December 14, 2001 by Catholic San Francisco

ORDINARY TIME rForf y Tears a ^Priest ago on December 20 , 1 lay prostrate with fiftyorty ( ~r^ years _L three classmates on the caipeted floor of St. Peter 's Basilica, hardly hearing the familiar chant of the Litany of the Saints begging the whole of heaven to make us faithful and faith-filled priests of Jesus Christ. I cannot today remember what I was thinking at that moment. Perhaps it was the prayer I used to return to most frequently in those moments of silent prayer before the Blessed Sacrament in the seminary: the prayer of Jesus during his agony in the garden has always seemed to me the necessary prayer of the priest, "Not my will but thine be done. " The day was also my father 's

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61st birthday. Until his death in 1970 , we had a double celebration on December 20 — his birthday and my anniversary of priestly ordination. I can hear him still recalling on each occasion how cold it was in St. Peter 's that December morning. A man who started working for Shell in Martinez as a pipefitter and who retired from the same company 40-plus years later as chief engineer at the Torrance plant, he had never anticipated my being a priest. He had often mentioned his hopes th at I might get a Ph.D. in chemical engineering; it never occurred to him as I was growing up that it would be in Theology instead. No doubt he had to learn how to pray that prayer of Jesus as well, "Not my will but thine be done." Of course, it 's the necessary prayer of every Christian. The second day after my ordination at the tomb of St. Peter, I celebrated Mass at the tomb of St. Paul , in the Basilica of St. Paul Outside-the-Walls. Wh at a great teacher of priests Paul is: "Think of us in this way, as servants of Christ and stewards of Cod 's mysteries," savs Pau l in his first letter to the Church at Corinth . "Moreover , " he goes on to write, "it is required of stewards that they be found trustworthy" (I Cor. 4, 1-2). What a helpful image of the priest — a steward of God's mysteries. Like the faithful steward in Jesus ' parable in Luke 's Gospel, the priest is appointed to do Christ's work, not his own. When I look back on these forty years, I recognize the many unanticipated gifts and graces, the opportunities and blessings, that the Lord has lavished upon me. As I offer my prayer of thanks to God , I hasten to add, "Lord , help me never to fail to be that faithful and trustworthy steward of your mysteries whom your Son chose as his priest forty years ago. Let me live up to my role as his steward, to share these graces and blessings with those You have called me to serve, as shepherd of your people in your Church. " The Catechism of the Catholic Church calls Holy Orders and Matrimony "Sacraments at the Service of Communion." The "communion " it refers to is the "koinonia , " sometimes rendered "fellowship" but more appropriately "communion," which Jesus creates among his disciples by the anointing — the consecration —- of the Holy Spirit. This is the "koinonia " or ' communion we call Church. ORDINARY TIME, page 15

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Where You Live by Tom Burke Happy 100th birthday to forever St. Anne of the Sunset parishioner, Ida Zeiter, who is now receiving Communion at home, and Happy 91st natal day to Eileen O'Neil, also St. Anne's and now living at Nazareth House. The parish "prays for abundant blessings" on them both....Reaching the century mark on Sept. 11 was St. Dominic, San Francisco parishioner, Geraldine Grace Benoist. Geraldine was a "vital member' of the landmark parish 's Restoration Advisory Council that "helped to save St. Dominic 's" some 10 years ago, the parish said in a recent bulletin....Happy 50 years married to Barney and Katie Coyle, Mary and Dewey Beraldo, Betty and Jim Houston, and Rosemary and Howard Stoval , who are all parishioners of St. Mark's, Belmont Prayers please for former St. Mark's pastor, Msgr. Floro Arcamo who is on medical leave and welcome to Holy Ghost Father Alwyn Furtado, who became pastor just a few weeks ago. Answering prayers were youth group members Stephanie Peterson, Laurence Peterson, Sondra Suazo, Chantel Diego, Mary Desing who with youth minister, Jill Leyte-Vidal, donned hardhats and put in some hours patching walls and hanging doors with Habitat for Humanity....St Brendan's beautiful

Heavy duty kudos for San Francisco 's Stuart Hall High School on its preparing 14 Thanksgiving Day baskets for needy families in cooperation with their neighbor, St. Benedict Parish for the Deaf at St. Francis Xavier Church. Students of the all boys school donated all supplies and money necessary to complete the joyful task. From left, students Patrick Romo , Michael Kung, Billy Lai, Pierre Carmona , Darwin Tse, Pablo Guillen.

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new gym, named lor late pastor , Msgr. Donnell Walsh, and parish center, named for Dominican Sister Diane Erbacher, principal of the parish school since 1965, are sure nice to look at when u-aveling by the already pretty West Portal compound. The end of last school year broug ht fond farewells to Fran Ferry, school reading specialist since 1989, and Jeanne Miller, librarian since 1983. First grade teacher, Nichole Colliver Cilley, a 1985 St. Bren grad , presented Jeanne with a Good-by Book her class created that the departing educator might place among her personal volumes . The school said the "two valuable members of the St. Brendan family" will be missed....All hats off at Old St. Mary 's, San Francisco for Collette Carey and Thomas Murray, who died recently. Both were "part of the fabric and family " of the parish , a recent bulletin said. . ..A gavel rap for attorney Erica R. Yew installed as a Judge of State Superior Court, Santa Clara County on Nov. 26. Her proud mom is Arlene Yew of Our Lady of Angels

San Francisco's Immaculate Conception Academy, an all girls school founded by the Dominican Sisters of Mission San Jose, in 1883, sent four of its seniors to last summer 's Dominican High Schools Preaching Conference in Illinois. Dominican Sister Elizabeth O'Donnell, ICA Campus Minister, also went along. Among the highlights of the trip for the four young women were "the liturgies...learning from the experience of children growing up in poverty.. .meeting others from Dominican schools.. .hearing the ideas of others ." Thanks to longtime ICA benefacto r Bettye Ferguson whose generosity made the almost $4,000 educational opportunity possible. From left: Leanne Noguera , Sister fJ^Donnell, Jocelyn Rugama , Melissa Ruiz, Brianna Green.

The annual Alumnae Homecoming for Mercy High School, Burlingame was enjoyed in late September by many who have tread its halls including Gloriette Caviglia McGuire and Ruth Hallinan Kane members of the school's first graduating class in 1934. "The day passed too quickly but great fun was had by all," said Mercy Sister Rosann Fraher, principal. Mercy 's class of '51 who were honored at the event posed on the Senior Stairs at Kohl Mansion. Back from left: Catherine Michaelsen Boaz, Patricia Kelly Ingraham , Jacquelyn Ryan Curran , Olga Muzzi Silvestri, Patricia McDonoughy Zarlengo. Front from left: Gloria Vonau Daher, Yvonne Chiappe Zaro, Barbara Kruse McConaughy, Jeanette Napp Wood , Jacqueline Crown Nichols , Paula Molino Neve, Patricia Mayer Kennedy, Patricia Foley Lannoy. gathered at the Redwood City school for a reunion lunch on Sept. 28. Notre Dame Sister Ann Maureen King, a teacher at OLMC during tliat time was also on hand....We love hearin from ya' and it takes but a moment to let us know about a wedding, anniversary, birthday or other special or entertaining event. Just jot down the basics and send to On the Street Where You Live, One Peter Yorke Way, SF 94109 or e-mail it to tburke@catholic-sf.org. However you get it here, please don't forget to include a follow-up phone number. You can reach Tom Burke at (415) 614 -5634.... A triple scoop of congrats for Florence Maher, a longtime St. James , San Francisco parishioner currently residing at San Rafael's Nazareth House , who recently celebrated her 100th birthday. Up for a visit to commemorate the special occasion were former St. James ' pastors , Father Edward Cleary, now retired, and Father Dan Carter, now pasto r of Immaculate Heart of Mary Parish , Belmont.

Parish, Burlingame....Kaleidoscope 2001, the fall festival of Star of the Sea Parish, San Francisco, was called what it was thanks to the winning mind work of Marietta Escalona who took first place in a name the festival contest... .Half Moon Bay's Our Lady of the Pillar Parish says thank you to the late Bill Armbruster, a longtime parishioner, who "generously remembered the parish in his will." Thanks, too, to Bill's neice, Pauline Migrants, who facilitated disbursing of the bequest....More than 40 graduates of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Elementary, representing classes from 1930 to 1941

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Msgr. James B. Flynn , retired pastor of St. Matthias Parish , Redwood City, died Dec. 4 in San Francisco after a long battle with lung cancer. The late priest is also former pastor, St. Gabriel and St. Peter "~™ parishes, San Francisco, as well as a former asso- 'Msgr. Flynn was a very ciate director and director of Catholic Charities, formerl y known as Catholic Social Services. Msgr. Flynn was ordained June 12, 1948 and spiritual man with a good earned a master ' s degree in Social Work from Catholic University in 1950. He took up residence p rayer life. He was very at the St. Mary's Cathedral when he retired in 1999. The Portland , Oregon native was 77 years old. p eop le oriented . .. ' Before his assignment to St. Matthias in 1992, Msgr., Flynn served for five years on the faculty of St. Patrick's Seminary, Menlo Park. spiritual director and advisor, all the time making the Father Gerald Coleman , president/rector , St. seminary community more aware of the importance of Patrick' s Seminary, said, "Msgr. Flynn initiated the first the Jesu Caritas priestl y fraternity." pastoral year program at St. Patrick's, a year-long expeFather William Knapp, retired pastor , St. Stephen rience that has become singularl y important in the sem- Parish , San Francisco, was ordained with Msgr. Flynn inary 's formation program. The quality of this program in 1948. "Msgr. Flynn was a very spiritual man with a received its impetus and vision from Msgr. Flynn 's good prayer life," Father Knapp, who now lives at St. incredibly rich pastoral experience in Catholic Charities Isabella Parish , San Rafael, said. "He was very people and as a pastor. oriented with a great sense of people's needs and a great

a sensitivity to those needs. He was a very good pastor and was loved by the people he served." Brian Cahill, director of Catholic Charities/CYO , served at Catholic Charities with Msgr. Flynn while pursuing his own graduate degree in Social Work "" in 1966. "I thought the world of him," Mr. Cahill said. "He was a great priest, a great social worker i and set a tone for Catholic Charities in outreach and compassion." I Former San Francisco Archbishop John R. Quinn presided at a funeral Mass for Msgr. Flynn on Dec. 7 at St. Mary 's Cathedral . Homilist was Msgr. John Sandersfeld , pastor, St. Francis of Assisi Parish, San Jose. Among the concelebrants were San Francisco Auxiliary Bishop John Wester, retired San Jose Bishop Pierre DuMaine and more than 60 priests including Fathers Clement A. Davenport and John Kavanaugh , also classmates of Msgr. Flynn , and Father Knapp. A vigil service was held at St. Matthias on the evening of Dec. 6. Msgr. Flynn was preceded in death by two sisters, Mae Mahoney and Roseanne Deas. He is survived by five nieces and nephews, all of Oregon. Interment was at Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, Hayward .

