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The November 5 elections produced large victories for pro-life voters across the country and clearly laid to rest the argument by pro -abortion Republicans that a pro-life stance is an electoral liability.

On the national scale, 34 United States Senate seats were up for election. Republicans ran 28 prolife candidates , three candidates with mixed records, one solidly pro-abortion candidate and three competing pro-life candidates in one Louisian a Senate race , still to be decided by runoff election. Republicans sat out one race. Democrats ran 26 pro-abortion candidates , two with mixed records and three in long shot races without clearly stated positions. Democrats sat out three races.

In the end, 19 of the 34 races went to solid prolife candidates, all Republican and 10 went to solid pro-abortion candidates, nine Democrats and one Republican . Two Republicans and one Democrat with mixed voting records were also elected. The Democrat, Senator Joseph Biden, has opposed partial birth abortion and federal funding of abortion.

In Louisiana , pro-life Republican candidate Suzie Terrell will face incumbent pro -abortion Democrat Mary Landrieu in a run-off election. It will be a close election. Landrieu won the most votes on Nov. 5, but was out-polled by three competing pro-life candidates. Now she will face one, but Republican infighting in Louisiana means that Terrell is not assured the votes of her primary oppoPRO-LIFE VOTERS, page 15 nents.

Child protection chief's top priority: Listening

By Jerry Filteau Catholic News Service WASHINGTON (CNS) — "The very first thing I have to do is listen, " FBI veteran Kathleen L. McChesney

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said in an interview following her appointment Nov. 7 opportunity to as executive director of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops ' new Office for Child and Youth Protection. do some good Describing herself as goal-oriented, she said, "We have very specific goals: to get safe environ- things. ' ment programs (for children and youths) created throughout the dioceses, to get the auditing (of diocesan sexual abuse policies and practices) in place, to get the first annual (diocesan policy and practice) report done and to set up a continued reporting mechanism."

McChesney, 51, is leaving her FBI post as executive assistant director for law enforcement services — where she is the bureau 's third-ranked official and highest-ranking woman in FBI history — to take over the bishops ' child protection office Dec. 2.

In -an interview with Catholic News Service immediately after the press conference announcing her appointment, she said in the beginning her j ob will be "a learning Drocess. because I have not •been working with the church for the past 30 years — I' ve been doing oilier tilings."

She said she applied to take charge of the bishops ' new child protection office CHILD PROCTECTION, page 15

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by Tom Burke Thanks to Mary Cervantes, longtime music director at St. Thomas the Apostle Parish, for her invite to all to Our Lady of Guadalupe ceremonies December 6th at the Richmond District church. "We know it's a little bit early," Mary said, noting it was the best date that everyone involved could be there including a Mariachi band (See next week's Datebook).. .. You are also welcome at the December 12th celebration of the feast, commencing with Mananitas at 4:45 a.m., at Mission Dolores. Hats off to longtime parishioners Kati and Bob Huerta recently honored by Mission

Father Edward Bohnert was installed by Bishop John Wester as pastor of South San Francisco 's St. Veronica Parish on September 22nd. Parishioners and friends of Father Bohnert packed the church for the Mass with song led by St. Veronica 's 16-voice choir under the dire ction of music director, Christopher Lindstrom. "I' m very happy to be here ," Father Bohnert said. "It's been one wonderful thing after another. " St. Veronica 's 4th pasto r said he was especially glad to have former pastors , Father Bill Quinii, and Father Wilton Smith at his installation. He said he was touched by a note from Sulpician Father Gerald Coleman, nephew of founding pastor, the late Father Paul Coleman, that said Father Bohnert would do well in continuing the parish's strong leadership tradition.

Father Bohnert looks forward to memorizing the names of all students in the school and Religious Education program before long. "I'm great with names ," Father Bohnert said, adding that he 's been glad for the opportunity to meet everyone in the parish....

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Prayer and good wishes marked the recent blessing of the marriage of Carol and Robert Elliott in the convent chapel of Holy Name of Jesus Parish, where they have been active members for 30 years. Presiding was Holy Name pastor, Father Don D'Angelo, with the couple 's children, Mark Caflaghan, Karen Vigil, Shelynn Marenco, and additional family and friends in attendance.

Dolores' Guadalupe Society. The couple is "happy and proud to accept the award," Bob said.... Prayers please for Joann Di Grande, office manager at Holy Cross Cemetery, Colma, who is battling illness. Joann is the niece of Archbishop Frank Hurley and the late Bishop Mark Hurley. Her mom, Phyllis Porter, the prelates' sister, is a resident of Nazareth House....Father Ken Westray, pastor, St. Sebastian's, drew on many church musical traditions for All Souls Day Mass at tire Greenbrae parish. The loyal Holy, Holy Holy, the timeless, In Paradisum, and When the Saints Go Marchin' In, all helped mark the occasion.

Sorry, I missed it! Thanks to Michael Collins, who helped lead song at the Mass, for the info. Mike is also director of a Gregorian Chant choir now helping lead song at Sts. Peter and Paul Church....! don't think we're zoned for livestock but from what I've been hearing on my evening walk either one of my neighbors has a goat or someone in their family needs to forsake the vocal arts.. ..Had to laugh when I heard about people having a hard time using the touchscreen voting machines. What do they want? A quick-pick option? ...Welcome aboard at Our Lady of Mercy is Religious of the Virgin Mary Sister Virginia Barcelona, who will help in several areas at the Daly City parish including new-parishioner outreach, and fundraising. "We are most happy to welcome her to our community," said pastor, Father Bill Brown in a recent bulletin.. ..Welcome aboard at the new digs to new Human Resources Coordinator, Jason Jimenez, who will be our guide in areas including personnel benefits and employee training. Jason and his wife, Sandra, who married at Church of the Epiphany in August 2001, have known each other since they were first graders at the parish school of the Excelsior District parish,

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which is still home to their folks, Annalee and Jimmy Jimenez, and Angelita and Raul Paiso. Sandra, who teaches 5th grade at the Mission District 's St. Peter Elementary, and, Jason, are also glad to still claim Epiphany as their own, he said....Birthdays, births, anniversaries, marriages, engagements, new jobs and all kinds of goings-on are welcome here. Remember this is an empty space without ya\ Send items and a follow up phone number to On the Street Where You Live, One Peter Yorke Way, SF 94109. Fax (415) 614-5633; e-mail tburke@catholic-sf.org. Do not send attachments except photos and those in jpeg, please.

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Happy anniversary to Nancy and Tom McGarvey, married 45 years ago November 16th at the City's St. Agnes Church. Parishioners of San Francisco 's St. Stephen's for well past three decades, they are joined in the joy of the occasion by daughters , Anne; Cathy Livy and her husband , Greg; Helen O'Brien and her husband , Andy, as well as grandsons , Daniel and Tyler Livy.

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A prayerful celebration was the installation of Father Arturo Albano as pastor of St. Timothy Parish, San Mateo earlier this year. Archbishop William J. Levada presided at the rite. Parishioners prepared a wide array of foods for the welcoming reception that followed the Mass, with entertainments including Irish, Tongan, Hispanic and Filipino dancing and music by the parish school choir. Here , Father Albano , with Archbishop Levada at his right, speaks at the reception.

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Father Tony Sauer's longtime love for education A valuable asset for today's student is the increased number of counselors at schools, Father Sauer said. "In 1968, I was the only counselor and also taught ," he said. "Today there are many counselors. There is much more of a one-on-one attempt to make life easier for students. " Teachers, too, have increasingly tried to be examples as well as instructors, he said. "Here the faculty starts the year with a retreat and works to take it into the school," Father Sauer said. "We try to be effective in the classroom while being human beings among the students and reflecting Christ for them."

By Tom Burke

Looking but 50 of his 68 years, and beyond the age when many people might hav e already retired , Jesuit Father Tony Sauer still "loves" being an educator.

Father Sauer, who has served as presiden t of St. Ignatius College Preparatory since 1979 and also taught there during periods in the mid-60s and early 70s, said he's at home in education. "When I taught here as a scholastic, it was so wonderful ," Father Sauer said. "I love teaching."

A native of Los Angeles and ordained there in 1971, the one time Army officer says priesthood has ~, ~~7~" enhanced his role as teacher. "You get more entry mBmm mmmwmt& into families because you get called on in differ- 'The best thing we ent ways, often as presider at sacramental occasions," Father Sauer said. ' Many former students continue to call on can do for today s Father Sauer, often considering him their family priest , and asking him to witness their weddings youth is really love and baptize their children. "It doesn't end at graduation ," he said, speaking softly about the them and really times he's presided at former students ' funerals, calling it a "privileged extension of the teaching understand them ' experience."

While the renowned "three Rs" are still fundamental to education, today 's curriculum goes beyond "Students need to be motivated but there is absolutetextbooks, Father Sauer said. "We look at education as ly room for every one of them," Father Sauer said. three-pronged — the intellectual, the extracurricular "Doing your best is what counts. Students from all levand the spiritual," he said. "At St. Ignatius, we try to els make tremendous contributions to society. Kids can have a good strong college preparatory program but be confident about shooting the moon if they try their first is the notion of service and spirituality with good hardest. Just don 't be lazy." extra-curricular opportunities."

"The best thing we can do for today's youth is really Father Sauer, who teaches Advanced Placement love them and really understand them," Father Sauer English , was glad to point out that classroom methods said. "It has to be intentional. We used to be real strict, throughout the profession have also changed. thinking '20 years later they 'll really appreciate me,' "There used to be a fear aspect and a theory that but you 've got to show it now. We used to say 'learn that's how students worked better but that's now all out that or else.' Today we say we can get through this the window," he said. "Education is more student-cen- together. You can't dilute the matter but the technique tered now. Schools were run like boot camps but today has to be more human . Kids are sharp today. They 'll they are more loving communities." pick out a phony in two seconds."

"When I was in high school, you knew you had 25 "Youth are our future as Church ," Father Sauer said. lines of Latin to analyze and it might be boring. Well "They are it. To keep them in the faith we have to you don't dare be boring today," he said.

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About his own vocation to religious life and the priesthood , Father Sauer said he "would do it again" and that it's been a "great way to serve." He said he's for "increased vocations " but would like "everyone to have a sense of ministry."

"I'd like to see things move away from 'Father Knows Best' and have the Church be more shared," he said. "I think the seeds of Vatican II have been planted."

Though not an immediate consideration , Father Sauer said he would like to spend his post-St. Ignatius years teaching. "If I have my druthers, I'll go back full-time in the classroom ," he said.

His three decades at St. Ignatius have certainly given him time to observe the school. "I'm proud of St. Ignatius ," he said, "because it 's a good , loving and cooperative community reall y o trying to live out the Gospel and the principles of ft Vatican II. It 's a human, Christian and compassionate place." >• 05 Father Sauer, who first considered entering the Jesuits as a high school freshman but "put it EC a. out of his mind," said his more than 40 years with the order have been "everything" to him. "I like community life and there 's something about communal sharing," he said. "I live with 25 people here. It's a family."

The St. Vincent de Paul Society of San Francisco will present Father Sauer with its annual Brennan Award at ceremonies November 21 at St. Mary's Cathedral. Father Sauer said he is "honored" and "said yes right away" to the recognition because it will benefit the poor.

While never a member of the society, Father Sauer 's relationship with the saint goes back to his birth and, later, baptism at Los Angeles' St. Vincent Hospital . His parents , the now late, Dr. Frederick Kearney Sauer, and his mom, the late Rita Perdue Sauer, a nurse, met at the facility holding the Daughters of Charity and the Vincentian Fathers in high esteem throughout their married life.

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The proposed law could be taken to mean that as few as two Catholics who contact or sponsor a mainlan d Catholic community not recognized by the Chinese government could be charged with endangering national security, he said. Lam added that since it would be an offense to manage such "unlawful" organizations the proposed law would deter people from working in church organizations in Hong Kong.

China 's national security law had been misused against many prominent Catholic figures such as Cardinal Ignatius Kung Pin-mei of Shanghai, who was imprisoned for decades before his death, Lam said.

