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Vatican suggests limits to offending religions, condemns violent acts By John Thavis

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Pakistani Christians from the Minority Front gr oup protes t against the publication of cartoons during a rall y in Lahore , Pakistan, Feb. 7. Thousands of Muslims rallied in Pakistan 's conservative northwest near the Afghan border Feb. 7 to protest against cartoons dep icting the prop het Mohammed p ublished in Western newspapers.

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The Vatican , commenting on a series of satirical newspaper cartoons th at have outraged Muslims , said freedom of expression does not include the right to offend religious sentiments. At the same time , the Vatican said, violent reactions are equally deplorable. "Intolerance — wherever it comes from , whether real or verbal , action or reaction — always constitutes a serious threat to peace, " Vatican spokesman Joaquin Navarro-Valls said in a statement Feb. 4. The cartoons , which make fun of the prop het Mohammed , were fi rst published in a Danish newspaper last fall and have recently been reprinted in several European papers . Islamic anger has grown, along with popular demonstrations. In earl y February protesting Muslims burned or vandalized Western embassy buildings in Indonesia, Syria and Lebanon. The Vatican statement , without getting into the details of the cartoons , said "freedom of thought or expression ... cannot imp ly a right to offend the religious sentiments of believers , " no matter what the religion. FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION , page 7

Jordan's king talks of Islamic moderation to Christian group By Patricia Zapor WASHINGTON (CNS) — King Abdullah II of Jordan took his efforts to promote moderation in Islam to the evangelical-dominated National Prayer Breakfast in Washington, earning a standing ovation with a speech that quoted the Bible as much as the Quran. He called upon people of faith to witness to its positive role in public life by being an example of "the princip les transgressed by those who oppose us. " "In every generation, people of faith are tested, " King Abdullah said. "In our generation, the greatest challenge comes from violent extremists who seek to divide and conquer. Extremism is a political movement under religious cover. "Its adherents want nothing more than to pit us against each other, denying all that we have in common, " he continued. "We must therefore heed the words of the New Testament: 'Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.'" After ascending to the throne of Jordan upon the 1999 death of his father, King Hussein , King Abdullah has aggressively prodded Islamic leaders toward a uniform message reflecting the moderate beliefs of the vast majority of Muslims, as an anti-

dote to the Islamic extremism associated with terrorism. In July 2005, he convened an International Islamic Summit to clarify what Islam does and doesn 't allow, who is a Muslim and who can speak for Islam. What resulted is known as the Amman Message, a declaration recognizing the common principles of eight traditional schools of Islamic religious law. It was signed by more than 180 scholars representing 45 countries. King Abdullah followed that effort with the Amman Interfaith Message , intended to both defuse tensions among Muslims , Christians and Jews and to work toward full acceptance and good will among them. In speeches last fall at The Catholic University of America and to a group of American Jewish leaders, the king outlined an interfaith message based upon the shared beliefs of Islam , Christianity and Judaism: belief in one God, worship and devotion to God, and love and justice toward other human beings. At the prayer breakfast Feb. 2, King Abdullah described the principles in a "Reaffirmation of True Islam " adopted by the Organization of the Islamic Conference in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, last year, as part of a 10-year plan for the future of the Islamic world.

"This strikes at the very roots of extremism by denying its Islamic legitimacy, and consolidates the traditional middle ground of Islam, to which the vast majority of Muslims belong, " he said. "It constitutes a full frontal assault on extremist distortions of Islam by exposing the falsity of tiieir ideologies to the light of truth. " Nothing would p lease extremists more than for terrorist events, including the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on the United States, last summer 's subway and bus bombings in London and Spain 's trai n bombings , to reinforce the idea of a "clash of civilizations , " King Abdullah said. But the falsity of the notion that religious differences are responsible for such a clash "is made clear to all by the extremist bombings in the Islamic world ... in Jordan , Egypt, Morocco , Saudi Arabia and more. " Extremists in Iraq kill Muslims every day, he said. "Their targets are not Christians, not Jews, not Americans or Europeans , but indigenous innocent Muslims." Such violence stems from hatred, he said, not from true religious faith. "They do not preach the Islam of the Quran or the PRAYER BREAKFAST, page 5

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By Jack Smith Local women and men reli gious joined others in countries around the globe in celebratin g World Day for Consecrated Life with Mass at St. Anne ' s Home in San Francisco Feb. 2, the Feast of the Presentation. About 100 reli gious , from novices to those well past their 50th anniversary, joined in the annual celebration established by Pope John Paul II in 1997. Al a Mass in St. Peter 's Basilica in Rome on the same day, Pope Benedict XVI said that the comp lete dedication of reli gious is an eloquent si gn of the presence of the king dom of God in the world. Sister Patricia , superior of the Little Sisters of the Poor, hosts of the event , said the day was an opportunity "to shout the good news" about the witness of religious life. In establishing the day, Pope John Paul hoped to "praise the Lord . . for the great gift of consecrated life," promote "knowled ge of and esteem for the consecrated life by the entire People of God," and enable consecrated persons them-

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VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Benedict XVI condemned all forms of violence as lie mourned the death of an Italian missionary priest gunned down while pray ing in a church in Turkey. The pope noted the "generosity and apostolic zeal" with which Father Andrea Santoro carried out his work as a missionary priest "in favor of the Gospel and in service of those marginalized and in need." The pope made his remarks in a telegram addressed to Bishop Lui g i Padovese, apostolic vicar of Anatolia , the Asian pari of modern Turkey. In the telegram released Feb. 6 to j ournalists, the pope assured Father Santoro 's small Catholic community of his spiritual closeness to them "at this moment of sorrow " as he "firml y deplored" every form of violence. The 60-year-old Italian priest was part of the Vatican 's "Fidei Donum " program , which sends priests to help in the missions for a fixed period of time. In the afternoon of Feb. 5, the Italian priest was shot twice while he was praying in his parish, St. Mary Church, in the Black Sea coastal city of Trebizond. Father Santoro, from the Diocese of Rome, had been serving in Turkey for about 10 years, according to the Italian missionary news service AsiaNews. In another telegram, the pope said he was "deeply affected" by the "serious loss of such an esteemed and enthusiastic priest." "While I hope that his spill blood may become a seed of hope for the building of authentic fraternity among people, I raise fervent prayers for the brave witness to the Gospel of

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ROME (CNS) — Snow, ice, skis and skates are some of the essential ingredients for the XX Olympic Winter Games Feb. 10-26 in Turin, Ital y. The Catholic Church is also getting into the mix, adding its own sacred riches and traditions to an event that 's brimming with Ol ympic sp irit. Pope Benedict XVI blessed the Olympic flame during an Angelus prayer in St. Peter 's Square. A Swiss Guard , in a tracksuit and sneakers instead of his usual colorful uniform , held the torch aloft for the blessing, marking (he first time Vatican representatives ever partici pated as Olympic torchbearers. The head of the Vatican 's new sports office, U.S. Father Kevin Lixey, will be in Turin to network with national Olymp ic committees and chaplains from other countries. It will be the Legionaries of Christ priest ' s Olympic debut; the Vatican's church and sport desk was officiall y unveiled just days before the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. Paiish churches all over Turin and the surrounding mountain villages will have their doors wide open to the public. Three dioceses are hosting concerts, special exhibits and additional

