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Women attend a workshop on breast-feeding at a Catholic Relief Services-supported clinic in Prey Pkosh, Cambodia.The workshop is part of a program that seeks to lower Cambodia's high maternal and infant mortality rates by monitoring the health of pregnant women, teaching safe birthing practices and encouraging new mothers to breast-feed and have their infants vaccinated.
World poverty goals targetting Catholic medical women, children face obstacles group honors By Barbara J. Fraser PREY PKOSH, Cambodia (CNS) — In a small village in northeastern Cambodia, more than 50 women sat on the wooden floor of a simple community building listening intently as Siv Rady explained the importance of breast-feeding. Some of the women cradled infants while others kept an eye on older children to be sure they did not take a tumble down the stairs of the building, which was raised on stilts to protect it from seasonal floods. Siv Rady, 44, has been a midwife since she was 20. She began by helping women deliver their babies, but now spends much of her time providing counseling. By monitoring the health of pregnant women, teaching safe birthing practices and encouraging new mothers to breastfeed and have their infants vaccinated, she hopes to help lower Cambodia’s high maternal and infant mortality rates. Around the world, women like Siv Rady are working to make a difference in the lives of other poor women and children, who — because they have the least economic and political power — are the most likely to suffer hardship.
That is why many of the Millennium Development Goals — set by the leaders of 189 countries in 2000 to cut poverty in half by 2015 — especially target women and children. While some parts of the world are advancing, poverty has actually increased in Africa, and the current pace of progress in most areas of development is too slow to meet the 2015 goal. “The problem is that these goals have not been incorporated into national government goals or by international organizations,” said Nabil Handal, chief operating officer for the U.S. bishops’ Catholic Relief Services in the Palestinian territories, one of the many places around the world where Catholic organizations are working to improve poor people’s standard of living. The eight millennium goals set targets for eradicating poverty and hunger; achieving universal primary education; promoting gender equality and empowering women; reducing child mortality; improving maternal health; combating HIV/AIDS, malaria, tuberculosis and other diseases; ensuring environmental sustainability; and developing a global partnership for development.
Handicapables’ founder Nadine Calligiuri By Jack Smith San Francisco Apostolic Administrator John C. Wester celebrated the annual Saint Luke Mass for the San Francisco Guild of the Catholic Medical Association Oct. 29 at St. Cecilia Church in San Francisco. Bishop Wester was joined on the altar by the clergy of St. Cecilia’s including Msgr. Michael Harriman, pastor; Fathers Mark Taheny and Frank Murray, current and former chaplains of the medical guild; and Fr. Kirk Ullery, chaplain of Handicapables. In his remarks, Bishop Wester made note of the presence of Nadine Calligiuri, founder of the Handicapables, who was receiving the second Annual Saint Luke’s Award for “outstanding contribution to Catholic medical ethics and practice” at a dinner banquet following Mass. Bishop Wester commended to the medical community the examples of St. Paul and Christ, who in the day’s readings, exemplified the spirit of humble service which should characterize Catholic health care workers. HANDICAPABLES, page 3
WORLD POVERTY, page 5
INSIDE THIS WEEK’S EDITION News-in-brief . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Suicide and medical care . . 6
Father Efrem honored ~ Page 7 ~ November 11, 2005
Books in review ~ Pages 8-11 ~ SIXTY CENTS
How to read Scripture
Loyola Pres. at USF . . . . . . 7
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Classified ads . . . . . . . . . . 17
Scripture and reflection . . 12 Commentary . . . . . . . . 14-15 Movie review . . . . . . . . . . 18
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Enjoying a royal moment with Queen Isabella’s Court were 2nd graders from St. Gabriel Elementary School who were in North Beach to study the neighborhood and its history. From left: Ladies in Waiting Robin Monfredini, Rachel Amato, and Jessica Soracco, all juniors at Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory; Second Duchess Christiana Giannini-Valinotti, a senior at Sacred Heart Preparatory in Atherton, and First Duchess- Angela Ferrari Schach, a senior at St. Ignatius College Prep. Havin’ a great time muggin’ it up are, Nadia Nasrah, left, Georgina Stiegeler, Dominique Conlu, Emilee Pineda. Backin’ ‘em up is Emilee’s sister, Teryssa, a St. Gabe’s 4th grader.
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the Apostle grad – for the good news…. Happy 50 years married October 15th to Barbara and Hank Prawicki of Mater Dolorosa Parish in South San Francisco. Thanks to Carol Stoll for the good news….Remember that Datebook is just chockfull of events both fun and faith-filled. Among them is the Crab Bash Family Dinner at Holy Name of Jesus Parish in the City’s Sunset District November 19th. Crab Bash chairs are Roberta Beach and Jackie Alcaraz. The long-treasured theater at St. Boniface Parish brings the season home December 3rd with a Christmas musical. Tickets include chow and a gift from Santa for the Lendin’ a hand are 7th graders from Notre Dame kids. See Datebook…. Congratulations to Cross Elementary School in Belmont. The good-hearted Country Coach, Don Beck of Mercy High students help at San Carlos Adult Day Support Center School, San Francisco, who has been named where they assist the facility’s senior citizen clients. From 2005-2006 Central Coast Section Honor Coach left: Juliana DeBattista, Adrian Anta, Daniel Haberkorn, for the sport. Winners of the award are “most a support center staffer, and Deven Arora-Phraviset. importantly, a positive role model and inspiration to athletes and fellow coaches,” the school A good time was had by all at the annual all- said….Happy 50 years married November 19th to school reunion for St. Monica elementary in San Barbara and Bill Tognotti, longtime members of Our Francisco. Well represented at the Mass and breakfast Lady of Angels Parish in Burlingame. The homegrown was the Finigan family including Joseph ’29, Vincent San Franciscans took their vows at St. Emydius ’33, and John ’38. Much missed were Finigan brothers, Church, Barbara is an alumna of Immaculate Harry and Wade who are now deceased. Carrying on Conception Academy and Bill attended Lincoln. their dad and uncle’s memories, however, as well as Helping their folks commemorate the occasion were their own – since they too are St. Monica alums – were daughters, Robbie McAlexander with her husband, Harry’s children, Cathy McNeil ’60 and Mary Mac, Jacqueline Paradine with her husband, Jeff, and Cavalini ’62. Remembered was Helen Finigan, son, Michael with his wife, Cynthia. Not to be missed Vincent’s wife of 63 years – the two met as students at were grandkids, Kieran, Madison, Christina, St. Monica’s – who died in March. Thanks to Paul Alexandra and Michael….Remember this is an Finigan – Vincent and Helen’s son and a St. Thomas empty space without ya’!! The email address for Street
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Handicapables . . . ■Continued from cover Fr. Mark Taheny led prayer at the banquet following Mass, and music was provided by members of Handicapables under Bill Barker, director since 1972. Before the awards ceremony San Francisco Guild President Dr. George Maloof introduced various business items including a petition opposing persistent efforts by state legislators to legalize physician assisted suicide. A power point presentation on the life of Nadine Calligiuri was presented by Maryanne Dennehy, wife of last year’s Saint Luke Award winner, Professor Raymond Dennehy of the University of San Francisco Philosophy Department. The presentation, shown for the first time that night, will become part of the Archdiocesan archives on the Handicapables. It was developed by Dr. Maloof and Nadine Calligiuri with the assistance of Dolores DeKroon and Mrs. Dennehy. Nadine was born with cerebral palsy. Her mother believed “no child born with a handicap should be set in a rocking chair and spoiled by relatives . . . (to) become a demanding, bitter child.� As such, Nadine’s parents expected much of her. The presentation recounted how at age four, Nadine announced to her mother, “Someday, I will get married,� and her mother replied, “Good, you must learn to wash dishes.� At age six, after three operations at Shriner’s Hospital, Nadine was able to walk. She became Shriner’s “Sunshine Girl,� the first of many awards she would go on to receive. Nadine’s mother insisted on sending her to schools for the general population and not “crippled children� schools. “My mom was way ahead of her time,� Nadine said. She graduated from Sts. Peter and Paul School in North Beach and went on to San Francisco’s Presentation High School. Nadine’s English teacher at Presentation, Sister Aileen Regan, encouraged Nadine with additional chores and gave her “the grade I earned, so I learned true worth.� Nadine graduated from Presentation in 1958 and called her years there “the happiest days of my life.� Nadine could not work in an office because she could not write, so she went to a rehabilitation center for six months to learn typing and other skills. On meeting the handicapped there, she was, “shocked. At first recoiled from them.� Many would be there for five or six years and not find employment. “They lived on promises from supervisors and social workers.� Nadine saw that they did have “great resources� and “much love to give.� What they needed, Nadine thought, was housing, jobs, “but most of all they needed friends.� Nadine was inspired by the Young Christian Workers and began to take a leadership course and public speaking training
(l-r) St. Cecilia’s parochial vicar Fr. Bill Nicholas, Dr. George Maloof, Nadine Calligiuri, Fr. Kirk Ullery, Msgr. Michael Harriman, Bishop John C. Wester, Fr. Mark Taheny, and Fr. Joseph Landi.
through the group. She hoped to start a group “to get the disabled out to make more friends.� In 1962, on retreat, Jesuit Father George Twigg-Porter told Nadine, “You are not handicapped, you are handicapable. You have a gift with talent. You have the same feelings as a normal person and the same meaning in life.� “God spoke to me in Fr. Twigg. He coined the perfect name for an organization I had in mind,� Nadine said. Nadine received help from the Marian visitors and the Catholic Singles group at Old St. Mary’s to get off the ground. The first meetings of Handicapables were held at Sts. Peter and Paul and included Mass, lunch, social time and entertainment for the handicapped people of San Francisco. Archbishop Joseph McGucken approved the Handicapables and provided a regular chaplain, saying Nadine “met a need never filled before.� Handicapables grew in breadth and significance, to the point that in 1967 Nadine was named as one of the “Ten Most Distinguished Women� by the San Francisco Examiner. As Handicapables spread across the nation, Nadine was named National Volunteer of the Year in 1973 and praised by President and Mrs. Nixon. Nadine has been honored for her groundbreaking work on behalf of the handicapped by numerous civic authorities, including the City of San Francisco, the State
Legislature and President George H.W. Bush. She is a Lady of the Holy Sepulchre, recipient of the Human Life Award from San Francisco’s United for Life, the Assumpta Award from St. Mary’s Cathedral, the Loaves and Fishes award from Catholic Charities, Pope John XXIII Award from the Italian Catholic Federation and the Pope Paul VI Gold Cross Pro Ecclesia et Pontifice. After the presentation, Handicapables chaplain Fr. Kirk Ullery introduced Nadine who was presented the St. Luke Award by Dr. George Maloof. Nadine spoke on her goal of bringing the handicapped “out of their isolation and into the joy of the Lord.� She hoped people would come to understand the handicapped and work “that their crosses not be made heavier. To give them a chance to share in the lives of others. To make their lives less lonely.� She said the handicapped, “must not be regarded as accidents of nature, but rather as a challenge of nature, proving the reality and superiority of the spirit of man over physical nature.� Nadine ended with a strong message of respect for all life. “If my parents ruled me out of life,� she said, “where would the Handicapables be today? God has a purpose and a plan for all of us to follow . . . Who is to say I or any human being should have their life taken from them because of physical or mental disability.�
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WASHINGTON — U.S. law and policy about torture of prisoners “is more about who we are than who they are,” an adviser to the U.S. bishops told congressional staffers in urging support for an anti-torture amendment to the appropriations bill for the Defense Department. Walt Grazer said reports of prisoner abuse by members of U.S. forces could seriously undermine the country’s anti-terrorism efforts and compromise human dignity. Grazer, an adviser on religious liberty and human rights for the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, said at a Nov. 3 briefing for congressional staffers that through its various ministries the church witnesses both the anxieties and hopes of people who long for peace and security for their families, as well as the pain of those who have been tortured and mistreated under various regimes. “Even great nations can risk their reputations and lose their soul through actions that violate fundamental moral principles,” Grazer said.