Japanese statue of Blessed Mother finds new niche Japan to San Francisco. He approached Japan Air Lines, and the carrier agreed to fly it to San Francisco as a service to the Japanese community in San Francisco. It stood at Our Lad y of the Morning Star School until 1985. As arrangements were being made to move the statue, it was discovered that "Sister Taniguchi finished the statue in polyester plastic , a new material used for the first time in casting. It was a great disappointment to learn it would not withstand San Francisco's harsh rainy seasons ," said long-time parishioner Hiroko Sakamaki. The parishioners elected to place the statue inside the church. But according to Mrs. Sakamaki, "the dream of the Blessed Mother standing outside the church watch-

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The statue with Asian features of the Blessed Mother holding the baby Jesus occupied a niche in the front of Our Lady of the Morning Star School for nearly 14 years. When the school of St. Francis Xavier closed in 1985, the parishioners of the national parish for Japanese Catholics wanted to move "her" in front of their parish, until they discovered the statue was not weatherproof. The statue was sculpted in Tokyo, Japan by Immaculate Heart of Mary Sister Laurentia Taniguchi of Junshi HELPING WOMEN IN CRISIS PREGNANCY Women's College in the YOU CAN HELP TOO early 1970s. A dup licate With your donation of time, v ¦• . .. talent and financial support of the statue also stands . sss •Japanese statue on the grounds of * ^ Please c;ill to learn how you Nagasaki Women's University in Japan. ^fc/j ^^^as;. _ can make a difference. Parishioner Tom Kobuchi , now deceased, paid for ;^lli|||g$tP\ Birthright is a pregnancy support the statue but after its completion in 1972, Mr. Kobuchi "*^Bb agency providing alternatives did not have sufficient funds to bring the statue from h

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CAPE TOWN, South Africa —African church officials noted their concern at the growing number of households headed by children as AIDS spreads at "an alarming rate" through the continent. Not only has AIDS killed many millions of Africans, but it has halted development on the continent, a statement from the secretaries-general of regional and national bishops ' conferences in Africa said after a Nov. 26-Dec. 1 meeting in Cape Town. Households headed by children "are becoming all too common," they said, noting that this results in an increase in child labor and the loss of family values. "The local church communities and individual Christian families are called to open their hearts and doors and become more and more part of the family of the ADDS orphans and other vulnerable children ," the statement said. AIDS "contributes to widening the gap between rich and m - poor," the statement said, noting that the disease is "therefore undermining social and economic security and has resulted in unprecedented trauma to millions of people." An overwhelming number of children have been . 2 O orphaned by AIDS on the continent , the secretaries-genero al said. "The number of street children and child dropouts H o '•' X are growing at an alarming rate," they said, noting that flea "this has contributed to the increase in crime."

Catholic Eoly Land group seeks to avoid confusion with raided agency

WASHINGTON — Reports of a federal raid on a U.S.based Muslim foundation operating in the Holy Land has raised concerns from the Catholic-run Holy Land Foundation. Representatives of the Catholic organization have complained that President Bush identified the target of the raid as "Holy Land Foundati on" and did not use the full name of the raided charity: the Holy Land Foundation for Relief and Development. Federal officials raided the group 's offices in Richardson, Texas, and elsewhere across the United States following a grand jury investigation and seized its assets, saying it was a front for Hamas, a Palestinian organization. The Texas group 's officials have denied the assertions. Denise Marie Scalzo, vice president for the Washingtonbased Holy Land Foundation, said confusion in people 's minds about the groups has increased since the Sept. 11 terror attacks in the Un ited States. Before the raid, Scalzo said, "we warned the FBI bureau in Dallas" about the difference between the two organizations. 'The FBI didn 't know that there was a Catholic organization ," she added.

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Sifiso, a 2-year-old boy who has AIDS , hugs a toy at the Cotlands child sanctuary in Johannesburg, South Africa , in late November. Two-hundred babies are bom HIV-positive each day in South Africa. By 2005 the country will have around 1 million AIDS orphans underthe age of 15.

Sri Lankan bishops appeal fo r pe acefollowing violent elections

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka —Catholic bishops in Sri Lanka have appealed for all citizens to work for peace after the violence-marred Dec. 5 elections. "Let us make this period after the election a period of reconciliation and nation building. Let us pray and work for peace and reconciliation and say 'no more violence in our land,'" the bishops ' conference statement said. The bishops said they are "painfully aware of the violent situation" that surrounded the elections and of the "disaster it has already caused in terms of human life, the erosion of fundamental rights, and the destruction of property and economic resources." More than 50 people were reported killed in election-related violence that continued even as ballots were being cast Dec. 5. More than 70 percent of Sri Lanka's 12 million voters participated in the elections, the second in 14 months after a series of party defections left Parliament deadlocked. The elections were among the most violent in Sri Lanka's history.

The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia captured Perez in March , 2000. His son, Andre s Felipe, 12, has lung cancer. The story has caused segments of Colombia 's population to turn against the rebels. In early December at Bogota University, where some organizations show support for some of the guerrilla actions , students demonstrated against the rebels. A large banner placed in front of the university read, "If the revolution means the death of piety and solidarity, what sense does it make to be a revolutionary ?"

Vatican officia l says p eace effo rts should intensify after Sep t. 11

ROME —Archbishop Jean-Louis Tauran, the Vatican's foreign minister, met U.S. Secretaty of State Colin Powell for talks that centered on the renewed conflict in the Middle East, a diplomatic official in Rome said. The meeting took place on the sidelines of a conference in Bucharest, MEDELLIN, Colombia —The president of the Romania Dec. 3-4, the source told Catholic News Service. Besides the renewed Israeli-Palestinian violence, the Colombian bishops ' conference has asked guerrillas to release policeman Jose Notberto Perez, the kidnapped pair also discussed the U.S.-led war in Afghanistan and Pope John Paul IPs prayer initiatives for peace, scheduled father of a dying child. "On behalf of my fellow brother bishops, I ask, I for December and January. On the conference floor, Archbishop Tauran told deledemand the FARC (rebels) to let Mr. Perez go free for a gates that worldwide peacekeeping efforts must intensif y humanitarian reason that must be above any political calfollowing the terrorist attacks in New York and culation," said Archbishop Alberto Giraldo Jaramillo of Washington. "More than ever, after Sept. 11, the internaMedellin in a statement made on Colombian radio. A national campaign seeking the release of the kid- tional community needs to reflect on ways of effectivel y napped police officer began after the boy made an appeal promoting a culture of peace," he said. "In these times, when religion is too often used for politto rebels to allow him to see his father during his "last ical ends or, even worse, for killing in the name of God," it Christmas on Earth."

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24,000 youths celebrate Catholic identity By Jennifer Del Vechio Catholic News Service INDIANAPOLIS (CNS) — The National Catholic Youth Conference ended much the way it began: after three days, teen-agers were still clapping for Jesus, shouting "Amen" and getting to know one another by celebrating their Catholic identity. The event here Dec. 6 to 9 was billed by its organizers as the largest Catholic youth conference in U.S. history. The conference sponsored by the National Federation of Catholic Youth Ministry drew almost 24,000 teen-agers and adult chaperons. MTV' s Matt Smith and Miss America 2001, Angela Perez Baraquio, told teen-agers that their Catholic faith kept them focused on Christ amid the whirlwind of television lights, people putting them on a pedestal and the intense scrutiny of being known to so many. Smith appeared in MTV' s "Real World" series in New Orleans. Baraquio is a teacher and the first Asian-American to be named Miss America in the pageant's 80-year history. While both came to their faith journe ys by different routes , they said it was the Eucharist that helped them. But they had to light for their faith on the battleground of their own self-discipline and dedication to follow Christ regardless of the situations they found themselves in every day. Baraquio, who traveled 20,000 miles a month as Miss America, said she had to make time for God because no one else was going to do it for her. She'd heard that previous Miss Americas hadn't gone to church on Sunday but she required that her engagements be scheduled before or after Mass. "It's not easy being a Catholic in a high-profile position," Baraquio said. "But I can do all things in Christ who strengthens me." As Baraquio battled to find time for Mass amid her travels, Smith battled the temptations of living with six roommates who didn 't share his values or his faith. Despite it all, Smith said he still made time for daily Mass, going every evening. Teen-agers just didn 't see that filmed on the show. Smith said it was a Life Teen Mass that first helped him give his life to Christ while in college. From there, he ended up trying out for MTV's "Real World," thinking he would never get on the show when he showed the crucifixthat hung in his dorm room and began to talk about chastity. Smith said it wasn't easy. "I'll be honest," he said. "There were times when God seemed so far away and I got so tired of the temptations."

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By John Norton Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) — In his strongest statement since the Sept. 11 attacks, Pope John Paul II said countries have a right to defend themselves against international terrorists , but added that tru e peace could not be achieved without "justice and that form of love which is forgiveness. " In a message for World Day of Peace, cele- ^^^ brated Jan. 1, the pope urged Jewish , Christian and Islamic reli gious leaders to condemn terrorism publicl y in order to deny "terrorists any form of religious or moral legitimacy." He said the intern ational community must fight terrorism by addressing underl ying injustices like poverty, but he called the terrorists ' claim to be acting on behalf of the poor "a patent falsehood. " The 14-page text, "No Peace Without Justice , No Justice Without Forgiveness," was released at a Vatican press conference Dec. 11 and focused on the unstable world situation since Sept. 11. The message 's theme, originally announced in June as a reflection on the role of forgiveness in peace, was changed after the attacks to add the element of justice.

The pope said the terro rist attacks , through which "the power of evil seems once again to have taken the upper hand" in the world , had made him think of the suffering of his friends and acquaintances in Poland under Nazism and communism. "I hav e often paused to reflect on the persistent question: How do we restore the moral and social order subjected to such horrific violence?

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"Forgiveness is in no way opposed to justice , as if to forgive meant to overlook the need to ri ght the wrong done ," he said. "But because human jus tice is always frag ile and imperfect , subject as it is to the limitations and egoism of individuals and group s, it must include and , as it were, be completed by the forg iveness that heals and rebuilds troubled human relations from their foundations ," he said. The pope said countries had a ri ght to defend themselves against terrorism , as long as the right was exercised "with respect for moral and legal limits in the choice of ends and means." "The guilty must be correctly identified , since criminal culpability is always personal and cannot be extended to the nation , ethnic group or relig ion to which the terrorists may belong, " he said. Vatican officials at the press conference declined to comment directl y on whether the U.S.-led bombing of Af g hanistan or a potential extension of the military campai gn to other countries like Iraq, Sudan or Somalia would fit the pope 's ethical parameters. Several said the lack of solid information coming out of PEACE, page 7

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except by a resp onse that combines justice with f org iveness.' "My reasoned conviction ," he said, "is that the shattered order cannot be full y restored except by a response that combines justice with forgiveness." People often see justice and forgiveness as contradictory, the pope said , "but forgiveness is the opposite of resentment and revenge , not of justice."

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Peace . . . ¦ Continued from page 6 Af ghanistan made it impossible to form a jud gment. But one official , Bishop Giampaolo Crepaldi , secretary of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace, approvingly noted U.S. stated objectives in Afghanistan to target onl y the terrorists blamed for the Sept. 11 attacks and the Taliban regime that gave the terrorists protection and support . The pope said international efforts to fight terrorism must include addressing "situations of oppression and marginalization which facilitate the designs of terrorists. " But , he said, "it must be firmly stated that the injustices existing in the world can never be used to excuse acts of terrorism." In addition , those hurt most by the breakdown of global order caused by terrorism are the poor, especiall y those in develop ing countries , he said. "The terrorist claim to be acting on behalf of the poor is a patent falsehood ," he said. The pope condemned terrorism as a "true crime against humanity," saying it "springs from hatred" and "is built on contempt for human life." He said the "fanatic fundamentalism " that often breeds terrorism "is an attitude radically opposed to belief in God" and offends human dignity by try ing to force one's own vision of truth on others. "Even when the truth has been reached — and this can happen only in a limited and imperfect way — it can never

be imposed," he said. "Respect for a person 's conscience, where the image of God himself is reflected , means that we can only propose the truth to others , who are then responsible for accepting it. " The pope said no reli gious leader could condone terrorism , much less preach it. He said he intended a Jan. 24 summit of world religious leaders in Assisi, Italy, to be a sign of hop e to the world and a joint commitment for peace and forgiveness. "We will show that genuine relig ious belief is an inexhaustible wellsp ring of mutual respect and harmony among peoples; indeed , it is the chief antidote to violence and conflict ," he said. The pope acknowledged that forg iveness, which he defined as "a decision of the heart to go against the natural instinct to pay bac k evil with evil," was often difficult to understand and accept. "Forgiveness , in fact , always involves an apparent short-term loss for a real long-term gain. Violence is the exact opposite; opting as it does for an apparent short-term gain, it involves a real and permanent loss ," he said. Saying he hoped that his insistence on the necessity of forgiveness would spur "serious and mature thinking on this theme," the pope closed his message with prayers not only for peace and for victims of terrorism , but also for the terrorists . "May the light of our prayer extend even to those who gravely offend God and man by these pitiless acts, that they may look into their hearts , see the evil of what they do, abandon all violent intentions and seek forgiveness ," he said.

