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Pope encourages scientists to value the sharing of knowledge

By John Thavis Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — Pope John Paul II said scientific researchers always should value the sharing of knowledge over competition and financial gain.

He made the remarks Nov. 8 in a talk to members of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences, who were meeting in a plenary session devoted to the theme of science and creativity.

The pope said that, in a sense, scientists are called to be “co-creators” with God as they use their knowledge and skill to shape the cosmos in harmony with a divine plan.

Such creativity must be exercised responsibly, he said.

It “demands respect for the natural order and, above all, for the nature of each human being,” he said.

Increasingly, the pope said, scientific progress is seen as

the answer to modern problems, many of which have planetary repercussions. As a result, the men and women of science are asked to place their creativity more at the service of the human family, he said.

“If scientific creativity is to benefit authentic human progress, it must remain detached from every form of financial or ideological conditioning, so that it can be devoted solely to the dispassionate search for truth and the disinterested service of humanity,” he said.

“Creativity and new discoveries ought to bring both the scientific community and the world’s peoples together, in a climate of cooperation which values the generous sharing of knowledge over (competitiveness) and individual interests,” he said.

The pope said scientists generally understand that

nature contains a deeper meaning that invites patient observation and dialogue. The wonder that sparked the earliest philosophical reflection on nature continues today in other kinds of pioneering work, he said.

“Contemporary scientists, faced with the explosion of new knowledge and discoveries, frequently feel that they are standing before a vast and infinite horizon,” he said.

“Indeed, the inexhaustible bounty of nature, with its promise of ever new discoveries, can be seen as pointing beyond itself to the Creator who has given it to us as a gift,” he said.

He told the scientists that the paths of discovery “are always paths toward truth.”

“And every seeker after truth, whether aware of it or not, is following a path which ultimately leads to God, who is truth itself,” he said.

INSIDE THIS WEEK’S EDITION Post-Arafat fears. . . . . . . . . 4 Pope on ‘real presence’ . . . . 5 Marriage issue helps Bush . 6 Scripture and reflection . . . 8 Datebook . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

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“It was a warm, laughter-filled afternoon,” said classmate, Pat Conway about the September 23rd reunion of the class of ’50 from the much revered and missed Star of the Sea Academy. Seated from left, Marilyn Coeuille Day, Peggy Concannon Tiernan, Mary O’Donnell Elkington, Helen Wilkey Austin, Mary Anne Hughes Butler, Pat Conway. Standing from left, Marie Conachy Moore, Ann Heaney Smyth, Eithne Hughes Grottkau, Maryelisabeth Briare, Lucille Chong Chan, Carol Wagner Spiller, Noreen Farley Murphy, Connie Musso Mertes, Carol Rickards Emery. Not available for the photo was Helen Baker Stenberg.

Georgia Onyemem is Loyola Marymount bound.

Reunions are afoot across this wide Archdiocese including tomorrow at the City’s Caesar’s Restaurant for the class of ’54 from the Sunset District’s Holy Name of Jesus Elementary School. Mercy Sister Judy Carle is one of the 100 classmates. “This is our first reunion for the class,” the former president of the Sisters of Mercy said. “We’re having a great response with people coming from as far as Virginia and Maryland.” The student roster also includes Joey Woodley Peterson, member of the math faculty at Notre Dame High School in Belmont; Brian Cahill, executive director, Catholic Charities CYO; former San Francisco Supervisor Wendy Nelder; Leslie Moretti, M.D. and Claire Cook Norton, a major organizer of the get-together. A photographer will be on hand Alyssa Oertli with newlyweds to capture the event and Angela and Patrick O’Connor. classmates will be invited to wear nametags adorned with their 8th grade picture, Sister Judy said. Should ya’ be of the group and not yet in touch, con-

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Happy 50 years married to Dorothy of Raymond Berry…. A bit of confu- and Frank Ratto of St. Isabella in San Georgia’s proud folks are Bose and sion around the recent fall tradition of Rafael where they have been parish- George. Younger sister, Therese is a turning clocks back 60 minutes.

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Sisters of the Presentation marking 150 years of vision, faith, and service With the staging of “Presentation Women: A Legacy of Vision, Faith, and Service” at the Presentation Theater, Nov. 13, the Sisters of the Presentation will begin a year of special events and activities to mark 150 years since the order’s arrival in San Francisco.

The historical interpretation of the history of the Presentation Sisters in northern California begins at 2 p.m. at 2350 Turk Blvd. in San Francisco. A reception will follow at the Presentation Motherhouse at 2340 Turk Blvd.

The Sisters of the Presentation came to San Francisco from Ireland in 1854 as a result of recruiting efforts by Fr. Hugh Gallagher, who had journeyed to Ireland in search of workers for the new Archdiocese of San Francisco. The sisters quickly established a school on Green Street in North Beach which soon filled up with 200 students. By the early 1870s, 1,500 of the 5,000 Catholic school children in San Francisco were under the instruction of Presentation Sisters.

The Presentation Sisters’ special charism was to educate poor children, and until the 1890s, all of their schools were tuition free.

Sister Pam Chiesa, president of the Sisters of the Presentation, said, “This anniversary gives us an opportunity to honor our history and our role in forming the society and culture of the Bay Area over the last one hundred and fifty years.

Perhaps most importantly for us, it also gives us an opportunity to publicly recommit to the mission and ministry our sisters began so many years ago and which we continue to live out and be witnesses for today,” The November 13 theatrical presentation begins a year of special activities and programs to celebrate the anniversary and to call attention to the continuing commitment of the Sisters of the Presentation in

ministry to the people of the Bay Area.

“Just as our Sisters educated and thereby raised up generations of young people and their families over the years,” says Sister Pam, “today we seek ways to create a better present and future for the people with whom we minister.”

To spotlight the continuing social needs of the Bay Area and the Sisters of the Presentation and commitment to bringing about change for the poor and the marginalized, a series of Actions for the Poor are being planned.

In San Francisco a lunch program for Day Laborers is being expanded. Since 1999, the Sisters of the Presentation have served breakfast to Day Laborers each Tuesday morning at Saint Anthony parish.

For the past six years, one Tuesday a month, the Sisters have been providing a sack lunch for the men and women. Up until this time, the lunches have been made by the retired sisters at the Motherhouse, friends and employees of the Sisters.

The Sisters of Mercy, who also are celebrating 150 years in the San Francisco Bay Area, are joining this lunch program and will be providing the means to expand the lunch program to four times a month through the involvement of their schools and Mercy Associates. Beginning in November, they will provide lunches three weeks of the month and so join with the Sisters of the Presentation in this important lunch program.

“This Action is a small way for us to call attention to the much larger issue of the homeless and hungry members of our society,” said Sister Pam. “We are delighted that the Sisters of Mercy will be joining in the lunch program with us to witness to the needs of the hungry in our city. We are hoping by this Action and our other Actions for the poor in the Bay Area to call attention to the issue and to mobilize other concerned people to work to alleviate this need.

Presentation Sister Eileen Canelo teaches at Epiphany Elementary School in San Francisco, where Sisters of the Presentation were the founding faculty.

Presentation Sisters opened their first school in San Francisco in 1854, a month after their arrival on November 13, 1854. Fifty years later, it was estimated that the Sisters were educating one fifth of the City’s school age children. After Vatican II, Presentation Sisters began exploring new ministries and working more directly with the poor.

Presentation Sister Stephanie Still said Presentation Sisters serve in a variety of ministries within the Archdiocese of San Francisco including education in Catholic schools, through literacy programs for immigrants, and in Schools of Religion in local parishes. Sisters also serve as Pastoral Associates in parishes, volunteers in many community programs and programs which give directly to those made poor and the marginalized.

The Sisters of the Presentation also sponsor four ministries: Presentation High School in San Jose, Presentation Retreat and Educational Center in Los Gatos, Learning and Loving Educational Center in Morgan Hill, and, in

cooperation with Network Ministries, SafeHouse in San Francisco, a residential program for women leaving prostitution.

A liturgy celebrating the Sisters of the Presentation presence in the San Francisco Bay Area will close the year-long celebration on November 13, 2005.

For tickets for the November 13 performance, information about how to help in the ministries of the Presentation Sisters, or to participate in other events marking the 150-year anniversary, contact Sister Stephanie Still at (415) 422-5020 or visit the Presentation Sisters’ website at www.presentationsisterssf.org.

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In West Bank post-Arafat, some Catholics fear extremists will gain strength RAMALLAH, West Bank – In considering the circumstances of a Mid-East without the presence of Palestinian National Authority Chairman Yasser Arafat, some Catholics expressed fear extremist Islamic groups would gain strength after he dies.

At Ramallah’s Holy Family Catholic Church, Father Ibrahim Hijazin acknowledged that one of the main concerns of Christians at the moment is how Islamic groups will react in the face of a power vacuum within the Palestinian National Authority. “There is this fear for the future as Christians — but there is that fear in Iraq, in Jordan — everywhere in the Arab world,� Father Hijazin said Nov. 7. “What will be after Arafat? Some fear there will be infiltration (of radical Islamic forces). They are fearing there will be some problems (within) the Palestinian Authority which will reflect itself ... especially (on) the Christians.�

The Arab Muslim world connects local Christians to what they perceive as the “Christian countries� of the United States and Britain acting in Afghanistan and Iraq, he said.

Neveen Halteh, 20, a marketing student at Jerusalem’s AlQuds University, was not optimistic about change after Arafat. “Our situation will be worse,� she said as she waited to go into Mass at Holy Family. “Maybe Israel will come in; maybe (Islamic) extremists will come. “They hate us. I am afraid we will not have peace,� she added. “Arafat was keeping everything under control, but now he will be gone, and we don’t know what will happen without him.�

Shadi Hindaileh, a 25-year-old civil engineer and member of Holy Family Parish, said the Palestinians will be facing the same issues. “Arafat was good with the Christians; maybe those after him will be too, but we can’t be sure, so there is fear. I don’t know how we can prepare ourselves for another leader,� he said. “In my heart part of my prayers will be for Arafat (but also) for the stability of my country,� said Luren Sansour, 49, as she led her two children into the Ramallah Mass.

However, Bernard Sabella, a Catholic and a sociology professor at Catholic-run Bethlehem University, said the Christian dimension of the succession issue does not concern him.

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Samah Khoury, 23, prays with her nieces, Lur and Yasmin, during Mass at Holy Family Catholic Church in Ramallah, West Bank, Nov. 7. With the possibility of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat's death, some Catholics in the West Bank are concerned that extremist Islamic groups might gain strength.

“That is nonsense,� he said. “Our good relations are not because of Arafat. He may have been instrumental in promoting Christian-Muslim relations, but traditionally our experience as Christians living in Muslim lands has been excellent.�

What is important, he said, is that the transition of power go smoothly and lawfully. Anything other than that will benefit only the Israelis, he said.

Father Shawki Batarian, chancellor for Jerusalem’s Latin Patriarchate, said Arafat “was the leader of the people and the one who unified all Palestinians. Most important is that at Arafat’s passing (all of Palestine) remain one in order to build the Palestinian state and put aside all personal issues.

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Pope wants Catholics to understand ‘real presence’ of Christ

By Michael Severance ROME (CNS) — One reason Pope John Paul II launched a Year of the Eucharist is that he wants Catholics to deepen their understanding of the “real presence” of Christ in the sacrament of Communion.

The pope has stressed that this is not a symbolic or metaphorical idea. It means believing that Christ is present — body, blood, soul and divinity — under the appearances of bread and wine in Communion.

In his encyclical last year on the Eucharist, the pope said this is “a presence in the fullest sense: a substantial presence whereby Christ, the God-man, is wholly and entirely present.”

Quoting St. Cyril, the pope explained further: “Do not see ... in the bread and wine merely natural elements, because the Lord has expressly said that they are his body and his blood ... though your senses suggest otherwise.”

The church teaches that bread and wine become the body and blood of Christ through the intervention of the Holy Spirit at the act of consecration in Mass. It recognizes that this is a unique process, part of a mystery that can be understood only through faith and never fully explained in words.

The doctrine of the “real presence” has challenged Christians from the first days of the church.

The apostles, all of Jewish descent, were scandalized when Jesus said to them at the Passover feast: “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of man and drink his blood, you have no life in you. ... For my flesh is food indeed, and my blood is drink indeed.”

According to the late biblical scholar, Father Raymond Brown, the apostles were taken aback by well-embedded moral and religious connotations associated with eating human flesh. For ancient Jews, Father Brown said, “eating flesh” also had a metaphorical significance, meaning to revile or to slander, that created problems of understanding.

According to some of Rome’s leading theologians and liturgists today, the “real presence” is still a controversial and misinterpreted doctrine, yet for different reasons.

Father Thomas Williams, a professor of theology at Rome’s Regina Apostolorum university, said the main issue is that most of the faithful do not take Christ’s New Testament pronunciation literally.

He said that many Catholics do not believe they are

actually eating Christ’s flesh and drinking his blood, except symbolically so. He blames such misperception on modern man’s “over-reliance” on his senses.

