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Israeli occupation takes terrible human toll, say Holy Land women

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WASHINGTON (CNS) – Israeli occupation of Palestinian territories has separated families and cost people their homes, jobs and dignity, said three women from the Holy Land who visited Washington. They “threw me out like rubbish,” said Sharihan Hannoun, a Palestinian Muslim from East Jerusalem, referring to the day Israeli police kicked her family out of their home as part of a plan to create a new Jewish settlement in the area. The only thing she could take with her was the house key. The Israeli police “kicked us out on the second of August at 5 a.m.,” Hannoun said, noting that her family was left on the streets. Hannoun told participants in a conference on the Holy Land that Israeli police told her family the authorities were allowed to take their home “because you are Palestinian and we can take any houses we want ... without any papers ... because we are Israeli.” Hannoun was a student at the time, and police would not even let her into her house to get her books – she was forced to do her take-home finals on the street, she said. Jala Basil Andoni, a Christian Palestinian from Bethlehem, West Bank, echoed Hannoun’s story when she addressed participants in the Holy Land Christian Ecumenical Foundation conference in Washington Oct. 24. Andoni talked about being kicked out of her university dormitory in Amman, Jordan, in 1967 during the Six-Day War so the building could be used as a makeshift hospital. The Six-Day War was the beginning of the Israeli occupation of the West Bank, and Andoni was separated from her family for two years. She also spoke about the travel restrictions Palestinians currently are forced to deal with on a daily basis. ISRAELI OCCUPATION, page 13

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Jala Basil Andoni holds up one of several documents Palestinians must have with them to pass through checkpoints in the Holy Land during the 11th International Conference of the Holy Land Christian Ecumenical Foundation at the Pope John Paul II Cultural Center in Washington Oct. 24

Modern-day abolitionists battle global slave trade, human trafficking

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Victims of a global plague of sex trafficking, these Vietnamese girls, one as young as 8, sit on a bed in a Cambodian brothel near Phnom Penh in this file photo.

Slavery. For most Americans, the word evokes thoughts of an ancient institution abolished in this country in the 19th century. But while slaves are no longer found in the cotton and tobacco fields of the South, more insidious forms of modernday slavery continue unabated globally, even in the land of the free. An estimated 27 million people now are enslaved worldwide, half of them children under the age of 18. Roughly 80 percent are women. Tens of thousands labor daily in the United States with little or no pay under threat of violence, a threat all too often made real. Human trafficking generates $31 billion annually, making it the third-most lucrative criminal activity behind narcotics and weapons trade. And while they fight an uphill battle, a growing cadre of modern-day abolitionists fights to end slavery for good. Among them is the Not for Sale Campaign – an organization founded by University of San Francisco professor David Batstone. “This is a crisis that I didn’t go looking for,” Batstone said. “It found me.”

The professor and his family regularly dined at the Pasand Madras Indian restaurant in Berkeley for years until reading a series of reports in the San Francisco Chronicle in 2000 exposing the owner as a labor and sex trafficker. “I’d been working in social justice and human rights ever since I was in college,” Batstone said. “But this idea of slavery, I thought that was in the history books. What do you do when you find slavery in your own backyard?” Batstone’s answer was to research the issue as thoroughly as possible, eventually enlisting the help of his students. From those humble beginnings, Not for Sale grew into an international organization with regional centers around the country and operations in South America, Asia and Africa. In his global quest for answers, Batstone encountered a wide variety of circumstances that lead to slavery. Impoverished families sell their children to be house servants, often with the promise of an education, a ruse many traffickers use to obtain child sex slaves. A guerrilla HUMAN TRAFFICKING, page 6

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High School senior, Andrew Comstock, found he had something in common with former CBS anchor Dan Rather when he met the famed newsman at a recent luncheon for Shelter Network. Rather began his journalism journey as a staffer with his high school newspaper and Andrew is editor of Serra’s The Friar. Andrew’s folks are Chris and Jim, director of business development with Seton Medical Center. The family belongs to St. Peter Parish in Pacifica. Andrew, By Tom Burke also student body prez at Serra, volunteers at Seton, the Daly City Police Athletic League, and the Daly City Chamber of Commerce. “The A Bookmark Salute to Katie Girlich, a graduate of chamber considers Andrew its youngest ambasSt. Gabriel Elementary School, and now a junior at St. sador,” said, Antonia Ehlers, Serra’s new comIgnatius College Preparatory, on her new book, “San munications manager, in a note to this column. Francisco Zoo.” Katie has volunteered at the zoo since Antonia, who formerly served as the Perry White 2005 and been among its biggest fans for a lot longer. The of papers including the San Mateo Weekly and Enjoying 60th anniversary rites at St. Elizabeth school 126-page photo journal, published in synch with the zoo’s Foster City Progress, called her new position were, from left, Presentation Sisters Patricia Davis, 80th anniversary, “the perfect job for me.” Antonia is a graduate Ruth Patrick, Sylvia Llerena, Kathleen Sickly, Eileen Canelo, was completed in of Notre Dame High School in Belmont and and Judith Guevara. Eighth grader, Corey Robinson, cooperation with the Santa Clara University. She, her hub, Steve, holds school’s commemorative flag. zoo’s PR department and children, Emily, Tiffany and Liam – all and traces the by-the- students at Notre Dame Elementary - live in San sea sanctuary from Carlos…. Dorothy and Joe Sullivan celebrated their in South San Francisco, receiving all their sacraments its beginnings when 62nd Anniversary on September 13 with children and there and educating their children in the parish school. it was known simply grandchildren. “They have lived on the same block for Celebrating with the couple in grand style were daughter, as Fleishhacker Zoo 62 years within St. Gabriel’s parish and have enjoyed it Lynne, and sons Dennis with wife, Chris, Wayne with with but a sampling of greatly,” said granddaughter, Jennifer wife, Cathy, and David with wife, the critters you’ll find Miralda. “Joe is a retired Asst Chief Kim. “Nonni and Nonno” Rosaia there today. In fact, from SFFD and Dorothy has yet to are adored by their 9 grandchildren, Katie is a fifth-gener- retire from her homemaking. They still the family said in a note to this colation San Franciscan enjoy attending Mass at St Gabriel’s umn…. St. Elizabeth Elementary Dorothy and Joe Sullivan and her great-great- every Sunday and can still be seen School celebrated its 60th year Sept. uncle, Joe Cirimelli, was a famed diver at Fleishhacker walking the neighborhood every day.” 27. More than 300 people attended Pool, a now-closed zoo neighbor. “Many San Franciscans, The couple, married at the Excelsior the events that included an alumni myself included, agree the zoo is a great source of trea- district’s Corpus Christi Church, Mass and dinner as well as a rededisured memories, marvel, and pride,” Katie said. Mighty “has three children and three grandcation of the school and open house. proud are her folks, Natalia and Tom…Junipero Serra children but no great grandchildren, as St. Elizabeth School was staffed I am being reminded,” by Sisters of the Presentation of Jennifer said….Happy the Blessed Virgin Mary from its Katie Girlich anniversary to Jeanne founding in 1949. “Their presence and Tom Teshara who is still felt in the school,” said Rayna celebrated 60 years married Oct. 4 at Garibaldi. Presentation Sister Sylvia Llerena assists at the 12:30 Mass, at St. Veronica Church the school today. Father Charito Suan is pastor. Gene followed by lunch with family and Dabdoub is principal.…Student council members at friends. And while we’re here, mighty Holy Name Elementary School raised $658 toward proud is longtime parishioner Frances sponsorship of children in third world countries through McVeigh, whose son, Dan, was hon- Children International. “Our students have pictures and ored with this year’s St. Thomas More information about these two children and letters will be Award at the Red Mass for the Diocese exchanged during the year and our new friends will be of Sacramento. Dan is a graduate of St. remembered in prayer,” said Judy Cosmos, principal who Veronica Elementary School. Thanks sent in the good news….This is an empty space without to Barbara Kozar for the good news…. you. Send items via e-mail to burket@sfarchdiocese.org Lillian and Dennis Rosaia celebrated and by ground to “Street,” One Peter Yorke Way, San their 60th wedding anniversary accom- Francisco 94109. Electronic photos should be jpegs at panied by family on an Alaskan cruise 300 dpi. No zip files, please. 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St. Damien of Molokai relic touches hearts in San Francisco More than 600 worshipers gathered at St. Mary’s Cathedral Oct. 15 to venerate St. Damien, who was canonized Oct. 11. The worshipers prayed before a reliquary containing a relic of the missionary priest, who worked among lepers on the island of Molokai in Hawaii and ultimately died of the disease. The relic traveled from Rome through Detroit, where rites were held with additional stops in San Francisco and Alameda in the Diocese of Oakland. The relic will tour the whole of Hawaii before reaching its final resting place in the cathedral where St. Damien was ordained. “The canonization of Father Damien is a great blessing to us all, especially in Hawaii, since he worked there,� Honolulu Bishop Joseph Silva told Catholic San Francisco as he cradled the relic before the ceremonies began. “We are very proud of who he was and hope the canonization celebrations will inspire people to draw closer to God and serve others who are in need as Damien did.� At the Oct. 15 prayer service, San Francisco Archbishop George H. Niederauer said, “St. Damien knew the lepers each by name; he knew them as his people, his flock. And they knew him; he was their priest. Jesus called an ordinary man to do extraordinary things, things that amazed the world, but the grace of God – the example of Christ and the power and light of the Holy Spirit – enabled St. Damien to do those things and live his life for his flock.� Father Lane Kalani Akiona, a member of St. Damien’s order, the Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary, was the keeper of the relic and accompanied it from Rome to Honolulu. He

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concelebrated the Mass of canonization in Rome. “I think for our community it gives us a new energy to now have a patron who can look after us and guide us in our future works,� Father Lane said. “It definitely opens up the possibility of vocations now, and that’s the exciting part.� The order, which has a presence in several countries, does primarily parish work in Hawaii. It recently took over parish ministry on Molokai, where St. Damien in 1873 volunteered to minister to 600 lepers segregated on the island. “For the Archdiocese of San Francisco, graces will come from this visitation,� Father Lane said. “He’s a new saint of the USA, and we will definitely see the blessings come from that.�

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Synod message decries corruption, appeals for cooperation in Africa VATICAN CITY – The greed, corruption and unjust economic structures fomenting conflict and poverty in Africa must be overcome through the united cooperation of all people of good will, said the Synod of Bishops for Africa. In their final message to the world, the 275 members of the synod also said condoms will not alleviate the scourge of HIV and AIDS and insisted on respect for religious freedom in predominantly Muslim communities. Poverty, misery, war and chaos are most often caused by the decisions and actions of “people who have no regard for the common good” and who often take advantage of “a tragic complicity and criminal conspiracy of local leaders and foreign interests,” said the synod’s message. At a Mass to close the Synod Oct. 25, Pope Benedict XVI urged the church to be a model of unity and a force of reconciliation throughout the African continent. To accomplish this goal, Catholics must preach Christ as the one savior and, like him, walk the “path of service” toward the suffering populations in Africa, the pope said during the liturgy in St. Peter’s Basilica. “The church is the family of God in which there can be no divisions based on ethnic, language or cultural groups,” he said. “The reconciled church is the potent leaven of reconciliation in each country and in the whole African continent,” the pope said. With the Holy Spirit, Catholics can help transform the hearts of “victims and persecutors” wherever social injustice occurs, he said.

HK Catholics urge Obama to press China to free dissidents HONG KONG – Hong Kong Catholics urged U.S. President Barack Obama to press China to release all prisoners of conscience when he visits the country in November. The Hong Kong diocesan Justice and Peace Commission helped present a petition at the U.S. consulate Oct. 23, asking Obama to “live up to the objective of the Nobel Price Prize and the duties it entails.” Obama has been named as this year’s Nobel Peace Prize winner. The petition urged Obama, scheduled to travel to Beijing and Shanghai Nov. 15-18, to ask Chinese President Hu Jintao to release all prisoners of conscience. It specifically called for the release of Liu Xiaobo, a prominent Beijing writer and the honorary president of the Independent Chinese PEN Centre, who was detained last December and was formally arrested in June. He has been accused of “inciting subversion of state power” because he helped draft a document asking the government to improve its political system and human rights

situation. The petition presented at the consulate also urged Obama to respond to a U.S. congressional resolution, passed Oct. 1, calling for Liu’s immediate release.

Promoting right to life requires fighting world hunger, pope says VATICAN CITY – Defending the right to life requires promoting and establishing food security, Pope Benedict XVI said. The current economic crisis has hit agriculture particularly hard, and governments and the world community must “make determined and effective choices” in investing in agriculture in the developing world, he said. His comments came in a written message Oct. 16, World Food Day. The text was addressed to Jacques Diouf, director-general of the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization. According to the FAO, more than 1 billion people are undernourished and one child dies every six seconds because of malnutrition. Those numbers have been on the rise because of soaring food prices, the global economic meltdown and a decline in aid and investment in agriculture, the U.N. agency said in a written report Oct. 14. The pope said combating hunger by guaranteeing that everyone has access to a sufficient and healthy food supply would be “a tangible manifestation of the right to life, which, even though it is solemnly proclaimed, remains too often far from its full realization.”

Archbishop Burke celebrates Tridentine Mass at Vatican VATICAN CITY – The Gregorian chant of the Tridentine Mass filled the Blessed Sacrament Chapel of St. Peter’s Basilica Oct. 18 as U.S. Archbishop Raymond L. Burke, head of the Vatican’s highest court, celebrated a pontifical high Mass. The Mass marked the liturgical close of a conference in Rome on Pope Benedict XVI’s 2007 apostolic letter, “Summorum Pontificum,” which expanded permission for the

An Iraqi woman walks past one of three heavily damaged government buildings in Baghdad Oct. 26, which were destroyed by two suicide bombs. More than 160 people died in the explosions, as violence escalated in both Iraq and Afghanistan.

celebration of the Mass using the 1962 Roman Missal, commonly known as the Tridentine rite. Cardinal Angelo Comastri, archpriest of St. Peter’s Basilica, said in a statement Oct. 19, “The Mass represented an extraordinary event, an event authorized on the occasion of the conference.” The cardinal declined further comment, but another Vatican official said the Mass probably was the first pontifical high Mass using the 1962 rite to be celebrated in St. Peter’s Basilica in almost 40 years. In his 2007 letter, the pope said the Mass from the Roman Missal in use since 1970 remains the ordinary form of the Mass. The day before Archbishop Burke celebrated the Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica, the Vatican announced that Pope Benedict had named him a member of the Congregation for Bishops.