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VATICAN CITY (CNS) — With increasing insistence, Pope John Paul II called again for fasting, prayers and action to bring peace to the world. On four separate occasions Dec. 7-9, the pope spoke of the threat of spreading violence and asked for individual and communal efforts to stop it. In his midday Angelus address Dec. 9, he repeated his request that all Catholics and all people of good will fast and pray for peace Dec. 14. Fasting for peace is a sign of one's sadness for situations of conflict, but also a sign of taking responsibility for die seeds of hatred and tension hidden in one's own heart, the pope said. "Fasting expresses sorrow for a serious calamity, but also the will to assume responsibility in some way, confessing one's own sins and committing oneself to a conversion of heart and to actions of greater justice toward God and toward one's neighbors," the pope said. By fasting, believers express their awareness that the renewal of their own lives and of society will come only from God's action, he said. In addition, he said , "fasting allows the sharing of one's daily bread with those who have none." Pope John Paul said fasting Dec. 14, which is during Advent, has an important significance for Christians who are "prepar-

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ing the ways of the Lord, who came into history as the savior and will return again at the end of time as merciful judge ." The date also coincides in many parts of die world with the end of the Ramadan fast, "during which the followers of Islam express their submission to the one God," the pope said. "I deeply hope the common attitude of religious repentance will increase mutual understanding between Christians and Muslims, called more than ever in this age to be builders of justice and peace together," he said. After blessing a basket of roses placed at the foot of a column topped with a statue dedicated to the Immaculate Conception at the base of the steps, the pope read a long prayer to Mary, asking her to be a mother to all believers. "Dark clouds gather on die world's horizon," he said. "Humanity, which greeted the dawn of the third millennium with such hope, now feels the threat of new, upsetting conflicts hanging over it. "For this reason, we come to you, Immaculate Virgin, to ask your help as an understanding and strong mother so that souls, freed from the fumes of hatred, would open to reciprocal pardon, constructive solidarity and peace," Pope John Paul prayed. The pope's weekend appeals for peace began Dec. 7 at an evening concert where he told the audience, "The 20th century, although marked perhaps as no other by wars and bloodshed, closed with hopes for justice and peace.

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Harry Potter 's San Francisco connection By Evelyn Zapp ia Since 1995, Blessed Virgin Sister Peggy Devereux has quietl y fulfilled her duties teaching religion and reading at San Francisco 's St. Monica Elementary but things changed when word got out to her students that Christop her Columbus , is her "nephew-in-law." No, not the one that discovered America - he is much more important - he 's the director of the Harry Potter film thai has captured the minds of hundreds of thousands of young people throug hout the world. If you haven 't heard about Harry Potter, where have you been? "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" is a two-hour movie mat children of all ages sit through quietly. If th at doesn 't impress you , how about the fact , the book is more th an 300 pages long, arid the kids keep reading it over and over? Sister Devereux 's connection to Harry Potter is as important to a teenage girl knowing someone who is related to Nick Carter. Who is Nick Carter? One of the famous singers in the Backstreet Boys band, of course. Long before Sister Devereux knew "Chris," her nephewin-law, was going to direct the world-famous movie, she read "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer 's Stone." Why ? "It was the one book that was always in circulation at the school library - it still is today. It's been a gift to reading teachers," she said. "Just the other day," Sister Devereux said, "I was trying to explain the meaning of the word 'bound' and gave the example, 'die cat bounds off the table.' The children began laughing. Then one of my students said, 'Just like in Harry Potter when the cat bounds off the table and becomes the teacher.'"

was being interviewed on television. He said , "I'm Catholic , that stuff doesn 't matter to me." Sister admits to being pleasantly surprised with his candid answer. "Chris is a wonderful person and a great father," said Sister. "He has four children, and he loves being at home with them more than anything. " "Chris told me once, Sister continued , "he loves working with children. He reall y does shine when he works with them." Sister Devereux had the opportunity to see him working with o " ¦a then child star Macaulay Culkin on the set of "Home Alone. ::« "Chris called him 'Mac ', she said. " He had a wonderful -v connection with the child." t The 43-year-old director has been working with children Bo since 1987, making his directorial debut with the teen comer dy "Adventures in Babysitting. " A graduate from the Spielberg School of Moviemaking, he wrote three highly l 1 imaginative films , "Gremlins," 1984; "The Goonies," 1985 and; "Young Sherlock Homes," 1985, all with children in the leading roles. Sister Devereux believes "excitement and a lot of activity, " He is living in London , directing "Harry Potter and the are the reasons J. K. Rowling ' s four Harry Potter books have Chamber of Secrets," the second book in the current series. This fact should continue the popularity of Sister Devereux been so popular. "I liked them very much ," she said. Some have been very critical of the wizardry content in the for quite some time. Well , who knows? The movie sounds a lot like another books stating it is not for small children but Sister Devereux "doesn 't understand what the controversy is all about. " film, with a girl wearing magic ruby slippers, who made Should there be a reader age limit? "I don 't think so," she said. friends with a talking lion, scarecrow, and tin man who hid "Little kids love it. But no book is for everyone," she added. from a wicked witch who flew on her broom with a band of "You know," Sister Devereux continued," I saw "Chris" monkeys, while in search of the "Great Wizard" Whatever being asked about the wizardry content in the movie when he became of that movie? U".

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Monday, December 24th 1:30 to 3:00 p.m. Sacrament of Penance (Confessions) 4:30 p.m. Christmas Eve Mass Special Christmas Music Program at 4:15 p.m. 7:00 p.m. Christmas Eve Mass Special Christmas Music Program at 6:45 p.m. 10:00 p.m. Christmas Eve Mass Special Christinas Music Program at 9:45 p.m. No Midnight f Aass Christmas Day Tuesday, December 25th Masses: 8:00, 9:30 arid 11530 a.m. No 9;Q0.p,m. mass

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1040 Alameda de las Pulgas Belmont , CA 94002 650-593-6157 SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION Communal Penance Service, 12/17/01, 7:30 p.m. Individual Confession, 12/22/01, 3:00-4:30 p.m. CHRISTMAS EVE 4:00 p.m. Children's Mass, 6:30 p.m. and Midnight (Carols at 11:30 p.m.) CHRISTMAS DAY 7:30, 9:30 and 11:00 a.m. (No 5:30 p.m. Mass)

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Lady Angels Catholic of Church 1721 Hillside Drive, Burlingame

Capuchin Franciscans

650-347-7768

200 1 Christmas Schedule Christmas Eve 5:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. (Children 's Mass) Midnight Mass Christmas Day 8:00, 10:00 and 12 noon Confessions Saturday, December 22 10-1 1 a.m., 3-4 p.m. Monday, December 24, 10-12 noon , 3-4 p.m. New Years Day Masses at 8:00 and 10.00 a.m. The Capuchin Franciscans St Parish Staff wish our Parishioners and Friends Peace, Love and Hope for Christmas and the new Year

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Monday of 4th Week of Advent, Dec. 24 Daily Masses 7:30 AM & 1205 PM Confessions after the 12:05 Mass Christmas Eve, Dec. 24 Vigil Mass 5:00 PM Christmas Prelude 11:00 PM Christmas Carols 11:30 PM Christmas, Dec. 25 12 Midni ght Midnight Mass Mass at Dawn 8:30 AM Mass during the Day 11:00 AM Feast of the Holy Family, Sun. Dec. 30 Saturday Evening Vigil Mass 5:00 PM 8:30&11:00 AM Sunday Masses Feast of Mary, Mother of God, Jan. 1 Not a Holy Day of Obligation Mass at 12:05 PM

Marin Catholic breaks ground for chapel, tower As part of a $15 million Capital Campaign, Marin Catholic High School recently began work on a $3.4 million dollar project to build a new chapel , bell tower and plaza for the school. Archbishop William J. Levada broke ground for the project with a gold shovel on Nov. 1. He also celebrated Mass with the Marin Catholic community in the school gym and blessed the newl y renovated Bernhardt and Lucile Poetz Theater. The bell tower will be named for Marilyn and George D. Monardo who are the parents of six Marin Catholic alums and grandparents of five M.C. alums and one current student. The Monardo 's donated $500,000 toward the campaign, as well as, $100,000 to the Ryan Murnig Memorial Scholarshi p Fund. The school also received $750,000 from the Carl and Celia Berta Gellert Foundation for the chapel project. As part of the Capital Campaign, Marin Catholic has alread y updated its classrooms and is seeking donations toward the construction of a new $7 million Student

Jap anese statue.. . ¦ Continued from page 3 Asian Mother and Child to be displayed outside. Last June, the parish held a dedication ceremony to commemorate the installation of the new statue. The statue cost $7,000. It is approximately 5 feet, 8 inches tall , and rests on a 2-foot base. A built-in vault was added to include the names of those who have passed away. "In appreciation we entombed in the

Center. The Center will include the school's cafeteria , the bookstore, student activity offices and the offices of the school newspaper and yearbook . Marin Catholic, which in addition to having strong academic and religious programs , boasts one of the best and broadest sports programs in northern California. Founded in 1949, it is home to about 750 students. If you would like to contribute to their Capital Campaign, contact Sharon Eager in the school's development office at 415461-9434. vault the names of our ancestors and founding members of St. Francis Xavier Mission Church, to whom we owe our presence today," said Sacred Heart Sister Teresa Teshima, president of the St. Francis Xavier Japanese Catholic Society. "It took 16 years, and finally, the Blessed Mother is now in her proper position to watch over St. Francis Xavier, the most important Catholic missionary to Japan ," said Mrs. Sakamaki, who now feel s "a spiritual significance" in the presence of the "Japanese Blessed Mother with Child."

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8:30 A.M. Mass 7:00 p.m. - Children's Mass Christmas Carols - 11:15 to 11:55 PM. 12:00 A.M. - Midnight Mass TUESDAY, DECEMBER 25 8:00, 9:45 & 11:30 A.M. - Regular Masses NEW YEAR'S SCHEDULE M ONDAY, DECEMBER 31

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Mass 5:00p.m. (Eng lish) and 7:30p .m. (Espanol)

December 25, Christmas D ay

12 midnight, 7:45 a.m., 9:00 a.m., 11:15 a.m. 12:45 p.m. (Espa nol)

S T. AN THONY'S PESCADERO December 24, Christmas Eve 5:00p.m. (Esp anol)

December 25, Christmas Day 9:00 a.m.

OUR LADY OF REFUGE LA HONDA December 25, Christmas Day 10:45 a.m.

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307 Willow Avenue, South San Francisco, CA 94080

CHRISTMAS SCHEDULE 2001 MONDAY, DECEMBER 17 7:30 p.m. - Penance Service With Individual Confessions

Pope John Paul called on the students to be part of the process of building a Europe respectful of human rights and of VATICAN CITY (CNS) - Those God's law. who believe in Christ must look for The process, he said, involves "an signs of his presence in the world , espe- untiring search, which never is discourcially when world events make it seem aged even when faced with a scarcity of he is far away, Pope John Paul II told results nor which allows itsel f to be university students. blocked by inevitable and sometimes ¦ ¦ The ¦ ¦ ¦ ies ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦¦ ¦^ ¦ ¦¦ ¦ ¦ ^ ¦ ¦ M l liturg growing misunderof ¦ ^ Advent "invite us standings and to look for him oppositions. " and discover that Universities he is close to us," have a special role the pope said durto play in building ing the Dec. 11 societies where Mass in St. Peter 's technology is Basilica. judged by how it contributes to the The scope of the annual Mass common good , for Rome universibeginning with ty students in respect for the life of each human preparation for being, he said. Christmas was enlarged by the presence of choirs from The Advent readings reminding people 15 other European nations and by the of "eternal truths" are a call "not to give participation of a choir from Riverside into illusions of a progress winch does not Community College in Riverside, Calif. conform to the divine plan," he said. Pope John Paul told the students that "No matter how surprising modern in searching for signs of Christ's pres- scientific and technological developence, they must know that he came to ment is and no matter how promising the seek them first. future of humanity appears , progress "This is why when confronted with also brings with it terrifying shadows of difficult situations and in dark moments destruction and de*ath," the pope said. "It is necessary to respect the insurof existence, the hope and the joy in the hearts of believers never lessen," he said. mountable limits set by moral norms," "Go out to meet Jesus with trust, he said. "When man loses a sense of limbecause in him you will be free and safe, its and sets himself as legislator of the even when the paths of life are bumpy universe, he forgets that he is like the and treacherous. Trust in him," the pope . grass and the flower of the field , which last only briefly." said. By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service

ST. MARK 'S CATHOLIC CHURCH

Pope urges university students to look for signs of Christ in world

NTHONY OF PADUA ST . A 1000 Cambridge St,Novato CHRISTMAS 2001

ReconcrliaiiOrt Sewict; itt Out I«# Of l«e«0 WtaBmSBw Wed. Dec. 19 I0:W VM an<l 7:30 VM Confessions at St. Anthony's December 22 4:00 PM to 4:4S PM December 24 10:00 AM to 11:00:AM & 2:00 PM to 3:00 PM

Sunday Mass December 23 Vigil 5:00 PM 7:00 AM, 9:00 AM, 11:00 AM Masses - Christmas Eve, December 24 10:30 PM Christmas Music 5:00 PMChildren 's Mass 7:00 PMChristmas Music 11:00 PM Mass Mass No Midnight Mass 7;30PM Christmas Day, December 25 Masses:7:00 AM, 9:00 AM, 11:00 AM Sunday Mass December 30 Vigil 5:00 PM Masses: 7:00 AM, 9:00 AM, 11:00 AM New Years Eve, December 31 Masses:5:00 PM and 7:30 PM New Years Day,January 1, 2002 Masses: 9:00 AM and 11:00 AM Please let us know of any parishionersthat should he visitedfor the Sacraments.

