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Bishop-elect Ignatius Wang 's journey through life has been historic â&#x20AC;&#x201D; from a tiny Catholic enclave in Beijing to his appointment as the first U.S. bishop of Chinese heritage - but the turning point was a simple matter of family. Bishop-elect Wang, then a priest serving in Grenada, came to San Francisco in 1974 to visit his widowed sister, Anna Yeun. "She had cancer, " he recalls. " 1 came really to visit her. When I saw her I knew I couldn 't leave her. She was dying." After his sister died in 1978, he couldn 't bring himself to leave. Again it was family obligations. His sister left three children - Marie , 18, Jane, 16, and Joseph, 9- "I became their guardian when she died. If I weren' t here, who would have become their guardian? The state." That wasn't acceptable. Father Wang decided to stay and help raise the children .

"It was good for me because I was close to them," he says. "It helps me to understand the church from the lay people 's point of view. It changed my conception of the priest's role . When 1 was in Grenada, I would function -1 would go to a funeral and function . I would never consider that you say the Mass not for this dead body only but here is the famil y -you have to take care of them. " Father Wang took an assignment at the archdiocesan tribunal. "It gave me evenings free, " he says. "I was in residence at St. John the Evangelist, ten minutes away from the children. After dinner I would go there and sit with them while they did their homework. I did that most days, at least five days a week. They taught me a lot. That was the good side of it I have seen children grow up without a single parent there. Necessity is the best university. You struggle BISHOP-ELECT WANG, page 17 and you survive."

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by Tom Burke A Trick or Treat So All Can Eat campaign kept students busy at Notre Dame Elementary, Belmont. The Halloween goodwill effort gathered "thousands of canned food items," said Heidi Crone, school publicity person. The food , which is distributed via the St. Vincent de Paul Society and Samaritan House "helps families in need," said Notre Dame Sister Dolores Quigg, principal. Now in its 10th year, the drive is coordinated by the 5th grade and teacher, Nancy Pucci, who originally helped get it started. Among those helpin' out were students including Nico Distefano, Peter Dowden, Michael Moudry, Meghan Gatto, Justine Dhollande, Kenny Crone. Next up is this month' s Adopt a Family.... Happy to announce the First Friday Mass of the Sacred Heart January 3rd at St. Cecilia Church. Father Joseph Landi, parochi al vicar at St. Cecilia ' s and liaison to the Charismatic Renewal Community will preside. Prayers and good thoughts for Father Landi , who soon begins a sabbatical (See

Father Kevin Gaffey, pastor, St. Anthony Parish, Novato was atthe helm of the winning foursome of the annual St. Anthony Booster Club Golf Tournament atthe Rooste r Run links in October. Other members of the team were Matt Menasco, Harold Ito-Kazu, and Father Neil Healy, pasto r, St. Anselm Parish, Ross. Hats off to the many volunteers who made the match possible including Gwen Johnson, Jan Haley, Christie Vattuone, Sue Delucci, Terry Mundi, Pat Qiiimby, Don Vattuone, John Halopoff, Beth Halopoff , Ben Valdes, Marge Ahern, Mary Ann Gallagher. From left: Three of the winning foursome , Matt, Harold , and Father Gaffey, with tourney chair, Paul Gallagher.

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Now adorning the space above vestibule doors to St. Elizabeth Church is a stained glass window commemo rating the Good Shepherd and longtime parishioner, Cecelia A. Vanni, who died September 26, 2000. Mrs. Vanni grew up in the Portola District parish and was welcomed through most of the sacraments there including her August 13, 1958 marriage to Ben Vanni with now late pasto r, Father John Cantwell, presiding. The five sheep in the window fit perfectly the Vanni family, Ben said, with the lamb in the shepherd's arms representing Cecelia ,the three sheep alongside the shepherd representing their sons John, Thomas and Benito, and the sheep on the far left, Ben. Window designer is Nick Lukas, following in the tradition of his late dad and revered stained glass artist, John Lukas. "The window is a thing of beauty and so was Cecelia ," Ben said. Pastor at St. Elizabeth's is Father Ed Farrugia.

Datebook) . .. .Remember that 2003 is the 150th year of the Archdiocese and some of our treasured institutions will be making tours available so we can be in touch with what has gone before us. St. Vincent's School for Boys in Marinwood is among them. For info , call (415) 479-9356 or (415) 507-2000. The tours are sponsored by the St. Vincent's Women's Auxiliary. Thanks to publicity chair, Irene Freckelton, for fillin ' us in....Remember there's no Catholic San Francisco

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Happy 60 years married November 22nd to Mae and Tom Galli of All Souls Parish, South San Francisco. They were honored at a surprise eel ehration at South City's popular Bertolucci's Restaurant. Tom is a retired Captain of the SSFFD and Mae, a retired Office Manager. Thanks to the couple's lifelong friend Shirley Nichols for fillin' us in.

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Abuse scandal marred cardinal's illustrious career By Jerry Filteau Catholic News Service WASHINGTON (CNS) — Before he became so deepl y embroiled in the clergy sexual abuse scandal that forced his resignation Dec. 13, Cardinal Bernard F. Law of Boston was one of America's most powerful and respected bishops with a career of notable accomp lishments. He had long been a leading church spokesman on issues ranging from civil rights to international justice , from abortion to poverty, from Catholic-Jewish relations and ecumenism to war and peace. It was his proposal for a worldwide catechism, in a speech at the 1985 extraordinary Synod of Bishops marking the 20th anniversary of the end of the Second Vatican Council , that led to development of the "Catechism of the Catholic Church." Cardinal Law also oversaw the first drafting of an English translation of the catechism — and unsuccessfully defended the inclusive-language version that the Vatican ultimately rejected and ordered rewritten. In the 1984 presidential race, in which Catholic Geraldine Ferraro was the Democratic vice presidential candidate , he and Archbishop (later Cardinal) John J. O'Connor of New York took the lead in denouncing her support of abortion rights for women. He called abortion "the critical issue of the moment." While a constant advocate of the right to life of the unborn , in 1995 he urged a moratorium on abortion clinic protests after gunman John C. Salvi attacked two Boston clinics , killing two people and wounding five. Last January, even as the clergy sex scandal was breaking out in his archdiocese , he chaired a major international meeting in Washington on the human dimensions of globalization. Co-sponsored by the bishops' conferences of the Americas, the meeting brought together top officials of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund , government finance leaders, corporate leaders , bishops from other continents and heads of international humanitarian aid organizations for three days of dialogue. In recent years Cardinal Law has been one of the nation 's most outspoken critics of the U.S. embargo on

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Cuba, and in 2000 he braved heavy criticism from the Cuban-American community when he bluntly challenged the Florida relatives who were fi ghting against the return to Cuba of young boatwreck survivor Elian Gonzalez and had made his case an international cause celebre . Citing the importance of "the natural bond between a father and son ," Cardinal Law said, "Let the circus end and allow the return of Elian to his father ." He has visited Cuba several times since 1989 and in 1990 met for more than two hours with President Fidel Castro. In January 1998 he led a delegation of 240 Bostonians to Cuba during the papal visit there. The following year he was part of an inter-American delega-

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tion of bishops that met with Castro for more than four fiours. He has also been an insistent advocate of peace in the Middle East. At the time of his resignation from the Boston Archdiocese , Cardinal Law was 71 years old and , as a cardinal since 1985, the senior member of the U.S. Catholic hierarch y. His resignation did not affect his standing as an active cardinal. He retains membershi p on several Vatican congregations and, until he turns 80, will be able to enter a conclave to elect a new pope. Bernard Francis Law was born on Nov. 4, 1931, in Torreon , Mexico, where his father, a career Air Force officer, was then stationed. He attended schools in, New York, Florida, Georgia, and Barranquilla , Colombia, and graduated from Charlotte Amalie High School in St. Thomas, Virgin Islands. He graduated from Harvar d University in Cambridge, Mass., before entering priesthood studies at St. Joseph Seminary in St. Benedict , La., 1953-55, and 8 the Pontifical College Josephinum in Worthingto n, Ohio, 1955-61. He was ordained a priest of the Diocese of NatchezJackson (now Jackson), Miss., in 1961. After serving two years as an assistant pastor , he was made editor of £ o the Mississipp i Reg ister, the diocesan newspaper. While in that post , 1963-68, he also held several other dioce(U san posts, including director of the family life bureau trt |and spiritual director of the minor seminary. A civil rights activist, he joined the Mississippi Leadership Conference and Mississippi Human Relations Council. He received death threats for his strong editorial positions on civil rights in the Mississippi Reg ister. His work for ecumenism in the Deep South in the '60s received national attention and in 1968 he was tapped for his first national post , as executive director of the U.S. bishops ' Secretariat for Ecumenical and Interreligious Affairs . He returned to Natchez-Jackson in 1971 as diocesan vicar general. In 1973 Pope Paul VI named him bishop of Springfield-Cape Girardeau , Mo. He made headlines in CARDINAL LAW, page 19

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MEXICO CITY — Cardinal Norberto Rivera Carrera condemned the lynching of three muggers, saying it was wrong for people to take the law into their own hands even in reaction to the crime and violence p laguing this city, the largest in Latin America. Cardinal Rivera , the archbishop of Mexico City, told reporters after Mass Dec. 8 that lynchings "are totally unacceptable" but that they are "the fruit of, or explain , the insecuri ty that exists in our great city." Late Dec. 5, a mob of more than 200 peop le attacked three men who were assaulting a taxi driver in the working-class suburb of Milpa Alta. Two of the alleged robbers were beaten to death, and one was hospitalized in critical condition. Bernardo Batiz , chief of Mexico City 's judicial police, said it will be very difficult to make arrests for the murders.