Nurses plan one-day strike against West Coast Catholic hospitals WASHINGTON – Thousands of registered nurses at three Catholic hospital systems in California and Nevada are planning a one-day strike Oct. 30 to protest stalled contract talks and what they said are the hospitals’ lax safety standards in dealing with the H1N1 flu. Working under several extensions since contracts expired June 30, more than 10,000 members of the California Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Committee have called the 24-hour strike against nearly three dozen hospitals. They also plan to conduct informational picketing at several others in an effort to force hospital administrators to adopt strict guidelines to limit the spread of what is popularly known as the swine flu. Representatives of the three hospital systems expressed dismay at the nurses’ decision to strike, with one hospital spokeswoman calling it “ill-considered.” “We’re getting ready (to strike),” Lorna Grundeman, a registered nurse at Dominican Hospital in Santa Cruz, Calif., and a member of the union’s bargaining committee, told Catholic News Service Oct. 20. The nurses are planning to set up picket lines at 7 a.m. Oct. NEWS IN BRIEF, page 5

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WASHINGTON – Hoping to reverse what they call “a disturbing trend” toward viewing marriage as “a mostly private matter” with personal satisfaction as its only goal, the U.S. Catholic bishops will debate and vote on a 57-page pastoral letter on marriage at their Nov. 16-19 meeting in Baltimore. The letter, called “Marriage: Life and Love in the Divine Plan,” is another component in the bishops’ National Pastoral Initiative for Marriage, which began in November 2004. “The vision of married life and love that we have presented in this pastoral letter is meant to be a foundation and reference point for the many works of evangelization, catechesis, pastoral care, education and advocacy carried on in our dioceses, parishes, schools, agencies, movements and programs,” says the document’s closing section, called a “commitment to ministry.” The letter cites four “fundamental challenges to the nature and purpose of marriage” – contraception, same-sex unions, easy divorce and cohabitation.

Cardinal says Church ready to receive Anglicans WASHINGTON – The president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops said the American church “stands ready to collaborate” with the Vatican in implementing a new provision to receive Anglicans into the Catholic Church. In a statement released in Washington Oct. 20, Cardinal Francis E. George of Chicago, conference president, also emphasized the U.S. Catholic Church would continue to work toward Christian unity with Episcopalians. The same day at the Vatican, U.S. Cardinal William J. Levada, head of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, said Pope Benedict XVI was preparing an apostolic constitution that would establish a special structure for Anglicans who want to be in full communion with the Roman Catholic Church while preserving aspects of their Anglican spiritual and liturgical heritage. The Anglican province in the United States is the Episcopal Church. “The Catholic bishops of the United States remain committed to seeking deeper unity with the members of the Episcopal Church by means of theological dialogue and collaboration in activities that advance the mission of Christ and the welfare of society,” Cardinal George said.

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Father Ed Hinds raises the host during his first Mass as the new pastor of St. Patrick Parish in Chatham, N.J., in 2003. The priest was found stabbed to death in the church’s rectory Oct. 23. Police have charged a church janitor in the priest’s death.

Bankruptcy seen as ‘best path’ to fairly compensate victims WILMINGTON, Del. – The “painful decision” to have the Diocese of Wilmington file for bankruptcy is “the best path to achieve healing, reconciliation and fair compensation for all the victims of child sexual abuse by clergy of our diocese,” Bishop W. Francis Malooly said Oct. 19. Speaking at a press conference the day after settlement negotiations broke down with representatives of eight victims of abuse whose trial was scheduled to begin Oct. 19, the bishop said he had hoped and prayed that the Oct. 18 Chapter 11 reorganization filing under bankruptcy law was a decision he would never have to make. “(But) we have a finite amount of resources” and it became clear from the dollar amounts being discussed in possible early settlements that the diocese “would never get through to 142 claimants in any fair or equitable way,” he said. The filing halts lawsuits against the diocese. Only the corporation known as the Diocese of Wilmington Inc. is seeking reorganization, not parishes, schools, religious orders or other organizations with their own corporate identities. Most of the

TUCSON, Ariz. – Bishop G. Patrick Ziemann, who resigned as head of the Diocese of Santa Rosa, Calif., in July 1999 after admitting a homosexual relationship with one of his priests, died Oct. 22 at age 68. He died at Holy Trinity Benedictine Monastery in St. David, Ariz., near Tucson where he had gone to live after his resignation. He had pancreatic cancer, which had spread to his liver. A funeral Mass for the bishop was to be celebrated at the monastery Oct. 28. He was to be buried in California, his home state. “He became a great friend of the community and we were impressed with his humility,” Benedictine Father Henri Capdeville, the monastery’s superior, told Catholic News Service Oct. 23. “We do our own cleaning here and he asked to be on dishes and (did that) for nine years.” He may never be forgiven by people, the priest added, but “he made reparation by giving nine years to our community and the Lord. ... It deepened his spirituality.” – Catholic News Service

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Batstone’s group also researches massage parlors in San Francisco, many of which the group has found are fronts for prostitution n Continued from cover and human trafficking. Often brought to the army attacks an African village and kidnaps United States with the promise of a job as a children to serve as soldiers. A man or model, hostess or restaurant worker, once in woman is offered advance salary payment country young women and girls are instead for a job, only to find upon accepting the forced to work in the sex industry. Far from job that the pay is low, the interest on the home, often without passports and fearful of arrest or the threat of violence against themloan high, and escape impossible. In the United States, victims are traf- selves and their families, they are repeatedly ficked from at least 35 different countries, sexually exploited. A pair of measures enacted by the San though most originate from China, Mexico and Vietnam. States with large port cities Francisco Board of Supervisors in June and or along international borders – California, sponsored by San Francisco Mayor Gavin Florida, Texas and New York – have the Newsom and Supervisor Carmen Chu, respectively, aims to crack down on the highest incidence of modern-day slavery. parlors. Chu’s measure Slavery can also go makes it more difficult largely unnoticed by law to obtain a license to enforcement and the pubopen a massage parlor lic because slaves typiand makes it easier cally occupy positions to revoke the license, in the black market sex while Newsom’s meaindustry or in industries sure increases fines for where cheap labor and those who violate their poor working conditions permits and requires are the norm – agriculthe parlors to close by ture, domestic service, 10 p.m. factory work, and restauCatholic San rant and hotel work. Francisco accompaWhile acknowledgDavid Batstone nied Not for Sale ing the abolitionist’s task researchers Killian is gargantuan, Batstone Moote and Christiana Hebets on a drive-by does not believe it to be impossible. “I don’t ask people to become Harriet tour of San Francisco massage parlors the Tubman or Frederick Douglas or William group monitors for illegal activity. Moote Wilberforce,” Batstone said. “I ask them to said the group has conducted both 12- and 24-hour surveillance on multiple locations be themselves.” To that end, Batstone encourages con- in the city, and found that many are open sumers to become educated about their at all hours of the day and night. One additional tool in the abolitionpurchases. For example, he notes that tens of thousands of children labor in slave-like con- ist’s arsenal thanks to the Newsom-Chu ditions in West Africa to produce chocolate, measures is a regulation requiring masmuch of which is consumed in industrialized sage parlors to have a window facing the countries like the United States. By purchas- street through which the public can view ing fair trade chocolate and other fair trade the business. “Does that solve this problem? No,” products, consumers ensure their money Moote said. “But it creates a transparent does not go to fund slavery.

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Bishops respond to congressman’s criticism of health care stance By Catholic News Service PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Bishop Thomas J. Tobin of Providence and Archbishop Timothy M. Dolan of New York strongly criticized remarks by Rep. Patrick Kennedy, D-R.I., about the U.S. bishops’ role in the health reform debate. In an interview with Cybercast News Service last week, Kennedy said the bishops were fanning “the flames of dissent and discord” by insisting that health reform not include abortion funding. “I can’t understand for the life of me how the Catholic Church could be against the biggest social justice issue of our time, where the very dignity of the human person is being respected by the fact that we’re caring and giving health care” to the millions of people who are currently uninsured, Kennedy said in the CNSNews.com interview. “You mean to tell me the Catholic Church is going to be denying those people life-saving health care?” he added. “I thought they were pro-life. If the church is pro-life, then they ought to be for health care reform because it’s going to provide health care that is going to keep people alive.” Bishop Tobin called Kennedy’s comments “irresponsible and ignorant of the facts” in an Oct. 23 statement and said the congressman “owes us an apology.” “The bishops of the United States are indeed in favor of comprehensive health care reform and have been for many years,” the bishop said. “But we are adamantly opposed to health care legislation that threatens the life of unborn children, requires taxpayers to pay for abortion, rations health care, or compromises the conscience of individuals.”

Archbishop Dolan commented on the controversy Oct. 26 in his blog at www.ny-archdiocese.org, calling Kennedy’s remarks “sad, uncalled for and inaccurate.” “The Catholic community in the United States hardly needs to be lectured to about just health care,” he added. “We bishops have been advocating for universal health care for a long, long time. “All we ask is that it be just that — universal — meaning that it includes the helpless baby in the womb, the immigrant and grandma in the hospice, and that it protects a health care provider’s right to follow his/her own conscience,” Archbishop Dolan said. Meanwhile, House and Senate members and staffers are working to combine multiple committee-passed versions of health reform legislation — two in the Senate, three in the House — into bills that could be taken to the floor. Officials of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops are working behind the scenes to improve the bills to put them in line with the vision of American health care that the bishops have been encouraging for decades. “We continue to have concerns about the treatment of the poor and immigrants” in the bills, Richard Doerflinger, associate director of the USCCB Secretariat for Pro-Life Activities, told Catholic News Service. “But the abortion issue is the one that is most intractable to us.” Doerflinger said, “Our position has been very consistent.” It’s always been that (the final health reform) bill must maintain the status quo on abortion and conscience rights. It should not be used as a vehicle for expanding or changing federal policies.” He dismissed recent comments by White House press secretary Robert Gibbs that the bishops’ opposition to current health reform legislation is based on a misunderstanding of the

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By Noemi M. Castillo Where is God? This is a question lingering in the minds of thousands of Filipinos greatly affected by typhoon Ondoy, which rained down on Manila and neighboring regions Sept. 26. With victims still in flooded areas with no relief and thousands of evacuees packed in evacuation centers, Ondoy was followed by an even stronger typhoon Pepeng a week later, this time devastating northern Luzon. Many articles had been written about these calamities, with accompanying pictures of devastation of infrastructure, homes and buildings as well as of the desolation, despair, anguish and helplessness of victims. Many heart-rending images have appeared on TV broadcasts with appeals for help, rescue efforts, babies crying for food, barrios and towns submerged in muddy floodwaters, bagged unidentified cadavers being hauled to dump trucks to be buried in mass graves, uncollected garbage along the streets of once flooded areas, damaged homes of the poor and the rich, impassable roads and broken bridges, uprooted trees, cars washed away and piled up on top of each other, and so on. Things I never thought would happen in my country and scenes I never thought I would see. In the midst of this devastation and suffering, my faith tells me that the unseen God has been present, now more than ever before, in the lives of each and every Filipino who experienced the fury of the typhoons, and of those who have not. But where was He during the height of the storm, during the mudslides that buried alive many people living at the foot of the mountains, and during the onrush of surging waters from dams and overflowing rivers that washed away homes, towns, and even concrete bridges? Where was God then? And where is He now? Even when my faith tells me that He has never left us and will never leave us, I still

grapple with an answer that I can clearly articulate. If a child orphaned and rendered homeless by the floods asks me that question right now, what answer would I give her or him? How will I answer an old fisherman who lost his family and his only source of livelihood? What answer would I give a mother who is still searching for her husband and children and has no place to go? What would convince despairing families who are still living in remote flooded areas which are hard to reach because of impassable roads and broken bridges, that God’s hand will save them and that they will find refuge in His merciful heart? I found an answer in a TV broadcast showing life in a crowded evacuation center. Two little girls seated on a mat were enjoying a kind of clapping game, unmindful of the squalor, the noise and confusion surrounding them. God was in their smiles when they clapped in harmony and in their laughter when they missed a clap. God was in the joy of friendship that they had found in one another. God was and is present in the concern of Filipinos to help the victims and make their lives bearable, even in what is seemingly a dire situation. A well-known local TV and radio anchor thought of raising funds to provide the thousands in the evacuation center with portable toilets. With money donated, his group also brought portable showers to one evacuation site. Unilever provided soap, toothbrushes, toothpaste and deodorant for each evacuee; another organization supplied new towels. God is present and alive in the joy of the evacuees to have the opportunity of take care of their personal hygiene even when they are homeless, in the concern of people for their well-being and comfort, in the creativity of organizers and generosity of sponsors who made this project to happen, in the willingness of evacuees to patiently wait for their turn to shower and follow the schedule set up by organizers of the project. God was guiding the fishermen of Laguna

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In the quiet of prayer, after days of pondering on the question I was grappling with, I found the answer that God was everywhere during and after the deluge. He was and continues to be present in the courage of victims who swam against the strong current of flood waters and thought of creative ways to save themselves, their loved ones and their neighbors; in the untiring efforts of many volunteers who give their time, talent and resources to pack relief goods for distribution to thousands of families left homeless and destitute; in the quiet work of the Church and religious groups to reach out to flooded areas not given much help; in the men and women who are able to smile even in the midst of disaster; in victims extending help to fellow victims and in the sharing of whatever they have among themselves; in the prayers of the sick, the homebound, the elderly, and the faithful in churches for the safety of the people still reeling from the destruction of Ondoy and Pepeng; in the sun that has shown its rays again to dry up the land; in the retrieving and rebuilding efforts that have begun; in people trying to move past the tragedy without bitterness, and in the spirit of a people refusing to be crushed by great loss and suffering. After the Passion comes the Resurrection; after death comes a new life. This is my faith. This is what I believe in. God, in His mercy and love, will give Filipinos a new life after Ondoy and Pepeng. Noemi Castillo served for many years as director of Ethnic Ministries for the Archdiocese of San Francisco before she retired and returned to live in the Philippines.