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A Kashmirian boy eats breakfast at a camp in Muzaffarabad, Pakistan, Nov. 8. In the wake of the devastating Oct. 8 earthquake in the Kashmir region, survivors are facing miserable conditions with colder weather rapidly approaching.
Vatican’s U.N. nuncio urges care Holy Land is safe for pilgrims, for environment in development says custodian of holy places NEW YORK — Human development and environmental sustainability must go hand in hand, Archbishop Celestino Migliore, Vatican permanent observer to the United Nations, said Nov. 3. Addressing the General Assembly’s Second Committee on the topic of sustainable development, the archbishop said, “Without environmental stewardship, development will have no sound foundation, and without development, there will be no means of investment, rendering environmental protection impossible.” He said protection of forests, “which remain essential in terms of food, shelter, fuel, fresh water and fiber to 90 percent of the world’s 1.2 billion extreme poor,” is a matter of particular concern.
WASHINGTON — U.S. pilgrims to the Holy Land will be safe, the Franciscan custodian of the Holy Land said during a visit to the Franciscan Monastery in Washington. Franciscan Father Pierbattista Pizzaballa said fears of terrorism or other kinds of violence in the Middle East brought a dramatic drop in pilgrimages to the Holy Land after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks in the United States. But he said such pilgrimages are safe and should be encouraged. Last year Father Pizzaballa was named minister provincial of the Franciscan friars who have held custody of the Catholic-run shrines in the Holy Land for centuries.
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World poverty . . . ■ Continued from cover Developing countries committed to reducing poverty to half of its 1990 level, while wealthy countries agreed to earmark 0.7 percent of their income to help poor nations meet those goals. A review of the goals at the U.N. World Summit Sept. 14-16 showed that progress has been uneven around the world. Eastern and Southeast Asia, except Cambodia, have made fairly significant gains, largely because of an economic growth spurt during the 1990s, and there has been progress in parts of Latin America and the Caribbean, although the Andean countries and Central America still have high poverty rates. Worldwide, the number of people living on less than $1 a day fell from 28 percent of the population to 21 percent, meaning that nearly 250 million people inched above the extreme poverty level. In Africa, however, drought, wars and disease, especially HIV/AIDS, have led to an increase in the number of poor people and a decrease in their average daily income. “We are very disappointed with the progress,” said
Duncan MacLaren, secretary general of Caritas Internationalis. He called the U.N. targets “minimum development goals.” Cutting poverty in half, he said, is not enough. “Our goal as Christians should be to eliminate anything that dehumanizes people, and poverty dehumanizes people,” he said. The United Nations estimates that each day 815 million people go hungry. In sub-Saharan Africa, the figure has increased by 34 million in the past 15 years. It also has risen in western and southern Asia. Nearly one-third of the world’s urban residents — almost 1 billion people — live in overcrowded slums and shantytowns without access to safe drinking water or sewage service. Two-thirds of them are in southern and eastern Asia and sub-Saharan Africa. The number of urban dwellers living in slums has increased in the past 15 years in every part of the developing world except North Africa. In those growing cities and elsewhere, the gap between the rich and poor has become more glaring. The income of the world’s 500 richest people exceeds that of the 476 million poorest, according to Jorge Chediek, the official representative for U.N. agencies in Peru. “There is no way to achieve the Millennium
Development Goals in a world that is so profoundly unjust,” Chediek said at an Oct. 3 seminar marking the 50th anniversary of Caritas Peru. MacLaren said there are a number of obstacles to achieving the goals. The spreading HIV/AIDS pandemic not only strains public services and robs countries of working-age men and women, but also often forces children — especially girls — to drop out of school when their parents die or become too ill to work. Most of the 13 million people who have died in wars since 1994 were in sub-Saharan Africa and western and southern Asia, regions that lag behind on many of the millennium goals. The effect of armed conflict on countries’ development has led Caritas to make peace-building a pillar of its humanitarian and social programs. Natural disasters like the recent floods in Central America and the earthquake that struck Pakistan and India in early October also represent setbacks for development in countries with little infrastructure or few public services. And wealthy countries that provide large-scale humanitarian aid to disaster victims sometimes cut back on long-term development aid as a result, making the disaster doubly damaging. WORLD POVERTY, page 16
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Legalization of assisted suicide eroding medical care, says doctor By Ed Langlois PORTLAND, Ore. (CNS) — The legalization of assisted suicide is eroding medical advances and decent treatment, said one leader of a coalition of doctors who find the practice troubling. Dr. Kenneth Stevens, a veteran professor of radiation oncology at Oregon Health Sciences University and vice president of Physicians for Compassionate Care, criticized Oregon’s assisted-suicide law because he said it is devaluing human life and reversing the healing role of physicians. He and other Oregon doctors who oppose their state’s law say allowing the use of legal lethal prescriptions tends to result in fewer efforts on the part of doctors to find a solution to patients’ distress. “Once a patient has the means to take (his or her) own life, there can be decreased incentive to care for the patient’s symptoms and needs,” Stevens said during a recent panel discussion at the University of Oregon.
He cited testimony from the Netherlands, where one doctor was at a loss to address a gastrointestinal obstruction because the patient had wanted euthanasia and then changed his mind. Physicians for Compassionate Care also raises an Oregon case — that of Michael Freeland, a depressed lungcancer patient admitted to a mental hospital unit. When Freeland’s doctors were planning for his discharge to his home, where he already had lethal drugs, a palliative care consultant wrote that he probably needed attendant care at home, but that providing for such additional care may be a “moot point” because he had “lifeending medication.” The doctor who gave the lethal prescription did not act to treat the pain or offer palliative care, Stevens said. “This seriously physically ill and mentally ill patient was receiving poor advice and medical care because he had lethal drugs,” Stevens told the audience of students and members of the general public.
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A concert in honor of Franciscan Father Efrem Trettel on the occasion of his retirement will be held at St. Brendan Church in San Francisco on Sunday, November 20 from 3 to 5 p.m. The multi-talented Franciscan Friar and president of Apostolato Radio Cristiana is most familiar as a television and radio broadcaster for nearly 50 years. The concert will include “Sacred Songs of Joy,� Fr. Trettel’s own original compositions performed by operatic soprano Frances Peterson and baritone Stephen Walsh. The concert is a benefit for victims of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, and is sponsored by La Madre de Los Pobres, Inc., a non-profit charity founded in 1982 by the late Franciscan Father Alfred Boeddeker. The foundation funds programs directly benefiting the poor in over 20 countries and also supplies maternal and child health care services and communication equipment for remote missions. Tickets for the concert are $25 each and CDs of Fr. Trettel’s music will also be for sale. All proceeds benefit hurricane refugees being housed at Holy Cross and St. Anthony parishes in Dallas. Visit website www.lamadre.org for more information or call (415) 661-7878.
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he following pages highlight a number of books on Catholic topics, which we recommend to Catholic San Francisco readers. Beyond this small selection, of course, are many more books, videos, DVDs, and magazines available at local church goods stores and on-line sellers. We hope this special section serves as an appetizer to the full banquet of Catholic thought awaiting you.
CATHOLIC Q & A: ANSWERS TO THE MOST COMMON QUESTIONS ABOUT CATHOLICISM, by Father John J. Dietzen. Crossroad. 532 pp., $17.95.
Reviewed by Maureen E. Daly Father John J. Dietzen has written a book that would be a welcome addition to the shelves of any parish teacher or religion classroom. In plain, clear writing that is always kind, Father Dietzen’s new edition of “Catholic Q & A” gives — as the subtitle says — “Answers to the Most Common Questions About Catholicism.” Father Dietzen has heard all the questions. He was ordained a priest of the Diocese of Peoria, Ill., in 1954 and has served as pastor of two large parishes in central Illinois. He was also director of the diocesan Office of Family Life and editor of the diocesan newspaper, The Catholic Post. He began writing a weekly question and answer column for that paper in the late 1960s, and in 1975 he began a syndicated column for Catholic News Service. For 30 years he has answered questions from readers nationwide. His brief clarifications and patient explanations have made him the most widely published syndicated columnist in the Catholic press. The chapters group questions and answers on the Bible, the church, the Mass, holy Communion, baptism and confirmation, marriage and family living, divorce, annulment and remarriage, right and wrong, penance and anointing of the sick, ecumenism, prayer and devotions, saints, death and burial, and a final grab-bag chapter answering two dozen questions on everything else: Does God exist? B.C. and A.D., Santa Claus, the Ku Klux Klan, chain letters, worry, extraterrestrial life, suicide bombers. Father Dietzen answers it all, large and small: What did God do before creation? Why is Matthew the first Gospel? Did Jesus know he was God? What does excommunication mean today? What is canon law? Who can be godparents? Were there married popes? Is premarital sex wrong? How should parents respond to cohabitation? When is an embryo human? Is it possible to forgive? Does God punish us? Who can share Communion? What is Cursillo? Focolare? The Magnificat? Is Luther a saint? What about Catholic burial and suicide? Flags on caskets at a funeral? Apparitions of Mary? Why do we pray? What happens to our souls? Dip into “Catholic Q & A” for an answer. It’s likely your question will be there. It is also likely that you’ll find it hard to put down after just one page. A VANISHED WORLD: MEDIEVAL SPAIN’S GOLDEN AGE OF ENLIGHTENMENT, by Chris Lowney. Free Press. 321 pp., $26.
Reviewed by Christian Brother Jeffrey Gros “A Vanished World: Medieval Spain’s Golden Age of Enlightenment” is a fascinating work of popular history. It traces the dramatic story of religion in Spain from the seventh-century conversion of the Visigoths to Catholic Christianity through the 1492 expulsion of the Jews after the Catholic reconquest of Granada and the voyage of Columbus. Although Muslim rights to religious freedom were affirmed in the 1492 terms of surrender, within a few years they were also expelled or forced to undergo conversion to Catholicism. The book begins with Pope John Paul II’s recollection of the historic ties of Islam, Christianity and Judaism, with common roots in Abraham, as a harbinger of the peace for which all three religions hope and pray. The story outlines the faith of these traditions as their people lived side by side and yet suffered continual tensions, wars, conquests and reconquests. Author Chris Lowney uses the art and literature about the apostle St. James, the patron of Spain venerated in the northwestern Spanish town of Compostela, as a metaphor of the two faces of Spanish culture: militancy and hospitality, the saint’s titles of “Muslim killer” and “pilgrim.” The Arabs conquered Spain in the eighth century. The country already had a flourishing, if fragmented, Christian civilization long before the Council of Nicaea in 325, and it had a Jewish community that was possibly even older. Legend says that St. Paul and St. James were among Spain’s original evangelizers. With the arrival of Islam, many of the intellectual treasures of the Middle East, including Arabic translations of the Greek philosophers, came to be available to Europe. Our numbering system, many medieval medical practices, and approaches to mathematics and philosophy emerged from the confluence of genius drawn from Muslim, Christian and Jewish communities.