The eucharistic miracle — termed “transubstantiation” by the Council of Trent — involves maintaining the external appearance of bread and wine while changing their inner “substantial” qualities to Christ’s own flesh and blood.

Father Williams said that when belief in the real presence is absent or weak, partaking in Communion can become a mere ceremonial gesture. The need to be free of serious sin to receive Communion may also lose importance for Catholics, he said.

“Obviously, skepticism regarding the real presence contributes to the latter abuse, since if the Eucharist merely ‘symbolizes’ Christ’s presence it matters little whether one is in a state of grace or not,” he said.

“It used to be that respect for the greatness of the

Eucharist would lead some — and at times many — to abstain from the Eucharist. In more recent times the pendulum has swung in the other direction,” he said.

Father Dennis Gill, liturgical director at the North American College, said celebrants can do much to inspire greater belief in the real presence.

One issue today, he said, touches upon liturgical practices that demonstrate clearly to the faithful that something sacred is really present before them. Celebrants do this “by their own example, by carrying out the Mass in a certain reverent way — especially through proper posture and gesture,” he said.

“There should be nothing that appears routine,” he said.

“The use of such signs as incense and bells helps to highlight the sacred mystery that occurs with the eucharistic prayer.

“We must do this because Christ is really there in the sacrament,” he said. “It’s that simple.”

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Support for marriage seen as crucial to President Bush’s election win

By Nancy Frazier O’Brien WASHINGTON (CNS) — Years from now, historians may point to a moment in the 2004 campaign for president when the tide turned in favor of Republican President George W. Bush over his Democratic challenger, Sen. John F. Kerry of Massachusetts.

In early July, two weeks before the Democratic convention, the president spoke out in favor of the Federal Marriage Amendment, which would amend the U.S. Constitution to define marriage as the union of a man and a woman.

“Because families pass along values and shape character, traditional marriage is also critical to the health of society,” he said. “Our policies should aim to strengthen families, not undermine them. And changing the definition of traditional marriage will undermine the family structure.”

Some pundits had warned that it was unwise for Bush to put such emphasis on what they viewed as a divisive social policy when voters cared more about Iraq, the war on terrorism and the economy.

“Our analysis of the swing voters shows that they are concerned about Iraq and about the economy, and I don’t think they are likely to be swayed, or have strong feelings, about a constitutional amendment,” Andrew Kohut, director of the Pew Research Center for the People and the Press, told The New York Times in July.

But when all was said and done, 22 percent of all voters across the United States picked “moral values” as the most important issue facing the nation, followed by the economy and jobs (20 percent) and the war on terrorism (19 percent). Eighty percent of those who saw moral values as the most important issue voted for Bush, according to post-election data released by the National Election Pool.

Eleven state ballots included measures similar to the Federal Marriage Amendment, revising state constitutions to limit marriage to its traditional definition. The measure was approved in all 11 states, including Ohio, where a Bush win secured his victory in the Electoral College, and eight other states won by Bush.

“Clearly the supporters of traditional marriage helped President Bush down the aisle to a second term,” said Tony Perkins, president of the Family Research Council.

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Catholic leaders nationally and in the states looking at the issue this year had called nearly unanimously for approval of the federal and state amendments.

Only Oregon and Michigan voters approved the amendment to ban same-sex marriage but chose Kerry over Bush.

In each of those states, according to the National Election Pool data, voters picked something other than moral values as the most important election issue. For Oregonians it was the war in Iraq, and for those in Michigan, it was the issue of the economy and jobs.

Karen M. White, political director of a group that seeks to elect pro-choice, women Democrats, said Republican organizers “were very smart in arranging their electoral strategy” around issues like same-sex marriage that were likely to bring Bush supporters out to vote.

John Kenneth White, politics professor and director of the Life Cycle Institute at The Catholic University of America, said that in some ways the Massachusetts Supreme Court handed Bush’s campaign the issue it needed to succeed in this election.

Before the state court ruled last November that laws restricting marriage to heterosexual couples violate the state constitution, John White said Bush’s re-election campaign was stumbling.

The court’s decision gave Republican strategists and activists an issue that energized people to come out to vote to pass the marriage initiatives and also support Bush, he said.

Matt Daniels, president of the Alliance for Marriage, said the marriage initiatives brought Bush “a critical bump in support among core Democratic voting groups” that favored the amendment, including African-Americans, Catholics and women.

“Among African-American voters in Ohio alone ...

President Bush nearly doubled his support over the 2000 election, from 9 (percent) to 16 percent,” Daniels said.

Bush “also improved his support among Catholics and women by 5 percent,” he added. “Indeed, America demonstrated broad-based strength and momentum for our Federal Marriage Amendment — strength and momentum that transcends all racial, cultural and religious boundary lines.”

Nationwide, about 51 percent of voters chose President Bush, compared to 48 percent who voted for Senator Kerry. Among Catholics, who make up 27 percent of the electorate, Bush got 52 percent of the vote compared to 47 percent for Kerry. That is a significant turnaround from the 2000 election where 50 percent of Catholics voted for Al Gore and only 46 percent for George Bush.

An analysis by John Green, head of the Bliss Institute for Applied Politics at the University of Akron in Ohio, and Steven Waldman, founder of the online magazine Beliefnet, found that Catholics in the battleground states of Florida and Ohio turned out more strongly for Bush than for Kerry.

In Ohio, the analysis found that 65 percent of Catholics who attend church weekly voted for Bush and 35 percent for Kerry. In Florida, Catholics made up 28 percent of the voting population this year versus 26 percent in 2000. Catholics voted 54 percent for Bush this year yielding him an additional 400,000 votes over 2000; approximately his margin of victory. Nationwide, 56 percent of Catholics who said they go to church weekly voted for Bush, compared to 43 percent for Kerry.

Green and Waldman said 58 percent of voters nationwide from all faiths who attend church once a week voted for Bush. Bush also increased his share of support from those who attend church services only once a month from 46 percent in 2000 to 50 percent this year. Those who attend church less frequently were more likely to vote for Kerry.

The exit poll study also reported high turnout particularly for Bush among what they defined as white evangelical or born-again Christians. They constitute 23 percent of the electorate, and 78 percent voted for Bush while 21 percent voted for Kerry. Bush’s numbers also increased among Hispanic voters. The president achieved 42 percent of the Hispanic vote in 2004 versus 31 percent in 2000.

Protestants — including both evangelicals and members of mainline denominations — make up 54 percent of the electorate; 59 percent of them voted for Bush, compared to 40 percent for Kerry.

Patricia Zapor contributed to this story.

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Year of the Eucharist

‘Stay with us, Lord!’

Our Holy Father has inaugurated “The Year of the Eucharist” by setting before us the account of the meeting of the risen Christ with two disciples on the road to Emmaus. The title of his Apostolic Letter echoes the plea of those two pilgrims, a plea which has been repeated by believers for two thousand years: “Stay with us, Lord!” It is an entreaty which Christ answers in many ways, but above all in the gift of the Eucharist.

Pope John Paul roots this Year in the Great Jubilee of 2000, and its proclamation that Jesus Christ is the center and meaning of human history. When we consider the events of the first years of this new millennium, we may wonder. The tragedy of 9/11 continues to cast a pall over our world; warfare and terrorism are on the increase. The Church in our own country continues to struggle with the fallout of clergy scandals, and in both Church and society we find mutual suspicion, polarization and anxiety.

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Which is simply to say that we are very much like those two disciples on the first Easter Sunday. They are trudging along the road away from Jerusalem, disillusioned and mournful. So absorbed are they in the tragic crucifixion of their Master that they pay little heed to the Stranger who joins them. Their Lord is with them, victorious over death, but his presence is hidden. He walks with them, enters into their sorrow, and patiently explains how it was necessary for the Messiah to suffer what he did in order to enter into his glory. At their invitation, the Stranger joins them for a meal, and he is recognized “in the breaking of the bread”.

The story of this Easter encounter describes what we experience every time we gather to celebrate the Eucharist: Christ himself joins the community of his disciples, and in the Liturgy of the Word he “opens the Scriptures” to reveal the plan of our salvation. In the Liturgy of the Eucharist he gives himself to us in the meal which is a participation in his sacrificial death. Strengthened by this food, we, like the two pilgrims, can build up the community of disciples in Jerusalem, and carry to the ends of the earth the Good News that the Lord does indeed remain with us. He is not a dead Teacher, instructing us through his lessons, he is the living Lord dwelling with us.

He is with us, and yet when the two travelers recognized him, he vanished from their sight. What does this mean?

Several things. First, that the Eucharist is a mystery of

faith; the presence of Christ can only be perceived by faith.

This is why it is not enough for us hear the Scriptures at Mass – we need to nourish our faith by personal, prayerful study of God’s word. And we should not limit our communion with Christ in the Eucharist to the celebration of the Mass, either – we need to nourish our faith by personal prayer in the presence of the Blessed Sacrament.

Secondly, the “hiddenness” of Christ means that, just as we need to recognize his presence in the Eucharist by faith, so we must recognize his presence in other people, especially those most in need, and show our love for him by our service to them. The Holy Father rightly underscores the connection between the Eucharist and solidarity with those in need. The turning point in the account of Emmaus comes when the disciples invite the Stranger to join them.

Finally, this “disappearance” reminds us that the Eucharist also points ahead to a still greater presence of Christ, when he will return in glory. The Mass is the first course in the Wedding Feast of the Lamb, and already we are united with those who have gone before us, marked with the sign of faith. As we make our earthly journey, Jesus both stays with us and goes on ahead. He stays with us in time; we will stay with him in eternity.

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THIRTY-THIRD SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME Malachi 3:19-20a; Psalm 98:5-6, 7-8, 9; 2 Thessalonians 3:7-12; Luke 21:5-19 A READING FROM THE BOOK OF THE PROPHET MALACHI (MAL 3:19-20A) Lo, the day is coming, blazing like an oven, when all the proud and all evildoers will be stubble, and the day that is coming will set them on fire, leaving them neither root nor branch, says the Lord of hosts.

But for you who fear my name, there will arise the sun of justice with its healing rays.

RESPONSORIAL PSALM (PS 98:5-6, 7-8, 9) R. The Lord comes to rule the earth with justice.

Sing praise to the Lord with the harp, with the harp and melodious song.

With trumpets and the sound of the horn sing joyfully before the King, the Lord.

R. The Lord comes to rule the earth with justice.

Let the sea and what fills it resound, the world and those who dwell in it; let the rivers clap their hands, the mountains shout with them for joy.

R. The Lord comes to rule the earth with justice.

Before the Lord, for he comes, for he comes to rule the earth; he will rule the world with justice and the peoples with equity.

R. The Lord comes to rule the earth with justice.

A READING FROM THE SECOND LETTER OF SAINT PAUL TO THE THESSALONIANS (2 THESS 3:7-12) Brothers and sisters: You know how one must imitate us. For we did not act in a disorderly way among you, nor did we eat food received free from anyone. On the contrary, in toil and drudgery, night and day we worked, so as not to burden any of you. Not that we do not have the right. Rather, we wanted to present

ourselves as a model for you, so that you might imitate us. In fact, when we were with you, we instructed you that if anyone was unwilling to work, neither should that one eat. We hear that some are conducting themselves among you in a disorderly way, by not keeping busy but minding the business of others. Such people we instruct and urge in the Lord Jesus Christ to work quietly and to eat their own food.

A READING FROM THE HOLY GOSPEL ACCORDING TO LUKE (LK 21:5-19) While some people were speaking about how the temple was adorned with costly stones and votive offerings, Jesus said, “All that you see here— the days will come when there will not be left a stone upon another stone that will not be thrown down.”

Then they asked him, “Teacher, when will this happen? And what sign will there be when all these things are about to happen?” He answered, “See that you not be deceived, for many will come in my name, saying, ‘I am he,’ and ‘The time has come.’ Do not follow them!

When you hear of wars and insurrections, do not be terrified; for such things must happen first, but it will not immediately be the end.”

Then he said to them, “Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be powerful earthquakes, famines, and plagues from place to place; and awesome sights and mighty signs will come from the sky.

“Before all this happens, however, they will seize and persecute you, they will hand you over to the synagogues and to prisons, and they will have you led before kings and governors because of my name. It will lead to your giving testimony. Remember, you are not to prepare your defense beforehand, for I myself shall give you a wisdom in speaking that all your adversaries will be powerless to resist or refute. You will even be handed over by parents, brothers, relatives, and friends, and they will put some of you to death. You will be hated by all because of my name, but not a hair on your head will be destroyed. By your perseverance you will secure your lives.”

Crosses With Three Arms

By Father John Dietzen

Q. I just returned from Russia and have questions about the Orthodox crosses with three arms, one of them slanting.

Can you explain what they mean?

A. The cross with three bars was in wide use very early in Christianity.

According to legend the icon of the Mother of God of the Passion (Our Lady of Perpetual Help) was painted by St. Luke. Whether it was or not, it is an extremely ancient work of art and interestingly has the three-armed cross in the upper right-hand corner.

