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Joining at the Archbishop's table are Bishop Wester's mother Helen, Bishop Wester, Presentation Sister Antonio Heaphy, Deacon candidate Simon Tsui, Canossian Sister Maria Hsu, Katherine Tsui, Jesuit Father Michel Marcil, Archbishop Niederauer, Father Dominic Lee (St. Matthew) , Salesian Father Andre Ng (Sts. Peter and Paul), Paulist Father Daniel McCotter (St. Mary 's Chinese), Father Dan Nascimento (St. Anne), and Father Benedict Chang (Star of the Sea) .

Archbishop Niederauer honored at Annual Chinese Ministry Dinner

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Archbishop Niederauer enjoys Lion Dance.

Archbishop George H. Niederauer attended his first public engagement in San Francisco at the 15th Annual Chinese Catholic Ministry Dinner in Chinatown Feb. 10. The annual event includes a multi-course sit-down Chinese dinner, raffle , prayer and entertainment and was attended by more than 600 peop le. The dinner is sponsored

by the Archdiocese Office of Ethnic Ministries and raises more than $20 ,000 for numerous ministries in the Chinese community.

Archbishop Niederauer was greeted with the traditional Lion Dance and was treated to entertainment which included a dance by students in bri ght costume from St. CHINESE DINNER, page 6 Anne 's Chinese School.

World poverty is focus of Lenten 'Offering of Letters' campai gn

By Catholic News Service WASHINGTON — Bread for the World , the Christian citizens ' anti-hunger lobby, will tackle world poverty in its annual Lenten "Offering of Letters " campaign .

Under the theme "One Spirit , One Will , Zero Poverty, " Bread for the World is asking for letters to advance its One Campaign, which seeks to fight extreme poverty, hunger and HIV/AIDS in the developing world.

Each year congregations have been asked to send letters to members of Congress asking them for legislative action relevant to the goals outlined that year by Bread for the World. The letters are typically written by church members

after church services , then placed in the offertoiy collection the following Sunday to be dedicated to God and accompanied by special prayers for hungry people.

Lent begins this year on Ash Wednesday, March 1.

Legislativel y, the letter campaign is calling for an increase in poverty-focused development assistance for poor countries in the federal budget for fiscal year 2007 with hopes that by fiscal year 2010 an additional 1 percent of the federal budget will go to such assistance.

The development aid increase, according to Bread for the World, would go toward meeting U.S. commitments to OFFERING OF LETTERS, page 6

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Archbishop George Hugh Niederauer was installed as the eighth Archbishop of San Francisco on Feb. 15 at Saint Mary's Cathedral in the presence of the priests, religious and faithful of the archdiocese as well as more than 50 of his fellow bishops from across the country.

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By Jack Smith San Francisco Auxiliary Bishop John C. Wester joined religious leaders from Jewish, Buddhist and Protestant faith traditions in calling on people of faith to pray and meditate against the death penalty prior to the upcoming scheduled execution at San Quentin on Feb. 21. The religious leaders who gathered for a press conference at St. Mary 's Cathedral Feb. 9 also called for sermons against the death penalty over the coming weeks.

Michael Morales is scheduled to be executed by lethal injection Feb. 21. His would be the third execution at San Quentin since the beginning of the year.

Ventura Superior Court Judge Charles R. McGralh, has sent a letter to Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger seeking clemency for the man he sentenced to death 20 years ago, as have Morales ' attorneys David Senior and Kenneth W. Starr, Starr is former Whitewater independen t counsel and now Dean of Pepperdine Law School.

Judge McGrath claims that Morales ' conviction was based on false evidence procured from a jailhouse informant who was released by prosecutors from four felony charges in return for his testimony. Specificall y, the informan t claimed that Morales made a jailhouse confession in Spanish to the rape and killing of Terri Winchell. Later evidence showed that Morales does not speak Spanish.

On a separate track, lawyers for Morales are seeking a moratorium on the practice of lethal injection, claiming it is cruel and unusual punishment. They say that in certain circumstances, while appealing unconscious, those administered lethal injections may suffer greatly internally. U.S. District Judge Jeremy Fogel is considering whether an evidentiary hearing on the

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Issues of faulty convictions and the cruel nature of capital punishment were addressed by religious leaders at the St. Mary 's Cathedral press conference and at a concurrent gathering of reli gious leaders in Southern California.

"Is die death penalty cruel and unusual? From the perspective of people of faith, the answer is unequivocal ly yes ," Bishop Wester said.

A statement by San Jose Bishop Patrick McGrath was also released at the conference. McGrath argued that "Vengeance does not heal. It only escalates the violence." He included several references from official Church documents , including the Catechism of the Catholic Church , demonstrating that Catholic teaching on the death penalty "is clear." According to the Catechism, "If non-lethal means are sufficient to defend and protect people 's safety from the aggressor, authority will limit itself to such means."

Rabbi Alan Lew of Congregation Beth Sholom in San Francisco said, "California has killed two men in the last two months. We are days away from the p lanned execution of Michael Morales and told th at a fourth man will likel y be killed by the state this summer. People of faith can no longer sit idly by while this moral outrage continues."

Speaking for the Buddhist tradition, Rev. Myo Denis Lahey, cited die first precept of reverence for life from Vietnamese Zen Master Thich Nhat Nanli, "I am determined not to kill , not to let odiers kill , and not to condone any killing in the world ."

Other participants included leaders from Conservative and Reform Jewish traditi ons, the Episcopal , Unitarian , Church of Christ, Baptist and Fellowship churches.

Training for post-abortion healing set for Feb. 25 Project Rachel , the post abortion healing and reconciliation program of the Archdiocese of San Francisco, is offering a training and information day for new and continuing mentors in the program , parish facilitators and any interested persons.

The program titled , "Healing the Hurts After Abortion ," will provide "new insi ghts into the emotional and spiritual pain that frequently afflicts women and involved men, sometimes many years after an abortion," according to Project R achel Coordinator Mary Ann Schwab.

Speakers will include Vicki Thorn , National Director of the Office of Post Abortion Healing and Reconciliation; Psycholog ist Dr. Henry Vintner, director of the Desmond Institute; and Catherine Vintner, a licensed counselor who coordinates post-abortion healing for the Diocese of Fresno.

The program would also be useful for people with family members and friends who are suffering from concern about abortion , Schwab said.

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NEW ORLEANS — The Archdiocese of New Orleans issued a pastoral p lan last week that calls for the closing of seven parishes and delays the reopening of 23 others until there are enough parishioners in an area to warrant the resumption of pastoral ministry , ll also calls for establishing six centralized elementary schools, which before the stoma had served primarily as individual parish elementary schools.

The archdiocese, in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, is facing unknown projections regarding its future Catholic population and hundreds of its properties suffered extensive damage. New Orleans Archbishop Alfred C. Hughes projected that the archdiocese, which before Katrina was home to nearly a half-million Catholics in 142 parishes, might see its Catholic population return in the next two years to onl y 60 percent to 65 percent of its August 2005 levels, which would mean a Catholic population of about 295,000. The pastoral p lan, which will take effect March 15, establishes a framework for pastoral ministry in the seven deaneries that sustained the greatest damage from the Aug. 29 storm.

Compendium of catechism goes on sal e in paperback March 31

WASHINGTON — The Compendium of the Catechism of the Catholic Church , a 200-page synthesis of the 1992 catechism , will be available in paperback March 31 from USCCB Publishing, the publishing office of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. A hardcover edition will follow shortly after. Both versions will be published in English and Spanish. The compendium, made up of 598 questions and answers , echoes to some degree the format of the Baltimore Catechism , which was standard in many U.S. Catholic parishes and schools from 1885 to the 1960s. It also includes two appendices — a list of Catholic prayers in Eng lish or Spanish , side by side with the Latin versions, and a list of "formulas of Catholic doctrine ," including the Ten Commandments, the beatitudes , the theological and cardinal virtues , and the spiritual and corporal works of mercy.

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Progress, new challenges seen for black Catholic community

WASHINGTON — African-American Catholics have made strides in developing black Catholic leadership over the past two decades, but they face new challenges, said black Catholic leaders contacted at the start of Black History Month , which is observed each February. "There 's still so much work that needs to be done," said Beverly Carroll , executive director of the U.S. bishops ' Secretariat for African-American Catholics in Washington. "We remain a marginalized group, " Dominican Sister Jamie T. Phelps, a professor of theology at the University of Notre Dame in Indiana and director of the Institute for Black Catholic Studies at Xavier University in New Orleans, said in a p hone interview with Catholic News Service. Auxiliary Bishop Joseph N. Perry of Chicago , chairman of the bishops ' Committee on African-American Catholics, also interviewed by phone, said a lack of black priests and seminarians is a concern. Most U.S. African -American priests were ordained in the 1970s and 1980s, before vocations declined across the board, he said, and "they attended Catholic schools."

Church should stress shroud 's sp iritual value, official says

TURIN, Italy — For decades, the Shroud of Turin 's authenticity has been the object of scientific study and controversy,but according to the spokesman for the shroud' s custodian , it 's time for the church to stress the cloth' s spiritual value. Whether or not die cloth reall y is the shroud Christ was buried in, it is still "a very, very effective image of the suffering of Jesus," said Msgr.

Giuseppe Ghiberti. The shroud bears the front and back image of a crucified man, showing signs of wounds that could have been caused by a crown of thorns, puncture wounds to the hands , feet and side, and a back bloodied by lashes. Msgr. Ghiberti said the cloth is a powerfu 1 reflection of the Gospel account of the torture Jesus endured in his passion. For years, he said, "the church has spoken only of the scientific problems" swirling around the shroud and not enough about it as a tool for evangelization. 'To not expand and exploit on this aspect would be a shame," he told Catholic News Service from his home in Turin.

Marking World Day of Sick, pope says God sent Jesus to heal, saw

VATICAN CITY — Out of his great love for all creatures, God sent his son to heal and to save, Pope Benedict XVI said.

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Pope Benedict used the main part of his midday Angelus address to remind people that the church celebrated World Day of the Sick Feb. 11 and to ask for continued prayers for those who are suffering. He asked Mary to watch over all the sick, but especial ly those who also "suffer from solitude, poverty and marginalization." While the main celebration of World Day of the Sick took place in Adelaide, Australia, Pope Benedict joined Italian sick people and then caregivers at the end of a Mass Feb. 11 in St. Peter 's Basilica.

Vatican works to reinf orce Christian-Muslim harmony

VATICAN CITY — The killing of an Italian missionary priest has raised fears that Turkey, long one of the more moderate Muslim countries, could become a new home for Islamic fanaticism. Father Andrea Santoro , 60, was murdered in his church by a youth who yelled "Allahu akbar " ("Allah is great ") before firing his gun , according to church officials in Turkey. The slay ing deeply troubled Vatican officials, including Pope Benedict XVI , who will travel to Turkey Nov. 28-30 on what was originally designed as a visit to the Orthodox Christian community. Now, the pope has additional tasks on his agenda: reinforcing ChristianMuslim harmony in the country and explaining to the Turkish people why Christian evangelization does not pose a threat to their culture. It was unclear whether the priest 's accused killer was influenced by the widespread outrage and demonstrations by Muslims over publicati on of European newspaper cartoons that satirize the prop het Mohammed

Official says pope will address liturgical abuses firmly, gently

VATICAN CITY — The Vatican's top liturgy official said he expects Pope Benedict XVI to move against liturgical abuse with firm teaching and a gentle manner, recognizing that such mistakes often reflect ignorance, not ill will. At the same time, the pope wants to offer reconciliation to followers of the late French Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre — but not at the cost of "disowning " the Second Vatican Council , said Cardinal Francis Arinze, the Nigerian who heads the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Sacraments. Cardinal Arinze spoke about the direction of the new papacy in an interview with Catholic News Service in early February. He said he expected important moves — but not a purge — to improve liturgy under Pope Benedict.

"I do not expect an aggressive correction of abuses. I don 't think the pope is going to use the ecclesiastical hammer," Cardinal Arinze said. "Pope Benedict has very clear doctrine and convictions. What many people may not know is that he is not rough. He is gentlemanly, in the sense of what the prophet Isaiah said: 'A bruised reed he will not break,'" he said.