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Translators, philosophers, artists and mystics all abounded in the three communities and cross-fertilized one another in a variety of ways. Positive interactions were interposed with the periodic crackdowns on the Christian community, outbreaks of anti-Semitism, and finally the gradual Christian reconquest of the peninsula over the course of centuries. The book contrasts the views of religious tolerance and mutual understanding and the approaches to religious combat of the two great epics rooted in this era: the poems “El Cid” and “The Song of Roland,” about Charlemagne’s escapades in Spain. The book surveys important personalities and their stories, philosophical and spiritual movements and their impact, the dramatic climax that led to the reconquest, the journey of Columbus to the “New World,” and the expulsion of Jews and Muslims from Spain, backed up by an Inquisition designed to persecute the forced converts who reverted to their former faith. Half of the Jews in Israel are drawn from the Spanish diaspora. Spanish is the future premier language of Catholicism and the second major language in the United States. This volume provides a balanced story of a period of Crusades and jihads, of saints and sinners, of theologians and skeptics. The author draws lessons for today, in our post-Sept. 11, post-Vatican II world and church, without anachronism or creating easily identifiable stereotypes of good and evil in the three religious traditions. It is an interesting and informative read, and a stimulating essay on a heritage that so informs the past and future of the Western Hemisphere as well as people of Spanish heritage, Jew, Muslim or Christian. INSTRUMENTS OF CHRIST: REFLECTIONS ON THE PEACE PRAYER OF SAINT FRANCIS OF ASSISI, by Franciscan Father Albert Haase. St. Anthony Messenger Press. 81 pp., $7.95. FRANCIS OF ASSISI: WRITER AND SPIRITUAL MASTER, by Franciscan Father Thaddee Matura, translated by Paul Lachance. St. Anthony Messenger Press. 82 pp., $7.95. THE ROAD TO ASSISI: THE ESSENTIAL BIOGRAPHY OF ST. FRANCIS, by Paul Sabatier, edited with introduction and annotations by Jon M. Sweeney. Paraclete Press. 188 pp., $19.95. FRANCIS OF ASSISI: PERFORMING THE GOSPEL LIFE, by Lawrence S. Cunningham. Eerdmans Publishing Co. 160 pp., $14.
Reviewed by Patrick J. Hayes St. Francis, his companions and his legacy occupy the mind of any visitor entering Assisi, a medieval town on the side of Italy’s Mount Subasio. Recently I took a two-hour train ride from Rome to Assisi to pay homage to the Franciscans and I brought a few books with me to pass the time, looking up to marvel at miles of sunflowers along the way. “Instruments of Christ: Reflections on the Peace Prayer of Saint Francis of Assisi,” by Franciscan Father Albert Haase, theology professor at Quincy University in Illinois, meditates on the famous prayer attributed to the saint. His interpretation of the famous opening line — “Lord, make me an instrument of your peace” — shows how there is a deliberate choice to set aside “me” to get to “thee.” Peacemaking starts in the recognition and the decision to imitate Christ’s self-sacrificial love. This isolation of the ego, says Father Haase, leads to better, healthier relationships. It also demands the cultivation of humility, and that reminds me of a stained-glass window I saw in Assisi’s Basilica of St. Clare: It shows St. Clare bent over a basin washing the feet of St. Francis. (No one could “out-humble” Francis more than Clare, but in her self-abnegation she found God.) In each chapter Father Haase introduces friends, often from his years as a missionary in mainland China, and each entrusts a lesson to the reader, giving the book the feel of an intimate conversation with and about these people. I wanted to experience what St. Francis would have seen, so I decided to make the long, uphill hike from the station. A pathway, built in part of bricks inscribed with thousands of names and encouraging words, urged me up to the Basilica of St. Francis where the remains of “the Poverello” (the Poor Little Man) are buried. I knew I was joining millions of pilgrims over the years on that path. Coming to Francis is what Franciscan Father Thaddee Matura’s book is about. The best way, he suggests, is through the patient reading of the authentic writings of Francis himself. In “Francis of Assisi: Writer and Spiritual Master,” Father Matura examines the scraps that have survived. He notes three things from Francis’ writings. First, he is a spiritual master — a product of his times, to be sure, but one who is distinct in his spirituality. Second, Francis’ spiritu-
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ality is expressly Trinitarian and he builds his anthropology on his theology. Third, Francis’ vision of a world connected to God leads him to lay out what Father Matura calls a Gospel itinerary: Conversion of heart leads to purity of heart and care for neighbor; living in fidelity to the church permits a prophetic and hopeful existence. Higher up the hill in Assisi stands the Cathedral of San Rufino. Portions of the old cathedral lie excavated under thick panes of glass so that pilgrims who walk down the nave can see the ancient edifice below. This was the building Francis used when he first began to preach. In a way, it is a document to help us figure out the man behind the myth. That was the goal of Paul Sabatier, a French Protestant who, in 1894, launched the modern movement in Franciscan studies with his vivid book, “The Road to Assisi: The Essential Biography of St. Francis.� More than 100 years later this biography is again available to readers interested in the real Francis. The new edition has wonderful explications on Sabatier’s text by Jon Sweeney, although the old text is still marred by vituperation against Catholicism, a fault which placed it initially on the Index of Prohibited Books. Sabatier’s text prompted an avalanche of other treatises. Scholars now probe the so-called “Franciscan Question� — Who was Francis? What was the essence of his message? How did he convey it? Or, better, how was it conveyed by his brothers or those in authority? One jewel of the Sweeney edition of Sabatier’s work is the inclusion of four tales from “The Little Flowers of Saint Francis� (“The Fioretti�). They gave me insight into the “Franciscan Question.� In one, Brother Leo asks Francis to name the source of perfect joy. The answer is almost stoic: “In self-conquest is perfect joy.� How should we do this? An answer is found in “Francis of Assisi: Performing the Gospel Life,� written by Lawrence Cunningham, a theologian at the University of Notre Dame and one of the contemporary scholars who has sought to surpass Sabatier. Cunningham’s book is the fruit of three decades of study, and its subtitle is especially apt, for Francis is always depicted as a man of action, literally “performing the Gospel.� There is no sounder introduction to Francis’ life. Cunningham’s narrative is as accurate as it is readable. In many places, it is simply inspiring. If Francis sought to imitate the Gospel’s rendition of Jesus’ life, there are many today who seek to perform a Franciscan existence, too. He remains the Morning Star, whose Umbrian light stretches across the globe. THE WAR FOR MUSLIM MINDS: ISLAM AND THE WEST, by Gilles Kepel. Translated by Pascale Ghazaleh. Belknap/Harvard University Press. 327 pp., $23.95.
Reviewed by Wayne A. Holst North Americans concerned for how Muslims and Christians might live together peacefully on this continent and globally would do well to attend to related European debates and policies. Much of the discussion in Europe is currently focused on whether recent Muslim immigrants should be integrated into society or left to develop separately. This is the topic of “The War for Muslim Minds: Islam and the West.�
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Speaking a an international symposium in June dedicated to Christian/Muslim dialogue, Venice’s Cardinal Angelo Scola advocated a “politics of integration� for Islamic immigrants in Europe. The cardinal called for adequate schooling, better housing and broader employment opportunities for growing numbers of arrivals from the Near East, North Africa and other Islamic regions. Inherent to these benefits is Muslim inclusion into the democratic process for the first time. All this is necessary to guarantee long-term European security and stability in an increasingly complex and cosmopolitan world. Discussions of this nature are not unfamiliar to North Americans. The benefits of integrationist vs. multiculturalist policies for new immigrants have caused passionate debate. Rarely, however, have the current stakes been so high for Europe and the world. Gilles Kepel is France’s foremost expert on Islamic fundamentalist terrorism. He teaches at the venerable Institut d’Etudes Politiques in Paris. For some time, he has been saying that extremists were losers who were no longer attracting the allegiance of the Muslim world. This line of thinking continues in “The War for Muslim Minds.� The author argues that popular arguments for “Islamic jihad� and the “clash of civilizations� are overly simplistic explanations for what is actually occurring in Islam today. Kepel believes that the core problem is conflict within Islamic civilizations. Greater threats to world peace exist within, rather than beyond, Islam. As an alternative to “jihad,� Kepel employs the Arabic word “fitna� — meaning “war within the heart of Islam, a centrifugal force that threatens the faithful with community fragmentation, disintegration and ruin.� The Muslim threat to the West is an issue at least as much internal to Islam as it is external to it. Terrorism needs to be opposed, not primarily by armies and weapons of standard combat but by wise decisions and actions concerning the treatment of the at least 10 million Muslims already living in Europe. The author shapes his arguments in support of the interests of Islam, the West and Arab ruling elites in countries like Saudi Arabia. He helpfully retraces the history of conflict over the past decades, describing the rise of al-Qaida and related groups. He proposes a multilateral solution to current global terrorism that includes acceptance of Israel by the Islamic nations, the democratization of Arab societies and — key to it all — the winning of the hearts and minds of Muslims in the West. This book, in places at least, offers something new and imaginative as the Middle East simmers with latent discontent and the insurgency in Iraq continues to wreak more havoc. There are things to be done much closer to home. Kepel states: “The most important battle in the war for Muslim minds during the next decade will not be fought in Palestine or Iraq, but in those communities of believers on the outskirts of London, Paris and other European cities where Islam is already a growing part of the West.� Kepel believes that if European societies help these “presently lost groups� of Muslim populations to integrate and steer them toward prosperity, a new generation of Muslims may become the Islamic vanguard of the next decade, offering their co-religionists around the world a new vision of faith and a way out of the dead-end politics that has paralyzed their countries of origin. Kepel has a thesis Christians should ponder. He calls us to turn our primary attention away from military action against terrorism to a focus on poverty, social alienation and misdirected religion, even in our own backyards. ROMERO: A LIFE, by Father James R. Brockman, S.J. Orbis Books. 284 pp., $20. THROUGH THE YEAR WITH OSCAR ROMERO: DAILY MEDITATIONS, translated by Irene B. Hodgson. St. Anthony Messenger Press. 176 pp., $12.95.
Reviewed by Brian T. Olszewski Although it has been more than 25 years since the dramatic death of Archbishop Oscar Romero of San Salvador, his death and the life that preceded it remain a source of inspiBOOK REVIEWS, page 10 ration for Catholics throughout the world.
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Book reviews . . . ■ Continued from page 9 While devotees of his life probably will have read the 1989 version of “Romero: A Life” or the 1982 volume “The Word Remains: A Life of Oscar Romero” upon which the 1989 book was based, there is a generation of Catholics far removed from the life and times of one who has been called a modern-day martyr. They can expect an excellent education. The organization and details that Jesuit Father James R. Brockman provides in “Romero: A Life” are keys to readers learning not only what the man said and did, but who he was. It is possible that every saint, canonized or not, has virtues and flaws which cannot always be distinguished. For Archbishop Romero, perfectionism and his workaholic nature might have been virtuous as he carried out the catechetical responsibilities of his office, but they might also have been flawed as they set a standard that few could reach. Father Brockman lets the archbishop’s own words from speeches and writings show the evolution of the archbishop’s view of and concern for the poor. While sometimes tedious reading, the large sections of quotations help complete the composite of the prelate. Still, the book provides a comprehensive examination of the archbishop’s life and the society and culture in which he ministered, and in which he died. For readers seeking something more practical, more hands-on, “Through the Year With Oscar Romero: Daily Meditations” provides a thought from the archbishop for each day — sometimes a paragraph, sometimes as simple as “Faith doesn’t only mean believing with the head, but also committing your heart and your life.” Often each quotation is accompanied by three Scripture references to which it relates. The “thought for the day” approach allows readers to determine for themselves how deeply they will go in seeking inspiration from his words. Some may find the words alone provide enough material for meditation, reflection or a call to action. Others may wish to read the accompanying Scripture passages in order to understand the basis of this holy person’s words. ONE NATION UNDER GOD: THE HISTORY OF PRAYER IN AMERICA, by James P. Moore Jr. Doubleday. 528 pp., $29.95.