Metropolitan Ilarion Ohienko of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church has written an extensive study of the three-bar cross.

He calls it the Ukrainian National Cross, although it traditionally is identified also with other Orthodox, and some Eastern Catholic, churches.

The Christian theologian Origen (d.

254) tells of seeing the cross with the signboard above our Lord’s head on which Pilate wrote the charge against him and the footrest where Christ’s feet were nailed.

Most crucifixes with which we are familiar bear a small inscription near the top with letters standing for Jesus of Nazareth, King of the Jews, which the Gospel according to John tells us was inscribed on the cross in Hebrew, Latin and Greek.

At one point early on, perhaps because

so many people were crucified in the Roman Empire, it seems the church decreed that all crosses made for liturgical and other spiritual use should be inscribed with the letters IC XC, abbreviation for Jesus Christ in Greek, to identify it as the cross on which Jesus died.

Later the letters NIKA, Greek for “he conquers,” were added. These symbols often are seen on crosses in Eastern churches and even more often on icons, the great “visual prayers” of the Eastern churches.

Reasons for the slanting footrest are uncertain. One interpretation is that the right side points up to indicate the “good thief” on Jesus’ right, who is told he would that day be in paradise.

The Maronite (Catholic) Church cross has the three bars, but none are slanted. They are said to represent the Holy Trinity and perhaps the three days Jesus lay in the tomb.

There are at least 300 different forms of the cross in the history of Christian art and symbolism, many of them with the three cross bars, and certainly there are more than 300 explanations of their origin and meaning.

Each one is meant to portray in different ways what Christians believe about the death and resurrection of our Savior.

It’s not surprising that interpretations sometimes overlap, that a meaning originally intended becomes obscure in time and that the same symbol takes on more than one meaning over the centuries.

Scripture FATHER WILLIAM NICHOLAS

Reaching out into the darkness “Though I walk through the valley of darkness, I fear no evil for you are with me.”

One of the films released this past summer was M. Night Shyamalan’s “The Village.” It is the story of a simple, isolated, 19th century town, surrounded by a wood in which reside fearsome and mysterious creatures. The people of the town have an agreement with these creatures to mutually respect one another’s borders. This truce is broken when one of the villagers breaches that agreement and wanders into the woods.

On the night the creatures, in turn, invade the village (my favorite scene of the movie), the warning bell is rung and the villagers scatter to their houses, to lock themselves in and hide in the basement. However, in the home of the Walker family the young, blind, Ivy Walker stands in the front doorway, her hand reaching out into the darkness, waiting for her lover, Lucius Hunt to join them. As her siblings cower in the basement begging her to close the door, Ivy remains steadfast; fearful, but confident that Lucius will come to make sure they are okay.

As the tension mounts, and the red image of one of the creatures creeps into the light, Ivy’s hand is finally taken, and she is pulled inside the house – by Lucius, who shuts the door and leads her to safety. The entire mood of the scene changes: The action is switched to slow motion, over which plays a haunting love theme. Yet, even though the tension and suspense remains, the audience is left with a new feeling – everything will be all right! Lucius has arrived!

As we rapidly approach the end of another liturgical year, the themes, such as we hear in our readings for this Sunday, can be overwhelming and even frightening – particularly if read with all the vigor of an Old Testament prophet. We do not hear of comfort, but of judgment. We do not hear of peace, but of persecution, even at the hands of family and friends. We do not hear of rest, but of labor to the point of exhaustion. We do not hear of a Messiah and King, but of false leaders seeking to trap us. We are not left feeling at ease, but shaken and a bit discouraged, reaching out for any sign of consolation or reassurance.

Such may be the feeling of many as our nation continues its war on terror, with the difficulty in Iraq and the continued threat of violence – anywhere, anytime! Such may be the feeling of those who suffer extreme, or terminal illness, or are faced with a frightening medical procedure in which their life hangs in the balance. Such may be the feeling of our brothers and sisters in faith who suffer

persecution throughout the world, the very persecution Christ promises in the Gospel.

Such may be the feeling of children whose families are facing divorce or tragedy. Such may be the feeling of all of us as our Church continues to be plagued by scandal, and a hostile media. Such were the feelings of the disciples of Christ at sunset on Good Friday.

In what appears to be a no-holds-barred Gospel, Christ promises trials and tribulations.

Being His follower will not always be a bed of roses. However, He also promises that at the proper time we will be given what we need in order to endure. He promises words and wisdom that will enable us to bear such trials with a patient resolve, and it is that endurance that will help us to see salvation. Like Ivy Walker in “The Village” we are called to resist the temptation to cower and hide in the face of fear.

Rather we must stand with our hand outstretched, waiting for Christ to take us by the hand and lead us to where we need to go, giving us the graceå to endure the trials and struggles that will come as a part of being His followers.

It is this grace and resolve that gave the early martyrs courage in the face of torture and death. It is this grace and resolve that gave the early missionaries the courage to take the Gospel to new, unknown lands, even though its reception and their futures were uncertain.

It is this grace and resolve that has guided the Church throughout history. It is this grace and resolve that will bring the Church through this present period of scandal and struggle. And it is this grace and resolve that will bring us through our own personal trials and ordeals.

Christ assures us that being His follower can, at times, be very frightening, particularly when it invites hostility, persecution and suffering. We are called to be a light to the world, and that world is often a dark one. As believers in Christ we do not hide in a basement, shutting out a frightening world. Rather we too stand in the doorway, with our hands reached out into the darkness of a world at times unreceptive to the message of the Gospel. We stand with full confidence that He will come, has come, is indeed already here with us. We hold a confidence that with Christ, all may not be easy, but everything will be all right. While Christ does not promise us peace and tranquility, He does promise to give us what we need to endure, so as to finally reach salvation.

Fr. William Nicholas is parochial vicar at Church of the Nativity in Menlo Park.

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JUBILARIANS WOMEN RELIGIOUS Religious of the Sacred Heart – RSCJ

Friends and family joined the Religious of the Sacred Heart for jubilee commemorative rites in Atherton.

From left: Lila Desmond French, Daniel J. Desmond, Mimi Desmond Matthews, Sister Patricia Desmond RSCJ, Laura Desmond Hildreth, Jim Hildreth.

Sister Geraldine Murphy, RSCJ, and Sister Rina Ronconi, RSCJ.

Sister Anita Villere, RSCJ and Sister Catherine Seiker, RSCJ.

Sister Rita Ryan, RSCJ

Sister Ann McGowan, RSCJ and Sister Kathy Dolan, RSCJ.

70 years

60 years cont.

Sister Geraldine Murphy, RSCJ, was born in Canada. She has served as counselor at Sacred Heart High School, Atherton and once headed the department at Lone Mountain College. She has also served at her congregation’s schools in Japan. She lives today at Oakwood, the congregation’s retirement residence in Atherton.

Sister Pierina Ronconi, RSCJ, was born in Italy and traveled to the U.S. in 1953 aboard the fated Andrea Doria that sank just six months after her trip. She has served at her community’s schools throughout the state.

Sister Mary O’Callaghan, RSCJ, was born in Florida and has taught at Sacred Heart schools including Maryville College, her alma mater, in St. Louis. She is a former Washington lobbyist for the social justice advocacy group Network and lives today at Oakwood.

60 years Sister Anita Villere, RSCJ, was born in New Orleans and has served at Sacred Heart schools in cities including Cincinnati and St. Louis. She retired in 1992 and today lives at Oakwood.

Sister Catherine Seiker, RSCJ, served as teacher and administrator at Sacred Heart schools in cities including Atherton, New Orleans and Chicago. She lives today at Oakwood.

Sister Rita Ryan, RSCJ, has served as teacher and administrator at her congregation’s schools in Chicago, Omaha, San Diego, Atherton and San Francisco. She lives in retirement in the City.

50 years Sister Patricia Desmond, RSCJ, attended St. Matthew Elementary School in San Mateo and Notre Dame High School in Belmont. She has taught at Sacred Heart schools in San Francisco, Atherton and Tokyo and serves today as Archivist for the Atherton locations.

40 years Sister Kathleen Dolan, RSCJ, has served as teacher and administrator at Sacred Heart schools in Connecticut, Texas and Michigan. Today she lives in Redwood City and teaches at St. Joseph Elementary School in Atherton.

Sister Ann McGowan, RSCJ, is a former Principal of St. Joseph Elementary School, Atherton and is today Vice-Principal at St. Raymond Elementary School in Menlo Park.

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Sisters of Charity of the Blessed Virgin Mary

Sister Raymunda Clark, BVM

Sister Maxine McCabe, BVM

Sister Mary Ann Shea, BVM

Sister Veronica Burke, BVM

Sister Incarnata Gephart, BVM

Sister Muriel McCarthy, BVM

Sister Margaret Mollan, BVM

Sister Mary Alexander Carroll, BVM

Sister Jane Dolan, BVM

Sister Ellen Kerr, BVM

Sister Mary McElmeel, BVM

Sister Maura Purcell, BVM

Sister Mary Stokes, BVM

Sister Joyce Cox, BVM

Sister Dolores Perry, BVM

75 years

60 years cont.

Sister Raymunda Clark, BVM, was born in San Francisco and grew up in St. Paul Parish. She taught at elementary schools including St. Brigid, Most Holy Redeemer, St. Paul, St. Philip, and St. Thomas More and lives today in retirement at Marian Hall in Dubuque.

Sister Jane Dolan, BVM, formerly Sister Brenda, grew up in St. Paul Parish, San Francisco. She has taught at Most Holy Redeemer and St. Philip elementary schools and lives today at Marian Hall.

Sister Ellen Kerr, BVM, formerly Sister Cordelie, taught at San Francisco’s St. Brigid Elementary School and schools in Southern California. She is currently retired in Dubuque.

Sister Mary McElmeel, BVM, formerly Sister Eugenne, taught at San Francisco’s St. Philip Elementary School. She currently serves in ministry to Latino Catholics in Illinois.

Sister Maura Purcell, BVM, taught at Most Holy Redeemer Elementary School, San Francisco.

She lives today in retirement at the Mount Carmel Motherhouse.

Sister Mary Stokes, BVM, formerly Sister Charlotte, taught at St. Paul High School in San Francisco. She lives today in retirement at Wright Hall in Chicago.

70 years Sister Maxine McCabe, BVM, is former member of the faculty at Most Holy Redeemer Elementary School and today lives in retirement at Marian Hall in Dubuque.

Sister Mary Ann Shea, BVM, formerly Sister Agnes Corneille, was born and raised in St. Paul Parish in San Francisco where she later taught at the parish school. She also taught at Most Holy Redeemer and St. Thomas More. She lives today in retirement at Marian Hall.

65 years Sister Veronica Burke, BVM, formerly Sister Timothena, is a native San Franciscan. She grew up in St. Paul Parish and taught at elementary schools including St. Paul’s, St. Philip’s, and St. Brigid’s. She lives today in retirement at the Mount Carmel Motherhouse in Dubuque.

Sister Incarnata Gephart, BVM, taught at Most Holy Redeemer Elementary and at schools in Sacramento and Nebraska. She lives in retirement at the Mount Carmel Motherhouse.

Sister Muriel McCarthy, BVM, formerly Sister Baptist, grew up in St. Anne of the Sunset Parish in San Francisco. She taught at St. Paul Elementary School and served in pastoral ministry at St. Philip and St. Thomas More parishes. She lives in retirement at the Mount Carmel Motherhouse.

Sister Margaret Mollan, BVM, formerly Sister Laurice, taught at St. Brigid Elementary School in San Francisco and schools in San Jose and Southern California. She lives at the Mount Carmel Motherhouse

60 years Sister Mary Alexander Carroll, BVM, taught at San Francisco’s St. Paul Elementary School and at the college level at schools including Mundelein in Chicago. She lives in retirement at Marian Hall in Dubuque.

55 years Sister Joyce Cox, BVM, formerly Sister Petrine, is a former principal of St. Thomas More Elementary School in San Francisco. She is currently acting Superintendent of Schools for the Archdiocese of Seattle.

Sister Dolores Perry, BVM, formerly Sister Marlene, taught at San Francisco’s St. Thomas More Elementary School and St. Paul High School. She currently serves at Holy Name Cathedral in Chicago.

50 years Sister Marie Corr, BVM, taught at St. Paul Elementary School and schools in Stockton and Lodi.

Today she is a hospital volunteer in Missoula, Montana.

Sister Vivian Harman, BVM, taught at San Francisco’s St. Philip, St. Brigid, and St. Thomas More elementary schools. She lives today in Los Angeles.

Sister Louise Marie Levandowski, BVM, formerly Sister Laurina, taught at St. Philip Elementary School and schools in San Jose and Stockton. Today she is a first grade aide in Davenport, Iowa.

