainfield , Ind. legal agreement in which either for instance, Abraham 's message partner is allowed to include conthat there is but one God. Muslims Profession of the faith. Simply, "there is no God but ditions. Divorce is not common, but in some countries believe Islam was founded by Allah and is a reiteration of there are different rules for men and women about how to events known to Jews through the Torah and to Christians God, and Mohammed is his messenger." divorce a spouse. Even very early Islamic laws specificalfive-times-a-day prayers known Worship. Specifically, in the Bible through the time of Jesus. They recognize a chain of many prophets —• a great as "salat." These prayers may be said at a mosque or wher- ly protected the wife financially in case of divorce. Islam permits men to take more than one wife under number of them familiar to Christians and Jews. The Koran ever else is convenient, but preferably in community with certain circumstances, including that the first wife must refers to 25 prophets, and treats Noah, Abraham ,. Moses, other Muslims. Almsgiving, known as "zakat," which means purifica- agree and local law allows it. Jesus and Mohammed as the most significant. Another Islamic term that has been widely used but litThe Koran considers Jesus one of God's greatest mes- tion and growth. Each Muslim calculates his own "zakat" tle explained is "jihad." The word "jihad" means struggle sengers to humankind, acknowledging his virg in birth and based on certain principles. Fasting. Muslims are obligated to abstain from food , and can apply to any kind of daily effort to please God. the miracles he performed. Islam does not recognize Jesus as the son of God. drink and sex from first li ght until sundown during the Muslims believe among the highest levels of "jihad" are the internal struggle against wrongdoing and bearing witHowever, it regards his mother, Mary, as the purest woman Islamic calendar 's month of Ramadan. Pilgrimage. A pilgrimage, or "hajj, " to Mecca, Islam 's ness to the faith. In some uses of the word , "jihad" and spirin all creation. In fact, the Koran contain s more passages holiest city, at least once in a lifetime is considered obliga- itual discipline are similar in meaning. about Mary than does the New Testament. Islamic scholars say the type of "jihad" in which arms Followers of Islam emphasize its laws over theology tory for those who are physicall y and financiall y able to are taken up in defense of Islam or a Muslim country can and religious practice over belief. These laws — known as make the trip. Like Christians, Muslims believe God forgives sins. only be declared by the religious leadership or a Muslim "shariah" — are based on the Koran as well as tradition. These traditions are derived from Mohammed's words and The Koran contains many passages about ' the mercy of head of state who is guided by the Koran and the Sunna. deeds, known as the Sunna. God. Muslims also believe in a jud gment day, resurrection , There is great debate within Islam about whether anyone is qualified to invoke this kind of "jihad " today. The Sunna includes reports from Mohammed's com- heaven and hell and angels. By Patricia Zapor Catholic News Service

panions about his life. Different groups of Muslims place vary ing importance on these reports. For instance , Sunni Muslims , who make up between 85 percent and 95 percent of the Islamic population , give it different merit than do Shiite Muslims , the next largest group. Common to all Muslims , however, are five fundamental obligations , known as the five pillars of Islam. They are:

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was unlocused ," she said. The third week proved to be the kicker. En route to one of the grief support groups she Ruhama thoug ht she had moved beyond the terrible ,, facilitate s, Ms. Elordi crashed into another car. It was, paral yzing grief. Wh y had it returned , now, after all she said , her own fault , because she was feeling distractthese years ? The memories began rushing back in all ed. Although she could have had her own damage d car their vividness , to that afternoon when soldiers burst towed right then to a garage, the counselor decided to into her classroom. drive it to her group. Ruhama watched in horSuddenl y, in the midror as they dragged three dle of the session , she students outside to the realized her headli ghts yard. The soldiers then were probabl y broken. So proceeded to execute the two peop le in the group young peop le , ri ght on the offered to accompany her spot. to her house. The three of Their crime? They them formed a little prowere the children oi cession of cars - with hers Middle Eastern revoluin the middle. tionaries. Then , during her next The recent Sept. 11 tergrief support group meetrorist attacks on ing, she burst into tears. Manhattan and "There ' s even more to Washington , D.C., have this story, " she-said dry ly. reawakened Ruhama ' s old After dropp ing her car pain. But this time she off to be repaire d, Ms. hasn ' t suffered in isolaElord i rented a vehicle for tion. Members of her the next few days. The parish grief support group ni ght before she was have been there for scheduled to return it to Ruhama. the rental car agency, she K U In the aftermath of stopped at a service staE tion to fill up the gas tank. 911, old sorrows and trauE lot mas are revisiting many On the way home , the c car began sputtering. Ms. peop le besides Ruhama , according to Barbara Elordi couldn ' t figure out Elordi , director of grief wh y. The next morning , care ministry for Catholic v, the engine had gone dead. Charities of the \l After having the car towed Archdiocese of San to the rental agency, Ms. Carmine Davila, left, hugs her nephew and niece, Daniel and Brittany Lopez of Brooklyn Francisco. Elord i discovered what the N.Y., during "A Prayer for America " at Yankee Stadium in New York Sept. 23. The Shock waves from the problem was. It was not children lost their father, Daniel Lopez , in the World Trade Center attack Sept. 11. massive traged y are triggood news. "By mistake , gering a wide assortment I'd filled it up with diesel of feelings , emotions, and fuel." memories , she pointed out. Barbara Elordi is not speaking as a detached authorThe agency wants to charge her $1,000. When this counselor visited her own therap ist 's sup- ity figure . Even the healers , herself included , have been Ms. Elordi is scheduled to fly to Boise, Idaho next port group recently, members reported their clients as affected , she acknowled ged. month for a family wedding. Does she still plan to go? The counselor has been getting feedback from mem- Yes, but not on the same plane with three of her Bay feeling more sad , angry and anxious than usual. "People bers of the National Catholic Ministry to the Bereaved , Area relatives , as ori ginall y planned. are doing reall y crazy things ," they agreed. "We ' re splitting up, going on separate fli ghts. " "The 911 traged y has made us feel hel pless. We can ' t who live in the New York City area. Since 1990, the do anything. Anger and NCMB has been providIn case something happens , she said. irritability are the result of ing pastoral and spiritual Just in case something happens -the specter of that support to the bereaved , other shoe dropping is haunting us all. said Barbara Elordi. feeling helpless," said Ms. 'The 911 tragedy has made us feel caregivers, agencies , conElordi. Even our healers are not spared. gregations and dioceses She advised people not hel p less. We can 't do anything. throug h education and to conclude that they are resources. going crazy if they are Ange r and irritability are the Four bereavement minexperiencing more • stress offers bereavement services for children , isters told Ms. Elordi they than usual. "Whatever our result of feeling hel p less. ' teens and adults. 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Catholic News Service MANALAPAN , N.J. (CN S) -- Two ¦ weeks after the World Trade Center attacks , a reli gious education teacher went on with her scheduled lesson plan — teaching third gratters that God is good. Linda Dickinson told the students at St. Thomas More in Manalapan that they couldn't blame the terrorist attacks on God. "I wanted to hel p their faith grow and lei them know God is protecting them ," she said. The lesson wasn 't from a textbook , but from the personal experience of this 35-year-old parishioner whose life was changed forever by the events of Sept. 11. That morning, her husband , Patrick , who worked at the American Stock Exchange , was attending a breakfast meeting at Windows on the World restauTant, on the 110th floor of the World Trade Center. Sinc e then he has been among the 4,500 people missing from the trade towers collapse. Mrs. Dickinson , who is expecting a baby in December , felt she had to talk to the students just as she had spoken to her own 7-year-old daughter.

"I didn ' t know what they had been hearing. If I didn 't go, they might say, 'Our own CCD teacher is abandoning us ,'" she told Catholic News Service Oct. 12 in an interview at St. Thomas More , a parish located near sprawling new nei ghborhoods , farmlands and dozens of farm markets overflowing with pump kins. It is a parish that seems to add new members each week and also has kept a steady supp ly of votive candles burning over the past month to mourn the deaths of seven parishioners from the terrorist atlacks. "1 believe with all my heart , and 1 have taught my daughter , that this (life) is not all there is," she said. In fact , on the morning of Sept. 12 she told her daughter Erin , who had been wondering , why so many peop le had gathere d at the house the nig ht before , that "if Dadd y died , God protected him and he ' s in a better place. " But in the days and weeks after the tragedy, both she and her daug hter held out hope that may be, miraculousl y, the man they loved was safe in an air pocket under the collapsed structure . Erin continually prayed that God NJ WOMAN , page 7-GM