A St. Cecilia #s Parish ff% Live Church Broadcast: www.stcecilia.com Saturday, December 22 9:30 a.m. - Communal preparation for the Sacrament of Reconciliation Rite II, followed by individual confession. 3:30 - 4:30 p.m. - Sacrament of Penance

Monday, December 24

Sacrament of Penance 3:30 - 4:30 p.m. Christmas Eve Masses: . 5:00 p.m.-Msgr. Peter Armstrong 8:00 p.m.-Fr. Joe Landi & Children's Choir

11:15 p.m.-Christmas Carols

Midnight—Concelebrated Mass Msgr. Michael Harriman and other priests with Choir and orchestra

Tuesday, December 25

Masses: 6:30 a.m.-Msgr. Michael Harriman 8:00 a.m.-Fr. Vito Perrone 9:30 a.m. Family Mass-Fr. Heribert Duquet, MEP 11:00 a.m.-Fr. Joe Landi with Choir and orchestra 12:30 p.m.-Msgr. John Foudy

Tuesday, January 1, 2002 The Solemnity of Mary, the Mother of God, is not observed as a Holy Day of Obligation Masses: 6:30, 7:30 and 9:00 a.m. 17th Avenue and Vicente Street San Francisco, CA 94116

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Members of sister p arish in El Salvado r visit St Ignatius

By Sharon Abercrombie

parish in El Salvador, said Jose Ortiga, director. Last year, St. Peter School in the *3ince last January, Ines and Rigoberto Chavarria have spent every Saturday bakMission District, became sister to a parochial school in San Antonio. ing bricks and building new homes for 175 earth-quake devastated families in the Julia Dowd said the relationship is "mutual — we're helping each other." Her i mountains of El Carmen, El Salvador But on Nov. 17, they took a well-deserved day | off — the busy parish council members went to Muir Beach and Ghiaradelli Square. parish, she added, is open to ideas. For many years, St. Ignatius has functioned as the campus chapel for the The jaunt took place during their recent week-long visit to St. Ignatius Parish in | San Francisco. The Chavarrias , members of San Antonio Parish were part of a sixUniversity of San Francisco, a Jesuit-run institution. It became an Archdioeesan parish just seven years ago, which is why it is still developing small faith commu1 member delegation from El Salvador. It included their pastor, Father Estefan nities and visions of outreach , said Ms. Dowd. i Tuicos; Father Alejandro Celso, El Carmen 's pastor; and San Antonio parishioners When it comes to small faith com• Delmy Prudencia and Irma Vargos. St. Ignatius munities, San Antonio's 1,200 active and San Antonio are sister parishes. El Carmen, in turn, is a sister parish of San Antonio. members are visionary veterans. "They While they took time to relaX j the delegation do it so well," she noted. There are 122 spent much of the week focusing on social outgroups meeting weekly for prayer, reach and community building. Scripture reading, reflection and social One morning, the six visitors donned volunoutreach , said Rigoberto Chavarria. teer caps to help cook lunch for homeless guests The latter activity is intense and all at St. Anthony 's Dining Room in San Francisco. encompassing. Groups buy medicine They warmed a bevy of hearts, noted Julia for a sick person who can 't afford it. Dowd, director of social justice ministries at St. When a member of a destitute family Ignatius. A long-time cook at the dining room dies, the groups see that the individual told how touched she was to witness the solidargets a proper funeral and burial. ity between people from a struggling Third "If one of our members is without a World Country and the poor of San Francisco. job , we search out another for him,'' said Another day the group touched base with Mr. Chavarria, who is a full time social the San Francisco chapter of Habitat for worker during the day. He works at Don Humanity to learn more about the house buildBosco Youth Center, a half-way residening organization. They also attended a vigil at tial vocational training center for young St. Ignatius Parish marking the 12th annivermen who have served time in jail. sary of the murder of four Jesuit priests and In addition , the parish operates a their two housekeepers in San Salvador. They medical/dental clinic and a computer swapped ideas about small Christian communicenter. The clinic charges a nominal Covenant signing ceremony at St. Ignatius . parishioners. ties with St. Ignatius fee , but if families are unable to pay, no —— ~~~ And the visitors told their stories, which, " —""¦"—'—" —- *"""""" one is turned away. "" """"""" """ was a very good thing to do, since story telling is the favorite pastime all over the For the past couple of years, more families than ever have been feeling finanworld at family get togethers. St. Ignatius and San Antonio became sister parishes cially strapped. Ines Chavarria blames globalization and privatization of governlast year when a delegation from St. Ignatius visited San Salvador for the 20th ment services for plunging El Salvador into a deep economic crisis. The impact of anniversary vigil marking the assassination of Archbishop Oscar Romero. the 911 terrorist attacks has made matters worse. The Romero Foundation in San Francisco, the trip's organizer, hooked up the "This month the government will eliminate 5,000 jobs. Many sweatshop factotwo parishes. San Antonio hosted the first of two Bay Area delegations to Central ries are closing because Americans are responding to their own country 's recession America. St. Ignatius is the first parish in the Archdiocese to link with a sister by not purchasing goods," added Mr. Chavarria. The two earthquakes which hit El Salvador in January and February added still another layer of social outreach challenges for San Antonio's parishioners. The town Standing (l-r) : itself was more fortunate than some - most houses there were damaged only miniRigoberto Chavarria, mally, said Ms. Chavarria. But many neighboring communities were extremely hard-hit. The mountain village of El Carmen lost most of its homes and food crops. Ines Chavarria, Archbishop Fernando Sanz Lacalle of San Salvador called on San Antonio parish, Fr. Estefan Turcios , head of the area 's deanery, for assistance. The parish council gathered 90 youths to Delmy Prudencio, help with a census of the rural countryside . The census had to be done, so that the Irma Vargas , J o hn people could prove to the government their eligibility for provisional homes. Osmer, Nicole Osmer, "But taking the census was hard ," she remembers. "Our city kids had to climb Wanda Lickteig, Cindy mountains to reach these communities." And once they'd arrived, the kids became instant social workers, helping people to fill out the forms, since most of the comGonzalez Yoakum, munity doesn 't know how to read or write , explained Ms. Chavarria. Ana Gonzalez-Crane. As soon as the census was completed , San Antonio parishioners turned to house Kneeling (l-r) : building. Twenty families from the faith sharing groups pledged that each would Fr. Alejandro Celso , build 20 houses. Salvadorans know better than to expect much from their governJulia Dowd , Maria ment, said the couple. "Histori cally, we don 't want to depend on the government they mess things up," said Mr. Chavarria with a wry grin. The people have a Boden, S arah Ship le favorite quote from the late Archbishop Romero to explain their cynicism, he

St. Ignatius p arishioner, Mark Bradshaw (lef t) , working on a house in El Carmen. explained. "The laws in our country are like snakes. They bite the barefoot person and not the one wearing the boot. " Twenty years after his death , the archbishop 's saying still holds truth . The bite this time? The government responded to the earthquake crisis by providing shelters built from sheet metal. "They were windowless, metal boxes," totally ludicrous anywhere, but especially so in a tropical, humid climate, said Mr. Chavarria. The couple quickly joined with other faith groups , learning how to mix and fire bricks. To make- sure the bricks would last , the rookie builders sent them to engineers for testing at the Catholic University of San Salvador. Julia Dowd was one of the Chavarrias's helpers . She had traveled to San Antonio last March in the first delegation to support St. Ignatius' new sister parish. Ms. Dowd brought $18,000 which the San Francisco parish had raised. The money was used to repair 38 homes in San Antonio, purchase steel rods, which earthquake proof buildings, and to staff the parish computer center. A third parish delegation from St. Ignatius will be able to join the ongoing house building efforts next month when it visits San Antonio and El Carmen. Before the Chavarrias and their friends went back home Nov. 19, they took part in an official covenant signing ceremony between the two parishes during the Sunday liturgy. Parishes interested in joining forces with St. Ignatius and San Antonio can contact Julia Dowd at (415) 422-2188.

Murder of Jesuits touches couple's lives They were thousands of miles from home, but St. Ignatius Parish's recent vigil remembering the murders of four Jesuit priests and their two housekeepers took Ines and Rigoberto Chavarria back home in spirit. "Sometimes we worked with them on projects ," recalls Mr. Chavarria, his eyes clouding with sadness. They used to visit the Jesuit residence on the Catholic University of El Salvador campus. That 's where their good friend, Father Fermin Saen lived. Like his housemates, Father Saen was a social justice advocate. He worked in a nearby "very poor community. " That's why the Chavarrias had to be careful . The civil war was still going on, and "there was a risk in our being friends." Guilt by association. So when they heard about the murders , the couple could picture vividly exactly where it had happened. Was Father Saen one of them to be mourned? Miraculously, he was not. The priest was ailing at the time. The killers didn 't find him when they were searching the house. Father Saen died four years ago. His friends still mourn for him, as they do for the Jesuits and their housekeepers. "We will never forget the work they did for justice. We will never forget this beautiful celebration here for them," Fr. Saen said.