Reviewed by Patrick J. Hayes “One Nation Under God” is an elegantly written survey of prayer in America that captures the spiritual imagination from the very first page. James P. Moore Jr., a professor at Georgetown University’s School of Business, begins with the death of his father and his resulting quest for solace in the nation’s prayer practices. These practices are as diverse as they are plentiful. There are prayers — in connection with the land, music, preaching, literature, sports, politics — for nearly every occasion and taste. Subtitled “The History of Prayer in America,” this soul-stirring book is one of the few recent histories of its kind and it promises to hold pride of place in writing on American culture. Moore shows how prayer connects to the momentous events of U.S. history, such as the encounter of two cultures with the arrival of Columbus, the Revolution, the early days of the government, the Civil War, the Depression, the world wars and beyond. He looks at nearly every presidency to determine the impact prayer had on policy and policymakers. For instance, just as President George
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W. Bush recently called upon the nation to engage in a day of fasting and prayer for the victims of Hurricane Katrina, numerous other presidents have asked for God’s aid on the country’s behalf. Moore sifts many of the presidential papers to find instances where they invoked God’s assistance in carrying out the duties of office or beseeched God to bless the nation. The real strength of the work lies in the personalities that Moore says have contributed to a national ethos of prayer. Here we find Mother Elizabeth Seton and Babe Ruth (among the few Catholic references), Gen. George Patton and Harriet Tubman, T.S. Eliot and J. P. Morgan, Benjamin Franklin and Mary Pickford, Thelonius Monk and Reinhold Niebuhr. It is not impossible, but one must search harder in Moore’s text to see all of the Jewish and Muslim, Buddhist and Hindu champions of prayer. One wonders, also, about the prayers of the common person in time of peace. What were the Irish or Chinese immigrants praying as they drove the railroad spikes? How did people bury their dead or marry? What kind of common theology has arisen from so much popular hymnody or catechesis on prayer or its ritual enactment? We do find in Moore’s catalog some of the most touching prayers ever written. For me, none struck a more moving chord than a prayer now enshrined by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. It was found by the liberators of Ravensbruck concentration camp on a scrap of paper near the body of a dead child: “O Lord, remember not only the men and women of good will, but also those of ill will. But do not only remember all the suffering they have inflicted on us. Remember the fruits we brought, thanks to this suffering: our comradeship, our loyalty, our humility, our courage, our generosity, the greatness of heart which has come out of all this; and when they come to judgment, let all the fruits that we have borne be their forgiveness.” Moore leaves the future of prayer in the capable hands of today’s youth who, he says, send their prayers as genuinely and devoutly as those of America’s forebears. While reading Moore’s book, I found myself listening more for prayer within our culture and especially in the lives of the students I teach. It is there in great numbers — sometimes silent but always active — adapting and reinventing its forms as the times demand. LETTERS FROM ‘CURIOUS CATHOLIC,’ by Jerry Hurtubise, ACTA Publications, $9.95.
Reviewed by Sharon Little Pay attention to your next-door neighbor and the cashier at the grocery store. They, and many others, may offer lessons your heart needs to learn. That’s the kind of attitude that San Francisco attorney Jerry Hurtubise has taken to his own heart through the years, and it’s evident in his new book, “The Spiritual Apprenticeship of a Curious Catholic.” Hurtubise initially intended the recollections from his childhood to be letters to his son, Peter, now 15, so he would know something of his father’s growing-up years. His own father died unexpectedly when he was 13, and it was the absence of personal knowledge about his dad’s childhood that motivated him to write. Friends persuaded him to turn the recollections into a book, and ACTA Publications in Skokie, Ill., made it the first in its American Catholic Experience
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series, aimed at giving voice to lay men and women concerning their Catholic faith. With an Irishman’s wit and obvious writing and descriptive skills, Hurtubise has chronicled a variety of experiences that make easy, enjoyable reading. One of the funniest is his recollection of his first confession as a second-grader when, in an attempt to bring to the priest a sin worthy of forgiving, he confessed to adultery. Growing up in Indiana, Hurtubise was on his way to a career in journalism. Instead, he became an attorney, in large part because of an interest in the United Farm Workers union and in social justice issues related to migrants. A priest-uncle who was on the faculty at Jesuit-run Loyola University drew Hurtubise to the Chicago university, where he earned a degree in history. His law degree is from the University of San Francisco, another Jesuit institution. The point the author hopes readers will take from the book, he said, “is that providence works with a person, especially in the most trying times. God puts people in your life to help you get through certain periods.�
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THIRTY-THIRD SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME Proverbs 31:10-13, 19-20, 30-31; Psalm 128:1-2, 3, 4-5; 1 Thessalonians 5:1-6; Matthew 25:14-30 or 25:14-15, 19-21 A READING FROM THE BOOK OF PROVERBS (PRV 31:10-13, 19-20, 30-31) When one finds a worthy wife, her value is far beyond pearls. Her husband, entrusting his heart to her, has an unfailing prize. She brings him good, and not evil, all the days of her life. She obtains wool and flax and works with loving hands. She puts her hands to the distaff, and her fingers ply the spindle. She reaches out her hands to the poor, and extends her arms to the needy. Charm is deceptive and beauty fleeting; the woman who fears the Lord is to be praised. Give her a reward for her labors, and let her works praise her at the city gates. RESPONSORIAL PSALM (PS 128:1-2, 3, 4-5) R. Blessed are those who fear the Lord. Blessed are you who fear the Lord, who walk in his ways! For you shall eat the fruit of your handiwork; blessed shall you be, and favored. R. Blessed are those who fear the Lord. Your wife shall be like a fruitful vine in the recesses of your home; Your children like olive plants around your table. R. Blessed are those who fear the Lord. Behold, thus is the man blessed who fears the Lord. The Lord bless you from Zion: may you see the prosperity of Jerusalem all the days of your life. R. Blessed are those who fear the Lord. A READING FROM THE FIRST LETTER OF SAINT PAUL TO THE THESSALONIANS (1 THES 5:1-6) Concerning times and seasons, brothers and sisters, you have no need for anything to be written to you. For you yourselves know very well that the day of the Lord will come like a thief at night. When people are saying, “Peace and security, “ then sudden disaster comes upon them, like labor pains upon a pregnant woman, and they will not escape. But you, brothers and sisters, are not in darkness, for that day to overtake you like a
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thief. For all of you are children of the light and children of the day. We are not of the night or of darkness. Therefore, let us not sleep as the rest do, but let us stay alert and sober.
For Christ’s sake
A READING FROM THE HOLY GOSPEL ACCORDING TO MATTHEW (MT 25:14-30 OR 25:14-15, 19-21) Jesus told his disciples this parable: “A man going on a journey called in his servants and entrusted his possessions to them. To one he gave five talents; to another, two; to a third, one— to each according to his ability. Then he went away. Immediately the one who received five talents went and traded with them, and made another five. Likewise, the one who received two made another two. But the man who received one went off and dug a hole in the ground and buried his master’s money. After a long time the master of those servants came back and settled accounts with them. The one who had received five talents came forward bringing the additional five. He said, ‘Master, you gave me five talents. See, I have made five more.’ His master said to him, ‘Well done, my good and faithful servant. Since you were faithful in small matters, I will give you great responsibilities. Come, share your master’s joy.’ Then the one who had received two talents also came forward and said, ‘Master, you gave me two talents. See, I have made two more.’ His master said to him, ‘Well done, my good and faithful servant. Since you were faithful in small matters, I will give you great responsibilities. Come, share your master’s joy.’ Then the one who had received the one talent came forward and said, ‘Master, I knew you were a demanding person, harvesting where you did not plant and gathering where you did not scatter; so out of fear I went off and buried your talent in the ground. Here it is back.’ His master said to him in reply, ‘You wicked, lazy servant! So you knew that I harvest where I did not plant and gather where I did not scatter? Should you not then have put my money in the bank so that I could have got it back with interest on my return? Now then! Take the talent from him and give it to the one with ten. For to everyone who has, more will be given and he will grow rich; but from the one who has not, even what he has will be taken away. And throw this useless servant into the darkness outside, where there will be wailing and grinding of teeth.’”
“What are you doing for Christ’s sake?” was how a priest began his homily one Sunday. This week’s Gospel, about the master who gives his servants different sums of money to be used and invested wisely, provides us with an opportunity to reflect on that question and on how well we use our gifts and talents for the sake of the Lord and for the growth of His kingdom. Liturgically, we are drawing near to the end of one liturgical year and the beginning of another. The Gospel parable calls to mind the day of the last judgment, when the Lord will return to see what use we have made of the blessings and abilities He has given us over the course of our lives. Each one of us has different capabilities and qualities: our intelligence, our capacity to love, our professional abilities, whatever material goods we possess, and so forth. These are gifts of God, entrusted to us so that we may develop them and place them at His service. The day will come when we will have to give an accounting to the Lord for what we have done with all that He has given us. The Gospel reminds us of our responsibility to cultivate and put to good use every gift we have received from God. Do we contribute to the common good with our possessions? Do we help others by giving of our surplus to those who are in need? Do we act justly and responsibly in our professional work, giving the best we possibly can in our jobs? In our families, do we strive to give a good example of what it means to be a follower of Christ? In our friendships, do we see an opportunity to lead others to love and serve the Lord by the image of discipleship we present? Do we take the time to study what God has said to us, by deepening our understanding of the teachings of the Church, or by prayerful meditation on the Scriptures? Do we pattern our actions on those of Jesus? If we strive to do these things, then the Lord will say to us what He says to the industrious servants in the Gospel: “Well done! Come, share your master’s joy!” However, the Gospel parable also contains a warning, for one of the servants did nothing with the sum his master had entrusted to him. He went off and buried what he had received out of fear and laziness. In doing so, this servant missed the opportunity to allow his gifts to flourish for the good
of his master’s kingdom, and all he could offer to his master were excuses. Ultimately, this servant did not love his master enough, for true love is always willing to go out of oneself and seek the good of another. Love motivates a person to give true service, both to God and to one’s neighbor. It is interesting to note that the opposite of laziness is diligence, and the word “diligence” comes from the Latin word meaning “to love.” If we are diligent in working for the spread of God’s kingdom, if we do not grow lazy and ignore the call to perfect and develop our gifts, then we reveal our love for God by the service we offer Him. In turn, the Lord rewards us with countless more blessings, and above all, the gift of sharing in His own divine life. The fact that we read this Gospel parable near the end of the liturgical year is a reminder that our time on earth is short. That is why we have to make good use of the years that God grants us by putting our head and our heart into whatever we are doing, no matter how trivial or important our activity might appear to be. We should resolve not to spend time frivolously or waste it carelessly by worrying too much about the past or being overly concerned with the future. The Lord calls us to live in the present moment, to sanctify our day here and now. We can be confident that Jesus will give us the grace we need to meet the challenges of the future, as well as to repent of the sins of our past, but He asks us today to place ourselves in His hands, that we might cooperate with Him in fostering the growth of His kingdom. “What are you doing for Christ’s sake?” The Lord urges us to examine ourselves in light of this question, and hopefully to answer it by saying to Him, “Lord, you have given me so much in my life; see, I have made good use of your gifts, and I have grown rich in your grace!” Rev. Paul F. deLadurantaye is a priest of the Diocese of Arlington and Assistant Professor of Theology and Spirituality at Christendom College. Reprinted with permission from the Arlington Catholic Herald.
Prayer for a Happy Death Lord Jesus, we are to appear before you after this short life to render an account of our works. Grant us the grace to prepare for our last hour by always living according to your commandments. Protect us from a sudden and unprovided death by teaching us to watch, to pray, and to wait in joyful hope for your coming as our Savior. If we are unable, at our last moments, to hear or understand the prayers of the Church, we wish to hear and rejoice in them now.
Last Judgment Triptych – Hans Memling, c. 1467-71.