Masses in severa l languages. Local Catholic, Waklensian and Orthodox churches will be distributing 50,000 free copies of a special Olympic edition of St. Mark's Gospel. While the city of Turin is still an industrial icon of the Fiat automobile , it is just as well-known for being the home of the Shroud of Turin. Many people believe this 17-foot-long linen cloth bearing the image of a crucified man is Jesus ' burial cloth. It has been kept in the cathedral of Turin since 1578, but it has not been on public display since 2000. Though the shroud will remain in protective storage during the Olympics, (he city 's cathedral will feature a special exhibit showcasing the shroud and its history. The Olympics draw some of the world's finest athletes who come together in an atmosphere of peace and brotherhood — ideals that mesh perfectly with the Christian moral values of love and charily. Competitors will represent some of the fittest, fastest and most graceful athletes in their sport , and some will also boast some strong spiritual muscle. Rebecca Dussault , a U.S. cross-country skier from Colorado, will be following in the tracks of Blessed Pier

Giorgio Frassati , born in Turin in 1901 and beatified by Pope John Paul II May 20, 1990. When he was not stud ying for his degree in mining engineering or helping people in need, Blessed Pier Giorg io would be climbing or skiing the same peaks where some Ol ymp ic mountain events are being held. Dussault has made him the patron of her journey to the games, and she 's inscribed his name on her skis for, if not a competitive , then a spiritual edge. Derek Parra, 2002 Olympic gold and silver medalist in men 's speedskating, will glide his blades across Turin 's new Lingotto rink. He' s easy to spot: He 's one of just a few Mexican-Americans to take to the Olympic ice, and he always makes the sign of the cross before the stalling signal . Catholics will also be represented on the U.S. figure skating, women 's ice hockey and bobsled teams and in the stands as well, cheering on their favorite athletes. While some athletes wear their faith on their sleeves — or their skis — they'll all be di gging down deep within themselves to do their best and live out their dream of taking part in the Olympics.

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Prayer B r e a k f a s t . . . ¦ Continued from cover prop het Mohammed ," he said. "Theirs is a repugnant political ideology which violates the princi ples and statutes of traditional Islamic law. No matter what grievance one may have or what evil one confronts , the Quran commands us: 'Let not the hatred of others make you swerve to wrong and depart from justice. Be just! It is closer to piety. '" The king said extremists of any religion "who teach intolerance and violence mutilate Scripture to advance their cause. We behold with horror and disgust the recent targeting of Christian churches in Iraq, breaking with a 1,400year tradition of Christian-Muslim friendshi p and mutual acceptance among the Arabs of (the region,)" He added that "while we respect and revere freedom of speech, we condemn needless desecration and injury of Islamic sensibilities , such as the recent cartoons misrepresenting and vilif ying my ancestor , the prophet (Mohammed)." The original publication in a Danish newspaper and recent reprinting elsewhere of satirical cartoons of Mohammed have stirred an outcry across the Muslim world. Muslims consider any images of Mohammed to be blasp hemous. "II we allow such intolerance and ill will to polarize us , we betray all those who have died at their hands ," he continued. "And we do worse. We turn away from truth — truth expressed throug hout our Judeo-Christian-Jslamic heritage. 'For a good tree does not bear bad fruit , nor does a bad tree bear good fruit ,'" he said , quoting from the Gospel of Luke. The National Prayer Breakfast 's main morning session has long been attended by political and reli gious leaders from many faiths — this year it was co-hosted by Sen. Norm Coleman, R-Minn., who is Jewish, and Sen. Mark Pryor, D-Ark., who is Christian. King Abdullah , a Muslim , joined Christians and Jews in offering prayers during the breakfast. President George W. Bush spoke briefly at the morning session, where the keynote speaker was Bono , lead singer of the rock band U2 and an activist for eliminating poverty and disease worldwide. But the king 's major speech was at a luncheon program where the audience was more typical of the event 's roots among white evangelical Christians. His talk followed testimonials by two politicians about their Christian faith. The National Prayer Breakfast draws thousands of participants from across the United States and around the world to a conference lasting several days each winter. HELPLINES FOR CLERGY/CHURCH SEXUAL ABUSE VICTIMS I415-6 14-5506

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entire populations in their highest sym- very saddened and pained by satire of this tant not to overreact and "not make it an bols," the cardinal told the Italian newspa- type, aimed at the brothers of another reli- occasion for a clash of civilizations ." per Corriere della Sera Feb. 3. "We should be able to transformoffenses gion," he said. The cardinal said Christianity has simiAt the same time, he said it was impor- in an occasion of greater solidarity," he said. lar sensitivities. "One can understand satire about a priest but not about God. With reference to Islam, we could understand satire on the CU \J uses and customs and behavior, but not about the Quran , Allah and the Prophet," he said. The cardinal said secular societies Tell us about a person you admire who has done something should not assume a right to offend relito inspire you to make the world a better p lace. Every life matters... gious sentiments. He noted that many counwrite about someone who has mattered to you! tries consider it illegal to offend their Open to all high school seniors in San Francisco, Daly City, South San Francisco, and Pacifica. national flag and asked, "Shouldn ' t we consider religious symbols on an equal level For details: (41 5)664-9909. Deadline is March 15 , 2006. with the symbols of secular institutions?" Msgr. Aldo Giordano, general secretary of the Council of European Bishops ' I Conferences, told Vatican Radio Feb. 3 that this type of satire was a type of vulgarity that goes against human rights . "I see that the entire Christian world is j O F S A N F R A N cVs C O V____ , ' **