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PHILADELPHIA — President Bush signed executive orders Dec. 13 clearing the way for more religious social service organizations to receive government grants and contracts. The president announced the series of orders , which will bolster his faith-based initiatives that have recently failed to gain Senate support , in a speech to a group of religious and charity workers in Philadel phia. According to the executive orders , all federal agencies must give equal consideration to faith-based and secular organizations seeking grants to provide services to the need y. The president gave examples of some service organizations with religious affiliations that had been deprived of federal aid because of their religious practices. For examp le, St. Francis House Homeless Shelter run by the Diocese of Sioux Falls, S.D., was denied a grant of $53,000 because of its practice of voluntary prayers before meals. He also cited the Victory Center Rescue Mission in Dubuque, Iowa, which was told to retu rn federal grant money because the mission's board of directors was not secular enough , and the Metropolitan Council on Jewish Poverty in New York that had been discouraged from even applying for federal funds because of the word Jewish in its name.

Prop osed Bulgarian law draws p rotestsf rom minority faiths

WARSAW, Poland — A Bul garian church official criticized a proposed law that would require minority religions to obtain court approval to operate in the country. The proposed law also would establish the Orthodox Church as the traditional faith in Bulgaria. "This law will alter the status of all religious communities," said Father Blagovest Vanghelov, vicar general of the Eastern-rite Catholic Diocese of Sofia. "We all have virtuall y the same objections — Catholics ,

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Protestants and Muslims — and hav e made our views clear in a series of petitions ," Father Vanghelov said. Catholics make up about 3 percent of Bul garia 's 9 million peop le. The pope visited the country in May. Father Vanghelov said it was "too soon to say" how the pope's May pilgrimage had affected his church' s position.

West Bank residents rely on aid to make ends meet under curfew

JERUSALEM — Hundreds of West Bank residents are depending on charity to make ends meet as a curfew imposed on the city in November extended into December, said officials of Catholic aid organizations. "The big challenge for us is to see whether we can even get in," said Father Guido Gockel , regional director of the Pontifical Mission for Palestine. "We wan t to give as many people the possibility to celebrate the feasts." Traditionall y aid organizations have focused on helping with the holiday celebrations with donations to local organizations , he said, and they hope to do so this year as well. "Christmas is the hope of peace, and if you can 't celebrate hope , what is left?" he said. "We are making money available to parishes, schools and organizations. " The Pontifical Mission offers its aid in personal checks of about $500-$ 1,000 per family, Father Gockel said.

Our Lady of Guadalupe pil grims hear p lea for the poor

MEXICO CITY — During a midnight Mass Dec. 12, Msgr. Diego Monroy, rector of the Basilica of Our Lad y of Guadalupe , spoke of the wide disparity between the rich and poor. "We must not turn to violence or hate , despite the frustrations and the lack of opportunities in our country," Msgr. Monroy said. "But we cannot ignore, in the memory of our common mother, that a few people possess most of the riches in Mexico, while there are 50 million living in poverty." Millions traveled

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PROVIDENCE, R.I. — The annual financial report of the Diocese of Providence shows a significant decrease in assets of approximately $17.5 million this past year as a direct result of the settlement of 37 of 38 claims of sexual misconduct by clergy and a $3.4 million loss in its investments. Annual publication of the report is in keeping with the diocese's pastoral practice to provide the people of Rhode Island with a detailed accounting of diocesan stewardship. A loss of $15 million in assets came from pay ing settlements of close to $14.3 million to plaintiffs who accepted a mediated agreement . An additional $750,000 covers the projected cost of the last unmediated claim and other costs associated with mediation.

Europ ean Union is urged to look at Turkeys religious rig hts record

VATICAN CITY — As European Union officials met to arrange a timeline for membership talks for Turkey, a former Vatican official said a condition for the majority-Muslim country 's entry to the European bod y should be improvement of its reli gious ri ghts record . In a Dec. 12 Vatican Radio commentary, Cardinal Roberto Tucci also said Europe should be more conscious of the need to defend its Christian-rooted values and traditions from an extremist Muslim minority that was "planning a reconquest." The continent is "very weak" because Europeans "no longer have a clear vision of those spiritual , cultural and reli gious values that unite us," said the cardinal , 81, a former Vatican Radio official and organizer of papal trips. Cardinal Tucci said, it was especially important that EU leaders squarel y address the religious rights question with Turkey and not just economic or military conditions. - Catholic News Service

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BOSTON — A Torah, rescued by a Catholic priest from a synagogue in Poland that was being burned by the Nazis during the Holocaust, has a new home at Boston College. The scroll has been permanently installed at the school' s Multi-Faith Worship Space, allowing the area to function full y as a synagogue when Jewish students gather for prayer and marking a historic first in Jewish worship at the Jesuit university. Inscribed 83 years ago in Krakow, Poland , the Torah was rescued in 1939 by a priest who, 20 years later, walked into the U.S. Embassy and asked to speak with an American Jew. Upon meeting Yale Richmond, a 1943 graduate of Boston College who was cultural attache at the embassy in Poland , the priest presented him with the Torah and instructed him to find an appropriate home for it. The diplomat, who spent three decades in the U.S. Foreign Service , held the Torah in safekeeping for the past 42 years until he read about the creation of the Center for Christian-Jewish Learning at his alma mater. He then offered the Torah to the school , which immediately agreed to accept it.

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By Evelyn Zappia a historic development for the Church in San Francisco, a deaf priest is now serving as Inpastor of a deaf congregation in San Francisco, and three deaf seminarians are studying at St. Patrick's Seminary, Menlo Park. "It felt like a miracle" Father ThomasCoughlin said, about Archbishop WilliamJ. Levada's decision to welcome the three seminarians to San Francisco this fall and appoint Father Coughlin pastor of San Francisco's St. Benedict Parish at St. Francis Xavier Church, known for its deaf congregation. As the first born-deaf man to be ordained a Catholic priest in North America, Father Coughlin, defied many doubters, and silenced a long list of critics. Under his direction, the priest hopes "to shield," seminarians Gislain Cheret Bazikila, Matthew Hysell, and Paul Zirimenya from the intolerance he suffered before and after his ordination in 1977. Father Coughlin was described as a "dynamo" by the late Cardinal John O'Connor of New York. In an article entitled "The Possibility of Becoming Priests," Cardinal O'Connor wrote that Father Coughlin "got me thinking and reading," about the possibility of deaf men studying in the seminary. In 1996, Cardinal O'Connor invited Father Coughlin to set up a seminary training program for deaf men in the Archdiocese of New York at St. Joseph's Seminary.After three years of prep aration two deaf men entered St. Josep h's Seminary in 1999- The experiment ended abruptly after Cardinal O'Connor died in 2000. "Due to the lack of enthusiasm and financial support for this particular type of ministry and its specialized need, the faculty of New York felt that they were not equipped to educate men with this particular handicap, " said Sulpician Father Gerald Coleman, president/rector of St. Patrick's . Two weeks after the Cardinal's death, Father Coughlin was searching for other seminaries to welcome the men but he said, "I could not find any seminary that wanted to deal with us. " In an angry voice he said, "People labeled us as a problem. We are not the problem, we are the solution. " During his 25 years as a priest, he said he has seen thousands of deaf Catholics join other churches because the "Catholic Church did not have a significant number of priests to minister to the deaf community." Arvilla Rank of the National Catholic Office of the Deaf agrees that there is a desperate need for deaf priests. NCOD estimates between 100,000 to 170,000 people in California are deaf and only three percent, if that, are churched. "There are only seven or eight deaf ordained Catholic priests in the U.S., " said Ms. Rank. "California is lucky to have three of them. Two of the priests are serving in Southern California, while San Francisco has Father Thomas Coughlin. " Now that St. Patrick's has welcomed the deaf seminarians, Father Coughlin said, "I feel relieved. The seminarians are happy.Father Coleman welcomed the young men with opened arms." "Acknowledged nationwide as a seminary unique in its capacity and effectiveness as a multi-cultural and multi-educational community," Father Coleman said, "the deaf students have added to this mix by bringing with them yet another language and culture. The seminary has found itself enriched by their presence." "I couldn 't be happier at any other seminary," said Matt Hysell. "The community at St. Patrick's has been very accommodating without the paternalism that characterizes many institutions of learning for disabled people. "

In one respect, "my placement here at St. Patrick's Seminary is a direct result of Father Coughlin 's determination three decades ago to become a priest," he said. "He is a trailblazer in every sense of the word." After extensive study of Catholicism, tire 25-year-old converted in 1993- His mother, Bonnie Hysell, converted two years later. The native of Muskegon, Michigan, "wants to communicate God's love for each and every human person in such a way that people are guided into a deep friendship with God. " His "favorite motif" of a priest is that of "a shepherd or pastor."