Sister Patricia Mahoney, BVM, formerly Sister Mel, grew up in San Francisco’s St. Anthony Parish and has taught in Illinois and Hawaii. Today she has returned to her City roots and the staff of St. Martin de Porres Catholic Worker House.

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Sisters of Charity of the Blessed Virgin Mary cont.

Sister Marie Corr, BVM

Sister Vivian Harman, BVM

Sister Louise Marie Levandowski, BVM

Sister Patricia Mahoney, BVM

Sister Maureen O’Brien, BVM

Sister Patricia Ann Perko, BVM

Sister Donna Bebensee, BVM

Sister Victoria Smurlo, BVM

50 years cont.

Sister Maureen O’Brien, BVM, formerly Sister Matteo, is an Oakland native and entered the BVM congregation from St. Anne of the Sunset Parish, San Francisco.

She was teacher and principal of San Francisco’s much missed St. Paul High School for more than 20 years and served in pastoral work at St. Paul’s for an additional three years. Today she is a pastoral associate at Church of Visitacion Parish in San Francisco.

Sister Patricia Ann Perko, BVM, formerly Sister Vincent DePaul, taught at South San Francisco’s All Souls Elementary School and at schools in Sonoma and Southern California. She lives in retirement in Butte, Montana.

40 years Sister Donna Bebensee, BVM, formerly Sister St. Janet, taught at San Francisco’s St. Paul High School and today is a graduate student in Chicago.

Sister Victoria Smurlo, BVM, formerly Sister Marie Stephen, served in San Francisco as a seniors program planner with the YMCA. She is currently with Kaiser Hospice in Los Angeles.

Sisters of the Holy Family

Sister M. Joanna Connolly, SHF

Sister M. Malachy Hannigan, SHF

Sister Marianne Smith, SHF

Sister M. Agnes Gough, SHF

Sister M. Stephen Smaro, SHF

Sister M. Jane Mast, SHF

Sister Kathryn Morrow, SHF

Sister M. Sharon Mello, SHF

70 years

60 years cont.

Sister M. Joanna Connolly, SHF, is remembered from service at parishes including St. Brendan, St. Teresa, and Mission Dolores. Now retired and living in Oakland, she serves today as a volunteer tutor.

Sister M.Malachy Hannigan, SHF, has served at the Sisters’ Holy Family Day Home and in Pastoral care at Laguna Honda Hospital and the St. Anthony Foundation. She now resides at the community’s Motherhouse in Fremont.

Sister Kathryn Morrow, SHF, is a former principal of St. James and St. Emydius elementary schools. Today, she is retired and living at her community’s Motherhouse in Fremont.

Sister Marianne Smith, SHF, has served at St. Thomas the Apostle Parish, Holy Angels Parish and St. Mary’s Cathedral. Today she is a Social Worker at Holy Family Day Home.

Sister M. Stephen Smaro, SHF, formerly Sister Celestina Elena, is a native San Franciscan and graduate of Immaculate Conception Academy. She has served at St. Mary’s Cathedral and St. Peter and Sacred Heart parishes in the City as well as at Holy Family Day Home. She currently lives in San Jose in service to senior women of the Holy Family Guild.

60 years Sister M. Agnes Gough, SHF, is a native San Franciscan who entered religious life from St. Thomas the Apostle Parish in the Richmond District. She is a former Director of Holy Family Day Home and has been a familiar face at parishes including St. Elizabeth, Mission Dolores and Church of the Visitacion. She has served as a Medical Assistant in San Jose since 1983.

Sister M. Jane Mast, SHF, has assisted in religious education programs at parishes including St. Peter, St. Mary’s Cathedral and St. Paul. She has lived and worked in the Archdiocese of Los Angeles since 1987.

50 years Sister M. Sharon Mello, SHF, has served at Our Lady of Guadalupe Parish and the San Francisco Day Home. Today she is Coordinator of Ministry to the Sick, Elderly and Homebound JUBILARIANS 2004, page 14 at St. Patrick Parish in Sonora.

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BOOK SUGGESTIONS FOR WINTER READING THE GARDEN OF MARTYRS

By Michael C. White St. Martin’s Press, 359 pp., $24.95.

Michael White had me hooked from the moment I read the title of his book: “The Garden of Martyrs.” As a journalist, I wanted to know the who, what, where, how and why of this 1806 crime. As a reader, I wanted to savor this compelling story about two Irish Catholic immigrants charged with murder in Northampton, Mass., and the exiled French priest, Father Jean Louis Lefebvre de Cheverus, who tried to comfort them through their long imprisonment, short trial and speedy execution.

The book is based on a true incident which took place during a time of extreme prejudice against Irish immigrants and Catholics. White quotes Samuel Adams, who wrote at the time, “Much more is to be dreaded from the growth of popery in America than from Stamp Acts or any other act destructive of civil rights.” White weaves detailed character development with research from history books and period articles into a novel that screams, “Make me into a movie with Liam Neeson.”

This historical novel captures the time and place, as well as the tension created by strangers, poverty, differing religious beliefs and the human struggle for love and forgiveness.

– Notes by Pat Norby, Catholic News Service

THE AMERICAN CATHOLIC VOTER – TWO HUNDRED YEARS OF POLITICAL IMPACT

By George Marlin St. Augustine’s, 420 pp., $30 There’s much to be said about American Catholic voters today, which is probably why so much is being said about them. The average citizen might be forgiven for thinking we’ve returned to the time of Jack Kennedy, when Catholics rose up to claim the presidency for the first time—or maybe to the era of the nineteenth-century Know-Nothings, when Catholics seemed a stain of Irish ignorance and Italian superstition spreading across the land. All this year, the nation’s media have been obsessed with the Catholic vote, the Catholic bishops, and the Catholic influence on the November presidential election.

George Marlin’s new book, The American Catholic Voter, is the most significant recent publication on the subject. As a historical study, the volume is a political junkie’s dream, collecting in four hundred well-written pages a quick but solid analysis of every important Catholic moment in American political history, from the impact of the Carroll family of Maryland during the 1770s, to the Democratic party’s brilliant memorandum on the electability of Catholic politicians in the 1950s, and down to our own peculiar situation in the midst of the 2004 presidential campaign. The book contains little-known anecdotes, helpful statistics, and an excellent sense of the flow of American politics over the last two hundred and fifty years. – Notes by Joseph Bottum, The Weekly Standard

PASSING FOR WHITE: RACE, RELIGION AND THE HEALY FAMILY, 1820-1920

By James M. O’Toole University of Massachusetts Press, 304 pp., $19.95 paperback.

“Passing for White” is the story of the Healy family, brothers and sisters born into slavery in Georgia who hid their heritage and became leaders of the 19th-century American Catholic Church.

In the 1950s, when Bessie Cunningham received a letter from a historian seeking information about her grandparents, she was shaken, fearful that the family secret would become public. Even the descendants were only gingerly told that their ancestor, Michael Healy, an Irish immigrant who had settled in Georgia, had never married his “wife,” Eliza, and that this was because they could not legally marry, since she was one of his slaves.

Of Michael and Eliza’s six sons, one became the Catholic bishop of Portland, Maine; another was the rector of the Cathedral of the Holy Cross in Boston; a third became president of Georgetown University in Washington, while another rose in the ranks of the Coast Guard.

Two of their daughters entered religious life, while the third married a white man and lived a respectable suburban life. The Healy family’s crossing of the color line was so complete that two of the lighter-skinned children were identified on their death certificates as white.

I cannot begin to indicate the importance of this work for what it tells us about the Catholic Church in 19th-century America or about race relations. O’Toole is to be commended for a fine, well-balanced work that examines an issue that the church wrestles with even today. – Notes by Father Augustine J. Curley, Catholic News Service

WORTHY IS THE LAMB: THE BIBLICAL ROOTS OF THE MASS

By Thomas Nash Ignatius Press, 300 pp., $15.95 Thomas Nash refutes the common charge that the Mass is “unbiblical” in a resoundingly biblical fashion. From the Garden of Eden to Christ’s Ascension, the biblical roots of the Mass go much deeper than the Last Supper and Christ’s Passion. Old Testament sacrifices like Abel’s, Abraham’s and the Passover all prefigure and are fulfilled by Christ’s Sacrifice, which is made present in the Sacrifice of the Mass.

What began on the Cross culminated in everlasting glory when Jesus entered “once for all” into the heavenly holy of holies, as the Letter to the Hebrews provides. Worthy is the Lamb reminds the faithful that the Mass is, as Vatican II affirms, “the source and summit of the whole Christian life.”

Convert and Catholic apologist Scott Hahn in reviewing Nash’s book said, “It’s high time Catholics discovered the Old Testament roots of our Church’s worship and priesthood. The New Covenant did not abolish the Old, but fulfilled and transformed it. Our Lord wants us to experience the reality of the Mass in all its fullness, and that’s what Tom Nash wants you to know.”

MY NAME IS BILL

By Susan Cheever Simon and Schuster, 262 pp., $24.00.

“My Name Is Bill,” by Susan Cheever, is subtitled “Bill Wilson — His Life and the Creation of Alcoholics Anonymous.”

Wilson, the co-founder of AA, was born in 1895 in East Dorset, Vt., the product of a soon-to-be-broken marriage. Raised in a dry household, Wilson did not have a drink until he was 22 years old. For the next 17 years, he would drink away one job after another. In 1934, hospitalized, broke, hopeless, he had a dramatic spiritual experience and never took another drink.

Wilson met Dr. Robert Smith in Akron, Ohio, in 1935.

In that meeting “Dr. Bob” experienced the healing power of one alcoholic talking to another alcoholic. After one final relapse, the doctor had his last drink on June 10, 1935. That date marks the official founding of AA (although the group would have no name for another two years). In 1939, with the editorial help of the first sober members of AA, Wilson wrote the textbook of the new group, “Alcoholics Anonymous.”

Cheever is careful not to put this most quixotic of heroes on a pedestal. She gives ugly — if fascinating — details of Wilson’s womanizing, experiments with LSD, spiritualism, and attempts to make money from AA. In the delirium of his final days dying of emphysema in 1971, Wilson cried out for whiskey (which he was not given). That request, after 36 years of sobriety, was testimony to the enduring grip of alcohol. Wilson was instrumental in freeing millions from that grip’s sweet and deadly torment.

–Notes by Graham G. Yearley Catholic News Service

THE MIRACLE DETECTIVE: AN INVESTIGATION OF HOLY VISIONS

By Randall Sullivan Atlantic Monthly Press, 448 pp., $25.00 In what often reads like a spiritual whodunit, author and Rolling Stone contributing editor Sullivan takes readers on a journey into the labyrinthine world of religious apparitions and miracle investigations. Sullivan’s fascination with the subject began in 1994 when he learned of a spiritual phenomenon in his own backyard—the reported apparition of the Virgin Mary in a rundown trailer in eastern Oregon. Intrigued, he did some cursory research about such occurrences and proposed to his publisher to do a book on “miracle detectives.” He began in Rome, where he met with Catholic Church officials charged with investigating such phenomena, and proceeded to the village of Medjugorje in the former Yugoslavia, where the Virgin reportedly first appeared to six young people in 1981. It was in Medjugorje that Sullivan encountered an unexpected turn in his investigation—a personal religious experience in which a mysterious young woman came to his aid as he made a pilgrimage up the moun-

tain of Krizevac. This and his subsequent spiritual encounters make for an interesting subplot as Sullivan continues his quest to explain the unexplainable, though he never fully discloses the details of where those experiences led him. Much has been written about Marian apparitions, particularly those at Medjugorje, but The Miracle Detective may well emerge as one of the most comprehensive and engaging modern works on the subject.

Well told and expertly researched, Sullivan’s book should appeal to skeptics and believers alike.

– Notes by Publishers Weekly

LETTERS TO A YOUNG CATHOLIC

By George Weigel Basic Books, 272 pp., $22.50 George Weigel is the best-selling biographer of Pope John Paul II, a theologian and a prolific writer who rarely, if ever, disappoints. In “Letters to a Young Catholic” Weigel aims to explain for “young Catholics — and not-soyoung Catholics, and indeed curious souls of any religious persuasion or none — what it means to be a Catholic today.” Weigel chose as his method “to take an epistolary tour of the Catholic world, or at least those parts of the Catholic world that have shaped (his) own understanding of the church, its people, its teaching and its way of life.”

Join Weigel, then, as he travels from Baltimore, Md., to Milledgeville, Ga., St. Peter’s in Rome, Jerusalem, the Olde Cheshire Cheese pub in London and other noteworthy locations on the Catholic map. Taking each place as his inspiration, he explains Catholicism not as an abstraction but as a real way of life for real people who live in the real world.

Along the way, Weigel makes everything from history to Christian doctrines and traditional Catholic devotional practices come alive. If Weigel’s take on being Catholic is sometimes a tad too far right of center for some readers, his breadth and depth of knowledge demand to be taken seriously. Weigel does a first-rate job of injecting new life into what it means to be Catholic, and both younger and older readers will appreciate his clarity of insight.