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Suicide has long-lasting, far-flung effects on others, speakers say By Nancy Frazier O’Brien WASHINGTON (CNS) – Suicide has long-lasting and traumatic effects that go far beyond the person whose life is ended, said speakers, including a priest, a bereavement counselor and a psychiatrist, who participated in an Oct. 20 Web-based discussion. Oblate Father Ron Rolheiser, president of the Oblate School of Theology in San Antonio, said the “soul-scarring experience” of the suicide of a 22-year-old neighbor when he was 14 is “the reason I am a priest today.” “I didn’t know him that well, I didn’t talk about it with anyone, but it changed my life,” he said, adding that much of his life has been spent “trying to make sense of a suicide when I was 14 years old.” Claire Woodruff, religious education coordinator and the facilitator of a Suicide Bereavement Support group, spoke about the suicide 14 years ago of her husband of nearly 23 years, Ken, whose “battle with clinical depression was short but very, very intense.” After Ken died, her family felt “God’s love pouring into our lives” through family and friends, Woodruff said, but “the old Claire was long gone, and I didn’t know how to articulate that” to them. Dr. Thomas Welch, a psychiatrist who moderated the discussion, said teens, young adults and elderly white men are most likely to die by suicide, although “the demographics are changing” and the suicide rate is increasing among middleaged women. The three were participating in a Webinar on suicide prevention and pas-

toral supports, sponsored by the National Catholic Partnership on Disability’s Council on Mental Illness and other groups. They were joined in the interactive session by people at more than 100 sites around the country. Calling suicide “the ultimate taboo” because it conflicts with the “most powerful” human instinct to preserve life, Father Rolheiser said he believes that “in most suicides, the person dies against his or her own will.” He said most suicide-prone people have “souls too bruised to touch” and are afflicted with something like “emotional cancer or emotional stroke or emotional heart disease.” Death by suicide “is akin to someone whose clothing is on fire and who jumps out of a building to end the pain but does not realize that it will also end his life,” the priest said. Father Rolheiser also reviewed church teaching on suicide, noting that the Catechism of the Catholic Church describes it as a grave wrong but says, “We should not despair of the eternal salvation of persons who have taken their own lives.” Although earlier church documents said those who died by suicide should not receive a church funeral, the latest catechism is “glaring by its omission” of any such reference, the priest said. Woodruff recounted the still-painful story of her husband’s suicide and its “psychological devastation” on herself and her children. She said she found that the grieving process “takes longer than most people think it should.” She said he had been diagnosed with clinical depression only three months

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before his death and had begun to show “glimpses of his old self” after six weeks of hospitalization and several sessions of electroshock therapy. “We will never know why he relapsed,” she said. Welch said family members and friends of those who die by suicide often feel there is something they could have done to prevent the death. But, he said, “some people with mental illness, despite optimal care, die suddenly of their illness, not unlike people with heart disease or cancer.” “Death by suicide is not predictable, but might be preventable,” Welch added. He urged participants in the Webinar to help ensure that everyone has access to

mental health services; to promote screenings in doctors’ offices, in schools and on college campuses to identify depression, other mental illnesses, and alcohol and substance abuse problems; to educate themselves about warning signs; and to work to abolish the stigma of suicide, which “may prevent people from seeking help.” Woodruff, who has since remarried, said she never uses the phrase “committed suicide” in reference to her first husband’s death because it implies “a criminal action or a sin.” “You commit a crime, you commit adultery,” she said. “That continues to feed the image that suicide is a sin and a crime.”

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‘Retrouvaille’ program helps couples in healing troubled marriages The scenario of a marriage on the rocks, thoughts of divorce and turning it all around, is one about which Cathy Lewis and Andy Yun can say “been there and done that.� The couple, parishioners with their two teenage sons of St. Emydius Parish in San Francisco, now are representatives of the program they said helped them learn “to forgive and trust each other again.� Its name is Retrouvaille. Cathy and Andy say taking part in the program is “the most healing thing we have ever done� and one of the best outcomes was realizing they were not alone and not out of the ordinary. Cathy and Andy’s marriage was taking its final bow in 2003 after 13 years, Cathy said. Anger and fighting were main ingredients of every day with Andy finally announcing he wanted a divorce. The couple then heard about the Retrouvaille program from friends whose marriage had also been threatened. “It gave us hope that Retrouvaille had helped them to find love again after such pain and turmoil,� Cathy said, noting the treatment “was a huge breakthrough� for her and her husband. “The weekend gave us hope,� Cathy said, pointing out the 12 post-sessions led them toward a “positive, loving relationship.� “Couples are not asked to share their problems with anyone on the weekend,� she continued in a brief description of the Retrouvaille process. “It is not group therapy. The presenta-

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tions are made by couples who have all experienced misery in their marriages and have experienced the healing of their marriages.� Children in failing marriages are affected, Cathy said firsthand. “Our boys can attest to the relief of the misery they felt as

kids in an unhappy, stress-filled household.� One of their sons, Cathy said, likened himself to the child on the Retrouvaille brochure unnoticed between two arguing parents. Couples should, Cathy said, put aside the expectations of tradition and family to put themselves in a better place for healing. “For many of us there is a stigma attached to admitting we have problems. But rest assured you will be welcomed by a group that understands and does not judge.� “Sometimes divorce seems to be the best way out,� Cathy said. “Our well-meaning friends don’t want to see us suffer or may take sides and subtly or not so subtly encourage us to separate. Retrouvaille offers another option – healing and hope.� Retrouvaille, which means rediscovery, started in French Canada and has had a presence in the Archdiocese of San Francisco for more than 20 years. Future programs will be held Dec. 4-6 this year, and next April 23-25. Call (415) 893-1005 or e-mail SF@RetroCa.com. All inquiries are handled in confidence. Couples are asked for a registration fee and are asked to make an anonymous donation at the end of the weekend. However, no couple is ever denied the chance to heal and renew their marriage due to lack of funds, according to Cathy and Andy.

Cardinal says Israel’s security barrier raises human rights concerns By Sheila Archambault WASHINGTON (CNS) – While Israel has a right to protect its citizens, the security barrier separating Israel from the Palestinian territories and checkpoints along the barrier raise human rights concerns, said a U.S. cardinal. “The most tragic thing I have seen is the miles-long wall that separates Jerusalem from Bethlehem and separates families and keeps farmers from the land that has been in their families for generations. It is humiliating and distressing,� Cardinal John P.

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Documentary leads to retreats, parish missions on forgiveness WASHINGTON (CNS) – Paulist Father Frank Desiderio sensed something was happening at the very first public screening last year of his documentary feature on forgiveness, “The Big Question.” “People started crying,” he recalled. “You know that stunned silence when people watch the end of a film? Then people started telling us stories. Sometimes it was a family story, sometimes it was a war story, sometimes it was a crime story, but it was about forgiveness that needed to happen.” Still, it seemed impractical to have a priest offering the sacrament of reconciliation outside each theater at the end of every showing of “The Big Question.” Father Desiderio, a priest for 27 years, has responded with parish forgiveness retreats and missions that can last part of one day or stretch out to three or even four days. More details can be found online at www.forgivenessretreats.org. In September, the priest resigned as president and executive producer of Paulist Productions, a post he had held since 2000, to develop the retreats and missions. “I can come across different models of

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“I cannot go into Jerusalem unless I pass through a checkpoint,” she said. Palestinians must show IDs and permits to prove they are able to work or even to confirm a doctor’s appointment. The security barrier Israel built to separate itself from the Palestinian territories is made of concrete and has towers and military checkpoints, Andoni said.

teaching people how to forgive,” Father Desiderio said. “I researched it, and blended it with the Gospel message, particularly the story of the unforgiving servant in (the Gospel of) Matthew” in which a servant, having just been forgiven an unpayable debt to his master, has another debtor thrown into jail for not paying a debt owed to the servant.” “Forgiveness is mandated for the Christian,” the priest told Catholic News Service in an Oct. 8 telephone interview from Los Angeles. “In Matthew’s Gospel after Jesus teaches the Lord’s Prayer, he immediately follows that up with, ‘If you don’t forgive from your heart then God’s not going to forgive you,’” he said. “But then it gets complicated, because there’s the question of justice. You don’t want to forgive bad behavior. Forgiveness completes justice, it doesn’t jump over it. Justice is about righting wrongs, forgiveness is about healing hurts.” Popular culture steers Americans in a different direction, according to Father Desiderio. “If you look at our films, we’re into revenge, and if you look at our legal system, we’re into retribution.”

What Father Desiderio wants is for “people to live in peace,” he said, adding that

forgiveness and reconciliation are two different things. “Reconciliation is a two-way street. Forgiveness is a one-way street.” He gave his take on people who suffer a hurt grievous enough to make news and very quickly proclaim that they’ve forgiven the person who committed the hurt. “There’s two kinds of forgiveness. There’s a decision to forgive, and then there’s emotional forgiveness – the working to forgive someone where you’re no longer feeling grief over the loss of someone, you’re no longer feeling anger over the loss of someone,” Father Desiderio said. “Depending on the size of the hurt, it could take months or years to get into that state of mind.” The priest calls himself a “sole practitioner” as the forgiveness retreats are just getting off the ground. “Everything I’m doing is kind of backed up with Scripture, but I’m certainly using the insights that have been gleaned from about 10 years of psychological and scientific research – what happens to the body when you forgive,” he said. “I would certainly welcome help from people who are better skilled in the medical or psychological aspects of this.”

Delays at the checkpoints have caused some Palestinians to lose their jobs, she said. “Some workers sleep near the checkpoints at 4 in the morning,” she said, so they can be there when the checkpoints open around 5 a.m. Ruth El-Raz, a Jewish resident of Jerusalem, told conference participants sometimes Palestinians find themselves on the “forbidden list” and are not allowed past the checkpoints. They do not know why they were placed on the list or who placed them there, El-Raz said. Palestinians crossing the border have to live each day with the uncertainty of when they will

be able to cross the checkpoints – or if they will be allowed to cross at all. “Any occupation is, by nature, evil,” El-Raz said. “Every country has the right to determine who comes in” by use of passports and ID cards, El-Raz said. The difference in the Palestinian territories is that Israel alone determines who comes in and out and “what the Palestinians do in their own territories.” El-Raz told conference participants, “I am not pro-Palestinian. I am pro-Israel,” but she said she believed in an independent Israeli state

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Presentation Sister Eleanor McGloin Sister Mary Eleanor McGloin, a Presentation Sister for nearly 80 years, died Oct. 14, at the Presentation Motherhouse in San Francisco. Born in San Francisco in 1910, Sister Eleanor was one of many siblings who chose to be a priest or a nun. She spent her life in education and did special work with disabled children. Sister Eleanor was the daughter of Mary Loretto Kelly and Daniel McGloin. She was predeceased by her brothers, Father Daniel McGloin, SJ, Father John McGloin, SJ, Frank McGloin, and Paul McGloin, and her sisters, Sister Genevieve McGloin, RSHM, and Sister Aloysius McGloin, PBVM. She leaves her niece Monica Castaneda and nephew Paul McGloin and his wife Lupita,

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RESPONSORIAL PSALM PS 24:1BC-2, 3-4AB, 5-6 R. Lord, this is the people that longs to see your face. The Lord’s are the earth and its fullness; the world and those who dwell in it. For he founded it upon the seas and established it upon the rivers. R. Lord, this is the people that longs to see your face. Who can ascend the mountain of the Lord? or who may stand in his holy place?

One whose hands are sinless, whose heart is clean, who desires not what is vain. R. Lord, this is the people that longs to see your face. He shall receive a blessing from the Lord, a reward from God his savior. Such is the race that seeks him, that seeks the face of the God of Jacob. R. Lord, this is the people that longs to see your face. A READING FROM THE FIRST LETTER OF JOHN 1 JN 3:1-3 Beloved: See what love the Father has bestowed on us that we may be called the children of God. Yet so we are. The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know him. Beloved, we are God’s children now; what we shall be has not yet been revealed. We do know that when it is revealed we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is. Everyone who has this hope based on him makes himself pure, as he is pure. A READING FROM THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO MATTHEW MT 5:1-12A When Jesus saw the crowds, he went up the mountain, and after he had sat down, his disciples came to him. He began to teach them, saying: “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the Kingdom of heaven. Blessed are they who mourn, for they will be comforted. Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the land. Blessed are they who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be satisfied. Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy. Blessed are the clean of heart, for they will see God. Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God. Blessed are they who are persecuted for the sake of righteousness, for theirs is the Kingdom of heaven. Blessed are you when they insult you and persecute you and utter every kind of evil against you falsely because of me. Rejoice and be glad, for your reward will be great in heaven.”

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Revelaion 7:2-4, 9-14; Psalm 24:1bc-2, 3-4ab, 5-6; I John 3:1-3; Matthew 5:1-12a A READING FROM THE BOOK OF REVELATION RV 7:2-4, 9-14 I, John, saw another angel come up from the East, holding the seal of the living God. He cried out in a loud voice to the four angels who were given power to damage the land and the sea, “Do not damage the land or the sea or the trees until we put the seal on the foreheads of the servants of our God.” I heard the number of those who had been marked with the seal, one hundred and forty-four thousand marked from every tribe of the children of Israel. After this I had a vision of a great multitude, which no one could count, from every nation, race, people, and tongue. They stood before the throne and before the Lamb, wearing white robes and holding palm branches in their hands. They cried out in a loud voice: “Salvation comes from our God, who is seated on the throne, and from the Lamb.” All the angels stood around the throne and around the elders and the four living creatures. They prostrated themselves before the throne, worshiped God, and exclaimed: “Amen. Blessing and glory, wisdom and thanksgiving, honor, power, and might be to our God forever and ever. Amen.” Then one of the elders spoke up and said to me, “Who are these wearing white robes, and where did they come from?” I said to him, “My lord, you are the one who knows.” He said to me, “These are the ones who have survived the time of great distress; they have washed their robes and made them white in the Blood of the Lamb.”