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DewCaritasEst '' (God is Love) is thef i r s tencyclicalby Pope Benedict 'XVI. CatholicSail The newness of biblical faith Francisco ispublishingthefull text over several weeks. This is the second of seven segments. 9. First, the world of the Bible presents us with a new image of God. In surrounding cultures, 7. By their own inner logic, these initial, somewhat philosophical reflections on the the image of God and of the gods ultimately remained unclear mid contradictory. In the develessence of love have now brought us to the threshold of biblical faith. We began by asking opment of biblical faith, however, the content of the prayer fundamental to Israel, the Shema, whether the different , or even opposed , meanings of the word "love" point to some profound became increasingly clear and unequivocal: "Hear, 0 Israel, the Lord our God is one Lord" (Dt underlying unity, or whether on the contrary they must remain unconnected, one alongside 6:4). There is only one God, the Creator of heaven and earth, who is thus the God of all. Two facts the other. More significantly, though , we questioned whether the message of love proclaimed are significant about this statement: all other gods are not God, and the universe in which we live to us by the Bible and the Church's Tradition has some points of contact with the common has its source in God and wascreated by him, Certainly, the notion of creation is found elsewhere, human experience of love , or whether it is opposed to that experience. This in turn led us to yet onl y here does it become absolutely clear that it is not one god among many, but the one true consider two fundamental words: eras, as a term to indicate "worldly " love and agape, God himself who is the source of all that exists;the whole world comes into existence by the power referring to love grounded in and shaped by faith. The two notions are often contrasted as of his creative Word. Consequently, his creation is dear to him, for it was willed by him and "ascending " love and "descending " love. There are other, similar classifications, such as the "made" by him. The second important element now emerges: this God loves man. The divine distinction between possessive love and oblative love (amor concupiscentiae - amor power that Aristotle at the height of Greek philosophy sought to grasp through reflection, is benevolentiae),to which is sometimes also added love that seeks its own advantage. indeed for eveiy being an object of desire and of love —and as the object of love this divinity moves the world[6]—but in itself it lacks nothing In philosophical and theological debate , these distinctions have often been radicalized to the and does not love: it is solely die object of love. The one God in whom Israel believes, on the other point of establishing a clear antithesis between them: descending, oblative love—agape— hand, loves with a personal love. His love, moreover, would be typically Christian , while on the other is an elective love: among all the nations he chooshand ascending, possessive or covetous love — es Israel and loves her—but he does so precisely eras—would be typical of non-Christian, and with a view to healing the whole human race. God particularl y Greek culture. Were this antithesis to loves, and his love may certainly be called eros, yet be taken to extremes, the essence of Christianity it is also totallyagape.[7] would be detached from the vital relations funThe Prophets, particularly Hosea and Ezekiel, damental to human existence, and would described God's passion for his people using boldly become a world apart, admirable perhaps, but erotic images. God's relationship with Israel is fabric ol described using the metaphors of betrothal and decisively cut off from the complex human life. Yet eros and agape—ascending love marriage; Idolatry is thus adultery and prostituand descending love—can never be completely tion . Here we find a specific reference—as we have seen—to the fertility cults and tlieir abuse of eros, separated. The more the two, in their different but also a description of the relationship of fidelity aspects, find a proper unity in the one reality of between Israel and her God. The history of the lovelove, the more the true nature of love in general is realized. Even If eros is at first mainly covetous relationship between God and Israel consists, at the deepest level, in die fact that he gives her the Torah, and ascending, a fascination for the great promthereby opening Israel's eyes to man 's true nature ise of happiness, in drawing near to the other, it and showing her the path leading to true humanis less and less concerned with itself, increasingly ism. It consists in the fact that man , through a life seeks the happiness of the other, is concerned of fidelity to the one God , comes to experience himmore and more with the beloved, bestows itself self as loved by God, and discovers joy in truth and and wants to "be there for " the other. The elein righteousness—a joy in God which becomes his ment of agape thus enters into this love, for othessential happiness: "Whom do I have in heaven erwise eros is impoverished and even loses its own but you? And there is nothing upon earth that I nature. On the other hand, man cannot live by desire besides you ... for me it is good to be near oblative, descending love alone. He cannot - William Blake, c. 1 799-1806. s Ladder Jacob ' he must also receive. Anyone who God" (Ps73 [72]:25, 28). always give, Blake embellishes the Biblical account of Jacob ' s wishes to give love must also receive love as a gift. dream by adding humans ascending the ladder, 10. We have seen that God's erosfor man is also Certainly, as the Lord tells us, one can become a totally agape. This is not only because it is source from which rivers of living water flow (cf. dep icting man 's desire f o r God. bestowed in a comp letely gratuitous manner, withJn 7:37-38) . Yet to become such a source, one must constantly drink anew from the original out any previous merit, but also because it is love which forgives. Hosea above all shows us that tills agape dimension of God's love for man goes source, which is Jesus Christ, from whose pierced heart flows the love of God (cf. Jn 19:34). In the account of Jacob's ladder, the Fathers of the Church saw this inseparable connec- far beyond the aspect of gratuity. Israel has committed "adultery" and has broken the covenant ; tion between ascending and descending love, betweeneroswhichseeks God and agape which God should jud ge and repudiate her. It is precisely at this point that God is revealed to be God passes on the gift received, symbolized in various ways. In that biblical passage we read how and not man: "How can I give you up, 0 Ephraim! How can I hand you over, 0 Israel! ... My the Patriarch Jacob saw in a dream, above the stone which was his pillow, a ladder reaching heart recoils within me, my compassion grows wann and tender. I will not execute my fierce up to heaven, on which the angels of God were ascending and descending (cf. Gen 28:12; Jn anger, I will not again destroy Ephraim; for I am God and not man, the Holy One in your 1:51). A particularly striking interpretation of this vision is presented by Pope Gregory the midst" (Hos 11:8-9) . God's passionate love for his people—for humanity—is at the same time Great in his PastoralRule. He tells us that the good pastor must be rooted in contemplation. a forgiving love. It is so great that it turns God against himself, his love against his justice. Here Only in this way will he be able to take upon himself the needs of others and make them his Christians can see a dim prefigurement of the mystery of the Cross: so great is God's love for own: p' er pietatis viscera in se infirmita tem caeterorum transferat ". [4] Saint Gregory man that by becoming man he follows him even into death , and so reconciles justice and love. The philosophical dimension to be noted in this biblical vision, and its importance from speaks in this context of Saint Paul, who was borne aloft to the most exalted mysteries of God, the he was able to become all things to all men (cf. 2 standpoint of the histoiy of religions , lies in the fact that on the one hand we find ourhaving descended once more, and hence, Cor 12:2-4; 1 Cor 9:22). He also points to the example of Moses, who entered die tabernacle selves before a strictly metaphysical image of God: God is the absolute and ultimate source time and again, remaining in dialogue with God, so that when he emerged he could be at of all being; but this universal principle of creation—the L ogos, primordial reason—is at the service of his people. "Within [the tent] he is borne aloft through contemplation , while the same time a lover with all the passion of a true love. Erosis thus supremel y ennobled, without he is completely engaged in helping those who suffer: intus in contemplationem yet at the same time it is so purified as to become one with agape. We can thus see how the reception of the Song of Songs in the canon of sacred Scripture was soon explained by the rapitur, forts infirmantium negotiisurgetur."[5] idea that these love songs ultimately describe God's relation to man and man 's relation to 8. We have thus come to an initial, albeit still somewhat generic response to the two God. Thus the Song of Songs became , both in Christian and Jewish literature, a source of questions raised earlier. Fundamentally, "love " is a single reality, but with different dimen- mystical knowledge and experience , an expression of the essence of biblical faith: that man sions; at different times, one or other dimension may emerge more clearly. Yet when the can indeed enter into union with God—his primordial aspiration. But this union is no two dimensions are totally cut off from one another, the result is a caricature or at least an mere fusion , a sinking in the nameless ocean of the Divine; it is a unity which creates love, impoverished form of love. And we have also seen, synthetically, that biblical faith does not a unity in which both God and man remain themselves and yet become fully one. As Saint set up a parallel universe, or one opposed to that primordial human phenomenon which Paul says: "He who is united to the Lord becomes one spirit with him " (1 Cor 6:17). is love, but rather accepts the whole man; it intervenes in his search for love in order to 11. The first novelty of biblical faith consists, as we have seen, in its image of God. The purify it and to reveal new dimensions of it. This newness of biblical faith is shown chiefly God and the image highlighted: the image of of man. in two elements which desetve to be DEUS CARITAS EST, page 9

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\ ORDINARY TIME Leviticus 13:1-2, 44-46; Psalm 32:1-2, 5, 11: I Corinthians 10:31-11:1; Ma rk 1:40-41 A READIN G PROM THE BOOK OF LEVITICUS (LV 13:1-2, 44-46) The Lord said to Moses and Aaron , "If someone has on his skin a scab or pustule or blotch which appears to be the sore of leprosy, he shall be brought to Aaron, the priest, or to one of the priests among his descendants. If the man is leprous and unclean , the priest shall declare him unclean by reason of the sore on his head. "The one who bears the sore of leprosy shall keep his garments rent and his head bare, and shall muffle his beard ; he shall cry out, 'Unclean, unclean!' As long as the sore is on him he shall declare himself unclean , since he is in fact unclean. He shall dwell apart , making his abode outside the camp." RESPONSORIAL PSALM (PS 32:1-2, 5, 11) R. I turn to you, Lord , in time of trouble , and you fill me with the joy of salvation . Blessed is he whose fault is taken away, whose sin is covered. Blessed the man to whom the Lord imputes not guilt , in whose spirit there is no guile. R. I turn to you, Lord, in time of trouble , and you fill me with the joy of salvation. Then I acknowledged my sin to you, my guilt I covered not. I said, "I confess my faults to the Lord," and you took away the guilt of my sin. R. I turn to you, Lord, in time of trouble, and you fill me with the joy of salvation. Be glad in the Lord and rejoice, you just; exult, all you upright of heart.

R. I turn to you , Lord, in time of trouble , and you fill-me with the joy of salvation. A READING FROM THE FIRST LETTER OF SAINT PAUL TO THE CORINTHIANS (1 COR 10:31 - 11:1) Brothers and sisters, Whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do everything for the glory of God. Avoid giving offense , whether to the Jews or Greeks or the church of God, just as I try to please everyone in every way, not seeking my own benefit but that of the many, that they may be saved. Be imitators of me, as I am of Christ.