– Notes by Mitch Finley, Catholic News Service

HOME-ALONE AMERICA: THE HIDDEN TOLL OF DAYCARE, BEHAVIORAL DRUGS, AND OTHER PARENT SUBSTITUTES

By Mary Eberstadt Sentinel, 288 pp., $25.95 Why are there so many troubled kids these days, diagnosed with learning disabilities or behavioral problems?

Why is child obesity out of control? Why are teenagers contracting herpes and other sexually transmitted diseases at unprecedented rates?

In Home-Alone America, scholar Mary Eberstadt offers an answer that’s widely suspected but too politically incorrect to say out loud. A few decades ago, most children came home from school to a mother who monitored their diets, prevented sexual activity or delinquency by her mere presence, and provided a basic emotional safety net. Most children also lived with their biological father.

But today, most mothers work outside the home, and many fathers are divorced and living far away because society promotes adult fulfillment at the expense of our children. Too many kids now feel like just another chore to be juggled—dropped off at day care; handed over to a nanny; left in front of a television or a computer; and often simply home alone, with easy access to all kinds of trouble.

Eberstadt offers hard data proving that absent parents are the common denominator of many recent epidemics, including obesity, STDs, mental health problems of all kinds, and the increased use of psychiatric medication by even very young children. Drawing on a wide range of medical and social science literature as well as popular culture, she reopens the forbidden question of just how much children need their parents—especially their mothers.

SARGE: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF SARGENT SHRIVER

By Scott Stossel Smithsonian Institution Books, 761 pp., $32.50.

In his introduction to the biography of Robert Sargent Shriver, Scott Stossel writes that his subject, now 89, was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease in early 2003. The biographer expressed his hope that he has served “Sarge” well in this definitive life story. Most readers should agree that he has.

Stossel covers the career and activities of Shriver in great detail. The author, an edi-

tor at Atlantic Monthly, has interviewed his subject, members of his extended family, political and business associates and rivals. Memoirs and histories of Camelot, the New Frontier and the Great Society have been reviewed to capture the atmosphere of the times. Stossel contends that Shriver, although considered by many as the quiet man or Mr. Nice Guy in the competitive and combative Kennedy family circle, was his own man and contributed much in the way of leadership and ideas to various governmental and private programs. There are intriguing insights into the rise of Jack and Bobby Kennedy, their political allies in the “Irish Mafia,” and their efforts to enact their economic programs and governmental agenda. Shriver headed VISTA, the Peace Corps, Head Start, and the Job Corps, and served the White House loyally and effectively.

Stossel defends his subject’s lifelong contributions to public service and the church.

However, he admits that Shriver, for all his remarkable achievements, was plagued by the Kennedy shadow. Oddly enough, the man once known as the president’s brother-in-law is now known to many as the California movie-star governor’s father-in-law.

– Notes by John H. Carroll, Catholic News Service

FLANNERY O’CONNOR AND THE CHRIST-HAUNTED SOUTH

By Ralph C. Wood Eerdmans, 208 PP., $22.00 Wood, one of our most astute critics of Christianity and literature, offers a splendid study of O’Connor, one of our most enigmatic Southern writers. Raised in Savannah and Milledgeville, Ga., O’Connor found herself a Catholic in a deeply Protestant South. But as Wood demonstrates, she was at home there, as she used her stories and novels to challenge what she saw as the sentimental piety of her own faith and the dullness of the Protestant liberalism of her time. Drawing on O’Connor’s fiction, letters, book reviews and occasional writings, Wood examines key topics from race and the burden of Southern history to preaching and vocation. Although the depth of O’Connor’s religious devotion reflected the sacramentalism of her Catholic faith, Wood ingeniously points out the debt she owed to the Bible-centered vision of Protestant theologian Karl Barth and to the images of fallenness that Reinhold Niebuhr offered in his famous work The Nature and Destiny of Man. Rather than reading thematically through O’Connor’s entire oeuvre, Wood selects stories and episodes from novels that illustrate his thesis about O’Connor’s concerns. Wood observes that most of O’Connor’s stories end with a graceful scene in which her protagonists experience a revelatory moment, “at once disclosing the horror of sin but also overcoming the horror with hope.” Although there is no end to the books on O’Connor, Wood’s elegant exploration of her theological reading of Southern culture provides fresh insight into her relevance for – Notes by Publishers Weekly us today.

THE WORDS WE PRAY: DISCOVERING THE RICHNESS OF TRADITIONAL CATHOLIC PRAYERS

By Amy Welborn Loyola Press, 210 pp., $11.95 This book will be useful to non-Catholics who’ve ever wondered about the difference between a Hail Mary and the Salve Regina, as well as Catholics who would like to delve into the significance of some of the Church’s most important prayers. Welborn, author of several books for Catholic youth, writes that as a young adult she was “a bit of a prayer snob,” finding comfort in extemporaneous personal prayers but not the rote, memorized historic prayers of the Catholic tradition. Her feelings changed around age 30, when she discovered the joys of praying the rosary and realized that there are times when our own words simply aren’t enough, and we must rely upon timeless prayers that connect us to something outside our own experience.

Here, she presents and analyzes some of the Church’s most famous prayers, “worn and prayed by millions,” including the sign of the cross, the Our Father (the Lord’s Prayer), the Hail Mary, the creeds, the Act of Contrition, the Jesus Prayer, the Anima Christi, the prayers of Saint Francis and others. Welborn does a fine job of drawing on her own experience as she unpacks these ancient prayers, making them accessible and beautiful to modern Catholics.

- Notes by Publishers Weekly

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Sisters of St. Joseph of Orange

Sister Lucy Sciocchetti, CSJO

Sister Caroline Belanger, CSJO

Sister Agnes Marie Schon, CSJO

Sister Suzanne Sassus, CSJO

Sister Roseanne Cecillon, CSJO

Sister Phyllis Tallerico, CSJO

Sister Michelle Tochtrop, CSJO

Sister Jeanne Marchese, CSJO

Sister Sue Dunning, CSJO

Sister Mary Elizabeth Nelsen, CSJO

80 years

50 years

Sister Lucy Sciocchetti, CSJO, taught at St. Peter Elementary School and assisted at Corpus Christi and Our Lady of Perpetual Help parishes. She lives today in Regina Residence in Southern California.

Sister Caroline Belanger, CSJO, lives today at Regina Residence in Southern California.

Sister Roseanne Cecillon, CSJO, is currently a Patient Advocate at St. Joseph Hospital in Orange.

Sister Phyllis Tallerico, CSJO, attended Notre Dame des Victoires Elementary School and today ministers to senior members of the congregation.

Sister Michelle Tochtrop, CSJO, teaches at St. Joseph Elementary School in Santa Ana. Sister Jeanne Marchese, CSJO, taught at All Hallows, Our Lady of Perpetual Help, and Notre Dame des Victoires elementary schools and today continues her service in the Archdiocese at St. Mary’s Chinese Day School.

75 years Sister Agnes Marie Schon, CSJO, attended San Francisco’s Lone Mountain College and served at Corpus Christi and Our Lady of Perpetual Help parishes.

50 years Sister Suzanne Sassus, CSJO, attended Notre Dame des Victoires Elementary School, where she later taught, and Lone Mountain College.

25 years Sister Sue Dunning, CSJO, taught at All Hallows Elementary School and today works in Pastoral Ministry in Mexico.

Sister Mary Elizabeth Nelsen, CSJO, is Assistant Principal of St. Iraneus Elementary School in Southern California.

Sisters of Providence of St. Mary of the Woods

Sister Dorothy Marie Ahern, SP

Sister Ann Xavier Hau, SP

Sister Helen Dolores Losleben, SP

Sister Carolyn Kessler, SP

65 years

50 years

Sister Dorothy Marie Ahern, SP, is a former member of the faculty of Good Shepherd Elementary School, Pacifica. She is currently active in Adult Education.

Sister Ann Xavier Hau, SP, is a former principal of Good Shepherd Elementary School, Pacifica and today serves at her congregation’s Motherhouse in Indiana.

Sister Helen Dolores Losleben, SP, taught at Good Shepherd Elementary School, Pacifica. Serves at her congregation’s Motherhouse in Indiana.

Sister Carolyn Kessler, SP, is a former research associate in linguistics at Stanford University School of Medicine. Today, she teaches English as a Second Language in Florida.

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Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur

Sister Catherine McGrath, SNDdeN

Sister Frances Charlton, SNDdeN

Sister Julie Clayton, SNDdeN

Sister Denis Marie Harney, SNDdeN

Sister Barbara Hamm, SNDdeN

Sister Aileen Donohue, SNDdeN

Sister Noreen Morgan, SNDdeN

Sister Carole Proctor, SNDdeN

Sister Patricia McGlinn, SNDdeN

Sister Gertrude Boracca, SNDdeN

70 years

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Sister Catherine McGrath, SNDdeN, formerly Sister Dolores Julie, holds a graduate degree in Religious Education from Catholic University and has served on the faculty of schools in Carmel, Salinas and San Jose. She currently serves in prayer at Convent of the Holy Names in Los Gatos.

Sister Frances Charlton, SNDdeN, formerly Sister Francis Marie, is a former principal of Notre Dame High School, Belmont and faculty member of Mission Dolores Elementary School, San Francisco. Today she serves in the ministry of prayer at Mercy Retirement and Care Center in Oakland.

Sister Julie Clayton, SNDdeN, is a former member of the faculty at Notre Dame Elementary School, Belmont, and Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Elementary School, Redwood City.

Today she serves in prayer at Mercy Retirement and Care Center in Oakland.

Sister Aileen Donohue, SNDdeN, formerly Sister Barbara Julie, is a graduate of the now closed Notre Dame High School in San Francisco and later earned a graduate degree from St. Mary’s College in Moraga. Today she lives in the Sisters of Notre Dame Province Center Residence in Belmont.

50 years

Sister Denis Marie Harney, SNDdeN, a graduate of Notre Dame de Namur University in Belmont, has served on the faculty of St. Charles Elementary School, San Carlos, and Mission Dolores Elementary School in San Francisco. Today she lives at Moreland Notre Dame Convent in Watsonville.

Sister Barbara Hamm, SNDdeN, formerly Sister Anthony, has taught at elementary schools including Our lady of Mt. Carmel, Redwood City, Mission Dolores, San Francisco and Immaculate Heart of Mary, Belmont. She lives today in San Jose and serves in Parish Adult Faith Formation.

Sister Noreen Morgan, SNDdeN, formerly Sister Valerie, attended local schools including San Francisco’s St. Paul Elementary, Notre Dame High School and Notre Dame de Namur University in Belmont. She is a former member of the faculty at Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Elementary School in Redwood City and today lives in Oakland.

Sister Carole Proctor, SNDdeN, formerly Sister Mary Alma, is a graduate of Notre Dame High School in San Francisco and the University of San Francisco. She has taught at elementary schools including St. Dunstan’s, Millbrae and Our lady of Mt. Carmel, Redwood City, as well as Notre Dame High School, Belmont. Today she lives and serves as a counselor and teacher in Nairobi, Kenya.

Sister Patricia McGlinn, SNDdeN, formerly Sister Mary Sebastian, is a former member of the faculty at Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Elementary School, Redwood City, and is currently an Assistant Professor of Political Science/History at Notre Dame de Namur University in Belmont. She makes her home at the school in the Sisters’ Toso Residence.

Sister Gertrude Boracca, SNDdeN, formerly Sister Mary Joachim, taught at San Francisco’s Notre Dame Elementary School as well as its Belmont counterpart. Today she serves as a co-Director of Pastoral Care at Our Lady of Fatima Villa in Saratoga.

Dominican Nuns of Corpus Christi Monastery, Menlo Park

Daughters of Charity of Canossa

60 years

Sister Rosetta Benelli, FdCC, became a Canossian Sister in her native Italy 63 years ago. She spent 17 years in Africa teaching and serving as Principal at elementary and secondary schools in Tanzania, Congo and Malawi. She has served at San Francisco’s Holy Name of Jesus Parish since 1988 where she is Pastoral Associate to the sick, homebound and elderly. Her wish is to “make Jesus Known and loved.”

50 years Sister Mary of the Compassion Geary, OP, is celebrating her fiftieth year as a cloistered Dominican Sister.

Sister Mary of the Compassion Geary, OP

Sister Rosetta Benelli, FdCC,

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Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet

Sister Agnes Joseph Walsh, CSJ

Sister Mary Adrienne Kennedy, CSJ

Sister Therese Grusling, CSJ

Sister Carolyn Hayn, CSJ

Sister Leone La Porte, CSJ

Sister Consuelo Aguilar, CSJ

Sister Marion Donohue, CSJ

Sister Claire Latham, CSJ

Sister Paul Joseph Madden, CSJ

Sister Rosaleen Russell, CSJ

Sister St. George Skurla, CSJ,

Sister Ann Marguerite Souza, CSJ

Sister Edward Mary Zerwekh, CSJ

Sister Antoinette Czuleger, CSJ,

Sister Margaret Ellen McGraw, CSJ

80 years

60 years cont.