Christians can't hide missionary role f romJews, cardinal says

VATICAN CITY — In their relations with Jews, Christians cannot conceal the strong missionary dimension of their faith , but also must recognize that Jews do not have to convert in order to be saved , Cardinal Walter Kasper, president of the Vatican 's Commission for Religious Relations with the Jews, said.

Christians take a different missionary approach toward Jews than toward followers of other non-Christian religions , Cardinal Kasper said in a talk at the Center for Christian-Jewish Learning at Boston College. That 's because Christians and Jews share a long biblical and religious tradition , a belief in the same God and a conviction that God will complete human history, he said.

The main difference between the two faiths — the salvific role of Jesus Christ — must also be acknowled ged, he said.

"This does not mean that Jews in order to be saved have to become Christians; if they follow their own conscience and believe in God's promises as they understand them in their religious tradition , they are in line with God's plan, which for us comes to historical completion in Jesus Christ," he said.

Guatemala 's bishops challenge coverup in Gerardi murder p robe

GUATEMALA CITY — Guatemala 's bishops have urged judicial officials to continue with an independent investi gation of the 1998 murder of Auxiliary Bishop Juan Gerardi Conedera of Guatemala City, saying "powerful groups " are trying to cover up the crime.

The groups operate with impunity in an attempt to compromise "the independence and freedom of those in charge of administering justice ," they said in an Oct. 30 statement issued at the end of their plenary session.

"There came to li ght throughout the long judicial process to clarif y the assassination of Bishop Juan Jose Gerardi Conedera that there still exist powerful groups that are extremely interested in hiding the truth , " they said.

The statement came as the Guatemalan Supreme Court p lanned to hear an appeal of the convictions of thre e military officers and a priest who were convicted of the crime. The officers each received 30-year sentences, and the priest was sentenced to 20 years. On Oct. 8, an appeals court overturned the 2001 convictions and ordered a new trial .

Hong Kong Catholics f ear new law endangers religiousfreedom

HONG KONG — Church officials , lawyers, academics and rights activists in Hong Kong have lobbied against a proposed anti-subversion law, saying it could endanger religious freedom and other rights.

The greatest danger of any anti-subversion law is the possibility that it would open a channel for mainland China's laws to be applied in Hong Kong, Anthony Lam Sui-ki, a Catholic researcher said.

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Pope sends envoy to Holy Land to encourage Christians to stay

VATICAN CITY — Pope John Paul II was sending an aide to the Holy Land with $400,000 in humanitarian aid in a symbolic effort to persuade members of straggling Christian communities to stay in the region, the Vatican said.

The financial assistance, drawn from a fund launched by the pope after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks , will be distributed to the Latin Patriarchate of Jeru salem, the Franciscan custodi ans of Holy Land sites, the local Caritas aid agency and other Catholic communities.

"Throug h various meetings, the Holy Father 's envoy above all will encourage Christians to remain in those martyred places, as so many missionaries already are doing in a heroic way," according to a Vatican statement about the visit of Archbishop Paul Josef Cordes , head of the Vatican 's "Cor Unum" aid office.

Swiss church leaders criticize p rop osal to exp el many refugees

OXFORD, England — Swiss church leaders have criticized a proposed constitutional amendment which would require the immediate expulsion of most refugees from outside Western Europe.

In a telephone interview, Father Agnell Rickemann, secretary-general of the Swiss bishops ' conference , said that several church groups, including the bishops ' justice and peace commission and Caritas, were working to "change public perceptions" on the issue.

Under the initiative, asylum seekers will be ineligible to enter Switzerland when arriving from a "safe" country.

Supporters of the amendment said it was needed because of abuses "by a small minority of foreigners" engaged in smuggling, illicit labor and convenience marriages. A group of Catholic and Protestant leaders said that if the amendment passes "our national community will be dishonored."

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Miami Archbishop John C. Favalora visited the refugees Nov. 5 and told them the church is seeking to have them given the same due process accorded other refugees. "For them not to be treated equally is a disgrace and extremely unjust," the archbishop said.

Phili pp ine bishop backs talks with rebels desp ite 'terrorist ' label

MANILA , Philippines — A Philippine bishop is pushing the government to continue formal peace talks with a rebel communist group even if other nations labeled it "terrorist."

Bishop Antonio Ledesma of Ipil said the government should "not be swayed" into abandoning the peace process because of pressure from the European Union or United States, which declared the Communist Party of the Philippines and the New People's Army "terrorists," reported UCA News.

Bishop Ledesma said Nov. 4 that the church longs for resumed peace talks "regardless of how groups are categorized or labeled."

Amid continuing tensions, pope app oints new envoy to Russia

VATICAN CITY — Pope John Paul II named a new papal diplomat to Russia amid continuing tensions over religious freedom in the country. The appointment of Archbishop Antonio Mennini , 55, previously papal nuncio to Bulgaria, follows the expulsion this year of a forei gnborn Catholic bishop and four forei gn priests.

The Vatican has called the expulsions evidence of "open disregard for religious freedom rights" in Russia. Russian civil authorities have downplayed the tensions, describing them as a religious dispute between the Catholic and Russian Orthodox churches.

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By Sharon Abercrombie For the first time, retired archdiocesan priests who become ill and disabled will soon have their own place to call home in San Francisco.

AlmaVia, a 119-imit, ecumenical three-story story assisted living facility now under construction adjacent to St. Thomas More Church will have 12 places available for archdiocesan priests, said Msgr. Hairy Schlitt , vicar for administration for the Archdiocese of San Francisco. The residence is expected to open late in 2003 or early in 2004.

Besides offering assisted living, AlmaVia — "Way of the soul" in Spanish — will also care for people suffering from dementia. Currentl y, frail , elderl y clerg y with Alzheimer 's have three options for care: Nazareth House in Marin County, Mercy Retirement and Care Center in Oakland, or if there is no space at either place, at institutions within the public sector.

The new facility is being developed and will be run b y Elder Care Alliance, a non-profit entity under the cosponsorship of the Sierra Pacific Lutheran Synod , and the Mercy Sisters of the Buriingame region. The Archdiocese

leased land for the project to Elder Care Alliance, which is in charge of the building project.

Once AlmaVia is open for occupancy, Elder Care Alliance will be in charge of the day-by-day management.

The facility is open to all elderl y in the community.

Elder Care Alliance is financing the $17 million dollar project through investments in tax-exempt bonds.

Construction began three months ago, on the site of a former convent on the St. Thomas More church property, said Msgr. Schlitt.

AlmaVia of San Francisco had been a long time in coming, explained Paula Hertel , vice president of operations for Elder Care Alliance. Initially, parishioners sendin g their children to school at St, Thomas More opposed the project , saying that the facility would cause excessive traffic and noise problems. Then, the facility was delayed for another two years after the stock market dipped precariously, eating into investment funds earmarked for the project.

Elder Care Alliance was formed over five years ago as a joint effort of Salem Lutheran Home and Mercy Retirement and Care Center, both located in Oakland. Each has a long history of caring for the elderly, said Ms. Hertel.

The two groups operate AlmaVia in Camarillo and are currently negotiating with the Catholic Community of Pleasanton and St. Isidore Parish in Danville about a facility in that city.

Fees at AlmaVia of San Francisco will start at $3,000 a month, and go up, depending upon the level of care an individu al needs , explained Ms. Hertel.

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By Willy Thorn Catholic News Service WASHINGTON (CNS — Having passed their lifejackets on to sailors, the four military chaplains stood on deck praying as the Dorchester — torpedoed by a German submarine — sank into water so cold falling snow piled on the surface.

That was the last sighting of the "Immortal Chaplains ," who were held up Nov. 8 as models of selflessness, heroism and ecumenism by a panel of speakers during the fifth annual conference of the World War II Veterans Committee. The panel included an author, a crew member of the Coast. Guard cutter that rescued the ship 's survivors , and relatives of the chaplains.

In addition to the panel, a wreath-laying ceremony at the national Navy Memorial and an evensong service were held the previous day to commemorate the four: a Catholic, Father John Washington, a priest of the Archdiocese of Newark, N.J.; a Dutch Reformed minister, the Rev. Clark Poling; a Jew, Rabbi Alexander Goode; and a Methodist , the Rev. George Fox. On Feb. 3 1942, a German U-boat, the U-233, fired a fan of three toipedoes at the Dorchester, a troop transport ship, according to panelist David Fox, nephew of Rev. Fox. He is also executive vice president and CEO of the Immortal Chaplains Foundation, a nonprofit organization dedicated to preserving then memory.

One of the torpedoes struck the Dorchester 's boiler room, sinking the ship in 18 minute s 100 to 150 miles off the coast of Greenland. The location , according to Fox, was "a big staging area for aircraft coming over from the United States . . . and a staging point for weather stations (thenGen. Dwight D.) Eisenhower needed for the invasion of Normandy."

After the torpedo hit, "the chaplains were the first on board to calm the men," Fox said. "(They) found the lockers with lifei ackets in them, handed them out and when

'A J ew, a Catholic and two Protestants who all love each other and their men and all go down in the sup reme sacrifice. ' they ran out , witnesses said that . . . the chaplains simply removed their own and placed them on the men. They never asked, 'What reli gion are you? What race are you?'

It didn 't matter to them. It was simply an action of compassion and love they extended to their fellow human being. " He said the four men "were last seen, as the ship rolled onto its side, standing on the hull of the ship. All joined hands together —with heads bowed — praying together, each in their own way, as the ship went down with 672 men." It was the third largest loss of life at sea for the United States during World War II. Joanne Brunetti said her uncle, Father Washington, "knew from the time he got out of grammar school that his calling was to be a priest."

She remembered him as a "friendl y, outgoing, fun-loving" man with a great sense of humor and a love of music who enjoyed working with youths.

"He ran the CYO and ran the youth groups in the parish ," she said. "He took young teen-agers who had never been to a Broadway show to matinees just to open up their minds. He was just always trying to do something to make things better for someone else . . . and bridge the gap of the generations."

As part of his work with the foundation , Fox interviewed many of the ship's survivors, who said the chaplains overlooked divisiveness.

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"In 1943," he said, "Catholics didn 't talk to Protestants, let alone either of them talking to a Jew. So these men were many, many years ahead of their time."

Panelist Dan Kurzman said he had trouble sparking publishers ' interest in a book he is writing on the chaplains until after Sept. 11, 2001, when "the whole national theme was brotherhood ," he said. "Everybody's got to be united, no matter who you are. No matter what religion you are, no matter what color you are. We're all Americans, we ' re all brothers ."

He said he told publishers "a Jew, a Catholic and two Protestants who all love each other and their men and all go down in the supreme sacrifice .. . that's a perfect example of brotherhood !

"If you didn 't know it happened, you 'd think it was out of some incredible novel," he said. "But it 's not just another fairy story. This is a real story of human beings being true brothers."

Kurzman said he hopes the book showcases this sense of love and fraternity, "particularly at this time, when everyone .. . feels we have to be together to do something about this terrible terrorism and threat to humanity and America. What better time is there to know the story of the four chaplains?"

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In his homil y during the bishops' opening-day Mass at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, Bishop Skylstad alluded often to troubles within the church — at one point referring to "these difficult days in our beloved church" — while never specifying the clergy sex abuse scandal or any other issues.

"We must never give in to discouragement ... even when we fall ," said Bishop Skylstad, the vice president of the U.S. Conference of a, Catholic Bishops.

"The mission of the church , in a all its complexity, continues to be 2 o quite simple: to walk with Christ , to E walk to Christ, to lead people to % Jesus," he said.

The Mass, whose principal celez brant was Bishop Wilton D. Gregory y of Belleville , III., USCCB president, was celebrated on the feast of St. Terrie Light of Gainesville , Ra., and Melissa Price of Long Beach , Calif., members of the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests , Martin of Tours. A popular- story or SNAP, participate in a candlelight demonstration at the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops ' general meeting in Washingto n Nov.11. about the French saint is that he saw a beggar while on his horse and gave the poor man his cloak.

Protests were fewer at the shrine this year than last year.