Father Gerald Coleman "welcomed the seminarians with opened arms." Mr. Hysell credits his "tough Irish mother who wouldn't have him speaking any other way" for his nearly flawless speech " Bom in Kampala, Uganda, Paul Zirimenya volunteered at St. Matia Mulumba Parish in Old Kampala, where he assisted Father Aloyse Reiles, a Missionary of Africa. Father Reiles was "partially deaf," and used a hearing aid. "His work was a big inspiration to me, and I admired what he was doing to reach out to others even when his health would not permit him ," he said. Mr. Zirimenya speaks of the seminary 's great faculty and student body who will "help in any way to form us into ministerial servants of God. " He praises Mike Konopik from the Archdiocese of San Francisco, and Mark Hanifan from the Diocese of Reno, describing them as "wonderfulnote-takers." "The prayer life at the seminary is glorious, " he said. "Although I am deaf, I do enjoy every moment of our morning prayers, Mass, and evening prayers. " More than anything, Mr. Zirimenya would like to be "an agent of love, faith , hope and charity." In a beautiful melodic British accent he said , "Deep in my heart I have a great respect for life. The social teachings of the Catholic Church will not leave my pillow. The dig-

nity of every human person is always on my mind and heart, and I always see God in others." Gislain Cheret Bazikila was born in Linzolo in Brazzaville, Congo. He was a seminarian in Brazzaville for nine years, then suddenly became deaf. "Father Coughlin is the first deaf priest I have met in my life, and he gave me hope, " he said. "I feel I have a special calling to minister to the deaf people, " he said. "I look forward to the day when I can offer Mass with them in sign language. I want to evangelize God's people, serve his people, continue to preach his word of life, to forgive his people, to love and pray with his people, and to bless and console them. " Since his first language is French, the 32-year-old seminarian attends English classes, along with many other students from outside the United States. "I am enjoying my studies, but it is a challenge , " he said. "Father Coleman has bent over backward to see that our educational, formative, and personal needs are met," said Mr. Hysell. "The faculty adjusted their lecture format to assist our note-takers, and the student body accepted us academically, as well as socially and invited us to jo in in on the soccer games. We are treated as equals. In many ways, the seminary is a school of holiness." "The seminarians have won the admiration and esteem of the seminary community and thus find a retinue of peop le willing to help and assist them in daily life, " said Father Coleman. "Also , the seminary 's faculty has enthusiastically received these students as full members of the formation community, and has educated itself on the specialized needs of deaf students." A number of changes to assist the students include specially-chosen student mentors, class note-takers, theological tutors, approved spiritual directors, and advisors from outside the seminary faculty under Father Coleman 's supervision. In addition, there are carefully chosen field education assignments for the students at St. Joseph Center in Oakland, along with specialized equipment for the deaf, such as telephone equipment, a special room, and computer hardware. With toe students came a great interest in American Sign Language.An expert in signing conduels a class on site. Twenty-sixmembers of the seminary community registered for the classes. "Training and forming diese seminarians for work as priestly ministers for the growing deaf community in San Francisco and the Bay Areas sustains its own costs, " said Father Coleman. "I welcome the Catholic community to help St. Patrick's form these students by financial assistance and prayerful encouragement." One of the students taught Father Coleman three signs: hello; goodbye; and you ' re crazy. By year 's end, he said , "I hope to sign: 'Hello , it's a gift to have you here, and I'd be crazy not

to realize that. Goodbye!'" Including the three deaf seminarians studying at the Seminary, another young deaf man who wants to become a priest is currently studying at City College of San Francisco. Father Coughlin also said , two other deaf men will arrive in January to begin their undergraduate program at CCSF. Min Seo Park , one of the deaf seminarians at St. Joseph 's Seminary in Yonkers, N.Y., continued his theology education at St. John 's University in Queens, N.Y. Mr. Park, of the Archdiocese of Seoul, Korea, will graduate in the spring and return to Seoul as a candidate for the priesthood. "He will be ordained hopefully in 2004, as the first deaf man ever to be ordained as a Roman Catholic priest in the whole of Asia," Father Coughlin said.

One goal: 'to help deaf youth find God' Father Thomas Coughlin began school at the age of three. He attended New York's Rochester School for the Deaf and St. Mary School for the deaf, until the age of 20. He credits the Sisters of St. Joseph of Buffalo for inspiring him to religious life. After graduating from St. Mary's in 1967, he attended Gallaudet University in Washington, B.C., the world's only liberal arts college for the deaf. He obtained his B. A degree in English in 1972. He then entered the Order of the Most Holy Trinity in Baltimore, and made his first vows with the Trinitariansin 1973. He went on to Catholic Universityof American for his theology program and in 1976 obtained his MA degree in Religious Studies. He was ordained a priest in Baltimore in 1977 at the Basilica of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, making him the first deaf-bom Catholic priest in North America, With an ordination gift of $1,000, Father Coughlin began a fundraiser to purchase a bankrupt lakefront resort hotel in Old Forge in the Adirondack Mountains of upstate New York. He raised an additional $125,000 in three years, purchased the hotel and founded Camp Mark Seven in 1982. The camp offers a leadership program for Catholic deaf youths, a program serving deaf senior citizens "Eldercamp, " sign language training and retreat conferences. He also studied and graduated and became a Registered Nurse in 1996, after learning Mark Seven was in j eopardy of being closed if there were no nurse on site. "Mark Seven" refers to (fie seventh chapter in the Gospel of Mark where Jesus heals a deaf man. "My mission from God is very simple: to help deaf youth find God," Father Coughlin said. He left the Trinitarian community, and became a priest of the Diocese of Honolulu in 1985 and worked there four years. In 1990, he was sent by Bishop Joe Ferraro to the Oakland Diocese with hopes of developing a seminary-training program for deaf candidates to the priesthood The Dominican School of Philosophy and Theology offered to assist Father Coughlin in this new venture. After three years of planning and preparation, authorization from the Vatican did not come through and the program did not come to fruition. Father Coughlin then decided to join the Dominicans and made his novitiate and first vows in 1994. Unfortunately, after being transferred to a larger Dominican community, Father Coughlin discovered he "could not thrive in a hearing community th at did not know sign language," and he left the Order. In 1996, CardinalJohn O'Connor contacted Father Coughlin and invited him to set up a seminary training program for deaf men in the Archdiocese of New York at St. Joseph's Seminary. Only two weeks after the death of the Cardinal, the experiment was halted. After searching for another seminary to give die young men a chance, only Father Craig Forner, then Vocations Director for the Archdiocesesaid to Father Coughlin, "Let's talk about it." During his visit with Archbishop William Levada, and Auxiliary Bishop John C. Wester last spring, Father Coughlin proposed to the Archbishop that the Archdiocese assist him and his deaf seminarians in a fomiation program for the priesthood. After consulting with the president/rector of St. Patrick's Seminary, Father Gerald Coleman , the young men were welcomed, and Sulpician Father Coughlin was appointed pastor of San Francisco's St. Benedict Parish at St, Francis Xavier Church. â&#x20AC;˘

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JLCATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO Sesquicentennial Year - 2003 The Archdiocese of San Francisco will celebrate the 150th anniversary of its founding in 2003, and the local Catholic Church of San Francisco, San Mateo and Marin Counties will commemorate "A Sesquicentennial Year of Remembrance and Renewal." In a theme reflecting the history of the Archdiocese as well as its present and future, Archbishop William J. Levada has designated evangelization as a major focus for the year. Thus, sesquicentennial banners, posters and prayer cards carry the message, "Proclaiming the Good News to All Creation." Both of these ideas, a year of remembrance and renewal and the theme of evangelization — proclaiming the good news to all creation - are very appropriate. Dr. Jeffrey Burns, historian, author and archivist for the Archdiocese of San Francisco, notes that the sesquicentennial of the Archdiocese is a time to reflect upon and celebrate our history. By keeping a firm grasp on our history we will not only f eel pride in the contributions that Catholics have made to Church and society, but we also wiU be able to see our current challenges in perspective. Dr. Burns tells the story of Pope John XXJJI and the opening of the Second Vatican Council. In his opening address, Pope John spoke of the many people who complained to him daily about how bad the world had become. But the Holy Father rejected these "prophets of gloom " who were always forecasting disaster, and who acted as if they had learned nothing from history which, according the Pope, is the "teacher of life. " The combination of learning and commitment is captured in the words of Pope John Paul II who observed, "To remember the past is to commit oneself to the future." So, as Dr. Burns reminds us, don 't mistake endeavors to remember the people and events of the Archdiocese's past as mere nostalgia. No, we are working toward a better future — toward renewal of our local Church. The sesquicentennial year theme of evangelization also rests on elements found at the creation of the Archdiocese (when it covered the entire northern part of the state) and also evident throughout its history up to the piesent day. The first Archbishop of San Francisco, Dominican Joseph Sadoc Alemany, came from his native Spain in 1840 to the "mission" territories of Kentucky, Ohio and Tennessee. He was reluctant to come to California , but Pope Pius IX told him, "You must go to California. . . Where others are drawn by gold, you must carry the Cross. " Throughout the 150-year history of the Archdiocese, evangelization has been a constant focus of the local Church as bishops and priests, members of men and women religious orders, and dedicated lay Catholics worked to advance the Gospel message among a continually evolving immigrant Church. We have a rich history to reflect upon and to celebrate in the coming sesquicentennial year. We also have much to learn about our roots, our disappointments and our accomplishments. May the 150th anniversary of the Archdiocese of San Francisco truly be a time of remembrance and renewal, a time of recommitment to proclaiming the good news to all creation — and to words and actions which truly reflect the presence of Jesus Christ in our lives. MEH