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Feast of All Saints The old-time pastor was galloping down the road, rushing to get to church on time. Suddenly the horse stumbled and pitched him to the ground. In the dirt with a broken leg, the pastor called out, “All you saints in heaven, help me get up on my horse!” Then, with superhuman effort, he leaped onto the horse’s back, and fell off the other side. Once again on the ground, he called to heaven, “All right, just half of you this time!” No, not half of them, but all of them is what the Feast of All Saints is all about! That all these saints are rooting for us is the reality – and the mystery. Indeed, we are “surrounded by a great cloud of witnesses” (Heb. 12:1). As November dawns, there emerge these saints, known and unknown, singing glorious praises to God. Drawing close to us, all saints inspire us with what God has accomplished in their lives and what He pledges to do in our own. Through the year we are only used to small doses of sainthood, as we contemplate the individual saints, hoping to capture their spirit for our lives. We may even have asked on occasion, as Saint Ignatius of Loyola did, if these saints could do such things for God, why can’t we? However, all of the saints all at the same time enchanting us is truly an awesome experience; a demonstration of what God can do on an epic scale to tease us out of our complacency and rekindle in us endless possibilities of holiness. The feast also offers us the freedom to imagine the non-canonized saints who became an integral part of our lives. Our dear departed parents, grandparents, spouses, siblings, and friends have reached the realm of holiness and now dwell in the heart of God. The circle of saints widens further: not merely the “one hundred and forty-four thousand” but “a great multitude, which no one could count, from every nation, race, people, and tongue.” These, too, are added to the list of all saints. On this feast, we ask, “What is it to be a saint?” Everyone is called and graced to be holy: “Be holy because I am holy” (I Pet 1:16). To grow to be genuinely human is to be on our way to being holy. Though the saints may

seem intimidating to us, we feel close to them because they too grappled with ambiguities. Their lives were ordinary like ours, but they responded to God’s call in extraordinary ways. Being faithful in little things, they endeavored to pack their ordinary lives with abundant love and energy for God and others. In the deepest sense, these saints, known and unknown, by placing their entire trust in God, became the “poor in spirit,” according to the mind and heart of Jesus. Totally dependent on God, they turned toward the world with inner freedom to “hunger and thirst for righteousness” (right relationships and justice). As a result, despite persecution, they could show mercy, forgive, make peace, be humble, and help usher in the Kingdom of God, the new community God establishes in the world. Jesus walked the talk: He is the embodiment of the beatitudes. They are the values Jesus lived by; the paradigm of his vision. The beatitudes are Jesus’ Curriculum Vitae! In their light, we can hope to encounter Jesus and rearrange our lives in view of eternity and in terms of here and now. The saints, transcending religion and culture, directly or indirectly, cherished the “be-attitude” vision of Jesus. We have, therefore, framed the images of their holiness in pictures–-and in our hearts. To those of us seeking holiness, what better guide can there be than the beatitudes of Jesus? The be-attitudes are not unattainable. They could gracefully be practiced in the ordinary, humdrum routine of our daily lives. In his book “In Search of Stones,” M. Scott Peck says: “Some Catholics have a concept I very much admire: the Sacrament of the Present Moment. It suggests that every moment of our lives is sacred, and that we should make of each moment a sacrament. Were we to do this we would think of the entire world as diffused with holiness. Wherever we might be would be a holy place for us, and we would see the holy, even sainthood, in everyone we encounter.” Father Charles Puthota, Ph.D., is pastor of St. Veronica Parish in South San Francisco.

Spirituality for Life

In pursuit of innocence Annie Dillard once wrote this about innocence: Innocence is not the prerogative of infants and puppies, and far less of mountains and fixed stars, which have no prerogatives at all. It is not lost to us; the world is a better place than that. Like any other of the spirit’s good gifts, it is there if you want it, free for the asking, as has been stressed by stronger words than mine. It is possible to pursue innocence as hounds pursue hares: singlemindedly, driven by a kind of love, crashing over creeks, keening and lost in fields and forests, circling, vaulting over hedges and hills, wide-eyed, giving loud tongue all unawares to the deepest, most incomprehensible longing, a root-flame in the heart, and that warbling chorus resounding back from the mountains. One of the deepest underpinnings for morality and spirituality is innocence, if not its achievement certainly its desire. Just as a healthy child longs for the experience of an adult, a healthy adult longs for the heart of a child. To lose the desire for innocence is to lose touch with one’s soul. In fact, to lose one’s innocence is to lose one’s soul. To lose entirely the desire for innocence is one of the qualities of being in hell. What is innocence? Dillard describes it as the soul’s unself-conscious state at any moment of pure devotion to any object. For her, innocence is the gaze of admiration, love stripped of all lust, something akin to what James Joyce describes in “A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man” when his hero, young Steven, sees a half-dressed

girl on a beach and instead of being moved by sexual desire is moved only by an overwhelming wonder and admiration. The late Allan Bloom in “The Closing of the American Mind” suggests that, in the end, innocence is chastity and chastity is more than merely a sexual concept. For Bloom, there needs to be a certain kind of chastity in all of our experiencing, that is, we need to experience things only if and when we can experience them in such a way that we remain integrated. Simply put, we lose our innocence when we experience something in a way that “unglues” us, that breaks down our wholeness in some way. And we can become unglued in many ways – moral, psychological, emotional, spiritual, or erotic. Bloom suggests that today most of us lack chastity and have already become somewhat unglued. This, he suggests, manifests itself not just in spiraling rates for suicide, emotional breakdown, and drug and alcohol abuse, but, and more commonly, in a certain deadness that leaves us “erotically lame,” without fire in our eyes, and without much in the way of the sublime in our hearts and in our dreams. But adult innocence isn’t exactly the natural innocence of a child. For an adult, innocence can no longer be naiveté but needs rather to be something that might better be called second naiveté. It is post-critical. We must distinguish between childishness, the spontaneous innocence of a child which has its roots in lack of experience and naiveté, and childlikeness, the post-critical

posture of an informed, experienced adult who again has taken on the wonder of a child. How did Jesus define innocence? He identified innocence with two things: having the heart of a child and having the Father heart of a virgin. For Jesus, Ron Rolheiser the heart of a child is one that is fresh, receptive, full of wonder, full of respect, and which does not yet contain the hardness and cynicism that calcify inside us because of wound or sin. For him, the heart of a virgin is one that can live in patience in the face of inconsummation without demanding the finished symphony. It is innocent because it can live without breaking healthy taboos, knowing that, as a child, many of the things that it deeply desires cannot be had just yet. The child’s heart is one that still trusts in goodness and the virgin’s heart does not test its God. Oblate Father Ron Rolheiser, theologian, teacher, and award-winning author, is President of the Oblate School of Theology in San Antonio, TX.

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Catholic san Francisco Northern California’s Weekly Catholic Newspaper

Guest Commentary Of many things By Father James Martin, S.J. Over the last few years, I have conducted something of an unplanned survey on parish life around the country. Since 2006 I have visited around 50 parishes – mainly in New York, Connecticut, New Jersey and Pennsylvania – but also in Maryland, Massachusetts, California and Illinois. So let me share some good news from my entirely unscientific survey. The occasions for these visits are invitations to speak at parishes, usually in the evening, on a topic like the saints or joy in the spiritual life. Normally the schedule proceeds as follows: I am picked up at a train station by the pastor, driven to the rectory, where I dine with the resident priests (sometimes with deacons, sisters or pastoral associates) and shown around the church before the talk. Afterward the pastor or a parishioner drives me back to the station. In the process, everyone is eager to talk about what is going on in their parish. Mind you, these data are rather random, and I do not aspire to the sociological standards of the Center for Applied Research on the Apostolate (CARA). Nonetheless, here is what I’ve learned (no confidences will be broken).

Agree to disagree I commend Catholic San Francisco for its continued tolerance of all points of view and perspectives. Very often we see that when a liberal (Whoops, can I say that?) is confronted by an opinion with which he or she disagrees, they seem to want to shut it down. Mr. Weigel is almost always, right-on, from my viewpoint, but Karen Kimmey says; it’s, “almost always intolerant and offensive.” It’s an opinion! Agree to look at one or both sides, but do not close the door to the freedom our Constitution guarantees, especially if you disagree. Many have noticed the trend (ten years running) that the Earth is actually getting cooler. The same people that espoused global warming have now changed the name to ... “Climate Change.” CO2 is now cooling the Earth? Why is that? We are warned now that there is an ice age coming, and some say that we have to get population control in order. Global warming is not clear science. It is a cycle that the Earth goes through. The web site, Global Warming Hoax gives more information than you want to know about the science of weather patterns, and cycles given by some of the highest regarded scientists on this Earth. Even one of the founders of Greenpeace thinks it’s a hoax. Yes, Christians are supposed to be good stewards of the planet, but the cap and trade tax, that is being proposed affects the poor disproportionately, and for what? A computer model? They can’t get the weather right from one week to another! Philip Feiner San Carlos

Health care not a right

1. Pastors are astonishingly busy. Normally, it is the frazzled pastor, with his clerical collar askew, who meets me at the train station. “Sorry I’m late,” he’ll say. “It’s been a crazy day!” Now every one seems busy these days, especially parents of young children and those working multiple jobs, but I wonder how many Catholics know how hard their pastors work. In between the sacramental services there is balancing the books, managing the school, visiting the sick and lonely, counseling and on and on. Typically, the pastor works with a small clerical staff. So the first finding: the hard-working, dog-tired pastor is the norm. 2. Sisters and lay pastoral associates are the lifeblood of the church. Last year I spoke at the jubilee Mass of a woman religious. When I arrived, I was deluged with stories about how much people loved her and with detailed descriptions of the dazzling array of activities she had founded. Even sisters in their 70s and 80s who have had several careers are full of zeal for the people of God. One night, following news about the Vatican’s apostolic visitation of American women religious, I met a sister who ran the parish adult initiation program, oversaw other adult education activities and saw a dozen people for spiritual direction, I thought, I wish the Vatican could meet her! Working just as hard—and taking care of a family on top of it – are lay pastoral associates, who are usually highly educated and experienced but low paid. Without these two groups, sisters and lay associates, our church would grind to a halt. 3. People love their parishes. Before these lectures, I am usually guided through the church. It is always fascinating to take in the architecture (neoGothic 1900s, Art Deco 1930s, A-frame 1950s, airy 1980s), examine the statues of the saints and hear the pastor explain any mysterious stained-glass window images. And no matter what the diocese, the easiest conversation starter is, “You have a lovely church.” The response is invariably, “Oh, we love it here!” Then comes the best part of the evening: They tell me how much they treasure their parish, pastor, deacons, sisters and pastoral staff. Most Catholics just love, love, love their parish. True, not all is well in Catholic Land. I also hear tales of rigid priests and grumpy sisters. And believe me, when people know you are not part of the local diocese and are not going to report them to anyone, the floodgates of complaint open up. But overall, the life of the Catholic parish is flourishing, and I have seen the proof. Jesuit Father James Martin, author of “My Life with the Saints,” is Culture Editor at “America” magazine, where this commentary originally was published in the Oct. 19 issue.

Disagrees with Magliano I took great exception and strongly disagree with Tony Magliano’s column, “Afghanistan: Another immoral war” (CSF Oct. 16). He defines the Afghanistan war as immoral and is not a “just war” because innocent civilians are killed. First of all, it is almost impossible in any modern war to totally avoid civilian casualties. But what Mr. Magliano fails to recognize is that the US military goes out of its way to avoid civilian deaths, even to the point of adopting Rules of Engagement that put US military personnel in greater danger then they would be otherwise. American soldiers and airmen deliberately put themselves in greater danger than necessary in order to minimize the risk of civilian deaths. Contrast this with the terrorists who deliberately target innocent civilians. But in spite of these noble efforts on our

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In a perfect world

L E T T E R S

Regarding the topic of several recent stories, health care is not a right. It is not in the constitution nor is it in the Ten Commandments. It may be an ideal that we would like all to have, but it is not a right. If the Catholic Bishops think that any bill that comes out of the most pro-death culture Congress will not include all the elements of the Freedom of Choice act, they are naïve or worse. And who is going to pay for it – the super-rich who hide their income in tax free foundations or the Fortune 500 companies that own Congress? No. The middle class and small businesses will pay for it and that is not just. Maybe the Bishops need a retreat on common sense and the virtue of justice. Stephen Firenze San Mateo

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part, innocent civilians do die because terrorist groups like Al Qaeda deliberately base themselves in the heart of civilian populations, using them in effect as human shields making civilian deaths inevitable even in the age of precision guided weapons. When the terrorists use innocent civilians as human shields then they are responsible for those deaths, not the United States. Every terrorist expert will tell you that if we abandon Afghanistan it will again become a terrorist training center as it was before 9/11. If Mr. Magliano is so concerned about innocent civilian life then he should consider that fact before he advocates abandoning the fight against those to whom innocent life means nothing. E. F. Sullivan San Francisco In a world unhindered by the threat of partial or total annihilation by atomic weapons in the hands of terrorists, I might agree with Mr. Magliano’s concept of nation building. This is an ideal way to bring poor, backward nations into the global economy. Unfortunately, this is not an ideal world. Although part of the proposed plan is the reconstruction of civilian facilities, force of arms is an unavoidable necessity. Let us not forget the training camps afforded to Al-Qaeda by the Taliban from which spawned many of the terrorist cells seeded throughout the world. New York, London, Madrid, two of the American Embassies in Africa, the USS Cole, plus the slaughter and mayhem created by the Taliban’s reign of terror in Afghanistan attest to that. Everyone agrees it’s a very complex and difficult situation and the President is right to weigh all the avenues of approach in arriving at a strategy. Everyone agrees that of paramount importance is the protection of the Pakistani nuclear arsenal. I don’t see any alternative to the suggested combined military/reconstructive approach. William J. Tognotti San Francisco

Praise for Magliano

Mr. Tony Magliano’s column, “Standing for life on the front lines” (CSF Oct. 2) really was excellent. Catholic San Francisco is the only news outlet in which I found it. Too many people accuse us in the pro-life movement of being mean-spirited, right-wing extremists; never are the members of the abortion lobby called left-wing extremists or murderers of the unborn. Thank you for printing the article. Alice Foster San Bruno, CA

Festival of Flowers The Third Annual Festival of Flowers at St. Mary’s Cathedral was spectacular! Not only was the Cathedral beautiful, particularly the Baptistry, but the Event Center was amazing. The diversity of the floral displays was beyond belief. So many ethnic groups participated in such a unique way to demonstrate their faith with flowers and religious objects. In the St. Francis Room, fifteen Sacred Treasures were displayed – vestments, vessels, a picture and statue-even whale bones and a funeral pall. Two of the floral displays were done by volunteers but most of them were created by students of San Francisco City College. Local and International floral designers gave presentations in several of the halls in the Event Center. An Opening night Gala was held in Patron’s Hall which also had a Silent Auction and Cafe. The Festival of Flowers is the creation of the Cathedral’s Director of Liturgy, Doug Benbow, who is to be congratulated for orchestrating the magnificent event. Thanks to Catholic San Francisco for publicizing archdiocesan events, particularly those that center on our architectural masterpiece atop Cathedral Hill in San Francisco. The Cathedral of St. Mary of the Assumption is a monument to the vision of the Second Vatican Council and to the generosity and energy of countless people. Anne Desler San Mateo