Cardinal Bevilacqua th anked the more than 180 bishIn the same way, Bishop Skylstad said, Jesus "sees the On the sidewalk in front of the shrine, about 20 members ops who processed to the basement level following church shivering in her sins and clothes her in mercy." of the group Soulforce , which advocates homosexual ri ghts Mass. He noted that St. Kath arine Drexel' s ministry to He recalled the words inscribed on one Rome church within the church , distributed leaflets and held up signs in American Indian and African-American childre n had which sits at the top of a hill. The inscription reads: "We front of passing rush-hour motorists , including a banner the support of the bishops , "princ ipall y the bishop of that read , "Remove Pedophiles , Not Gay Priests. " The cler- Rome , Pope Leo XIII. " During an 1887 audience with cry, we pray, we hope. " "We, the church — we, the people of God — have cried ical sex abuse scandals have led to a rethinking in some the pope , Katharine Drexel — still a laywoman — together and we will cry again. We have prayed together, church circles about the suitability of homosexual candi- beseeched the pontiff to send more missionaries to and we will pray again," Bishop Skylstad said. Catholics dates for the priesthood.

America. The pope told her, "Why don 't you become a must continue to hav e "hop e that Christ is with us, conAt the Mass inside the shrine , two people were removed missionary?" forming us to himself. ... Let us continue to cry, to pray and after making verbal outbursts , one during Bishop Skylstad 's The cardinal' s remarks following the blessing rite to hope. For it is Christ, who has begun the good work in homily and the other during the Communion rite. drew such spontaneous applause he had to say "the Lord Unlike last year, there were no representatives of the be with you " twice in order to be heard . us , who will bring it to completion."

He remarked on the qualities of a bishop listed in St. Rainbow Sash movement , whose wearers openly acknowlPaul's letter to Titus, which was part of the New Testament edged their homosexuality and soug ht to receive reading for the Mass. Those qualities, he said, include Communion. being "blameless, not arrogant, not irritable , not a drunkHowever, there were wearers of the "Drexel sash," ard, not aggressive, not greedy for sordid gain , but hos- green and white sashes made for the October 2000 canonp itable, a lover of goodness, temperate, just , hol y, self-con- ization ceremony of St. Katharine Drexel , the Philadel phiaA trolled , lovers of goodness who hold fast to the truth ." born founder of the Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament.

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Father Crosby, who had suffered a massive heart attack in the summer, died of heart failure . He was 69 years old, a Jesuit for 46 years and a priest for 34 years.

Father Daniel Maguire , pastor of St. Thomas, said that while serving at the parish for the past few years Father Crosby had been respected "for his well-thought-out homilies, his love for children in the First Communion program, his Christ-like presence in the confessional and his deep concern for those confined to homes and institutions."

His fellow Jesuits remembered Father Crosby as "an excellent teacher, productive scholar, an affable and urbane community member, and a dedicated priest who influenced many."

Father Donald Crosby was born in Oakland on October 12, 1933 and grew up in rural Mendocino County. He entered the novitiate at Los Gatos in 1956 soon after earning a bachelor 's degree in history from the University of San Francisco. He was ordained to the priesthood June 1, 1968 in St. Ignatius Church, San Francisco, by Archbishop Joseph McGucken.

Father Crosby earned a doctorate in American History from Brandeis University, Waltham, Mass., in 1973.

During his studies he was awarded successive Crown Fellowships, given to the most promising graduate students. His first book, "God, Church and Flag: Senator Joseph R. McCarthy and the Catholic Church, 1950-1957," published in 1978, grew out of his research and doctoral dissertation.

From 1973 to 1983 Father Crosby taught history at Santa Clara University. He served as assistant pastor at Our Lady Queen of Martyrs Church , Forest Hills, New York , from 1983 to 1987 while doing research for another book. He was writer and historian in residence at the University of San Francisco, from 1987-1993.

His second book, "Battlefield Chaplains: Catholic Priests in World War II" appeared in 1994.

Father Crosby served at St. Stephen 's Church, San Francisco, in 1 993 and 1994 and at St. Agnes Church, Concord, fronri 994-1998. From 1998 until his death he did historical research at the Jesuit School of Theology in Berkeley. Starting last year, he also was a part-time parochial vicar at St. Thomas the Apostle Church.

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articles in The New England Quarterly, Commonweal, America, Crisis, The Priest and elsewhere. At the time of his death he was writing a book on the role of American Army chaplains in the liberation of the Nazi concentration camps, Father Crosby is survived by his sister, Vera Buchter of Merced and a niece, Susan Silva of Granite Bay. Jesuit Brother Daniel Peterson contributed to this story.

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Cardinal Mahony compared globalization to "the dramatic advances in technology and medicine" that also need moral guidance.

The responsibility for that guidance must be borne b y every person because "Catholic social teaching clearly acknowledges the responsibility of human persons as moral actors in the marketplace, " the cardinal told the annual Bellarmine Forum on Globalization and Ethics sponsored b y Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles.

Ensuring that globalization serves "the common good" requires creating new institutions , fostering global solidarity and building social capital , he said.

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Solidari ty is a firm and persevering determination to commit oneself to the common good. ' The second need is to foster global solidarity which recognizes the interdependence of humanity, said the cardinal . "A fundamental challenge facing the church is to promote the 'global solidarity ' so that basic relationships that bind human beings together are made more explicit and transparent throughout social, political and economic activities."

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As hunger increases in Ma lawi relief agencies struggle to help

By Ed Langlois Catholic News Service ZOMBA, Malawi (CNS) - Hundreds of children have died of malnutrition, now three million people face starvation in the southeast African countty of Malawi. Only food from relief agencies stand between them and death .

At Catholic Relief Services-sponsored aid sites in the semi-arid , landlocked country, orderly citizens walk for miles, then stand in line for hours to receive corn, beans and soy-based porridge. Then the frail recipients tote the 200 pounds of supp lies back to their families in the bush.

"We are seeing signs in the villages of quiet desperation , " said Debra Lynne Edwards, head of CRS in Malawi.

Crop-killing floods , followed by drought and rising grain prices, have left subsistence farmers with little. Many survive by eating leaves and crickets. Malawi, long rated as one of the world 's 10 poorest nations, is in danger of slipping to the bottom.

Relief workers say die hunger will be worst in December, in midsummer, when temperatures soar and the rains are expected.

To meet the peak head on, CRS, the U.S. bishops ' international aid and development agency, plans to distribute 3,300 tons of food in November to 42 ,000 families. That compares to 2,200 tons delivered in October to 40,000 households.

Other aid organizations — such as CARE, Save the Children and OxFam — also work in the area.

About 150 miles south of the capital, Lilongwe, near the town of Zomba, more than 15,000 peop le have been coming to a dozen different sites for tire past few months to receive rations.

The recipients were chosen by village committees as the area 's most imperiled 20 percent.

Malawi 's most populous region, the South , is seen as the most vulnerable to famine and disease. In the Zomba region , one in three people of sexually active age is infected with HIV, the virus th at causes AIDS. On the soccer field of Our Lady of Fatima Parish in Jali district, wan adults who have given the bulk of the previous month's supp lies to their children wait for more. Some families have not even been able to give the children quite enough , so the youngsters stand or lie languidly.

Sabina Sankhulan i , 35, stands in line for a bag of corn after walking four miles.

She will return utterly loaded down. The grain is all she will have to feed her husband and four children the one meal per day they can afford.

"What else can I do? I have no food, " she says through a translator.

The family 's crops failed and two children have a constant high fever, a sign of malaria.

"It makes me very worried," Sankhulani says, desperation in her eyes as a hot wind blows through the surrounding eucalyptus grove.

A member of Our Lady of Fatima Parish, she prays for a solution.

"I pray to God and say that I have a lot of children but no food , " she explains. "So God should help me provide for them. " Elizabeth Mwenyenasi, who says she does not know her age, looks anxiously at the collection of food. She cares for her husband as well as two young grandchildren whose parents died.

Mwenyenasisells firewood to help buy a little corn, or on a rare occasion, meat.

"Every day 1 wake up feeling a little weaker," she says.

Far in the back of the line is Brighton Mbeda, 41, who farms corn, cassava root and peanuts on three acres. When asked about what he expected of his future, he says he is just hying to make it through the day.

"Most of these people are having just one meal per day, and that means most of the kids are malnourished and vulnerable to disease, " says Mphatso Mihowa , a CRS nutritionist in Zomba.

"And since the nursing mothers are malnourished , the best they can do is have children breast feed maybe three times per day. That is not enough .

Everyone here lacks protein in their diets. They can't afford meat or eggs, "

farmer who walked five miles to a distribution site near Kasungu , 75 miles north of the capital.

Mnkhoma, whose fields were barren last season, has two children at home. The 110 pounds of corn, meant to last a month , will not quite sustain the family for three weeks, he says. After that , he will tiy to dig roots or pluck some leaves.

Linas Phiri provides for her four children , ages 2 to 15. She trudged two miles to Kasungu on extraordinari ly bowed legs.

Phiri can manage to make two meals a day for her family, she says, grinding the corn to make traditional nsima porridge . When the cornmeal runs out , she makes a stew out of the leftover fibrous kernel skins.

"The people who benefit from this food distribution are those who have trouble getting into the fields, those who are sick, single parents and the orphans, " says Eric Tsetekani, CRS project officer in the Kasungu district.

"And believe me, there are plenty of people in those categories, more than we can help. " Nearby, members of the village committee that selects recipients watch the distribution. They were elected to the posts and serve without pay. One of the members, Magnes Chisi , says that some people who do not make the food list get angry.

"There is no way you are going to have foreigners come in and make distinctions like that , " says Jim Lutzweiler, who is directing CRS' emergency distribution efforts. _ "It—'s trickv} finoiish as ... it —. is."

0— One late October day, aid workers in Kasungu were tense because a truck delivering food was more than two hours late. In a flurry of cell-phone calls , the workers gauged when the truck might arrive and whether to send hundreds of recipients home , only to come back a day or two later. They said the situation is not rare.

"This is terrible ," said Hilary Sims, a Liberian CRS logistics expert helping in Malawi temporarily. "You don't send hungry people home with nothing after they 've walked that far. But what else can we do?"

The recipients gamely left and returned a few days later.

Even after two trips, the people showed genuine gratitude. In a typical scene, one Malawian woman ambled up to a U.S. aid worker and issued an invitation to dinner.

Father Lucius Chikwawa of Our Lady of Fatima Parish said November and December would be difficult.

"Many people are really suffering, " said the priest. He has been trying to teach people how to create a high-powered fertilizer from compost and manure because chemical fertilizer is too expensive for the typical Malawian farmer.

Father Chikwawa also has been trying to tend to the spiritual needs of the people, but that has been a tough sell.

"When their bodies are not satisfied with food physically,spiritually it is a collapse, " he said.

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Despite the various activities of a room filled with 80 men, some p laying cards, chess or dominoes , the noise level is barely above a hush , suggesting this is more than a shelter. It is their home.

Edmond Edmonds, a San Francisco City Colleg e student and g uest of St Boniface "I learn a ton about myself and what it is to be human by working with these guys, " said Mr. Halaiko. "Staying in touch with the homeless or peop le who are marginzalized in society - that is the Jesus 1 believe in. " The shelter "is not like most city-run shelters, " said Ms. Roder. "We are unique in that we do not have a lottery system where people have to stand around waiting for their numbers to be called. " Peop le keep their beds indefinitely, as long as they follow the rules and show-up.

"It 's not a reserved bed, " said Ms. Roder, "it' s their bed. "

With an engaging smile and a soft voice he says, "Being homeless is like being a solider , when the war is over you go home. After being homeless, I' m going to need my education , some skills and feel good about myself. " "He (Mr. Edmonds) is a great advocate for the homeless, " said Ms. Roder. "He is on the Homeless Board of City College , and can be found at every protest in the Tenderloin. He also help s around the shelter a lot. "

Wake-up time begins as earl y as 4 a.m. because, surprising ly, many of the guests work.