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SAN FRANCISCO

No peace without jus tice, No justice without f o rgiveness The following is an extract from a message for World Day of Peace Jan. 1, 2002 by Pope John Paul II. The full text may be found on the Vatican web site www.vatican.org (click on "Latest ") or at the Archdiocesan web site www.sfarchdiocese.org (click on "Prayer & Faith Resources " and scroll down to "The Vatican "). Readers also may send requests for printed cop ies to Communications , MEH One Peter Yorke Way, San Francisco, CA 94109. 1. World Day of Peace this year is being celebrated in the shadow of the dramatic events of 11 September last. On that day, a terrible crime was committed. Since then , people throughout the world have felt a profound personal vulnerability and a new fear for the future. Addressing this state of mind, the Church testifies to her hope, based on the conviction that evil... does not have the final word in human affairs. 2. [H]ow do we restore the moral and social order subjected to such horrific violence? My reasoned conviction, confirmed in turn by biblical revelation, is that the shattered order cannot be fully restored except by a response that combines justice with forgiveness. The pillars of tine peace are justice and that form of love which is forgiveness. 3. B u t . . . how can we speak of justice and forgiveness as the source and condition of peace? We can and we must, no matter how difficult this may be; a difficulty which often comes from thinking that justice and forgiveness are irreconcilable . But forgiveness is the opposite of resentment and revenge, not of justice. In fact, true peace is "the work of justice " (Is 32:17). 4. It is precisely peace bom of justice and forgiveness that is under assault today by international terrorism. In recent years, especially since the end of the Cold War, terrorism has developed into a sophisticated network of political, economic and technical collusion which goes beyond national borders to embrace the whole world.... Terrorism is built on contempt for human life [and] is itself a true crime against humanity. 5. There exists therefore a right to defend oneself against terrorism , a right which, as always, must be exercised with respect for moral and legal limits in the choice of ends and means. International cooperation in the fight against terrorist activities must also include a courageous and resolute political, diplomatic and economic commitment to relieving situations of oppression and marginalization which facilitate the designs of terrorists. Still , it must be firmly stated that the injustices existing in the world can never be used to excuse acts of terrorism . .. The terrorist claim to be acting on behalf of the poor is a patent falsehood. 6. Those who kill by acts of terrorism actually despair of humanity, of life, of the future. [W]hat is usually referred to as fundamentalism is an attitude radically opposed to belief in God. Terrorism exploits not just people, it exploits God: it ends by making him an idol to be used for one's own purposes. 7. Consequently, no religious leader can condone terrorism, and much less preach it. It is a profanation of religion to declare oneself a terrorist in the name of God, to do violence to others in his name. Terrorist violence is a contradiction of faith in God , the Creator of man, who cares for man and loves him. 8. Forgiveness is above all a personal choice, a decision of the heart to go against the natural instinct to pay back evil with evil. The measure of such a decision is the love of God who draws us to himself in spite of our sin. 9. [Sjociety too is absolutely in need of forgiveness. Families, groups, societies, States and the international community itself need forgiveness in order to renew ties that have been sundered, go beyond sterile situations of mutual condemnation and overcome the temptation to discriminate against others without appeal. 10. Forgiveness is not a proposal that can be immediately understood or easily accepted; in many ways it is a paradoxical message. Forgiveness in fact always involves an apparent short-term loss for a real long-term gain. Violence is the exact opposite; opting as it does for an apparent short-term gain, it involves a real and permanent loss. Forgiveness may seem Ike weakness, but it demands great spiritual strength and moral courage, both in granting it and in accepting it. 11. Reflecting on forgiveness, our minds mm naturally to certain situations of conflict which endlessly feed deep and divisive hatreds and a seemingly unstoppable sequence of personal and collective tragedies. I refer especially to what is happening in the Holy Land, that blessed place of God' s encounter with man, where Jesus, the Prince of Peace, lived, died and rose from the dead. 12. In thi s whole effort , religious leaders have a weighty responsibility [and] need to work together to eliminate the social and cultural causes of terrorism. They can do this by teaching the greatness and dignity of the human person, and by spreading a clearer sense of the oneness of the human family. 13. In bearing common witness to the truth that the deliberate murder of the innocent is a grave evil always, everywhere, and without exception, the world's religious leaders will help to form the morally sound public opinion that is essential for building an international civil society capable of pursuing the tranquillity of order in justice and freedom. In undertaking such a commitment, the various religions cannot but pursue the path of forgiveness, which opens the way to mutual understanding, respect and trust. 14. Precisely for this reason, prayer for peace is not an afterthought to the work of peace. It is of the very essence of building the' peace of order, justice, and freedom. To pray for peace is to open the human heart to the inroads of God's power to renew all things. . . . To pray for peace is to seek God's forgiveness , and to implore the courage to forgive those who have trespassed against us. 15. No peace without justice, no justice without forgiveness: this is what in this message I wish to say to believers and unbelievers alike, to all men and women of good will who are concerned for the good of the human family and for its future.

Thanks from Care Throug h Touch

Well, it 's been three weeks since the article about the Care Through Touch Institute was published in Catholic San Francisco , and alread y two peop le have called to enroll in our training programs. This was the very response I was hoping for-that others would be insp ired to care for the poor! Thank you for giving the article such coverage. All who have seen the paper have commented on the layout and the story, I want to especiall y tell you how much I appreciate the exquisite sensitivity with which Evelyn Zappia dealt with the material in that article. Her reporting was as close to "exact" as I have experienced. I' m sure you know how inaccurate some reporting can be, and this work has been exposed to that end of it as well. I feel very blest that the story was left in her hands-a whole other way of "touching " the faith community about our poor brothers and sisters. Many thanks for publishing the article , and many, many blessings on being the "voice " of the faith community. Mary Ann Finch, Director Care Through Touch Institute San Francisco

p lantation? (This also is tissue banking) 3. To culture cells from an individual and treat them with growth factors prepared from non-fetal , animal or human sources , for later re-p lantation? (This is a modified tissue banking) 4. To culture cells from an adult , treat them with genetic modifiers , for later re-plantation? (This is genetic engineering) 5. To culture cell s from an adult and provide them with growth factors derived fro m an unfertilized egg, for later re-p lantation? (This is scientifi c imagination , but a viable future direction) 6. To culture adult cells and later inject them with the contents of an unfertilized egg, and continue the cell culture ( division) without formation of an embryo , for later re-p lantation? 7. To culture adult cells, inject them with contents of an unfertilized egg, and observe a primitive collection of cells that may or may not develop into an embryo , for later replantation? 8. To perform No. 7 in animals, prove that the collection of cells could become an embryo and grow into an adult , then transfer the technology to humans? 9. To transfer genetic contents of an adult human into an unfertilized egg, permit the formation of unspecialized cells , harvest them for implantation? (This is a type of cloning.) 10. To transfer adult genetic material to an egg, permit the formation of an embryo, permit the formation of unspecialized cells that look like an embryo, and then harvest for imp lantation? (This ' also is cloning.) Please draw the line in the sand in the above. And if you cannot , begin a courteous dialogue without jud gement. Alex M. Saunders M.D. San Carlos

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Don 't jud ge cloning too early

It is curious, but informative to compare your totall y negative coverage of the news on cloning in Catholic San Francisco (11/7/01) with the coverage in the National Catholic Reporter. Now it is clear that your completely negative attitude towards science does not give a balanced view of controversies involving scientific matter. Also, it is now obvious that Fr. Gerald Coleman is wrong to 'focus our attention on the union of sperm and ovum as the key issue of morality. In cloning there is no sperm, and the "embryo" produced in cloning cannot develop to the point where independent life is possible. For that , a sperm seems to be required. From the view of the scientist , what is expected of those who guide the morals of our actions is an informed and positive attitude. "From a broad spectrum of possibilities, persuade us what we ought to do. Don 't wait until we do something and then tell us that we are the evil ones." Conversely, the obligation of science is to describe the possibilities and opportuniti es along the spectrum. The answers for the two ends are obvious. In between there are open issues yet to be resolved , as can be seen from the examples, below. Is it right or wrong: 1. To store adult tissues, such as blood , for later re-plantation in the same individual? (This is tissue banking) 2. To culture cells from an individual and maintain them viable for later re-

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Christians excluded from public square

I would like to th ank David W. Yee for his letter to the Editor in the Dec. 7th . issue of Catholic San Francisco. It is time for Catholics to realize that we must fight to protect our children against the horrible evil forces that are trying to eliminate God from the minds of our youth . In the public schools teachers can not mention God; this year the San Mateo school district informed teachers that they could not talk about or do art projects about Santa, Christmas trees , Hanukkah, Kwanza and of course , Jesus. Atheists and parents who have no Faith cry to our liberal politicians and get laws passed to insure separation of Church and State. This has gone so far that Christians are loosing our First Amendment rights. Catholics need to wake up and realize that we can no longer vote for anyone who is pro-choice and preaching on a liberal platform. My heart breaks when I hear children whisper that they can not mention "Jesus" in school. Yet it is acceptable to kick God out of school and admit Harry Potter and his Sorcerer 's Stone. We can not have a moment of silent prayer yet the gay community insists that our children learn of alternate life styles. All religions are forbidden subjects for discussion yet Astrological symbols are accepted as well as celebrat ing Halloween. The Catholic Schools hold out a rare glimmer of hope that some of our young people will grow up with a strong gift 0f faith. Catholic schools must realize how precious our religion is and that we need our Catholic students to keep our Faith alive, especially now. Claire P. Rogus San Mateo

Ref lections

Cloning and Its Consequences Researchers at Advanced Cell Technology (Worcester, MA) recently reported in The Journal of Regenerative Medicine the results of two experiments that they have cloned human embryos. These embryos multi plied long enough to produce just four to six cells, where typicall y an embryo needs to develop further before it can produce stem cells. Clonaid , another research company, quickl y claimed that it also had produced cloned human embryos. What is a clone? Aside from dividing an early embryo ("forced twinning ") and producing two genetical ly identical human beings , cloning usuall y refers to the asexual techni que (sometimes called "somatic-cell nuclear transfer " or "self-copy ing") which involves removing the nucleus of an unfertilized egg (an oocyte) and inserting in its place the DNA of an adult cell. The egg then uses the genes encoded by this adult cell to direct the egg's development and to produce an embryo that is a copy of the donor of the adult cell (also called a "delayed twin"). In 1997, "Dolly" was bom as a result of fusing the nucleus of a somatic (body) cell of an adult sheep with a de-nucleated egg deprived of the maternal genome. Doll y was thus derived from only one source, the adult sheep whose cell nucleus was inserted into the de-nucleated egg to trigger its development. Current human stem cell research is referred to as "therapeutic cloning" and is based on the knowledge that an embryonic stem cell has the potential or genetic blueprint to become any cell, tissue, or organ in the human body (i.e., it is totipotent). This research is thus aimed at creating embryos for their stem cell use. These "specialized cells" would be used to grow tissues and nerve cells that would be a perfect match as treatments for diseases like diabetes, Parkinson's or Alzheimer 's, spinal-cord injuries , muscular dystrophy, or arthritis. Why a "perfect match?" Because the stem cells would be derived

from the very patient needing the therapeutic intervention, they would be identical to the patient 's own tissue types, i.e., they would be "self" and would not be rejected. The intended hope of this research is to bring knowledge "from the lab to the bedside." All of this sounds very good to anyone who measures things onl y in terms of their benefits (the end justifies the means). In such a moral framework, cloning human embryos f or the sake of harvesting stem cells is a form of beneficence (doing good) and usefulness. In this research , human embryos are created exp licitl y to be destroyed in order to use their stem cells. It is for this reason that Bishop Wilton D. Gregory, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishop s, said that this cloning procedure deserves condemnation because these embryos are considered "subhuman " and "can be destroyed...for their cells and tissues." President Bush likewise commented that "We should not as a society grow life to destroy it." Consequently, therapeutic cloning turns human reproduction into a manufacturing process. From an ethical point of view, I believe that there are several central problems with cloning human embryos for "therapeutic cloning " purposes (and by extension , "reproductive cloning " to produce human beings): • the clone becomes a product of curiosity, making embryos or children a fabrication and project of a particular social milieu or attitude. • therapeutic cloning is most likely to be a phenomenon available only to the affluent segments of the population in the developed world, thus raising critical social justice questions. • cloning require s non-consensual experimentation on human beings. A major concern surrounding "therapeutic cloning" is that inevitabl y it will lead to efforts at "reproductive cloning." This is morall y repugnant because:

• this process increases technical mastery over human reproduction and erodes respect for the mystery of sexuality. • cloned human embryos have no parents and the special relation-

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________^___ result of childbirth is destroyed. • this process fractures the solid bonds among sex, love, procreation and stable marriage. • this process ren ders the male role in reproduction obsolete. • cloning is contrary to the principle of equality among human beings as it allows a eugenic and racist selection of humans. Finally, cloned human embryos will doubtlessl y be regarded as "a new type of biolog ical entity " and thu s graded according to their stage of development (as the Vatican recently said). As an example, Professor Ronald M. Green, who heads Advanced Cell Technology's ethics board, refers to human stem cells simply as "cleaving eggs." It is morally necessary that we abandon this seriousl y wrong appro ach of producing human embryos. Adult stem cell lines exist already and these can be harvested for therapeutic helps.

Sulpician Father Gerald D. Coleman is president and rector of St. Patrick Seminary, Menlo Park.

On BeingCatholic

Christmas trees on desolate peaks of Sinai? In the midst of a forest of Christmas trees, the Church calls us into the desert of Advent. The wilderness is a favored locale for a rendezvous with God, and as the Catechism presents the most fundamental affirmation of faith - "I believe in God" - we are invited to contemplate Moses 's encounter with God in the Burning Bush , described in the third chapter of Exodus. (CCC # 203-221) I admit it is not easy to take this journey, especiall y in December. These are the shortest days of the year, with the most obligations to meet; how can we dawdle on the desolate peaks of Sinai? And yet deep down we sense that to refuse the desert journey is to risk missing "the reason for the season." As the poet Elizabeth Barrett Browning wrote: Earth's cramm 'd with heaven and every common bush afire with God. But only he who sees takes off his shoes. And all the rest stand around p icking blackberries. A certain solitude of the heart sharpens our senses to the presence of God. Moses did not go into the desert to find God; he went to herd sheep. It was in his daily routine that he came upon the strange sight of a bush on fire , yet not consumed. Moses was not looking for God, but God was looking for him. He had a mission for Moses but , more important, He had a revelation: God told Moses His Name. To believe in God is to believe what God tells us about Himself in this remarkable moment.