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Sacred reading recommended by Pope Benedict By Julie McCarty In an address given this past autumn, Pope Benedict spoke of Christ’s presence in the Word of God. “Christ lives in the Sacred Scriptures,” he reflected, pointing out that just as Catholics venerate the Body of the Lord, so too we venerate the Lord’s presence found in Holy Scripture. Quoting St. Jerome, he reminded us that “ignorance of the Scriptures is ignorance of Christ.” Being attentive to the God’s Word renews and rejuvenates the Church. Pope Benedict also spoke highly of the ancient prayer form called “lectio divina” or “sacred reading” as a means to foster this renewal. Whereas bible studies help us understand Scripture basics, sacred reading is a Christian form of meditation that fosters an intimate dialogue between a person and God. Although understanding the text is important, “lectio divina” moves one into the realm of prayer and deepening one’s relationship with God. “If it is effectively promoted, this practice [sacred reading] will bring to the Church – I am convinced of it – a new spiritual springtime,” the pope proposed. I can say from personal experience that the practice of sacred reading offers great benefits, both for the individual and the greater good of the community. Don’t let the idea of meditation or the Latin name scare you. If you can read, you can pray in this way. Sacred reading can be done in the morning before the kids are awake, at your desk during a coffee break, or on the subway commute. No need to lug around the entire bible (unless you want to)—I use one of the daily Mass readings found in a popular, pocket-sized monthly publication. THE HOW-TO’S OF SACRED READING Preparation Take a moment to calm yourself. Get ready to listen—really listen—to whatever God would like to tell you today. Ask the Holy Spirit to open your heart and guide your prayer time.
Step #1 – Read (“Lectio”) Read a short passage of Scripture, slowly. V e r y s l o w l y . . . Treat it as a treasured letter from a dear friend, taking in every word. Step #2 – Meditate (“Meditatio”) Read the same passage again, thinking about how it strikes you. Chew on it, says one medieval writer. Pay attention to which word or phrase grabs you. What speaks to your heart? Is there an image that touches you (such as a fountain, bread, or a burning bush)? Why? God may offer you insight, a word of comfort, or remind you of something you need to do. Watch for what pricks your emotions—this isn’t just a head trip. (For example, I feel annoyed when Jesus reminds me to love my enemy—and that, I think, is precisely the point.) Step #3 – Pray (“Oratio”) Respond to God in your own words. You might thank the Lord, ask forgiveness, or pray for deeper love for your enemy. Be personal, open, and honest. In other words, lay your cards on the table. Step #4 – Enjoy God’s Presence in Silence (“Contemplatio”) Finally, just rest quietly and lovingly in the presence of God, like a small child sitting contentedly in the loving arms of her parent. If you don’t feel something special, that’s OK. Just believe that God is right there with you, loving you immensely. Love God in return, in a silent embrace. Praying this way, every day, or at least once a week, brings God’s Word alive, providing food for our spiritual nourishment, a sort of spiritual Eucharist for the time in between Sundays. Scripture that is pondered carefully and responded to with love brings about the transformation of our lives, deepening our relationships not only with God, but with each other. Carrying Christ, the Living Word, in our hearts, we become more acutely aware of God’s presence, often hidden and quiet, moving mysteriously in our midst.
Illuminated manuscript from Rouen, France, C. 1510, depicting the descent of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost.
Julie McCarty is a freelance writer from Eagan, Minnesota with a master degree in Catholic theology.
Pope says Church always draws from the Gospel Following is a translation of the Angelus message given by Pope Benedict XVI on Nov. 6. Dear Brothers and Sisters! On Nov. 18, 1965, the Second Ecumenical Vatican Council approved the dogmatic constitution on Revelation, “Dei Verbum,” which is one of the pillars of the whole conciliar edifice. This document speaks of Revelation and its transmission, of the inspiration and interpretation of sacred Scripture and of its fundamental importance in the life of the Church. Gathering the fruits of the preceding theological renewal, Vatican II puts Christ at the center, presenting him as “both mediator and the fullness of all revelation” (No. 2). In fact, the Lord Jesus, Word made flesh, dead and risen, carried to fulfillment the work of salvation, realized with gestures and words, and manifested fully the face and will of God, so that until his glorious return no other new public revelation must be awaited (cf. No. 3). The apostles and their successors, the bishops, are the depositories of the message that Christ has entrusted to his Church so that it is fully transmitted to all generations. The sacred Scripture
of the Old and New Testament and sacred Tradition contain this message, whose understanding grows in the Church under the assistance of the Holy Spirit. This same Tradition allows one to know the full canon of the sacred books and makes them correctly understood and effective, so that God, who spoke to the patriarchs and prophets, does not cease to speak to the Church and, through her, to the world (cf. No. 8). The Church does not live of herself but of the Gospel and always draws from the Gospel the direction for her path. The conciliar constitution “Dei Verbum” gave an intense impulse to the appreciation of the Word of God, from which has derived a profound renewal of the life of the ecclesial community, above all in preaching, catechesis, theology, spirituality and ecumenical relations. The Word of God, by the action of the Holy Spirit, guides believers to the fullness of truth (cf. John 16:13). Among the many fruits of this biblical spring, I want to mention the spread of the ancient practice of “lectio divina,” or spiritual reading, of sacred Scripture. It consists of meditating fully on a biblical text,
reading and rereading it, “ruminating it” in a certain sense, as the Fathers write, and squeezing all its “juice” so that it nourishes meditation and contemplation and, like sap, is able to irrigate concrete life. As a condition, “lectio divina” requires that the mind and heart be illuminated by the Holy Spirit, that is, by the inspirer himself of the Scriptures and to place oneself, therefore, in an attitude of “religious listening.” This is the typical attitude of Mary Most Holy exactly as shown in the emblematic image of the annunciation: The Virgin receives the heavenly messenger while meditating on the sacred Scriptures, represented generally with a book that Mary holds in her hands, or on her lap, or on a lectern. This is also the image of the Church offered by the Council itself, in the constitution “Dei Verbum” (No. 1). Let us pray so that, like Mary, the Church is a docile handmaid of the Divine Word and proclaims it always with firm confidence so that “the whole world, hearing, will believe the proclamation of salvation; believing will hope, and hoping will love” (ibid.).
Christianity begins with an event and ends with a relationship By Joseph Previtali You may have heard it said before that the Eucharist is the “source and summit of the Christian life.” This teaching of the Second Vatican Council sounds very pious and profound. We hear it repeated often. But do we think about what it really means? Does our awareness of the Eucharist as source and summit of the Christian life affect the way we participate in the Mass? I know that I must often answer both of these questions in the negative. And yet Pope John Paul II, in his 2003 encyclical Ecclesia de Eucharistia, assured us that “the Church draws her life from the Eucharist.” The members of the Church – you and I – draw their life from the Eucharist. How can this be, when Mass so often seems lifeless? What did the Fathers of Vatican II, and the Pope, see in the Mass that we seem not to notice? The Church’s conviction that the Eucharist is the source and summit of her life flows from her understanding of what happens at Mass. Christianity begins with an event as its source and ends with a relationship as its summit. This event and this relationship “happen” at every Mass. When Jesus suffered, died, and rose again, He accomplished the redemption and the possibility of salvation for all human beings of all time. This is the event of Christianity. We call it the “paschal mystery.” The paschal mystery, which accomplished the redemption of the world, is “re-presented” at every Mass. This event is the source of the Christian life, bringing us salvation, and so the Eucharist is called “source.” But God did not only wish to redeem us. He also wished to offer us His friendship, to share with us His life. And so,
through Baptism we were made members of Jesus Christ, and God began to dwell in us through grace. That divine life of grace living in us through Baptism pushes us towards the Eucharist. What began at Baptism is consummated in full Eucharistic participation. Our sharing in the life of the Holy Trinity is intensified when we receive, in the state of grace (i.e., without mortal sin), the Body and Blood of the Lord. In the reception of Holy Communion, the Church, the Bride of Christ, cries to Jesus, her Bridegroom, “this at last is bone of my bone, and flesh of my flesh.” Her union with Christ in the Holy Spirit, towards the Father, is strengthened and renewed. This union is the summit of the Christian life, towards which we are all moving, and so the Eucharist is called “summit.”
Such lofty truths are sometimes difficult to understand and, at first (or second) glance, can seem to lack relevance for our lives. It all sounds very nice, we think, but what good will it do me this Sunday? On the contrary, these truths are eminently practical, affecting the very core of how we approach the Mass. If the Mass really makes present the paschal mystery in the proclamation of the Word of God, and the Sacrament of the Altar, then we are a part of something much bigger than a mere prayer service. We are present on Mt. Calvary at the Lord’s death, at the empty tomb witnessing His Resurrection, in the Upper Room receiving His Holy Spirit. The crossing of the Red Sea, the call of Jeremiah, the preaching of John the Baptist; these events are made present to us. They are not just events of the past that we remember, but they are living and efficacious for us here and now. And if the Mass is really an entrance into deeper relationship with the Holy Trinity, then Communion is no longer just routinely getting in line, but becomes an occasion of real union with God Himself. Christianity, indeed, begins with an event and ends with a relationship. And God, Who is the beginning and end of both the event and the relationship, makes this life available to us every day in that Sacred Sacrifice and Banquet, “in which Christ is our food; his passion is recalled; grace fills our hearts; and we receive a pledge of the glory to come.” Joseph Previtali is a seminarian for the Archdiocese of San Francisco studying at the Pontifical North American College in Rome.
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Views in the news More than Democracy By Carol Glatz VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Democracy cannot guarantee tolerance and respect among people if it lacks a strong moral foundation that upholds the rights and dignity of all, Pope Benedict XVI told participants in a conference on interreligious dialogue. “A healthy society always promotes respect for the inviolable and inalienable rights of all people,” the pope said in his written message. An “objective moral grounding” is key to building a peaceful society, because without it “not even democracy is capable of ensuring a stable peace,” he wrote. “In this sense, moral relativism undermines the workings of democracy, which by itself is not enough to guarantee tolerance and respect among peoples.” The pope’s message, released by the Vatican Nov. 8, was presented to participants of an interreligious conference sponsored by Ecumenical Orthodox Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople and Rabbi Arthur Schneier, president of the U.S.-based Appeal of Conscience Foundation. The international conference, held Nov. 7-9 in Istanbul, Turkey, brought together representatives from Christian, Jewish and Muslim faiths to discuss the theme “Peace and Tolerance — Dialogue and Understanding in Southeast Europe, the Caucasus and Central Asia.” Patriarch Bartholomew said the initiative aimed to promote collaboration, harmony and respect among believers of the three monotheistic faiths “in a world that has cruelly suffered much because of wars and conflicts.” Cardinal Walter Kasper, head of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity and its Commission for Religious Relations With the Jews, represented the pope at the conference and read the pontiff’s message to participants. In the text, Pope Benedict said that peace and tolerance were of “vital importance in a world where rigid attitudes so often give rise to misunderstanding and suffering and can even lead to deadly violence.” Dialogue was “indispensable” in the search for solutions to the world’s conflicts and tensions, he said. “Only through dialogue can there be hope that the world will become a place of peace and fraternity,” the pope said, adding that all people are called to engage in dialogue and resist the trap of aggression or prejudice against others. “Every person of good will, and especially every believer” has the duty “to help build a peaceful society and to overcome the temptation toward aggressive and futile confrontation between different cultures and ethnic groups,” he said. Everyone can have a hand in creating a more peaceful world by placing one’s “spiritual and cultural heritage and ... ethical values at the service of the human family throughout the world,” the pope said. Peace and harmony can only come “if at the heart of the economic, social and cultural development of each community is a proper respect for life and the dignity of every human person,” he said. The pope said countries must “educate in truth” and “foster reconciliation wherever there has been injury.” He reaffirmed “the Catholic Church’s strong commitment to work tirelessly for cooperation among people, cultures and religions, so that abundant graces and heavenly blessings will descend upon all God’s children.”