Sister Agnes Joseph Walsh, CSJ, attended the University of San Francisco and has served as Principal and teacher at schools in San Francisco and the East Bay. She lives today at Carondelet Center in Los Angeles.

Sister Claire Latham, CSJ, formerly Sister Mary Grace, attended schools in San Francisco and Southern California. She has been teacher and Principal at schools in the City and the East Bay. Sister Paul Joseph Madden, CSJ, attended schools in Minnesota and Southern California and has served in Idaho and the Golden State. She lives today in St. Bridget of Sweden Community in Van Nuys.

Sister Rosaleen Russell, CSJ, formerly Sister Francis Louise, attended schools in Chicago and Arizona. She has served as teacher, graphic artist and administrator. She lives today at Carondelet Center in Los Angeles.

Sister St. George Skurla, CSJ, attended UCLA and taught at schools in San Francisco and Southern California. She lives today at Daniel Murphy Community in Los Angeles.

Sister Ann Marguerite Souza, CSJ, was born in Oakland and has served at schools in San Francisco and her home Diocese. She lives today in Lewiston, Idaho.

Sister Edward Mary Zerwekh, CSJ, attended the University of San Francisco and is the founding Principal of her congregation’s Carondelet High School in the East Bay. She lives today at the Upper Room Community in Los Angeles.

75 years Sister Mary Adrienne Kennedy, CSJ, is a Star of the Sea graduate and served as Principal and teacher at schools in San Francisco and the East Bay. She currently resides at Carondelet Center in Los Angeles.

70 years Sister Therese Grusling, CSJ, has served at schools in San Francisco and Southern California.

She lives today at Carondelet Center n Los Angeles.

Sister Carolyn Hayn, CSJ, has a degree in Nursing. She has served in San Francisco, Southern California and the East Bay in hospital ministry and as teacher to the Deaf. Sister Carolyn’s twin brother is Jesuit Father Carl Hayn, Professor of Physics at Santa Clara University.

Sister Leone La Porte, CSJ, formerly known as Sister Mary Philip, earned a graduate degree from San Francisco State University. She has served as Principal and teacher at schools in San Francisco including St. Emydius. She lives today at Carondelet Center in Los Angeles.

60 years Sister Consuelo Aguilar, CSJ, formerly Sister John Joseph, attended schools in Southern California and has taught in schools in San Francisco and the East Bay. Today she lives in Casa Esperanza Community in Los Angeles.

Sister Marion Donohue, CSJ, formerly Sister Raymond Joseph, is a native San Franciscan and earned a graduate degree from Stanford University. She has been teacher and Principal at schools in San Francisco and the East Bay. She lives today in Larkspur.

50 Years Sister Antoinette Czuleger, CSJ, formerly Sister Charles Stephen, attended schools in Los Angeles. She has served as teacher and Principal at schools in San Francisco and Long Beach. She is currently Principal of St. John Chrysostom School in Inglewood.

Sister Margaret Ellen McGraw, CSJ, attended schools in Los Angeles and Michigan. She has served as in this country and overseas including work in a refugee camp on the Cambodian border.

She is a former Regional Superior of her congregation and today is an instructor at St. Mary’s College in Los Angeles.

Sister Ann Patricia O’Connor, CSJ, is a graduate of the missed and revered Star of the Sea Academy. She served as Superintendent of Schools for the Diocese of Santa Rose for 16 years and is a former Assistant Superintendent of Schools for the Archdiocese of San Francisco and the Diocese of San Diego. She lives today in Encino.

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Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet cont.

Sister Ann Patricia O’Connor, CSJ

Sister Noreen O’Connor, CSJ,

Sister Patricia McCarthy, CSJ,

Sister Anne McMullen, CSJ,

Sister Mary Dorothea Quinn, CSJ

50 Years cont.

Sister Noreen O’Connor, CSJ, formerly Sister Noreen Francis, is a native San Franciscan and alumna of Star of the Sea Academy. She has taught at schools in the East Bay and Oregon. Today she lives in Concord and serves as Regional Superior of her congregation as well as Development Director for Northern California.

Sister Patricia McCarthy, CSJ, formerly Sister Eileen Patrice, attended schools in Ohio and Southern California. She has taught in schools in San Francisco and the East Bay. Today she teaches at St. Mary’s Academy in Inglewood and lives in El Segundo.

Sister Anne McMullen, CSJ, formerly Sister James Anne. She attended Star of the Sea Academy and Mount St. Mary’s College in Los Angeles and has taught at schools in the East Bay. Today she lives in Los Angeles and is an administrator Carondelet Center.

Sister Mary Dorothea Quinn, CSJ, was born in San Francisco and is an alumna of Star of the Sea Academy where she later served as Principal. She now lives in Southern California where she is a Parish Director.

Sister Mary Sevilla, CSJ, formerly Sister Joseph Anthony, studied at schools in Southern California. She holds a graduate degree in counseling and today lives in Lakewood where she is a psychotherapist.

Sister Mary Sevilla, CSJ

Sisters of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary

Sister Cecile Feldhaus, PBVM

Sister Corinne Avila, PBVM

Sister Joan Riordan, PBVM

Sister Rita Jovick, PBVM

Sister Nancy McLaughlin, PBVM

70 years Sister Cecile Feldhaus, PBVM, attended San Francisco’s St. Agnes Elementary and Presentation High School. She spent 36 years teaching in elementary and secondary schools in the Bay Area and Southern California and five years as a Parish Sister in New Mexico.

Today she serves in the ministry of prayer at the Presentation Sisters’ Motherhouse in San Francisco.

60 years Sister Corinne Avila, PBVM, is an alumna of the University of San Francisco. She taught first grade for 33 years at schools in San Francisco, Southern California and the East Bay. For the last 14 years, she served as a first grade aide at Nativity Elementary School in Menlo Park.

Today she resides at the Motherhouse and is engaged in volunteer ministry.

50 years Sister Joan Riordan, PBVM, attended St. Anne of the Sunset Elementary, Presentation High School and the University of San Francisco. She has spent 48 years as an educator on the elementary, secondary and college levels at schools including St. Anne’s, Presentation and Ohlone College in Fremont. She lives today in Oakland.

Sister Rita Jovick, PBVM, attended St. Anne of the Sunset Elementary School and the University of San Francisco. She has taught at schools in San Francisco and the East Bay and is former Development Director for the scholarship program Together in the Mission of Education. She currently lives in the California City of Freedom.

Sister Nancy McLaughlin, PBVM, is a graduate of St. Anne of the Sunset Elementary and Presentation High School. Since 1968, she has been in parish ministry at St. Stephen, San Francisco, St. Andrew, Daly City and other locations. She currently lives in San Francisco serving as Justice Coordinator for the Sisters of the Presentation.

Sister Maire Sulivan, PBVM

Sister Monica Miller, PBVM

50 years cont.

Sister Maire Sulivan, PBVM, attended St. Anne of the Sunset Elementary and Presentation High School. She is a former principal of the now-closed St. Agnes Elementary School and has also served as Parish Sister there. She is founder of her congregation’s Breakfast for Day Laborers project. Today she lives in San Francisco and serves at Good Samaritan Family Resource Center.

25 years Sister Monica Miller, PBVM, attended Epiphany Elementary School, Presentation High School and San Francisco State University. She has taught at the elementary and secondary school levels, and is a former Youth Minister at St. Peter Parish, Pacifica and student supervisor at St. Patrick’s Seminary, Menlo Park. Sister Monica is also former Vocations Director for the Sisters of the Presentation. Today she lives in Millbrae and is Executive Director of the Conference of Presentation Sisters of North America.

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Sisters of Mercy of the Americas Regional Community of Burlingame

Sister Mary Assumpta Murray, RSM

Sister Mary Sophia Newcomb, RSM

Sister Mary Placida Conant, RSM

Sister Rena Ricci, RSM

Sister Rita Fantin, RSM

Sister Mary Carol Baetz, RSM

Sister Mary Leonita Metoyer, RSM

Sister Mary Carmen Sugiyama, RSM

Sister Mary Lorraine Mullins, RSM

Sister Maria Cristina Caballero, RSM

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Sister Mary Assumpta Murray, RSM, taught at St. Peter Elementary School in the Mission District as well as in schools in Southern California. She held leadership positions in her community from 1959 – 74 and today lives in Burlingame.

Sister Mary Sophia Newcomb, RSM, taught in schools in the Bay Area and Southern California and today lives in Burlingame.

Sister Mary Carol Baetz, RSM, is a former member of the faculty at Mercy High School, Burlingame and Mercy High School, San Francisco. She has taught at Puente Learning Center in East Los Angeles for the last 15 years.

Sister Mary Leonita Metoyer, RSM, served in the finance departments of three of her community’s hospitals in Southern California. She currently lives in San Diego.

Sister Mary Carmen Sugiyama, RSM, is a nurse who expanded her medical career when she turned to Art Therapy at sites including the Senior Citizens’ Center in San Francisco’s Japantown.

Sister Mary Lorraine Mullins, RSM, is a graduate of San Francisco’s St. Peter Elementary School and St. Peter Academy high school. She has taught at elementary schools in the Bay Area and Southern California before becoming an educational therapist and evaluator. She currently serves at St. Nicholas School in Los Altos and lives in Burlingame.

70 years Sister Mary Placida Conant, RSM, is a former administrator of her community’s hospitals in Arizona and San Diego. Today she lives in Burlingame.

60 years Sister Rena Ricci, RSM, formerly Sister Emilian, is a former Nursing Supervisor and Administrator at her community’s hospitals in San Diego and San Francisco. Today, she lives in the City.

Sister Rita Fantin, RSM, formerly Sister M. Modesta, is a graduate of Mercy High School, Burlingame and has taught at elementary and secondary schools in the Bay Area. She has also served with vocational and personnel programs in the East Bay and the nation’s capital.

25 years Sister Maria Cristina Caballero, RSM, was taught by the Sisters of Mercy at her parish school in Los Angeles. She served on her community’s New Membership Team and today teaches at St. Francis Elementary School in Bakersfield.

Dominican Sisters of Mission San Jose 75 years Sister Marie Theophane Lehner OP, is a former member of the faculty at San Francisco’s St. James Elementary School and Immaculate Conception Academy. She lives today in St. Martin Residence in Mission San Jose.

70 years Sister Mary Damian Wilson, OP, taught at the City’s Immaculate Conception Academy and St. James Elementary School. She now makes her home at St. Martin Residence in Mission San Jose.

Sister Martina Dietrich, OP, is remembered for her years teaching at San Francisco’s St. Boniface, St. James and St. Anthony elementary schools. She makes her home today at St. Martin Residence in Mission San Jose.

Sister Thecla Maeusl, OP, has served at St. Vincent School for Boys in San Rafael and currently resides at St. Martin Residence in Mission San Jose.

60 years Sister Evangela Balde, OP, is an alumna of San Francisco’s St. James Elementary School and Immaculate Conception Academy. She later taught at St. James as well as St. Anthony and St. Boniface elementary schools in the City. She now lives in St. Joseph Priory in Mission San Jose and serves as Archivist for her congregation.

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Seated from left: Sisters Thecla Maeusl, Mary Damian Wilson, Martina Dietrich, Marie Theophane Lehner. Standing from left: Sisters Blanca Estela Reyes Romero, Evangela Balde, Laureen Boyle.

Sister Laureen Boyle, OP, attended Our Lady of Perpetual Help Elementary School, Daly City and Immaculate Conception Academy, San Francisco and taught at St. Anthony Elementary School. She lives today at Queen of Peace Community in Mission San Jose and volunteers at a nearby hospital.

Sister Blanca Estela Reyes Romero, OP, lives and serves as treasurer for her congregation’s communities in Mexico.

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Sister Mariana Rabe, DC

Sister Rose Rotella, DC

Sister Louise O’Neill, DC

Sister Joan Gibson, DC

Sister Kevin Malone, DC

70 years Sister Mariana Rabe, DC, served in roles including nursing supervisor at her community’s Seton Medical Center in Daly City for almost 40 years. She currently serves in the ministry of prayer at Laboure Residence in Los Altos Hills.

60 years Sister Rose Rotella, DC, served as House Mother at San Francisco’s Mt. St. Joseph St. Elizabeth from 1962 – 72. She currently serves and lives in Santa Barbara.

Sister Louise O’Neill, DC, taught at San Francisco’s St. Vincent de Paul Elementary and Cathedral – now Sacred Heart Cathedral – High School. Today she lives in Los Angeles.

50 years Sister Joan Gibson, DC, is s former principal and vice-principal of San Francisco’s Cathedral – now Sacred Heart Cathedral – High School. She now serves as Councilor for Education of her community and lives in the City’s Caritas House.

Sister Kevin Malone, DC, is a former Patient Advocate at Daly City’s Seton Medical Center. Today she lives and serves in the ministry of prayer at Laboure Residence in Los Altos Hills.