Having a job , does not mean Left , Joe H., intake worker at the shelter you cannot be homeless. Carl has shares a happy moment with guest Dell. been homeless three times since he People come back nightarrived in San Francisco in 1989. He after-night , which creates a The respect shown for each other is a reflection of wasin "retail" for 21 years. He came community. The men get to know the dignity and compassion afforded to them by the to San Francisco to work for I. each other, and consequentl y they sponsors of the shelter, the Franciscan Friars of St. Magnin department store. When it are not sleeping next to a stranger Boniface Parish. evety night. was bought out by Macy 's, Carl said "We found th at creating a place where peop le are Mr. Halaiko sees the hand of he was let go. respected, they typically treat others and themselves God at work in the harmonious Carl found it was not easy to with respect, " said 25-year-old Shelly Roder, director of environment of 80 men who otherfind another job. He spoke honestly the St. Boniface Neighborhood Center. wise would not associate with each about "bad things " he "wanted to "Just a few weeks ago, it was hard to control the forget , " admitting to becoming an other. "I think He is wrapping His noise level in the shelter, " said Mr. Halaiko. The men arms around these guys, keeping Shelly Roder, director of alcoholic , and trying heroin for the were jammed into the TV room for seven nights watchthis p lace safe , " he said. the Neighborhood Center. first time while living on the ing the World Series. Like most baseball lovers in San streets. "I never did any of this The guests have the option of Francisco, their home was filled with excitement. until I got on the streets, " he said. leaving their belongings in the Mr. Halaiko admitted to opening the shelter doors 't He admits the vicious cycle of drugs and alcohol conshelter during the day. "They don have to cany things a little earlier so the men could watch most of the tro lled him. around all day. This avoids the stigma of homelessgames. "You would be surprised how many longtime " Carl has "cleaned up. " He says he has been heroness , said Ms. Roder.

San Franciscans we have at the shelter, " he said. in-free for four years, and alcohol-free for six months.

The guests can also acquire a late pass for work or "One guy felt so bad when the Giants lost, he told school reasons. A 1-800-telephone number is provided He works for a temporary agency as a bus boy, dishme he had a hard time sleeping that night. I got a kick washer, or prep cook for $8 an hour. "If I could get in for the late arrivers. out of that, " said Mr. Halaiko, sitting under a sign a position where I can get tips then that would help a One regular late night pass guest is Edmond reading "Pitch to Bonds. " The last remnant of the ST. BONIFACE SHELTER, page 15 lot " he said.

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CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO Freedom of choice: For whom?

For years, the promoters of abortion have been murmuring "A woman 's right to choose," without bothering to mention what it is the woman is choosing. Now tens of millions of abortions later, the advocates of "choice" are ignoring their beloved mantra and launching a nationwide attack on the rights of Catholics and others who see abortion as an unspeakable evil. The freedom of choice, it seems, has limits everywhere except in the abortion clinic.

Catholic hospitals are the primary target of this new crusade by the enemies of life, Planned Parenthood , the National Abortion and Reproductive Rights League and their allies. These ideological extremists no longer even deny that abortion is the taking of a human life. The scientific evidence makes such a denial absurd .

That makes no difference to people who have dedicated their lives to abortion.

For them , abortion is not only the ultimate in "health care" - they see no irony in the words - but an absolute right.

No one in America has the constitutional right to open heart surgery or chemotherapy, but the abortion industry believes that every woman must be guaranteed the right to abortion. Now they are going further, eagerly working to force everyone to cooperate with them. That includes Catholics and others who conscientiously refuse to accept their agenda. So far the advocates of "choice" have not followed China's policy of forcing women to have abortions, but they are intent on forcing Catholic hospitals to perform abortions.

This is a nationwide effort that began with legislation aimed at forcing Catholic church agencies to supply contraceptive coverage in the health insurance they offer their employees. In California , such a law went into effect last year. It contains a "conscience clause " that is so narrowly defined only parishes and parish schools can make use of it. The law prohibits Catholic Charities and other Catholic agencies from conscientiously refusing to obey the law. Catholic Charities of Sacramento is challenging the law in court, and the outcome is still in doubt.

There is not doubt , however, that the promoters of abortion, are only using this law and similar laws in other states as the opening salvo in an unholy war against anyone who disagrees with them. Their goal is to impose their moral values on the rest of us. Make no mistake about it , "the right to choose" is their ultimate moral value - more important than the right to life of the unborn baby, even fully developed children who are killed in the grotesque and brutal procedure known as partial birth abortion.

The anti-life lobby is making no secret of its strategy. Across the country its "Hospital Provider Project" is taking aim at Catholic Hospitals. The Maryland National Abortion and Reproductive Rights Action League describes the project this way: "The goal of the Hospital Provider Project is to increase access to abortion services by requiring Maryland hospitals to provide abortion and other reproductive health care." It takes no great effort to realize who will be required to do abortions: Catholic hospitals and others that refuse to perform abortions because they are dedicated to respecting human life from the moment of conception until natural death .

A bill signed into law by Governor Gray Davis this year is clearly a fust step in the abortion lobby 's California campaign to take away the right to choose from those who oppose abortion . The bill requires all residency programs in obstetrics and gynecology to include training not only in traditional lifesaving procedures but also in life-taking abortion procedures. The law will have only limited impact only because California law allows health care professionals and students to refuse to participate in abortions. Federal law gives both students and institutions similar protection.

The federal law, however, has been interpreted so narrowly by the courts that the Abortion Non-Discrimination Act (S. 2008/H.R. 4691) has been introduced in Congress to make it clear that the conscience protection applies to hospitals and health plans as well as all health professionals, not just physicians.

The House of Representatives has passed the bill. With "pro-choice" legislators controlling the Senate, the bill did not come to a vote before the Nov. 5 election. Following the election, the bill has a good chance of becoming law. It may now pass the Senate, and President Bush has said he would sign it.

That, unfortunately, will not be the end of the battle. In California, especially, abortion extremists control both houses of the Legislature, and Governor Davis has enthusiastically supported them. They enacted pro-abortion legislation this year, and they are constantly looking for new ways to impose their will on others next year.

"No good deed goes unpunished." That 's an old, cynical - and too often accurate - saying about the ingratitude of politicians. Now, the Catholic Church in the United States is finding itself on the receiving end exactly that sort of treatment.

The nation 's abortion extremists want to punish the Church for its long history of doing good. The magnificent system of Catholic hospitals, created by courageous and compassionate women religious to serve the poor, may soon be faced with this impossible choice: betray your Catholic heritage or go out of business. PJ

Nix Prop. B ad

Many Catholics who saw the fullpage ad urg ing readers of Catholic San Francisco to vote "NO on PROP. B" (Nov. 1) mistakenly took it as an endorsement by our Catholic weekly of what the ad was advocating, and voted "No on Prop. B". Not one person in the three or four groups 1 happened to meet that week had noticed the "PAID ADVERTISEMENT" disclaimer, clear but hard to spot in an upper corner of the ad.

It also pained me to realize how man y of them were not aware of Archbishop Levada 's October 4 "Ordinary Time" column urging the opposite , "YES on B." Obviousl y, the Neighborhoods , Homeowners, Builders and Realtors Associations against Proposition B spent their money well and made a genial decision to purchase that well-timed ad in our archdiocesan weekly: many Catholics saw it, misunderstood it, and bought it. I wish the Office of Communications ' excellent note , faxed on November 1 to all archdiocesan entities, explaining clearly the appearance of that ad in the newspaper just days before the November 5 election, had also been published in the same November 1 issue in which the ad appeared.

Fr. Larry N. Lorenzoni, S.D.B. San Francisco Ed. note: The Advisory Board of Catholic San Francisco has discussed the issue of political advertising several times. The sense of the Adviso ry Board has been that while some peop le may believe that the Archdiocese endorses the views of advertisers in the newspaper, most

readers are able to understand the difference between positio ns taken by the Archdiocese and paid advertisements in the paper. In the past, the advertising policy of Catholic San Francisco prohibited adve rtising for political candidates, but allowed advertisements on issues and propoI sitions — with the caveat that advertisements must not be counter to Catholic teaching. However, the paper 's very limited acceptance of political advertising has caused complaints by thoughtful and dedicated peop le. In lig ht of our experience, the advertising policy of the paper has been changed. We will not accept political advertising of any kind.

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A past article in Catholic San Francisco by Fr. Gerald Coleman stated that homosexual seminarians and priests merely with orientation or inclination, who only have a sexual preference for men but do not act on this disposition, would still be acceptable in the priesthood. I believe this is unjust , a disservice to priests who have lived celibate lives, giving up a way of life acceptable in our church, that of marriage; a relationship with a woman as a spouse.

Cardinal Bevalacqua of Philadelphia has said a man who is a homosexual in a priestly vocation, who chooses a life as a priest gives up nothing, except that which is considered to be a sin. Seminaries should have a clearer view of what our church has determined to be unacceptable.

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Briefl y: Many readers who love the Holy Father may have been disturbed to see Catholic San Francisco provide a platform for Newsweek's Robert Kaiser to criticize Pope John Paul II (Nov. 1).

Kaiser 's reading of the intentions of the fathers of the Second Vatican Council, his reduction of the most important religious event of the 20th century to "just preamble," and his dismissal of the accomplishments of the Holy Father are rude attacks that should have been given some context and perspective.

Unfortunately, an attemp t to set Kaiser 's comments in perspective was at the end of the story, which was cut for space considerations at the last moment. If nothing else, the comments

by Newsweek's Kaiser are an example of the anti-papal disposition of "experts" in the major media. — JRS

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'You talking to me?' Answer is 'yes' "Go therefore , make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit," teaching them to observe all that 1 have commanded you. And behold 1 am with you always, until the end of the age." (Matthew 28:19-20) Recendy when I was driving home from work listening to the radio for traffic reports one of the commercials used the famous line: "You talking to me?"

When you hear the above statement from St. Matthew's Gospel do you sometimes feel like asking the same question of the Lord : "You talking to me?" It is not by chance that St. Matthew decided to end his gospel with this compelling command. He, as it were, leaves us with this as Jesus' last word to His disciples -us.

We, by reason of our baptism, are Jesus ' discip les in the modem world, and we are called to heed this command through the daily living out of our lives, wherever we are and through whatever we do. Discipleship is not something that we can put on or take off according to the situations in which we find ourselves. Let's take a look at this and try to see what this means in practical reality.

When you and I were baptized we were born into Christianity, a particular form of Christianity, Catholicism.

A few weeks ago some Small Christian Community Coordinators were sharing faith and the following question was asked; "How does the general public know that you are a Catholic Christian?" We came up widi all sorts of answers but one person was not satisfied with what was presented and the next morning she was still puzzling over the question. On her way out from morning Mass she stopped a friend and asked him; "What is the difference between Christianity and Catholic Christianity?" Her friend , Joe, paused for a moment and simply said; "Catholicism is Christianity in full bloom!"

What a wonderful answer ! Have you ever noticed the difference between a rose bush in bud and a rose bush in full bloom? Both are beau tiful, but the "rose bush in full bloom" takes our breath away and leaves us with a lasting impression. Thus, it should be with us and our Catholic faith. Sadly, most Catholics believe that if they go to Mass on Sunday, pray occasionally and don 't do anything really bad , they are being "good Catholics." I believe that the point we are not getting across is that Catholicism is a way of life, a way of interfacing with the realities of day-to-day living.

Pope Paul VI in his document, Evangelii Nuntiandi , (Evangelization in the Modern World), defines "evangelization " as "bringing the Good News into all strata of humanity, and through its influence transforming humanity from within and making it new." He goes on to say that "the Church evangelizes when she seeks to convert, solely through the divine power of the message she proclaims, both the personal and collective consciences of people, the activities in which they engage, and the lives and concrete milieu which are theirs."

As Catholics, we are meant to be noticed. We, through our faith , are meant to make a lasting impression. Think about it. What are your outward signs of Catholicism? How do you evangelize by who you are in society ? Does anyone in your workplace or neighborhood know that you are a Catholic Christian?

It used to be that we used outward signs such as making the Sign of the Cross publicly when saying grace before meals or displaying a religious symbol such as a crucifix or statue of Mary in our home or workplace. These little outward signs were a means of evangelization; they put the people around us in touch with the reality of the presence of God.

hi today s sophisticated society perhaps we need to make use of more sophisticate d means of evangelization such as: making known our Catholic values when we are discussing a point of public policy or a political issue; willingly sharing our faith perspective with others in a loving way; upholding the dignity of all persons; or making a point of attending Mass on Sunday when there is a "more attractive" alternative. These too are means of evangelization because they put our co-workers, friends and neighbors in touch with the Good News, the Gospel, in our daily living.