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Outside the Camp

Mark gives us two signs in today 's Gospel. Each sign tells us something about Jesus and his mission. The first is the healing of a leper. The second is the effect that healing has on the course of Jesus' mission. Leprosy was a serious affliction. It afflicted not only the leper but also his community with fear. The Book of Leviticus tells us that: He shall remain unclean as long as he has the disease; he is unclean; he shall dwell alone in a habitation outside the camp. His community feared contamination by A READING FROM THE HOLY the uncleanliness of the leper. Not only was GOSPEL ACCORDING TO MARK die leper himself unclean, but he could con(MK 1:40-45) taminate others even with his presence and A leper came to Jesus and kneeling make them unclean too. The safest way for down begged him and said, "If you wish , him to live was in his own dwelling outside you can make me clean." Moved with p ity, the camp. A leper was forbidden to live withhe stretched out his hand, touched him, and in the walls of any city, especially Jerusalem. said to him, "I do will it. Be made clean." To be healed was to have the possibility The leprosy left him immediately, and he of being readmitted to the 'camp', reintewas made clean. Then , warning him stern- grated into one 's own community, no ly, he dismissed him at once. longer an object of fear but a true neighbor. He said to him, "See that you tell no When Jesus healed the leper, he opened up one anything, but go, show yourself to the new possibilities for the leper by allowing priest and offer for your cleansing what him to seek re-admittance to Israel 's camp. Moses prescribed; that will be proof for No longer would he have to live in a them." 'habitation ' on the outside. He could live The man went away and began to publi- again within the city walls. cize the whole matter. He spread the report So the healing of the leper is a sign of abroad so that it was impossible for Jesus to what the mission of Jesus is about. Jesus enter a town openly. He remained outside in admits the outsider. He takes by the hand deserted places, and people kept coming to those who are on the edge of God 's people him from everywhere. and leads them into God's city, rejoicing. The leper, now cleansed from his affliction, can go to the priest and be declared clean. He can go into Jerusalem , to the temple of the Lord, and offer sacrifice to God. But don ' t just consider the effect of this healing on the leper. Consider its effect on Jesus ' mission. Jesus has been touring the villages of Galilee, preaching in their synagogues. But the ease of Jesus ' mission was brought to an end by the leper's behavior. Jesus had told him not to tell anyone about it but go strai ght to the priest and make his offering. But the man started telling his story everywhere and now Jesus

could not enter a town openly. Jesus now had to stay outside the towns and villages , in places where nobod y lived. Jesus then has come to be on the outside, to be living outside the camp, in the places inhabited by no one but such unfortunates as the leper. This is our second sign. It tells us how Jesus has in fact come to live on the outside. This is how he brings us inside, by coming to live with a human race that lives 'outside the camp' as nobody, and setting us free . Our whole race has lived 'outside the camp' since we were expelled from the paradise in which we were created. On the inside there was a close communion with God' s creation , and an intimate friendshi p with God himself , a friendshi p we flouted for the sake of lesser goods. But on the outside we found work and hard labor, we found pain and suffering, and we found death a cruel reality. And then God found these things loo, in Christ, when he bore our afflictions, and suffered for us a cruel death outside the camp, when he offered the sacrifice of himself outside Jerusalem's walls. God knows the outside from the inside. Nothing was hidden from Christ. He came to be with us where we are - on the outside - that he might bring us inside to where he is - l ying in the bosom of the Father. He, who was rich, became poor like us, so that we could share the riches of God. He who was divine took the condition of a slave that he might free us for God. However far we feel ourselves from paradise, he is there with us. And he has made an offering to God so rich, that we too can enter the holy city of the kingdom of God and praise God with a healed heart, a cleansed spirit , and a new song. Dominican Father Simon Francis Gaine is the Vice-Regent of Studies at Blackfriars , Oxford, where he also teaches dogmatic theology. He is author of Will There Be Free Will in Heaven ?: Freedom, Impeccability and Beatitude (T. & T. Clark Publishers, Ltd. ).

Deus Caritas Est . . . ¦ Continued from page 8

Presentation of Jesus in the Temple - Fra Angelico , 1440-41. The Feast of the Presentation was Feb. 2. This fresco showing St Peter Martyr and Blessed Villana of the Dominican Order contemplating the Presentation was painted by Dominican Friar Giovanni da Fiesole (Fra Angelico). He was beatified in 1984 by Pope John Paul II and named Patron of Artists. His feast day is Feb. 18.

second , essentially connected to this, is found in the image of man. The biblical account of creation speaks of the solitude of Adam, the first man, and God's decision to give him a helper. Of all other creatures, not one is capable of being the helper that man needs, even though he has assigned a name to all the wild beasts and birds and thus made them fully a part of his life. So God forms woman from the rib of man. Now Adam finds the helper that he needed: "This at last is bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh" (Gen 2:23). Here one might detect hints of ideas that are also found , for example, in the myth mentioned by Plato, according to which man was originally spherical, because he was complete in himself and self-sufficient. But as a punishment for pride , he was split in two b y Zeus, so that now he longs for his other half , striving with all his being to possess it and thus regain his integrity.[8] While the biblical narrative does not speak of punishment, the idea is certainly present that man is somehow incomplete , driven by nature to seek in another the part that can make him whole, the idea that only in communion with the opposite sex can he become "complete". The biblical account thus concludes with a prophecy about Adam: "Therefore a man leaves his father and his mother and cleaves to his wife and they become one flesh" (Gen 2:24) . Two aspects of this are important. First, eros is somehow rooted in man 's vety nature; Adam is a seeker, who "abandons his mother and father" in order to find woman; only together do the two represent complete humanity and become "one flesh". The second aspect is equally important . From the standpoint of creation, eros directs man towards marriage, to a bond which is unique and definitive; thus, and only thus, does it fulfil its deepest purpose. Corresponding to the image of a monotheistic God is monogamous marriage. Marriage based on exclusive and definitive love becomes the icon of the relationship between God and his people and vice versa. God 's way of loving becomes the measure of human love. This close connection between eros and marriage in the Bible litis practically no equivalent in extra-b iblical literature.

I CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO Cool the budget rhetoric The $2.77 trillion proposed federal budget , released earlier this week by President George W. Bush , deserves close scrutiny, full analysis, and reasoned discussion. How the nation allocates its spending is a reflection of the kind of people we are and the kind of society we want to have in the future . Voicing concern for proposed cuts to critical health and social service programs contained in the president 's fiscal 2007 budget, Fr. Larry Snyder, president of Catholic Charities USA said, "Instead of proposing a bud get that would protect funding for critical services that help millions of seniors , the disabled , families, and others struggling to achieve stability and self-sufficiency, the president has sent to Congress a plan that threatens an already fragile safety net." Fr. Snyder paints a dire picture of cuts and changes to vital health and social service programs. According to Catholic Charities USA analysis, the proposed budget: • further restricts access to essential health care by increasing costs to Medicaid reci p ients; • consolidates important child welfare programs th at could result in a reduction in service for some of the nation ' s most vulnerable children ; • eliminates funding for the commodity supplemental food program, which provides funding for meals and snacks to child care centers, family child care homes, Head Start programs, after-school programs, shelters, and adult day care centers; • cuts or eliminates funding for key housing programs. • eliminates food stamp assistance to certain at-risk populations; and • eliminates or reduces funding for worker training programs, including eliminating funding for migrant and seasonal worker employment training and services. hi this era of bitter political partisanship, a thoughtful and reasoned discussion about the most appropriate and proper allocation of federal spending will be difficult. But we should not let harsh voices rule the day, nor self-interest determine the outcome. Just as we take an interest in our personal or famil y budget, we need to pay close attention to dollars and sense when it comes to our national budget. MEH