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The staff of Catholic San Francisco extends to the newspaper ' s readers and benefactors sincere wishes for a blessed and holy Christmas and a peaceful New Year. As we celebrate once again this holy time of year, we recall the words of the prophet Isaiah, "The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light; Upon those who dwelt in the land of gloom a light has shone." (Is 9, 1) We hope the light of Jesus Christ will lead us toward peace among families and nations and toward goodness and kindness to each other. MEH

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I am aware of Catholic San Francisco 's reluctance to engage in partisan political activities, and I concur with that premise. However, I fee] that you must take an editorial stand and/or publicly identify those in State and Municipal government who abet the passage of legislation which is harmful and dangerous to the Church. Such identification is not partisan, but prudent. How long must we endure the venal determination of those who wish to seize the assets of the Church' s so-called "deep pockets ", or those that persevere in the murder of innocents in the "abortion at any time and for whatever reason " crowd. threatening legislation When appeals, or worse, has been enacted by Catholic San this group, Francisco should identify those peop le by name and political affiliation . That would not be partisan, but rather an intelligent means of slowing down such people and identifying them, cunently and just prior to elections. Don Bechter Millbrae

In the early 1990s Cardinal Daly, Archbishop of Armagh, talked of the European Union 's obligation to help the Third World. It is hard, he said, to accept a lower "standard of living for social j ustice, "but that is what is required". If he had had the knowledge of economics which should be - and in his country often is - available to those stud ying in secondary school , and if he had been conscious of the actual practices of the European Union , he would liave known that the best things the EU could do then for the Third World were things which would actually raise the standard of living of Europeans. One can analyze the possible consequences of his ignorance among his hearers . I have also heard preachers get biology, meteorology and general history wrong when venturing into political matters; one friar even mocked me when I mentioned in his presence an easily verifiable historical fact which happened to contradict his political theories. George Weigel 's worry is of quite wide relevance. John A. Wills San Francisco

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George Weigel's discourse on the theory of the just war (early December) might suggest wrong implications , but he is certainl y right in condemning those who appl y morality to an unreal world and so demean morality in the real world. Understanding the morality of the proposed Iraq war does not depend on knowing Catholic theory - which almost everyone accepts, even if not as such - but on facts which are mostly available and largel y ignored by both sides in the debate. The same may be said of the morality of those working for the war. Understandin g these matters depends on having the honesty, patience and courage to rethink what we thought we already knew. Many peop le demonstrate against the School of the Americas. A few months ago I spoke with one who had gotten into trouble as a result. I asked: "Do officers trained at the School of the Americas commit atrocities more than officers from the same country not trained there?" My respondent, a priest and a religious, was as ignorant as myself, and therefore as bound as myself to shut up on the subject. He had made a fool of himself, and not a fool for Christ .

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School coverage

You made an 8-year-old' s day today. I told Martin his school was mentioned in the paper. First he picked out all the kids he knew in the photo , and then I said - read the item. "I' m in the paper!! I' m in the paper!!!" he shouted to all of us. Thanks so much. That was so super and a reall y nice thing for a kid who was quite disappointed he could not be in the event itself. The "School Days" page is a great idea too! Valerie Schmalz San Francisco

Mission Builders

My congratulations and appreciation for the recent coverage of the Rumsen Ohlone event at Mission Dolores {CSF - 12-6). The pictures taken by Luis Gris captured the excitement and drama of the ceremonies. Sharon Abercrombie 's reportage gave the background of this remarkable event. It deli ghts my sense of historical accuracy and justice to see honor paid to the Ohlone People as "Mission Builders ." They are the First Californians and they still continue to share the beauty and spiritual power of their culture with us today. Brother Guire Cleary, S.S.F. Mission San Francisco de Asis

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How ironic that the Dec. 13 issue of Catholic San Francisco should simultaneously carry and article on page 6 casti gating satellite carriers and cable television providers for carrying pornograph y, while on page 5 is an advertisement for the Dish Network, which is owned b y Echostar and is also a pornography provider. Moreover the article also had some of its facts stated incorrectl y. First there are two distinct direct broadcast satellite providers - Hug hes Direct Broadcast , owned by General Motors and Echostar, which operates Dish Network (which , incidentall y, also carries EWTN). Both of these direct broadcast providers offer pornograp hy. Also there are many other cable systems which offer pornograph y in addition to AT&T/Comcast. To their credit, they all offer parental control/lockout on their remotes to keep unwanted viewers from accessing these programs . Roger Nuxoll San Mateo

Sp irituality

The promise of Christmas has come true It's easy to be cynical about the hype surrounding Christmas, not just because it starts earlier each year and seems focused on everything but the birth of Jesus, but also because Christmas itself seeming ly doesn 't deliver on its promise. What is the promise of Christmas? What Christmas is meant to bring is laid out in the biblical texts given us in our Advent liturgies. Mostly these are prophetic visions of what things will look like after God sends a messiah into the world. Taken mainl y from the Jewish prophets, particularly from Isaiah , these visions promise that the birth of the messiah will turn reality delightfully upside down. What Christmas promises is universal peace, the lion and lamb ly ing down together; reconciliation , enemies forgiving each other; justice , valleys filled in and deep places raised up; food for all, every sheep carefully tended to; restfulness from our longing, everyone cradled peacefully in loving arms; and healing from all wound , God himself drying every tear on earth. The Christmas crib is an icon of that peace. The hymn "Silent Night" captures its spirit. But our world , as we know, is far, far from this peace. There are few silent ni ghts , at least if we are to believe the evening news. There is a threat of war and terrorism everywhere, sincere people are killing each other in the name of God , the gap between rich and poor is widening dail y, and tens of millions are sick and dying of hunger and AIDS in a world rich in food and medicines. Everywhere there are peop le who are hungry, oppressed , living in fear, and daily there are more people murdered and raped than our newspapers and newscasts have space and time to report. Christmas still seems more of a promise than a reality. Granted, this is not the whole story, or perhaps even the real story. There's perspective that the evening news

doesn 't tell: The vast majority of people on this plan et are sincere and are trying to deal with all of this as best they can. As well, the vast majori ty of people on this planet rise each day and turn their faces to God and pray. There 's still more belief than non-belief, sincerity than insincerity, sanity than insanity, and goodness than malice on this planet. Not all is war and violence . So what is the real state of things ? Can we sing "Silent Night" and have it mean something? Has Christmas delivered on its promise? Singing "Silent Night" and "Joy to the World" with the same wonder felt by the first shepherds, after just having been told of Jesus ' birth by the angels, is precisely what our faith asks of us. And that 's an adult , not a childish , task. The Christmas promise has come true, though we need tc recognize how. The prophet Isaiah tells us that when the birth of the messiah is announced to King Ahaz, God says: "A virgin will give birth to a son whom she shall call Immanuel" — a name which means "God-is-with-us." To understand this is to celebrate Christmas without denying or trivializing either the truth of God's promise or the real pain and evil in the world. Christmas is precisely the challenge to celebrate while we are still in pain. Jesus' birth means that God-is-with-us. That fact alone doesn 't mean immediate consummate joy or even automatic justice. Our world still looks much the same. In Christmas, God doesn ' t send a superhero to rid the earth of evil by forcefully destroying all th at's bad. God sends a helpless baby, lying in the straw, needing to be picked up, nursed , nurtured. That 's God's wisdom, the power of a baby. Babies don 't shoot bad guys, like Sylvester Stallone or James Bond at the end of a movie; they change hearts by offering a gentler presence.

So Christmas doesn 't rid the world of evil. For the Christian , just as for everyone else, there will still be sickness , senseless hurt , broken dreams , and cold , lonely seasons when love is far away. Christmas doesn 't promise heaven on earth. Rather it promises us , here on earth , something else: God' s presence in our lives. And it 's that presence, not the power of a superhero to blow away all that's bad , that redeems us. When we sense that God-is-with-us we can give up selfishness, bitterness , and jealousy because we are no longer alone in them. Everything can be borne if it can be shared. We no longer walk alone in our pain. When we are not alone, then pain and happiness are not mutuall y exclusive and the agonies and hurts of life do not exclude deep meaning and deep joy. Avery Dulles puts it this way: "The incarnation does not provide us with a ladder by which to escape the ambiguities of life and scale the heights of heaven. Rather it enables us to burrow deep into the heart of planet earth and find it shimmering with divinity."

Father Ron Rolheiser

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

Family Lif e

Waiting for miracle of God's love Do you see anything? asked Gabe, peering into the water. "No," I admitted. "Keep looking." "There's nothing here," said Lucas. "Just wait." It was the day after Thanksgiving. We'd come to Carkeek Park in Seattle, hoping to watch the salmon return from the sea to spawn. We walked up the trail along Piper 's Creek, stopping at the outlooks to gaze into the stream. The water was clear . . . and empty. The boys gave each other knowing looks. Another one of Mom's wild goose chases. Ahead of us, we saw a group of people gathered on a bridge. "Let's try up there," I suggested. "Maybe they're seeing some." We headed for the bridge. "Are you seeing anything?" "Oh, yeah. Tons of salmon!" a man replied. Eagerly, we scanned the creek. A splash at our feet made us jump. "There's one!" "And there 's two more up there ! They 're huge!" The Chum salmon—not tons , but at least half a dozen— thrashed their way upstream, jumping over rocks, then circling and resting quietl y in the still pools. Beside me, a volunteer salmon steward clasped her hands and beamed with joy. "This is so wonderful!" Her face shone as if she'd just seen a miracle, and perhaps she had. Wild salmon, returning to a stream in the middle of the city.