What 's in a name? If I am walking down the street and I hear a voice behind me say, "Hey, you!", the chances are I will quicken my pace. If someone calls my name, I instinctively turn around. For God to reveal His Name is to establish a bond , to enter into a personal relationship. Of course, God had always been there, for He is the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob . But by giving a name, God sheds the cloak of anonymity and reveals Himself. Or does He? According to the Catechism, what God tells Moses is "at once a name revealed and something like the refusal of a name," because God is infinitely beyond our knowing. (CCC #206) To know the Name of God is not like knowing a magic spell with which I can control God, like some kind of genie. It is to know that God is a personal Being who desires to enter into our history, to befriend us. God is not just a being, but Being itself. God alone IS; everything else, including you and me, is dependent upon God. In this brief encounter God manifests a transcendence beyond our imagining, and an intimacy beyond our deepest hopes. The transcendence must always remain: the difference between God the Creator and anything created is so great that anything we say about God is more unlike God than it is like God. (CCC#43) The transcendence remains, but the intimacy deepens. The season of Advent invites us to understand the whole history of salvation as leading up to the great moment when the human Jesus of Nazareth can use the title "I Am" of Himself, for He is God-with-us.

It may seem that there is a world of difference between the rugged desert of Sinai and the cheery glow of the Christmas tree. But the early Christians knew otherwise, and the liturgy enshrines their intuition that the Burning Bush was a Christmas card that arrived early: "Your blessed and fruitful virginity is like the bush , flaming yet unburned, which Moses saw on Sinai. Pray for us, Mother of God." (Anti phon for Evening Prayer, January 1) Some evening before you unplug the tree, squint at it and see it as a Burning Bush. Ask yourself, "Do I believe in God, the God who revealed Himself to Moses? Do I believe that same God could so humble Himself that, without losing the transcendence of a Creator, He could humble Himself to be bom as my brother?" And for a moment, take off your slippers.

Father Milton T. Walsh

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

Sp irituality

Purgatory Revisited: Pain and purification Several weeks ago I wrote a column in which I mentioned "purgatory." Here 's what I said: "Purgatory is not a geography, a place distinct from heaven, but is the pain that comes from being in heaven, without having fully let go of earth. Love, even as we know it in this life, already teaches us that." Several newspapers received critical letters , suggesting that this is not in line with Catholic dogma. A coup le of these asked me to do a column to try to clarify the issue. I' m grateful for this critique. So let me try to explain: What is purgatory ? This is a specifically Roman Catholic belief which holds that while heaven and hell, as Scripture attests, are the only two permanent states after death, there is a third state or condition, called "purgatory," within which one is purified so as to be readied for heaven. Purgatory is understood to be a transition state, a state of intense sufferings, nearly as painful as hell itself, but ,

unlike hell, not permanent , and the pains suffered are purifying and not embittering. What is central to the doctrine is that purgatory, as the word itself suggests, is a place of purgation and purification , not of punitive pain. As the new Catechism of the Catholic Church puts it , purgatory is "a purif ying fire ... entirely different from the punishment of the damned." Finally, purgatory is commonly assumed, though not dogmatically defined, to be a place apart from heaven, a place you go to in order to get ready for heaven. That 's the conception. What 's to be said for it? Purgatory does exist, not because you can proof-text it from Scripture, but because it is simply impossible to formulate a science of love and community without it. Likewise, it is impossible to speak of the paschal mystery without some concept of purgatory. However, these state-

ments imply a certain understanding of what constitutes purgatory. Purgatory is not a physical location, but a stage of loving. It's the initial pain of entering into community in a pure and selfless way. Mystics have classically defined it as the pain of letting go of a lesser love and life in order to accept a deeper love and life. In the paradigm of Jesus' life and teaching, purgatory is the pain and purification of the ROLHEISER, page 14

Father Ron Rolheiser

SCRIPTURE & LITURGY God's reign in the form of healing, not j udgment If we spend too much time dreaming about the future , we run the risk of missing out on the present. It may seem strange that the Church of Advent forming us to call out with ardent longing, "Come, Lord Jesus," is the same Church that awakens us to the possibilities of the present. With the Scripture chosen for this Sunday 's liturgy of the Word, she converts our hearts to enflesh the healing ministry of Jesus here and now. Conversion is what we hear in Matthew, indeed the conversion of the one who preached conversion. Last Sunday Matthew had John the Baptist "prepare the way of the Lord" by insisting on searing jud gment: "the coming wrath ," "the ax at the root of the trees, " fruitless trees "cut down and thrown into the fire ," and the "winnowing fan" in the Messiah's hand , all spoke of an imminent jud gment and the necessity of being prepared for it. Now that John is in prison and hears about "the works of the Christ ," he is puzzled; there is no jud gment going on: "Are you the one who is to come, or should we look for another?" he has disciples ask Jesus. Jesus ' rep l y sheds light on the way God has chosen him to bring on God's reign: "Go and tell John what you hear and see: the blind regain their sight, the lame walk, lepers are cleansed , the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the poor have the good news preached to them." Matthew tailors Jesus ' reply to update the text of Isaiah; our first reading. Isaiah had proclaimed the return of Israel from exile in Babylon as the dress rehearsal for the final day of world history when the Lord God would be incredibly present to his people in explosions of healing: "Here is your God, he comes with vindication; with divine recompense he comes to save you. Then will the eyes of the blind be opened, the ears of the deaf be

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Father David M. Pettingill cleared; then will the lame leap like a stag, then the tongue of the mute will sing. Those the Lord has ransomed will return and enter Zion singing, crowned with everlasting joy; they will meet with joy and gladness, sorrow and mourning will flee. " Matthew, then, sees Jesus choosing to anticipate the final day by bringing on God's reign in the form of healing, not judgment. He further invites hearers who would want fire and brimstone not to be put off but to join Jesus in Ms healing ministry: "Blessed is the one who takes no offense at me ." Matthew then goes on to describe the Baptist 's crucial role in God's plan ; he verifies Malachi the prophet 's words, "Behold, I am sending my messenger ahead of you; he will prepare your way before you."

Yet great as the Baptizer is, he like us must enter God's reign and live it in the style of Jesus: "Amen, I say to you, among those born of woman there has been none greater than John the Baptist; yet the least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he," That leaves us in a state of waiting for the Lord Jesus' style of ministry to surface in us. James, our second leading, asks us to "be patient, brothers and sisters, until the coming of the Lord." The author holds up as examples the farmer who "waits for the precious fruit of the earth" and the Old Testament prophets. This is not the time to be executing judgment against each other: "Do not complain.... about one another, that you may not be judged." In the light of Pope John Paul U's apology to the human race for Catholic sins against it (First Sunday of Lent, 2000), we see it in our Catholic genes to desire to judge and condemn. The Pope listed the Inquisitions, the Crusades, Catholic anti-Semitism, and the denial of equality to women as examples. Perhaps in the light of our Sunday assembly for Word and Eucharistic meal, we will choose to show the ways of healing and sensitive inclusion in our ministry. For these, there is no need to apologize. Questions for Small Communities: Why is John the Baptist a model of conversion for tins group? How can we help our parish toward this conversion?

Family Lif e

Hearths and hearts, houses and homes Before the cold and wet season blew in, a friend installed a wood-burning stove in his living room. As a result , he explained, his family is not only saving money on their heating bills, but also finding themselves together more often , as everyone is now drawn to the warmest spot in the house to play or read or what have you. "My children 's fondest childhood memories are going to be eating popcorn in front of the fireplace," another friend mused last winter. "To tell you the truth , those will be my best memories of their growing-up years, too. " Both of these families have discovered the power of the hearth to enliven both bodies and souls; and through their experience, I have uncovered the reason behind this statement in Life's Little Instruction Book: "Never buy a house without a fireplace." We do not have a place for a working fire in our city flat; but copying an idea I have seen elsewhere, I have placed tall, glass votive candles in the hollow that long ago was used to bum coal. The small flames do not emit much in the way of heat, but the flickering glow nevertheless adds atmosphere to the room. And our children love noth-

ing better than to huddle together there and listen to their father or me read aloud. The warmest p lace in our home, actuall y, is the kitchen. The physical reason for this, the stove and the clothes dryer , is obvious. But there is another reason , and that is the amount of time I spend there cooking, laundering, helping kids with their school work, and visiting with friends , relatives or neighbors who telephone or drop by. A woman who raised four children in an apartment even smaller than ours said the tiny breakfast nook in her galley kitchen was the place her children would plop every aftern oon after school and tell her all about their day. "Here is the place they would share their joys , their sorrows, and their problems ," she told me at the very spot , over a cup of coffee. Another mother has related that her kitchen is the most vital room in her house. There her childre n engaged in their most important conversations with their parents. And somewhere between the stove and the kitchen table, she taught them all how to dance. Come to think of it,

my grandmother taught me the Charleston in front of a sink full of sudsy water and dirty dishes. Curious that the words heart and hearth are so similar. We have all heard the saying: "Home is where the heart is." But substitute the word hearth for heart and the meaning remains the same. In both cases it is not the things alone that nurture the life of the family, but the loving mothers and fathers whose presence make a mere house, or even an apartment, into a home.

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irresponsibl y, been sexually promiscuous , and had been comfortabl y smug and insensitive in that state. The woman he had fallen in love with was aware of his past but was not throwing this into his face. The opposite. She was loving and forg iving him unconditionally. But there was the rub! Being in love with this wonderfull y good, generous, and moral person made him aware of himself in a fuller way. Her love was a prism through which he began to see his own immaturity (which is what unconditional love always does). Her love was a light that gave him new eyesi ght, and what he saw inside of himself caused him a lot of pain. To his credit , he sought help â&#x20AC;&#x201D; confession , spiritual direction , psychological counseling. Her loving him, purely and unconditionall y, caused him the deepest pains he had ever endured. It was his first taste of purgatory. But note: It was love, embrace , warmth, and unconditional forgiveness that tri ggered that pain and the subsequent purification. Purgatory alway s works that way. When we die, unless we have so totally hardened our hearts so as to reject the

embrace of unconditional love itself, God embraces us â&#x20AC;&#x201D; fully, affectionately, passionately, and unconditionall y. To the extent that we are not yet full y saints or have not yet full y let go of those att achments that are now incompatible with our being in this new embrace, we will, like the young man whose story I just shared, experience intense, purgative pain. Purgatory is the redemptive pain that follows falling in love, the pain of paschal purification. It is not a locale distinct from heaven, but the pain of entering heaven itself and , there, having to let go of all that prevents us from being there. In the ecstasy of embrace comes the agony of purification.

ÂŚ Continued from page 13 paschal mystery. It is what Jesus, as a man, endured during his agony in Gethsemane and his struggle during his passion and death. What 's interesting in Jesus ' case is thai there was no personal sin from which he needed purification. Yet, he suffered purgative pain anyway. This helps clarify two things: Purgatory is not a place, a geography separate from heaven; nor is it necessarily even a purification from sin. It is the pain of entering heaven , of, as Jesus says, having the grain of wheat tall into the ground and die so as to come to a new fruitfulness. Let me risk an example. Several years ago, 1 was counseling a young man who was experiencing a pain , of a pretty intense type, that was new to him. He had fallen in love with a wonderful young woman and was preparing to marry her. Prior to meeting her, he had been living rather

Vivian W. Dudro

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

Obla te Father Ron Rolhe iser, a theologian, teacher and award-winning author, serves in Rome as general councilor f o r Canada f o r the Oblates of Mary Immaculate.