Elep hant, Donkey, New Orleans By Father William J. Byron, SJ Big problems often have no hope of being solved except for big government. This is the case right now in New Orleans. The Crescent City has very big problems, but little support from the White House. The Bush administration has declined to endorse Louisiana Republican Congressman Richard Baker ' s legislative proposal to establish, with heavy federal funding, a Louisiana Recovery Corporation , which would come to the postKatrina rescue of homeowners in flood-devastated areas of the state. The LRC would step in to buy out the homeowners, who cannot now make mortgage payments on ruined properties, giving them no less than 60 percent of their preKatrina equity and thus saving them from default on their mortgages. Similarly, lenders (mortgage holders) would be offered (and accept as payment in full) up to 60 percent of what they are owed. The financing of all this would come from the sale of bonds, which would be paid off , partially at least, by proceeds from the subsequent sale of land to developers. Private development then would become the engine of reconstruction. The LRC would pay off the lenders and finance restoration of public infrastructure . In the case of New Orleans , LRC would buy up large tracts of ruined neighborhoods, flatten them out and clean them up, and sell them to developers so that replacement housing and related facilities like stores and schools could be built. Pre-Katrina homeowners, saved by LRC from financial ruin , would be first in line to purchase new housing. It is not at all clear who will decide where the new housing will be built or where new communities will emerge. There is a section of New Orleans known as City Park. From a central clubhouse, three 18-hole golf courses spread out across many acres of land that could be transformed into attractive building sites. True, Katrina caused a lot of damage there as well, but a "swap " could be arcanged that would relocate the public golfing acreage to the now famous lower 9th Ward or thereabouts where, instead of rebuilding homes, residents could move to a "new city" in the old City Park. Immediately, issues of race, class, party registration , social and economic status surface to meet the eye of the reader as it runs across this page . Decisions about the level, strength and construction of levees have to be made before any plans become firm. Then there is the unanswered question about the locus of decision making, not to mention the political will to provide the needed funding. These questions are tucked away in the trunk of the elephant sitting in every policy-deliberation room in Washington, Baton Rouge, New Orleans and other interested jurisdictions. That elephant goes by the name "Who 's Going to Decide." Ironically, the Republican Party has an elephant for its symbol and, as everyone knows, the Republicans occupy the White House and control the Congress. Those who ride the Democratic donkey tend to think Republican Representative Baker 's plan is a good one and regret that his party leadership will not sign on. Some with long memories will recall the Democratic Party 's New Deal initiative that established the Home Owners ' Loan Corporation. It literally saved the day for 1 million homeowners between 1933 and 1936. Wouldn 't it be great if the elephant and the donkey could get together to work this one out for the good of a city and state that are genuine American treasures?

Mostly agreeable

As a Catholic who is opposed to the death penalty, I agree with most of what Fr. William Nicholas stated in his reflection on capital punishment (CSF - Feb. 3), althoug h I do think he chose a very rude and poor way of introducing his argument. I would have been more moved by Fr. Nicholas ' reflection if he had used the phrase , 'my fellow opponents of abortion ' rather than "some opponents of abortion "; if he hadn ' t implied that the "same principles " can be applied to "the issue of cap ital punishm ent " as to "the issue of abortion"; and if he hadn 't used such uncharitable ways to describe those who he thinks "lose all semblance of Christianity " when they are confronted with such a preposterous argument. I am also disappointed with his phrase: "the recent death of Terri Schiavo." More precisely, Teni was murdered. Terri wasn 't even ill let alone dy ing. She was disabled. Members of her family were not faced with making end of life decisions. The fact is th at after many years of intentional medical and therapeutic neglect on the part of her husband failed to end her life in a time frame that was convenient for him , he finally accomplished her murder in a more blatant way. I am grateful to Fr. Nicholas for trying to inform others on what the Catholic Church teaches about capital punishment. I just think he might need to learn more about those "opponents of abortion ," those defenders of the most defenseless the unborn , and to also learn from them. All of us must come to the realization that all intentional killing of human life is barb aric unless in legitimate defense. We all must come to recognize the human person in everyone who is victimized , rejected , abandoned , and defenseless in the worldwide community. This cannot be accomplished if we do not firstl y recognize and protect the most defenseless among us - the I— unborn. Fred D'Alessio Sausalito

have been legally defended , tried , found guilty and convicted and are justl y receiving what their deeds deserved. Amen to the traditional teaching of the Church regarding the death penalty (CCC 2266) and the preference of bloodless means (CCC 2267). Life imprisonment without the possibility of parole for the capital malefactor: That 'll work! Most pro-lifers choose not , as in Father Nicholas ' reflection , against Barabbas , murderer, for Christ , the Lord of Life and Love in the person of His little unborn , the poorest of the poor, but human life , God-given , redeemed life , sacred from conception to death , for all. Mr. & Mrs. Peter C. De Kroon San Francisco

Murder redox

L E T T E R S

Life for all

Father William Nicholas ' article (CSF - Feb 3) about pro-lifers , who also should enjoy the constitutionall y protected right to free speech regarding the unborn and their prudential opinion regarding capital punishment, has adjudged us prolifers akin to the bad guys. At best , one can rightly accuse us of being not politically correct. There is no guilt or evil in the unborn , or crime deserving of death committed by them. They are totall y defenseless and are delivered up to the will of the mother and/or all those involved in abortion. The tradi tional teaching of the Church has been, "Abortion and infanticide are abominable crimes" (Gaudium et Spes 51, §3). The capital malefactors , on the other hand,

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The real problem with abolishing the death penalty at this stage is that we cannot trust our system of justice. First of all the system is already biased in favor of the criminal. Secondly we cannot depend on a sentence of life without possibility of parole. There is no doubt that after 15 or 20 years , the heinous murderer will be considered rehabilitated or repentant or some other trumped up excuse for releasing them , so they can go out to kill again. Dr. Ronald Konopaski San Francisco Ed. note - In California , a sentence of "life without possibility of parole " is permanent. It has also been the policy of the last three governors of California not to allow the parole of persons receiving "term to life " sentences. This no parole policy has been extended even to prisoners receiving "seven years to life " sentences who are not directly responsible for taking human life.

Consulting Marin

After reading Brian Cahill's response to Monsi gnor Steve Otellini' s concerns about the future of St. Vincent 's School for Boys , (Letters - Feb. 3) I was left with the feeling that Mr. Cahill was being both defensive and patronizing . While he states that consultation has taken p lace with Marin Catholic's President and its Board of Trustees, along with an array of other Archdiocesan clergy, he does not indicate that any meaningful effort has been made to consult with the wider community that has been a part of St. Vincent 's for years and years. I refer to families of alumni , long time benefactors , those who attend Sunday Mass at St. Vincent Chapel and contribute to the welfare of the boys, and the community at large. He faults Monsi gnor for being illinformed , but as one who has attempted to be informed about the future of St. Vincent 's , there has been little if any public discussion or input sought from those most closely effected by the current planning. I would suggest that Mr. Cahill and the Archdiocese might be better served if genuine efforts were made to include a wider scope of input and full public disclosure than is currentl y being done. If this is such a "win/win" proposa l , why not shed some more light on it and get real public support? George Granderaange Novato

St. Vincent 's Mass

Brian Cahill, Executive Director of Catholic Charities CYO states in a letter to the editor (CSF- Feb. 3), that ". . . the current Sunday Mass administered by St. Isabella's Parish will continue at the discretion of the Pastor." That is absolutely untrue. Any decision such as that will be made either by Bishop Wester or by Archbishop Niederauer. Fr. Michael Keane Pastor, St. Isabella San Rafael