Volunteers spent untold hours restoring streams, planting native vegetation, and educating the public. All the while watching and hoping and waiting for the salmon to return. We made our way upstream, watching more salmon lay their eggs underneath the red markers. In the meadow, we browsed the display booths. Lucas made me a bead bracelet, I filled out a survey, Gabe chose a salmon poster to take home. Later, we gathered around the bonfire to keep warm. A musician showed up and invited everyone to join in the salmon dance. Fortunately, it only required walking clockwise in a circle, which we could manage even with cups of hot chocolate in our hands. Back home, I laid greens around the candles in our Advent wreath and hung the Advent calendar on the wall. Gabe hopped up and down. "Can I open one door? Just one. Please." "No," I said. "You have to wait until Sunday." "Is th at when we light the Advent wreath?" asked Lucas. "Yes." "Why not tonight?" asked Gabe . "Because you have to wait until Advent, silly. That 's what Advent is about, waiting." I pointed to the paperwhite narcissus growing on the counter. "Look. We've been waiting for these flowers, and now they're starting to bloom." We'd planted the bulbs three weeks before and watched

as the slender stalks grow taller and taller untd they burst into fragrant blossoms. Sure, you can buy paperwhites in full bloom, but it 's more fun to grow your own, even if

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gratification, it can be hard to wait. But like flowers (and children) that grow at their own pace , or the salmon that reward our patience with their return, God's work can 't be rushed. In Advent , we wait with joy for Jesus ' birth , knowing we'll see the miracle of God's love coming into our lives yet again. "This is my favorite time of year!" said Lucas. "I know," I said. "Mine, too."

Christine Dubois is a widely published freel ance writer who lives with her family near Seattle. Contact her at: chriscolumn@juno.com .

The Catholic Diff erence

Pro-life wins and trouble for Catholic Democrats Commentary in the major media on last month's elections has generally ignored one important fact: many proabortion political action committees saw their candidates get clobbered , while pro-life forces registered significant gains. NARAL , the leading pro-abortion lobbying group, went down in flames, losing nine of the eleven U.S. Senate races it focused on and batting six for twenty-six in the House of Representatives. Emily's List, a wellfunded PAC that supports pro-abortion women, did even worse: it batted one for ten. On the other side, the National Right to Life Committee saw its candidates win eight of ten targeted congressional races. Abortion was a significant issue in the Colorado, Minnesota, Missouri, and New Hampshire Senate races, and pro-life candidates won each contest.

Look for the impact of all this in the federal judiciary. Since the defection of James Jeffords gave the Democrats control of the Senate, the Senate Judiciary Committee has stonewalled or rejected the nominations of judicial nominees who fail to pass muster with NARAL and People for the American Way (PFAW), another lobby with a relentlessly pro-abortion agenda. One notable case of this involved Priscilla Owens, a Texas judge whom President Bush nominated for a seat on the Fifth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. The American Bar Association (hardly a bastion of conservative jurisprudence) deemed her "highly qualified." But Democrats on the Judiciary Committee shot down the nomination on the grounds that Judge Owens was an extremist. The evidence? Her support for laws mandating parental notification when minors seek an abortion. With Republicansin control of the Senate Judiciary Committee, the

real extremists at NARAL and PFAW have lost their O veto. Given pro-life leaders in the White House, the Senate, and the o House, progress on some long-stalled issues is possible this coming year. The partial-birth abortion ban will almost certainly pass. A ban on all forms of human cloning should have a better chance in the new Congress. Legislation protecting pro-life hospitals from a federal mandate to allow abortions in their facilities should also WEIGEL, page 16

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Good Grounds

An adult dilemma: Home for the Holidays? Last Saturday I caught an old TV movie, "A Very Brad y Christmas." I' m a sucker for Christmas movies. In the Brad y 's syrupy Christmas drama, Cindy (the youngest girl , just like me) was maneuvering that change from child to adult in her relationships with her picture perfect family. Ultimatel y, she had to stand up and say, "I'm an adult and I'd like to be treated like one." Because she had a script , she also had all the right words , as did the famil y characters around her. Not so easy in the real world , I think. A friend of mine recently told me that she was going home (back east) for Christmas. She said it rather wistfull y, so I asked if there was a problem. "My faith community is here. I go home and no one will go to midnight Mass with me and even if they did , it's in some church that means something to them, not so much to me." This sounded all too familiar. When I was in graduate school, I came to be very connected with the Arizona State University faith community. Yet, each year, I'd travel to my mother 's house to be with family on Christmas Eve and day. I'd attend midnight Mass at the local parish and sometimes be joined by a bit of my family. There I'd find myself thinking about the ASU community where I had helped create the Christmas environment , or a good friend lectoring at midnight Mass for the first time. Finally, one year, when I was about 27, 1 decided I wanted to stay and celebrate Mass with my yearlong faith community. I approached my mother (and older sisters -the other power wielders in my family) with

Our young adult trepidation as I hoped to have some opportunity to celebrate Christmas with the family, but also to be appre- model , Jesus , howevciated as an adult making a health y decision about her er, never had to negoown life. What surprised me was how easy the conver- tiate this Christmas sation was. I had thought they 'd treat me like a kid and holiday dilemma: they be upset , however, since I approached the situation as wouldn 't have had his birthday party without an adult they treated me like one too. Who knew? So, we celebrated a famil y gathering a week before him, would they ? the Holy Day. I stayed and celebrated Mass with my Jesus is, however, a Sister faith community and a day or so later went to Mom 's. model of one who Since then , the question comes up in November who 's made this transition Christine Wilcox going to be where for Christmas. For the kids who have with grace and honesty kids of their own and those who live far away, the ques- too. Telling us that his tion is whether or not they can make it out to California , mother and brothers and sisters are those who hear the plan to stay home with their own intimate family, or word of God and act on it. Jesus became an adult by actmight they travel to their in-laws. Now there is no ing like one. He named his adult responsibilities and he "command attendance" about our Christmases together. acted on them , whether or not others understood or And 1 think I' m lucky when I can be with my current appreciated this. I was able , by grace and intention, to negotiate that faith community (my sisters) and my family all in the space of a few days. While I' m rarely with family on move from childhood expectations to adult relationship Christmas Eve anymore, I'm there, often , on Christmas in this one area of our family life. Ah, still , though, there are areas where being the youngest girl means day. At a meeting with a bunch of young adults the other something by way of expectations and treatment. And night I asked, how they had negotiated their adult fami- more or less, that's the way I like it: it all depends on ly relationships around the holidays. The resounding whether I have to do the dishes. answer from most in the group was "I haven 't." Whew. Some said that their siblings had made that leap through marriage and children . (That 's a lot just to be seen as an adult in the family.) I was reminded that often the under- Dominican Sister Christine Wilcox is director of Young Adult Ministry and coordinator for university and college campus standing that 's missing about young adults is that the ministry for the Archdiocese of San Francisco. key word in that phrase isn't "young," it 's "adult."

SocialJustice

Hedging on life An interesting and challenging part of my work is the public policy dialogue with members of other faiths on issues that have become very important to Catholics - abortion , euthanasia and the death penalty. I am often the lone voice at the table that will defend the life of the unborn and that will speak against assisted suicide. Many of our brothers and sisters in mainline Protestant churches have long ago given up the principles that would lead them to protection for these classes of people. We do, in general, however, agree on our opposition to the death penalty. The conversations sometimes become surreal for me when I listen to my colleagues passionately defending the. lives of condemned men on death row, in doing so talking about the "dignity and sacredness" of each human life while not able to extend that very same principle to the unborn and the frail elderly. It is much more difficult for me to deal with this same phenomenon in circles of Catholic social justice activists. On a positive note, things have changed for the better. When I first arrived in San Francisco, I attended meetings where fellow Catholics, many working for the Church or church-related institutions, would be very open about their support for abortion. Now, there is more of a quiet understanding that this is a non-negotiable Catholic item. This does not often

translate into open and enthusiastic support , however. Again, these are people that 1 very much admire and respect for their passionate and competent work on behalf of the poor, the homeless and the disenfranchised in our society, It is a source of wonderment to me that they are not able to connect the dots of Catholic social principles that flow from basic theology that are the foundation for all of the social issues. And that they do not understand that if the principle of the right to life, which is a foundational and primary principle, is weakened or destroyed , all other rights go by the wayside. It is somewhat akin to Catholics in the ante bellum United States fighting for good housing and adequate food for the slaves on the plantation while not addressing their lack" of freedom. Archbishop John Quinn, former Archbishop of San Francisco once said, "Abortion is the ax at the roots of the tree of human rights." There is no dignity for the poor if the poor are not entitled to live. "We live the Gospel of Life when we live in solidarity with the poor of the world, standing up for their lives and dignity. Yet abortion and euthanasia have become preeminent threats to human dignity because they directly attack Me itself, the most fundamental human good and the condition for all oth-

ers. They are committed against those who are weakest and most defenseless , those who are genuinely 'the poorest of the poor '"(Living the Gospel of Life: An George Wesolek American Challenge) What we do not need from Catholics , especially Catholic social activists , priests , religious and laity is a wink and nod whenever the life issues are brought forward. We certainly don 't need passivity in the fac e of this dire threat to our culture and society. We need consistent and positive action. We need advocacy that is at least equal to the fine advocacy that they give on other issues. Responding to part of Catholic social teaching while disregarding its foundations is, in the end, only making sure that the slaves are well kept.