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Pro-life, pro-poor ' lawmakers rare but seek them out, activists told

By Agostino Bono WASHINGTON (CNS) — A major political challenge facing Catholics is finding the rare legislators who are "prolife and pro-poor," said John Carr, head of the U.S. bishops ' Secretariat for Social Development and World Peace.

"We need to find the exceptions and support the exceptions," he said Feb. 13 at a plenary session of the 2006 Catholic Social Ministry Gathering.

"We believe that life begins at conception but does not end there ," he told 500 people involved in Catholic social ministry programs gathered from around the Unite d States.

The theme of the Feb. 12-15 gathering in Washington was "Bringing Good News to a Broken World."

Carr said that Catholic public policy positions are nuanced and do not fall into the current polarized divisions of right versus left and Democrat versus Republican.

"We are not the Democratic Party of prayer," he said.

"We are not the religious caucus of the Republican Party."

Carr outlined several priority legislative issues that he asked the social ministry workers to push for during Feb. 14 meetings with their elected representatives in Congress.

They included: — Opposing budget cuts which harm programs for the poor and vulnerable members of society.

— Opposing efforts to expand the death penalty.

—¦ Supporting a "serious and civil" national dialogue on how to remove U.S. troops from Iraq in a way which aids a responsible transition toward a stable Iraq i government.

— Supporting immi gration reform which includes a temporary worker program and provisions for "earned legalization " for illegal immigrants who have proof of employment and a proficiency in English.

— Increasing foreign aid programs that stimulate economic development and help fi ght major diseases such as AIDS. Catholics must fi ght to challenge a culture which sees 'life as cheap," he said.

Examples of this culture include regarding the "unborn as an imposition , the elderly as a burden , immigrants as a threat , torture as necessary and civilian casualties as collateral damage," Carr said.

Catholics , when they lobby Congress , take only their faith-based convictions that "the poor and vulnerable should not be left behind ," he said.

"We don ' t bring what Jack Abramoff brings — money, trips , connections ," said Carr, referring to the lobbyist who in January pleaded guilty to fraud , tax evasion and conspiracy to bribe public officials.

This year 's social ministry meeting comes at a time when Washingto n's political landscape is marked more by scandals and indictments than political leadership, he said.

The Democrats "are the gang that couldn ' t shoot strai ght ," he said. "They have lost their voice on important things. Where 's the new generation of leaders?"

Meanwhile , the Republican-led administration of President George W. Bush needs "a 12-step program for political ineptness ," he said.

Carr cited the slow federal response to Hurricane Katrina and the absence of weapons of mass destruction in Iraq.

On the positive side, there is a greater recognition of moral values as an influence on politics , he said, but warned that morality can be manipulated.

Be wary of "new words that mask old policies" and politicians "looking through the Bible for a sound bite," he said.

The day before , the president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops criticized U.S. lawmakers for abandoning the weak to serve the powerful.

"This capital city is driven not by the needs of the weak, but by the contributions of the strong. It focuses — not on the sores of the modern-day lepers — but the desires of well-connected and powerful interests," said Bishop William S. Skylstad of Spokane, Wash.

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Grace was offered by Bishop John C. Wester.

Bishop Ignatius Wang and Presentation Sister Antonio Heap hy drew the raffles tickets. Archbishop Niederauer was among the many winners , drawing a $50 gift certificate to Moon Star Restaurant in San Francisco.

Following dinner all the dinner attendees stood and offered a blessing on Archbishop Niederauer led by Msgr. Floro Arcamo, pastor of Star of the Sea , and Fr. Daniel Nascimento , parochial vicar at St. Anne of the Sunset. Archbishop Niederauer , Bishops Wang and Wester , and the 32 priests in attendance then offered their blessing for all those assembled.

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Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., and Sen. Mike DeWine, R-Ohio, described their view of social service being affected by seeing the work of priests, nuns and lay Catholics.

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DeWine told of meeting Oblate Father Tom Hagan , who runs an organization called Hands Together, which operates a variety of assistance programs in Haiti.

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"Yes, those kids still go home to absolute squalor ... and, yes, Father Tom knows that he can 't solve the overwhelming poverty in Haiti," DeWine said. "But that doesn't stop him from trying — and succeeding — in improving the individual lives of so many."

DeWine said that, as a Catholic who tries to follow his faith , he believes he has an obligation "to stand up and speak out and find solutions to the problems we face — whether it 's getting food to the world's most hungry or getting desperately needed life-saving AIDS drugs to children dying in Africa and Haiti, or giving a voice to the unborn or safeguarding children and families through better health care and safer roads."

Reid told brief stories about getting to know four Catholic activists: a nun who has been arrested numerous times for protesting at the Nevada nuclear test site; a civil rights activist who has worked for desegregation and to protect the rights of immigrants; a priest who is currently in a Georgia prison

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Jesus Christ-the incarnate love of God

12. Though up to now we have been speaking mainly of the Old Testament, nevertheless the profound compenetration of the two Testaments as the one Scripture of the Christian faith has already become evident. The real novelty of the New Testament lies not so much in new ideas as in the figure of Christ himself, who gives flesh and blood to those concepts—an unprecedented realism. In the Old Testament, the novelty of the Bible did not consist merely in abstract notions but in God's unpredictable and in some sense unprecedented activity. This divine activity now takes on dramatic form when, in Jesus Christ, it is God himself who goes in search of the "stray sheep " , a suffering and lost humanity. When Jesus speaks in his parables of the shepherd who goes after the lost sheep, of the woman who looks for the lost coin, of the father who goes to meet and embrace his prodigal son, these are no mere words: they constitute an explanation of his very being and activity. His death on the Cross is the culmination of that turning of God against himself in which he gives himself in order to raise man up and save him. This is love in its most radical form . By contemplating the pierced side of Christ (cf. 19:37) , we can understand the starting-point of this Encyclical Letter: "God is love " (1 Jn 4:8) . It is there that this truth can be contemplated. It is from there that our definition of love must begin. In this contemplation the Christian discovers the path along which his life and love must move.

as a warning to help us return to the right p ath . The parable of the Good Samaritan (cf. Lk 10:25-37) offers two particularly important clarifications. Until that time, the concept of ' 'neighbour " was understood as referring essentially to one 's countrymen and to foreigners who had settled in the land of Israel; in other words, to the closely-knit community of a single country or peop le. This limit is now abolished. Anyone who needs me, and whom I can help, is my neighbour. The concept of "neighbour " is now universalized, yet it remains concrete. Despite being extended to all mankind, it is not reduced to a generic, abstract and undemanding expression of love, but calls for my own practical commitment here and now. The Church has the duty to interpret ever anew this relationship between near and far with regard to the actual daily life of her members. Lastly, we should especially mention the great parable of the Last Judgement (cf. Mt 25:31-46), in which love becomes the criterion for the definitive decision about a human life 's worth or lack thereof. Jesus identifies himself with those in need, with the hungry, the thirsty, the stranger, the naked, the sick and those in prison. "As you did it to one of the least of these my brethren, you did it to me " (Mt 25:40) . Love of God and love of neighbour have become one: in the least of the brethren we find Jesus himself, and in Jesus we find God.

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16. Having reflected on the nature of love and its meaning in biblical faith , we are left with two questions concerning our own attitude: can we love God without seeing him? And can love be commanded? Against the double commandment of love these questions raise a double objection. No one has ever seen God, so how could we love him? Moreover, love cannot be commanded; it is ultimately a feeling that is either there or not, nor can it be produced by the will. Scripture seems to reinforce the first objection when it states: "If anyone says, 'I love God, '

13. Jesus gave this act of oblation an enduring presence throu gh his institution of the Eucharist at the Last Supper. He anticipated his deadi and resurrection by giving his disciples, in the bread and wine, his very self, his body and blood as the new manna (cf.

Jn 6:31-33). The ancient world had dimly perceived that man 's real food—what trul y nourishes him as man—is ultimately the Logos, eternal wisdom: this same Logos now truly becomes food for us—as love. The Eucharist draws us into Jesus' act of selfoblation . More than just statically receiving the incarnate Logos, we enter into the very dynamic of his self-giving. The imagery of marriage between God and Israel is now realized in a way previously inconceivable: it had meant standing in God's presence, but now it becomes union with God through sharing in Jesus' self-gift, sharing in his body and blood. The sacramental ' 'mysticism'' , grounded in God's condescension towards us, operates at a radically difThe Incredulity oj S t. Thomas - Caravaggio, 1601-1602. ferent level and lifts us to far greater heights "B y contemplating the p ierced side of Christ , we can than anything that any human mystical understand the starting -po int of this Encyclical Letter: elevation could ever accomplish.

and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who does not love his brother whom he hasseen, cannot love God whom he has not seen " (1 Jn 4:20) . But this text hardly excludes die love of God as something impossible. On the contrary, the whole context of the passage quoted from the First Letter of John shows that such love is explicitly demanded. The unbreakable bond between love of God and love of neighbour is emphasized. One is so closely connected to the other that to say tiiat we love God becomes a lie if we are closed to our neighbour or hate him altogether. Saint John 's words should rather be interpreted to mean that love of neighbour is a path that leads to the encounter with God, and that closing our eyes to our neighbour also blinds us to God.

17. True, no one has ever seen God as he is.

And yet God is not totally invisible to us; he does not remain completely inaccessible. God loved us first , says the Letter of John quoted above (cf. 4:10) , and this love of God has 'God is love '. It is there that this truth can he appeared in our midst. He has become visible contemp lated. It is f rom there that our definitio n 14. Here we need to consider yet another in as much as he "has sent his only Son into of love must begin. " - Pope Benedic t X V I aspect: this sacramental "mysticism" is tire world , so that we might live through him " social in character, for in sacramental com(1 Jn 4:9). God has made himself visible: in munion I become one with the Lord, like all Jesus we are able to see the Father (cf. Jn 14:9) • the other communicants. As Saint Paul says, ' 'Because there is one bread, we who are many are Indeed , God is visible in a number of ways. In the love-story recounted by the Bible , he comes one body, for we all partake of the one bread" (1 Cor 10:17) . Union with Christ is also union towards us , he seeks to win our hearts, all the way to the Last Supper, to the piercing of his heart with all those to whom he gives himself. I cannot possess Christ just for myself; I can belong to on the Cross, to his appearances after the Resurrection and to the great deeds by which, through him only in union with all those who have become, or who will become, his own. Communion the activity of the Apostles, he guided the nascent Church along its path. Nor has the Lord been draws me out of myself towards him, and thus also towards unity with all Christians. We absent from subsequent Church history: he encounters us ever anew, in the men and women who become "one body ", completely joined in a single existence. Love of God and love of neighbour reflect his presence, in his word, in die sacraments, and especially in the Eucharist. In the Church's are now truly united: God incarnate draws us all to himself. We can thus understand how Liturgy, in her prayer, in the living community of believers, we experience the love of God , we peragape also became a term for the Eucharist: there God's vmagapecomes to us bodily in order ceive his presence and we thus learn to recognize that presence in our daily lives. He has loved us to continue his work in us and through us. Only by keeping in mind this Christological and first and he continues to do so; we too, men, can respond with love. God does not demand of us a sacramental basis can we correctly understandJesus' teaching on love. The transition which he feeling which we ourselves are incapable of producing. He loves us, he makes us see and experimakes from the Law and the Prophets to the twofold commandment of love of God and of ence his love, and since he has "loved us first", love can also blossom as a response within us. neighbour, and his grounding the whole life of faith on this central precept, is not simp ly a In the gradual unfolding of this encounter, it is clearly revealed that love is not merely a senmatter of morality—something that could exist apart from and alongside faith in Christ and timent. Sentiments come and go. A sentiment can be a marvellous first spark , but it is not the its sacramental re-actualization. Faith , worship and ethos are interwoven as a single reality fullness of love. Earlier we spoke of the process of purification and maturation by which ems which takes shape in our encounter with God's agape. Here the usual contraposition between comes fully into its own, becomes love in the full mealing of the word. It is characteristic of worship and ethics simply falls apart. "Worship" itself , Eucharistic communion , includes the mature love that it calls into play all man's potentialities; it engages the whole man, so to speak. reality both of being loved and of loving others in turn. A Eucharist which does not pass over Contact with the visible manifestations of God's love can awaken within us a feeling of joy bom into the concrete practice of love is intrinsically fragmented. Conversely, as we shall have to con- of the experience of being loved. But this encounter also engages our will and our intellect. sider in greater detail below, the "commandment" of love is only possible because it is more Acknowledgment of the living God is one path towards love, and fee "yes" of our will to his will than a requirement. Love can be "commanded" because it has first been given. unites our intellect, will and sentiments in the all- embracing act of love. But this process is always open-ended; love is never "finished" and complete; throughout life , it changes and 15. This principle is the starting-point for understanding the great parables of Jesus. The matures, and thus remains faithful lo itself. Idemvelleatque idem nolle [9]—to want the same rich man (cf. Lk 16:19-31) begs from his place of torment that his brothers be infonned about thing, and to reject the same tiling—was recognized by antiquity as the authentic content of what happens to those who simp ly ignore the poor man in need. Jesus takes up this cry for help DEUS CARITAS EST, page 9

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In the desert I make a way, in the wasteland, rivers.