The CatholicDiff erence

Benedict XVI and the divine love story German journalist Peter Seewald once posed a question to Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger: why is the Catholic Churc h always saying "No?" Cardinal Ratzinger explained that the Church wasn ' t fundamentall y a matter of "No" but of "Yes" - God's "Yes" to humanity, most dramaticall y revealed in the Incarnation , when God entered the human world in order to redeem it. If the Church has to say "No" sometimes, that "No" is in service to a higher "Yes." The Church says "No" to call us to the dignity and glory that are ours throug h God' s redemptive action in Christ. That "Yes" rings clearly throughout Pope Benedict XVI's first encyclical , Deus Caritas Est [God Is Love]. The text is classic Joseph Ratzinger: a master theologian, weaving together materials from the Bible and two millennia of Christian reflection to teach the basic truths of Catholic faith. The subject matter is also classic Ratzinger. Those who bought the cartoon of "God's Rottweiler" might have imagined a fust encyclical entitled "No You Don 't." The real Ratzinger, the real Benedict XVI, wrote something quite different: an encyclical of affirmation , an invitation to ponder more deeply and live more completely "the heart of the Christian faith" - the claim that God is love. Press attention to the encyclical, such as it was, tended to focus on its second, programmatic part , which explores living the charity which the love of God should compel in each of us. The Pope makes some important points here, including a critique of the notion that charitable giving and charitable

work arc a distraction from our obli gations to build just societies; Benedict neatly scuttles that piece of soft-Marxist flotsam with a few well-chosen sentences. The theological meat of the encyclical is in its first part , however, and here, four ideas seemed particularly striking. First, Pope Benedict teaches that God's relationshi p to the world is best understood as a love story, not as a relationship of power that expresses itself in a contest of wills. The God who comes into history in search of man does so precisely to draw men and women into a communion of love - with each other and with the Triune God. As God' s love enters ever more deeply into our lives, the Pope writes, "selfabandonment to God increases and God becomes our joy." Second, the Pope suggests that the image of God in a culture will have a profound effect on that culture 's image of man. The fundamental orientation of a culture is not derived from its family patterns, its way of doing politics, or its method of allocating goods and services. Rather, cultures take then basic direction fro m what they worship: from the way in which a culture imagines the divine, thinks of the divine (if it imagines that the divine can be "thought"), and relates to the divine. To believe in and worship a God who is love "all the way through" (as Thomas More puts it in A Man for All Seasons) gives Christian cultures a distinctive view of the human enterprise in all its dimensions. Which brings us to a third point Benedict makes, if briefly: warped ideas of God lead to warped ideas of the

human , warped undero standings of human relai sX tionships, and , ultimately, warped politics. When Pope Benedict speaks of "a w world in which the name o of God is sometimes associated with vengeance or even a duty of hatred and violence," it is not difficult to imagine at least one of the primary reference points. That the Pope has jihadist Islam in mind here is also suggested by his address to the diplomatic corps at the Vatican on January 9, when he spoke of a danger that had been "rightl y" described as a "clash of civilizations." Finally, the Pope neatly links the two great commandments, reminding us that we can love our neighbor because we have been first loved by God. Love of neighbor is thus a response to the experience of love by which God has firs t graced us, rather than rote obedience to an order from an external authority, A great teacher and an acute cultural analyst sits in the Chair of Peter.

I wish there was a course or support group for moms like me who need a map to navigate the maze of parenting advice in books and magazines. One search on Amazon.com for "potty-training" results in 264 book titles, each purporting a different technique. One pediatrician preaches the "cry it out" approach to babies who wake throughout the night , while another "expert" suggests such cruelty leads to emotional problems. Four years into this parenting thing, I realize that most moms just wing it a lot of the time. Or so say the honest ones. But I also know that die majority of us would welcome a course on the basics: how to get a 4-year-old to sit at the dinner table and eat some of the healthy staff on his plate; how best to respond to a 2-year-old who calls you "stupid"; and how to pass on the faith in language toddlers understand. "I' m so tempted to ditch the Catholics and join the nondenominational Christian church in our neighborhood," my best friend told me recently. "They offer parenting classes that you can attend while your kids go to Bible study." I would participate in practically any activity that had

built-in child care. And especially a class where I might hear something useful like the importance of consistency in childrearing and how to recognize and trust the maternal instinct. What a great way to attract young adults who are starving for solicited (versus unsolicited) advice on everything from dealing with a difficult preschool teacher to how best to occupy a 3-year-old at Mass. Offering Parenting 101 to young moms and dads is one step Catholics might take to keeping more of them around.

George Weigel

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

Family Lif e

I need a class If ever there was a course that should be required in the young-adult years, it's Parenting 101. Take, for example, today 's trip to the ophthalmologist. "When did you first notice Katherine crossing her eyes?" the doctor asks. "Oh, I don 't know. This summer probably," I say. "OK," he responds. "Is it snowing outside?" "Yeah, why?" "Well, I was wondering what you were doing for the last six months," he scolds me. "The earlier we catch this, the better the success rale." Ouch. I realize that sometimes I'm a bit too laissez-faire with my children. Bedtime rituals aren't exactly rituals, hats and gloves are rarely on. But the truth is that my husband and I have been through so many developmental delays with our children from not talking to, not walking to, not using the potty on tune that, well, I just stopped wonying so much and decided I didn't need to fix everything immediately or sooner. I walked away from the appointment, cross-eyed, 2year-old Katherine in my arms, feeling like an amateur mom.

Therese J Borchard

Therese J. Borchard writes a column f o r Catholic News Service.

Sp irituality

Deeper things under the surface We connect to each other at different levels. How we do that through words is one thing, but that isn 't the only thing or often even the most important thing. We talk and have conversations , but what 's really important is mostly growing under the surface, silent, unobserved, though solid and ultimately the glue that binds us together or the wedge that drives us apart. We have ordinary conversations about trivialities and then one day we realize that we love or hate each other, that we're fast friends or have nothing in common. How does it happen? Imagine you live in proximity to your mother and you make a commitment to visit her three times a week. In the course of a year, that means you will be visiting her about 150 times. How many times, among all those times, will you have a deep conversation with her? A dozen times? Five times? A couple of times? Mostly, as we know, the conversation won't be deep, but will revolve around the ordinary business of living : "The kids are fine!" "Steve dropped in last week!" "Mum, your food really is bland, how can you stand all that jello?" "No, we didn 't get much rain, just a sprinkle!" "Yes, I'll be sure to pass your greetings on to Martha; she always asks about you!" You will talk about the weather, about your siblings, about diets, about who's moving away, and about whom you saw at the mall. And, given that you're busy and preoccupied with many pressures in your own life, it will be natural that occasionall y you will furtively glance at your watch, to see how much longer you need to stay before you can politely leave and go back to many things pressing in your own life. But there will exceptions, perhaps five or six times a year, when something will trigger a deeper conversation and

your mother will turn to you and say: "I want to tell you about when I first met your father!" "I need to tell you about something that happened when I was pregnant with you!" "If always wanted to share this with you, but couldn 't!" And then, for that visit, you won't be sneaking glances at your watch and you won 't be talking about the weather, jello , and trivialities. You will be hearing something that touches your soul and, driving home, you 'll feel that you 've made a deeper connection and have something special (an insight, a bit of history, a token of intimacy, an expression of trust) that you can treasure. That'll be special , but , in the end, it won't be the real fruit of your regular visits with your mother. The real fruit will be what was happening under the surface - unobserved, silent, but solid - all those other times when you were talking about the weather, diets, and trivialities. Simply put, if you visit your mother 150 times a year and spend an hour or so each time, you will, through all of that, develop a bond with her that goes far beyond what gets said on any given day, deep or superficial. That bond will grow because you're having regular contact. You'll get to know her and will be connected in a way that can only happen between people who sit down with each other three times a week. Ordinary chitchat is not the stuff of intimacy, but regular contact is because, as the chitchat is going on, sometiiing deeper is happening (for good or for bad) under the surface. This is also true of our prayer lives and our relationship with God. If we make a commitment to sit in private prayer every day for half an hour, how many times might we expect that we'll feel a deep movement of soul, a stunning insight, or an affirmation that really warms us? A dozen times a year? Five or six times a year? Perhaps.