In answer to the question in the first paragraph: "You talking to me?" I believe that if we listen very carefully for an answer we might hear Jesus say, "Yes, I am talking to you and how well are you listening?" Each one of us, as a disciple of Jesus, is expected to "go and make disciples ". If we are to live out our Catholic faith in a meaningful way we must take these words seriously. Few Catholics are called to "preach" and " teach" in a formal way. All Catholics are called to live life in such a way that they make a difference in society by helping people find God in their lives. It is up to each one of us to find the best way to do this.

Sister Antonio Heaphy

This one in a series of columns by Presentation Sister Antonio Heaphy, director of the Office of Evangelization of the Archdiocese of San Francisco.

Famil y Lif e

Watching for whales and other miracles "I hope we see a whale!" said my nephew Phil as Grandma plunked down the money for the two-hour wildlife cruise.

"We've already seen a lot of seals," added Lucas.

"Maybe we'll see a walrus," said Gabe.

"Walruses don 't live in Oregon," I reminded him.

"They live in the Arctic."

Gabe stuck out his lower lip. "Well, one could be lost."

The next morning, we boarded the Discovery. The captain welcomed us, then turned the program over to a naturalist named Kevin. Kevin told us another boat had reported a gray whale nearby just an-hour-and-a-half before. The gray whale, he explained, could be 45 feet long and weigh up to 20 tons. We gripped our binoculars more tightly.

As we cruised into the bay, Kevin pointed out the sea birds perched on the rocky cliffs. "See that bird that looks like a penguin? It's a common mirrre. The black ones are cormorants."

The boys and I went out on deck for a better look. The sun sparkled off the smooth water.

Then we cleared the breakwater and hit the Pacific Ocean.

The boat rocked and reeled like a roller coaster. "Hang on!" I yelled to the boys. They clutched the rail, spray from the waves cascading over them. "Wow, this is cool .'" I snapped a picture, then staggered to a bench and sat down.

I glanced at Phil, the one we'd promised never to let

play Game Boy in the car because he had a sensitive stomach. What would his mom (my sister) say if she knew we'd taken him on this wild boat ride? But he was smiling, transfixed by the power of the sea.

I scanned the horizon. No sign of a whale. Nothing but swelling waves as far as you could see.

On the way back, the boat stopped near a crab trap .

The kids grabbed hold of the rope and helped pull it in.

Kevin demonstrated how to hold a crab safely and how to tell males from females.

Then Kevin took a drop of ocean water, put it on the ship's microscope, and projected it onto a screen. A murmur of amazement swept through the cabin. The drop was alive with hundreds of tiny plants and animals. "Wow," said Lucas. 'There's all that in a drop of water?"

When we entered the bay, the captain called all wouldbe skippers to the bridge to help steer. The boys took turns pushing buttons and taming the wheel as instructed.

By the time we reached shore, the boys had mapped out their future: they would become marine biologists, get a job on a ship together, and study seals and walruses.

"Maybe we'll see a whale next time," I said.

"I don 't care about the whale," said Phil. "I just want to go on a boat again."

"Me, too!" said Gabe and Lucas.

"Well," said my mom, "that was a success."

We hadn't see a whale, but we'd, seen something just as amazing: the power of the sea and the boundless life in a drop of sea water. The Creator of the gigantic whales also made the microscopic p lants and animals, without which the whole food chain would collapse.

Sometimes we're so focused on the big things, we overlook the smaller signs of God's presence.But large miracles are often built on small ones. If we travel in faith, with a spirit of discovery, we'll see the love and the power of God everywhere.

Christine Dubois

Christine Dubois is a widely publishedfreelance writer who lives with her f amily near Seattle.

Contact her at: chriscolumn@juno.com.

Sp irituality

Gossip, scapegoats and the love of Jesus In his novel, "Oscar and Lucinda," Peter Carey offers this colorful image of gossip. In a small town there are rumors about the priest and a particular young woman. Here 's the image: "The vicar of Woolahra then took her shopping and Society, always feeling shopp ing to be the most intimate activity, was pleased to feel the steam pressure rising in itself as it got ready to be properly scandalized â&#x20AC;&#x201D; its pipes groaned and stretched, you could hear the noises in its walls and cellars. They imagined he paid for her finery.

"When they heard this was not so, that the girl had sovereigns in her purse - enough, it was reported, to buy the priest a pair of onyx cuff links - the pressure did not fall , but stayed constant, so that while it did not reach the stage where the outrage was hissing out through the open valves, it maintained a good rumble, a lower note which sounded like a growl in the throat of a smallish dog."

Wonderful! Gossip does resemble steam hissing from a radiator or the growl of a small dog. And yet it's so important. We form community around it. How so?

Take this example: Imagine going out for dinner with a munity largely around group of colleagues. While there isn't overt hostility among you, scapegoating, that is, we there are clear differences and tensions. You wouldn 't naturally overcome our differchoose to go out to dinner together, but you've been thrown ences and tensions by together by circumstance and are trying to make the best of it focusing on someone or And so you have dinner together and things are quite something about whom pleasant, really. There's harmony, banter, and humor at the or which we share a comtable. How do you manage to get on so well, despite and mon distancing, indignabeyond differences? By talking about somebody else! tion, ridicule, anger, or Much of the time is spent talking about others whose faults, jealousy. That 's the eccentricities and shortcomings we all agree upon. anthropological function Alternatively, we talk about shared indignations. We of gossip â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and a very end up having a harmonious time together because we talk important one it is. about someone or something else whose difference from us We overcome our differences and tensions by scapeis greater than our difference - at least at that moment - from goating someone or something. That's why it 's easier to each other. Of course, you're afraid to go to the bathroom form community against something rather than around because you already know whom they will be talking about something and why it' s easier to define ourselves more by when you get up from the table! Your fear is well-founded. what we are against than by what we are for.

Until we reach a certain level of maturity, we form comROLHEISER, page 14

Father Ron Rolheiser

SCRIPTURE & LITURGY Living out even now a new way of life While dire predictions about our self-engineered doom, and a spate of motion pictures graphicall y depicting the ultimate explosion and consequent nothingness focus our attention on the end of all, the liturgy of the Word for this Sunday respectfull y directs our eyes and hearts to the present. It dares to suggest that we will enter end-time gloriously, if we are genuinely "busy" as disciples right now.

At first, we may be put off by our first reading from Proverbs, describing the "worthy wife," who is her husband's "unfailing prize," But if we recall that Proverbs begins by describing Wisdom as a woman come from God who enters human hearts and empowers them to live according to God's heart, then this ideal woman, eulogized at the book's end, becomes lived out Wisdom. She speaks to us all and declares that once God's Wisdom penetrates and permeates us, we can declare ourselves to God from every nook and cranny of our lives and so be a source of glory for God and upbuilding for his People. Psalm 28 becomes our response in which we acknowledge how enriched we are with strong married life in our communities and with those who create extended families.

Such a portrait of an active woman stands in sharp contrast with the wimpy male servant in Matthew. Says he upon his master 's return "after a long time": Master, I knew you were a demanding person, harvesting where you did not plant and gathering where you did not scatter; so out of fear I went off and buried your talent in the ground. Here it is back." Does he get thanked for being cautious? Is he praised for being "prudent"? Judge for yourself: "You wicked, lazy servant! . . . Throw this useless servant in the darkness outside, where there will be wailing and grinding of teeth."

So during this "long time" of delay before Jesus' return , we are supposed to be taking some risks, interacting with each other, rehearing the words of Vatican U (which the Pope calls

Thirty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time Time Proverbs 31:10-13, 19-20, 30-31; Psalm 128; I Thessa lonians 5:1-6; Matthew 25:14-30.

Father David M. Pettingili "the gift of the Spirit to the Church"), reaching out to our world with the gospel of peace and justice. There is something about Jesus' catapulting himself into end-time glory by risking the cross that sticks to us who gather around the Sunday table of Word and Eucharist. That something which rubs off on us makes us risk telling Scripture's dangerous stories, in which the values of this world are reversed; that something makes us willing to update our dangerous stories so they have the mud of the 21st century on them; that something makes us suspect that our conversion is not complete unless we are almost compelled to blab our experiences to others.

That is why Paul tells the Thessalonians they waste their time wondering when Jesus will return; it will be a surprise: "Concerning times and seasons ... you have no need

for anything to be written to you. For you yourselves know very well that the day of the Lord will come like a thief at night." But it will not be a total surprise for active disciples: "But you . . . are not in darkness, for that day to overtake you like a thief. For all of you are children of the light and children of the day." Sharing as we do already, in the endtime Spirit and glory of the returning Jesus, we unleash into our world behaviors belonging to the kingdom, previews and first installments of end-time glory. We risk living out even now a way of life that will be the "natural" order of things on the final day.

We give thanks then for those truly active disciples in our parishes, especially for women who do over 80 percent of the ministry. We give thanks that they point the way to meaningful life now. We give thanks that they proclaim that the "surprising" future will be perfectly more of die same.

Questions for Small Communities: 1. What does it mean to you to hear that life in the fully realized kingdom will be "more of the same"?

2. Why is risk-taking so important for our growth as discip les?

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

NewNormsf or Mass

Distributing Communion with reverence, care On the First Sunday of Advent, we are being asked to follow a new set of patterns when we gather for the Eucharist. These patterns affect what we do as members of the liturgical assembly, as lectors, and as communion ministers. Some specific actions of the communion ministers are the focus of this column.

When the priest celebrant receives holy Communion, the communion ministers come forward to the altar table.

Since in many parishes, a large number of ministers is needed, a process to facilitate the ministers' communion is suggested. The priest may go to the fust two ministers and give them the consecrated bread, the Body of Christ, and then give them the Precious Blood. They in turn may then assist him in distributing the Body and Blood of Christ to all the other communion ministers.

When all the ministers have received communion, those without communion vessels approach the priest. He hands patens with consecrated hosts to those who will distribute the Body of Christ; he hands communion cups with the Precious Blood to those who will distribute it. The first two ministers who had received their vessels from the priest at the beginning may then j oin the others in moving to their usual stations.

If priest concelebrants or deacons are present, they of course assist the priest in these actions.

As has been our practice, holy Communion under the form of bread is offered to the communicant with the words "The Body of Christ." It is the communicant who decides whether to receive the Body of Christ in the hand or on the tongue after

Rohlheiser... ÂŚ Continued from page 13 Ancient cultures knew this and designed certain rituals precisely to take tension out of the community by scapegoating.

For example, at the time of Jesus within the Jewish community, a ritual existed that essentially worked this way: At regular intervals the community would take a goat and symbolically invest it with the tensions and divisions of the community. Among other things, they would clothe it with a purple drape and put a crown of thorns on its head as a sign of their sins. (Notice how Jesus is vested in exactly these symbols when Pilate shows him to the crowd: "Ecce homo . . . Behold your scapegoat!") The goat was

Sister Sharon McMillan, SND first making a bow of the head in reverence before Christ who is truly present. The one receiving also responds "Amen" to the words of the minister in faith and in gratitude.

Holy Communion under the form of wine is offered to the communicant with the words "The Blood of Christ."

After making another bow of the head in reverence, the communicant answers "Amen" in commitment to all that this gift of Christ means. then chased off to die in the desert. Its leaving the community was understood as taking the sin and tension away and the community was seen to be washed clean by its blood (as we are "in the blood of the lamb").

Jesus is our scapegoat. He takes away our sin and division. He takes away our sins by taking them in, carrying them, and transforming them so as not to give them back in kind. Jesus takes away the sin of the world in the same way as a water filter purifies - by holding the impurities within itself and giving back only what's pure.

Jesus took away the sin of the world this way: He took in hatred and gave back love; he took in curses and gave back blessing; he took in bitterness and gave back graciousness; he took in jeal ousy and gave back understanding; and he took in murder and gave back forgiveness.

By absorbing our sin, differences, and jealousies, he

The communion minister of the cup takes great care to wipe both sides of the rim of the cup with a purificator, unfolding the purificator and always using dry sections of it as needed. This action is both for reverence and hygiene.

The minister of the cup will also turn the chalice slightl y after each person has received so that it is always a dry and clean section of the cup that is offered to the communicant.