The people I formed for myself, that they might announce my praise.

Yet you did not call upon me, 0 Jacob , for you grew weary of me, 0 Israel.

You burdened me with your sins, and wearied me with your crimes.

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The Lord will keep and preserve him; and make him blessed on earth, and not give him over to the will of his enemies.

R. Lord, heal my soul , for I have sinned against you .

The Lord will help him on his sickbed, he will take away all his ailment when he is ill.

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R. Lord , heal my soul, for I have sinned against you .

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Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel , from all eternity. Amen. Amen.

R. Lord , heal my soul, for I have sinned against you.

Deus Cantos, Est . . . ¦ Continued f r o m page 8 love: the one becomes similar to the other, and this leads to a community of will and thought . The love-story between God and man consists in the very fact that this communion of will increases in a communion of thought and sentiment, and thus our will and God' s will increasingly coincide: God' s will is no longer for me an alien will, something imposed on me from without by the commandments , but it is now my own will, based on the realization that God is in fact more deeply present to me than I am to myself. [10] Then self-abandonment to God increases and God becomes our joy (cf. Ps 73 [72]:23-28).

18. Love of neighbour is thus shown to be possible in the way proclaimed by the Bible, by Jesus . It consists in the very fact that, in God and with God, I love even the person whom I do not like or even know. This can only take place on the basis of an intimate encounter with God, an encounter which has become a communion of will, even affecting my feelings. Then I leam to look on this other person not simply with my eyes and my feelings , but from the perspective of Jesus Christ. His friend is my friend. Going beyond exterior appearances, I perceive in others an interior desire for a sign of love, of concern. This I can offer them not only through the organizations intended for such purposes, accepting it perhaps as a political necessity.

Seeing with the eyes of Christ, I can give to oth-

A READING FROM THE SECOND LETTER OF SAINT PAUL TO THE CORINTHIANS (2 COR 1:18-22) Brothers and sisters: As God is faithful, our word to you is not "yes" and "no." For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, who was proclaimed to you by us, Silvanus and Timothy and me, was not "yes" and "no, " but "yes" has been in him. For however many are the promises of God, their Yes is in him; therefore, the Amen from us also goes through him to God for glory. But the one who gives us security with you in Christ and who anointed us is God; he has also put his seal upon us and given the Sp irit in our hearts as a first installment.

A READING FROM THE HOLY GOSPEL ACCORDING TO MARK (MK 2:1-12) When Jesus returned to Capernaum after some days, it became known that he was at home. Many gathered together so that there was no longer room for them, not even around the door, and he preached the word to them. They came bringing to him a paralytic canned b y four men. Unable to get near Jesus because of the crowd, they opened up the roof above him. After they had broken through, they let down the mat on which the paralytic was lying. When Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralytic, "Child, your sins are forgiven." Now some of the scribes were sitting there asking themselves, Why does this man speak that way? He is blaspheming. Who but God alone can forgive sins?" Jesus immediately knew in his mind what they were thinking to themselves, so he said, "Why are you thinking such things in your hearts? Which is easier, to say to the paralytic, 'Your sins are forgiven,' or to say, 'Rise, pick up your mat and walk?' But that you may know diat the Son of Man has authority to forgive sins on earth" — he said to the paral ytic, "I say to you, rise, pick up your mat, and go home." He rose, picked up bis mat at once, and went away in the sight of everyone. They were all astounded and glorified God, saying, "We have never seen anything like this." ers much more than their outward necessities; I can give them the look of love which they crave.

Here we see the necessary interplay between love of God and love of neighbour which the First Letter of John speaks of with such insistence. If I have no contact whatsoever with God in my life, then I cannot see in the other anything more than the other, and I am incapable of seeing in him the image of God. But if in my life I fail completely to heed others, solely out of a desire to be "devout " and to perform my "religious duties ", then my relationship with God will also grow arid. It becomes merely "proper ", but loveless. Only my readiness to encounter my neighbour and to show him love makes me sensitive to God as well. Only if I serve my neighbour can my eyes be opened to what God does for me and how much he loves me. The saints — consider the example of Blessed Teresa of Calcutta — constandy renewed their capacity for love of neighbour from their encounter with the Eucharistic Lord, and conversely this encounter acquired its real- ism and depth in their service to odiers. Love of God and love of neighbour are thus inseparable, they form a single commandment. But both five from the love of God who has loved us first. No longer is it a question, then, of a "commandment" imposed from without and Ccillingfor the impossible, but rather of a freely-bestowed experience of love from within, a love which by its very nature must then be shared with others. Love grows through love. Love is "divine " because it comes from God and unites us to God; through this unifying process it makes us a "we" which transcends our divisions and makes us one, until in the end God is "all in all" (1 Cor 15:28).

Scripture FATHER GERARD O'ROURKE

First, look to forgiveness We can always count on the Prophet Isaiah for a great opening idea. In the first reading for the Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time Isaiah speaks for God with these words, "See; pay attention; I am doing something new." Yet the people did not heed their God. "You did not call upon me, for you grew weary of me."

These are incredibly poignant and heart rending words for us to hear as from time to time we may have harbored such words in our hearts also. And all God wanted to do was to tell the people the lovingly divine words, "your sins, I remember no more. It is I who wipes out your offenses."

This has been the will of God, the will of Love, throughout history. It is the will of God to forgive us our sins, to wipe out our offenses. It is also the will of God to empower us to forgive the offenses perpetrated against us. However the truth is that we have never really listened to the "good news"; never really let it into our lives as the special gift of God to bring renewal into our daily living. Is it because it is too simple for our complex minds? Is it because we think it condones evil or denies evil or excuses evil? It for gives and allows us to handle its consequences without resentment or rancor.

As we move to the Gospel Reading for the Seventh Sunday we are made aware of this forgetfulness of the power of forgiveness on our part. Once again Jesus, the Son of God, offers and declares forgiveness. Yet the reaction to his words is incredulity that forgiveness is even available to us as humans in this life, not to speak of the accusation of blasphemy against Christ.

Jesus, of course, once again was very well able to handle the situation. This was due to the extraordinary work of the four friends of the paralyzed man at the center of the stoiy. Jesus was speaking to a packed house, jammed with people eager to hear his words. The four friends could not enter with their sick friend. But they were not to be stopped. They simply peeled off the roof tiles and miraculously let down their sick friend at the feet of Jesus to be healed.

Then Jesus stunned everyone with his declaration to the paralytic that "Your sins are forgiven." Nobody expected this statement from Jesus. He used this reaction as a perfect setup for his new teaching and new revelation. It was very early in Ms public life and he was eager to impress his message of forgiveness as a cornerstone of the "Good News."

The "Son of Man" has authority to forgive sins on earth. His healing of the paralyzed young man was an astonishing reminder to all of us that indeed he had the power to forgive and to make it available for all people. This he did shortly afterwards when he budt it in to our great daily prayer, the "Our Father." Here he reminds us that it is given to us all to be used daily or whenever it is needed in our lives. What an eloquent way to show us that there is no scarcity of forgiveness from God's side.

However, it is true, that many of us, if not all of us, live as if forg iveness is scarce. All we have to do is to listen to and observe ourselves.

How often do we find ourselves stuck; shut down; virtually paralyzed in our lives? How often it feels that we are closed down; frozen; unable to move forward? How often lives seem like our finger is on a "delete " button, day after day, and the button is stuck, unmovable? It is like being lost in the past with the same old sad, stale and unresolved stories and breakdowns, repeating and repeating ad nauseam.

II any of this makes sense to you or resonates for you as even a little true, then it is time to start usuig the great divine gift of forgiveness that Jesus has given to us to free us and liberate us. It is the first place to look when we feel stopped or stagnated in our lives.

What do I need to be forgiven for? Or more often, who do I have to forgive now? Or what group do I have to forgive? Or what institution do I have to forgive?

Full permission has been given to us to receive forgiveness and to forgive the other.

Are you and I willing to use tire wonderful gift as Jesus intended us to do?

This icon, a gift from Patriarch Athenagoras to Pope Paul VI, is housed in the Vatican 's ecu menical office. The embrace of the Apostles Peter and Andrew symbolizes the forgiveness expressed between the Roman and Eastern Churches at the Second Vatican Council.

PCATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO Court 's narrow ruling

By Edward E. Dolejsi Our initial response to the Jan. 17, 2006 U. S. Supreme Court decision in Gonzales v. Oregon, pending detailed legal review, is to observe that it was made on a legal technicality. The majority 's (6-3) opinion ruled that the U.S. Attorney General did not have the authority under the Controlled Substances Act (CSA) to prohibit Oregon physician s from prescribing lethal drugs to those who are terminally ill.

The narrow ruling did not address the larger issue of "assisted suicide" as public policy, and therefore, it clearly should have no impact on the effort (AB 651) to legalize physician "assisted suicide" in California—al though the proponents are citing it in support of their position.

As Catholics, we believe that all human beings are made in the image and likeness of God , and that we are stewards, not owners, of our life. We also believe that we are called to community and to sharing with each other both the joys and the sorrows that life holds. We are unalterably opposed to euthanasia or "assisted suicide ." As Pope John Paul II wrote in Evangelium Vitae: "To concur with the intention of another person to commit suicide and to help in carrying it out through so-called "assisted suicide " ...can never be excused, even if it is requested... True 'compassion ' leads to sharing another 's pain; it does not kill the person whose suffering we cannot bear." E.V. 66 (1995) The California Catholic Conference, the public policy office for the Catholic bishops of California, has joined many other opponents of AB 651, including the California Medical Association, the American Medical Association, the California Hospital Association as well as advocates for those who are immigrants, elderly, disabled and poor. Together we hold that legalizing physician "assisted suicide" would betray our society 's commitment to the common good and coirupt the patient-physician relationship.

Edward Dolejsi is executive director of the California Catholic Conference.

On being a "green" p erson

By Father Eugene Hemrick When my sisters informed me that I was a "green person," I didn 't know what they were talking about. "The day you bought your Prius hybrid car is the day you became a green person," they told me.

Basically, a green person believes in conservation. It is also a person who grows his or her own food , recycles glass bottles and aluminum cans, and pushes the cause of conservation, preservation and healthy living.

One of my sisters described a green person who showed up at a lecture on conservation as "coming into the room wearing cycling shoes, ti ghts, shirt and backpack, eating a banana and drinking Gatorade."

Although green people can sometimes be eccentric, they speak to the need for a new consciousness in American life. In purchasing a Toyota Prius, I became much more aware of how unaware we are when it comes to wasting gasoline.

The first day I drove my Prius to work, I thought it had malfunctioned. When I stopped at a red light, it suddenly went dead silent. In actuality, I [earned that every time the car stops for more than a few seconds, the motor shuts down, and then it starts up as soon as the brake is released.

After discovering this, I began to notice how many stoplights I sit at while going to and from work, and how long they are. Some take as long as a minute. I also learned that I probably spend five to 15 minutes sitting at stoplights daily. Add this up over a month and it conies to hours worth of burning gasoline while not moving.

I likewise became aware of how many times I find myself stopped and waiting in a lane behind someone trying to make a turn.

These observations taught me that time, energy and pollution are closel y connected. A motor at rest during waiting time equals no gas consumption and no fouling of the air.

Interestingly, I also became more aware of the energy that is saved by allowing people to make ri ght turns at stoplights. On the other hand, I'm now much more aware that gridlock during rush hours wastes gasoline and contributes to pollution.