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Catholic police officers receive, give solace at ground zero The priest also celebrated Sunday Mass for about 100 workers Sept. 16. TRENTON , N.J. (CNS) — No That emotional service one needs to tell Jerry Barbato , a was not the only faith-filled detective with the New Jersey experience of the nine days. State Police, how a crisis can bring The challenge of each day 's people together. work had the potential to After spending nine days living cause even the most devout near ground zero, he said the hardlo lose hope. w y est part was saying goodbye to But the stress manageIJ o ment team didn ' t. everyone. £. It was like we had been nei gh"If anything, it galvabors for four years," he said of the nized our faith ," said >rescue teams and relief agency Bruncati. os workers based at the Jacob Javits And Barbato , an & Convention Center — a hub for the extremel y gregarious man UJ z ground zero volunteers . y with an uncanny ability to "It was . amazing how peop le make everyone laugh , stuck came together. I' ve never seen that with a consistent faith he o V has always practiced. before," he told Catholic News o sService in an Oct. 11 interview at "I'm one of those guys c aa. who says, 'What is, is, and the Trenton diocesan headquarters. on Z you can 't change it. '" he Msgr. Philip Lowery, chap lain y for the New Jersey State Police said. He was not about to who joined the state troopers at the come up with an explanation New Jersey searc h and rescue team members Jim Brunati , Jerry Barbato , site of the collapsed World Trade for the terrorist attack, bul he Jackie Pestano and Jim Nestor survey ground zero in New York. Center, agreed, saying in his 25 still tried to look for someyears as a priest , "I never bonded thing good to come out of it. as I did ((here) with so many people. " televisi on access, even chiropractors — anything to make And that 's what he found while talking to people al the On Sept. 12, Barbato , a parishioner at Hol y Innocents in their time away from the World Trade Center site more volunteer center and when the team moved to just outside Neptune , was in New York City with 160 members of New relaxing. ground zero so they could talk to rescuers as they took Jersey 's Urban Search and Rescue Team and 10 other Nestor, who supervises the critical stress management breaks and not have to wail until their 12-hour shift s ended teams from around the country who were taking 10-day team , said this particular crisis was "so far off the scale " to see how they were doing. shifts in the job of going through the debri s of the twin tow- from most debriefing jobs that their how-to manuals Barbato , a father of three who is built like a football ers — initially with the hope of finding survivors. were thrown aside as they came up with their own plan player, also spent time laughing and crying with his friend The New Jersey team was among those essentiall y of helping people cope with such unimag inable devasta- — a New York City police captain — whose brother, a firecamping out in a makeshift city with dozens of tents set up tion and loss. fighter, was among the missing. in a safe zone — a covered parking garage next to the conAs Msgr. Lowery, who volunteered with the team, put He said he felt blessed to be part of the recovery effort vention center — 30 blocks from ground zero. it: "We were flying by the seat of our pants. " and described it as a "humbling experience that put things Barbato, police Lt. Jim Bruncati and Jim Nestor , direcFor him, that meant listening to anyone who just felt in perspective. " tor of the employee assistance program for the New Jersey like talking. And that often happened in the middle of the Msgr. Lowery, pastor of St. James Parish in Red State Police, were part, of the critical incident stress man- night as the priest , who was unable to sleep, walked around Bank , felt likewise , saying his own faith was boosted b y agement team there to counsel , or as they say, debrief , the the converted garage. the example of the men and women from the rescue teams of rescuers who were putting in 12-hour shifts at Rescue workers , who had had little time to process all teams. ground zero. they'd seen, vented their sadness over the loss of friends or "The rescuers couldn 't give enough," he said. "Not one Since they were among the first teams to arrive, the colleagues, their frustration from not finding survivors and of them thought about themselves or asked , 'How much do team 's work also, involved taking care of practical things, questions about what to say to their own kids about the I have to give?' Their faith held them through the most difsuch as providing the workers with hot meals, telephones , tragedy. ficult moments." By Carol Zimmermann Catholic News Service