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after a lobbying session on a recent PBS program. Then there is Jennifer Granholm, newly-elected governor of Michigan, who says that she accepts the Church's moral teaching on abortion while declaring herself a "100-percent pro-choice Catholic." Ms. Granholm seems to buy the spurious claim, first given prominence by Mario Cuomo, that to enact laws protective of unborn human beings means "imposing" Catholic morals on a pluralistic society. The pro-life cause is the great civil rights cause of our time â&#x20AC;&#x201D; a cause that should commend itself to Democrats. That two Catholic women who will be among the Democratic Party's most prominent public personalities refuse to acknowledge this is a very sorry business. A "pro-choice Catholic" makes no more sense than a "pro-segregation Catholic." In both instances, the issue is not arcane Catholic dogma, but the elementary democratic principle of equal justice for all. In defend-

ing the right-to-life of everyone, from conception until natural death, the Catholic Church isn 't imposing its moral strictures on a pluralistic society; it is calling American democracy back to its own fundamental commitments. Isn't that a noble cause? Isn't that a liberal cause? Politicians are good at reading numbers, and perhaps November 's rout of NARAL, Emily's List, and People for the American Way will help concentrate some Democratic minds. But the party 's enthrallment to the most extreme pro-abortion lobbies and PACs simply has to be addressed by pro-life Catholic Democrats, one way or another, and sooner rather than later. The contradictions are just too great.

ÂŚ Continued from pag e 15 be possible â&#x20AC;&#x201D; which would be a significant reversal for pro-abortion forces determined to bring Catholic health care to heel, or to destroy it. But what does the future hold for Catholic pro-lifers trying to maintain a foothold in the Democratic Party? The Democratic leader in the House, Nancy Pelosi of California, describes herself as a "conservative Catholic." One wonders exactly how that self-description squares with Mrs. Pelosi's votes against the ban on partial-birth abortion and her rejection of parental consent legislation (not to mention her opposition to school vouchers and faith-based social service initiatives). In 1995, Mrs. Pelosi criticized the U.S. bishops for their opposition to the bogus group, Catholics for a Free Choice, whose members were shown leaving her office

George Wesolek is director of the Archdiocese of San Francisco 's Office of Public Policy and Social Concerns.

George Weigel is a senior fellow of the Ethics and Public Policy Center in Washington, D. C.

Bishop -elect W a ng . . . ÂŚ Continued from cover "Several times I was tempted to take another job ," the bishop-elect says. "I thought of becoming a military chaplain - more money for the kids - but then I said, 'No. Then I'll be away from them... That's no use.'" He also considered teaching at St. Mary 's College in Moraga. "I said to myself, 'It's so far to go. Is it worth while?' I said, 'No it isn't worthwhile. I'd have to prepare lesson plans every night. I'd have no time for the kids.' So I gave up. We just struggled but we were used to that." "I really think that every priest should have his family around him . . . Now the kids support me. I go on vacation, they buy the ticket or whatever." As that experience has helped him understand the life of the laity, his Chinese heritage will hel p him clear up the misunderstandings that the Catholic Church is a "western religion." "Chinese Catholics certainly will feel honored - maybe not everyone - but by and large, they will feel proud ," about his appointment as bishop, he says. "The non-Catholics, I hope that they understand that this is a sign, telling them that the Catholic Church is a universal church. I will tell them I am leading not only the Chinese people. I will be leading the western people as well , and they will have to follow. Once they see th at, 1 believe that will help." The Chinese view of Catholicism has been colored for centuries by confusion over Chinese rituals such as bowing to the picture of Confucius and burning incense for the deceased. Among the early Chinese converts , the "more scholarly" used their traditional ritual without sli pp ing into superstition, "But," Bishop-elect Wang says, "certainly, there was superstition among less educated converts ." He compares the ritual to the use of holy water. Some Catholics may view it superstitiousl y while others do not. "Do we ban holy water? No." "The Chinese ritual was banned because of a misunderstanding by the missionaries," he says. "So Catholics in China were not allowed to bow to the picture of Confucius or bow to the body of the deceased person. So we can 't go to their funerals, we can 't go to weddings. We are isolated. So the spread of the faith is impossible. . . I believe some people were superstitious but this delayed the faith in China for 300 years." Finally, in the 1930s, "Pope Pius XII declared that participation in this ritual was allowed. Then we hoped the Church would open up," Bishop-elect Wang says. It was not to be. First came the Japanese invasion of China, followed by World War II and, a few years later, the Communist victory in the Chinese civil war. "After the World War, we had only two years," he says. "That was when the first Chinese cardinal was created and we had a Chinese hierarchy, bishops and archbishops. Then it was too late. The Communists took over. We didn 't have a chance to explain to the people that the Chinese ritual was not forbidden ." Bishop-elect Wang said that Chinese Catholics had learned well the old lesson that the Chinese ritual was superstitious. So, in 1980 when he brought the ritual to San Francisco, some Chinese Catholics were upset. "They said, 'Are we Buddhists? Why do we have incense inside the church?' These were very good Catholics.... "The next year, I wondered whether I should do it again. I wrote to Archbishop Tang. He was exiled from China, living in Hong Kong. I asked him if he would come here and do the ritual with us."

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The archbishop came to San Francisco and along with thought what if I become a priest and I' m sent to the counArchbishop John Quinn celebrated the ritual. People began try. Midnight - a sick call. That 's hair raising. No way." to change their minds. "Now it is an annual ritual . We have A few years later, the fears had faded and 18-year-old Ignatius Wang entered the Seminary in Hong Kong after it every Chinese new year." Ignatius Wang was born in Beijing in 1934, a member junior high. " I still hear ghost stories and haunted houses," of a family that had been Catholic for 12 generations. "Our he says, "but I'm not scared any more." He was ordained a priest in Hong Kong in 1959. "I was street, the whole block was Catholic," he recalls. "We all know each other. We don 't live with outsiders. We can't go always hoping to go back to China," Bishop-elect Wang to weddings or funerals - so how do you make friends? We says but that was impossible under the communist regime. go to Catholic schools. We can 't go to public schools Instead he went to Rome to study canon law. He received because you have to bow at the entrance to the image of his doctorate in 1962 but still had no diocese to call home. The Second Vatican Council was underway, and a bishConfucius.... We had very little contact with outsiders." His father was a railroad stationmaster. His mother 's op from the Caribbean island of Grenada was living in the family was wealthy but over the years, the family fortune same pensione as the young priest. "We began to talk. He said, 'Come with me.' He showed began to disappear. The idea of a vocation to the priesthood came early and me Grenada on the map, in the Caribbean. It looked good to m e . . . . I said, 'It will take me six months to get a visa.' grew gradually, Bishop-elect Wang says. "My grandmother, before I made my first Communion, He said, 'No, no, no,' he said. 'I'll get it tomonow...'" The bishop was English and Grenada was then a British as she did needlework, she would talk to me about being a p riest. I was interested. Later some Canadian priests came possession. To the young priest 's surprise, the next day he to our house to practice their Chinese. I was six or seven received a telegram from the immigration service. years old . . . We became good friends. They began to teach '"Welcome, welcome to Grenada,' it said," Bishop-elect Wang recalls with a broad smile. "So we agreed I'd go for me English." When he was in junior high school, his grandmother and a year," Monsignor Wang said. That year stretched into 12. great aunt definitely wanted him to go to the minor semi- "I loved Grenada. I still love it." He left to help his sister in San Francisco and eventualnary. "My father was kind of neutral ," he says . "My mother didn 't really mind ." ly became a priest of the Archdiocese of San Francisco and " I said, 'No,'" he says, smiling as he recalls his child- an American citizen. hood concerns. "In China you have these spinsters at home. In 1982, Father Wang became pastor of St. Francis of They teach you with stories, about purgatory and the ghost Assisi Parish, the first Chinese pastor in the history of the comes out and if you didn 't behave . . . I was scared. I archdiocese. "Broadway was no longer the Berlin Wall, separating the Chinese from the rest of the city," Bishop-elect Wang says. "Chinese were moving in and Italians were moving out. On the other hand, I remembered my Italian. That helps. The Italian people are good people. They are simpatico . . . lovely people. I enjoyed itâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;all the cafes. Even now I go back." In 1992 he began a sabbatical and worked at several parishes while waiting for a suitable pastorate. "They felt I should have a parish somewhere, somehow. The right one didn't come until - it hasn't come yet," he says with a laugh. Instead he became head of the Propagation of the Faith for the archdiocese. Then in 1998, Archbishop Levada appointed him acting chancellor. "Then the archbishop said to me, 'Ignatius, you have been acting so long. It is not good to be acting too long.' I was so happy because I thought he was going to say he got somebody else. Then, he said, 'Why don 't we just remove the word acting.' I said, 'What!' So I said, 'That 's Okay. I'll continue until you get someone.' So to this day, I haven't gotten my parish." Bishop-elect Wang plans to continue to say Mass for Chinese Catholics in San Francisco and San Mateo. The idea of a bishop as "one who stands in the midst of his people as one who serves" fits not onl y a bishop but all priests, he says. "You don 't go away from the people. You don 't segregate yourself from the people. You are with the people and try to understand their difficulties, their problems, he says, and recalling his own experience, adds "If a priest has his family with him, he can understand more how the people feel ."