Pondering all of this, I began to see the need for mass transportation and especially the need for light-rail trains. Even though a light-rail train makes several stops along its route, it is far less prone to being stuck in traffic , it doesn 't emit pollution and it transports more people on less energy.

Whether we ever will give up our love affair with automobiles is questionable.

They not only represent status, but independence.

One thing that isn 't questionable is that energy-savers like hybrid cars make us all the more aware of how wasteful we are.

Father Eugene Hemrick writes a column f o r Catholic News Service.

On being insulting

As elements of the Islamic world resort to violence and threats to protest satirical cartoons , Vatican leaders tell us or "freedom of thoug ht that expression...cannot imply a right to offend the religious sentiments of believers " and that national authorities "can and should" intervene against speech which is offensive to religion (CSF - Feb. 11). One wonders what counsel they would have g iven our Lord. After all, he never minced words when it came to what He thoug ht of the reli gious authorities of His day. "Brood of vi pers" appears to have been His favorite epithet , which no dou bt would have made for interesting cartoons, if such were available at the time. "Hypocrites ," "blind guides" and "serpents," labels He was not averse to applying, were no doubt highly offensive to the reli gious sentiments of the Pharisees. I suppose He made His point in that fashion because harsh words fit the behavior He was criticizing.

Satirical cartoons may be a poor way of expressing an idea, and in making the case for Christianity. It may be more productive not to use insulting language. But the fact remains that Christianity 's truth claims have always been considered offensive by many. Nonetheless , those who would respond to offensive words or ideas with violence are as wrong today as they were in Jesus ' day. Vatican leaders would do well to remember that having the government set and enforce limits on permissible ideas and speech is a very bad idea.

Al Serrate Millbrae

It is hard to understand, if the right to free speech is the right to insult. 1 don ' t think hate mongering or raving and ranting about another relig ion is free speech. It is morally wrong. Before publishing the cartoon mocking the Prop het Mohammed , the Western Press must have known that many people would be insulted and extremel y upset. This provocation has not surprisingly caused disturbances in Muslim countries , leading to violence and vandalism and letting the Islamic radicals exploit the issue.

I am not attacking or contesting the notion of free speech, but only pointing out the dangers of abuse, to cause a disturbance and to stir relig ious hatred. I am also not defending the violence and hatred perpetrated in the name of Islam. There are more effective ways in denouncing these insults , without resorting to violence.

I hope this type of journalism ends and is not repeated in future . In this increasingly volatile time we have two choices - either we learn to coexist and to live and let live or to keep hating each other by slurring each other 's religion and beliefs.

Lenny Barretto Daly City

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Fred D'Alessio states that Terri Schiavo was not ill but was murdered after "many years of intentional medical and therapeutic neglect". As her post-mortem examination proved , Mrs . Schiavo was in a persistent vegetative state. She was, in fact , essentiall y decorticate which means she was incapable of any purposeful movement and had to be turned , changed , and bathed frequentl y. The fact that her demise did not result from sepsis due to skin breakdown or urinary tract infection is in itself indicative of the good nursing care she must have received 24/7 for 15 years. Hardl y neglect.

While one may certainly argue that her gastrostomy tube feedings should have been continued indefinitely, accusation of murder is hyperbole at best. Such accusations are not likely to be any more effective against the proponents of assisted suicide or the proponents of the death penalty than they are against the proponents of abortion. If we can 't convince these folks by the sttength of reasoned argument, ratcheting up the rhetoric will certainly be counterproductive.

Robert M. Rowden M.D. San Rafael Ed. note - Speaking on the news of Terri Schiavo 's death , Cardinal Renato Ma rtino, President of the Pontifical Council for Just ice and Peace, said, "When you deprive somebody of food and water, what else is it? Nothing else hut murder."

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A few days ago we witnessed on television the spectacular opening ceremony of the Olympic Winter Games in Turin.

It was particularly heartwarming to see young persons of different races, cultures and religious beliefs cheering and waving the flag of their respective countries. In a few hours , they were ready to compete with passion and intensity against each other without animosity or hatred. What an excellent lesson for all.

This reminded me of my early school days in British India. At Catholic School, very many of the students were of other 'faiths' - Muslims, Hindus , Sikhs, Jews, Zoroastrians and other Christian denominations. On the first day of school we were told by the European and local Jesuit priests and Catholic teachers, th at the school would never tolerate or excuse anyone who ridicules or insults the religious beliefs of others or their culture , because it was offensive, uncivilized and not good manners. We all followed that rule - we competed with each other, had scuffles and intense arguments, but never insulted another 's religious beliefs. We did argue about religion , but never insulting. We co-existed.

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"As Christians in this land, we cany a message of reconciliation, the same reconciliation that was born with the blood of Jesus."

Fr. Andrea Santoro, Italian missionary killed in Turkey Feb. 5.

"So responding to the thuggishness is easy. Responding to the cartoons themselves is harder. It is hard to condemn them when the barbaric response in parts of the Islamic world so vastly dwarfs the initial offense. And yet, the cartoons should be condemned nonetheless. Of course, the Danish newspaper had the right to publish them. But , in doing so, it revealed a particularly European prejudice , one that the United States must take care not to repeat.

The prejudice is not simply against Islam. Rather, it stems from Europe 's—or at least Western Europe 's—inability to take religion seriousl y at all. . . one reason Muslims find it harder to integrate in Western Europe than in the United States is that , in Western Europe, integration is often presumed to mean secularization. " - Peter Beinart , The New Republic

The Catholic Diff erence

The Alito apologies With Justice Samuel A. Alito, Jr., safely and, 1 trust , happ ily, seated on the United State s Supreme Court , apologies are in order - as they frequentl y are after these judicial confirmation brawls.

The first apology is due to the Framers of the Constitution , who never intended the Federal judiciar y to assume the dominant role it now plays in our public life, and who could not have imagined that confirmation hearings for a Supreme Court nominee would become the most bitterly contested exercises in American politics. The Court itself is the chief culpri t here, for the most fevered issues of our public life should not be decided (ofte n peremptoril y) by judg es; they should be decided by the people through their duly-elected representatives. If the Roberts Court tempers the judicial overreach of the past five or six decades, it will do a signal service to the Republic.

The second apology is due to Justice Alito. That a man of transparent integrity and competence should be subjected to scurrilous innuendo about his probity and his skill is bad enough, not least when such groundless suggestions come from the senior senator from Massachusetts, who seemingly cannot enunciate a coherent , grammatically correct English sentence without reading from a staff-written cue card . But then Senator Edward Kenned y outdid himself with this charge, the week before the Senate vote: "Judge Alito does not share the values of equality and justice that make this country strong."

That is a lie. To be precise, it 's that form of lie known as calumny, which, according to the Catechism of the

Catholic Church , is an offense against both justice and charity, because false statements that harm the good name and reputation of others give rise to false jud gments about them. Perhaps the good citizens of Massachusetts owe the rest of us an apology for returning to the Senate a blustering bully who is dishonest in a particularly odious way?

I don ' t know whether one can apolog ize to the tnith, but the truth , as usual , took a beating in the Alito hearings.

There were serious questions to be explored with the nominee: the reach of presidential power in the distinctive kind of war in which we find ourselves; the importance and limits of Court precedent; the constitutional grounds for thinking through the Church-state and affirmative actions issues on which the vote of Justice Sandra Day O'Connor , whom Alito was nominated to replace, was often decisive (if according to reasoning that often defied logic). Some of this was explored during the hearings, to be sure.

Underneath the verbiage, though, it quickly became clear that the real issues were abortion , presidential power, abortion, abortion , and abortion (as columnist Mark Steyn neatly put it).

And here, again , some of the most vigorous defense of Roe v. Wade and its open-ended abortion license came from senators who are Catholics: Kennedy, Durbin of Illinois, Biden of Delaware, Leahy of Vermont. Yet another senator who is a Catholic, John Kerry (D-Davos and Massachusetts) led the charge to filibuster the Alito nomination - a gambit in which he was supported by numerous other Catholics in the Senate.

Years ago , the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops wisel y decided not to take positions on judicial nominations. Yet when Drofessed Catholics are systematically misrepre-

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matter of the inalienable right to life - a grave civil rights issue the bishops have addressed in a clear, non-partisan , and non-sectarian way - is there nothing to be said by the Church' s leaders? As Jody Bottom has pointed out in a provocative article in the Weekly Standard , Catholic ideas and Catholic "language" (especial ly the language of natural law) now play an enormous role in shap ing our publi c life - but because of Catholic activists, intellectual s, jurists , and (some) politicians (like convert Senator Sam Brownback), not because of effective work by the institutional Church. If apologies are not due here, perhaps examinations of conscience are.

The next Supreme Court nominee will mark the socalled ti pping-point. Expect that nomination battle to be even more grisly than this one, with even more apologies required afterwards .

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

Family Lif e

Falling out of falling in love I remember falling in love. I was a dope.

I was in Ann Arbor, attending the University of Michigan. She was in Ypsilanti , attending Eastern Michigan University. It was a long-distance relationship: ten miles of urban driving, often after a few college beers.

(Forgive the sin; God has.)

After dating for about a year, we had become "steady."

We would get together a couple of times every week, sometimes spending entire days together on the weekends. We talked on the phone almost every day. For weeks at a time I would send her something every day : a short letter, flowers, funny postcards. When we weren 't together, I thought about her. When I later moved to South Bend to attend law school, my heart went on a rollercoaster ride. When the weekends neared, it pumped wildly. When the weekends ended , it felt like lead.

I ended it during my second year at law school — with a ring and a request, accompanied by a promise that I have kept .

Fifteen years later, I no longer send Marie stuff every day, we rarely have a date, and sometimes I email her from work instead of calling her. She reciprocates with similar coldness.

You might say that "we 've fallen out of falling in love."

But it 's all right. We still love each other.

There's a difference between "falling in love" and simply loving someone. 1 first read about the distinction (ironically, during my honeymoon) in C.S. Lewis 's Mere Christianity :

"[W]hatever people say, the state of "being in love" usuall y does not last...and [it] would be highly undesirable if it [did last forever]. Who could bear to live in that excitement for even five years? What would become of your work, your appetite , your sleep, your friendships?

But , of course, ceasing to be "in love" need not mean ceasing to love. Love in this second sense — love as distinct from "being in love" is not merely a feeling. It is a deep unity, maintained by the will and deliberatel y strengthened by habit; reinforced by (in Christian marriages) the grace which both parents ask, and receive, from God.... "Being in love" first moved them to promise fidelity: this quieter love enables them to keep the promise. It is on this love that the engine of marriage is run: being in love was the explosion that started it."

I like to shock people by telling them I' m not "in love" with Marie anymore. When I try to explain myself , they usual ly reject the distinction between "in love" and simple love , preferring instead the platitudes of Hollywood that preach the need for a constant emotional high.

I could cite C.S. Lewis, but 1 doubt that 'd make a difference to them. There's too much empiricism in our cultural water. They need scientific evidence.

Fortunately, we now have it.

The cover story of a recent National Geograp hic said that people experiencing romantic love have a chemical profile in their brains similar to that of people with obsessive-compulsive disorder. Moreover, studies have shown that such passion eventual ly ends, possibly because our

brains adapt to the excessive amounts of dopamine produced by romantic love. As a result , the neurons become desensitized.

This is pretty much exactly the type of thing that C.S. Lewis : Qrhpcke p CI1C ^ cnesKe described , though he did it in more metaphysic — and, therefore, more romantic — terms. It doesn 't surprise me.

Lewis's writings were mere adaptations of age-old Christian teachings, and science is constantly finding out — at great expense — what Christians have known for over 1,500 years. (Aside: if a scientist wants a minefield of theories to test , he should pick up St. Augustine.)

Still, it 's good to see a fundamental truth about Christian morality reclaimed, no matter how dry the scientists and their talk about neurons make it.

And maybe, with a little effort on my part, I can recapture a bit of that "falling in love " emotion Marie and I experienced nearly twenty years ago. This is the time of year to do it, or at least to remember it.

Eric Scheske is an attorney, the Editor of The Daily Eudemon , a Contributing Editor of Godspy, and the former editor of Gilbert Magazine. This a rticle originally appeared on CatholicExchange.