Veteran’s Day 2005 A personal view I remember walking through the Honolulu airport in my Army uniform in 1968 on my way home after an extended tour of 18 months with the Fourth Infantry Division in Vietnam. I was an invisible man. Or rather my uniform made me – and the other young men and women dressed as I was — invisible to our fellow citizens. The couples and families intent on thoughts more pleasant than the Vietnam war looked right through me. Parents quickly ushered away their gawking children. No one’s eyes met mine. This experience comes to mind this Veteran’s Day 2005, when attendance at the City’s parade honoring veterans is so sparse, news reports, in kindness, do not provide a crowd estimate. At times like this, when we are engaged in an unpopular war, the national dichotomy of attitudes towards our armed forces comes into full view. Many espouse respect for the sacrifices – even unto death — of the men and women in uniform who serve the nation. Yet, many also condemn and denigrate the conflict in which these men and women put their lives at risk. With a focus on the abuses of Abu Ghraib and third-country interrogations, the day-to-day sacrifices of soldiers, marines, and others in uniform are unseen. If courage and sacrifice are not the attributes that come to mind when we see a person in uniform today, perhaps our vision is impaired – just as it was a generation ago. MEH
Pot club invasion Like 75 percent of San Francisco, I whole-heartedly support the use of medical marijuana for those in medical need. However, I have lived one block from a pot club for one year. The club is also two blocks from St. James School in San Francisco. We have observed rampant re-dealing of marijuana out on the street, reckless driving, and smoking of marijuana on the streets around the club. (I live within two blocks of four schools.) The club gets 60-80 customers an hour on a busy night, 300 customers per day. The recent San Francisco Chronicle article by Matier and Ross documented the armed robberies of these cash-rich clubs in the East Bay. There has been an armed robbery of a client in our neighborhood at noon. Good legislation is required to provide medicine to the ill, and protect our children and neighborhoods. The current legislation that will be voted on November 15 by the San Francisco Board of Supervisors does not. It will permit clubs on the same block as your child’s school, while doing nothing to address the redealing, reckless driving and public smoking of marijuana around the clubs. Parents, if you do not want a pot club 500 feet from your child’s school, please contact your Supervisor and Mayor Newsom (www.sfgov.org) to support the mayor’s call for 1,000 foot buffer zones surrounding schools, recreation centers and licensed child-care facilities. Priscilla Jane Frank San Francisco
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St. Jude thanks Thank you for your article (CSF – Oct. 28) covering the second annual Pilgrimage for Saint Jude held on October 22. It is gratifying to know that in these overwhelmingly secular times piety still exists, and in abundance. Mention should be made of Jaime and Rosa Pinto who envisioned, planned and coordinated this holy event. The Pintos are long time members of Saint Dominic Parish whose devotion to prayer and participation in our community of faith there – and elsewhere – are treasured gifts to us all. Antoinette Doyle San Francisco
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Although a non-Catholic, I’d like to share some special experiences with your readers, experiences often encountered at a small church in San Francisco’s North Beach. As the husband of a devout Catholic, over the course of more than 30 years I have rarely missed a Sunday Mass and as a result have attended Mass as it is celebrated in various churches around San Francisco and in Ireland where we have often visited. It is the 12:15 Sunday service at the National Shrine of St. Francis of Assisi at Vallejo Street and Columbus Avenue that stands out, enabling even this nonCatholic to feel reverence and spirituality as nowhere else. Besides its traditional formality, Sunday Mass at the Shrine features some of the most magnificent music ever composed for the Church as performed by the Shrine’s Schola Cantorum, a professional chorus of 12, directed by organist John Renke. On most Sundays those attending the Shrine to St. Francis may hear sacred choral music that may range from Gregorian chants to the music of
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Daylight Savings Mass Many churchgoers, like my wife and I, are senior citizens. We find getting to Mass by 11:00 in the morning is usually no problem, but there are times when we cannot make it. Now that winter is here, and neither of us can drive in the dark, the 5:00 and 6:00 evening Masses are out of the question. Do you think pastors would consider having 4:00 p.m. Masses on Saturdays and Sundays? Sam Carpenter San Rafael
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In reading the latest issue of your newspaper (Nov. 4) in relation to your past issues, it seems to me that your newspaper is becoming a one-issue newspaper. My question is whether Catholicism has also become a one-issue religion. I understand the Church’s teachings on abortion and its wish to overturn the present laws. But I fear that if that were to happen, the Church wouldn’t know what to talk about since it has been ignoring a number of other very important and crucial issues. Abortion can still remain important, but why does it trump every other issue? In the news there are more and more allegations of torture by American forces and contractors in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Guantanamo Bay. How is it possible that I haven’t read a single word about the Church’s stand on torture in your paper? Does the church not represent the conscience of a nation? What does the Church’s silence on this issue mean? Isn’t silence consent? Where is the outrage? The Catholicism I remember always reflected the essentials of social justice. What happened? Richard Morasci San Francisco Ed. Note – The lead story in the November 4 issue was on the death of Rosa Parks. Also on the front page was a story on Proposition 73, a measure regarding parental notification for abortions performed on minors, which was before the voters on November 8, and is endorsed by the California Conference of Catholic Bishops. The other main news stories regarded honoring people who have benefited battered women’s shelters, the appointment of a new U.S. Supreme Court Justice, a story honoring those organizing on behalf of the poor through the U.S. Bishops’ Campaign for Human Development, and a feature on the good work of a quality, affordable San Francisco high school for young women.
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The Catholic Difference Having taught James Madison at the College of New Jersey (as Princeton was then known), the Rev. John Witherspoon has a claim to the honorable title, “Grandfather of the U.S. Constitution.” What, I wonder, would a good Presbyterian Scotsman like Witherspoon make of the fact that Princeton University Chapel now has a Blessed Sacrament chapel, complete with tabernacle and icon of Our Lady of Guadalupe? Some might imagine the good reverend spinning in his grave at an impressive rate of r.p.m.’s. I think he’d be pleased, once he got over the initial shock. For Princeton’s vibrant Catholic community is, today, at the center of the enterprise to which John Witherspoon dedicated his life: the dialogue of faith and reason in the service of democracy and human freedom. If you’re a student looking for an intellectually challenging education and a Catholic community whole-heartedly committed to the new evangelization, or if you’re a parent looking for such a school for your son or daughter, you could do far worse than look at Princeton. Indeed, you’d be far better off with Princeton than with several high-priced institutions whose Catholicism is vestigial at best. The Princeton Catholic renaissance is nothing short of amazing – and heartening. It’s currently led by a marvelous chaplain, Father Tom Mullelly, who believes in leading by forming leaders. Three Sunday Masses, a well-attended daily Mass, and adoration of the Blessed Sacrament keep Princeton’s Catholics eucharistically centered. The RCIA program brings new Princetonian Catholics into the Church every Holy Week – during which outdoor Stations of the Cross give a powerful wit-
ness to the central story of western civilization. Numerous Bible studies, “Catholic principles” studies, and similar discussion groups maintain a lively conversation about Catholic truth and its application in the world. The campus ministry organizes an annual spring pilgrimage (Rome and Spain were recent destinations). Distinguished Catholic speakers are regularly invited to campus; a Gregorian chant choir offers an introduction to classic Catholic music; and Princeton’s Catholics pray Vespers every Tuesday evening with Princeton’s Episcopalians and Lutherans. Thanks to the efforts of Princeton’s unembarrassed Catholics, the Department of Religion will offer a for-credit course next spring, “Recent Catholic Thought from Vatican II to John Paul II,” which will be taught by the distinguished Lutheran theologian, Robert Jensen. Those same students and alumni have created a new campus club, the Anscombe Society (named for the late English Catholic philosopher), to defend marriage, promote pre-marital chastity, advance a pro-woman feminism, and, as one of the organizers put it, “defend male and female as distinct and complementary.” The Princeton pro-life group recently sponsored the first interfaith Respect Life service in Princeton Chapel, featuring luminaries like Father Richard Neuhaus and Rabbi David Novak, as well as an evangelical pastor and an imam. You won’t find any of these things, alas, on too many putatively Catholic campuses; but you’ll find them at Princeton. Its high spirits are what most impresses me about Princeton’s Catholic renaissance. A faculty member put it in these compelling terms: “There has been a true flowering of John
Paul II Catholicism on this campus. It is robust and hopeful. It engages opponents (on issues such as abortion, sexual morality, etc.) on the plane of rational debate and unreservedly links arms with allies in the George Weigel evangelical Christian, Orthodox Jewish, and Muslim communities. We are not hiding in the catacombs but engaging the culture – even in areas where the prevailing culture on this campus (as with most others) is hostile. “...We do not fear inquiry, we relish it. We recognize that truth is never the enemy of faith. We proclaim the Gospel of Life as the...affirmation of the unique, profound, inherent, and equal dignity of every member of the human family. “We have our faults and failings... . But this is a community of Catholics who are really determined to follow the way of the Lord Jesus. And we’re having the time of our lives.” If that interests you, or someone you know who’s pondering college, you can start investigating the Princeton Catholic renaissance by e-mailing Aquinas@Princeton.edu and requesting a link to the chaplaincy’s Web site. George Weigel is a senior fellow of the Ethics and Public Policy Center in Washington, D.C.
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Living with a high-tech teen Forgive us as we throw some numbers are you. A few months ago the Pew Internet and American Life Project (www.pewinternet.org) released its “Teen and Technology” survey reporting that 87 percent of young people between 12 and 17 years old use the Internet, up from 73 percent five years ago. (The current number for adults is about 66 percent.) Eighty-four percent of the young people said they owned at least one personal media device: a desktop or laptop computer, a cell phone or a PDA (Personal Digital Assistant). About 51 percent reported they go online on a daily basis. Eighty-nine percent send or read e-mail; 84 percent visit Web sites about movies, TV shows, music groups or sports stars they’re interested in; 81 percent play online games; 76 percent get news or information about current events; 75 percent send or receive instant messages; 57 percent get information about a college or other school they’re thinking about attending; 55 percent look for political news or information; 43 percent buy merchandise; 31 percent look for information on health, dieting or physical fitness; 30 percent look for information about a job; 26 percent look for religious or spiritual information; and 22 percent look for information about a health topic that’s hard
to talk about such as drug use, sexual health or depression. The survey also reported that 38 percent of the young people send or receive text messages via cell phone. Among this population, 45 percent have cell phones; instant messaging is preferred to sending e-mail. While most teens (73 percent) log-on from a shared computer at home, a growing number access the Web from the library, school or another location. Despite the increasing numbers of teens using the Internet, 13 percent (about 3 million teens) report they don’t go online. The survey notes that “teens who remain offline are clearly defined by lower levels of income and limited access to technology. They are also disproportionately likely to be African-American.” And “on the opposite end of the spectrum, nearly all teens in households earning more than $75,000 per year are online, most of them with high-speed connections.” The report noted that there’s a marked increase in usage among teens once they hit seventh grade. While 60 percent of sixth-graders go online, by seventh grade it jumps to 82 percent and then climbs to 94 percent for eleventh- and twelfthgraders. It seems to be the boys who do the catching up. Only
44 percent of sixth-grade boys report going online, compared to 79 percent of sixth-grade girls. Two points to consider: —In most homes, teens are going online from a computer located Bill and Monica in an open family area. Dodds This is a basic and important way to monitor use and protect children from all the many threats and dangers that lurk on the Web. —A little more than one out of four teens is looking for religious or spiritual information! It’s worth your while to spend some time checking out solid Catholic sites you can recommend (and that your teens can see you viewing). Bill and Monica Dodds are the editors of “My Daily Visitor” magazine.