When the last communicant has received, the communion ministers return to the altar area and may consume what remains of the Precious Blood from their chalice of distribution. They may also assist with the purification of the patens and communion cups after the distribution of Holy Communion. Both of these actions have long been the custom in many of our parishes. The new norms for communion ministers make it clear that these actions may be continued.

The description of the role of the communion ministers in the writings of the bishops of the United States ends with these words: "All should be grateful for the exemplary ministry provided by so many Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion throughout the dioceses of the United States of America." We continue to be grateful and to rely on them for their dedicated and faith-filled witness.

Notre Dame Sister Sharon McMillan is assistant professor of sacramental theology and liturgy at St. Patrick Seminary, Menlo Park. did for us what we, in a less mature and less effective way, try to do when we crucify each other through gossip.

And that 's his invitation to us. As adult women and men we are invited to step up and do what Jesus did, take in the differences and jealousies around us, hold them, and transform them so as not to give them back in kind.

Then we won 't need scapegoats anymore. And only then will the steam pipes of gossip cease hissing and the low growl of that smallish dog inside us be silent.

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

Restorative justice conference will look beyond punishment A conference on Restorative Justice enti tled , "Responsibility, Rehabilitation and Restoration" will be held on the Lone Mountain Campus of the University of San Francisco on December 7 from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.

The event will present a "Catholic position on crime and criminal justice " and is sponsored by the Archdiocese of San Francisco and the Dioceses of San Jose, Stockton and Oakland , the School of Pastoral Leadership of San Francisco, the St. Thomas More Law Society and the Saint Vincent de Paul Society.

The day will begin with liturgy followed by a keynote address by Carmelite Father. Andrew Skotnicki, a moral theologian and internationall y recognized expert on restorative justice.

Father Skotnicki, "Is one of the few moral theologians in the world who really focuses on crime and punishment from the Catholic Tradition ," George Wesolek,

Pro-life voters . .. ¦ Continued from covetIn South Dakota , pro-abortion Democrat Tim Johnson beat pro-life Republican John Thune by 528 votes on election day. Thune may ask for a recount if there are any discrepancies in the final certified canvass. Numerous cases and allegations of voter fraud preceded the vote in South Dakota.

Regardless of the outcome of the two latter races, a prolife majority will rule in the new Senate. Whether Senators will remain faithful to their stated positions now th at it counts , remains to be seen. A majority existed to ban partial birth abortion in the current Senate, but a one vote Democratic majority allowed Majority Leader Tom Daschle to block it procedurall y. Republican leader Trent Lott promised immediatel y after the election he will bring it to a vote soon in the new Senate and he is confident the bill will pass and be signed by the President.

Senate Republicans have strong electoral reasons to stand firm on their pro-life position. In several hotly contested races, abortion was the issue that pushed pro-life candidates to victory and brought the Republicans a majority.

Overall pro-life candidates won eight of the top ten most contested Senate races according to the Pro-Life Infonet. On the other hand , 17 of the 22 candidates supported by the pro-abortion EMILY's List lost.

In addition , exit polling conducted by Fox News demonstrated that a pro-life position was hel pful to both House and Senate Candidates and was determinative in two of the closest, must win, Senate races, Minnesota and Missouri .

Abortion ranked as the third most important issue for voters in Minnesota and 14 percent named it as the most important issue. Of those who named abortion as a top issue, 87 per cent voted for the Republican pro-life victor, Norm Coleman , over pro-abortion candidate Walter

Child protection . .. ¦ Continued from cover after a member of the bishops ' all-lay National Review Board on sexual abuse asked her to consider it.

"In discussions with my friends and colleagues this year, with regard to the church and the cases (of priests sexuall y molesting children) that received such horrible notoriety, what I found was a great disappointment and diminished confidence in the clergy in general , which was unfair," she said.

The sex abuse cases involve "just a select number of priests and reli gious ," she said , and she thinks most people recognize that. "But they also recognize that there is anxiety, apprehension , concerns among families about the relationships they have with the clergy — particularly with the young people and what should be their relationship. In the past it 's always been personal , trusting types of relationships , and that 's what you want."

One of the criticisms of the bishops ' response to the sex abuse crisis has been that bishops who failed to exercise

St. Bonifa ce Shelter... ¦ Continued from page 11 Those jobs have been scarce since the attacks on the U.S. of Sept. 11, 2001. "San Francisco 's tourist industry has been hit hard ever since then ," said Carl. What little money he does earn he said, "I spend it on keeping my clothes clean ."

"As we speak," he continued, "the cheapest rent you can find is SROs (single room occupancies.) They start at $650 a month. You have to make a couple thousand dollars a month just for rent in this city. " "Although SROs could be considered a step-up , they are not the best place to live," said Ms. Roder. "It usually is one room with a bathroom down the hall that is shared by 10 or more people. "

Tn Catholic teaching, . . . forgivenes s and rehabilitation are the core of our message. ' director of the Office of Public Policy and Social Concerns lor (he Archdiocese , said.

John Clark, former warden of the federal prison in Marion, Illinois and former deputy director of the federal Bureau of Prisons, will lead a discussion on rehabilitation and punishment from a prison administrator 's point of view.

Other workshops include a victims panel on stories of healing, reconciliation and transformation , a discussion of current public policy issues before the state of

California and an exp loration of resettlement issues for inmates finding their way back into society after prison.

Jim Rowland, head of the parole department of Napa County, will describe innovative programs of restorative justice that can serve as effective examples for local communities.

"The prison population in California is huge and is one of the most marginalized groups in our society. In Catholic teaching, visiting the imprisoned is a corporal work of mercy and forgiveness and rehabilitation are the core of our message," Mr. Wesolek said. The conference is about exploring ways of making th at happen , he said.

Cost is $25 per person or $ 15 per person for groups of ten or more and includes lunch. All are invited , especially, volunteers in prison ministry, justice and peace, lawyers, parole officers and anyone working in criminal justice.

For more information or to register, call Joni Gallagher at 415-614-5545 or email gallagherj@sfa rchdiocese.org.

Mondale. Abortion politics are critical for Republicans in this largely Democratic Stale. Minnesota still maintains a significant number of actively pro-life Democrats. Two of the six Democrat , Farm and Labor candidates for House seats were strongly pro-life. In addition , a significant Catholics for Coleman campai gn was organized.

Coleman 's pro-life position clearl y moved the winning margin of Catholic and Democrat swing voters in his direction. A pro-abortion Republican would have surely lost.

In Missouri abortion ranked even higher, as the number two issue overall for voters. Of voters who chose abortion as the most important issue, pro-life Republican Jim Talent received 80 per cent of the vote, more than his margin of victory over pro-abortion Democrat Senator Jean Carnahan .

Doug las Johnson , legislative director of the National Ri ght to Life told Pro-life Infonet , "It would certainl y be fair to say Senator Carnahan was defeated on the pro-life issue." Talent also benefited from active pro-life and Catholic efforts.

Catholic action may have even helped pro-life candidate Wayne Allard in traditionall y pro-abortion Colorado. Mimi Eckstein , director of the Respect Life Office of the Archdiocese of Denver, said they have been working on pro-life grassroots education and organizing since 2000 with the strong support of Archbishop Charles Chaput. The Archbishop also made several public statements about the obli gation to vote and to place basic issues like the right to life foremost in the decision of who to vote for.

Prior to the election he sent a letter to be read at all parishes outlining his concern over the Abortion NonDiscrimination Act (ANDA)before the Senate which would exempt institutions with conscientious objections to abortion from state and local efforts to force them to provide abortions. Such efforts are underway in both Colorado and California. "He used ANDA as a barometer issue and then said look at this issue and look at the candidates ," Eckstein said. The archdiocese and Catholic Charities also

distributed a candidate survey in which Allard supported the ri g ht to life and the ANDA exemption and his pro-abortion opponent refused to answer on ANDA. Candidate positions are not always easy to determine in House races, but Pro-Life Infonet estimates that two-thirds of the newly elected Members of the House of Representatives hold pro-life position. A survey of candidate questionnaires indicates the dramatic party divide on the abortion issue. In 435 House races Democrats offered only 32 solidl y pro-life candidates , Republicans offe red onl y 31 solidly pro-abortion candidates. Most of the pro life Democrats and pro-abortion Republicans lost . A few pro-life Democrats won in the house , but most were longshot candidates. About a third of the pro-abortion Republicans were losing candidates from California.

The vast majority of Democrat House candidates who are not committed to life are full y committed to abortion on demand throug h the comp letion of natural birth. Onl y 15 have a mixed record on any life issue. Of those not firm l y committed to abortion among Republican candidate s there is a greater mix. The vast majority support the inviolable di gnity of innocent human life from conception , but more than forty candidates had mixed records or views.

Anomalies nationwide in the Democr at/pro-abortion , Republican/ pro-life parad igm highli ght the crossover and get-out the vote value of a pro-life position. Heavily Republican Maine , where the Republican party tends to put forth pro-abortion candidates elected a pro-life Democrat Governor. Pro-life Democrats also won races in Tennessee, Louisiana and heavily Republican Texas.

New Jersey was the onl y Senate race deemed too cl ose to call , where a Republican was trounced . Douglas Forrester, who had a mixed record on abortion failed to bring out a pro-life base or encourage Democrat crossover voters and was defeated b y ten points. Forrester was also the onl y Republican candidate for the Senate in a close race without strong pro-life credentials.

Next week : Pro-life prospects in California.

enough oversight over abusive priests have not had to face consequences for their actions.

McChesney said , "There are two parts to that. One is the civil side: Are there state laws that could be applied with regard to specific acts or omissions on the part of bishops who mi ght have been involved in covering up? What do the laws say about their actions? The second part , the other side, is with regard to church law. That 's something that the bishop s need to look at very carefull y."

She said the child protection charter the bishops adopted in June and the new churc h norms for the United Stales that they drafted in June and would be voting on in revised form in mid-No vember play a key role in that.

"It appears to me," she said, "that that's part of all this process , establishing the norms" for accountability of the bishops for their policies and practices to protect children from abuse and respond to it when it occurs.

"We need to make certain that all dioceses understand what the norms will be in their final form, what the charter really means and how we're going to go about auditing (dioceses for compliance), helping establish a safe environment . So commu-

nication is a lot of the first part" of the new office's task, she said.

She said part of her job also will involve establishing relationships and dialogues with victims' groups and providing dayto-day staff support for the work of the National Review Board.

When the board commissions two national studies to determine the extent of clergy sexual abuse of minors and its causes or contributing factors, the new office also will play a support and liaison role in that, she said.

When aske d about moving from a job where she oversaw some 4,700 employees with a $1.1 billion bud get to an office with one or two assistants and a bud get more in the range of half a million dollars , McChesney said, "It will be quite a change, but for the past 27 years I' ve changed jobs every two or three years, so change doesn 't trouble me." "(As for) the fact that I won 't have that much money or that many people — the missions (of the two offices) are different.

"What I' ve come to know throug h this process (of being selected for the new post) is how dedicated the people of this conference are , how dedicated the board is.. .. "So I' m really looking forward to this. I think it 's going to be a wonderful opportunity to do some good tilings."

Carl attends Alcoholics Anonymous evety day. "I'm making progress," he said. "I just need to learn to be a little more positive, and don't pick up a drink no matter what is going on."

Dell was living under a bri dge when "Someone decided to clean it up one day," he said. The same day, someone passed out flyers regarding the St . Boniface Shelter. He has been living there almost a year.

"I work every day," said Dell, referring to the recycling of cans and bottles. "I have clients, restaurants mostly," he said.

"I thank God for St. Boniface Church and St. Anthony 's," he said. "If the shelter wasn 't here, I'd probably jump off the bridge — no, not really. . . but this has become a home for me. Shelly and Joe, and all the staff are wonderful. They are like my family."

Dell looked up at Joe and said , "I love you man." Joe replied, "I love you too."

"The Tenderloin is filled with people who are half a

step fro m being homeless again ," said Ms. Roder.

"There are various reasons wh y the shelter is full — divorce and loss of home, depression , mental illness , unemployment and addiction to alcohol and drugs."