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Changed skyline is among many changes for parish since Sept. 11 By Carol Zimmermann Catholic News Service HIGHLANDS , N.J. (CNS) — The seaside town of Highlands , doited with small homes and seafood restaurants , has one stark reminder of the recent terrorist attacks — the New York Cily sk y line. Just around the comer from Our Lady of Perpetual Hel p Parish , historic li ghthouses sit atop a hill that provides a p icturesque view of the Atlantic Ocean with a backdrop, to the left , of Manhattan's skyscrapers. On Sept. 11 and for days afterward , townspeop le gathere d at this hill , staring in disbelief at the distant skyline and seeing smoke where (hey once saw New York's famous landmarks — the (win towers. The weekend after the attack , townspeople again gathered below the lighthouses for a memorial service at which Father Dan Gowen. pastor of Our Lady of Perpetual Hel p, was among those leading the group in prayer. A( the end of the service , the priest was approached by a fireli ghter from Long Branch who recognized him as "the priest fro m the boat " and who called over his squad members for a p icture. The priest hadn 't recognized the men because, when he met them the afternoon of Sept. 11, they were in full gear, riding the ferry to the city mid heading to the site of the World Trade Center. That day, the priest rode the commuter terry, based in Highlands , back and forth at least four times , mainly lo talk to people and offer prayers or consolation in the 45-minute ride out of the city. Many of the passengers didn ' t even live in the part of New Jersey where the boat was landing, but had boarded simp ly to flee the downtown chaos. "I did more direction giving than counseling. I was like the Shell Answer Man ," Father Gowen told Catholic News Service in an interview on the town 's hillside one month after the attacks. It was on one of the rides to the city that the priest was approached by a firefighter who asked for a blessing. And moments after the pri est finished, the firefi ghter brought back the rest of his squad telling them, "Father 's gonna bless you."

Highlands , N.J., Police Chief dames Davis and local pastor Father Dan Gowen stand on the pier near the ferry that helped them bring traum atized New Yorkers across from Manhattan on Sept. 11. "It was like a scene from a movie," the priest said , describing his hands lifted over the firemen with their helmets in then hands and heads bowed while lower Manhattan was burning behind them. By day 's end, the priest 's black clothes were covered with white handprints from the hugs he received from countless men and women covered with ash from the collapsed buildings. When he returned to his parish , called "Jewel of the Sea" on its sign, Fa ther Gowen was relieved to find that none of Ills parishioners were among the missing, even though many of them work in the city. Like parishes throug hout the country, Our Lady of Perpetual Help held a Mass that evening and Father Gowen described the homily as the toughest one he had to prepare.

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The scriptural messages of loving our enemies are coming alive as we speak," he told parishioners. In the days immediately after the tragedy, life came to a halt in Highlands, where eight peop le were among the missing. The ferry's commuter lot revealed a much greater number of missing persons from neig hboring towns when its normall y pac ked lot was nearly empty save for the chilling si ght of dozens of cars left overnight by owners who hadn ' t returned. And in the weeks following the traged y, the community rallied together in ways Father Gowen never before would have imagined, from gathering to pray and hold candlelight vigils to collecting goods and reaching out to neighbors. "The terrorists don 't realize the good that has come out of tins evil ," die priest said. "1 hope it stays. "