Sp irituality

Making the taboo a holy place There are no places where God isn 't present , though we rarel y believe that. Like the people of old, we still have certain taboo areas, places that for us are far from God. In the gospels we see Jesus going into those places that are considered godless and taboo and dispelling old fears and superstitions by taking God's presence into them.

Thus we see Jesus entering into the lives of the sick, touching lepers , curing a woman struggling with menstruation, dining with prostitutes , and ultimatel y dying on a cross. All of these were considered unholy, unclean , taboo places, especially death by crucifixion - "Cursed is the one who dies on a tree!" There were powerful fears and taboos surrounding these things.

Yet Jesus entered those places without false fear and superstition. But he didn 't enter into them the way we, the adult children of the Enlightenment , do. For us, the dis-

pelling of superstition , unhealth y taboo, and false fear is generally seen as a triumph of personal maturity, a growing-up, a liberation from false, phantom ghosts that we 're too smart to believe in. For us, it 's a question of false fear and unhealthy timidity, suffered in the name ot religion , being exposed. Good riddance.

Some of this , in fact, is good. We've always lived with too much fear. True religion is meant to free us from this.

That 's why virtuall y every time God appears in Scripture the first words are: "Do not be afraid!"

But our problem today is that , while we have entered old taboo areas and exposed false fears and superstitions , we haven 't , like Jesus , baptized those areas and made them holy. We haven 't taken God into them. Instead we have mostly emptied them, de-enchanted them, flattened them out , taken the mystique and soul out of them and left noth-

ing but the biological , the social, the natural.

We've cleared away a lot of false fear and superstition , but one wonders how much we 've reall y gained.

Take just one example, sex: For most of history there has been , for all peoples, a great many taboos around sex. All the great religions of the world have deemed sex as sacred and surrounded it with every kind of prohibition and taboo, as ROLHEISER, page 14

Father Ron Rolheiser

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 .

Food & Fun

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WEEKEND alVallombrosa Retreat Center, Menlo Park.

The weekend helps those who have suffered a loss move on to the future with renewed hope. For more information, call La Verne (650) 355-3978, Ward (415) 821-3390, or Donna (408) 371-0865, or see the website: www.beginningexperience.org.

Consolation Ministry Grief Groups meet at the following parishes.

Please call numbers shown for more information.

February 25: Archbishop Riordan High School presents "Purple and Gold Goes Hollywood" , its 5th Annual Gala with proceeds benefiting a Student Scholarship Fund. Enjoy an evening of fine dining, dancing, live and silent auction at the HyatI Hotel in Buriingame. For more information please contact the ARHS Development Office at (415) 586-9190.

San Mateo County : St. Catherine of Sienna, Buriingame. 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.

Feb. 25, 26, 27: St. Anne's Parish Festival in Moriarty Hall on Funston between Irving and Judah in San Francisco. Features rock climbing, xBox , children's games, food court , Karaoke, Bingo and more.

Fri.3-9p.m.;Sat. noon-9 p.m.; Sun. noon-5 p.m.

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, Novato. Call Sr. Jeanette at 415-897-2171 .

Feb. 26: Just Adults meets at St. Peter and Paul Parish Center, 620 Filbert St. in San Francisco at Washington Square at 6 p.m. "No longer fit into a Young Adults group?" said Valentina Simi. "You are not alone. Join us in the new Just Adults group."

Contact renzalazzari@hotmail.com.

March 4: Crab Feed benefiting St. Luke Parish in Foster City. Evening includes dancing, auction and great food. Tickets are $40 per person. Begins at 6:30 p.m. Call (650) 345-6660.

Marc h 11: St. Patrick's Day Luncheon benefiting St. Francis Center in Redwood City beginning at 11:30 a.m. al St. Patrick's Seminary, 320 Middlefield Rd. in Menlo Park. Afternoon includes auction, raffle and corned beef lunch. Tours of seminary also available. Tickets $50 per person. Call (650) 854-1262 or 851-9858.

March 11: Catholic Professional Womens Club presents Shamrock Shenanigans, a luncheon and fashion show at the United Irish Cultural Center, 45th Ave. at Sloat Blvd. in San Francisco. Begins with Silent auction and no-host social hour at 11:30 a.m. with lunch al 12:30 p.m. Tickets are $40 pel person. Call Clorinda Aldrich at (415) 564-4492.

Shows/Entertainment Feb. 26: Archdiocesan Choral Festival. Choristers from more than 20 parishes join in glorious song for a concert under the direction of Claire Giovannetti.

Free admission. 4 p.m. St. Cecilia Church , 17th Ave. & Vicente, San Francisco. For more info call (415) 479-8428 or 614-5585.

March 24, 25 at 7:30 p.m.: "One Instance of Burning", a play by Chris Rogers, explores Joan of Arc's story of struggle and faith with the story of a contemporary woman. Come to the St. Agnes Spiritual Life Center, 1611 Oak Street, between Ashbury & Masonic in San Francisco. Parking is available next to the facility. Call 415-487-8560, x. 238 for more information.

1st and 3rd Tues.: Noontime Concerts - 12:30 p.m.

- at Old St. Mary's Cathedral, 660 California St. at Grant, SR $5 donation requested. Call (415) 288-3800.

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 KTSF Channel 26/Cable 8: TV Mass with Msgr.

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

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

Reunions Feb. 25: Class of '68 St. Anne of the Sunset Feb. 26: Columban Fathers Annual Dinner and Raffle honoring Mary Jo Feeney. Begins with nohost cocktails at 5:30 p.m. with dinner at 6:30 p.m. at United Irish Cultural Center, 45th Ave. at Sloat in San Francisco. Tickets are $40 per person. Call Anne at (415) 586-8017 or Moily at (415) 587-1637.

San Francisco: St. Dominic. Call Sr. Anne at 415567-7824; St. Finn Barr(Bilingual). Call Carmen Solis at 415-584-0823; St. Gabriel. Call Elaine Khalaf at 41 5-564-7882.

Young Widow/Widower Group: St. Gregory, San Mateo. Call Barbara Elordi at 415-614-5506.

Catholic Schools Week was celebrated at full tilt by St. Stephen elementary with events including Spirit Day, Sports Day, Crazy Day and Pajama Day featuring kindergartners Sioffra Curran, left,. Megan MacNeill, Kayla DeMartini, Lana Jarnutowski, Shannon Smith, Roxanne Ragan , Jordan Hanks, and Madeline Davey concretized into church teaching during this tumultuous period. Takes place at St. Agnes Spiritual Life Center, 1611 Oak Street , between Ashbury and Masonic Avenues. Parking is available next to the facility. Call (415) 487-8560, ext. 238 for further information.

Elementa ry School in Moriarty Hall at 8 p.m. Call Jerry Motak at (415) 661-7378.

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 .

June 10: Presentation High School, class of'51 at Basque Cultiral Center in South San Francisco at 11:30 a.m. Contact Yvonne Irick at (650) 941-1294 or Audrey Trees at (650) 592-0273.

Prayer/Lectures/ Trainings Feb. 17: "Carl Olson, co-author of the best-selling Da Vinci Hoax, will present the definitive response to false claims presented in The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown at St. Dominic Church; 2390 Bush St. at Steiner in San Francisco at 7:30 p.m. No admission charge. Free parking. MUNI buses 1, 2, 3, 4 and 22. Information: 415387-2324. Website: www.davincihoax.com."

Feb. 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. 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 planetfrom 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 6, April 17, May 15: The Art of Dying Well, a Bio-ethics Seminar by the SF Guild of the Catholic Medical Association at Heart of Mary Center, 2580 McAllister St. in San Francisco at 7:30 p.m. Thomas Cavanaugh, Ph.D. and Dr. Stephen McPhee will facilitate the evening. Donation $15. Call (415) 219-8719.

March 7, 7:30 - 9 p.m.: The 4th century Arian controversy plagued the Roman Empire and the early Church. Join Father 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

Mar. 11: Training for New Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion. Offered by the Office of Worship. $15.00 fee. 9 a.in , - 3:30 p.m. at St. Mark Church , Belmont. Please pre-register at (415) 6145585 or vallezkellyp@sfarchdiocese.org .

Mar. 18: Training for New Lectors. Offered by the Office of Worship. $15.00 fee. 9 a.m - 3:30 p.m. at St. Mark Church, Belmont. Please pre-register at (415) 614-5585.

March 16, 7:00 p.m.: Breaking the Silence: Reminiscences of a Hidden Childhood. Talk and booksigning by author Paul A. Schwarzbart who as a Jewish child was hidden in a Catholic boarding school in Belgium during WWII. Sponsored by Campus Minist ry at St. Thomas More Church, 1300 Junipero Serra (at Brotherhood & Thomas More Ways), San Francisco. Admission free. See www.stmchurch.com for map and directions. MUN1 17,18, 28, 88.

Come pray the Divine Mercy Chaplet, Scriptura l Rosary, and special intentions befo re the Blessed Sacrament at the beautiful Monastery of Perpetual Adoration, Saturdays 10:00 to 11:15 am, 771 Ashbury Street at Waller in San Francisco. Some parking available adjacent to the monastery.

Contact Steve at (415) 290-5598.

Young Adults Office of Young Adult Ministry and Campus Ministry: Connecting late teens, 20s and 30s, single and married to the Catholic Church.

Contact Mary Jansen, 415-614-5596, jansenm@sfarchdiocese.org. Check out our Web site for a list of events around the Bay Area and download our Newsletter at www.sfyam.org. We publish a quarterly newsletter to connect college students and young adults to the Catholic Church.

March 11: Young adult women are invited by the Sisters of the Presentation to Turning Your Heart to God, a time for reflection and sharing, on Saturday, March 11, 10:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., at Presentation Retreat Cente r in Los Gatos. This Lenten retreat is for young women who want to deepen their relationship with God and will help them explore their personal call from God. For more information or to reserve a space for this reflection day, please contact Sister Gloria Loya, PBVM, at 415 422-5009 or gloya@pbvmsf.org.

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Ministry to Parents: Our Lady of Angels , Buriingame. Call Ina Potter at (650) 347-6971 or Barbara Arena at (650) 344-3579.

Children's Grief Group: St. Catherine , Buriingame. Call Debbie Simmons at 650-558-1015.

Information regarding grief ministry in general call Barbara Elordi at 415-614-5506.

Returning Catholics Programs for Catholics interested in returning to the Church, have been established at the following parishes: Marin County: St. Hilary, Tiburon , Mary Musalo, (415) 435-2775: St. Anselm , Ross, call (415) 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, Buriingame, Silvia Chiesa at (650) 685-8336; Our Lady of Angels, Buriingame, 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.

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

Courage is a Catholic support group for persons with same-sex attraction. They meet in San Francisco Thursdays at 7:45 PM. Call Father Emmerich Vogt at 415-567-7824 or Father Lawrence Goode at 650-322-2152.

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

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Since then the books have never been out of print , a rare achievement in the genre, where few survive ten years. Generations of children have been delighted by reading about this mischievous little monkey. Will the movie be able to do the same?

Those who love the books will be immediately jolted by the way George has been reimagined. He doesn't look quite like the book's George; he's rounder, chubbier, and in general resembles a human toddler. In some scenes, for exampling when cuddling or tearful , the attempt to use this resemblance to tug on heartstrings is obvious. You'll get used to it , but it's startling at first , and entrenched fans of George may feel resentful; movie images tend to erase print ones. Look at what happened to Winnie the Pooh. It seems that Hollywood will leave no childhood tome unturned , and if you prefer to read kidlit and make up your own movies in your head, you're fast running out of resources. From now on, this will be the "real" George.(Three cheers, at least, for making this movie in traditional, hand-drawn, 2-D animation. A 3-D George would have been unnerving.)

Another change, this one more positive: there 's a real plot here, and it's a pretty good one. The books are a series of scrapes and adventures, rather than well-rounded stories.

The movie draws artfully on a number of vignettes in the books, and binds them together into a tale that even adults will find pretty

watchable. Yet even the youngest children can enjoy it; suspense doesn ' t have to mean scary.

The sound track is by rising star Jack Johnson , and it offers many gentle songs that all sound alike to me, but they 're agreeable and (thank goodness) non-saccharine. It 's a movie that all ages will watch , rewatch, and enjoy.