The building the men call home was donated to the St. Anthony Foundation by the Knights of Columbus. The St, Boniface Nei ghborhood Center, a foundation grant , and city funds made it possible to open the shelter last Dec. 2.

On the second day, the shelter was filled to capacity, and has been ever since.

It is onl y a temporary shelter. The site will be the new home of St. Anthony Foundation to better serve the growing number of needy.

By January, the Nei ghborhood Center plans to open a Transitional Living Center providing a supportive environment for 16 men per year who are working toward permanent employment and housing.

Food & Fun/H oliday and Other Nov 16: Where the Heart Is, Holiday Boutique benefiting ministries of the Little Sisters of the Poor with fabulous holiday shopping opportunities, raffle and silent auction. Seated luncheon is Nov. 16 from 11:30 a.m. - 1 p.m. with tickets at $40 per person.

Admission is free to Nov. 16 Boutique from 10 a.m. 3 p.m. Sponsored by Little Sisters Auxiliary. All events take place at St. Anne's Home, 300 Lake St., SF. Calf Mary Ellen Wilson at (415) 386-2347 or Paula Podesta at (415) 456-8686.

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Volunteer Opportunities Become a mentor for a homeless youth. Home Away From Homelessness seeks volunteers to mentor homeless/formerly homeless youth. Make a difference. Become a mentor. Call (415) 561-4628.

Nov. 16, 17: Christmas Boutique and Social of Immaculate Heart of Mary Parish, 1040 Alameda de las Pulgas at Ralston in Belmont Crafts, Santa's Workshop and photos with the Jolly Old Elf plus bake shop, food and beverages, and festive holiday music. Plenty of parking. Sat. 3- 7 p.m.; Sun. 10:30 a.m. - 2 p.m. Call Barbara Pedersen at (650) 5989919

Most Holy Redeemer AIDS Support Group needs volunteers to provide practical and emotional support to individuals with HIV-AIDS and/or assist with various program events and activities.

Many opportunities available. Call (415) 863-1581 or www.mhr-asg.com.

Nov. 15, 16: Marian Care Center Boutique on the Sisters of Mercy Campus , 2300 Adeline Dr., Buriingame 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. The best Christmas crafts , candies, soaps, soups, and more available.

Call Debbie Halleran at (650) 340-7426.

Help a child succeed in school and in life by serving as a tutor for two hours a week at Sacred Heart Elementary School , 735 Fell St., SF. Sessions take place Mon. - Thurs. from 3:30 - 5:30 p.m. Help welcome in a variety of subjects. Call Mary Potter at (415) 621-8035.

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

St. Joseph's Village, a homeless shelter for families at 10th and Howard St., SF, is looking for dedicated office volunteers to answer phones and greet residents. If you are interested in volunteering, call Dewitt Lacey at (415) 575-4920.

Nov. 16, 17:Christmas Boutique at St. Andrew Church , Southgate and Sullivan, Daly City, featuring handcrafted decorations and gifts. Nov. 16: 9 a.m. 6 p.m.; Nov. 17: 9 a.m. - 2 p.m. Call (650) 756-3223.

San Francisco's St. Anthony Foundation needs volunteers as well as canned goods and other staples. Non-perishable foods may be taken to 121 Golden Gate Ave. M - F from 8"30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.

Volunteer candidates should call (415) 241-2600 or visit the web site at www.stanthonysf.org.

Nov. 17: Convivio Italiano, an Italian Dinner benefiting the National Shrine of St. Francis of Assisi , 610 Vallejo St,at Columbus, SF at 5 p.m. $35 per person.

Call (415) 983-0405 or contact www.SHRINESF.org.

Nov. 19, 20, 21: Holiday Boutique benefiting St. Mary's Medical Center, with Preview Party Nov. 19, 4 - 7 p.m. $10 ticket includes refreshments. Free admission Nov. 20, 10a.m. -4p.m.;Nov. 21.10a.m.

- 2 p.m. Proceeds will go toward purchase of new wheelchairs for Physical Therapy patients. Takes place in Main Lobby of the hospital, 450 Stanyan St., SF. Call (415) 750-5646. Sponsored by medical center auxiliary.

Nov. 21: The St. Vincent de Paul Society of San Francisco's Brennan Award Dinner will take place in Patrons' Hall of St. Mary's Cathedral. The evening honors Jesuit Father Anthony Sauer, president of St. Ignatius College Preparatory School. Ticket information is available by calling (4 15) 977-1270, ext. 3001.

Nov. 23, 24: Holiday Boutique/Raffle in St. Gabriel School library, 40th Ave. and Ulloa St, SF. Choose from handmade knit items, themed baskets , gourmet food, ornaments , crafts for Thanksgiving and Christmas. Sat. 4 - 6 p.m.; Sun. 9 - 1:30 a.m.

Benefits St. Gabriel Parish. Call (415) 731-3122 or (415) 681-7169.

Nov. 23. 24: Noel Notions, a Christmas bazaar benefiting Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Parish, 17 Buena Vista at Blilhedale, Mill Valley. Bake Booth, toy booth, gift items, antiques and crafts. Raffle , too. Lunch available on Saturday when hours are 10 a.m. - 4 pan,; Sun. 9 a.m. - noon. Call (415) 388-4332.

Performance Admission free unless otherwise noted.

Nov. 15, 16: The comedy, The Servant of Two Masters, at Sacred Heart Cathedral Theatre, 1055 Ellis St., SF. Curtain at 7:30 p.m.Tickets $10/$5. Call (415) 775-6626 , ext. 715.

Weekends through Nov. 24: The nine-inning comedy, Bleacher Bums, at The Lindland Theatre of Archbishop Riordan High School, 175 Phelan Ave., across fro m City College, SF. Curtain Fri./Sat. at 8 p.m.; Sun. at 2 p.m. Tickets $8/$5. Call (415) 5875866.

Nov. 17: Mozart's Requiem Mass at 3 p.m. at St. Sebastian Church, Bon Air Rd. at Sir Francis Drake Blvd., Greenbrae, featuring the Laudamus Chorus and Orchestra. Call (510) 233-5629 or pycello@juno.com.

Weekends Nov. 22 - Dec. 8: Moliere's The Doctor in Spite of Himself and the medieval Farce of the Was htub at Meadowlands Assembly Hall Theatre at Dominican University of California in San Rafael. Curtain Fri., Sat. 7:30 p.m.; Sun. 2 p.m.

Tickets $10/$8/$3. Call (415) 673-3131.

Dec. 15: An Evening with Frederica von Stade, at St. Catherine of Siena Church, 1310 Bayswater Ave at E! Camino Real, Buriingame at 5 p.m. The internationally known and widely praised mezzo-soprano will be accompanied by St. Catherine's own Chamber Orchestra featuring the talents of Keith Cerny and Francis Renk. Tickets $20/$10. Benefits music programs at St. Catherine Elementary School. Call (650), 344-6669.

Don 't miss tomorrow 's Bal de Paris , benefiting San Francisco 's Notre Dame des Victoires School at the City's Four Seasons Hotel. Dining, entertainment, dancing, gaming, silent/live auction. Proceeds benefit renovation of the school's science laboratory. Call (415) 397-0113. Trying on some of the masks that might be seen at the Saturday evening gala are , from left, Linda Decker, Cyrian Tabuena, Kathleen Ghanayem, Jackie Forman-Ortiz.

San Francisco's St. Paul's High School honoring the class of '53 as Golden Belles beginning with Mass at 12:15 p.m. in St. Paul Church , 29th and Church St., SF. Luncheon follows in Father Mario P. Farana Parish Center. Please reserve by November 9th.

Call Kay Kelly at (650) 992-9496 or sphsalums@aol.com.

Vocations/Prayer Opportunities Nov. 16: Spiritual Enlightenment Seminar, 9:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m., at St. Cecilia's Church tower hall, 17th Ave. at Vicente, SF. Father David Pettingili speaks on The Mystery of the Church and the New Liturgy. Music by Lord's Flock. Call Nolan at (415) 564-7729.

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Nov. 16: At Dawn and At Dusk: The Tradition of the Liturgy of the Hours , a Day of Recollection with Franciscan Brother Rufino Zaragoza, 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. at The Poverello, 109 Golden Gate Ave., SF. Brother Rufino brings a gentle Franciscan warmth and compassion for justice to his workshops. $10 donation requested. Continental breakfast and lunch provided. Call (415) 621-3279 by Nov. 9.

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Call (650) 340-7452; Church of the Nativity, 210 Oak Grove Ave., Menlo Park at 7:30 p.m. Call Deacon Dominic Peloso at (650) 322-3013.

2nd Fii. at 7:30 p.m. at St. Peter Church, 700 Oddstad Blvd., Paciflca. Call Deacon Peter Solan at (650) 359-6313.

2nd Fri. at 7:30 p.m., St. Dominic Church, 2390 Bush St., SF.Call Laura McClung at (415) 362-1075

Sundays: Concerts at 4 p. m. at National Shrine of St. Francis of Assisi, Vallejo and Columbus, SF. Call (415) 983-0405 or www.shrinesf.org. Open to the public. Nov. 17: Kevin Gibbs, tenor with John Renke on organ.

3rd Fri. at 8 p.m. at Woodside Priory Chapel, 302 Portola Rd., Portola Valley. Call Dean Milier at (650) 328-2880

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

1st Sat. at 8:30 p.m. at SF Presidio Main Post Chapel, 130 Fisher Loop. Call Catherine Rondainaro at (415) 713-0225

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Nov. 16: Presentation High School, SF class of '82. Contact Kathy Cooney Wilson at (650) 9522813 or kat hycooney@yahoo.com , or Lucy Sallaberry Mulkerrins at (650) 341-6299.

Worldwide Marriage Encounter Weekends can add to a Lifetime of Love. For more information or to register, call Michele or George Otte at (888) 5683018.

Nov. 16: Mercy High School, San Francisco Class of '67, 11 a.m. - 4 p.m. at the school, 3250 19th Ave. Please contact Patricia Watson Stadler at (650) 349-1557.

Seton Medical Center Natural Family Planning/Fertility Care Services offers classes in the Creighton Model of NFP. Health educators are also available to speak to youth and adults on topics of puberty, responsible relationships, adolescent sexuality, the use of NFP throughout a woman's reproductive life, and infertility. Call (650) 301-8896.

Nov. 23: Class of '57, Notre Dame High School, Belmont.

Contact Donna Westwood at alumnae@ndhsb.org or (650) 595-1913, ext. 351.

Dec. 22: Class of '92.

Nov. 24: Annual Alumnae Mass and Luncheon of

(650) 344-6884; Our Lady of Angels, Buriingame, Dorothy Heinrichs or Maria Cianci at (650) 3477768; St. Dunstan, Millbrae, Dianne Johnston at (650) 697-0952; Our Lady of the Pillar, Half Moon Bay, Meghan at (650) 726-4337; St. Peter, Pacifica, Chris Booker at (650) 738-1398; Our Lady of Mt. Carmel, Mill Valley, Rick Dullea or Diane Claire at (415) 388-4190.

Retrouvaille, a program tor troubled marriages.

The weekend and follow up sessions help couples

heal and renew their families. Presenters are three couples and a Catholic priest. Call Peg or Ed Gleason at (415) 221-4269 or edgleason@webtv.net or Pat and Tony Fernandez at (415) 893-1005..

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

Call (415) 406-2387 for information.

Single, Divorced, Separated 3rd Thurs.: Meetings at 7 p.m. for New Wings at St. Thomas More Church, 1300 Junipero Serra Blvd. at Brotherhood Way, SF. Potluek dinner at 6 p.m. on 3rd Saturdays. Call Ron at (650) 557-9100 after 6 p.m. (650) 873-4236.

Catholic Adult Singles Assoc, ol Marin meets for support and activities. Call Bob at (415) 8970639 for information.

Seeking enthusiastic men and women for the volunteer team at Mission Dolores Gift Shop.

Welcome visitors from around the world, distribute brochures , accept donations and assist in gift shop sales. You'll also have a chance to practice additional languages you may speak. Call Theresa Mullen at (415) 621-8203, ext. 30.