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The Catholic Difference

St. Jeanne Jugan During the brutally hot summer of 2003, thousands the foundress, Jeanne Jugan, as chief beggar. The Little honored, no matter how of French vacationers remained on holiday rather than Sisters of the Poor spread rapidly throughout Europe, difficult that dignity may returning home to bury their recently deceased parents, America and Africa, but the going was never easy for be to discern amidst the trials of senility who had died from the extraordinary heat and were Jeanne Jugan. being stashed in air-conditioned storage lockers. Those In 1843, Jeanne Jugan’s re-election as superior and disease. The Little acts of filial impiety cast into sharp relief the October was quashed by the community’s priest-advisor, Father Sisters of the Poor and canonization of Jeanne Jugan, foundress of the Little Augustin Marie Le Pailleur. Refusing to contest what their patients are living Sisters of the Poor. others would have deemed an injustice (but which she reminders that there are George Weigel Born during the virulently anti-Catholic French thought to be the will of God), Jeanne Jugan accepted no disposable human Revolution, Jeanne Jugan learned early in her life that this curious decision and went on the road, supporting beings; that everyone is fidelity to Christ and his Church could be costly. A his- her sisters by begging. For the last 27 years of her life, a someone for whom the tory of the period of her childhood sums things up neatly: she lived at the order’s motherhouse in retirement, again Son of God entered the world, suffered and died; and that “In spite of the persecution, the people of Cancale kept according to the orders of Father Le Pailleur; her role as we read others out of the human family at our moral and the faith. During dark nights, in an attic or a barn, or foundress was never acknowledged during her lifetime. political peril. even in the middle of the countryside, the Yet that is the temptation facing the faithful gathered together, and there in the United States, and every other affluent silence of the night, the priest would offer St. Jeanne Jugan, Sister Marie of the Cross in her society confronting a graying population, the Eucharist and baptize the children. longer life expectancies, and spiraling medBut this happiness was rare. There were religious life, is a powerful intercessor for all who ical costs. Where this temptation can lead is so many dangers.” brutally displayed in the Netherlands, where Jeanne Jugan knew poverty as well as defend life from conception until natural death. euthanasia has been legal for years; and as persecution, and developed a marked senthe late Father Richard John Neuhaus said sitivity to the humiliation that those who of such travesties as the Dutch “death with have fallen through the cracks of society’s net of solidar- Yet the novelist Charles Dickens could write, after meet- dignity” laws, what is permitted will soon become mandaity can feel. She declined an offer of marriage because, as ing Jeanne Jugan, that “there is in this woman something tory. That is precisely what has happened in Holland and she put it, “God...is keeping me for a work which is not so calm, and so holy, that in seeing her I know myself to indeed wherever euthanasia is legally permitted. yet known, for a work which is not yet founded.” That be in the presence of a superior being. Her words went St. Jeanne Jugan, Sister Marie of the Cross in her work came into clear focus when, at age 47, she met an straight to my heart, so that my eyes, I know not how, religious life, is thus a powerful – and badly needed – elderly, blind and sick woman, whom she took into her filled with tears.” intercessor for all who would defend the gift of life from care; from that seemingly random encounter was born a To enter a house of the Little Sisters of the Poor conception until natural death. tremendous work of charity. The congregation of women today is to recapture what Dickens experienced. Elderly religious she founded dedicated itself to the care of the men and women with no one else to care for them are George Weigel is Distinguished Senior Fellow of the poor and elderly – and supported itself by begging, with given exquisite attention; the dignity of every patient is Ethics and Public Policy Center in Washington, D.C.

Of Grace and Sippy Cups

The gift of saints Years ago, a friend gave me a bracelet made of tiny medallions, each one bearing the image of a different saint. It’s one of the best gifts I’ve ever received. I adore the vibrant pictures, and the satisfying ching-ching the saints make as they click against each other. Truth be told, I wouldn’t always have loved a bracelet like this. For years the saints were remote figures, distant in their stained glass perfection. When I was a child, their gruesome martyrdoms caused many sleepless nights. Later, when I was in college, they were stuffy killjoys who made me feel hopelessly sinful, and whom I disliked for that very reason. But now that I’m older, and have experienced tragedies and spiritual growing pains and the daily pinpricks of thwarted hopes – along with moments of joy and beauty and grace – I’ve learned that the saints actually have a lot to offer. They’ve become very real and very close to me, particularly in my life as a parent. A year before giving birth to my first child, I suffered a miscarriage. It was my second pregnancy loss in two years, and I was devastated. Along with my grief was a tenacious,

all-consuming despair that I’d never have a child. A friend kindly suggested that we pray a novena to St. Anne, one of the patron saints of infertility, so for nine nights we prayed to the mother of Mary. It really helped, that network of invisible support. It comforted me to know that another mother was aware of my needs, and was holding my fear in her heart. These days, as my husband and I raise our two delightful but exhausting little boys, my needs have shifted. These days, I have a growing fondness for St. Joseph. For years, he was just that brown-clad figure in the Nativity Scene, but now he’s a beautiful example of the sacrifice of parenting. He stepped into an unbelievably complex situation and raised a son who was not his own flesh and blood. In him, I see the generous love of adoptive and foster parents. In him, I see all parents who put their own wishes on the back burner in order to care for very small people who need love, protection, and a concrete, daily example of a life of service. Speaking of small beings, these days I’ve had to stop wearing the saints bracelet. My one-year-old son Luke sees the world as one big smorgasbord, and those medallions are just the right size for a merry ride down his esophagus.

For now, the bracelet is relegated to my jewelry box. B u t s o m e d a y, maybe in another year or so, I’ll take it out and put it on. When my sons ask, “Mommy, who are those people?” I have a Ginny few ideas about what I Kubitz Moyer can say. I’ll say, “These are the saints. They are good people who loved Jesus, and who love us. Each one has a special story. When times are tough, their lives can help us understand our own.” And that’s the best gift of all. Ginny Kubitz Moyer is the author of “Mary and Me: Catholic Women Reflect on the Mother of God.” Contact Moyer at www.maryandme.org.

Potpourri

Prize without peace The bracing news that the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to President Barack Obama came as both solace and surprise. Hopefully, our country so often accused of being a war mongering, weak and greedy nation, will now be viewed more favorably by the international elites. Our nation can be proud when such esteem is given to one of our own, and now is the time for our leaders to stop “apologizing” to foreign friends and allies, and start displaying the strength and achievements for which we should be forever proud. This Nobel symbol of approbation comes at a crucial time of war and uncertainty, economic and moral problems that often seem insurmountable. Equally disturbing are the remarks by some notables that for Obama the prize is “too early, too soon,” along with suggestions that it is star power rather than meaningful accomplishments that inspired the win. Despite the pro and con clash of controversies questioning his achievements, we hope that President Obama will make good his vow that this honor is a “call to action.” As American citizens it is our duty to stand behind him with prayers and support. Still, one has to ask: where is the peace?

Prizes awarded to past winners like Mahatma Gandhi, Martin Luther King and Mother Teresa allowed the world to laud their courageous dedication to all of humanity suffering from poverty and injustice. In their selfless efforts we see the essence of moral excellence inherent, but too often dormant, in all of us. Yet the question remains: Where is the peace? As the Nobel Prize is bestowed upon him, President Obama wrestles with global crises in Iran, southwest Asia, and the Middle East while at the same time our military forces might be increased in the conflict in Afghanistan. Peace? Where is it? Not surprisingly, the only place we can fine lasting peace, is in the Prince of Peace who declared: “Do not think that I came to bring peace on the earth; I did not come to bring peace, but a sword.” Paradoxically, Christ is telling us that in order to bring true and lasting peace, He must cause unrest. He knew that families would be split by the belief or disbelief of his teachings by their members. He warned that whomever loved mother, father, son or daughter more than Him was not worthy of Him. And the ferment that ensued became spiritual

chaos as mankind was awakened from spiritual apathy. As long as man turns from God, as long as man clings to sin, there will be earthly wars and insurrections. Had Jesus not come to Jane L. Sears bring us true peace, the disruption of sin and evil that exist in our hearts would have shackled us until the Judgment Day. Better to win true peace by prayerfully turning to the Prince of Peace, then to ignore our immortal souls to seek a peace that cannot be won without Him. A popular Christian bumper sticker sums it up quite neatly: “No Jesus, No Peace; Know Jesus, Know Peace.” Jane L. Sears is a free-lance writer and a member of Our Lady of Angels Parish in Burlingame.

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Shakespeare dominates high school offerings but other classic, contemporary plays also sparkle on Bay Area Catholic stages

Sacred Heart Cathedral Prep presents “Romeo and Juliet.” The cast: John Herndon as Romeo; Isabella Betkowski as Juliet; Dusty Sanford as Benvolio; Clint Wolfram as Tybalt.

Anna Gillis is the March Hare, Audrey Weber is Alice and Ellie Oates is the Mad Hatter in Woodside Priory’s production of “Alice in Wonderland.”

years later, his son Alex is Romeo on the same stage!” For Alex, being cast as Romeo means stepping into a family tradition. “It does feel a little strange to be on the same stage Six Catholic high schools in the San Francisco Archdiocese are performing the plays of that my dad was, but it is also really cool that I can perform where he did,” Alex Ruiz William Shakespeare this fall. Add to that other, more modern classics, said of his dad’s performance as Petruchio. The Marianist boys’ plus a couple of contemporary plays, and the high school theatergoer school production will also feature the work of several alumni will have an opportunity to sample a broad spectrum of drama includwho have come back to work on costuming, graphics, lighting ing the plays: “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” “The Miracle Worker,” and staging, O’Riordan said. “The Odd Couple,” “Alice in Wonderland,” and “Inherit the Wind.” Across the Bay in Marin County, San Domenico School will present Junipero Serra, Notre Dame-Belmont, and Mercy-Burlingame “A Midsummer Night’s Dream.” It is described as “Shakespeare’s sparhigh schools are teaming up to produce “Macbeth,” just in time kling comedy of love and madness” by director Jennifer Grimes, who for Halloween, with the final performance actually scheduled said it was a great opportunity for her students at the girls’ school. for Oct. 31. “I am delighted with our students’ appreciation of Shakespeare’s “I expect a lot of thrills and chills with this year’s performance,” great wit and stagecraft,” Grimes said, adding, “On top of this we said Director Joe Hudelson, who is overseeing the Tri-Schools layer the physical comedy of the show. The girls throw themselves Production. “The witches and ghosts celebrate Halloween, so it’s into this fearlessly. I am extraordinarily fortunate to work with the perfect time of year for this show.” such inventive and talented young actors.” In San Francisco, two high schools will present very difSan Domenico will also put on a second fall play, “The Revenge ferent versions of “Romeo and Juliet.” Sacred Heart Cathedral of the Woman Dressed Largely in Black,” described by the playPreparatory is enacting the tragedy in black box theater style, wright as a “Neo-Post Victorian Comedic Quick Change Thriller.” using a lecture hall while the high school’s new theater is under At Marin Catholic High School, William Gibson’s “The Miracle construction. Costuming and sets will project a modern-day San Worker,” the inspirational story of Helen Keller, will be presented Francisco with Lady and Lord Montague combined into the through the prism of faith and the teacher-student relationship, said character of Romeo’s single mother who is a Muni bus driver, director Robyn Menzel. “Deaf and blind since she was 19 months said director Francine Torres-Kelly. Juliet is a rich girl, in Torresold, Helen is lost in the dark until she meets a woman of unparalleled Kelly’s interpretation. patience and diligence, her teacher Annie Sullivan. Through innuAlex Ruiz plays Romeo and “They meet, fall in love, and find out what it means to battle merable failed attempts and frustrations, Helen and Annie discover class perception, family strife, and societal norms. Tragic ending the importance of determination, and the power of faith,” said direcMonica Mandapat (a senior ensues,” the SHCP drama director said. tor Menzel. “This year at MC, we are emphasizing a message from from Mercy SF) is Juliet in At Archbishop Riordan High School, the classic story with Matthew 5:16. ‘Let your light shine before others.’ In “The Miracle Riordan High School’s period costumes will be staged, albeit in abbreviated version, said Worker,” Annie Sullivan illuminates the path for Helen’s courageous director Valerie O’Riordan, who said this “Romeo and Juliet” production of “Romeo and Juliet. journey into the light of knowledge and understanding.” will feature a Greek-type chorus. This production will showcase Woodside Priory is taking a fresh look at the Lewis Carroll the talents of Alex Ruiz as Romeo. Ruiz is the son of a Riordan childhood classics, “Alice in Wonderland” and “Through the graduate from more than two decades ago, O’Riordan said. Looking Glass,” in “Alice in Wonderland.” The play is adapted for stage by Eva Le “The last time Riordan Drama produced a Shakespeare play was “Taming of the Shrew” Gallienne and Florida Friebus, said director John Sugden. Sugden promises a fun romp in 1984 directed by Brother Gary Morris, and Jose Ruiz appeared in the cast. Now, 25 CATHOLIC STAGES, page 19

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Notre Dame-Belmont senior Hannah Ruwe plays Lady Macbeth and Serra junior Lucus Gust is the lead role in Tri-School Productions’ “Macbeth.”

The cast of Mercy High School-San Francisco’s production of “The Odd Couple” includes: (left to right) Jessica Cuddihy, Soleil Doggett, Taje Springfield, Caitlyn Cordano, Michaela Byrne, Natalie Ayala, Alexandra Martin.