The film 's not at its best in the opening sequences , however. We see George playing with his jungle pals, and it's cute , but not what you 'd call original. We see Ted (yes, the Man with the Yellow Hat now has a name, and he's well voiced by Will Fen-ell) getting tangled in a workplace dilemma, and it's likewise less than fresh. He works in a museum, see, but the diorama-and-lecture style of presentation no longer attracts crowds. Mr. Bloomsberry (Dick van Dyke) sadly plans to close the museum. Instead, Ted rekindles Mr. Bloomsberry's ancient enthusiasm for exploration, and is assigned to go to Africa and bring home the fabled Shrine of Zagawa, in hopes of reviving the museum's fortunes.

About here things begin to pick up, with appealing sequences both from the book and newly minted. Take, for example, the scene when Ted goes to a store to get clothing and equi pment for his jung le sojourn.

Two Italian-American garment salesmen are griping about having to dispose of a lot of yellow suits. When Ted walks in they snap on hearty Australian outback accents and swiftly get him outfitted in one, assuring him that yellow is "the new khaki ."

When Ted first meets George, the attempt to present the chimp as childlike is so obvious that the two even begin with a game of peek-

a-boo. But it 's when the duo return stateside that the movie reall y takes off. In the book, the Man with the Bi g Yellow Hat tricks and captures George , which would no doubt be upsetting to contemporary audiences. Here, George forms such an attachment to Ted that he voluntaril y follows him back to the ship, then all the way home. We accompany George as he leaps over rooftops , following Ted on the street. This is the first of several passages that are trul y visually beguiling.

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The nutty inventor , Clovis (Eugene Levy), is not too securely embedded either.

There 's a lovely scene in "Curious George Takes a Job," where George goes into a lady 's apartment and paints the walls, causing his usual havoc. She's barely glimpsed in the book , but here she gets a lot of screen time, though again she has no purpose in the plot.

Miss Plushbottom (voiced by Joan Plowri ght), is short , plump, and autocratic, with a helmet of black hair , and strongly echoes the character in 'The Incredibles" who was such an unexpectedl y big hit, Edna Mole. These characters don ' t impede the film, exactly, but you 'CURIOUS GEORGE' , page 14

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The most significant departure from the books has to do with the ultimate message, thoug h , and it 's a real sign of the times. In the books , George's curiosity leads to fun, but often , also to trouble; sometimes it ' s serious trouble.

Reading about him allowed children to imag ine wild adventures , but also learn lessons about safety. It's fun when he 's swept up into the air with a kite , "But when

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instead of spouses and soul males because when sex is emptied of the sacred il can be casual and schizophrenic.

We talk of someone as "hot " rather than as beautiful because once there are no longer any divine angels inside sex, there is mostly onl y biology left. And we go home after having sex because we haven 't found a home in it , despite the fact that anthropolog ically and reli giousl y sex is meant to bring us home and be, itself , the most inlimate of all homes. Unlike Jesus , we haven 't been able to take God into the place of taboo.

So today there 's a lot of sex, but a growing loneliness.

We have no fear of sex, but our souls aren 't healed by it either. We're liberated , but not whole or happy.

Perhaps our grand parents lived in too much fear of sex, but at least for them it held the sacred. We have little fern-, but we also have a dumbed-down reality. Free of angels and demons , we experience precious little in the way of mystery and all too soon know the truth of William Auden 's

comment; "We all know the few things that man , as a mammal , can do."

In truth , there is a certain moral victory in our demystifying of sex from false taboo , but , until we re-enchant it (by taking the sacred into that former-taboo space) that victory will be a hollow one.

Jesus went into places that were considered taboo , unclean , and outside of God's grace and cast out false fear and superstition there. But he did this not to claim some personal maturity. He did it to take God's presence into those p laces. He came to free us from fear, even as he taug ht us that "fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom."

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By Maurice E. Healy Archbishop George H. Niederauer is the ei ghth man to serve as head of the Archdiocese of San Francisco, but he is the first named in the 21st century and the third millennium. Like four of the five San Francisco archbishops named in the 20th century, he comes from the ranks of seminary professors , and like the three archbishops who immediatel y preceded him , he was born in Southern California.

He comes to his new ecclesial assi gnment after an impressive 11-year tenure as Bishop of Salt Lake City. He has received universal praise , from both Catholics and non-Catholics alike, for his sp iritual leadershi p, intelli gence and wisdom , compassion and humor. He has a strong sense of social justice , a deep concern for peace , and a commitment to nonviolence.

As a member of a panel discussion Archbishop several years ago, Niederauer condemned U.S. profiteering in an arms race that provides weapons to nations that cannot feed their children.

'Arms and weapons are the drugs and the needles of the violent , and we, the U.S., are the pushers ," he said. "We live in a world where less than one-fifth of the people contro l 80 percent of the wealth . Poverty, malnutrition , and neglect are forms of violence. Violence begins quietl y and lethall y in our homes and schools. It is reflected in human need."

He has been an advocate for children , and has served as president of the Utah Coalition Against Pornograp hy and as a member of the Executive Committee of the National Board Reli gious Alliance

Against Pornograp hy.

He also is the author of "Precious as Silver: Imag ining Your Life with God"— a very approachable series of reflections on the basic questions of living and of being a Christian.

George H. Niederauer was born June 14, 1936 , in Los Angeles , California , the onl y child of his now-deceased parents , George and Elaine Niederauer. After attending Catholic elementary schools , he began studies in 1950 at St. Anthony High School in Long Beach , where he met another 14-year old named William Levada. This encounter was the beginning of a close friendshi p that has been constant for more than 55 years.

The two friends graduated from St. Anthony Hi gh School in 1954, and Bill Levada entered the seminary at Camarillo and George Niederauer began his freshman year at Stanford University. But getting together with his friends at the Christmas break , he realized that stud ying for the priesthood was what he preferred.

He completed his first year al Stanford and entered St. John ' s Seminary in Camarillo in 1955, and received a Bachelor 's Degree in Philosop h y in 1959. Three years later, he earned a Bachelor 's Degree in Sacred Theology from Catholic University of America in Washington , D.C., and a Master 's Degree in English Literatu re from Loyola University (now LoyolaMarymount University) in Los Angeles.

He would go on to earn a Ph.D. in English Literature from the University of Southern California in 1966.

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Archbishop George H. Niederauer is welcomed to his office at the Archdiocese of San Francisco 's Pastoral Center Feb. 10 by Auxiliary Bishop Ignatius Wang, left, and Auxiliary Bishop John Wester.

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Following his many years in various seminary positions , he became co-director of the Cardinal Manning House of Prayer for Priests between 1992 and 1994. Pope John Paul II appointed him the Ei g hth Bishop of Salt Lake City on November 3, 1994, and he was ordained a bishop at the Cathedral of the Madeleine on January 25, 1995.

Archbishop Niederauer will find a uni que set of challenges and opportuni-

ties here in the Archdiocese of San Francisco , and his experience as leader of the Diocese of Salt Lake City, which is a missionary diocese, may be very usefu l in his tenure as Archbishop of San Francisco.

The City of San Francisco may be the most secular city in the United States.

Certainly, San Francisco is among the least family friendl y U.S. cities. Onl y about 14 percent of households have children under 18 years of age, a percentage that is about half the state average. San Francisco ranks lowest among major U.S. cities in this measure.

Often , the news coverage of issues involving the City of San Francisco clouds the fact that the Archdiocese of San Francisco also includes the Counties of San Mateo and Marin. Each of these counties , Marin to the north , and San Mateo to the south have in their own right a heritage and legacy of faith and culture that is varied and rich.

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The dail y experience of Catholics in San Mateo County , where Catholics account for about a quarter of the county 's population of 700,000 , is more akin to that of Catholics in Marin County, where Catholics also account for a quarter of the county 's population of about 250,000.

Nonetheless , a phenomenon that San Mateo County and Marin County share with the City of San Francisco is the increasing gap between rich and poor.

While the number of homes selling above the one million dollar level continues to rise, the number of poor and underemp loyed also continues to increase. Poverty is a bli ght upon the region , and the lack of affordable housing is a crisis.

Yet in this time and place , throug hout the Archdiocese of San Francisco , there are p laces where God' s grace can be witnessed. Examp les of Catholic charitable endeavors are evident in the Canal area of San Rafael , Hunter ' s Point in San Francisco , North Fair Oaks in San Mateo County, and other places where there is need.

Within the Archdiocese of San Francisco , there also are many challenges of faith. Among many peop le, there is a thirst for God, but a distrust of organized reli g ion. Even among Catholics , there is a yearning for greater connection with God , trust in Jesus Christ and understanding of their faith.

It is a happy coincidence that the new Archbishop of San Francisco , in defining his role as bishop, focuses on his responsibility to live and teach the faith.

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May the spiri t of Saint Francis guide and inspire your Episcopal leadership in the Church of San Francisco.

Bishop Stephen Blaire and the Diocese of Stockton send congratulations and best wishes to the Me tropolitan Archbishop of San Francisco,

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By Dan Morris-Young In the words of the man who will be installed as the eig hth archbishop of San Francisco on Feb. 15, that city "captures the imagination."

It also captures the spotli ght and scrutiny — something of which Archbishop George Niederauer , who headed the Diocese of Salt Lake City for 11 years, has been keenly aware since the Dec. 15 announcement that Pope Benedict XVI had named him to succeed Archbishop William Levada.

Archbishop Levada was appointed prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith last May, a position held by thenCardinal Joseph Ratzinger unti l his election as pope.

It was not as if the San Francisco Bay Area's status as an international center for culture, finance, media and freewheeling politics was not enough. Archbishop Levada 's elevation to the highest position ever held at the Vatican by an American brought even more focus on the episcopal vacancy in the city where Tony Bennett left his heart.

Thus, clues are being eagerly pursued for how the 69-year-old archbishop-desi gnate might handle myriad issues — from pro-abortion Catholic politicians and homosexuals in the priesthood to multiculturalism and re-establishing trust in Church administration in the wake of sex-abuse scandals.

For his part , Archbishop Niederauer has handled questions and speculation with apparent ease and humility.

"You cannot come in thinking you know all the answers," the Los Angeles native told Our Sunday Visitor. "There is going to be a learning curve, and I am going to have to listen and learn so that I can be as good an overseer as possible — to be as good a servant-leader as I can."

PRIESTLY POSITION He seems to have taken skewing and oversimplification of his comments and past actions in stride. "Headlines and sound bites are certainl y more interesting than the complexity" of situations , he said, then underscored: "And complexity does not mean relativity. It means complexity."

Some Bay Area media, for example, have portrayed the incoming metropolitan as an opponent of the Nov. 29 document issued by the Vatican Congregation for Catholic Education that said the Church "cannot admit to the seminary or to holy orders those who practice homosexuality, present deep-sealed homosexual tendencies or support the so-called 'gay culture .' " Not so, the archbishop said.

"In regard to a candidate [for priesthood], we would have to say no to a man who is sexuall y active," he said. "We would have to say no to someone who militantly identifies himself with a group in terms of sexual behavior.

We would have to say no to someone who will not make a commitment to celibate life or who cannot demonstrate that he can do so."

Ordained in 1962 for the Los Angeles archdiocese , the archbishop has invested nearly half of his priestl y life in seminary work and priestl y formation. From 1972 to 1994, he served as spiritual director , instructor and rector (1987 to 1992) at St. lohn 's Seminary in Camarillo, Calif. He was named bishop of Salt Lake in 1994.

Emotional and sexual maturity, he emphasized , have more to do with a man's fitness for priesthood than sexual orientation. "A candidate needs to reach a high bar — and that bar needs to be set high," he said.

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The Church, he said, "is calling the married and the single and the celibate to the same high standard. In an age when Catholics are being ordained as well as married later in life, there seems to be an instinct that this type of maturity can only be achieved by God's grace over time."

OTHER CHALLENGES While sex and gender top ics might generate headlines , other significant challenges face the incoming prelate.

"Many of these challenges, I think , are common to nearly every diocese in the Uni ted States," said George Wesolek, director of the archdiocesan Office of Public Policy and Social Concerns. "I would choose as the most important reforging the unity and trust between bishops and lay Catholics."