Ordinary Time . . . ¦ Continued from cover The Catechism 's introduction to these last two of the seven sacraments of Christ succinctl y gives the contexl for these reflections on priesthood in general , and on the forty years of this priest: "Baptism , Confirmation , and Eucharist are sacraments of Christian initiation . They ground the common vocation of all Christ 's disci ples, a vocation to holiness and to the mission of evangelizing the world. They confer the graces needed for the life according to the Spirit during this life as pilgrims on the march towards the homeland. "Two other sacraments , Hol y Orders and Matrimony, are directed toward s the salvation of others; if they contribute as well to personal salvation , it is throug h service (o others that they do so. They confer a particular mission in the Church and serve to build up the Peop le of God. "Throug h these sacraments those already consecrated by Baptism and Confirmation for the common priesthood of all the faithful can receive particular consecrations . Those who receive the sacrament of Holy Orders are consecrated in Christ 's name 'to feed the Church by the word and grace of God' (Second Vatican Council , Constitution on the Church no. 11 , par. 2), On their part , 'Christian spouses are fortified and , as it were, consecrated for the duties and dignity of their state by a special sacrament ' {Pastoral Constitution on the Church in the Modern World, no. 48, par, 2)." (Catechism of the Catholic Church , nos. 1533-5) The underlining of the word "consecration in the Catechism text hel ps focus our attention on an aspect of Catholic teaching about the sacraments that is perhaps too mature for the catechesis of children, but which is regrettabl y lacking in the understanding of sacraments among many Catholic adults whose formal catechesis stopped when they were still childre n , thus leaving them with an understanding of their Catholic faith which is still not mature . The teaching is this: while the sacraments are "rituals " — a shared common element with the rituals in the other great reli gions , and in the many primitive reli gions and modem cults as well , they are not grL maril y rituals. While the sacraments are directed at (or received by) individual persons , they are primaril y actions by which Christ fulfills his mission , received from the eternal Father, for the consecration of the world. It is remarkable that a distinguishing characteristic of human beings is the tendency — indeed the need — to create ritual s, for rites of passage, for anniversaries and the like. These rituals are most often embedded in the reli gious fabric of a culture; for some commentators on religious anthropology, rituals are thoug ht — incorrectl y, in my view — to constitute the religious phenomenon. In this school of thought , religion and religious studies , in order to be scientific , objective and "value-free", are necessarily limited to the observable — hence to rituals and documentary data. It is lurther interesting to note how commentators on the phenomenon of modern secularization find both evidence of, and in some cases the need for, secular "rituals." I think I could make a case for Thanksgiving Day as one such "ritual" in America today — a delightful and useful one, I might add — but perhaps that can be another column ! The Catholic Church is notable for its high degree of ritual development, evident of course in the liturgy and sacraments, but also in the sacramentals and popular devotions which flourish in the various cultures and continents. That Jesus, the Incarnate Word, should take up the rituals of our humanity, of our religious quest of communion witht the divine , and use them to fulfill that innate human long ing throug h the liturgy and sacraments of the Church , coresponds perfectl y to the mystery of the God who embraced our human nature in the Incarnation. How beautifull y the prayers at the time of the preperation of the gifts at Mass capture this transforming work of Christ: "Blessed are you , Lord God of all creation , throug h your goodness we have this bread to offer, which earth has given and human hands have made. It will become for us the bread of life." And in preparing the chalice , the priest prays: "By the mystery of this water and wine may we come to share in the divinity of Christ, who humbled himself to share in our humanity. " The sacraments , though they are certainl y rituals in the classic sense, are — as I mentioned above — about consecration , namely, the consecration of the "saeculum"— the world, and its history — by Christ to its Creator and God. The Latin root word of our English words "consecrate," "sacrament" and "sacred" is "sacru m, sacrare" —

Newly ordained Father Levada with his father Josep h, sister Dolores Sartain and mother Lorraine in Rome following his ordination. hol y, to make hol y. That is the "work" the Father sent his Son to do: to make holy, to consecrate, to restore the goodness and holiness that was lost by the original sin. Every Christian, by Baptism and Confirmation, and every priest, by the sacrament of Hol y Orders , are bearers of the consecration given us by Christ himself, who not only makes us holy by the forgiveness of sin — original and personal — but incorporates us into his Body, the Church, and gives us a share in his mission of reconciling the world to God the Father — in and through himself. That is the primary mission of the Church, and of us who are the Church: to be Christ's instruments in the work of reconciliation of the world to God until it has been accomplished. St. Paul' s second letter to the Corinthians develops this astonishing theolog ical vision this way: "If anyone is in Christ [that is what Baptism does for us, makes us "in Christ"], there is a new creation: everything old has passed away; see, everything has become new! All this is from God , who reconciled us to himself through Christ, and has given us the ministry of reconciliation; (hat is, in Christ God was reconciling the world to himself , not counting their trespasses against them , and entrusting the message of reconciliation to us. So we are ambassadors for Christ , since God is making his appeal through us; we entreat you on behalf of Christ , be reconciled to God" (2 Cor. 5, 17-20). Through our calling to be one with Christ, to be "in Christ," we overcome sin 's "no" to God by the "yes" of opening our hearts to his reconciling love, which is our salvation. And by taking our reconciled persons into the every day life of the world , we too become "ambassadors " of the love that God demonstrated He has for the world by giving us his onl y-begotten Son as our Redeemer and Brother. This is the ministry of word and sacrament that the priest is called to do, not just as a work or job , but as one called to be a visible sign of Christ the Good Shepherd. The point of priesthood is the consecration to be steward s of Christ, "other " Christs not only in the sense in

Archbishop Levada marks 40th j ubilee Dec. 20 Archbishop William J. Levada will celebrate the 40th anniversary of his ordination to the priesthood with a Mass at 12:10 p.m. Thursday, December 20, in St. Mary 's Cathedral. A reception will follow in St. Francis Hall in the lower level of the cathedral. All are invited to attend the Mass and reception.

which every Christian is sent forth b y the gift of the Hol y Spirit in Confirmation into the world , but also specifically as the one who stands in for Christ teaching, sanctifying and shepherding his people, the Church. That is, the priest is consecrated to act "in the person of Christ , the Head of the Body, the Church." He does this through a specifi c teaching and preaching ministry, and sacramental ministry, especiall y at Mass. Let me conclude these reflections on forty years of priesthood. For so much that I must he grateful for, I say, "Thanks be to God." I will not list the many, and so different , tasks I have been asked to do as priest and bishop over these forty years. But I will say this: I am immensely grateful to God for calling me to shepherd this Archdiocese of San Francisco, where my great-grand parents settled in the 1860's, immi grants from the Portuguese Azores islands and from the emerald isle of Ireland. What a rich tradition to embrace, what a wealth of new immigrant faith and culture to shepherd ! I want to thank publicl y through this column the wonderful support and collaboration of brother priests here in the Archdiocese, of my predecessor Archbishop John Quinn , of the generosity of my Auxiliary Bishop John Wester, and of my famil y members, friends , and brother priests from so many and varied assignments. Let me say now what I was happily inspired to say forty years ago: Then I had printed a holy card with a quotation from St. Paul's letter to the Phili pp ians (1 , 3-11) as a souvenir of the ordination. It now seems to me that the choice was insp ired by the Holy Spirit himself. Paul' s prayer again becomes my own: "I thank my God every time I remember you , constantl y pray ing with joy in every one of my prayers for all of you , because of your sharing in the gospel from the first day until now. I am confident of this , that the one who began a good work among you will bring it to completion by the day of Jesus Christ. It is ri ght for me to think this way about all of you , because you hold me in your heart , for all of you share in God' s grace with me, both in my imprisonment and in the defense and confirmation of the gospel. "For God is my witness, how I long for all of you with the compassion of Christ Jesus. And this is my pray er, that your love may overflow more and more with knowledge and full insi ght to help you to determine what is best , so that in the day of Christ you may be pure and blameless, having produced the harvest of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ for the glory and praise of God." Amen.

Performance Admission free unless otherwise noted. Dec 14: The choirs of St. Andrew Parish, 1571 Southgale, Daly City present "A Christmas to Remember " beginning at 7 p.m. Evening includes favorite carols , inspirational songs , and new compositions. Angelila C. Pasambe , director. Dec. 15: The Feast of Our Lady ol Guadalupe is celebrated at St. Thomas Ihe Apostle Church , 40th and Balboa, SF with prayer and reception featuring Mexican and American cuisine beginning at 11 a.m. Mass will be in English and Spanish and include music by Los Cachorros Mariachi Band. Call Carmen Smith at (415) 6684024 or 668-5108. Dec. 15: Advent Lessons and Carols with the Schola Cantorum of the National Shrine of St. Francis of Assisi , Columbus and Vallejo in the City 's North Beach. Reception follows. Reservations required. Call (415) 614-5564. Dec. 16: Annual Christmas Concert featuring St. Monica School Choir in Richmond District parish's Foudy Hall at 2 p.m. Ample parking in upper and lower school yards. Enter on 23rd Ave. off Geary Blvd. Come celebrate in songl Dec. 16: Choirs of St. Gregory Parish , 28th Ave. and Hacienda, San Mateo, perform Non Nobis Domine , a holiday concert , at 2 p.m. under the direction of Christopher Fulkerson. Complimentary refreshments follow. The choirs ' first CD will available for purchase. Call (650) 345-8506. Dec. 18: Night of Hope with Laudamus Singers and Orchestra , 7:30 p.m., Mission Sanla Clara at University ol Sanla Clara. Tickets $15/$10. Call (408) 557-2940. Dec. 19: Lessons and Carols by the Musicians of St. Dominic's , David Schofield, conductor, at St. Dominic Church, 2390 Bush St. at Steiner, SF at 7:30 p.m. Evening includes Christmas Carols. Call (415) 567-7824. Dec. 20: Hear pianist , Josephine C. Sanchez at Holiday Noon-Hour Concerts of Saint Raphael Churc h and Mission, 1104 Fifth Ave., San Rafael at 12:15 p.m. Suggested donation: $5. Call (415) 454-8141. Dec. 22: The Three and a Half Stories of Christmas , a play starring Frank Runyeon, former star of As the World Tu rns opposite Meg Ryan, and guest star on shows including LA Law, Falcon Crest and Melrose Place. It's a new way to hear the classic Christmas tale with audience participation and caroling. Tickets $7/$5. It all happens at St . Luke Church, 1111 Beach Park Bivd., Foster City at 7 p.m. Fun for all ages. Call (650) 573-7409. St. Mary 's Cathedral Boys Choir is recruiting for the 2001/2002 season. Now in its 10th year, the ensemble is open to boys in grades 3 - 8 . The group has traveled to seven states and Italy. Prior musical experience is not necessary. Call Christoph Tietze at (415) 567-2020 , ext. 213 or ctietze@compuserve.com.

Reunions Dec. 20: Home for the Holidays, holiday reunion of classes 1998-2001 from Notre Dame High School , Belmontin the school dining room , 4 - 7 p.m. Refreshments , memories , and college "care packages " will be shared. RSVP by Dec. 18 to Alumnae Office at (650) 595-1913, ext. 351. Faculty and NDB "little sisters" look forward to seeing you. Feb. 10: 50th Annivers ary reunion of St. Gregory School , San Mateo. School is seeking alumni/ae from all 50 years. Contact Cindy Stuart at (650) 570-0111 or Linda Schulz at (650) 3458098 or schulzcl@aol.com. April 5, 6, 2002: Class of '52 , Notre Dame High School, San Francisco. If you have not been contacted, please call Palty Moran at (415) 861-2378. April 20, 2002 : Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Elementary, Redwood City is looking for members of the class 1952 to take part in a reunion. Contact Julia Tollafield at (650) 366-8817 or development@mountcarmel.org . May 4, 2002: 40th reunion of St. Cecilia

Datebook Elementary School's class of '62. Committee is still looking for missing classmates. Call Nancy Dito at (415) 661-2937. St. Peter 's Academy class of '65 is planning a reunion for 2002. Call Gloria Krzyzanowski at (650) 340-7469 or Linda Roberts at (650) 5493200. Class of '42, St. Cecilia Elementary, will celebrate 60 years in June '02. Class members should contact Norma Buchner at (650) 5834418. Holy Angels Class of '70 please contact Peggy McEneaney Hart at (650) 875-0793 or 877-8925. Class of '62 St. Thomas the Apostle will gather this summer. Contacy Peggy Mahoney at (949) 673-5624 or pegwhit@dellepro.com. Graduates and former students of San Francisco 's Notre Dame Elementary, Notre Dame High School or Mission Dolores Elementary should call Sally Casazza at (415) 566-2820. Alumni , former students , parents , grandparents of St. Finn Barr Elementary School, SF. The school is developing an alumni newsletter. Call (415) 469-9223 and leave your name , address and phone number.