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through the fantastic world of Alice: “This play will be a feast for the eyes and the imagination. Join Alice, the White Rabbit, the Queen of Hearts, Humpty Dumpty, Tweedledum and Tweedledee, the fearsome Jabberwock, the Cheshire Cat, the Mad Hatter and many more as the pages of Lewis Carroll’s masterpieces come to life!” Woodside Priory sophomore Audrey Weber said, “I love playing Alice because the setting and the characters she interacts with are so unique and crazy. The plot is so surprising it always keeps the audience guessing.” At Mercy-San Francisco, an all-girls version of the Neil Simon classic, “The Odd Couple”, tells the story of two very different people who find a way to get along, while Sacred Heart Preparatory in Atherton is doing “Urinetown: The Musical,” In the cast of Marin Catholic’s production of which despite the title is a G-rated play, SHP drama director John Loschmann said. The Tony-nominated “The Miracle Worker” are (top row) Dylan Froom, musical tells the story of a mythical town where big Maggie McCall, Myla Simons, Jake Alexander, Mollie Allie Simpson as Bottom business takes advantage of the citizens when water Rowe; (bottom) Annette Roggenbuck, Claire Poulos, and Kira Kull as Titania in is rationed. “This farcical comedy actually makes a statement about the need to conserve our natural Anna Nestel, Stephanie Noonan. Not pictured: Sandra San Domenico’s staging of resources,” Loschmann said. Colindres, Charlie Yates, Sarah Hambly, Annie Cawley. Jesuit St. Ignatius College Preparatory is present- “A Midsummer Night’s Dream.” ing two plays: Neil Simon’s “Jake’s Women,” and “The Laramie Project.” Set in 1980s New York, “‘Jake’s Women’ is about Jake, a successful And at Convent of the Sacred Heart and Stuart Hall high schools, director Pamela writer whose marriage is falling apart. Jake struggles to differentiate the women and dialogue Rickard oversees a joint production of “Inherit the Wind,” a fictionalized account of the in real life with the ones in his imagination,” said director Meredith Cecchin Galvin. 1925 Scopes “Monkey Trial” about John Scopes’ conviction for teaching Charles Darwin’s Ted Curry directs “The Laramie Project,” written by Moisés Kaufman, about a town’s theory of evolution, contrary to Tennessee law at the time. Rickard said the play is part of reaction to the 1998 slaying of University of Wyoming student Matthew Shepard, widely “a year-long collaborative inquiry between Stuart Hall and Convent of the Sacred Heart believed to have been savagely beaten and left for dead because he was homosexual. high schools to explore the place where religion and science meet and diverge.”

High school performances: what, where, when Production: “Alice in Wonderland” High School: Woodside Priory School, 302 Portola Rd., Portola Valley Location: Rothrock Performance Hall When: Nov. 19, 20 at 7 p.m.; Nov. 21 at 1 p.m. and 7 p.m. Tickets: $5 students; $12 adults. Purchase at the door Info: www.woodsidepriory.com/athletics/performingarts.cfm Story: The incredible story of Alice’s journey through the Looking Glass to Wonderland featuring Alice, the White Rabbit, the Queen of Hearts, Humpty Dumpty, and many more.

Production: “The Miracle Worker” High School: Marin Catholic High School Location: Poetz Theater at Marin Catholic, 675 Sir Francis Drake Blvd., Kentfield When: Nov. 19, 20, 21 at 8 p.m.; Nov. 22 at 2 p.m. Tickets: $8 students; $10 adults Info: www.marincatholic.org/index/performing-arts; (415) 464-3829 Story: The story of Helen Keller, blind and deaf from 19 months, whose relationship with her teacher Anne Sullivan, broke into her silent, dark world.

Production: “Inherit the Wind” High School: Convent of the Sacred Heart and Stuart Hall High Schools Location: Syufy Theatre, 2222 Broadway, San Francisco (between Fillmore and Webster) When: Nov. 19, 20 at 7 p.m.; Nov. 21 at 2 p.m. Tickets: $5 Info: www.sacredsf.org Story: A fictional account of the 1925 Scopes Monkey Trial when a school teacher was tried for teaching Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution.

Production: “The Odd Couple” High School: Mercy San Francisco Location: Mercy Theatre, 3250 19th Ave., San Francisco When: Nov. 6, 7, 13 and 14 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets: Nov. 6, Red Carpet Reception, $12 Nov. 7, 13, and 14, students and seniors $8; adults $10 Info: www.mercyhs.org; events@mercyhs.org Story: An adaptation of Neil Simon’s “The Odd Couple” with female leads.

Production: “Jake’s Women” High School: St. Ignatius College Preparatory Location: Bannan Theatre, 2001 37th Ave., San Francisco When: Oct. 27-31 at 7 p.m. Tickets: $10 Info: www.siprep.org/performingarts/fallPlay/FallPlay1.cfm Story: A Neil Simon play about a man’s complicated relationship with the women in his life.

Production: “Revenge of the Woman Dressed Largely in Black” High School: San Domenico School, 1500 Butterfield Rd., San Anselmo Location: Dominican Hall When: Nov. 12, 13, 14 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets: $7 students, seniors; $12 adults. A vailable at the door. Info: (415) 258-1989, www.sandomenico.org Story: A neo-post Victorian quick change thriller that uses stereotypical situations to comedic effect.

Production: “The Laramie Project” High School: St. Ignatius College Preparatory Location: Wiegand Theatre, 2001 37th Ave., San Francisco When: Nov. 17-21 at 7 p.m. Tickets: $10 Info: www.siprep.org/performingarts/fallPlay/ Story: An interpretation of a town’s reaction to the savage beating and death of a homosexual youth in Laramie, Wyoming, that focuses on issues of discrimination

Production: “Romeo and Juliet” High School: Archbishop Riordan High School Location: Lindland Theatre, Riordan, 175 Phelan Ave., across from City College When: Nov. 13, 14, 20, 21 at 8 p.m.; Nov. 22 at 2 p.m. Tickets: $5 students, seniors; $7 adults Info: (415) 587-5866, www.riordanhs.org Story: A shortened version of the Shakespearean tragedy with period costumes presented in the classic manner.

Production: “Macbeth” High School: Tri-School Productions: Serra, Notre Dame-Belmont, Mercy-Burlingame Location: Gellert Auditorium, Junípero Serra High School, 451 W. 20th Ave., San Mateo When: Oct. 23, 24, 30 and 31 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets: $8 students, seniors; $12 adults Info: www.serrahs.com Story: The Shakespearean tragedy is filled with mystery and intrigue, as Macbeth schemes to steal the throne from King Duncan. Production: “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” High School: San Domenico School, 1500 Butterfield Rd., San Anselmo Location: Dominican Hall When: Nov. 19, 20, 21 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets: $7 students, seniors; $12 adults. Available at the door Info: (415) 258-1989; www.sandomenico.org Story: A Shakespearean comedy where mortal and fairy worlds collide one magical night in comic mayhem.

Production: “Romeo and Juliet” High School: Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory Location: De Paul Campus Little Theater, 1100 Ellis St., San Francisco When: Nov. 12, 13, 14 and 19, 20, 21 Tickets: $7 students; $12 general Info: www.shcp.edu Story: The Shakespeare classic of tragic teen love is set in San Francisco with modern costuming and Lord and Lady Montague combined into one female character, a single mother who is a Muni bus driver, but otherwise adheres to the play’s text. Production: “Urinetown: The Musical” High School: Campbell Center for the Performing Arts, Sacred Heart Preparatory Location: 50 Emilie Ave., Atherton When: Oct. 22, 23, 24 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets: $5 students and seniors; $10 adults Info: www.shschools.org Story: The story of a mythical town where big business takes advantage of the citizens when water is rationed.

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Two books explore intersection of culture, faith in today’s world “THE DIFFERENCE GOD MAKES – A CATHOLIC VISION OF FAITH, COMMUNION AND CULTURE� by Francis Cardinal George. Crossroads (New York, 2009). 342 pp., $26.95. “CAN GOD BE TRUSTED? – FINDING FAITH IN TROUBLED TIMES� by Rev. Thomas D. Williams, LC. Faith Words (New York, 2009). 208 pp., $19.99.

Reviewed by Allan F. Wright In “The Difference God Makes,� Cardinal Francis E. George of Chicago, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, offers thoughtful reflection and analysis of American individualism and culture in the context of the mission of the Catholic Church. As the Church struggles to get its message heard in a society which fails to understand the nature of the Church and very often refuses to listen to it, Cardinal George offers a coherent, reasoned account of how the Church is called to continually evangelize the culture. He states, “A culture is transformed only by those who love it, just as individuals are converted only by evangelizers who love them.� Offering scholarly insight, historical witness and personal wisdom from one of the Church’s intellectual leaders, this book offers a Catholic vision of relationships as they ought to be from an authentic Catholic position. It illustrates the Church’s connection to the very fabric of society, including our responsibility to dialogue with the secular world in order to transform our culture. Drawing from Scripture, tradition, the lives of the saints and the author’s lived experience of Catholicism around the world, Cardinal George demonstrates how to recognize the generous, self-giving God who stands in contrast to selfish individualism and moral relativism that has permeated the culture that once reflected Christian values in its institutions. “The Difference God Makes� acknowl-

edges the tension between individualism and a communitarian worldview and challenges American Catholics to look outside the national boundaries that define how we look at the world, including the Church which stretches beyond our shores. While many American Catholics have differing views on the effectiveness and moral leadership of the bishops in the U.S. Catholic Church, Cardinal George has a refreshing emphasis throughout ut the book on the centrality of Jesus us Christ in the life of the believer. er. He then proceeds to discuss the he issues that separate and divide so many in the Church and references ces St. Augustine’s work, “City of God,� in explaining the Church’s relationship to faith and society. In addition to writing on matters concerning the clerical sex abuse scandal, he addresses issues involving lay ecclesial leadership, episcopal leadership, the mission of priests, Catholic-Jewish relations, Islam and globalization, all within the context of Christ’s call to evangelize the culture. In reflecting on the role of Catholic institutions such as Catholic schools and Catholic hospitals he wonders, “Have we formed very fine professionals, but not formed disciples?� The call to discipleship permeates his thoughts and reflections throughout as he relies on Scripture, ecclesial documents and the person of Pope John Paul II whose influence is felt throughout this book. “The Difference God Makes� successfully confronts many of the issues our culture faces today and gives the reader, Catholic and non-Catholic alike, an understanding of how being simply Catholic can bring hope and transformation to the culture. Cardinal George writes a timely book and moves the dialogue forward as the Church moves further into the third millennium. In a society where self-reliance is a

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virtue and moral relativism is the norm, Father Thomas D. Williams, a member of the Legionaries of Christ, says the key question that all people must consider is “Can God be trusted?� In his book of the same name, quotes from believers, nonbelievers and seekers are scattered throughout, along with verses from Scripture which cause the reader to consider the case for trusting in a loving God. Examples from ordinary people put flesh on what faith “looks like.� He asks, “Does God really know what’s best for us? Of course he does. But we often would rather

TV program notes week of Nov. 1-7 NEW YORK (CNS) – Here are some television program notes for the week of Nov. 1-7 with TV Parental Guidelines ratings if available. They have not been reviewed and therefore are not necessarily recommended by the USCCB Office for Film & Broadcasting. Sunday, Nov. 1, 9-10:30 p.m. (check local listings) (PBS) “Place of Execution.� In this first episode of a two-part psychological thriller, Juliet Stevenson plays a high-profile TV journalist who investigates the disappearance of a 13-year-old girl 40 years prior. Part of the series “Masterpiece Contemporary.� Concludes Sunday, Nov. 8, 9-10 p.m. – parents strongly cautioned). Monday, Nov. 2, 9-10 p.m. (PBS) “Civilian Conservation Corps.� Historical special interweaving archival imagery with the personal accounts of Civilian Conservation Corps veterans to tell the story of one of the boldest and most popular New Deal experiments, designed to combat unemployment among young men. This “American Experience� presentation is part of the miniseries “The 1930s� (TV-G – general audience). Wednesday, Nov. 4, 8-9:30 p.m. (PBS) “Bill Cosby: The Mark Twain Prize.� Celebrated comedians, including Jerry Seinfeld and Chris Rock, salute Bill Cosby, the 12th recipient of the Mark Twain Prize

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for American Humor. Includes clips of Cosby’s career highlights: from his role on “I Spy� in the 1960s to the comedy series bearing his name (TV-PG - parental guidance suggested). Wednesday, Nov. 4, 8-10 p.m. (TCM) “Johnny Mercer: The Dream’s on Me.� A profile of Georgia-born lyricist, singer and composer Johnny Mercer, celebrating the centennial of his birth on Nov. 18, 1909, and featuring numerous performances of his work by musical stars like Ella Fitzgerald, Pearl Bailey, Tony Bennett and Nat King Cole as well as new and archival interviews dealing with his life and career. Friday, Nov. 6, 9-10 p.m. (History) “Ancients Behaving Badly.� Premiere of a new series that investigates some of the classical world’s most iconic – and tyrannical – leaders. This episode, “Caligula,� profiles the young Roman emperor (A.D. 12-41) who had a fearsome reputation as a sadistic murderer and a raving lunatic. Saturday, Nov. 7, 10 p.m.-midnight (History) “Rise and Fall of the Berlin Wall.� This special commemorates the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall Nov. 9, 1989, by examining how a makeshift line of railway cars and barbed wire evolved into the massively fortified wall that came to symbolize the Cold War.

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do d things our way. Since we w cannot see the outcome, we w cling to our earthly wisdom d rather than step out in an act of true confidence in him. hi Let’s look at how this plays pla out.� Father Williams lists anxiety, ety complaint, discouragement, ideologies and selfme sufficiency as some of the suff “sins� “sin against trust and gives some som very practical steps to overcome them in the subseoverc quent chapters. One of the advantages of On this bbook, in addition to its pastoral tenor, is the ability of pastor to speak to the heart the author au of one who has struggled with faith, lost faith or never had faith to begin with. His encouragement in writing about a God who is patient with human beings is a great source of hope in a suspicious and untrusting world. “Can God Be Trusted?� is down-to-earth and personally relevant to the layperson and an excellent tool for those who want to give voice as to why they do trust in God. Straightforward and lacking theological terminology, it provides an easy read. The exhortation to faith is present, leaving room for readers to reflect upon their own beliefs.

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Vocations Nov. 8: The Sisters of Nazareth invite young women seriously considering religious life to a retreat at Nazareth House, 245 Albion Way in San Rafael. For reservations and more information contact vocations@nazarethhousela.org or call (310) 216-8170. Wednesdays 7 – 8 p.m.: Meditation Circle at Jane d’Aza Convent, 60 Locust Avenue at Grand Ave. in San Rafael. Women 18-35 wishing to experience a time of prayer and reflection with the Dominican Sisters of San Rafael are invited. For more information, call Dominican Sister Patricia Farrell at (415) 257-4937.