New reason to rej oice Faith , hospitality, and festivity marked the annual celebration of the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe at the Mission District ' s St. Peter Elementary school on Dec. 10. Traditionall y, each year the sixth grade students present a program in the church , reenacting the appearance of Mary to luan Diego in 1531. The canonization of the Aztec Indian in Jul y of this year broug ht additional significance to the celebration . Mercy Sister Mariam Rose, vice principal , called Juan Diego 's recent sainthood "a miracle. It 's the first time we will be honoring him and Our Lady," she said. San Francisco ' s eighth grade students from St. Stephen 's were among the many guests who filled the

church , including the student bod y of St. Peter 's as well as their families and additional parishioners. The visit of the 32 students from St. Stephen 's was an opportunity for the students from different parts of the city to get to know one another. Mercy Sister Toni Lynn Gallagher of St. Stephen ' s, masterminded the visit to St. Peter 's. The children have considered St. Peter 's as a sister-school for quite some time but never traveled there. The sixth grade program included , music and dance of the time. "The children are reall y singing to the Blessed Virgin," said St. Peter 's principal , Vicki Butler, who accompanied several of the program 's songs on guitar. "It ' s so obvious they are here to honor the Mother of God. "

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1975 when , amid a flood of Vietnamese refugees arriving in the United States, he arranged to resettle in his diocese all 166 refugee members of the Vietnamese religious order, Congregation of the Mother Co-Redemptrix. Continuing his ecumenical work , he formed the Missouri Christian Leadership Conference. He was made a member of the Vatican's Secretariat (now Pontifical Council) for Promoting Christian Unity and served in 1976-81 as a consultor to its Commission for Religious Relations with the Jews. He also chaired the U .S. bishops ' Committee on Ecumenical and Interreli gious Affairs in the late 1970s. In 1981, when the Vatican Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith approved a special program for acceptance into the Catholic priesthood of U.S. Episcopalian priests who became Catholics, he was named the Vatican delegate to develop the program and oversee it. In the program 's first year 64 former Episcopalian priests app lied for acceptance. Pope John Paul made him archbishop of Boston in January 1984 and the following year made him a cardinal . He chaired the bishops ' Committee on Pastoral Research and Practices in the mid-1980s when it distributed to the bishops a major stud y report on Freemasonry, which concluded that "the principles and basic rituals of Masonry embody a naturalistic religion , active participation in which is incompatible with Christian faith and practice." Cardinal Law has also headed the bishops ' committees on international policy and pro-life activities and served for 12 years as chairman of the board of The Catholic University of America — a post he resigned just two days before resigning as archbishop of Boston. At the Vatican he is a member of the Council of Cardinals for the Stud y of Organizational and Economic Problems

of the Hol y See, the Congregation for Eastern Churches, the Congregation for Divine Worshi p and the Sacraments , the Congregation for Bishops , the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peop les , the Congregation for Clergy, the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life , the Congregation for Catholic Education , the Pontifical Council for the Family and the Pontifical Council for Culture . Soon after his arrival in Boston , Cardinal Law became well-known for his work for immigrants and minorities. Even amid the growing calls for his resignation since last spring, support for him remained strong in the city 's growing Hispanic community. He also was a significant voice in state matters , often leading the Massachusetts bishops in fights against abortion and the death penalty and in strugg les to maintain or increase funding for programs for the poor and most vulnerable segments of the population. In 200 1 he launched what was supposed to be a $300 million fund-raising campaign, described at the time as the largest ever conducted in the U.S. Catholic Church. The collapse of Cardinal Law ' s authority and status began with two connected events in January 2002 — the criminal trial of serial child molester John Geoghan, who had been allowed to stay in active ministry for three decades before he was finall y removed from ministry and subsequentl y laicized , and the court-ordered release of archdiocesan files on Geoghan to the media. The released files showed that when complaints against Geoghan cropped up in one parish he would be removed , but soon be assigned to another parish. They gave firsthand proof of how such complaints were handled and of a pattern of administrative coddling of abusive priests by the cardinal and his aides in the chancery. In the first weeks following the revelations, Cardinal Law publicl y apolog ized on several occasions and announced a

series of major policy changes — most importantl y, removing permanentl y from all ministry any priest ever credibl y accused of sexual abuse of a minor and turning over to district attorneys the names of all priests against whom any abuse allegation had been made. A series of investi gative reports on the issue by the Boston Globe made national headlines. Other bishops — first in New England , but soon all over the country — began announcing toug her policies and removing priests from ministry who had admitted or been found guilty of child sexual abuse. Other newspapers and television news teams across the nation began investi gating how the local diocese dealt with its problem priests. More victims came forward , often to lawyers , who began filing lawsuits on their behalf. In Boston , even as the archdiocese tried to reach a settlement of 86 Geoghan lawsuits , dozens and soon hundreds of other lawsuits were filed involving complaints against numerous other priests and former priests. The sheer volume of other suits — about 450 by December — caused the archdiocesan finance council to veto one apparentl y agreed-on settlement of the Geoghan suits , further undermining the cardinal's credibility. In depositions to plaintiffs ' lawyers , Cardinal Law and several of his former auxiliaries acknowledged that they had made mistakes in assigning priests accused of sexual abuse. By March the clergy sex abuse crisis nationwide reached the point that the bishops ' Administrative Committee decided it had to be addressed at the bishops ' June national meeting in Dallas. By April , the pope had called the coun-

try 's cardinals to Rome for a special summit to discuss what must be done. Cardinal Law made a secret trip to Rome to discuss the possibility of resigning but was urged by the pope to stay on. When the bishops met in June , they adopted stringent measures to deal with priests who have abused and to deter any future abuse. The next major blow to Boston came with the court-ordered release of archdiocesan files on Father Paul R. Shanley, who was no longer in active ministry but was still a priest. Arrested in May, he is awaiting trial on 10 counts of child rape and six other sexual assault charges. In earl y December events leading to Cardinal Law 's resi gnation piled up almost dail y. More than 2,000 pages of files on other abusive priests were released Dec. 3, the first batch of a total of 11,000 pages of files on more than 60 priests. The next day the archdiocesan finance council voted to let Cardinal Law pursue Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection for the archdiocese. Amid ongoing new revelations the cardinal secretly flew to Rome Dec. 7 to consult with Vatican officials and the pope. The Boston Globe reported that he and several of his former auxiliaries had been subpoenaed to appear before a grand jury. Fifty-eight of his priests signed a letter urging him to resign and another group of his priests was working on a similar letter. The day before Cardinal Law 's resignation was announced , Massachusetts Attorney General Thomas F. Reilly held a press conference at which he described archdiocesan actions in the scandal as "a cover-up " of criminal behavior of priests in "an elaborate scheme to keep it away from law enforcement , to keep it quiet."

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1st Fri. a) 8 p.m. at Mercy Center, 2300 Adeline Dr., Burlingame with Mercy Sister Suzanne Toolan. Call (650) 340-7452; Church of the Nativity, 210 Oak Grove Ave., Menlo Park at 7:30 p.m. Call Deacon Dominic Peloso at (650) 322-3013. 2nd Fri. at 7:30 p.m. at St. Peter Church, 700 Oddstad Blvd., Pacifica. Call Deacon Peter Solan at (650) 359-6313.

First Fridays: Catholic Marin Breakfast Club meets. Mass at 7 a.m. in St. Sebastian Church, Bon Air Rd. and Sir Francis Drake Blvd., Kentfield, with breakfast and presentation following in parish hall. Reservations required to Sugaremy@aol.com or (415) 461-0704 daily. Members $5, others $10. Dues $15 per year.

2nd Fri. at 7:30 p.m., St. Dominic Church , 2390 Bush St., SF. Call Laura McClung at (415) 362-1075 3rd Fri. at 8 p.m. at Woodside Priory Chapel, 302 Portoia Rd., Portola Valley. Call Dean Miller at (650) 328-2880 1st Sat. at 8:30 p.m. at SF Presidio Main Post Chapel, 130 Fisher Loop. Call Catherine Rondainaro at (415) 713-0225

3rd Wed.: All you can eat Spaghetti Luncheon at Chapel ol the Immaculate Conception, 3255 Folsom up the hill from Cesar Chavez, SR $7 per person. A San Francisco tradition lor decades. Reservations not required. Call (415) 824-1762.

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Knights of Columbus ol the Archdiocese meet regularly and invite new membership. For information about Council 615, call Tony Blaiotta at (415) 661-0726; Dante Council, call Vito Corcia at (415) 564-4449; Mission Council, call Paul Jobe at (415) 333-6197; Golden Gate Council, call Mike Stilman at (415) 7523641.

3rd Thurs.: Meetings at 7 p.m. for New Wings at St. Thomas More Church, 1300 Junipero Serra Blvd. at Brotherhood Way, SF. Jan. 16: Jesuit Father Al Groskopf on Annulments. Jan. 18: Potluck dinner at 6 p.m. Call (415) 452-9624 or www.stmchurch.com. Catholic Adult Singles Assoc, of Marin meets for support and activities. Call Bob at (415) 8970639 for information.

3rd Sat.: Handicapables gather for Mass and lunch at St. Mary Cathedral, Gough and Geary St., SF, at noon. Volunteer drivers always needed. Call (415) 584-5823.