Most of the time though our prayer time will be a lot like those visits we make regularly to our mothers. We 11 be absorbed with the weather, diets, and with whom we saw at the mall, even as we sneak the occasional glance at our wristwatches. We will treasure those times when something special breaks through, but those times will not be what's really important. What's really important will be what's growing under the surface, namely, a bond and an intimacy that 's based upon a familiarity that can only develop and sustain itself by regular contact, by actually sharing life on a day-to-day basis. In describing one of the deep movements within mature prayer, John of the Cross writes: "At this point , God does not communicate himself through the senses as he did before , by means of discursive anal ysis and the synthesis of ideas, but begins to communicate himself through pure spirit in an act of simple contemplation in which there is no discursive succession of thought." Think about that the next time you are talking trivialities with your mother - or get bored in prayer.

Father Ron Rolheiser

Obla te Father Ron Rolheiser is a theolog ian teacher and award-winning author.

Black History Month Events Feb. 24: 1 Don't Feel Weary and Noways Tired, an Interfaith Celebration of African American History at St. Dominic's Church , 2390 Bush St. at Steiner in San Francisco at 7 p.m. Call (415) 567-7824.

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821-3390, or Donna (408) 371-0865 , or see the website: www.beginningexperience.org. Sundays through March 12: Divorce Recovery Course at St. Stephen Parish, O'Reilly Center , 451 Eucalyptus in San Francisco from 7 - 9 p.m. $45 cost includes materials. Call Vonie at (650) 8734236 or Susan at (415) 752-1308. Separated and Divorced support group meets 1st and 3rd Wed. at 7:30 p.m. at St. Stephen Parish Center , SF, call Gail at (650) 591-8452. Group also meets 1st and 3rd Thurs. at 7:30 p.m. at St. Peter Parish in Pacifica. Call (650) 359-6313 for location. Saturdays: Prayer Group, 9:30 - 11:30 a.m. at St. Hilary Church 761 Hilary Drive, Tiburon, (415) 756-5505. Father James Tarantino, presides. Call (415) 756-5505. Catholic Adult Singles Assoc of Marin meets for support and activities. Call Bob at (415) 897-0639 for information.

February 25: A rchbishop Riordan High School presents "Purple and Gold Goes Hollywood", its 5th Annual Gala with proceeds beneliting a Student Scholarship Fund. Enjoy an evening of fine dining, dancing, live and silent auction at the Hyatt Hotel in Burlingame. For more information please contact the ARHS Developmenf Office at (415) 586-9190. 3rd Sat.: Handicapables gather for Mass and lunch at St. Mary Cathedral, Gough and Geary St., SF, at noon. Volunteer drivers always needed. Call (415) 585-9085 . 4th Sat.: Handicapables of Marin meet at noon in the recreation room of the Maria B. Freitas Senior Community adjacent to St. Isabella Church, Terra Linda, for Mass, lunch and entertainment . Call (415) 457-7859. California Handicapables needs volunteers including drivers, servers, donors, and recruiters of those who might benefit from the experience. Call Jane Cunningham at (415) 585-9085.

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Shows/Entertainment Feb. 12: St. Hilary Concert Series 2005 - 2006 presents Positively Poulencl, a musical afternoon of works by Francis Poulenc at 2 p.m. Featuring the talent of Rebecca Jones and Terri-Lynn Cousley, sopranos, Andrei Gorcrtov on flute , Dancers of the Marin Ballet and David Shepard on piano. Tickets available at the door. $20 Adults , $15 Seniors/Students. Reception follows the concert. St. Hilary Church, 761 Hilary Drive, Tiburon. Call (415) 435-1122. Feb. 12: Join us for an afternoon of music, celebration and prayer with liturgical musicians and composers , Bob Hurd and Janet Sullivan Whitaker , at 4 p.m. at St. Monica Church, 1001 Camino Pablo, Moraga, CA. Free-will offering to benefit Nevada Desert Experience. Additional programs for youlh will be offered. Contact info@nevadadesertexperience.org or 510-849-1540 for more info. Feb. 26: Archdiocesan Choral Festival. Choristers from more than 20 parishes join in glorious song for a concert under the direction of Claire Giovannettl Free admission. 4 p.m. St. Cecilia Church, 17th Ave. & Vicente, San Francisco. For more info call (415) 479-8428 or 614-5585. 1st and 3rd Tues.: Noontime Concerts - 12:30 p.m. - at Old SI. Mary's Cathedral, 660 California St. at Grant, SF. $5 donation requested. Call (415) 2883800. Sundays: Concerts at St. Mary's Cathedral, Gough and Geary St., SF at 3:30 p.m. Call (415) 567-2020 ext. 213. Open to the public. Admission free. Sundays: Concerts at 4 p. m. at National Shrine of St. Francis of Assisi, Vallejo and Columbus, SF. Call (415) 983-0405 or www.shrinesf.org. Open to the public. Admission free .

TV/Radio Sunday 6 a.m., WB Channel 20/Cable 13 and K.TSF Channel 26/Cable 8: TV Mass with Msgr. Harry Schlitt presiding. 1st Sun, 5 a.m., CBS Channel 5: Mosaic, featuring conversations on current Catholic issues. 3rd Sun, 5:30 a.m., KRON Channel 4: For Heaven's Sake, featuring conversations about Catholic spirituality.

Reunions Feb. 17: Luncheon for 1957 grads of St. Ignatius, Archbishop Riordan and Sacred Heart high schools at Caesar's Restaurant, Powell and Bay in San Francisco. Tickets $30 per person. Call John Stain, SI, at (415) 492-3310; William Curre n, SH, at (415) 621-6324; Mike Farrah, AR , at (415) 681-0300. April 29: Immaculate Conception Academy, class of '66 at El Rancho Inn in Millbrae. Contact Donna Ricci McMorrow at (650) 589-7276 or Mimi Calcagno Shea at (408) 578-1802.

Students from Stuart Hall High School and Mercy High School in Burlingame joined forces in service to the community of Oaxaca , Mexico in December. Their efforts included the replanting of areas of the town and assisting at a local food bank. Among the students taking part were Colin Bluestone, Matt Melanson , Brendan Laing, Nick Dietz, Everett Dong, Pat Kossler, George IMewhall, Maggie Young, Dawn Bailey and Leah Gordon. Faculty on board were Ray O'Connor, Miriam Czech and Peter Diaz.