"Much of this ," Wesolek said , "will be to take lay leadership seriously so that there can be transparency, especially in financial matters , without violating the structures of episcopal authority and reasonable need for confidentiality in certain circumstances."

Some of these issues arise in the wake of the clergy sex-abuse scandal , which has forced the archdiocese to pay $60 million in damages. A dozen or so lawsuits are still pending.

Wesolek also spoke for others when he emphasized the difficulty of "translating the message of the good news to a secular and increasingly indifferent society " where "indifference is quickl y becoming hostility . . . especially in California. " There has been increasing legal pressure , for example, to force a California Catholic hospital to perform abortions and for Catholic agencies and organizations to provide contraceptive coverage.

Archbishop Niederauer is no neophyte in the political arena. He took heat in Utah for opposing an initiative to ban

same-sex marriage. Critics accused him of being soft on Church leaching on marriage. "I very much supported the law alread y in place banning gay marriage," he said, noting he agreed with the three candidates for Utah attorney general at the time who also opposed the initiative "because it was poorl y crafted."

At the same time, militant gay organizations praised the bishop 's stance and "spun it to serve their own agenda," noted one archdiocesan official.

COMMUNION POLITICS What might be his stance on Catholic politicians who are also viewed as pro-abortion — which could well include the mayor of San Francisco as well as the U.S. representative for the eighth legislative district there?

"I want to make my own imperfect commitment to the Gospel better , and I want to help others do that , too," the archbishop said , adding that he prefers "dialogue over confrontation."

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"Nevertheless ," he said, "we are supposed to hate the sin and love the sinner. This is a complex thing to do. We have to be careful that our loving and compassion and caring do not spill over" into appearing to condone wrongdoing while "our despising of a sin does not become an acid treatment of the sinner."

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"The Second Vatican Council tells us that the bishop serves as priest , prophet and shepherd: as priest , he is concerned with Catholic worshi p and prayer , especiall y the Eucharist and the Sacraments , and the life of the Spirit in the Peop le of God; as prop het, he is concerned with the proclaiming and teaching of the faith to all , as it sheds the light that is Christ on all reality; as shepherd , the bishop promotes the whole life of Catholics together as Church , in stewardshi p and ministry to one another and to the world at large , especially to the most vulnerable and needy."

In early February, Archbishop Niederauer shared additional thoughts in an interview with Catholic San Francisco.

CSF: What would you want the people of the Archdiocese of San Francisco to know about you?

ABN: I've rather carefully chosen the motto for my coat of arms — "To serve and to give" — because servant leadership in the Church is a very nervous concept. What I'm most concerned about in terms of my vocation is that I heed the call and that I hear very strong ly what is in Matthew chapter 20 and Mark chapter 10, which will be the Gospel for the installation Mass on the 15th. James and John ask for special places in the throne room and Jesus says that 's not mine to give. Jesus says the one who would "be first among you must be the servant of the rest because the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve and to give his life as a ransom for the many.

Leadershi p in the Church must always be of service and not be lording it over. The sign of the kingdom is to lead and serve as Jesus did. Jesus at the Last Supper washes the feet of the disciples. Jesus says il I as your master and teacher wash your feet how much more must you wash each others feet. Most of the leaders in our world drive around in long limousines with very smoky glass and Pope John Paul II went around in a jeep. He could stand up and see people and peop le could see him and I think that 's very much of a difference. It 's very much leading by serving. It 's easily misunderstood , but it seems central to me.

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ABN: I think each place has its own challenges.

Sometimes you start characterizing and end up caricaturing. There are a lot of caricature s of Los Angeles and a lot of caricatures of San Francisco. In Los Angeles, for instance, peop le die after long and happy lives without ever seeing a movie star. It 's not all about movietown. There 's a lot more going on. Some images of San Francisco are very simplistic too.

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The priest 's challenge is to tell that very unwelcome , almost undeci pherable truth.

He has to not onl y pro claim it , he has to live it he has to be a sign of it. That 's a real challenge to live that word when it 's not a very welcome word - one that 's seen as unnatural , seems lo be putting peop le down , neither of which it is, but it 's still that strugg le.

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I hat said , and people don 't want to hear this part of it, we're not going to repeal sin. Will crimes and sins continue to be committed? Yes, but we must be sure that we're guarding as much as possible against it within the Church and among Church people.

Churches and schools must very much be places of safety and security for our children . That is a lesson we have to permanently learn and put into effect.

I think its true to say that the larger society still has a lesson to learn about this. One form denial takes is for those outside the Church to say it 's a particularl y Catholic problem. It 's a human problem and it is on the rise. To ignore it is to continue its spread and it is worsening.

We sometimes can be accused of not having paid attention , or the ri ght kind of attention , to it. Peop le harmed because of that and the rest of society need to pay attention too.

We have offended and we need healing and we need to find a way to renew.

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ABN: There are two big things I've noticed about being a Catholic in an overwhelming ly non-Catholic environment. We're not divided into little turf wars among ri ght and left because we can ' t afford to be. My western image is that when your wagons are in a circle you don 't turn your rifles on each other. That is probabl y too violent an image, but people reall y pull together as Catholics.

Another thing is that you have to work at being Catholic , you can't just walk through it because everyone else is. The danger is often that we belong to the Catholic Church the way we belong to Rotary. And it doesn 't make a whole lot of difference except Tuesdays at noon when we go to lunch or Sunday at 10 when we go to Mass. It can 't be like Rotary.

A lot of times we 're a lot more convinced and convincing and passionate about being a Republican or Democrat than we are about being Christian and that 's not the way it should be.

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CSF: What are your thoughts on Deus Caritas Est? CSF: How did you get interested in ABN: I think it is beautiful and pow- English literature?

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one woman she knows does. Because , she thinks , words about reli gion are like word s about sex - They should onl y be used in the bathroom or the bedroom and they don ' t belong in polite society. And this woman thought she was as good a Christian as anybody and she went to churc h on Sunday and such and such - Of course she didn ' t believe a word of it was true. And I think that that is the thing that Flannery O'Connor is try ing to wake people to - that we can ' t just sleepwalk our way throug h Christianity. We can ' t just talk a good game. We can 't just plug into the cultural context.

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That 's a lot of the Christianity she saw in the South, both Catholic and Protestant.

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Silver is just one of the many images which Bishop George H. Niederauer uses in his book "Precious as Silver: Imagining Your Life with God" (Ave Maria Press, 2004) to explore what it means "to live in the world as disciples, guided by the Spirit of Jesus." The questions around which these reflections are structured are familiar: What is God like? How does God see us and treat us? What does it mean to be a disciple? Does God have a plan for us? How should we pray? How do we serve God in the Church?

Bishop Niederauer himself admits, in his introduction , that "these are ancient issues ..., and each has already been dealt with at greater length and in greater depth by theologians and spiritual writers." Nevertheless, drawing upon his own personal reflections as well as his experience as spiritual mentor and retreat director, the bishop brings a fresh approach to these very basic issues. Just as Jesus, when he addressed such questions, used images from his eveiyday life — yeast, sheep, salt, vines, wheat and weeds — to convey his message, the author draws upon images from contemporary life — construction sites, silverware, side altars and park benches — to explicate the implications of living a life centered in Jesus and his teachings.

Bishop Niederauer's style is straightforward, almost conversational and often times humorous. Do not, however, let the apparent light-heartedness of the book's tone mislead you. The reflections the bishop offers in response to these fundamental questions are both insightful and compelling. His commentary on the occasions on which Jesus said "no" to a request is consoling as well as

life giving. He also proposes that, rather than Paul, Ananias 's dialogue with God in the ninth chapter of Acts makes him the "model of conversion."

The compendium of gospel values contained in the Sermon on the Mount takes on a more challenging meaning when he contrasts it with the "unquestioned assumptions about life" summarized in his "Middle-Class Beatitudes." Furthermore, each chapter is broken by invitations to "Pause & Pray" with appropriate passages from scripture. This makes "Precious as Silver" an ideal book for the time of retreat or periods of quiet prayer.

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Praise for Precious as Silver . . . a spiritual reflection upon biblical images of the Christian life. A poignant exp loration of how prayer promotes growth , as well as the joys of living a life centered upon Jesus Christ and his teachings , Precious As Silver is a memorable response to such difficult and thoug htfu l questions such as "What is God like?" ; "Does God have a p lan for us?" ; "What does it mean to be a disci ple?" ; and "How do we serve God in the Church?" Very hi g hly recommended reading. . .

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Building up the Church in Northern California no small part , the Dominican Sisters , Notre Dame de Namur Sisters , Sisters of Charity, Presentation Sisters , Mercy Sisters , Sisters of the Holy Family and women in other religious congregations formed the safety net of social services and built a continuing legacy of Catholic education.

In the 1890s , the Church in San Francisco began to feel the attacks of the anti-Catholic American Protective Association (APA). In 1894, a controversy was ignited when Catholics complained of anti-Catholic textbooks being used in public schools. Father Peter Yorke, then editor of the Archdiocesan newspaper, The Monitor, emerged as the great defender of Catholic interests , publishing a series of exposes on the APA and engaging in public debates.

Yorke also played a key role as a labor activist. In the Teamsters' strike of 1901, Yorke placed the Catholic Church of San Francisco firmly on the side of labor, making impassioned speeches to thousands of workers. To those who questioned a priest 's involvement in the labor struggle, Yorke answered, "As a priest, my duty is with workingmen, who are struggling for their rights, because that is the historical position of the priesthood and because that is the Lord's command."

On the morning of April 18, 1906, San Francisco and the surrounding area felt the impact of a devastating earthquake, and destructive fires burned in the city for the three following days. Hundreds of people lost their lives and a quarter of a million San Franciscans were left homeless, while scores of Catholic churches and schools were badl y damaged or destroyed.

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By Catholic San Francisco Staff N early four score years after Padre Juni pero Serra established Mission San Francisco de Asis , which became known as Mission Dolores , Pope Pius IX established the Archdiocese of San Francisco.

When it was formed on July 29, 1853, it encompassed all of northern California and neighboring territory. Talcing breath only a few years after the Gold Rush of 1849, the new archdiocese began life in a roug h and tumble environment. The first Archbishop of San Francisco , Josep h Sadoc Alemany, initiall y 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."

Dr. Jeffrey Burns, historian and archivist for the Archdiocese , has noted that Alemany was particularly well suited lo take on the task: he was multi-lingual , an immigrant himself, and a missionary who did not hesitate to visit the distant reaches of his immense diocese. Burns slates , "Alemany 's personal lifesty le stood in marked contrast to the grasping materialism and pleasure-driven culture of gold rush San Francisco" In this way, Alemany became known for his personal humility, piety, asceticism and poverty.

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¦ Continued from page A20 The second Archbishop of San Francisco , Patrick Riordan , visited peop le living in temporary camps and celebrated Mass outdoors , assuring the people , "We shall rebuild. In a dramatic public speech , Archbishop Riordan asserted the words of St. Paul; "I am a citizen of no mean city, althoug h it is in ashes. Almi ghty God has fixed this as the location of a great city. The past is gone , and there is no lamenting or moaning over it. Let us look to the future and without regard to creed or birth , work together in harmony for the up building of a greater San Francisco."

Historian Kevin Starr has stated this formula: "Alemany founded. Riordan expanded. Hanna projected. " The latter reference being to the third Archbishop of San Francisco, Edward J. Hanna. According to Starr, no archbishop in the history of the archdiocese has equaled the public presence of Hanna , "not just as a Catholic leader but as a respected civic leader of the region."

Starr calls the tenure of Archbishop John J. Mitty "at once a fulfillment and a watershed." He notes that the 26year Mitty era, beginning in 1935, encompassed the extremes of American life: the second half of the Depression , the Second-World War and the post-war expansion of California, and a period of unprecedented growth and prosperi ty through the 1950s Three men, all from Southern California, have served as Archbishop of San Francisco in the 45 years since the Mitty era ended in 1961. Archbishop Joseph T McGucken 's tenure covered the years of Vatican II and the initial steps of renewal, the surge in social activism , and the building of the new St. Mary 's Cathedral.