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

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Reunions A February reunion of the class of '52 from Daly City's Jefferson High School is being planned. Class members should contact Ario Gregori at (650) 3437009.

Vocations/Prayer Opportunities Jan. 3: SF Charismatic Renewal Board announceslst Friday Mass of the Sacred Heart at St. Cecilia Church, 17th Ave. at Vicente, SF al 7:15 p.m. Father Joseph Landi will preside. Music by Gospel Jubilation Singers. Reception follows. Call (415) 753-3732. Jan. 17-19: Discernment Weekend at St. Patrick's Seminary, 325 Middlefield Rd., Menlo Park , for men 21 to 50 years old who want to explore the possibility of the priesthood. Seminary faculty and students conduct the program that includes a look at life at the seminary, personal vocation stories, and concerns about the image of the priest today. An undergraduate degree by 2004 and sponsorship by a Catholic priest required. Call Father Thomas Diaz at (415) 325-5621. Feb. 8: Proud to Be Catholic rally and celebration at St. Mary's Cathedral, Gough and Geary Blvd., SF sponsore d by The Young Men's Institute. All Catholic organizations are invited to take part. Event begins before Cathedral's 5:30 p.m. Mass. Theme is Pride in Being Catholic in Today's Church. Call Elmer Madrid at (650) 952-1925 or the YLI Office at (650) 588-7762.

Meetings Dec. 26: Courage , a Catholic support group for persons with same-sex attraction, meets Thursdays at 7:3C p.m. Call Father Lawrence Goode at (415) 333-3627 Ol Father Agnel Jose de Heredia at (415) 567-2020, ext. 209. Jan. 8: Serra Club of San Mateo meets at 12 noon al the Cronin Center of St. Matthew Parish, El Caminc Real and 9th Ave., San Mateo with a presentation by Joe Denzel, campus minister at Stanford University. Cal Dennis Pettinelli at (650) 341-5050, ext. 130.

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School of Pastoral Leadership For additional information, call Joni Gallagher at (415) 614-5564 or spl@ail.net Pre-regislrallon is necessary lor many programs. Visil the SPL Web site al www.splsl.org 2003 Spring Classes San Mateo 6 Tuesdays, Jan. 21 - Feb. 25: Catholic Evangelization of the Laity with Father Paul Minnehan of the Diocese of Oakland. 12 Tuesdays, Jan. 21 - April 8: A Seminar on C.S. Lewis and His Writings with Margaret Turek of Campion Hall College, and John Hurst of St. Gabriel Parish. 6 Tuesdays, Marc h 4 - April 8: Life in Christ: A Study of Catholic Moral Theology with members of School of Pastoral Leadership faculty. San Francisco 6 Thursdays, Jan. 23 - Feb. . 27: Life in Christ: A Study of Catholic Moral Theology with members of the School of Pastoral Leadership faculty. 12 Thursdays, Jan. 23 - April 10: A Study and Practice of the Corpora l Works of Mercy with Father William Myers, parochial vicar, St. Anne of the Sunset Parish. Practical , Catechetical and Liturgical Aspects of the RCIA with Social Service Sister Celeste Arbuckle , Director, Office of Religious Education, and Doug Benbow, Director of Liturgy, St. Mary's Cathedral. 6 Thursdays, March 6 - April 10: Models of the Church and Lay Pastoral Leadership Today with Social Service Sister Celeste Arbuckle and members of the Office of Religious Education. When I Was in Prison , You Visited Me with Ray McKeon, Coordinator of Prison Ministry services for Office of Public Policy and Social Concerns plus others from the field. Ministry To and For Young Adults with Dominican Sister Christine Wilcox , Director, Office of Young Adult

Ministry, and Mary Jansen, Assistant Director. Catholic Evangelization for the Laity with Nick Wagner of Celebration magazine. Classes are held 7:30 - 9:30 p.m. at Junipero Serra High School, 451 W. 20th Ave., San Mateo; Marin Catholic High School, 675 Sir Francis Drake Blvd. at Bon Air Rd., Kentfield; Mercy High School, 3250 19th Ave., San Francisco . Classes also take place at the Pastora l Center of the Archdiocese, One Peter Yorke Way, San Francisco. For additional information, call Joni Gallagher at (415) 614-5564 or spl@att.net. Pre-registration is necessary for many programs. Visit the SPL Web site at www.splsf.org.

Retreats/Days of Recollection VALL0MBR0 SA 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 the New Year with Father John Talesfore provides opportunities for reflective prayer, looking over the past year, and looking forward to the year ahead. $75 per person. Jan. 10-12: The Spirituality of Thomas Merlon with Father Patrick Collins, a priest of the Archdiocese of Chicago and well-known Merton scholar. Touches on journey from false to true selt; contemplation, prayer, solitude and silence. Jan. 12: The Meaning of Human Love, a Sunday Afternoo n Concert Series featuring the music and singing of Father Patrick Collins, an accomplished vocalist , keyboardist , as well as accomplished liturgist. Draws from Scott Peck's The Road Less Traveled and uses many Broadway, sacred and operatic songs.

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Call the Parish Center 415-334-4646 by December 31st Leave your name and address to receive an announcement Call between 9:00 am and 4:00 pm Monday - Friday

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. Young Widow/Widower group meets at St. Gregory, San Mateo. Call Barbara Elordi at (415) 564-7882. Information about children's and teen groups is available from Barbara Elordi at (415) 564-7882.

Returning Catholics Programs lor Catholics interested In returning to the Church, have been established at the following parishes: St. Anselm , Ross , parish office at (415) 4532342; St. Sebastian, Greenbrae , Jean Mariani at (415) 461-7060; Old St. Mary's Cathedral , SF, Michael Adams at (415) 695-2707; St. Dominic , SF, Lee Gallery at (415) 221-1288 or Kevin Sullivan at (415) 567-3333; Holy Name of Jesus , SF, Dennis Rivera at (415) 664-8590; St. Bartholomew, San Mateo, Dan Stensen at (650) 344-5665; St. Catherine of Siena, Burlingame, Silvia Chiesa at (650) 685-8336 , Elaine Yastishock at (650) 344-6884; Our Lady of Angels , Burlingame, Dorothy Heinrichs or Maria Cianci at (650) 347-7768; St. Dunstan, Millbrae, Dianne Johnston at (650) 697-0952; Our Lady of the Pillar, Half Moon Bay, Meghan at (650) 726-4337; St. Peter, Pacifica , Chris Booker at (650) 738-1398; Our Lady of Mt. Carmel , Mill Valley, Rick Dullea or Diane Claire at (415) 388-4190; St. Mary Star of the Sea , Sausalito, Lloyd Dulbecco at (415) 3317949.

Datebook is a free listing for parishes, schools and non-profit groups. Please include event name, time, date, p lace, address and an information pho ne number. Listing must reach Catholic San Francisco at f east two weeks before the Friday publication date desired. Mail your notice to: Datebook, Catholic San Francisco, One Peter Yorke Way, S.F. 94109,

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discourses he also draws out a spirituality for the preacher. The Word, he says, not only nourishes those who hear it pre ached, but even before that, it should be consumed by the preacher. Thus, preachers are to spend more time and effort activel y listening to and assimilating the Word. This book is a fine "how to book," for it suggests ways to put the author 's suggestions into practice. It also calls the preacher to a deeper spiritual ity of the Word; for without the time spent dwelling with and listening to the Word, our preaching risks becoming merely doctrinal instruction, moralizing or a historical reconstruction of a past age. In chapter two he shows how the feasts of the Lord (the Easter Triduum, Corpus Christi, Christ the King, etc.) speak to the hunger for wholeness. These solemnities bring us more deeply into the key moments of salvation and hel p fulfill our longing for completeness. These feasts bridge the gap of time and space to allow us to experience salvation as a present and active force, So, for example, Easter can draw us closer to the God of creation and redemption and Christmas to God's perfect enfleshment in Christ and in our daily lives. Wallace not only treats the feasts, but also each liturgical season, to show their theological importance and how they allow us to enter more deeply into the mystery of Christ. Chapter three shows how our hunger for meaning can be addressed in the sacramental rites, "communal ritual celebrations that have served to bond communities of believers through the ages." Wallace offers a theological reflection on the rites and gives characteristics of the type of homily one would preach within these settings. These rites, he says, enable us to "recognize God's presence and the workings of grace in both daily and special events in the human story and

Reviewed by: Jude Siciliano , P.P. Wallace calls the homily since Vatican U a "work in progress." The first phase was influenced by the Council's "Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy," which returned to the word "homily" to describe liturgical preaching. The homily entered the second phase when the American bishops published "Fulfilled In Your Hearing: The Homil y in the Sunday Assembly." This document did a lot to refocus the understanding and function of the homil y. It describes the homilist as a "mediator of meaning" who provides the gathered assembly with a "scriptural interpretation of their lives." In other words, the homily is supposed to feed our hunger tor meaning. In this book Wallace proposes a third phase in our understanding of the homily. The Sunday homily, he says, should address the hungers of the heart for wholeness, meaning and belonging. Wallace's premise is that the other liturgical celebrations are also a rich source for feeding these hungers . In this book he sets about showing how specific types of liturgical celebrations are best suited to address each of the three deep human hungers. He dedicates a first chapter to an overview of the homily 's development in Roman Catholic liturgical life. Here he provides more than enough footnotes and bibliography to direct the reader to further studies. Using the gospels' bread

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