Sister Sharon McCarthy, DC, is a former member of the Pastoral Care Department at Seton Medical Center and assistant to the St. Vincent de Paul Society of San Francisco. She currently resides at Villa Siena Sisters’ Home in Mountain View where she is Director of Pastoral Care.

Sister Alice Marie Quinn, DC, is a dietician who has served at Seton Medical Center, Daly City and facilities throughout the state. She currently lives at St. Vincent Medical Center Sisters’ Home in Los Angeles where she is Director of the Senior Citizen Nutrition Program.

Sister Sharon McCarthy, DC

Sister Alice Marie Quinn, DC

25 years Sister Margaret Keaveney, DC, is a former Coordinator and Associate Director of her community’s Seton Coastside Medical Center in Moss Beach and Vice President and Associate Administrator of Seton Medical Center, Daly City. She now lives at the Seton Provincialate in Los Altos Hills where she serves as Visitatrix – the community’s chief leadership role – of the Daughters of Charity, Province of the West.

Sister Margaret Keaveney, DC

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25 years Sister Susan James Heady, FSP, has served in cities including New York, Miami, Boston, and Honolulu, and, since 2002, San Francisco at her community’s Pauline Books and Media Center on Geary Street. The congregation’s mission is “evangelization with the printed word and other media of communication.”

40 years Sister Adella Kannukadan, CHF, is a graduate of the University of San Francisco and has served as a nurse at St. Mary’s Medical Center in San Francisco for 14 years. She is also an extraordinary minister of Communion at St. Ignatius Church.

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Advent Opportunities Nov. 28 - Dec. 2: Busy Person’s Retreat at Notre Dame Province Center, 1520 Ralston Ave., Belmont across from Ralston Hall on the campus of Notre Dame de Namur University. “An opportunity for women and men to take time for reflection and prayer in the midst of busy schedules.” Opens Sunday with orientation at 4 p.m. and closes Thursday at 7:30 p.m. Donation of $75 requested. Pre-register by Nov. 15th please. Call (650) 593-2045, ext.

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Nov. 29: An Evening with Father Ronald Rolheiser at Vallombrosa Center 250 Oak Grove Ave., Menlo Park 7 – 9 p.m. “An evening of input, questions and answers with famed lecturer and author.” Father Rolheiser is also a very popular columnist with Catholic San Francisco newspaper. $15. Call (650) 325-5614.

November 12, 2004 Dec. 12: Sisters of Mercy, Burlingame Region invite all members, former members, and associates of the community to events celebrating the Mercy Sisters’ 150 years in California. Contact Sally O’Connell at (650) 3407437 or soconnell@mercyburl.org.

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Prayer Opportunities/Lectures Nov. 19, 20: Called and Gifted Workshop at Holy Name of Jesus Parish, 38th Ave. and Lawton, SF. Fri. 7 – 9:30 p.m.; Sat. 8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. with Liturgy at 5 p.m. Call Angela Testani at (415) 586-5754.

Nov. 27: The Mysticism of Blessed Angela of Floigno, a Day of Recollection at the Povarello, 109 Golden Gate Ave. Call (415) 447-9860.

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Food & Fun Nov. 13, 14: Holiday Crafts Sale benefiting St. John of God Parish, 5th Ave. at Irving, SF. Nov. 13: 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. Nov. 14: 10:30 a.m. – 2 p.m. Call (415) 566-5610.

Nov. 13. 14: Holiday Boutique benefiting St. Andrew Church, Southgate and Sullivan, Daly City with handcrafted gifts and “gently used” household items. Sat. 9 a.m. – 6 p.m.; Sun. 9 a.m. – 2 p.m. Call (650) 756-3223.

Nov. 13, 14: A Way to Christmas, luncheon and craft fair benefiting work of the Women’s Club of All Souls Parish in South San Francisco. Choose from handmade items for all gift needs plus snack bar, drawings, face painting. More than 30 vendors. Doors open 9 a.m. both days. Call Dolores at (650) 588-0810.

Nov. 14: Pancake Breakfast and Talent Show benefiting St. Finn Barr School, 8:30 a.m. – 2:30 p.m. at the parish. Adults $5/Seniors and Students $4.50/under 5 $3.50. Call (415) 333-1800.

Nov. 16, 17, 18: Holiday Boutique benefiting the work of St. Mary’s Medical Center Auxiliary in main lobby of hospital. Choose from handcrafted items, decorated Christmas Trees and much more.

Tuesday is special preview party from 4 – 7 p.m. with $10 admission. Other days are free admission with hours Nov. 17 from 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. and Nov. 18 from 10 a.m. – 3 p.m. Call (415) 750-5790.

Nov. 18, 20: Home for the Holidays – A Christmas Boutique benefiting Lake Street’s happiest address, St. Anne’s Home. Preview cocktail party Nov. 18th from 6 – 9 p.m.. Tickets $100 per person. Boutique, Silent Auction and Raffel Nov. 20th from 10 a.m. – 3 p.m. Luncheon from 11:30 a.m. – 1 p.m. Limited seating. Tickets are $45 per person. Valet parking both days. Sponsored by Auxiliary of Little Sisters of the Poor. Call Gerri Murphy at (415) 564-5837.

Nov. 19, 20: Marian Care Center Christmas Boutique, 2300 Adeline Dr., Burlingame, 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. Great holiday items including crafts, gift baskets, foods, many homemade by retired Sisters of Mercy. Call (650) 340-7426.

Nov. 20: Annual Crab Bash Family Dinner at Holy Name of Jesus, 39th Ave. and Lawton, SF, with dinner at 6:30 p.m. followed by dancing to the music of Images featuring the popular Laura and Victor Flaviani. Tickets $30adults/$10 children 5 – 10.

Tables of 8 $205. Menu includes salad, pasta, french bread marinated cracked crab plus wine, coffee and punch. Call Jackie Alcaraz at (415) 6648590.

Nov. 20: Annual Interfaith Community Health Fair at St. Dominic Church, Bush and Steiner St., SF, 9:30 a.m. – 4 p.m. Morning workshops will look at the impact of “violence on personal and community health.” Afternoon is dedicated to health screenings and advice from Ask the Doctor booths, social service and health insurance professionals. Call (415) 750-5683. Sponsored by St. Mary’s Medical Center and the San Francisco Giants.

Nov. 20: Holiday Boutique benefiting Mercy High School, 3250 19th Ave., San Francisco from 10 a.m.

Project Rachel, a post-abortion ministry of the Archdiocese of San Francisco, offers workshops with Vicki Thorn, director of the national Office of Post-Abortion Reconciliation.Takes place Nov. 20th from 9:30 a.m. – 4 p.m. at the Pastoral Center, One Peter Yorke Way, SF.Workshop provides training for post-abortion mentors and general information on the post-abortion experience. Interested persons are welcome. Call (415) 717-6428.

A play more about Shakespeare than by Shakespeare is A Cry of Players at Archbishop Riordan High School’s Lindland Theatre Nov. 12, 13 and 19, 20, 21. The play is by William Gibson known best perhaps for his 1960 Tony-winning, The Miracle Worker. Thomas Osborne, a senior at Riordan, and Meghan Howard, a senior at St. Ignatius College Preparatory are featured as William Shakespeare and Anne Hathaway. Directed by Valerie O’Riordan. Produced on Broadway in 1968, A Cry of Players starred Frank Langella and Anne Bancroft. Curtain at 8 p.m. all dates but Nov. 21 when curtain is at 2 p.m. Call (415) 587-5866 for ticket information. Photo by Vince Paratore.

– 4 p.m. Arts and Crafts, raffle, silent auction and more. Refreshments and Irish Coffee, too! Call (415) 334-0525, ext. 300.

Nov. 20, 21: Noel Notions, a Christmas Bazaar benefiting Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Parish in Mill Valley. Enjoy homemade baked goods and other foods, salvage shop treasures, Santa’s Toy Booth and more. Takes place in schoool auditorium 17 Buena Vista Ave. Call (415) 3884332.

Nov. 20, 21: Autumn Serenade, a classical concert featuring Wilfredo Pasamba on cello. Nov. 20 at St. Philip Church, 725 Diamond St., SF. Nov. 21 at St. Augustine Church, 3700 Callan Ave., SSF. Both at 7 p.m. Tickets are $10 and $15. Call(650) 278-0256.

Nov. 21: Sing-a-long to the Sound of Music at St. Stephen Parish Donworth Hall, 473 Eucalyptus Dr. near Stonestown Join the fun! Benefits work of LCA Juniors of Catholic Charities CYO. $5 per person. Please call ahead to (415) 972-1243 or info@littlechildrensaid.com.

Dec. 1: Holiday Boutique at Kohl Mansion, 2750 Adeline Drive in Burlingame, 5 – 9 p.m. Sponsored by Alumnae Association of Mercy High School, Burlingame.

More than 55 vendors will display unique holiday treasures including jewelry, clothing and decorations. Docent tours of the famed Kohl mansion at 6:30 and 8 p.m. $7 donation appreciated. Call (650) 762-1190.

Dec. 3: The Nutcracker, annual Christmas Luncheon benefiting Our Lady of Loretto Parish, Novato. Also enjoy Christmas Boutique, Ramos Fizz Bar, fashion show, bingo and more. Call (415) 898-4224.

Dec. 4, 5: A Magical Christmas, 34th annual St. Brendan Mothers’ Club Christmas Boutique benefiting the parish school. Features wide selection of holiday gifts, decorations, gourmet baskets and ornaments. Raffle, food courts, and children’s game area too. Sat. hours are 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. Sun hours are 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. All in church hall, 234 Ulloa at Laguna Honda Blvd., SF. Call (415) 731-2665.

Dec. 11: Auxiliary to the de Paul Youth Club, 50th Annual Noel Ball, Venetian Room of the Fairmont Hotel, $150.00 per person. Contact Maria Melrose 922-8432 or Louise Bea 563-1685. The Auxiliary to the de Paul Youth Club supports the de Paul Youth Club and has done so for 50 years. The Youth Club provides recreation and organized sports to the youth of the parish of St. Vincent de Paul.

3rd Wed.: All you can eat Spaghetti Luncheon at Immaculate Conception cafeteria, 1550 Treat St., SF. $7 per person includes salad and French bread.

All you can eat from noon on! Reservations not

required. Call (415) 824-1762. Proceeds benefit St. Anthony-Immaculate Conception School.

3rd Sat.: Handicapables gather for Mass and lunch at St. Mary Cathedral, Gough and Geary St., SF, at noon.

Volunteer drivers always needed. Call (415) 585-9085.

4th Sat.: Handicapables of Marin meet at noon in the recreation room of the Maria B. Freitas Senior Community adjacent to St. Isabella Church, Terra Linda, for Mass, lunch and entertainment. Call (415) 457-7859.

California Handicapables needs volunteers including drivers, servers, donors, and recruiters of those who might benefit from the experience. Call Jane Cunningham at (415) 585-9085.

Shows Nov. 19 – Dec. 12: Festival of New One Act Plays and Performances by Dominican University and Community Players. Call (415) 673-3131 or www.dominican.edu for curtain times and ticket information.

Through Nov. 21: Cloud 9 and Top Girls, plays by Caryl Churchill at University of San Francisco’s Campion Hall, Gill Theater. Call (415) 422-5979 for curtain times and ticket information.

Nov. 12, 13: Shooting Stars, a saga of a touring women’s basketball team in the 1960s at Mercy High School, 3250 19th Ave., SF. Call (415) 334-0525, ext.

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TV/Radio Mon – Fri., KVTO 1400 AM, 7:30 p.m.: Catholic Radio Hour features rosary, music and commentary with Father Tom Daly.

Sunday 6 a.m., WB Channel 20/Cable 13 and KTSF Channel 26/Cable 8: TV Mass with Msgr.

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1st Sun, 5 a.m., CBS Channel 5: Mosaic, featuring conversations on current Catholic issues.

3rd Sun, 5:30 a.m., KRON Channel 4: For Heaven’s Sake, featuring conversations about Catholic spirituality.

Reunions Nov. 20: “Calling all alumni of St. Monica Elementary School, San Francisco,’ says principal, Bret Allen. The 2nd Annual Alumni Reunion begins with Mass at 10: 30 a.m. followed by a reception and school tours. Tickets $25 per person. Contact Bret at (415) 751-9564 or allen@stmonicasf.org.

Office of Young Adult Ministry: Connecting late teens, 20s and 30s, single and married to the Catholic Church. Contact Mary Jansen, 415614-5596, jansenm@sfarchdiocese.org. Check out our website www.sfyam.org for a list of events around the Bay Area.

Nov. 22: On Being Catholic, On Being a Politician, a perspective by SF Mayor Gavin Newsom at regular meeting of St. Vincent de Paul Young Adult Group. “Just show up and be part of our community.” Meetings take place at SVDP, Steiner and Green, SF at 7:30 p.m.

Contact StVincentsYAG@aol.com.