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Living with fear and timidity The movie, A River Runs Through It, opens with a young man telling us about his brother, whom he describes as “a beautiful person, who was never afraid of anything!” That description certainly wouldn’t fit most of us. We’re afraid of a lot of things, too many things. Our lives are almost always coloured by fear. What are we afraid of? Most everything: At a more obvious level, we fear for our physical safety but, more deeply, we fear for our emotional safety. We’re afraid of getting hurt, of having what’s precious to us violated, of being misunderstood, of being rejected, of ending up alone and lonely, of looking bad, of disappointing others, of being perceived as not being good and generous, of having our inadequacies revealed, and of simply not being good enough in body, soul, intelligence, and virtue. But there’s also a certain beauty in that. A River Runs Through It depicts the beauty of a life without fear, but there is also a special beauty in a life with fear. We saw that, for instance, in Princess Diana. At her death there was a stunning outpouring of affection from all over the world. Why? The reasons were deeper than first meet the eye. It wasn’t just her physical beauty that made her “the peoples’ princess”. Many people are physically beautiful, aren’t much loved, and their beauty triggers more envy than affection. What made Diana special was precisely the fact that she had obvious weaknesses tied to her beauty. Conversely, not everyone who lives without fear is beautiful. Sometimes we look at those who have an enviable self-confidence and wish, for everyone’s sake, that they were
a little more insecure. Self- confidence too easily expresses itself in self-centredness, in lack of sensitivity, in aggressiveness, in a sense of entitlement, and in exhibitionism. Lack of fear can be beautiful but it can also be ugly and boorish. But, even so, fear is a bad thing. Jesus makes that plain. Our light, he tells us, is not meant to be kept under a tub; it’s meant to shine forth. Fear inhibits our light from shining. Simply put, too often we are so afraid of telling others that we love them (for fear of being misinterpreted) that we go through life too-timidly, too rarely expressing our love, affection, and gratitude. Sooner timidity than misunderstanding. So Jesus constantly tells us to not be afraid. His very mission is to liberate us from fear. When we are too sensitive, too timid, too fearful, and too self-effacing, too much of what is best in us stays inside, light under a bushel basket, and everyone, our loved ones, the world, the gospel, and we, ourselves, are short-changed. Nelson Mandela, in his inaugural address, said: “There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won’t feel insecure around you. We are born to manifest the glory of God that is within us. It’s not just in some of us. It’s in everybody, and, as we let our light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.” A strong self-confidence and lack of fear can, indeed, be a beautiful gift to the world. We see this in people like Nelson Mandela, Mother Theresa, John Paul II, Martin Luther King, Jean Vanier. But, in them, and this is the secret, that self-confi-
dence is linked to enough maturity so that their lack of fear becomes a beautiful and life-giving thing. But most of us aren’t so mature, and most of us aren’t so self-confident. So what do we do? Some years ago I Father was counselling a young Ron Rolheiser priest who was generous to a fault, possessed rare depth, was scrupulously faithful in his moral life, was a gifted healer of souls, and was much loved by his parishioners. But he also was over-sensitive, lacked self-confidence, was self-effacing to a fault, and often hovered at the edges of clinical depression. After listening to his litany of fears and self-doubts one day, I told him: “Because of your sensitivities you will always struggle, but at least you’ll never be a jerk!” Until you and I reach greater maturity, perhaps it’s not a bad thing, like Princess Diana and this young priest, to struggle with some fears, timidities, inhibitions, and depressions. That way, you’ll never be a jerk - and there’s a special beauty in that too. Oblate Father Ron Rolheiser is a theologian, teacher and award-winning author.
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November 11, 2005 An additional $9 billion a year until 2015 would enable the world to meet the millennium goals on maternal and child health, saving the lives of 7 million women and children a year, said Erica Kochi, a child survival specialist for UNICEF. Even when aid is delivered, however, it is not always used effectively. “The question is why, when there have been many successful (development) projects, the situation has remained the same,” Chediek said. The U.N. Millennium Development Project has identified four major obstacles to achievement of the goals, according to associate director Guido Schmidt-Traub. Some countries are caught in what he calls the “poverty trap.” Ghana, Tanzania, Senegal, Mozambique and Uganda “have good governments (with) a serious and genuine commitment to development,” he said, but they lack the funds needed to build a healthy, well-educated work force and infrastructure. Others, including some Latin American nations, have more economic resources but need to target specific “pockets of poverty” — such as the drought-plagued northeastern region of Brazil — with better infrastructure or technical assistance, he said. When countries that are more developed have glaring shortcomings — such as high infant or maternal mortality rates — it is often because policymakers have neglected those areas.
World poverty . . . ■ Continued from page 5 “There are disasters that always gain publicity, like the (December 2004) tsunami, where there was another tsunami of money,” MacLaren said. But violence and disease cause the equivalent of “a tsunami every month in the Democratic Republic of Congo in Africa,” he said. “It’s these forgotten emergencies that we try to put back on the political agenda.” One of the greatest obstacles to achievement of the millennium goals is the lack of a firm political commitment to eradicate poverty, MacLaren said. Only Denmark, Norway, Sweden, the Netherlands and Luxembourg have met their commitment to devote at least 0.7 percent of their national income to assisting poor countries. The United States allocates only 0.16 percent of its income to development aid, although it provides the largest dollar amount, nearly $19 billion. U.N. statistics show that if the world’s 22 major aid providers lived up to their pledge, it would mean an additional $125 billion in development aid each year. “The amounts are perfectly attainable in today’s world,” Chediek said. He noted that $7 billion in development aid would be equivalent to the amount Europeans spend on perfume each year — and $1 billion less than is spent on cosmetic surgery in the United States.
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‘The Squid and the Whale’ The funny (and not-so-funny) side of divorce Reviewed by Victor Morton “Our little boy is four years old and quite a little man So we spell out the words we don’t want him to understand... Watch him smile, he thinks it Christmas or his 5th Birthday And he thinks C-U-S-T-O-D-Y spells fun or play” — Tammy Wynette, “D-I-V-O-R-C-E” The very first scene in “The Squid and the Whale” is a family tennis match; father Bernard (Jeff Daniels), mother Joan (Laura Linney), high-school-age son Walt (Jesse Eisenberg) and a younger son on the cusp of puberty Frank (Owen Kline). And there’s something “off”—Dad is telling his partner to hit the ball as hard as he can, right at Mom. Now this is, in fact, the central unchivalric strategy in mixed doubles—the women’s game is slower and softer. But hyper-competitive Dad doesn’t understand the difference between a family occasion and Centre Court at Wimbledon, and acts all puzzled when mom walks off the court in disgust. He sleeps on the couch that night. But though the subtext here is as poisonous as an Ingmar Bergman marital quarrel, the sequence is typical of how “The Squid and the Whale” operates—it’s not a harrowing Bergmanlike movie at all, instead coming in the form of a muted comedy of manners set in the world of Manhattan’s Smart Set, where the typical marriage involves two parents with literary ambitions, million-dollar brownstones, private academies, and divorce, it’s a gentile Woody Allen World. It comes as no surprise when, very early on, the parents call their sons down for The Talk. They will be getting a divorce. Dad will be moving out. They’ve agreed to joint custody. But, they assure the children, they still love them and nothing will be different for them. And if you believe that, then... Well, let’s just put it this way: These kids are old enough to know how to spell. The rest of the movie deals with the fallout from this explosion (the film’s tagline at the Internet Movie Database is “Joint Custody Blows”). It’s familiar to all sociologists who study the divorce culture, but which a great work of art can make you see and feel, both in the particular details of the Manhattan Smart Set physical plant and its more universal psychological territory. (I saw “The Squid and the Whale” with a red-state critic friend about my age whose parents divorced in the 80s, and he said it was like watching his teenage life.) It’s all there—new couplings for the parents, the headaches of switching homes every other day, weird and perverse forms of acting out by the boys, contentiousness over custody time and what the children do around the other parent, and (this was the most impressive part) the way the brothers drift toward one parent or the other and wind up de facto “divorcing” each other, as if the sins of the parents are passed on. In one telling scene, Dad plays ping-pong with Frank, who has more-or-less sided with Mom. And Dad repeats the same attitude he had in the opening tennis match, as if it’s all that’s happened is water off rocks to him. I’d never seen anything previous by writer-director Noah Baumbach, but this film had the feel of one of Whit Stillman’s upper class New York comedies—scaldingly truthful, precisely observed, more wryly amusing than gut-busting, and with characters so self-absorbed they don’t know they’re funny. The script is filled with gems of dialog and just-so details that create this Manhattan divorce culture of clueless pretension. The characters’ behavior throughout is hyper—hyper-aggressive, hyper-
articulate, hyper-talkative, hyper-sensitive, even hyper-passiveaggressive (if that makes any sense). All evidence from what we see of his housekeeping to the contrary, Dad insists to mom that he did in fact do his fair share of kitchen work — “I made burgers that time you had pneumonia.” On the wall of the elder son’s new room (and nothing is made of it in the shots it’s seen) is a movie poster for the 70s French classic “The Mother and the Whore” — I nearly laughed myself silly (practically alone among the huge Toronto Film Festival audience), not just at the obvious title and the less-obvious milieu similarities between the movies, but at the “just-soness” of a teen in this world having a 3 1/2-hour French art film poster on his otherwise-empty wall, like a boy in Minnesota might cram his with hockey posters. Baumbach also shows the way people have to pretend to knowledge they don’t have and can never profess ignorance—I’ll forever treasure a discussion of “Metamorphosis” in which a potential girlfriend asks Walt about Kafka’s use of something-or-other and Walt vaguely says, “it was very Kafkaesque.” And it comes out rather bluntly that one factor in the divorce was jealousy surrounding the parents’ literary fortunes—dad’s falling, and mom’s rising after years in his shadow. The film is very specifically set in the 1980s and every detail feels right to this person born in 1966, only without overloading the film with look-at-me cuteness like Baumbach’s producer and collaborator Wes Anderson does. The grainy film stock and slightly recessive color gives “The Squid and the Whale” the look of a 20-year-old film print, like we’re voyeuristically looking at someone’s 1980s-made home movies (which we may be; Daniels’ character is reportedly based on Baumbach’s father and Walt is obviously an authorial surrogate). A seduction is scored
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Advent Opportunities Nov. 28: The Gospel of Mark, a live dramatic presentation by Michael Reardon and Patrick Lane at St. Matthew Church, One Notre Dame Ave., San Mateo at 7 p.m. Admission free. Donations accepted. Call (650) 548-9662. Dec. 3: Secular Franciscan Fraternity’s annual Christmas pageant at St. Boniface Theater, 175 Golden Gate Ave., San Francisco at 2 p.m. A Tenderloin Christmas presents a musical story of the birth of Christ and includes many new and traditional Christmas carols plus a dance recital by students from DeMarillac Middle School. Tickets are $5 in advance and $10 at the door. For advanced tickets mail $5 check to Franciscan Fraternity, 109 Golden Gate Ave., San Francisco, 94102. “Dinner is included in the price of admission and kids will get a gift from Santa,” said Patrick Flanagan, an event organizer. Do you have a few hours each week to spare? St. Anthony Foundation can use your help. For more than 54 years, St. Anthony Foundation has worked to provide for the physical and emotional needs of the poor and homeless. A staple of its12 programs is the support of more than 300 volunteers. If you are interested in sharing the gift of time with St. Anthony Foundation in its free Dining Room or other programs, please call (415) 241- 2600 for more information. Weekday volunteers are especially needed - www.stanthonysf.org. St. Anthony Padua Dining Room in Menlo Park needs volunteers Wed., Thurs, and Sat. from 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. to help prepare and serve noon meals. More than 500 people daily are helped by the program. Call (650) 365-9664. St. Vincent de Paul Society of San Francisco needs your help at its Help Desk. Service includes sorting donations and helping clients. If anyone would like to volunteer - also small groups of volunteers one Saturday a month - they should call (415) 202-9955.” St. Vincent de Paul of San Mateo County needs Spanish/English-speaking volunteers to answer phones in 2 – 3 hour shifts between 9:30 a.m. and 4 p.m. at their offices, 50 No. B St., San Mateo. Volunteers do intake of clients’ requests, log the call and enter into Access. Come be a valuable part of a team assisting employees to further the mission and values of the Sisters of Mercy. A variety of volunteer opportunities are available on their spacious and beautiful campus in Burlingame. Please call the HR/Volunteer Coordinator at (650) 340 - 7417 or email: cmoore@mercyburl.org for more information.