Prayer/Lectures/ Trainings Feb. 14, 21, 7:30 p.m. - 8:45 p.m.: Join Jesuit Fathers Cameron Ayers, Kevin Ballard, Tom Buckley, and Jesuit Scholastic Kent Beausoleil for an informative and insightful program on the History of the Jesuits at the Spiritual Life Center of St. Agnes Parish, 1611 Oak. St. between Ashbury and Masonic in San Francisco. Parking is available next to the facility. Call (415) 487-8560, x. 238 or visit www.stagnesslc.org. Feb. 11:God's Steadfast Love is Better than Life, 9:3011:30 a.m. at Notre Dame Province Center, 1520 Ralston Ave., Belmont. This Morning of Prayer will be led by Jesuit Father Joseph Sands whose experiences in Brazil inform his own reflections on hope in today's world. Information: 650-593-2045 x 277 or www.SistersofNotreDameCA.org. At 4 p.m. an anniversary Mass will be celebrated commemorating the life and death of Notre Dame Sister Dorothy Stang who was murdered in Brazil one year ago. Information: 650.593.2045 x350 or www. SistersofNotreDameCA.org. Consult a map and directions at www.ndnu.edu. Feb. 24: Sister Helen Prejean, author of Dead Man Walking, speaks at Grace Cathedral, 1100 California St. in San Francisco at 7 p.m. No reservations required. Open seating. Suggested donation $15 per person but no one turned away. Call (415) 243-0143 or contact www.deathpenalty.org. February 28, 7:30 - 9 p.m.: Pope John Paul II invited all Christians to "an environmental conversion" and then to "an environmental vocation", to raise consciousness and save our planet from environmentaldegradation. Join Jesuit Paul Fitzgerald for Catholic Social Teaching & the Environment at the St. Agnes Spiritual Life Center, 1611 Oak Street , between Ashbury and Masonic Avenues in San Francisco. Parking is available next to the facility. Call (415) 487-8560, ext . 238 for further information. March 7,7:30 - 9 p.m.: The 4th century Arian controversy plaguedthe Roman Empire and the early Church. Join Fr. Paul Burrows for The Arian Controversy: from Heterodoxy to Orthodoxy, a special presentation on Christology, in particular how the orthodox position of the natures and person of Jesus were concretized into church teaching during this tumultuous period. Takes place at St. Agnes Spiritual Life Center, 1611 Oak Street, between Ashbury and Masonic Avenues.

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Programs for Catholics interested in returning to the Church, have been established at the following parishes: Marin County: St. Hilary, Tiburon, Mary Musalo, (415) 435-2775; St. Anselm , Ross, call (415) 4532342; St. Sebastian, Greenbrae, Jean Mariani at (415) 461-7060; Our Lady of Mt. Carmel, Mill Valley, Rick Dullea at (415) 388-4190; St. Mary Star of the Sea, Sausalito, Lloyd Dulbecco at (415) 331-7949. San Francisco: Old St. Mary's Cathedral, SF, Michael Adams at (415) 695-2707; St. Philip the Apostle, 725 Diamond St. at Elizabeth/24th, SF. Call (415) 282-0141; St. Dominic, SF, Lee Gallery at (415) 221-1288; Holy Name of Jesus, SF, (415) 664-8590. San Mateo County: St. Bartholomew, San Mateo, Dan Stensen at (650) 344-5665; St. Catherine of Siena, Burlingame, Silvia Chiesa at (650) 685-8336; Our Lady of Angels, Burlingame, Holy Names Sister Pat Hunter at (650) 375-8023; 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, Sylvia Miles at (650) 355-6650, Jerry Trecroci at (650) 355-1799, Frank Erbacher at (650) 355-4355; St. Matthew, San Mateo. Jim Shea at (650) 344-7622.

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Grief Groups meet at the following parishes. Please call numbers shown for more information. San Mateo County : St. Catherine of Sienna, Burlingame. Call Debbie Simmons at 650-558-1015: St. Dunstan, Millbrae. Call Barbara Cappel at 650-6927543;. Good Shepherd, Pacifica. Call Sr. Carol Fleitz at 650-355-2593; Our Lady of Mercy, Daly City. Call Barbara Cantwell at 650-755-0478; Our Lady of Mt. Carmel , Redwood City. Call Parish at 650-366-3802; St. Robert, San Bruno. Call Sr. Patricia at 650-589-2800. Marin County: St. Anselm , San Anselmo. Call Brenda MacLean at 415-454-7650; St. Isabella, San Rafael. Call Pat Sack at 415-472-5732; Our Lady of Loretto, Novate Call Sr. Jeanette at 415-897-2171. San Francisco: St. Dominic. Call Sr. Anne at 415-5677824; St. Finn Barr(Bilingual). Call Carmen Solis at 415584-0823; St. Gabriel. Call Elaine Khalaf at 415-564-7882. Young Widow/Widower Group: St. Gregory, San Mateo. Call Barbara Elordi at 415-614-5506. Ministry to Parents: Our Lady of Angels , Burlingame. Call Ina Potter at (650) 347-6971 or Barbara Arena at (650) 344-3579. Children's Grief Group: St. Catherine, Burlingame. Call Debbie Simmons at 650-558-1015. Information regarding grief ministry in general call Barbara Elordi at 415-614-5506.

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974 Ralston Ave. #6, Belmont, CA 94002

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OKI'S ELDER CARE AGENCY Personal care companion. Help with dail y activities; driving, grocery shopp ing, doctor appts. Required: CNA , Nurse's Aid, . Certificate , honest, reliable , excellent refs, bonded. Call Ori 415-713-1366

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Worship Services, Catholic Experience Marie DuMabeiller 415-441-3069, Page: 823-3664 VISA, MASeCARD Accepted Please confirm your event hete contracting music!

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The candidate must be able to support and articulate the mission of the school in its commitment to the education of young peop le. The ideal candidate would teach by example and serve as a role model for children. A Bachelor 's degree in Reli gious Studies or Theology is required.

Interested candidates should send a letter of interest and resume, including references, to: John Aime, Assistant to the Head of School

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Specializing in Cosmetic Procedures including lnvisalign Invisible Braces , and Zoom! 2 Teeth Whitening. DOUGLAS D. BOUCHER , D.D.S. 825 OAK GROVE AVE ., MENLO PARK (650) 325-8030

EDWARD J EAN E. BARTHMAN, D.D.S. WALTER. DDS Where beauty, health, General Dentist

and comfort come together

242 7 Chestnut Street San Francisco, CA 94123'

801 Brewster Avenue, Suite 255 ' ' Redwood City, CA 94063 650.367.4967 www.drbarthman.com

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MONTEREY DENTAL OFFICE Cosmetic & Family Dentistry Modern, State-of-the-Art Office Special Discounts f o r Seniors, Low Income Families & Students

3500 Callan Blvd. South San Franc isco, CA First Floor space available

(415) 239-9 140

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749 Monterey Blvd. San Francisco, CA 94127

Fax your resume to: Jeannic McCullough Stiles , RN 415-435-0421 Send your resume: jeannie McCullough Stiles , RN Special Needs Nursing, Inc. 98 Main Street , #427 Tiburon , Ca 94920

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of students

Sacraments of Reconciliation and First Communion in the

2345 Noriega Street (415) 731-0816

26 West Portal Ave., #4 San Francisco (415) 661-7779

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August, 2006.

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(415) 563-2717 Piano Lessons

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(415) 665-8397 CAROL FERRAND0. Conservatory training, masters degree, all levels of students. CALL (415) 92 1-8337.

Work Full or Part-time in San Francisco - Marin County • Provide non medical elder care in the home • Generous benefit package

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Associate Superintendent of Educational and Professional Leadership Archdiocese of San Francisco, Department of Catholic Schools San Francisco, California The Associate Superintendent of Educational and Professional Leadership has the primary responsibility to recruit, mentor, support and evaluate educational and administrative leadership for the Elementary Schools of the Archdiocese of San Francisco. The Associate Superintendent works collaboratively with the Administrative Staff to implement policies of the Department of Catholic Schools regarding the development of leadership.

ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL: Student Services position available at Junipero Serra High School. Send Resume to 451 West 20* Ave.. San Mateo, California 94403.

For The Largest Publisher of Catholic Church Bulletins This is a Career Opportunity.' • Generous Commissions • Excellent Benefit Package • Minimal Travel • Stong Office Support • Work in Your Community Call 1-800-675-505 1 Fax resume; 707-258-1195

SALES MANA GEMENT OPPORTUNITY We are: One of (tie largest marketers of financial products in North America, looking Tor people who want to succeed. •We offer an excellent educational system to teach you our business. a comprehensive support network, and competitive products that are highly desirable to most consumers. Candidates should: Desire an excellent income, be committed to working hard, and posses a strong desire to succeed.

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