Archbishop John R. Quinn served for more than 18 years as leader of the Archdiocese of San Francisco, beginning in 1977. In his era, social justice concern s, particularly for peoples of Central America, efforts to end the nuclear arms race, and issues related to gays and lesbians came to the forefront. This era also saw the visit of Pope John Paul II to San Francisco in 1987. Two years later, the Loma Prieta Earthquake struck, causing severe damage to several Catholic churches and schools.

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fit of many damaged churches of historical significance, and working to find appropriate uses of others. While the difficulties of the clergy abuse scandal were faced forthrightl y, highlig hts of this era include the establishment of the national Shrine of St. Francis and the 2O00 Jubilee Mass at the San Francisco Giants ' ball park , the naming of the first American Bishop of Chinese ancestry, and outreach to the Filipino, Hispanic and other ethnic groups in the archdiocese.

Below are brief biographical sketches of the seven men who have previousl y served as Archbishop of San Francisco.

and two years later came to California to become Bishop of Monterey. After arriving in California , Alemany saw that San Francisco was a more appropriate seat for a diocese than Monterey, and on June 29, 1853 Pius IX created the Archdiocese of San Francisco, which encompassed all of Northern California. While establishing the Archdiocese, Alemany remained a humble man widely praised for his "apostolic poverty." During his tenure , the Archdiocese built up an extensive system of schools, oiphanages , hospitals , homes for the elderly and other institutions of charity. A Cathedral was established (now Old Saint Mary 's) and the diocese grew to more than 200,000 Catholics with 175 priests , hundreds of women religious and over 125 parishes.

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Building up . .. ¦ Continued/rant page A22 tinguished himself as an excellent administrator , builder and fundraiser. In 1883 , he became Coadjutor Archbishop of San Francisco , succeeding Alemany in December 1884. During his tenure , he built a new Saint Mary 's Cathedral on Van Ness and Saint Patrick' s Seminary in Menlo Park. He also secured two important legal victories for his diocese: the elimination of taxes on Church property and the restoration of income from the Pious Fund for missionary activity in California which had been appropriated by the government of Mexico. On April 18, 1906, while Riordan was at a meeting of U.S. Bishops in Omaha, Nebraska , earthquake and fire left 250,000 San Franciscans homeless and destroyed more than half of the Catholic institutions in San Francisco.

Riordan traveled to the East Coast to raise money for the rebuilding and on his return told San Franciscans , "I am a citizen of no mean city, although it is in ashes.

Almighty God has fixed this as the location of a great city." He set about rebuilding and by 1908 had restored every parish damaged by the earthquake , except one.

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Edward J. Hanna was born to Irish immigrant parents in Rochester New York in 1860. He was a brilliant student and was ordained a priest in 1885 at St. John Lateran in Rome. Hanna was awarded a doctorate in Sacred Theology by Pope Leo XIII in 1886 without the need for exams or dissertation based on a debate the Pope witnessed. On his return to Rochester, Hanna became a popular lecturer and an internationall y known theolog ian ,

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the West Coast longshoremen strike . He also received international accolades including the '"Commander of the Crown of Italy" for his work with Italian immigrants and the American Hebrew Medal for his efforts to promote understanding between Christians and Jews.

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Archbishop George H. Niederauer on the occasion of his installation as the eighth Archbishop of San Francisco.

Named in remembrance of the second Archbishop of San Francisco, Archbishop Riordan High School has been educating men in the Marianist Tradition since 1949.

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Mitty volunteered for chaplain duty in World War I and saw action on the French front. After the War he was chap lain at West Point and became friends with Douglas MacArthur. He also served as superintendent of schools in New York and as diocesan liaison to organized labor.

In 1926 he took over the heavil y indebted Salt Lake City Diocese and improved its finances and morale of priests.

Appointed Coadjutor Archbishop of San Francisco in 1932, Mitty worked to improve finances and set about creating a highl y educated core of local priests for the archdiocese. He ordained 800 men during his tenure , including six who would become bishops. San Francisco grew rap idl y throug hout Mitty 's years and so did the archdiocese. In his tenure , 84 parishes and 13 high schools and many grammar schools were added. When Mitty died in 1961 , he left "San Francisco with solid finances , a well trained and respected core of native clergy, and a patrimony of brick and mortar that is still serving San Francisco Catholics to this day," notes historian Sleven Avella.

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enter the seminary, but studied engineering at Los Angeles Polytechnic Hi gh School and later the University of California. He entered Saint Patrick' s Seminary in Menlo Park and did further studies in Rome , where he was ordained in 1928. He was Archbishop Cantwell' s secretary and served as chancellor before being named Auxiliary Bishop of Los Angeles in 1941. McGucken was deep ly involved in Catholic education , hel p ing with p lans for the creation

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Archbishop William J. Levada plan 's positive pastora l provisions. Two major events during his tenure were the Jubilee 2000 Mass , drawing 32,000 people to the first non-sports event at Pac Bell Park, and the year-long celebration of the Archdiocese ' Sesquicentennial Anniversary in 2002-2003. Archbishop Levada was appoinled Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Failb in 2005, the highest curia) rank achieved by an American prelate.

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The Dec. 15, 2005 announcement of Pope Benedict 's appointment of Salt Lake City Bishop Georg e H. Niederauer to be the Ei ghth Archbishop of San Francisco was an echo of a relations hi p that spans many decades.

The close relationship between the Archdiocese of San Francisco and the Church in Utah can be traced to the very beginning of an established Catholic community in Salt Lake . In 1870, Utah fell under the jurisdiction of the Archdiocese of San Francisco. The first Catholic church was built there in 1871 by Father Patrick Walsh and consecrated by San Francisco Archbishop Joseph Sadoc Alemany.

Archbishop Alemany sent San Francisco priest Father Lawrence Scanlan to be pastor of the new church of St. Mary Mag dalene in 1873. In 1887 San Francisco Archbishop Patrick William Riordan consecrated Father Scanlan a bishop, putting him in charge of the newl y formed Vicariate A postolic of Utah , which also included large portions of Nevada. In 1891, the Vicariate became the Diocese of Salt Lake and Scanlan was its first bishop.

Salt Lake lost its Nevada territory to the newly formed Diocese of Reno in 1931. The Diocese of Salt Lake change its name to Salt Lake City in 1951 and it remains a Suffragan Diocese of the Archdiocese of San Francisco.

The Episcopal affinity between San Francisco and Utah is also quite strong. New York native John Joseph Mitt , like Archbishop Niederauer , was Bishop of Salt Lake before becoming Archbishop of San Francisco.

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Archbishop Mitty was co-consecrator and principal consecrator respectively of two of his successors in Utah , Bishops James Edward Kearney and Duane Garrison Hunt.

Former San Francisco Archbishop John Raphael Quinn was consecrator of Salt Lake City Bishop William Kenneth Weigand , now Bishop of Sacramento , and Archbishop William Joseph Levada was co-consecrator of now Archbishop George Hugh Niederauer

THE ARCHDIOCESE TODAY

When the Archdiocese of San Francisco was founded , its territory reached from the Oregon border, south to San Jose and east to the Colorado River.

As the West grew in population , San Francisco spawned the creation of eight other dioceses and became the Metropolitan See of another two.

Sacramento was the first and largest territorial split from San Francisco, first as the Vicariate Apostolic of Marysville (T860), later becoming the Diocese of Grass Valley (1868) and finally the Diocese of Sacramento (1886). The Dioceses of Reno (1931), Las Vegas

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In modern times, the most immediate areas around San Francisco grew to such an extent that three new dioceses were created: Oakland (1962), Santa Rosa (1962), and finally San Jose (1981).

The Diocese of Honolulu was erected in 194 1 and is a Suffragan See of San Francisco , as was the Diocese of Agana, Guam (1965) until it became its own Archdiocese in 1984.

Today the Archdiocese of San Francisco comprises 1,012 square miles in Marin , San Mateo and San Francisco Counties. It includes 90 parishes , 11 missions, a national shrine , one seminary, three private universities , 14 diocesan and private Catholic hi gh schools , 70 diocesan and private Catholic elementary schools , three Catholic hospitals , and dozens of other institutions forming a large part of the reli gious , social and charitable fabric of the Bay Area. Among those serving the area 's 422,000 Catholic faithful are 390 diocesan and religious priests, 61 permanent deacons, 50 religious broth ers and 846 women reli gious.

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Most Reverend George H. Niederauer, Ph.D. - Curriculum Vitae Ordained to the priesthood : Apr. 30, 1962, for the Archdiocese of Los Angeles Named a Prelate of Honor (Msgr.): 1984 Named eighth bishop of the Diocese of Salt Lake City: Nov. 3, 1994 Ordained Bishop of Salt Lake City: Jan. 25, 1995 Named eighth Archbishop of San Francisco: Dec. 15, 2005 Date of birth: June 14, 1936 Place of birth: Los Angeles Family: Bishop Niederauer was Ihe onl y child of George and Elaine Niederauer.

• Attended St. Catherine 's Military Academy, Anaheim , 1946-1950 • Graduated from St. Anthony 's High School, Long Beach, 1954 • Attended freshman year at Stanford

•Earned Bachelor of Philosophy Degree, St. John 's Seminary, Camarillo , 1959 • Earned Bachelor of Sacred Theology, Catholic University of A merica, 1962 • Earned Master 's Degree in English Literature , Loyola University of Los Angeles , 1962 • Earned Ph.D. in English Literature , University of Southern California , 1966 • Earned di ploma from Focus on Leadership: Theological and Scri ptural Studies and Spiritual Direction , Loretta Heights College, Denver, CO, 1978 • Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters , 1994-2006: Bishop of Salt Lake City 1992-1994: Co-director of Cardinal Manning House of Prayer for Priests, Los Angeles

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/ishop Roger J. Foys and the Catholic people of the Diocese ol' Covington send congratulations and prayer ful hesl wishes to Archbishop George Niederauer on Ihe occasion of his installation as I ho Archbishop of San Francisco.

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This cross, used onl y by an archbishop, has a smaller bar above the cross bar which supports the crucified Christ. The origin of this smaller bar lies in the representation of the small plaque, on which was written the inscription I.N.R.I. for Iesus Nazarenus Rex Iudaeorum (Jesus of Nazareth, King of the Jews). The use of this type of cross as the insignia of the metropolitan archbishop dates back to 1232 under Pope Gregory IX. This cross is the primary symbol of the rank of archbishop.

The shield is divided in two in a heraldic device called marshalling, or the combining of two coats of arms. On the left side, we see the insi gnia of the Archdiocese of San Francisco. The crossed arms of Christ and St. Francis of Assisi are a classical representation of St. Francis.

On the right, Archbishop Niederauer's personal coat of arms shows, on a white field, a red cross known in heraldry as the "Cross of Saint George." This cross, as well as the black abbot 's crozier representing Saint Hugh of Cluny, signify Archbishop Niederauer's baptismal patrons. The wavy green base of the field alludes to the rolling hills and valleys of a "low meadow," a translation of the bishop 's surname of "Niederauer."

At the upper left of the bishop 's personal coat of arms are two angel wings in blue to recognize Los Angeles, the city of Our

Lady of the Angels, where Archbishop Niederauer was born and served as priest.

The rose shown between the angel wings signifies Mary, the mother of Jesus, as the Mystical Rose, Queen of the Angels.

On the scroll beneath the field is a motto derived from the Gospels of Saint Mark (10:45) and Saint Mat thew (20:28): "To Serve and To Give." This motto expresses Archbishop Niederauer 's desire to emulate Christ who "did not come to be served but to serve and to give his life as a ransom for many."

Above the cross is a type of hat called a galero with two tassels or fiocchi on the brim and ten suspended on each side from cords. The galero is no longer worn , but is still utilized in the arms of cardinals, patriarchs, archbishops and bishops. A red galero is the traditional symbol of a cardinal, hence the saying "receiving the red hat." The appropriate color for the galero of a patriarch, archbishop or bishop is green.

The number of tassels also is a symbol of rank. Cardinals have fifteen red tassels , patriarchs have fifteen green tassels, archbishops ten green and bishops six.

Paul J. Sullivan of Rhode Island assisted Archbishop Niederauer in designing his coat of arms, which acknowledge the archbishop's filial and ecclesial roots, his spiritual mentors - George (d.496) and Hugh of Cluny (1024-1109) - and his love of Mary, as an expression of the ideals of his episcopacy. : , ,' ,'

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