SF's Laguna Honda Hospital is in need of extraordinary ministers including Eucharistic ministers and readers as well as volunteers to visit with residents and help in the office and with events. Call Sister Miriam Walsh at (415) 664-1580, ext . 2422.

Raphael House, a homeless shelter for families in San Francisco's Tenderloin District , is in need of volunteers to help with various tasks. Hours are 5:45 p.m. - 9 p.m. Call Carol at (415) 345-7265.

California Handicapables, which provides a monthly Mass and luncheon to handicapped persons, needs volunteers including drivers, servers, donors, and recruiters of those who might benefit from the experience. Call Jane Cunningham at (415) 585-9085.

St. Francis Fraternity, a secular Franciscan organization, needs volunteers to help with their 20 year old tradition of serving breakfast on Sunday mornings to their Tenderloin neighbors. Call (415) 621-3279.

Maryknoll Affiliates: Bay Area chapter meets 3rd Sat. for two hours at Maryknoll House, 2555 Webster St., SF to share community, prayer, and action on social justice and global concerns. Members occasionally do short periods of mission service around the world at Maryknoll locations. Call Marie Wren at (415) 331-9139 or mwren48026@aol.com.

Consolation Ministry Groups meet at Ihe tollowng parishes. Please call numbers shown lor more information.

St. Catherine of Siena , Buriingame. Call Elaine Yastishock at (650) 344-6884; Our Lady of Angels, Buriingame. Call Louise Nelson at (650) 343-8457 or Barbara Arena at (650) 344-3579. Our Lady of Mt. Carmel, Redwood City. Call (650) 366-3802; Good Shepherd, Pacifica. Call Sister Carol Fleitz at (650) 355-2593; St. Robert , San Bruno. Call (650) 589-2800. Immaculate Heart of Mary, Belmont.

Call Ann Ponty at (650) 598-0658 or Mary Wagner at (650) 591-3850. St. Isabella, San Rafael. Call Pat Sack at (415) 472-5732. Our Lady of Loretto, Novato. Call Sister Jeanette at (415) 897-2171 .St. Gabriel, SF. Call Barbara Elordi at (415) 564-7882.

St. Finn Barr, SF in English and Spanish. Call Carmen Solis at (415) 584-0823; St. Cecilia , SF. Call Peggy Abdo at (415) 564-7882 ext. 3; Epiphany, SF in Spanish. Call Kathryn Keenan at (415) 564-7882.

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

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

Lectures/ Classes/Radio- TV Mon - Fri. at 7 p.m.: Catholic Radio Hour featuring recitation of the Rosary and motivating talks and music with host Father Tom Daly. Tune your radio to KEST - 1450 AM "Mosaic ", a public affairs program featuring discussions about the Catholic Church today. 1st Sundays 6:00 a.m., KPIX-Channel 5. "For Heaven's Sake", a public affairs program featuring discussions and guests, 5 a.m. 3rd Sunday of the month, KRON-Channel 4.

Returning Catholics Programs lor Catholics Interested in returning to the Church, have been established at the following parishes: St. Dominic , SF, Lee Gallery at (415) 221-1288 or Kevin Sullivan at (415) 567-3333; Holy Name of Jesus, SF, Dennis Rivera at (415) 664-8590; St. Bartholomew , San Mateo, Dan Stensen at (650) 344-5665; St. Catherine of Siena, Buriingame , Silvia Chiesa at (650) 685-8336, Elaine Yastishock at

Hope, a November 21st presentation,

by Dominican Father Timothy Radcliffe at St. Dominic Church , 2390 Bush St. at Steiner, San Francisco at 7:30 p.m.

Father Radcliffe , a well known author and lecturer, has traveled the world witnessing its sadness first hand yet remaining a man of hope. Free admission. Call (415) 567-7824.

Datebook is a f ree listing f ar parishes, schools and non-profit groups. Please include event name, time, date, place, address and an information phone number. Listing must reach Catholic San Francisco at least two weeks before the Friday publication date desired.

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Capsule Film Reviews U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishop s ' Office for Film and Broadcasting.

H ' arry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets ' Less-involving sequel in which the young wizard (Daniel Radcliife), suspected of being behind a nefarious plot that has been turning his fellow students into stone, must identify the true evildoer and face down a monstrous serpent. It is adapted from the second J.K. Rowling novel in the "Harry Potter " series; director Chris Columbus turns in a darker, uneven fantasy that alternates plodding exposition with clever special effects, a few of which may be too frightening for young children. Some scary fantasy menace, fleeting violence and a crude expression. USCCB: A-II — adults and adolescents. MPAA: PG — parental guidance suggested.

'The Crime of Father Amaro ' Corrosive Mexican drama in which an initial ly idealistic rural priest (Gael Garcia Bernal), after realizing his complacent pastor (Sancho Garcia) is sleeping with the cook, begins a passionate affair with the cook's teen-age daughter (Ana Claudia Talancon), impregnates her and then pressures her to have a disastrous abortion . Director Carlos Carrera paints a vicious portrai t of rampant priestly corruption including a mendacious bishop who excommunicates an earnest priest working with peasants and rebels, but the shallow characterizations only underline the film 's biased perspective.

Subtitles. Desecration of the Eucharist, priests breaking vows of chastity and accepting drug monies, a sexual encounter with fleeting nudity, an abortion , brief violence and rough language. USCCB: O — morally offensive. The Motion Picture Association of America rating is R — restricted.

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'Far From Heaven ' Poignant melodram a set in 1957 Connecticut where the prosperous life of a sweetly contented housewife (Julianne Moore) is completely upended when she discovers her husband (Dennis Quaid) in a homosexual embrace and she is scorned by the town for befriending her black gardener (Dennis Haysbert).

Director Todd Haynes ' lushly photograp hed period piece thoughtfull y explores issues of racism, sexual identity and the role of women with delicacy, sensitivity and a focus on the humanity of all the characters. A brief homosexual kiss and implied affair, fleeting violence , alcohol abuse, some profanity and an instance of rough language. USCCB: A-IU — adults.

MPAA: PG-13 — parents are strongly cautioned.

'Half Past Dead' Joyless actionfest pitting two imprisoned convicts against a gang of criminal commandos who invade Alcatraz in order to force a death-row inmate to reveal the location of his big score.

While Don Michael Paul's debut film muses about God, justice and the afterlife, it is more interested in endless gunfire and explosions , to numbing rather than gripping effect. Constant violence, some rough language, sexual references and a positive depiction of a suicide bombing. USCCB: O — morally offensive. MPAA: PG-13 — parents are strongly cautioned.

'Secret Ballot ' Savvy political satire about democratic elections in Iran, which follows an eager female election official and a bored male soldier as they travel around a desert island in search of voters. By juxtaposing the barren landscape of his native country with the political opinions of different Iranians, writer-director Babak Payami questions if democracy in Iran is pointless for rural, tradition-bound peasants who doubt any central government will understand their local problems. Subtitles . USCCB: A-II — adults and adolescents. MPAA: G — general audiences.

Frederica von Stade at St. Catherine 's World-acclaimed Mezzo Soprano Frederica von Stade joins the Chamber Orchestra of St. Catherine of Siena at 5 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 15, at St. Catherine of Siena Church, 1310 Bayswater (at El Camino Real), Buriingame. The concert will raise funds for the St. Catherine of Siena Children 's Music Program.

Last year, the Chamber Orchestra of St. Catherine of Siena raised money to help build a new roof on a mission school in Albania. This year, the benefit will increase the number of school children participating in rich music programs.

Ms. von Stade, a resident of Alameda, is a firm believer in children 's music programs, and has supported other fundraising events for children 's programs.

Her career has taken her to the stages of the world 's great opera houses and concert halls since her debut in 1970. In January 2000, the Metropolitan Opera company celebrated the 30th anniversary of her debut with a new production of 'The Merry Widow" specifically for her. Ms. von Stade has appeared with the San Francisco Opera, Lyric Opera of Chicago, and Los Angeles Opera, Teatro alia Scala, Covent Garden, the Vienna State Opera, and the Paris Opera.

For Tickets: call (650) 344 6669. Adults: $35; adults; Students: $10.

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Moynahan is especially powerful in his assessments of Christianity's early interactions with Islam and in his global observations on the early modern period , warts and all. Though it would add to this already large work (816 pages), further attention to Jesus ' Jewish milieu is needed and some major figures are given short shrift, with St. Thomas Aquinas perhaps the most glaring example.

Owing to a certain sympathy for the Reviewed b y Patrick J. Hayes concept , I had high hopes for John Catholic News Service Tropman 's "The Catholic Ethic and the "Who are we and what are we doing Spirit of Community," a title he contrasts here?" For Catholics, three new books with Max Weber's now-classic "The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of work toward an answer.

James Fisher, now at Fordham Capitalism." In reading the first 100 pages University, has written a lively history in of this text, however, my hopes quickly "Communion of Immigrants: A History of dimmed.

Tropman wants to gain some perspecCatholics in America." Though it begins with a description of the Spanish expedi- tive on why human welfare is treated diftions in the New World, it concentrates ferently by Protestants and Catholics. He mainly on the 19th-and-20th-century foot- advocates for a uniquel y Catholic way of print Catholics have left on North America. approaching social justice. But his is not a Fisher ' s tale is well-crafted and inter- tight argument: it is confounded by mudspersed with documents and illustrations of dled prose, repetition, imprecision in its the American Catholic experience. A attempts at defining terms or inventing new panoply of characters emerges: Mathew terms (e.g., "poorthoug ht" or "prohelpCarey (printer of the first American edition ing"), and historical inaccuracies.

Theological oversimplification someof the Catholic Bible), St. Rose Philippine times leads to unintelli gibility.

Duchesne (a French missionary of the The author draws too heavily on the Society of the Sacred Heart), and Finley Peter Dunne (a Chicago writer known for work of others, creating a haphazard colhis presentations of Irish "wit and wis- lage of an idea he hopes to advance, namely, that the Catholic ethic's hallmark is "the dom"), to name a few.

Fisher s training in American studies is spirit of community." The idea remains tenevident , particularl y in describing the dentious without explicating a fuller immigrant church, American politics, or description of that spirit.

If onl y Tropman had Fisher 's and Catholic representations in film and literature. I found the narrative so clear and Moynahan 's volumes at hand. Perhaps then engaging, I will use it with my undergradu- he would avoid the claim that Catholics more than Protestants rely on the model of ates this fall, A heftier tome — and equall y St. Francis of Assisi and shun wealth. Any enthralling — comes from Brian index of American Catholic social mobility Moynahan , a journalist with London 's over the last 100 years will disabuse anyone Sunday Times. Moynahan's "The Faith: A of that notion. Moreover, to claim that History of Christianity" takes a more com- Catholics behave one way while prehensive view of Christian history, sur- Protestants behave another way — a highly COMMUNION OF IMMIGRANTS: A HISTORY OF CATHOLICS IN AMERICA , by James T. Fisher.

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Hayes is a doctoral student in ecclesiology at The Catholic University of America and teaches religious studies in New York and Connecticut.

Dominican presents two French farces Dominican University and the University Players will present two French farces based on the theme of women taking revenge on husbands who are lazy or violent.

The plays, 'Farce of the Washtub," an anonymous 15th century work, and Moliere's "Doctor In Spite of Himself," will be presented on weekends from Nov. 22 through Dec, 8. Friday and Saturday performances will be at 7:30 p.m., Sunday at 2 p.m.

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The 82-year-old pontiff spoke in a clear voice and looked in good spirits and form. He held himself more upri ght than he has recentl y, smiled frequentl y and joked with p il grims in off-the-cuff remarks. After the audience , he lingered over babies and other children brought to him in a receiving line to caress cheeks and loss foreheads.

The pope said Psalm 98, beg inning "Sing to the Lord a new song," describes God' s work of salvation in universal and even cosmic terms .

"Read in the perspective of the Old Testament, the psalm proclaims that God saves his people and that all the nations , seeing that , remain in admiration ," he said.

"In the Christian perspective , instead , God works salvation in Christ , son of Israel; all the nations see it and are invited to take advantage of this salvation ," he said.

In his prepared text , the pope said Psalm 98 assembles an "immense chorus of praise" to God from all creation , including rivers that "clap their hands" and mountains that "shout for joy."

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