Year for Priests Events Nov. 18, Feb. 4, March 24, 7 p.m.: St. Patrick’s Seminary and University Year for Priests Speaker Series in Olier Hall at the seminary, 320 Middlefield Rd. in Menlo Park. Nov. 18: “Priesthood: Historical and Pastoral Reflections,” with Michael Neri. Dr. Neri, a member of the seminary faculty since 1975, holds a postgraduate degree in religious history from Berkeley’s Graduate Theological Union. Feb. 4: “Priest as Teacher” with Sulpician Father Gladstone Stevens. Father Stevens, vice-rector and academic dean at St. Patrick’s, holds a post-graduate degree in Systematic Theology from Marquette University and is a priest of the Archdiocese of Louisville. March 24: “Spirituality of the Priesthood” with Sulpician Father Jim McKearney, president and rector of St. Patrick’s, and a priest of the Archdiocese of Hartford, Connecticut. Tickets are $10 per session. Seating is limited. Register on-line at www.stpatricksseminary.org under Speaker Series. Register by mail with payment to: Speaker Series, St. Patrick’s Seminary and University, 320 Middlefield Road Menlo Park 94025.

TV/Radio Fridays at 9 a.m.: The Archbishop’s Hour on Immaculate Heart Radio, KSFB - 1260 AM, San Francisco. Enjoy news, conversation and in-depth look at local and larger Church. Program is rerun Fridays at 9 p.m. - e-mail info@sfarchdiocese.org with questions about faith and comments. Sunday, 6 a.m., KOFY Channel 20/Cable 13 and KTSF Channel 26/Cable 8: TV Mass with Msgr. Harry Schlitt presiding. Saturday, 4 p.m.: Religious programming in Cantonese over KVTO 1400 AM, co-sponsored by the Chinese Ministry and Chinese Young Adults of the Archdiocese. 1st Sunday, 5 a.m., CBS Channel 5: “Mosaic,” featuring conversations on current Catholic issues. 3rd Sunday, 5:30 a.m., KRON Channel 4: “For Heaven’s Sake,” featuring conversations about Catholic spirituality. KSFB Catholic Radio 1260 AM offers daily Mass, rosary and talk on the faith. Visit www.ihradio.org. EWTN Catholic Television: Comcast Channel 229, AT&T Channel 562, Astound Channel 80, San Bruno Cable Channel 143, DISH Satellite Channel 261, Direct TV Channel 370. For programming details, visit www.ewtn.com

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The class of ’68 from Our Lady of Mercy Elementary School joined together for a reunion Sept. 20. “We started with Mass at OLM with Msgr. Bob McElroy – our classmate for four years - presiding,” said Paula Thompson whom we can thank for the report. Among special guests was Dominican Sister Adele Rowland the group’s second grade teacher. Sister Adele entered religious life in 1952 and today lives at the Dominican Sisters of San Rafael’s Our Lady of Lourdes Convent in San Rafael. The party afterward was held at Joe’s of Westlake which is just down the street from OLM. Back from left: John Fraher, Lunne Shubunka, Tom Perlite, Tim Barrett, Maureen Murray-Fox, Tom Dwyer, Michelle Chickeralla Jackson, Sister Adele. Front from left: Suzanna Drakulich O’Toole, Kathleen McLoughlin Mininni, Paula Thompson, Aileen Sontag-Trant, Deborah Churton-Aikird, Eileen Coen-Pena. Homecoming Mass and Luncheon at St. Paul’s Church followed by lunch in the parish hall. The class of 1960 is the honored Golden Belles, and the event is being hosted by their “little sisters,” the class of 1963. Cost of the luncheon is $35. For more information, please contact Marilyn Highlander-Pool at St. Paul’s Rectory (415) 648-7538. Nov. 14, noon: St. Emydius Elementary School, class of ’57 at Caesar’s Restaurant, Powell at Bay in San Francisco. Valet parking will be available. Tickets including four-course lunch, coffee, tax and tip are $40 per person. Please register by Nov. 1 with Bob Perry at perryr@sbcglobal.net, or Margene Fanucchi Brignetti at margenebrignetti@sbcglobal.net. You may also send a check made payable to Sue Eckberg, 93 Rockaway Avenue, San Francisco, 94127, along with names of attendees, your telephone number and e-mail address.

Holy Cross Cemetery 1500 Old Mission Rd. in Colma, (650) 756-2060 Oct 31, 11 a.m.: All Saints Day Mass – Todos Los Santos Celebration - All Saints Mausoleum Chapel, Msgr. Fred Bitanga, celebrant. Refreshments follow in the courtyard following Mass. Nov. 2, 11 a.m.: All Souls’ Day Mass - All Saints Mausoleum Chapel, Msgr. Robert McElroy, pastor St. Gregory Parish, San Mateo, celebrant. Nov. 7, 11 a.m.: First Saturday Mass, Father Brian Costello, pastor, Mater Dolorosa Parish, South san Francisco, celebrant

Special Liturgies Nov. 1, 2 p.m.: Annual memorial Mass for all religious, alumni, friends and priests associated with St. Peter Parish and schools at St. Peter Church 24th and Alabama St. in San Francisco. Day’s honoree is Father Thomas Seagrave. Reception follows in parish hall. Call (415) 647-8662. Nov. 2, 7 p.m.: All Souls Day Mass at Nuova Porziuncola chapel of the National Shrine of St. Francis of Assisi, Vallejo at Columbus, in San Francisco. Service will be in the Eastern Rite, in English, and will be celebrated by the clergy and choir of Our Lady of Fatima Byzantine Rite Catholic Church.

Dec. 8, 7:30 p.m.: Simbang Gabi commissioning Mass at St. Mary’s Cathedral, Gough St. at Geary Blvd. in San Francisco. For more information e-mail nelliehizon@yahoo.com

Food & Fun Nov. 1, 2 p.m.: Annual memorial Mass for all religious, alumni, friends and priests associated with St. Peter Parish and schools at St. Peter Church 24th and Alabama St. in San Francisco. Honoree is Father Thomas Seagrave. Reception follows in parish hall. Call (415) 647-8662. Nov. 1, 1 p.m.: 107th Anniversary of Ladies Ancient Order of Hibernians celebrating the Year for Priests with High Tea at the United Irish Cultural Center, 45th Ave. at Sloat Blvd. in San Francisco. Tickets are $25 per person. Call Christine Del Carlo at (415) 648-4522 or Kathleen Manning at (415) 664-0828. Nov. 5, 6:30 p.m.: The University of San Francisco presents its California Prize for Service and the Common Good for significant service for groundbreaking achievements in pursuit of the common good. The 2009 recipient is chef, Alice Waters. All proceeds benefit USF student programs, including internships and service learning projects at home and abroad. Waters is a champion of food grown locally and credited with helping revolutionize thought on sustainable and organic agriculture. Dinner is held on the Main Campus of the University of San Francisco, 2130 Fulton St. Entrance is between Temescal Terrace and Chabot Terrace. Valet parking is available; black tie event. For more information please visit the website www.californiaserviceprize.org Nov. 6, 6 p.m.: 13th Annual Vincenzo Wine Tasting & Auction benefiting Catholic Charities CYO Youth Residential Programs. The historic Bently Reserve (301 Battery Street, San Francisco) will be the setting for an enchanting evening complete with exclusive tastings from premier wineries, a gourmet gala dinner by Dan McCall and a festive live auction featuring rare wines and unique travel packages. $125 per ticket; $75 per ticket for guests ages 35 and under. For information visit www.cccyo.org, phone 415972-1213 or email vincenzo@cccyo.org. Nov. 7, 5:30 – 11 p.m.: Serra High School presents

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“Rock of Ages,” the school’s annual benefit auction. Come and enjoy a silent auction, hosted bar, dinner, dancing, raffle and live auction. Tickets are $100 per person; concert attire is optional or come as your favorite musician! For more information, e-mail tstoye@serrahs.com. Nov. 12, 6:30 p.m.: Celebrating their 150th year of service to those in need, the St. Vincent de Paul Society honors Archbishop George Niederauer with the Frank Brennan Award for Service to the Poor. Join us in honoring the Archbishop’s compassion for the disadvantaged of San Francisco, manifested in numerous charities and endeavors. The evening begins with a cocktail reception followed by the award banquet. All proceeds support the St. Vincent de Paul Society’s programs combating poverty, homelessness, addiction and domestic violence. Tickets are $150 per person. Please call the St. Vincent de Paul Society of San Francisco for more information (415) 977-1270 or visit www.svdp-sf.org. Nov. 14, 6 p.m.: “To Planet St. Paul,” Annual Dinner Dance and Auction benefiting St. Paul Restoration Fund at Patio Espanol, 2850 Alemant Blvd. in San Francisco. Evening begins with social hour and “stratospheric auction” followed by “dinner in another world.” Tickets are $65 per person. Sponsor positions are available beginning at $250. Call (415) 648-7538. Little Sister’s of the Poor - St. Anne’s Home will be hosting its “Deck The Home” Holiday Boutique preview night Thursday, November 19, from 6, - 9 p.m. $100 per person, Complimentary Valet Parking provided. General Boutique (Free) and Luncheons ($45 per person) will be held Saturday, November 21, from 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. with luncheon seatings at 11:30 and 1 p.m. Contact Jean Terheyden (415) 922-3797. Nov. 17 – 19: St. Mary’s Medical Center Auxiliary’s annual Holiday Boutique in the main lobby of St. Mary’s Hospital, San Francisco. Tuesday is Preview Night from 4-7 p.m. with refreshments at a fee of $10 and free parking. Wednesday’s hours are from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Thursday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. A raffle and silent auction will be held with many lovely prizes. Start your Christmas shopping early by joining us for this annual event. All proceeds will go to benefit and enhance patient services. Further information can be obtained from the Volunteer Office (415) 750-5646.

Trainings/Lectures/Respect Life Nov. 4, 7 p.m.: Walking the Sacred Path, an evening with composer, Dan Schutte, at St. Emydius Church, 286 Ashton Ave. off Ocean Ave. in San Francisco. Schutte is writer of popular Here I am Lord and You are Near. Tickets are $10 at the door. Call (415) 587-7066. 3rd Tuesdays, 7:30 p.m.: Rosary Prayer - Examine how the mysteries of the Rosary are manifest in daily life and pray for an increase of faith, hope and love at Dominican Sisters of Mission San Jose, Motherhouse Chapel, 43326 Mission Blvd.(off Mission Tierra), Fremont. Contact Sister Frances Mary Pierson, (510) 933-6335 or email sfmpeace3@msjdominicans.org. 4th Tuesdays, 7:30 p.m.: Prayer before the Blessed Sacrament - 7:30 - 8:30 p.m. at Dominican Sisters of Mission San Jose, Motherhouse Chapel, 43326 Mission Blvd.(off Mission Tierra), Fremont.Contact Sister Frances Mary Pierson, (510) 933-6335 or email sfmpeace3@msjdominicans.org. San Mateo Pro-Life prays the rosary at Planned Parenthood, 2211 Palm Ave. in San Mateo at 8 a.m. and invites others to join them at the site. The prayer continues as a peaceful vigil until 1 p.m. The group is also open to new membership. Meetings are held the second Thursday of the month except August and December at St. Gregory Parish’s Worner Center, 138 28th Ave. in San Mateo at 7:30 p.m. For more information, call Jessica at (650) 572-1468.

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Construction Vonnegut Thoreau Construction Quality Remodelers and Builders Serving the San Francisco Bay Area

415.314.8415 VTConstruct.com Lic# 903690

Call (650) 757-1946 Cell (415) 517-5977

Carpet Cleaning Safe Non-Toxic, No Shampoo, Dry in Hours not Days Commercial & Residential Serving SF & San Mateo Co. St. Charles Parishioner

(650) 593-5959

Maintenance Services GARIBALDI MAINTENANCE CO. Complete Janitorial – Window Cleaning

Painting & Remodeling •Interiors •Exteriors •Kitchens •Baths Contractor inspection reports and pre-purchase consulting

email: penaj@sfarchdiocese.org or visit us at: www.catholic-sf.org

Senior Care SUPPLE SENIOR CARE “The most compassionate care in town”

Healthcare Agency

Construction CAHALAN CONST. Foundations, Earthquake Dryrot, Termite, Siding, Stucco Additions. Remodels lic# 582766

415.279.1266

MORROW CONTRUCTION Specializing In Wood Fences

(650) 994-6892 lic. 343633

“Large Enough to Matter, Small Enough to Care”

FREE ESTIMATES (415) 441-2454 Fully Insured

Hauling

➤ Hauling ➤ Job Site Clean-Up ➤ Demolition ➤ Yard Service ➤ Garbage Runs ➤ Saturday & Sunday

FREE ESTIMATES! • Fast & Affordable

LAST-MINUTE SERVICE AVAILABLE

Tree Care Removal of challenging trees Fully licensed and insured Fine Pruning Certified arborist 24 Hr. emergency service WC 5304 Insurance work Serving Immaculate Heart of Mary Parish for over 25 years

650.355.1277

Painting BILL HEFFERON

PAINTING INTERIOR, EXTERIOR All Jobs Large and Small

10% Discount: Seniors, Parishioners Call Bill 415.731.8065 • Cell: 415.710.0584 Member of Better Business Bureau

The Irish Rose

Home Healthcare Agency Specializing in home health aides, attendants and companions. Serving San Francisco, Marin & the Peninsula.

Quality Service Since 1946

Bonded, Insured – LIC. #819191

Fax: 415-614-5641

(650) 355-4926

NOT A LICENSED CONTRACTOR

YOELSHAULING@YAHOO.COM

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Ca. Lic 391053 General Contractor Since 1980

Painting, roof repair, fence (repair/ build) demolition, carpenter, gutter (clean/ repair), kitchen/bathroom remodel, decks, welding, landscaping, gardening, hauling, moving, janitorial.

PAUL (415) 282-2023

FOR INFORMATION ABOUT ADVERTISING

John Holtz

Handy Man

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SERVICE DIRECTORY painting and remodeling

Matt Joyce

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Painting S.O.S. PAINTING CO. Interior-Exterior wallpaper hanging & removal Lic # 526818 Senior Discount

415-269-0446 650-738-9295

www.sospainting.net FREE ESTIMATES

Auto Service

Contact: 415.447.8463

Counseling When Life Hurts It Helps To Talk • Family • Work • Relationships • Depression • Anxiety • Addictions

Dr. Daniel J. Kugler Confidential • Compassionate • Practical (415) 921-1619 • Insurance Accepted 1537 Franklin Street • San Francisco, CA 94109

Do you want to be more fulfilled in love and work – but find things keep getting in the way?