Food & Fun Nov. 13: Rock’n Bowl with LCA Juniors at Brentwood Bowl in South San Francisco from 3 – 5 p.m. Adults $15/Children $10. Includes 2 games plus pizza and soda. Benefits Catholic Charities CYO. Call (415) 9721243 or contact info@littlechildrensaid.com. Nov. 12, 13: 2nd Annual Holiday Crafts Sale at St. John of God Church Hall, 1290 5th Ave. at Irving St., San Francisco. Sat: 10 a.m. – 6 p.m. Sun.: 10:30 a.m. – 4 p.m. Nov. 12, 13: All Souls Women’s Club Craft Fair/Luncheon/Breakfast with Santa. More than 35 vendors, free face painting and raffles on the hour. Doors open 9 a.m. both days. For details on lunch, pix with Santa and prices call Emerita at (415) 5847794 or Dolores at (650) 588-0810. Takes place at All Souls parish/school, Miller and Walnut Ave., SSF. Through Nov. 17: St. Anselm School is excited to announce an all new, on-line auction, full of heavenly getaways, delicious restaurant gift certificates, event tickets, parties and more at www.stanselmauction.cmarket.com – shop for yourself, your children or a friend! The money raised benefits St. Anselm School, so stop by the Web site to browse, shop, or just show your support. Nov. 15, 16, 17: Holiday Boutique benefiting work of St. Mary’s Medical Center Auxiliary in the hospital’s main lobby at 450 Stanyan St. in SF.Tues.: Preview from 4 – 7 p.m.Wed.: 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.Thurs.: 10 a.m. – 3 p.m. $10 ticket includes refreshments. Call (415) 750-5646. Nov. 18, 19: Sisters of Mercy Annual Holiday Boutique at Marian Care Center 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Numerous Holiday items for sale including Gift baskets, jams, jellies, baked goods, candies and fudge at 2300 Adeline Drive, Bldg. D in Burlingame. Follow
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Rafael. Call (415) 673-3131 or contact www.dominican.edu. Sundays: Concerts at St. Mary’s Cathedral, Gough and Geary St., SF at 3:30 p.m. Call (415) 567-2020 ext. 213. Open to the public. Admission free. November 13: Douglas Bruce (Switzerland), Organist. November 20: Vincent de Pol (Germany), Organist. November 27: Christoph Tietze, Organist. Sundays: Concerts at 4 p. m. at National Shrine of St. Francis of Assisi, Vallejo and Columbus, SF. Call (415) 983-0405 or www.shrinesf.org. Open to the public. Admission free.
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Seton Medical Center, a hallmark of the Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul, commemorates 40 years at its Daly City site December 3rd. The Daughters of Charity founded Mary’s Help Hospital in San Francisco in 1903 rebuilding after the Earthquake of 1906 and forced by a lesser-known temblor to today’s location in 1958. Principals on hand at the hospital’s dedication in 1965 included Msgr. Richard Power, founding pastor of Westlake’s Our Lady of Mercy Parish, Daughters of Charity Sisters Hermine Regan and Louise Scheessele, and Daly City Mayor Francis Pacelli. Msgr. Power and the mayor are now dead but Sister Hermine lives in retirement at her congregation’s facility in Los Altos and Sister Louise is retired in St. Louis. The hospital took its present name in 1983 honoring St. Elizabeth Seton, a Daughter of Charity and Catholic schools pioneer who was canonized in 1975 as America’s first saint. Lower Road on Mercy Campus to Marian Care Center. Call Debbie Halleran (650) 340-7426 Nov. 19: It’s Crab Bash Time again at Holy Name of Jesus Parish! Evening includes cracked crab dinner with wine and other tasty accompaniments beginning at 6 30 p.m. in Ryan Hall on corner of 40th Ave. and Lawton. Entertainment is by Images featuring Laura and Victor Flaviani. Tickets $30 per person with tables of 8 for $205. Children age 6 – 12 $10. Call (415) 664-8590. Nov. 19: ICA 2005 Holiday Boutique benefiting Immaculate Conception Academy, 24th St. at Guerrero in San Francisco from 9 a.m. – 2 p.m. “Handmade crafts and gifts for everyone on your list will be available,” the school said. Refreshments and Santa Claus, too. Watch especially for Gourmet Olive Oil and Fruitcakes made by Dominican Sisters of Mission San Jose, the congregation that founded the school in 1883. Call (415) 824 2052. November 19: Holiday Boutique benefiting Mercy High School, San Francisco beginning at 10 a.m. in Mercy’s Catherine McAuley Pavilion. Day includes many vendors selling beautiful, handmade crafts plus a silent auction and raffle with tickets at only $1 each. Admission is free. Holiday Beverages will also be available with complimentary sweets to nibble on and lots more to pique your interest. If you would like to be a vendor, call the school for an application. (415) 334-0525. Nov. 19, 20: Christmas Boutique benefiting the work of St. Gabriel’s Ladies Sodality from about 5:30 p.m. on Sat. and after all Masses on Sunday. Baked goods, handmade items and a raffle. Call (415) 731-6161. Nov. 19: Bal de Paris 2005, an evening of dinner, dancing and silent and live auctions benefiting San Francisco’s Notre Dame des Victoires Elementary School. Chocolate and chocolate makers are the evening’s theme. The wares of 22 chocolate chefs
will be provided for all those attending. Tickets are $110 per person. Call (415) 421-0069. Nov. 19, 20: Holiday Boutique sponsored by St. Peter Parish Women’s Guild, 700 Oddstad Blvd., Pacifica from 8:30 a.m. – 3 p.m. both days. Outstanding variety of items with more than 25 vendors. Full snack bar. Call (650) 359-4535. Nov. 19, 20: Noel Notions, a Christmas Bazaar benefiting Mount Carmel Shop, Buena Vista and Blithedale Ave. in Mill Valley. Sat.” 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. Sun.: 9 a.m. – noon. Bake booth, toy booth, gift items, raffle and more. Call (415) 388-4332. Dec. 3, 4: St. Pius Women’s Club Holiday Gift Boutique, 1100 Woodside Rd., Redwood City. Sat.: noon – 5 p.m. Sun.: 10 - 3 p.m. Beautiful displays of home accessories, jewelry, decorator items, food and gifts for the entire family. Still room for vendors! Call (650) 364-5204 or contact womensclub@pius.org. Dec. 3, 4: It’s a Wonderful Life, Christmas Boutique benefiting St. Brendan Elementary School, 234 Ulloa at Laguna Honda Blvd., SF. Sat. 10 a.m. – 6 p.m. Sun. 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. One stop shopping for all your holiday needs. Free admission. Call (415) 731-2665. Dec. 4: Christmas Faire benefiting St. Finn Barr School in Goode Hall, Edna and Hearst off Monterey Blvd. in San Francisco from 8 a.m. – 7 p.m. Great food and gift selections including wreaths, decorations, gift baskets, entertainment and pictures with Santa. Don’t miss Happy Hour from 6 – 7 p.m. Call (415) 333-1800.
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Nov. 12: To Live in Hope in Today’s World, part of the Saturday Morning Prayer series at Notre Dame Province Center, 1520 Ralston Avenue, Belmont from 9:30 - 11:30 a.m. This time of prayer and meditation, led by Cynthia Mennie Vrooman, is an invitation to reflect on and deepen the gift of hope in our lives. Call (650-593-2045 x277 or go to www.SistersofNotreDameCA.org. Nov. 15: Do You Have What the Job Market Wants? with Jonathan Ogden White, Executive Search Consultant, as part of Notre Dame de Namur University’s Distinguished Speaker Series at 7:30 p.m. in Ralston Hall Mansion located on the NDNU campus at 1500 Ralston Avenue in Belmont. Free and open to the community. Call (650) 5083726 or e-mail at sbm@ndnu.edu Saturdays: Prayer meeting at St. Hilary Church, 761 Hilary Dr. Tiburon, at 9:30 a.m. Father James Tarantino, presiding. Hospitality follows. All are welcome. Call Moriah at (415) 756-5505 Saturdays: Bible Study at St. Hilary Church, 761 Hilary Dr. Tiburon, 12:30 - 2:00 p.m. All are welcome. Call Moriah (415) 756-5505.
Young Adults Office of Young Adult Ministry and Campus Ministry: Connecting late teens, 20s and 30s, single and married to the Catholic Church. Contact Mary Jansen, 415-614-5596, jansenm@sfarchdiocese.org. Check out our Web site for a list of events around the Bay Area and download our Newsletter at www.sfyam.org. We publish a quarterly newsletter to connect college students and young adults to the Catholic Church. Nov. 19: Annual Thanksgiving Meal Delivery Program, 9 a.m. – noon, from St. Vincent de Paul Church, Steiner at Green in San Francisco. Meet in the Church parking lot to help sort and deliver 100 complete Thanksgiving meals to families in need throughout San Francisco. More than 300 people will be helped. Contact youngadults@svdpsf.org.
Single, Divorced, Separated Nov. 19: The annual Thanksgiving Mass for the divorced and separated of the Archdiocese of San Francisco at 5:30 P.M. at St. John of God Church, 5th Ave. at Irving St. in San Francisco. A reception will follow. For information, contact Jesuit Father Al Grosskopf at (415) 422-6698 or Susan Fox at (415) 752-1308.
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Catholic San Francisco
November 11, 2005
My Will I have a will. Two months ago I couldn’t say that. It took the death of a close friend to wake me up. Now I’m wondering why I procrastinated so long. Let me tell you about my will. My will reflects my wishes. Instead of the courts appointing an executor (personal representative), my son will handle this, and without bond. My will makes provision for famliy members in a way state laws would not do. My will lets me give money to my children and grandchildren in an orderly manner after I pass on. My will identifies my parish and the Archdiocese to receive special bequests. In short, my will allocates my assets according to my desires.
I can change or amend my will. It is not set in concrete. I can change it easily, whether adding a codicil or by simply having it redrafted. The important thing is that I have a workable will in place-right now. My will is safely stored. I have a copy of my will in my files at home, but I keep the original is a safety deposit box. I don’t want to lose this important document through fire or theft. I also made sure my personal representative, my son, knows how to find my will.
My will is legally valid. I went to an attorney who specializes in estate planning. She knew the right questions to ask and the best way to accomplish my goals. I was tempted to take a short cut and use one of those will documents I saw at the stationary store. I ever thought of just sitting down and writing out my will on a piece of paper, a sort of do-it-yourself project. I’m sure glad I didn’t fall into that trap. After all, why do a will and then spend the rest of your life or the last moments of life wondering whether it is truly valid?
My will provides peace of mind. For years, I lived with a nagging apprehension about what would happen if I died without a will. Those feelings are gone. I now have a sense of peace about these matters. It took a little time and effort and it cost a few dollars, but it was well worth it all.
My will is up-to-date. This is because I only
If you do not have a current, valid will or comprehensive living trust, we at the Archdiocese of San Francisco urge you to care for this very important matter. Not only will such planning benefit your loved ones, we believe that you will want to remember the Archdiocese as well.
recently created it and it reflects my current situation. But life never stays the same. Within a few years, new laws may arise. Family members may have different needs. My estate may change. As my attorney says, “An out-of-date will could be as harmful as having no will at all.”
Michael O’Leary, our associate director of development, can assist you by providing information about wills and charitable bequests. Feel free to call him at (415) 614-5582, email olearym@sfarchdiocese.org, or use the handy response coupon below.
Dear Mr. O’Leary, ____________ Please send me free literature about making a will. ____________ I have already provided a bequest for the Archiocese of San Francisco in my will. ____________ Please send me information about the Archdiocese Legacy Society called Archangels. Name: Address: City:
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Mail this form to: Archdiocese of San Francisco, Office of Development One Peter Yorke Way, San Francisco, CA 94109 Phone (415) 614-5582 ● Fax (415) 614-5584 ● Email: olearym@sfarchdiocese.org