Through Ihe Purgation , Illuminative , and United Way with Eastern Rite Father David Anderson. Location: Marin Catholic High School, 675 Sir Francis Drake Blvd., Kentfield. Fri. Jan. 25 - Marc h 1, 2 - 4 P.M.: Continued Prophets and Wisdom Literature of the Old Testament with Jesuit Father Donald Sharp. Location: Pastora l Center of the Archdiocese , One Peter Yorke Way, SF.

Retreats/Days of Recollection VALL0MBR0SA CENTER 250 Oak Grove Ave., Menlo Park. For fees, times and details about these and other offerings call (650) 325-5614. Presentation Sister Rosina Conrotto , Program Director. Dec. 31 - Jan. 1: Welcoming in Ihe New Year, a retreat for men and women fac ilitated by Vallombrosa Director , Father Thomas Madden. Spend time in reflective prayer, looking over the past year, giving thanks to God. Dec. 19, 9 a.m. - 7 p.m.: All Day Reconciliation at St. Agnes Church, 1025 Masonic Ave., SF Jesuit priests available for Sacrament of Reconciliation. Blessed Sacrament will be on Main Altar. Call (415) 487-8560.

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Holiday Giving Opportunity Dec. 17 - Dec. 25: Curbside Donation Drop-off at St. Anthony Foundation, 119 Golden Gate Ave. near Jones , SF. Dec. 17-21: 7:45 a.m. - 6 p.m.; Dec. 22, 23: 9 a.m. - 3 p.m.; Dec. 24: 7:45 a.m. 6 p.m.; Dec. 25: 9 a.m. - 3 p.m. Special need for warm clothing including socks and men's coats, shoes underwear, gloves, hats, raingear, blankets , sleeping bags and toys. Non-perishable food such as whole grain cereals, instant potatoes, pastas , nutritious canned foods like fruits, vegetables, stews, soups , frozen meats including beef , pork , ham, poultry. Volunteers and staff wearing easily identifiable red jackets will be at the curb to receive food and clothing donations. Monetary donations also accepted but should be taken inside to the office at 121 Golden Gate , 2nd floor.

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For times, registration materials, costs, exact locations and additional information , call Jon i Gallagher at (415) 614-5564 or spl@aft.net. Pre-registralion is necessary for many programs. Visit the Web site at www.splsf.org. Tues. Jan. 22 - Feb. 26, 7:30 - 9:30 p.m.: The Sacraments: Doors to the Sacred with Jesuit Father Dennis Smolarski; The Spiritual Wisdom of Saints Catherine of Siena , Teresa of Avila , Therese of Lisieux with Dominican Father Luke Buckles; Liturgical Music Ministry with Father James McKearney; Continuing Introduction to the Old Testament with Jesuit Father Donald Sharp; Continued Encountering the New Testament with Father David Pettingill. Location: Junipero Serra High School, 451 W. 20th Ave., San Mateo. Wed. Jan. 23 - Feb. 27, 7:30 - 9:30 p.m.: History & Theology ot the Mass with Doug Benbow including practical lessons for lectors with Susan Sikora; The Life and Spirituality of Blessed Padre Pio with Father Francis Tiso; Why Do We Believe That? An Introduction to Apologetics with Mark Brumley; Introduction to Islam with Iftekhar Hai; Liturgical Music Ministry with Christoph Tietze; Continuing Introduction to the Old Testament with Jesuit Father Donald Sharp. Location: Archbishop Riordan High School , 175 Phelan Ave., SF. Thurs. Jan. 24 - Feb. 28, 7:30 - 9:30 p.m.: Expressions of Prayer in the East and West Through the Centuries: Answering the Call of God

Our Lady of Angels , 1721 Hillside Dr., Burlingame , 1st Mon. 7:30 - 9 p.m.; 1st Thurs., 9:30 - 11 a.m. Call (650) 347-7768; Our Lady of Mt. Carmel, James St. between Fulton and Grand , Redwood City, Thurs. 6 - 7:30 p.m. Call (650) 366-3802; St. Andrew, 1571 Southgate Ave., Daly City, 3rd Mon. 7:30 - 9 p.m. Call Eleanor and Nick Fesunoff at (650) 878-9743; Good Shepherd, 901 Oceana Blvd., Pacifica. Call Sister Carol Fleitz at (650) 355-2593; St. Hilary, 761 Hilary Dr., Tiburon, 1st and 3rd Wed., 3 - 4:30 p.m. Call Sister Colette at (415) 4357659; St. Gabriel, 2559 40th Ave., SF, 1st and 3rd Tues., 7 - 9 p.m. Call Barbara Elordi at (415) 5647882; St. Mary Cathedra l, Gough and Geary St., SF, 2nd and 4th Wed., 2:30 - 4 p.m. Call Sister Esther at (415) 567-2020, ext. 218; St. Finn Barr, 415 Edna St., SF in English and Spanish, one Sat. per month. Call Carmen Solis at (415) 584-0823; St. Cecilia, 2555 17th Ave., SF, 2nd and 4th Tues., 2 - 4 p.m. Call (415) 664-8481. Ministry for parents who have lost a child is available from Our Lady of Angels Parish , Burlingame. Call Ina Potter at (650) 347-6971 or Barbara Arena at (650) 344-3579.

Lectures/ Classes/Radio-TV Through Dec. 21: Elder Arts Celebrations at City College Art Gallery - Visual Arts Building, 50 Phelan Ave., SF, and annual series of featuring the artwork of people over 65 years of age. Admission free. Hours are 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. Mon - Fri. and 11 a.m. 6 p.m. on Sat. Dec. 18: Approaching the Nativity: Matthew, Luke and Francis with Erasmo Leiva, Dominican Father Gregory Tatum and Stephen Cordova at 7:30 p.m. at the National Shrine of St. Francis of Assisi , Columbus and Vallejo in the City's North Beach. Call (415) 983-0405. 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. Both shows are sometimes preempted or run at other times , please check listings. Produced by the Communications Office of the Archdiocese of San Francisco.

Returning Catholics Landings , a welcoming program for Catholics interested in returning to the Church, has been established at the following parishes: St. Dominic , SF, Lee Gallery at (415) 221-1288 or Dominican Father Steve Maekawa at (415) 567-7824; Holy Name of Jesus , SF, Dennis Rivera at (415) 664-8590; SI. Bartholomew, San Mateo , Dan Stensen at (650) 344-5665; St. Catherine of Siena, Burlingame , Silvia Chiesa at (650) 685-8336 , Elaine Yastishock at (650) 3446884; 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 , Shirley Bryant at (650) 355-5168.

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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 Doug Pierce at (415) 621-8035 or Mary Potter at (415) 876-4811. 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. San Francisco 's St. Anthony Foundation needs volunteers as well as canned goods and other staples. Non-perishable foods may be taken to 121 Golden Gate Ave. M - F from 8"30 a.m. 4:30 p.m. Volunteer candidates should call (415) 241-2600 or visit the web site at www.stanthonys.org. Seeking enthusiastic men and women for the volunteer team at Mission Dolores Gift Shop. Welcome visitors from around the world , distribute brochures , accept donations and assist in gift shop sales. You'll also have a chance to practice additional languages you may speak. Call Theresa Mullen at (415) 621-8203, ext. 30. SF's Laguna Honda Hospital is in need of extraordinary ministers including Eucharistic ministers and readers as well as volunteers to visit with residents and help in the office and with events. Call Sister Miriam Walsh at (415) 6641580, 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.

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A transplant drive for Joanne Pang, a student at San Francisco's St. Cecilia Elementary School will be held Dec. 22, from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m., at the Stonestown Family YMCA, Social Hall, 333 Eucal yptus Drive in San Francisco. Her doctors have said the 8-year-old child urgently needs a possibly life-saving bone marrow transplant. Joanne 's famil y is reaching out to the Chinese/Asian community because the best chance of finding a matching donor is from the same ethnic community of the patient; however, there have been cases when another ethnicity has been able to transplant . A search for a match through the National Bone Marrow Donor Program has not been successful.

Youths... ¦ Continued from page 5 scholarship money for teen-agers to help pay their way to the conference and an increase in the number of youth ministers across the nation. "Paid youth ministers across the country are increasing rapidly," said Paul Raspa, director of development and marketing for the conference. "The more youth ministers the more youth that are getting invited. " The largest groups of youths came from the Archdiocese of Indianapolis , the Diocese of Rochester, N.Y. and the Diocese of Kansas City-St. Joseph, Mo. Those who attended said the conference reinforced their faith and helped show them they are not alone when trying to live it. "I'm coming away with a better understanding of God and my relationship with him," Amanda Klaiber, 16, from St. Mark Parish in Indianapolis , told The Criterion, newspaper of the Indianapolis Archdiocese. Holly Lambert from New Orleans said she came because the conference was about her Catholic faith . "I see all these Catholic teen-agers together," she said . "They are interested in (the faith) the same as me and I can look to that for support ." While the young people were kept busy with workshops , keynote speeches and Christian concerts, the event also helped teen-agers get in touch with the sacraments of the church. Archbishop Daniel M. Buechlein of Indianapolis urged teen-agers to take advantage of the sacrament of reconciliation and to "spend some time as you open your hearts and minds before Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament." The archbishop also told the youths that / ^s ¦' - J

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they were the next leaders of the church. He asked them to look around at the massive crowd and think about who from among them would someday be in charge of the nation 's schools and universities or who among them would become the church' s future religious leaders , becoming perhaps one day a bishop or cardinal. "It may be you ," the archbishop said. The conference, which fell during the feast of the Immaculate Conception , held special liturgies for each region to celebrate the feast. Before the Mass, a brief catechetical explanation about the Blessed Mother was done with skits and songs. A living rosary also was held to celebrate the Blessed Mother at St. John the Evangelist Church in downtown Indianapolis. Teen-agers also had opportunities to make rosaries for soldiers overseas. While the conference did not dwell on the events of Sept. 11, speakers and participants said the conference theme, "Hope at the Crossroads," was needed more than ever before . One teen-ager spoke about how she lost her father in the World Trade Center attacks but still decided to come. Others came from military bases in Germany and Italy where they faced the reality of war each day. Maureen Hurrle , who chairs the Indianapolis archdiocesan youth council , exhorted her peers to use the conference as "an examp le of peace to the world. " Regardless of the struggles, temptations and challenges, youths were asked to remember one tiling when they returned home. "You are a beautiful gift of God for the life of the church today and tomorrow," said Bishop Matthew H. Clark of Rochester, who gave the homily at the closing Mass Dec. 9. "When you go home tell tire people about God and the living Christ."

Help the need y celebrate the holidays without getting out of your car. A drive-b y food and clothing drop off center will be available in front of the St. Anthony Foundation fro m Dec. 17 throug h Christmas Day at 119 Golden Gate Avenue,( near Jones Street) in San Francisco. Special needs are: • Warm clothing, (especiall y socks and men 's coats) shoes, underwear, gloves , hats, raingear, blankets , sleeping bags and toys. • Non-perishable food , whole grain cereals , instant potatoes, canned fruits , vegetables , stews , soups, frozen meats (beef , pork , ham and poultry). • Monetary donations. St. Anthony Foundation staff and volunteers , wearing easily identifiable red jackets will receive food and clothing donations. The following is the drive-by schedule: Dec. 17-21, 7:45 a.m. to 6 p.m.; Dec. 22-23, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.; Dec. 24, 7:45 a.m. to 6 p.m.; and Christmas Day, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monetary donations should be delivered to 121 Golden Gate Avenue, 2nd floor. The Foundation was founded in 1950 by Franciscan Friar Alfred Boeddeker. It includes a fre e medical clinic, free clothing and furniture program , lowincome senior women 's residence, drug and alcohol rehabilitation centers, an employment program , learning center, social work center and more. During this Christmas season the Dining Room will serve its 29th million meal. Funding is entirely from the private sector. For more information call (415) 241-2600.

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