❖ 30 years experience with individuals, couples and groups ❖ Directed, effective and results-oriented ❖ Compassionate and Intuitive ❖ Supports 12-step ❖ Enneagram Personality Transformation ❖ Free Counseling for Iraqi/Afghanistani Vets

Lila Caffery, MA, CCHT San Francisco: 415.337.9474 Complimentary phone consultation www.InnerChildHealing.com

3865 Irving St. at 40th Ave. – Since 1964 –

(415) 242-3355 www.counselingforchristians.com

Cleaning Senior Care Insured & Bonded Lic.377061

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Plumbing and Heating 415-661-3707 Michael T. Santi Since 1972 Ca License # 663641 24 Hour Emergency Service

HOLLAND ALL PLUMBING WORK PAT HOLLAND

CA LIC #817607

BONDED & INSURED

415-205-1235 Plumbing • Fire Protection • Certified Backflow

John Bianchi Phone: 415.468.1877 Fax: 415.468.1875 Lic. No. 390254

BEST PLUMBING, INC. Your Payless Plumbing

Homecare for Seniors

Starting at $17/hr

by Accredited Caregiver Specialists Serving the SF Bay Area • Professional, Affordable, Safe • For hourly, overnight, or Live-in • Prescreened, experienced, careeer caregivers

Free in-home assessment www.accreditedcaregivers.com 650-307-3890

Lic. # 872560

➤ Drain-Sewer Cleaning Service ➤ Water Heaters ➤ Gas Pipes ➤ Toilets ➤ Faucets ➤ Garbage Disposals ➤ Copper Repiping ➤ Sewer Replacement ➤ Video Camera & Line locate PROMPT AND UNPARALLELED SERVICE

(650) 557-1263 EMAIL:

bestplumbinginc@comcast.net Member: Better Business Bureau

Garage Door Repair

Discount

Garage Door

MARRIAGE AND FAMILY COUNSELING Marriage and Family Therapist (MFT 1319)

(415) 505-1934

Plumbing

100 North Hill Drive, Unit 18 • Brisbane, CA 94005 Inner Child Healing Offers a deep spiritual and psychological approach to counseling:

Complete Auto Repair

Professional Services

*Irish owned & operated *Serving from San Francisco to North San Mateo

Unhealed wounds can hold you back - even if they are not the “logical” cause of your problems today. You can be the person God intended.

David Nellis M.A. M.F.T.

A NTHONY ’ S GREEN CLEANING

415-573-5141 or 650-993-8036

Plumbing Works San Francisco

Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist Over 30 years experience • Reasonable Fees

HABELT’S AUTO SERVICE

415-664-1735

1655 Old Mission Road #3 Colma, SSF, CA 94080

Repair Lic #376353

Broken Spring/Cable? Operator Problems? Lifetime Warranty All New Doors/Motors

One Price 24 /7

415-931-1540 0% Financing Available

Electrical DEWITT ELECTRIC Your #1 Choice! For all your electrical needs!

C HRISTMAS L IGHTS I NSTALLED

C ALL D E W ITT Ph. 415.515.2043

E LECTRIC Lic. C-10 (631209)

October 30, 2009

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Catholic Help Wanted Anniversary Event San Francisco Ladies Ancient Order of Hibernians

classifieds Visit www.catholic-sf.org

for website listings, advertising information and Place Classified Ad Form OR Call 415.614.5642, Fax 415.614.5641, Email penaj@sfarchdiocese.org

Room For Rent

SI N C E 1979

HOUSE CLEANERS WANTED

Cleaning Experience Clean Driving Record Great Pay & Benefits

415-546-8000

Room For Housekeeper / Cook Rent Room for rent for one person, master bedroom, quite/working/student, shared bath. Ocean Avenue in SF, good transportation to schools. $550/month. (415) 584-5307

P/T general housekeeper/ cook, 3 days, 12 hrs per week, long term employment/ relationship with family. References.

Live-In Companion

Private Assisted Living Available

(650) 340-8547

Fr. Peter C. Yorke Division #3 ~ Founded 1902 ~ 107th Anniversary, Sunday November 1, 2009 High Tea honoring “THE YEAR OF THE PRIEST” 1 PM – 3 PM United Irish Cultural Center 2700 – 45th Avenue, San Francisco INFORMATION: C HRIS 415.648.4522 K ATHLEEN 415.664.0828

Help Wanted We are looking for full or part time

ROOM FOR RENT $ 645 / Month. Includes utilities. Non-smoker. Richmond District in SF. No Pets

415-668-2690

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NOVENAS PUBLISH A NOVENA

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If you wish to publish a Novena in the Catholic San Francisco You may use the form below or call 415-614-5640 Your prayer will be published in our newspaper

Name Adress Phone MC/VISA # Exp. Select One Prayer: ❑ St. Jude Novena to SH ❑ Prayer to St. Jude

❑ Prayer to the Blessed Virgin ❑ Prayer to the Holy Spirit

Please return form with check or money order for $26 Payable to: Catholic San Francisco Advertising Dept., Catholic San Francisco 1 Peter Yorke Way, San Francisco, CA 94109

St. Jude Novena May the Sacred Heart of Jesus be adored, glorified, loved & preserved throughout the world now & forever. Sacred Heart of Jesus pray for us. St. Jude helper of the hopeless pray for us. Say prayer 9 times a day for 9 days. Thank You St. Jude. Never known to fail. You may publish.

S.C.M. Prayer to St. Jude Oh, Holy St. Jude, Apostle and Martyr, great in virtue and rich in miracles, near Kinsman of Jesus Christ, faithful intercessor of all who invoke your special patronage in time of need, to you I have recourse from the depth of my heart and humbly beg to whom God has given such great power to come to my assistance. Help me in my present and urgent petition. In return I promise to make you be invoked. Say three our Fathers, three Hail Marys and Glorias. St. Jude pray for us all who invoke your aid. Amen. This Novena has never been known to fail. This Novena must be said 9 consecutive days. Thanks. S.S.

Prayer to the Blessed Virgin never known to fail. Most beautiful flower of Mt. Carmel Blessed Mother of the Son of God, assist me in my need. Help me and show me you are my mother. Oh Holy Mary, Mother of God, Queen of Heaven and earth. I humbly beseech you from the bottom of my heart to help me in this need. Oh Mary, conceived without sin. Pray for us (3X). Holy Mary, I place this cause in your hands (3X). Say prayers 3 days. T. & L.B.

Prayer to the Blessed Virgin never known to fail. Most beautiful flower of Mt. Carmel Blessed Mother of the Son of God, assistme in my need. Help me and show me you are my mother. Oh Holy Mary, Mother of God, Queen of Heaven and earth. I humbly beseech you from the bottom of my heart to help me in this need. Oh Mary, conceived without sin. Pray for us (3X). Holy Mary, I place this cause in your hands (3X). Say prayers 3 days. M.S.

Seeking live-in companion, female, honest, to help with personal care and light housekeeping, in San Francisco. (415) 587-5331

Travel Rental LAKE TAHOE RENTAL Vacation Rental Condo in South Lake Tahoe. Sleeps 8, near Heavenly Valley and Casinos.

Call 925-933-1095

Separate suite in wonderful home, San Rafael (Dominican area), for elderly couple or individual, all meals and services included. Cost negotiable. (415) 258-0714

Live-In Companion Needed Seeking mature, healthy, sincere, honest, single woman for a live-in companion. Free room and private bath. For more information, please call (415) 921-8337

Maui Condos For Rent

MAUI RENTAL MAUI VACATION CONDOS STUDIO, 1-BR, 2-BR NEAR WAILEA STEPS TO KAMAOLE BEACH

CALL 415.250.6692 See it at RentMyCondo.com#657

See them at davismauicondo.com

Rolheiser Retreat FR. RON ROLHEISER, OMI “Creating Sabbath Space In Our Lives” 10-part DVD for group or personal retreats. Perfect for private priest retreats. $

39.99

800-233-4629 www.videoswithvalues.org

heaven can’t wait

RNs, LVNs, CNAs, Caregivers In-home care in San Francisco, Marin County, peninsula Nursing care for children in San Francisco schools If you are generous, honest, compassionate, respectful, and want to make a difference, send us your resume: Jeannie McCullough Stiles, RN Fax: 415-435-0421 Email: info@sncsllc.com Voice: 415-435-1262

OFFICE SPACE AVAILABLE Approximately 2,000 to 10,000 square feet first floor office space available (additional space available if needed) at One Peter Yorke Way, San Francisco (between Gough & Franklin), is being offered for lease to a non-profit entity. Space available includes enclosed offices, open work area with several cubicles, large work room, and storage rooms on the lower level of the Archdiocese of San Francisco Chancery / Pastoral Center. We also have mail and copy services available, as well as meeting rooms (based on availability). Reception services available. Space has access to kitchen area and restroom facilities. Parking spaces negotiable. Ready for immediate occupancy with competitive terms. Come view the space. For more information, contact

Serra for Priestly Vocations

Katie Haley, (415) 614-5556

Please call Archdiocese of San Francisco Fr. Tom Daly (415) 614-5683

email haleyk@sfarchdiocese.org.

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October 30, 2009

In Remembrance of the Faithful Departed Interred In Our Catholic Cemeteries During the Month of September HOLY CROSS COLMA Ricardo A. Aparicio Pauline C. Aquilina Craciolo Arienza Frank A. Arnerich Corrie L. Arthur, Jr. Ramon Baca Felimon Barbante Christopher A. Beloy Rafael L. Benitez Josephine F. Bertini Martha E. Bishop Eda P. Bowen Maureen Bruschera Guillermo Emilio Martinez Bukovina Mary A. Burns Philip J. Caccamo Rene R. Calonge Sergio Antonio Castillo Edward James Clark Frank Leon Clima Nancy A. Condon Jane W. Corbett Mario F. Courtade Fausta U. Cruz Walter R. Dahl Rodolfo De Mesa Marian F. Dempsey Edward Andrada Domingo Joan Ettinger Doran William John Dowds Lucille M. Ealon Hugh Emerson Armando C. Estrada Marian A. Fennone Frank R. Fisher Celia F. Flores Nai Ching (Peter) Fong Angelique Cassandra Gillespie Lily A. Gilliland Edward J. Gonnella Concepcion E. Gutierrez Ruth I. Hobson Mary Iracki Hanne Leon Kouchian Michael J. Kyne

Brigida A. Lagapa Richard L. Latreille Julia M. Leo John D. Lewis Adelina C. Luna Ignacio Luna, Sr. Helen Marie Mahoney Kevin Maloney Aida Pinto Marques Catherine P. McCabe Burton McGovern Marjorie McGovern John E. McGuinness Gloriette S. McGuire Maria J. Medina Antonio Medrano John Patrick Messmer Linda M. Monteverde Katherine E. Mulhern John F. Muller Cornelius F. Murphy Norma A. Murphy Megan M. Myo Aung Val Myo Aung Richard L. Neeld Gregory Tin Ngwe Estrella T. Nicdao John J. Niland Rose A. O’Driscoll Jesus B. Omila, Sr. Maria Aminta Orellana George K. H. Pang Regina F. Parrinello Ida F. Penna Frank Anthony Piscitello Josphine M. Putkey Pranas Radvila Bella Rael Kenneth Rael Carol A. Reilly Alphonse Richardson Lydia Rios Raymond J. Rios Joseph S. Robles Marian V. Roche Barbara L. Rossi Marie J. Sans Patricia J. Saulter Helen J. Tarzia Sayers

Gertrude Kathryn Scheidtmann Claire Schlicht Albert G. Serna Laura S. Serna Wendy Melissa Serrano Margot C. Sheridan Elevisi Siuta Lyla C. Solorzano Margaret Peggy Spillane Frances A. Starelli Gary Michael Sullivan Gregory B. Sutherland Marian Teele Frank R. Valdes Ruben S. Valenzuela Aileen A. Walsh Cindy Weaver Karl Wiegand Joyce L. Williams Lucia B. Yumang Maria E. Zarsky Noemi Zelaya

HOLY CROSS MENLO PARK Katherine Erin Doyle Brown Thomas Gnam Ann Morey Goodwin Wade J. Perritt Helmut G. Stromeyer Nonie Tremaine Jozef J. Zabdyr

MT. OLIVET SAN RAFAEL Lucille O. Cordeiro Gerald Patrick Flannery Douglas Jay Miller Vern L. Schonauer

OUR LADY OF THE PILLAR HALF MOON BAY Laura Rocha

HOLY CROSS CATHOLIC CEMETERY, COLMA All Saints Day Mass – Todos Los Santos Celebration Saturday, Oct. 31, 2009 – 11 a.m. • All Saints Mausoleum Chapel Rev. Msgr. Fred Bitanga, Celebrant Refreshments in the courtyard following Mass

All Souls’ Day Mass – Monday, Nov. 2, 2009 - 11 a.m. All Saints Mausoleum Chapel • Rev. Msgr. Robert McElroy, Celebrant

First Saturday Mass – Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009 - 11 a.m. All Saints Mausoleum Chapel • Rev. Brian Costello, Celebrant

Veterans’ Day Service – Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2009 - 11 a.m. Outdoor Service – No Mass • Star of the Sea Veterans’ Section

The Catholic Cemeteries Archdiocese of San Francisco www.holycrosscemeteries.com HOLY CROSS CATHOLIC CEMETERY 1500 Mission Road, Colma, CA 650-756-2060 PILARCITOS CEMETERY Hwy. 92 @ Main, Half Moon Bay, CA 650-712-1676

HOLY CROSS CATHOLIC CEMETERY Intersection of Santa Cruz Avenue, Menlo Park, CA 650-323-6375 ST. ANTHONY CEMETERY Stage Road, Pescadero, CA 650-712-1679

MT. OLIVET CATHOLIC CEMETERY 270 Los Ranchitos Road, San Rafael, CA 415-479-9020 OUR LADY OF THE PILLAR CEMETERY Miramontes St., Half Moon Bay, CA 650-712-1679

A Tradition of Faith Throughout Our Lives.

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