Thurs. at 7:30 p.m.: St. Dominic Adult Formation Series in the parish hall 2390 Bush St. at Steiner, SF. Explore the skills needed to understand the bible and help it inform daily life. Join at any time.

Contact Scott Moyer at scott@stdominics.org.

Single, Divorced, Separated Nov. 20: Annual Mass of Thanksgiving at Xavier Chapel at USF at 4 p.m. Reception follows. Call Susan at (415) 752-1308.

Returning Catholics Programs for Catholics interested in returning to the Church, have been established at the following parishes: Marin County: St. Hilary, Tiburon, Mary Musalo, (415) 435-2775; St. Anselm, Ross, call (415) 453-2342; St. Sebastian, Greenbrae, Jean Mariani at (415) 4617060; Our Lady of Mt. Carmel, Mill Valley, Rick Dullea or Diane Claire at (415) 388-4190; St. Mary Star of the Sea, Sausalito, Lloyd Dulbecco at (415) 331-7949.

San Francisco: Old St. Mary’s Cathedral, SF, Michael Adams at (415) 695-2707; St. Philip the Apostle, 725 Diamond St. at Elizabeth/24th, SF. Call (415) 282-0141; St. Dominic, SF, Lee Gallery at (415) 221-1288; Holy Name of Jesus, SF, (415) 664-8590.

San Mateo County: St. Bartholomew, San Mateo, Dan Stensen at (650) 344-5665; St. Catherine of Siena, Burlingame, Silvia Chiesa at (650) 685-8336; Our Lady of Angels, Burlingame, Dorothy Heinrichs or Maria Cianci at (650) 347-7768; St. Dunstan, Millbrae, Dianne Johnston at (650) 697-0952; Our Lady of the Pillar, Half Moon Bay, Meghan at (650) 726-4337; St. Peter, Pacifica, Chris Booker at (650) 738-1398;

Meetings 2nd Wed.: Men’s Evening of Reflection: Being Catholic in the Modern World at the National Shrine of St. Francis of Assisi, 610 Vallejo St. at Columbus, SF beginning at 7 p.m. Call (415) 983-0405.

Courage, a Catholic support group for persons with same-sex attraction, meets Thursdays at 7:30 p.m. Call Father Lawrence Goode at (650) 322-2152.

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Cardinal says Catholics must learn about Judaism to know faith, understand Mass

By Cindy Wooden ROME (CNS) — Catholics cannot know their faith, nor even fully understand the Mass, without learning about Judaism, the faith of Jesus and his disciples, said retired Cardinal Carlo Maria Martini of Milan.

The cardinal, a biblical scholar who now lives part of the year in Jerusalem, also urged Catholics to increase their prayers for peace in the Middle East.

“When there is peace in Jerusalem, there will be peace on earth,” the cardinal told more than 300 people attending a Nov. 4 conference sponsored by the Cardinal Bea Center for Jewish Studies at Rome’s Gregorian University.

The conference on “Approaches to a Christian Theology of Judaism” also featured speeches by Archbishop Bruno Forte of Chieti-Vasto and Rabbi Giuseppe Laras, chief rabbi of Milan.

In the Christian-Jewish dialogue, Cardinal Martini said, “that which is at stake touches all Christians,” not only in their obligation to promote friendly relations with others, but to understand and appreciate the faith of Jesus, the disciples and the early Christian communities.

The cardinal said that especially during the Year of the Eucharist Catholics should learn about the Jewish prayers, blessings and rituals that shaped Jesus’ last Passover meal with his disciples and the development of the Mass itself.

Cardinal Martini said the development of a Catholic theology of Judaism is still in its initial stages and will take time to formulate and time “especially to be absorbed by our communities.”

The cardinal said the process requires, first of all, that Christians study and know the Old Testament and learn to see the New Testament as a continuation of the story of God’s one plan for salvation.

“It is vital for the church not only to understand the ancient covenant (between God and the Jewish people) which has endured for centuries in order to launch a fruitful dialogue, but also to deepen our own understanding of who we are as the church,” he said.

“It is not enough to be ‘anti’ anti-Semitism,” he said.

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“We need to build friendships, recognizing our differences, but not allowing them to lead to conflict.”

He also said Christians and Jews must work together on concrete projects of charity, justice and peace, creating mutual trust and fulfilling their religious obligation “to give witness to God’s love for humanity.”

“Where there is conflict, like in the Middle East, we must be in the middle, promoting dialogue and helping each side to learn the pain of the other,” Cardinal Martini said.

Rabbi Laras told the conference that, while Jewish-Christian dialogue must recognize the present faith and teachings of both religions and look toward the future, the difficulties cannot be understood without recognizing the mistakes of the past.

He said many rabbis, but not only rabbis, still hesitate to engage in dialogue with Christians because of “a fear or suspicion that Christians are trying to draw Jews to Christianity.”

But while past attempts to convert Jews are involved, Rabbi Laras said, “the first reason for this hesitation is doctrinal: Judaism does not need Christianity to understand itself, while Christianity does need Judaism for its own self-understanding.”

Rabbi Laras said dialogue must be supported “because it is the only way we have to know each other.”

At the end of time, he said, “God will open our eyes and our hearts and show us the truth.”

When that time comes, “we must be alive and walking together toward that goal,” the rabbi said.

Archbishop Forte, an Italian theologian recently named an archbishop, said the Catholic Church’s teaching that God’s covenant with the Jewish people is still valid is a matter of faith in God’s own fidelity to his promises.

Trying to explain how God will save both Jews and Christians “is not a question of one or two covenants,” he said. God’s plan for salvation is one and is a plan of love, he said.

“The two peoples, like two explorers searching for the promised land, must walk together in a kind of reconciliation process that is always under way until the moment at which they become the one people of the eschatological time” with the full establishment of God’s kingdom, he said.

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I [Heart] Huckabees

By Frederica Mathewes-Green Toward the end of “I [Heart] Huckabees,” the “existential detective” Vivian Jaffe (Lily Tomlin) is talking with a client. As the camera swings back her way we discover that she has unexpectedly taken out a pair of large, bone-colored knitting needles and is busily working some black yarn. This startling visual distraction must mean something (recall Chekhov’s famous dictum that a gun seen in the first act must be fired in the next), so the viewer immediately does a mental Google on “knitters.” Top result is Dickens’ cruel Madame Defarge. Compare and contrast: Vivian Jaffe is like Mme Defarge in these ways; she is not like her in those ways.

Or maybe it’s meaningless, in which case, forget the whole thing. That’s the problem with this well-meaning, well-acted comedy.

Director David O. Russell wants us to ponder the big questions about of life, and sets out two alternatives: either everything is “connected” as in a big, fluffy blanket (so say Vivian and her endearingly daffy husband Bernard, played by Dustin Hoffman), or life is loneliness, pointlessness, “cruelty, manipulation, and meaninglessness,” as it says on the business card of the Jaffe’s philosophical competitor, Caterine Vauban (Isabelle Huppert).

The story begins when our hero, mopey environmental activist Albert Markovski (Jason Schwartzman), starts to worry that his life’s work is pointless. Sure, he saved a big rock from a developer, and even wrote a poem about it (“You rock, rock”), but a few coincidental encounters with a Sudanese refugee lead him to wonder whether there’s a hidden pattern to his life. He happens on the Jaffes’ business card and goes to their office. Vivian promises to spy on him, looking for connections; Bernard gives

him a good-natured, spacey pep talk about the unity of the blanket-universe.

But something is already off; the movie can’t keep its philosophical teams straight. The Jaffes tell Albert that his encounters with the Sudanese are probably irrelevant because “some coincidences are meaningless.” How can that be, if the whole universe is as interwoven as they insist? On the other hand, it is their competitor Caterine, champion of meaninglessness, who eventually reveals to Albert the meaning of his connection with the Sudanese refugee.

If all this sounds soggy, the movie itself is a lot more fun. The underlying story is good, though not excessively original: while Albert is brooding about his life, his nemesis, dashing corporate exec Brad Stand (Jude Law), has his own troubles to work out. The dark, grumpy guy and the shiny, charming guy have episodes that range from very funny to thought-provoking, and even to successfully poignant. Albert makes a friend through the Jaffes, Tommy Corn (Mark Wahlberg, a firefighter so environmentally conscious he rides a bike to fires), and Brad has a girlfriend, Dawn (Naomi Watts). When these characters start bouncing off each other as well as the Jaffes and Caterine, the soundstage gets over-crowded.

There’s a lot of promise here, but so much is going on that it’s hard to follow, and everybody talks, talks, talks, the cleverness troweled on as thickly as Vivian Jaffe’s makeup.

If this movie were merely about these intriguing, quirky characters and how they interact and change each other, it would have been pretty good. But the overlay of self-conscious and inconsistent philosophizing jams the circuits, and breeds mistrust in the viewer.

As in any movie, we are supposed to watch the characters’ lives unfold and figure out the patterns. In this case, we’re explicitly told to

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think about whether there are patterns in lives, or meaning in the universe. But all we can see of these lives is ladled out by the filmmaker, and which way is he trying to make us lean?

Is he doling out coincidences or red herrings?

You would think that randomizing an artwork would make it more interesting, but the opposite is true. If, after a few tries, we suspect there is no pattern worth applying our memory to, we check out. Everything that doesn’t make sense sounds alike. It gets tossed into the mindbox where we throw other things not worth attending to, like the humming of a refrigerator.

A movie that wants us to question whether there is an underlying coherence to life will self-sabotage if it doesn’t have an underlying coherence of its own. This is because there is a unifying intelligence behind a movie, and that turns out to be the real question about the universe. It’s not whether life is “connected” or “disconnected;” obviously, it’s both. We are connected by being enmeshed in an interdependent bioand ecological life; we are disconnected in

that every human being’s consciousness is isolated in his own skin, and makes contact with others over a painfully great divide.

The big question is not whether there are connections or not, but whether there is a guiding intelligence behind the connections, like the guiding intelligence behind a movie. The elephant in the theater lobby is God. Director Russell does his best to keep us from considering theology alongside our philosophy, and just to make sure, presents a jarringly ugly caricature of a Christian family so we’ll know whose ideas are unforgivably un-cool.

In the very last scene, Albert and Tommy sit on the rescued rock and talk and talk in a veritable denouement dump.

Midway through the scene, Tom pulls out a red licorice stick and starts chewing on it.

Meaningful or meaningless? I’m not even going to ask.

This review originally appeared on National Review Online.

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Martinez celebrates win as first Cuban-American Senator

By Mary St. Pierre ORLANDO, Fla. (CNS) — As he celebrated becoming the first Cuban-American to be elected to the Senate, Mel Martinez recalled that he came to the United States as a penniless teenager, and credited his achievements to “charitable organizations and good people” who have helped him over the years.

Following a hard-fought campaign, Martinez, a Catholic, was elected Nov. 2 by a narrow margin over his Democratic opponent, Betty Castor.

After receiving a congratulatory call from President George W. Bush the day after the election, Martinez was joined by his wife, Kitty, and Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, R-Tenn., in his first press conference as senatorelect. Martinez’s win helped give the Republicans a majority in the Senate.

“Mel, it’s real,” said Frist, as he pulled a card from his pocket and read the official guidelines for a U.S. senator.

“Now make sure to show up for work ... and be there on time.”

After Frist presented Martinez, a member of St. James Cathedral Parish in Orlando, with a “2005 U.S. Senator” baseball cap, Martinez stepped to the multitude of microphones.

Speaking in Spanish and English, Martinez thanked those who helped him achieve his victory.

“It’s such a blessing to think I have had the wonderful support and prayers of my family and so many other people,” he said. “This country has made some choices and now it is time to move forward on them. Today is about uniting, it’s about forgetting the past and moving forward.”

Martinez, who left Cuba at the age of 14 and was part of Operation Pedro Pan in the early 1960s, recalled his arrival in the United States when he was temporarily housed by Catholic Charities before living with a foster family.

Operation Pedro Pan was a Catholic humanitarian program that brought 14,000 unaccompanied minors from Cuba to this country.

He went on to graduate from Bishop Moore Catholic High School in Orlando and Florida State University.

“To think,” he said, “I arrived here as a young teenager, penniless and without a home, and because of the help of charitable organizations and good people, I have been able to achieve so much.”

Martinez, a former trial lawyer, served the Bush administration as secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development in 2001-03.

Expressing interest in assignments to the Judiciary and Foreign Relations committees in the Senate after he takes office in January, Martinez said he plans to focus on hurricane relief plans, medical malpractice and litigation reform.

Following the press conference, Kitty Martinez expressed relief that the campaign was over. She said she believes the support of voters who stood strong on pro-life issues and opposed same-sex marriage helped her husband win the election.

The most intense part of the campaign, she said, was when her husband and Castor participated in two televised debates.

“It never was difficult for either of us to answer questions fired at us about pro-life issues or the fact we stood by what we as Catholics believe,” Kitty Martinez told The Florida Catholic, the newspaper for six dioceses in Florida. “It was always easy to give good solid answers because we know so much about the issues and strongly believe in them.”

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