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Love , death and running away In my wife 's family, I' m known of as an angel of death. By sheer coincidence , I have been there for the last hours of the lives of a number of her relatives. On one occasion, 1 received a call at four in the morning from my wife 's aunt saying that another aunt had , unexpectedl y, been taken to San Francisco Genera l Hospital and probabl y wasn ' t going to make it. She was too distraught and couldn ' t go. Would 1? My wife was taking a course in Modesto and I was the onl y relative around. Unshaven , un-showered and reeking of cigarettes I went and talked to her and prayed for her for several hours as I waited for my in-laws to fly down from Seattle. She was unconscious and I don ' t know that she heard anything I said , but to me comforting the dying is a matter of my Christian responsibility. I believe in the Resurrection; such scenes don ' t bother me.' Until death came too close to home. Several years ago my grandmother was diagnosed with breast cancer. Now, she was not just any grandmother you visit on holidays. She was in every sense a second mother. She drove me to school. She was a great chef and taug ht me how to cook. I could make veal scallop ini and risotto alia milanese before I learned my multiplication tables. More than that she was a role model. She was a tolerant , educated , cultured and world-wise woman . And she was there for me in every moment of crisis in my life. She lived a block away from us and I spent at least as much time with her as 1 did with my immediate famil y. I can honestly say, with all due deference to my mother and my wife , that for a large part of my life , she was closer to me than any other person. When my grandmother was diagnosed , the cancer had alread y infected her ribs , but I was in denial. I studied the medicines she was taking and the course of her therapy and convinced myself that this cancer was manageable. She was the lynch pin of my famil y; she could not die. I persisted in this denial and spent my regular hours and days with her as if nothing had changed. At the time, my wife and I spent every weekend at her house. Her door was always open and when we walked in one day, I saw my brothers and sisters playing in the pool , through the rear glass doors , on a perfect Mari n day. We turned left to find my grandmother in the kitchen , where she always was. ' She was on the floor, unconscious and convulsing.

N] Woman . . . ¦ Continued from page 4-GM would keep her dad safe and bring him food and water. Mrs. Dickinson tried to tell her daug hter that their prayers were being answered , even if they weren 't the way either of them would want. "I' ve gotten stronger through all this ," said the woman who has had to spend her days filling out forms and making phone calls about her husband of 11 years instead of getting things read y for her new baby. "Without my faith , I don 't know where I'd be, except in a corner somewhere ," she said one month after the traged y. Mrs. Dickinson met her husband 18 years ago when they both worked at the same five-and-dime store . In all

I called 911 and they told me what to do while the paramedics were on the way. They came and she recovered well enough. The first thing she told me when she regained consciousness was, "Thank you. You saved my life." But at that moment I knew she was going to die. The cancer had gone to her brain. Our life was going to change radicall y. Around that time the Republicans took control of Congress. 1 was working for the Archdiocese , but I thoug ht I'd have a good shot at getting a job in D.C., since my party had taken control. I told the Vicar General , I was leaving for a few days to find a job and housing, but that I would be back to clear out my desk and take care of any unfinished business. I don t believe in coincidence, but in a pervasive ! Providence. Everyone I met with , in D.C. had a snotty Mid-Atlantic attitude. My initial attempts to find a good job were fruitless. I didn 't fit in. I was stay ing with my best friend , and he took me to Mass at the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception. The homily was about not avoiding your problems. The priest said , as an examp le, "Do you think if you move to a different city that everything will change?" 1 should have gotten the clue. I flew back to San Francisco to clear out my desk and pack up for good. The Archbishop ' s assistant came by and asked me to say goodbye to the Archbishop. Who passes up an invitatio n like that? I did. "No time," I said. A co-worker and friend , who I alway s had lunch with asked if I'd like to go one last time. Again , "No time ". I didn ' t want any reminders of the life I had, I was running away as fast as I could to start a new life.

On that day, my wife and 1 visited my grandmother for the last time. She didn ' t know we were moving away and she didn 't know that it was the last time we were going to see her. As we were leaving, thoug h, her last words to us were "I need you guys. " The next morning, we packed up a truck . and were on our way to D.C. My grandmother died a coup le of months later. When she asked about us during those months, my mother told her I was on a business trip. I didn 't cry when she died and I didn 't cry at her funeral. That was seven years ago. A few months ago, my brother had a bachelor party at the home of his in-laws to be, right across the street from my grandmother 's house. His friends and his brothers had a great time . We had finished a very manly dinner of hunted venison and were sitting around talking and drinking in the den. I saw that my cousin was washing all the dishes in the kitchen , so I went to help. He brought up the subject of the large number of young mothers in our community who had died of breast cancer. A number of their young sons were at the bachelor party. For some reason , my grandmother ' s name was brought up and I started bawling uncontrollab ly like a complete idiot. Thank God we were the onl y peop le in the kitchen. Given , I had been dri nking, but this was completel y uncharacteristic. My cousin was visibl y shocked and apologized for bring ing up the subject. The memory of my grandmother had been broug ht up hundreds of times since her death, and I had no such reaction. I miss her, but the grief of losing her has long since passed. Life has gone on. • What I realized at that moment was that , by moving to D.C, 1 abandoned someone I loved in her greatest hour of need; someone who had been there steadfastl y for me. And I did it on purpose. I saw that avoiding the grief of loss was the whole reason I moved to D.C. There is a point to this story. Don ' t let your fear of loss cause you to avoid the one you are losing. It is painful to see someone you love slowly deteriorate , but both the pain of watching a loved one wither and the grief of loss passes. The grief of knowing you abandoned someone loved doesn 't .

the time they ' ve known each other, she said, they ' ve .never argued. "I'm hyper. He 's laid back ," she said , still referring to him in the present tense. "He is very easy going, laid back , devoted to his family, a hard worker and strong, " she said , noting that was all she would say. But as her eyes welled with tears , she added , "In so many ways, he 's my strength. He 's the love of my life. The only love. I thank God every day for giving him to me." • ' She noted that the hardest part will be raising children on her own, even if she has hardl y been alone in the 30 days since the attack. Each day, family members, friends and parishioners have stopped by with bags of groceries and meals , wanting to do something, anything, to help.

They have been there ever since that fatefu l morning, when Mrs . Dickinson didn ' t even know her husband had the meeting at the World Trade Center. "Initially," she said , these meetings in the famous restaurant were a bi g deal , but after a while the excitement wore off to the point where she said it was like saying, "we 're having eggs again today. " That ' s why Mrs. Dickinson didn ' t realize the impact of the collapsing buildings as she, like nearly everyone else in the country, was glued to her television set that morning when she came back fro m a walk. Only later, when she couldn 't get a hold of her husband , did it sink in that he and his sister 's husband had been together on the top floor of the tower and that both were lost. "I put my head in my hands and started crying, thinking 'Did I just see my husband die?'"

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Dang Thi Nguyen Confesora Nieves Neal M. O'Connell John Francis O'Hara Sr. M. Gabriel O'Malley, S.H.F. Claire G. O'Neil Mary M. O'Neill Jovita R. Ortiz Rose Papini Sharon L. Pappas Raymond C. Pappert Eusebio R. Pelina Eda Pesce George F. Poulis Mary L. Quinn Dorothy A. Quistgard Consuelo G. Racelis Lucio C. Raymundo Sr. Magdalena Razo, O.C.D. Luis A. Reyes Andres Reyes, Jr. M. Bernadette Robinson Louise Rogina Rosa E. Roldan Amelia M. Romanini Baby Romero Nat Russo William B. Salmon George Schoen, Jr. Marie Sexton Fuad E. Shaer Alice E. Simonson Frances A. Sullivan Tai Tan Sr. M. Techla Thecla, S.H.F. Fay Titone Jose M. Tovar

Margarita R. Trevino Encarnacion Urbano Anita H. Villamor Rodolfo V. Vitangcol , Jr. Robert M. Watson Gary J. Wise Pauline D. Zimmer

HOLY CROSS lX/TFI11.L rVI I O P/V1VJ. ARK 1V.LL W L X Alfonsito Villalvazo Bonilla Evelyn Marie Brown Charles J. Dompe Losa Laukaupouli Latu Amparo P. Ledesma Margaret E. Matthews Robert Morey

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Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery, Colma Todos Los Santos Saturday, October 27 " - 11:00 a.m. Holy Cross Mausoleum Chapel Rev. Alex Legaspi, Celebrant Reception follo wing Mass

All Soul 's Day Mass-1 Saturday Mass Saturday, November T - 11:00 a.m. All Saints Mausoleum Chapel Rev. Eugene Tungol, Celebrant

Veterans' Day Service (Not M ass) Monday, November 12" - 11:00 a.m. Star of the Sea Section

Christmas Remembrance Service (Not Mass) Saturday, December 8" - 11:00 a.m. All Saints Mausoleum Chapel Rev. John Talesfore, Officiate

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The Catholic Cemeteries Archdiocese of San Francisco

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

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

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